{"product_id":"ten-poems-about-libraries","title":"Ten Poems about Libraries","description":"\u003cp\u003eLibraries are treasured places. We may remember visiting a local library in childhood to explore an early delight in reading. Or perhaps we have come to value them in later life, as a calm sanctuary where we can daydream among beloved books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA library is also a portal into countless worlds of knowledge, experience and adventure:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Oh, I could walk any aisle\u003cbr\u003eand smell wisdom, put a hand out to touch\u003cbr\u003ethe rough curve of bound leather,\u003cbr\u003ethe harsh parchment of dreams.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003efrom ‘Maple Valley Branch Library, 1967’ by Rita Dove\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith irresistible affection, these poems celebrate the many things that libraries mean to us as we move through the phases of our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe poems are selected and introduced by poet Lorraine Mariner who has worked at the National Poetry Library in London for many years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoems by Adrian Buckner, Louise Chandler Moulton, Claire Crowther, Rita Dove, Martina Evans, Edward Hirsch, Lorraine Mariner, Ian McMillan, Robert Pinsky and Indigo Williams.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCover illustration by Laura Brett.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVisit the National Poetry Library.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSmall books\/pamphlets that are part of the popular Candlestick Press range.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Bubble\/Old School Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57649661215100,"sku":null,"price":6.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/8930\/2764\/files\/TPAL-01-P1_9253a004-0911-448f-9b09-80a613fabac9.jpg?v=1791813778","url":"https:\/\/bookbubble.co.uk\/products\/ten-poems-about-libraries","provider":"Book Bubble\/Old School Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}