A Poem a Day

A real treat - a poem for every day of the year in bumper book format edited by one of our best poets and anthologists, Adrian Mitchell. This selection is a mixture of contemporary and traditional poets and lighthearted and thought provoking poems, the choice marked by Mitchell's anarchic and tender approach to life, his love of the ludicrous and his love of life. Belloc, Berry, Blake and Bloom; McGough, Patten, de la Mare and Dickinson are just a few of the poets in the anthology, plus plenty of Mitchell's own poems as well. The poems are accompanied by vibrant illustrations and there is the bonus of a ribbon place mark. Mitchell's introductory poem, 'The World Wants To Welcome You' sums it up: 'I'm your old rock cake, your old cream bun/ And I'm a-travelling round the sun./ I ain't got a clue where I am bound/ But I sings to myself as I trundle round.'