{"product_id":"poetry-prescription-joy-hardcover","title":"Poetry Prescription: Joy - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDeborah Alma\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis beautiful pocket-sized hardback gift book contains carefully curated prescriptions in verse compiled by Deborah Alma, the founder of the Poetry Pharmacy. Life is lived with feeling - these poems will bring you joy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHope, happiness and joy; a Decoction of Delight to be taken in Small Doses\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoetry Prescription: Joy\u003c\/i\u003e includes poems by W. B. Yeats, Walt Whitman, William Shakespeare, Edna St Vincent Millay, \u003cbr\u003eD. H. Lawrence and many more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- No bitter pills\u003cbr\u003e- No adverse reactions \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Poetry Prescription series is the perfect antidote for life's ailments. Inspired by the achingly cool Poetry Pharmacy shops in London and Shropshire - social media favourites with a clear focus on promoting wellbeing through the written and spoken word. Each of the eight themed titles offers an array of poems to inspire, heal and comfort. Whether readers are looking to find solace for times of ill-health, loss and grief, cope with matters of the heart, need poetic inspiration for courage and confidence, or want to find peace and tranquillity in wild spaces, there is a collection for everyone. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect for reading aloud or for quiet contemplation, these books are a much needed balm for our busy lives.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeborah Alma is a UK poet and editor. She has worked using poetry with people with dementia, in hospice care, with women's groups and with children in schools. From 2012 she was the Emergency Poet offering poetry on prescription from her vintage ambulance. She co-founded the world's first walk-in Poetry Pharmacy in Shropshire with her partner the poet James Sheard in 2019 and in June 2024 opened a second Poetry Pharmacy inside the Lush Spa on Oxford Street.\u003cbr\u003eShe is editor of \u003ci\u003eEmergency Poet-an anti-stress poetry anthology\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e#Me Too - rallying against sexual harassment- a women's poetry anthology\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTen Poems of Happiness \u003c\/i\u003efrom Candlestick Press, \u003ci\u003e The National Trust Book of Nature Poems \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003ePoetry Projects to Make and Do\u003c\/i\u003e, and co-edited with Dr Katie Amiel\u003ci\u003e These Are the Hands-Poems from the Heart of the NHS\u003c\/i\u003e. Her Poetry Prescription series is published by Macmillan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 64\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 7.24 x 4.91 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 30, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49719150477562,"sku":"9781035061549","price":19.99,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/9634\/8410\/files\/r9qvIDvEeW9781035061549.webp?v=1784383025","url":"https:\/\/international.senangin.com\/products\/poetry-prescription-joy-hardcover","provider":"Senangin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}