{"product_id":"ten-poems-about-walking","title":"Ten Poems about Walking","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere seems to be a natural connection between walking and poetry. For William Wordsworth, the regular rhythm of walking was a stimulus to writing, and he said that \"nine-tenths of my verses have been poured out in the open air.\" This beautiful mini-anthology contains William Wordsworth's heart-stopping 'Old Man Travelling' alongside contemporary poems that capture the delights of a walk with a dear friend and of walking in solitude. There's a poem about setting off through city streets to find a river and a heron, and another featuring a surprising encounter on the top of Helvellyn. One by one then as a whole, these poems remind us that being on foot is one of the best ways of experiencing the world: \"Sole self I bedded down close as I could To listen: lapping, birdlife homing, settling...\" - from 'Lake' by David Constantine Sasha Dugdale is an award-winning poet and translator and a keen walker. Poems by Matthew Clegg, David Constantine, Sasha Dugdale, Choman Hardi, Karen McCarthy Woolf, Stephanie Norgate, MR Peacocke, Stephen Watts, William Wordsworth and Samantha Wynne-Rhydderch. Cover illustration by Hugh Ribbans. Supplied with envelope and bookmark.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Candlestick Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42779229257762,"sku":"9781907598647","price":19.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0052\/0785\/1042\/files\/Copy-of-Book-Template---2024-06-29T143002-225.jpg?v=1719628223","url":"https:\/\/petronella.live\/products\/ten-poems-about-walking","provider":"Petronella's Gallery and Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}