{"product_id":"ten-poems-about-museums","title":"Ten Poems About Museums","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Instead of a Card' is the idea behind the British publisher Candlestick Press' range of gorgeous small poetry pamphlets. With covers created by leading contemporary artists and poems hand-picked to speak to every kind of reader, all their titles offer a richly rewarding reading journey.  Pamphlets are supplied with an envelope for posting and a bookmark for a special message. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume -\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn these vivid poems selected by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/clarke-david\/\" title=\"View David Clarke Biography\"\u003eDavid Clarke\u003c\/a\u003e we enter museums both real and imaginary to discover a host of beguiling artefacts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMuseums manage to contain whole worlds. They can show us life as it was lived in past centuries or prompt us to imagine how the future might unfold. Some of the objects in a museum may be workaday, but they have a remarkable power to express deep truths about our human lives. In the ‘room of clocks’ at the British Museum:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Time thickens here, revolves,\u003cbr\u003eregards itself in mirrors;\u003cbr\u003ealmost, each minute holds its place.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem class=\"is-italic\"\u003efrom ‘Visit to the British Museum’ by Frances Horovitz\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat characterises every museum is the ability to inspire a sense of wonder and possibility. Museums are places we should cherish and these poems demonstrate and celebrate that compelling fact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoems by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/brackenbury-alison\/\" title=\"View Alison Brackenbury Biography\"\u003eAlison Brackenbury,\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/clarke-david\/\" title=\"View David Clarke Biography\"\u003eDavid Clarke,\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/edwards-glyn\/\" title=\"View Glyn Edwards Biography\"\u003eGlyn Edwards,\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/evans-suzannah\/\" title=\"View Suzannah Evans Biography\"\u003eSuzannah Evans,\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/farish-helen\/\" title=\"View Helen Farish Biography\"\u003eHelen Farish,\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/thomas-hardy\/\" title=\"View Thomas Hardy Biography\"\u003eThomas Hardy,\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/horovitz-frances\/\" title=\"View Frances Horovitz Biography\"\u003eFrances Horovitz,\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/minhinnick-robert\/\" title=\"View Robert Minhinnick Biography\"\u003eRobert Minhinnick,\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/sastry-tom\/\" title=\"View Tom Sastry Biography\"\u003eTom Sastry\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/saunders-lesley\/\" title=\"View Lesley Saunders Biography\"\u003eLesley Saunders.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCover illustration by Jane Burn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCandlestick Press | 2024 | Paperback | 24 pages | 21 x 13.7 x 0.3cm | 70g\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peribo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45990208897220,"sku":null,"price":14.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0908\/7624\/files\/10PoemsAboutMuseums_0bcc366c-12d1-43fd-9a60-70a81fa750f6.jpg?v=1774592799","url":"https:\/\/paperparrot.com.au\/products\/ten-poems-about-museums","provider":"Paper Parrot","version":"1.0","type":"link"}