{"product_id":"ten-poems-about-sons","title":"Ten Poems About Sons","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 this delightful mini anthology we find touching and uplifting poems exploring sons as babies and sons as young men, as well as everything in between.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe meet a boy daydreaming in bed on a summer’s evening, his mother delighting in his wakefulness as his imagination roams in the dark. There’s a son begging his dad for a bedtime story, which must be different from the last one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd then there are unforgettable rites of passage such as a gap year, which turns out to be as much of an adventure for the parent as for the child:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“My heart soars like the birds in your bright blue skies.\u003cbr\u003eMy love glows like the sunrise over the lost city.\u003cbr\u003eI sing along to Ella Fitzgerald, \u003cem class=\"is-italic\"\u003eA tisket A tasket\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eI have a son out in the big wide world.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem class=\"is-italic\"\u003efrom ‘Gap Year’ by Jackie Kay\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe poems are a reminder of the delights, joys and endless surprises of watching a son grow through childhood into whatever happens next.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSelected by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/edwards-jonathan\/\" title=\"View Jonathan Edwards Biography\"\u003eJonathan Edwards.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoems by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/blewitt-emily\/\" title=\"View Emily Blewitt Biography\"\u003eEmily Blewitt,\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/corcoran-josephine\/\" title=\"View Josephine Corcoran Biography\"\u003eJosephine Corcoran,\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\/langston-hughes\/\" title=\"View Langston Hughes Biography\"\u003eLangston Hughes,\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/kay-jackie\/\" title=\"View Jackie Kay Biography\"\u003eJackie Kay,\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/kinnell-galway\/\" title=\"View Galway Kinnell Biography\"\u003eGalway Kinnell,\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/lee-li-young\/\" title=\"View Li-Young Lee Biography\"\u003eLi-Young Lee,\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/morley-david\/\" title=\"View David Morley Biography\"\u003eDavid Morley,\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/morrissey-sinead\/\" title=\"View Sinéad Morrissey Biography\"\u003eSinéad Morrissey\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/shihab-nye-naomi\/\" title=\"View Naomi Shihab Nye Biography\"\u003eNaomi Shihab Nye.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCover illustration by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/barker-caroline\/\" title=\"View Caroline Barker Biography\"\u003eCaroline Barker.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\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":45990253789380,"sku":null,"price":14.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0908\/7624\/files\/10PoemsaboutSOns.jpg?v=1774593475","url":"https:\/\/paperparrot.com.au\/products\/ten-poems-about-sons","provider":"Paper Parrot","version":"1.0","type":"link"}