{"product_id":"ten-poems-of-happiness","title":"Ten Poems of Happiness","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\u003eHappiness: the mid-point, perhaps, between contentment and joy. We all hope for it, but we all also have times when it seems far away. Sometimes, we even fail to notice when it’s there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese poems don’t celebrate rapture or feverish delight. Mostly they capture moments of what Emily Dickinson calls “casual simplicity” – giggling irreverently during a yoga class or seeing a dragonfly land on a lake. Happiness, they seem to say, is far less complicated than we sometimes imagine:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“It comes to the lover, to the dog chewing\u003cbr\u003ea sock, to the pusher, to the basketmaker,\u003cbr\u003eand to the clerk stacking cans of carrots\u003cbr\u003ein the night.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem class=\"is-italic\"\u003efrom ‘Happiness’ by Jane Kenyon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeborah Alma is a poet and poetry tutor, also known as the Emergency Poet offering the world’s first mobile poetry first aid service. Her delightful and thoughtful selection is sure to lift the spirits and gladden the heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoems by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/alma-deborah\/\" title=\"View Deborah Alma Biography\"\u003eDeborah Alma,\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/cox-meg\/\" title=\"View Meg Cox Biography\"\u003eMeg Cox,\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/emily-dickinson\/\" title=\"View Emily Dickinson Biography\"\u003eEmily Dickinson,\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/davidson-jonathan\/\" title=\"View Jonathan Davidson Biography\"\u003eJonathan Davidson,\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/hoagland-tony\/\" title=\"View Tony Hoagland Biography\"\u003eTony Hoagland,\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/kenyon-jane\/\" title=\"View Jane Kenyon Biography\"\u003eJane Kenyon,\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/littlefair-bryony\/\" title=\"View Bryony Littlefair Biography\"\u003eBryony Littlefair,\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/shihab-nye-naomi\/\" title=\"View Naomi Shihab Nye Biography\"\u003eNaomi Shihab Nye,\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/thomas-r-s\/\" title=\"View RS Thomas Biography\"\u003eRS Thomas\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/wright-james\/\" title=\"View James Wright Biography\"\u003eJames Wright.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCover illustration by Victoria McGrane.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCandlestick Press | 2019 | Paperback | 20 pages | 21 x 13.7 x 0.3cm | 70g\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peribo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45990235472068,"sku":null,"price":14.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0908\/7624\/files\/10PoemsofHappiness.jpg?v=1774592918","url":"https:\/\/paperparrot.com.au\/products\/ten-poems-of-happiness","provider":"Paper Parrot","version":"1.0","type":"link"}