Poetry Prescription: Calm by Deborah Alma

Poetry Prescription: Calm

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Poetry Prescription: Calm

MacMillan UK

Poetry Prescription: Calm

by Deborah Alma

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This 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 - and these poems will bring you calm.

Soporifics, Sedatives & Balms for the Spirit; to educe Moments of Reflection & Serenity; to be Present in the Moment; a Calmative for Intention & Attention

Includes poems by William Blake, Emily Dickinson, Edward Thomas, W. B. Yeats, William Shakespeare and many more.

- No bitter pills
- No adverse reactions

The Poetry Prescription series compiled by Deborah Alma 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 8 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. Perfect for reading aloud or for quiet contemplation, these books are a much needed balm for our busy lives.

Find more titles in the series: Words for Love, Comfort, First Aid, Becoming, Joy, Inspiration and Wild Remedy.
Book Details
Publisher:
MacMillan UK
ISBN:
9781035061594
Binding:
Hardcover
Pages:
64
Authors:
Deborah Alma
Published Date:
2025-12-30
Language:
English
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About Deborah Alma

A British poet, editor, and teacher, Deborah Alma became known as the Emergency Poet, offering poetry on prescription from a vintage ambulance, and co-founded the Poetry Pharmacy in Shropshire. Her first full collection, Dirty Laundry, was published by Nine Arches Press. As editor she compiled The Emergency Poet: An Anti-Stress Poetry Anthology (Michael O'Mara, 2015) and #MeToo: A Women's Poetry Anthology, and she co-edited These Are the Hands: Poems from the Heart of the NHS. Her work as an anthologist extends to nature writing and poems on wellbeing. She has taught for organizations including Arvon.

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