Bright Poems for Dark Days - by Julie Sutherland (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>An illustrated anthology of uplifting poetry</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>This book of joyous and uplifting verse is a welcome beacon of hope and happiness in difficult and challenging times, collected together with beautiful illustrations and context for each poem.</b> <p/> We all have days when we find ourselves in need of some positivity. In difficult times, the words of others can lift us up. <b>Bright, joyful art</b> to inspire hopefulness is combined with carefully curated poems, chosen to lift the spirits through the <b>healing power of words</b>. </p><p>The book is divided into eight sections on the themes of hope, resilience & courage, joy, nature & escape, love, tranquillity, gratitude and comfort. Featuring a diverse range of writers from <b>Oscar Wilde</b> to<b> Emily Dickinson, Robert Louis Stevenson</b> to <b>Maya Angelou</b>, <b>William Blake</b> to <b>Warsan Shire</b>, the selections are accompanied by explanations and illuminating context that reinforce the positive mental health message. </p><p>Combining uplifting lines of verse and joyful illustrations, this <b>unique book provides a much-needed dose of hopefulness and happiness in turbulent times</b>, whether as a thoughtful gift for someone in need of solace or a resource that can be turned to whenever we need to. <p/> Featuring: Carol Ann Duffy - Percy Bysshe Shelley - Maya Angelou - Emily Dickinson - Kahlil Gibran - Claude McKay - Langston Hughes - William Wordsworth - Emanuel Carnevali - James Weldon Johnson - Anne Sexton - William Ernest Henley - Siegfried Sassoon - David Wright - Ella Wheeler Wilcox - John Greenleaf Whittier - Ada Limón - Denise Levertov - William Blake - Edna St. Vincent Millay - Oscar Wilde - Rachel Field - John Gillespie Magee Jr. - Armand Garnet Ruffo - Robert Louis Stevenson - Ursula Bethell - John Donne - Paul Laurence Dunbar - Warsan Shire - Naomi Replansky - William Butler Yeats - Toru Dutt - William Cullen Bryant - E. Pauline Johnson - Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - Alfred, Lord Tennyson - Raymond Carver - Katherine Mansfield - Issa - W.S. Merwin - John Tobias - Ross Gay - Sara Teasdale - Elizabeth Barrett Browning - William Shakespeare - Tim Bowling - Mary Oliver - Christina Rossetti</p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Julie Sutherland</b> received her PhD in English Studies and is now a writer and editor based in New Brunswick, Canada. She is a research associate with the National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health at the University of Northern British Columbia. She has a long history of teaching poetry and other literature in educational and non-educational settings in Canada, the US, the UK and online. She is passionate about the capacity of literature to effect change in the human spirit. </p></p> <p><b>Carolyn Gavin</b> is a painter, illustrator and designer based in Toronto, Canada. Vibrant, playful and happy are perfect words to describe her style. She is principal designer for Ecojot, a family-run eco-friendly paper business and also licenses her work for fabric, homewares and packaging. Find her on IG @carolynj.</p></p>
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