The Poetry Pharmacy: Tried-and-True Prescriptions for the Heart, Mind and Soul

Sometimes only a poem will do. This essential collection, curated by William Sieghart, offers poetic prescriptions and wise words of advice intended to provide comfort, delight, and inspiration for all manner of spiritual ailments. Sieghart has honed these selections through his work with the Poetry Pharmacy across Britain, on radio, and in print, presenting here the most essential poems that have proven effective for loneliness, lack of courage, heartbreak, hopelessness, or an excess of ego.

• Offers poetic prescriptions for comfort, reflection, and inspiration.
• Features the most essential poems selected by William Sieghart from his widely recognized Poetry Pharmacy.
• Provides solace for feelings such as loneliness, heartbreak, and hopelessness.
• Praised by Stephen Fry as a "matchless compound of hug, tonic and kiss."
• Aimed at helping readers live and die well, according to Alain de Botton.

• Author: William Sieghart
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition: 1st International Edition
• Publication Date: September 28, 2017
• Print Length: 176 pages
• Dimensions: 120 x 4 x 196mm (12 x 0.4 x 19.6 cm)
• Weight: 260g
• ISBN-10: 1846149541
• ISBN-13: 978-1846149542

This pocket-sized anthology distills years of experience into a powerful resource designed to ease your pain and offer a space for reflection, reminding you that you are not alone in your feelings.