*A Times Literary Supplement and Financial Times Book of the Year 2024*An extraordinary career-spanning collection from one of the most revered poets and storytellers of our ageTracing the legacy of Margaret Atwood a writer who has fundamentally shaped our contemporary literary landscapes Paper Boat assembles Atwood s most vital poems in one essential volume.
I can't take you getting out of someone else's bed, in the morningCan't take waiting for you to text me back, when I used to be right next to you I can't take getting advice from your friendsBecause you no longer hang around them, as well I can't take you back, after all this hurtYou left me with.
Addicted To DepressionI just have to keep talking to myselfSince I can't talk to youPick myself upSince my insecurities are too heavyI keep talking to myselfConversations about youGirl smiling, on the outside of my rainy dreamsI still can't say, I'm in a nightmareI'm addicted to depressionI know my sadness can be cared for.
This beautiful pocket-sized hardback gift book contains carefully curated prescriptions in verse compiled by Deborah Alma, the founder of the Poetry Pharmacy.
Blackbird Singing at Dusk by Wendy Pratt is an illuminating and lyrical exploration of place within nature; of Northern rural working-class lives, the female body, and of the ancestors and history still close to the surface, just beneath where our feet touch the earth.
