Ten Poems about Museums

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In this vivid selection of poems we enter museums both real and imaginary to discover a host of beguiling artefacts. Museums manage to contain whole worlds. They can show us life as it was lived in past centuries or prompt us to imagine how the future might unfold. Some of the objects in a museum may be workaday, but they have a remarkable power to express deep truths about our human lives. In the 'room of clocks' at the British Museum: "Time thickens here, revolves, regards itself in mirrors; almost, each minute holds its place." - from 'Visit to the British Museum' by Frances Horovitz What characterises every museum is the ability to inspire a sense of wonder and possibility. Museums are places we should cherish and these poems demonstrate and celebrate that compelling fact. Poems by Alison Brackenbury, David Clarke, Glyn Edwards, Suzannah Evans, Helen Farish, Thomas Hardy, Frances Horovitz, Robert Minhinnick, Tom Sastry and Lesley Saunders. Cover illustration by Jane Burn. Includes one poetry pamphlet, ECO-envelope and co-ordinating bookmark with space for your own personal message.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9781913627461
Published: October 2024

Number of pages: 24
Width: 137 mm
Height: 210 mm
Depth: not specified

Publisher: Candlestick Press