Sunny Spells & Scattered Showers

‘Weather – No other nation does it better. Weather-talk is our raison d’être.’, ‘Weather’ by John Agard (born 1949)
An atmospheric anthology with a weather poem for every day of the year. From balmy, summer breezes to crisp autumn days, the carefully curated selection of English language-poetry is a celebration of the seasons. Arranged by month, each day presents a poem, the majority of which capture British weather conditions but also include a selection of more exotic phenomena. Spanning writers from the 16th to 21st century, from Edmund Spenser ‘s (1552/3-99) ‘Februarie’; to Derek Walcott’s (1930-2017) ‘On the Rainy Season’; mixing the Romantics with John Betjeman (1906-84), Maya Angelou (1928-2014), and many more literary greats. Enjoy weather as a metaphor as well as a shared experience. Read each day’s poem or choose your own forecast and enjoy sunshine all year round if you so choose. Includes a useful index of first lines and an index by author.

Hardback
24 x 16cm
464 pages
FSC accredited paper