{"product_id":"a-poets-notebook-9780745980324","title":"A Poets Notebook","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA new book of poetry from a leading poet and broadcaster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Winnie-the-Pooh never explains what he means by 'the noise-you-make-before-beginning-a-piece-of-poetry'. But in this glorious gallimaufry Stewart Henderson allows us an insight into 'the noise-the-poet-makes-before-writing-one'. A Poet's Notebook gives us a glimpse inside the mind and the muse of the poet, the rhapsodic rattlebag from which each individual poem coalesces out of chaos.\" - Paul Vallely, former executive editor of The Independent on Sunday and author of bestselling biography, Pope Francis: Untying The Knots\u003cbr\u003e\"What Michael Morpurgo has done for children's fiction, Henderson has done for poetry\"- Melanie Carroll, The Church Times\u003cbr\u003e\"Stewart has the capacity to engage naturally and touch deeply- He makes it look effortless\"- Christine Morgan, Head of Radio, BBC Religion and Ethics\u003cbr\u003e\"He understands the packed power of words; the importance of their use and measure\"- Gillian Reynolds, radio critic, The Sunday Times\u003cbr\u003e\"Essential reading\" - The Sunday Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCONTENTS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword 9\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments 13\u003cbr\u003eAbout This Book 14\u003cbr\u003e1 Eyes Down 17\u003cbr\u003e2 “Tragedy, ecstasy, doom” 24\u003cbr\u003e3 Breakages 31\u003cbr\u003e4 Anfield, Winter – 1960 39\u003cbr\u003e5 Under the Clock 46\u003cbr\u003e6 Blind Date 55\u003cbr\u003e7 This is How it is 63\u003cbr\u003e8 How Clatter is the World 70\u003cbr\u003e9 Even When Wounded… 80\u003cbr\u003e10 Somewhere in the Library 88\u003cbr\u003e11 The Mind’s Not What it Was 97\u003cbr\u003e12 Lesson Plan 104\u003cbr\u003e13 … Be the… 114\u003cbr\u003e14 The Avenue 123\u003cbr\u003e15 Occupy 131\u003cbr\u003e16 Any Seconds…? 139\u003cbr\u003e17 Everything in Heaven Comes Apart 147\u003cbr\u003e18 Thunder and Rainbows 157\u003cbr\u003e19 Consideration \/ I Wish You… 164\u003cbr\u003e20 The Cats of Jerusalem 173\u003cbr\u003e21 I Have Grown an Old Man’s Skin 182\u003cbr\u003eBibliography and References 187\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SPCK Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404440346967,"sku":"9780745980324","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745980324.jpg?v=1730486473","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-poets-notebook-9780745980324","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}