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Book SynopsisThese poems are inspired by the seductive sparkle of jewels and jewellery. Every culture since time immemorial has understood the importance of jewellery, and every jewel tells a story, so this book of 'pearls' is not only for poetry lovers but also for anyone who has ever treasured a piece of jewellery.
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Table of ContentsRobert Graves The Necklace: Helen Dunmore Greek Beads: Kathleen Jamie The Brooch: Menna Elfyn Brooch: Robert Herrick A Ring Presented to Julia : George Crabbe A Marriage Ring: Inscription inside a watch: Eithne Cavanagh The Necklace: Gillian Clarke Amber: Colette Bryce The Wearer: Julie O'Callaghan Opals : Alicia Stubbersfield Jane's Pearls: Moniza Alvi Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan: Simon Armitage from The Book of Matches: Victoria Redel Bedecked : Ted Hughes The Locket : Edna St Vincent Millay The Courage That My Mother Had: Grevel Lindop My Grandmother's Opal: William Strode A Necklace: Carol Ann Duffy Warming her Pearls: Emily Dickinson I held a jewel: Chang Chi The Chaste Wife's Reply: H D The Flowering of the Rod: Robert Louis Stevenson I Will Make You Brooches: Arthur Weir A Mother's Jewels: T S Eliot A Game of Chess: William Shakespeare from A Lover's Complaint: Jane Draycott Pearl: Eithne Cavanagh A Beading of Words: Traditional Nursery Rhymes: Louisa May Alcott Here is the Bracelet: Christina Rossetti Precious Stones: Dorothy Parker The Choice : Traditional Birthstones: C P Cavafy For the Shop: James Fenton Nothing: Sally Evans Whitby Jet: Gillian Clarke Welsh Gold: Fleur Adcock Blue Glass: Robert Graves The Uncut Diamond: Elizabeth Jennings The Diamond Cutter: Alfred Teynnyson from Morte d'Arthur: Geoffrey Chaucer from Romaunt of the Rose: Carol Ann Duffy Rings: Robert Graves A Lost Jewel: Sally Evans Brooch Found at Redcar: John Keats from The Eve of St Agnes: Thomas Moore Rich and Rare Were the Gems She Wore: Ruth Fainlight Nacre: Kit Wright In Memory of a Beautiful Jeweller: Leysa Lowery String of Pearls: Robert Graves A Bracelet: Sarah Maguire The Invisible Mender (My First Mother): Alice Walker We Alone: Harold Monro Overheard on a Saltmarsh: Tess Gallagher from Two Bracelets: Matthew Francis Of Diamonds: Robert Herrick The Bracelet: To Julia: Homer from The Odyssey (trans by Robert Fagles): Robert Melliard Jewellery: Sasha Moorsom Jewels in my hand
