{"product_id":"10-poems-about-hope","title":"10 Poems about Hope","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Instead of a Card' \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"core-info\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe couldn’t survive without hope – that light at the end of the tunnel which seems to promise ‘this will pass’ when times are hard. These poems offer hope in a whole range of guises – from the uplift of the first signs of spring to the infectious optimism of a child who believes he will live for ever if he eats his greens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere’s also a poem in which a grandmother’s words become a precious talisman:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“…empty your paradise onto a desk:\u003cbr\u003eyour white sands, green hills and fresh fish.\u003cbr\u003eShine the lamp on it like the fresh hope\u003cbr\u003eof morning, and keep staring at it till you sleep.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003efrom ‘A Portable Paradise’ by Roger Robinson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach of these poems is a little chink of light – a reminder that a moment of joy and consolation is always just around the corner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoems by Fleur Adcock, Sujata Bhatt, Arthur Hugh Clough, Katie Dunstan, Kerry Hardie, Winifred Holtby, Roy Marshall, Paula Meehan, Roger Robinson, Laura Theis and Walt Whitman.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCover illustration by Sarah Kirby.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Reading Museum Online Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45253961285698,"sku":"oai1790030951325","price":10.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0683\/6784\/3394\/files\/10-poems-about-hope_1.jpg?v=1790030957","url":"https:\/\/browdefine.shop\/products\/10-poems-about-hope","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}