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The worst anthology ever ?

"101 Poems That Could Save Your Life", by the same editor, was an excellent collection of mainly quality poems. Unfortunately, I doubt whether this collection would get anyone through anything but the most benign nocturnal interlude. There are one or two good poems here but they are mainly second-rate, with a particularly dire example by Henry Normal, which can only be described as amateur. If you are looking for real poetry and like a bargain I suggest "World Poetry" edited by K. Washburn et al - Four thousands years of pure gold, 1600 poems...Treat yourself.

Perfect present - if you can resist keeping it yourself....

I bought this book for present; but had to go and buy another copy after finding my whole family had 'browsed' through it first - and everyone had found something for themselves! Although a perfect 'gift' book, this is no stocking 'filler' - the poems are neither sachharin nor jaded. I kept finding poems I wanted to read, post, e-mail to people - I'm sure others will too.

An excellent read.

It's not often you feel you HAVE TO read a book from cover to cover. '101 Poems To Get You Through The Day (and night)' is one of those... Once you pick it up you can't put it down.

The incisive and witty introductions capture you with their accuracy and like some old hypochondriac I found myself nodding in agreement at all the sections, lapping up the 'cures'.

Some poems had me in stitches - in particular Sophie Hannan's 'To Whom It May Concern at the Whalley Range Driving Test Centre' (under 'Drivetime') - frighteningly accurate! Others brought a sizeable lump to the throat - see 'Funerals', poem from Ecclesiastes Chapter 3, Verses 1-8.

This, and the last book in the series - '101 Poems That Could Save Your Life' help make poetry reading more accessible and relevant to modern life simply by being so easy to navigate and hence understand.

An ideal gift - Top of my Christmas present list this year.

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