Sieghart - Poetry Pharmacy : Tried-and-True Prescriptions for the Mind, Heart and Soul.

William Sieghart has had a long career in publishing and the arts. He established the Forward Prizes for Poetry in 1992, and founded National Poetry Day in 1994. He is a former chairman of the Arts Council Lottery Panel, and current chairman of Forward Thinking, a charity seeking peace in the Middle East; the Somerset House Trust; and Street Smart, Action for the Homeless. His previous anthologies include Winning Words: Inspiring Poems for Everyday Life (2014), Poems of the Decade: An Anthology of the Forward Books of Poetry (2015) and 100 Prized Poems: Twenty-five Years of the Forward Books (2016). He was awarded a CBE in the 2016 New Year Honours for services to public libraries. His Poetry Pharmacy began in 2014; since then, he has prescribed almost a thousand poems up and down the UK, over hundreds of hours of in-person consultations.

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MAYA ANGELOU: Phenomenal Woman and Still I Rise from And Still I Rise (Virago Press, 1978), reprinted in the UK by permission of the Little, Brown Group and in Europe by permission of Random House LLC ( Maya Angelou, 1978). WENDELL BERRY: The Peace of Wild Things from New Collected Poems (Counterpoint, 2012), reprinted by permission of the publisher. JOHN BURNSIDE: Of gravity and light (enlightenment) from The Light Trap (Jonathan Cape, 2002), reprinted by permission of The Random House Group Ltd. BILLY COLLINS: The Present from The Rain in Portugal (Picador, 2016), reprinted by permission of Pan Macmillan via PLSclear. WENDY COPE: Defining the Problem and Two Cures for Love from Two Cures for Love: Selected Poems 19792006 (Faber & Faber, 2008), and My Funeral from Family Values (Faber & Faber, 2011), reprinted by permission of the publisher ( Wendy Cope). JULIA DARLING: Chemotherapy from Sudden Collapses in Public Places (Arc Publications, 2003), reprinted by permission of the publisher. IMTIAZ DHARKER: Front Door from I Speak for the Devil (Bloodaxe, 2001), reprinted by permission of the publisher. MARK DOTY: Golden Retrievals from Sweet Machine (Jonathan Cape, 1998), reprinted by permission of the Random House Group Ltd. U. A. FANTHORPE: Atlas from New and Collected Poems (Enitharmon Press, 2010), reprinted by kind permission of Dr. R. V. Bailey. HELEN FARISH: Look at These from Intimates (Jonathan Cape, 2005), reprinted by permission of the Random House Group Ltd. VICKI FEAVER: Ironing from The Handless Maiden (Jonathan Cape, 2009), reprinted by permission of the Random House Group Ltd. JAMES FENTON: The Ideal and The Mistake from Yellow Tulips: Poems 19682011 (Faber & Faber, 2012), reprinted by permission of the publisher ( James Fenton). DUNCAN FORBES: Recension Day from Taking Liberties (Enitharmon Press, 1993), reprinted by permission of the publisher. JACK GILBERT: Failing and Flying from Collected Poems (Alfred A. Knopf, 2014), reprinted by permission of the publisher ( Jack Gilbert 2012). HAFEZ: It Happens All the Time in Heaven, trans. by Daniel Ladinsky, from The Subject Tonight is Love: 60 Wild and Sweet Poems of Hafiz (Penguin Compass, 2003), reprinted by permission of Penguin Random House LLC ( Daniel Ladinsky 1996); My Brilliant Image and I am in love with every church (from Would You Think It Odd?), trans. by Daniel Ladinsky, from I Heard God Laughing: Poems of Love and Joy: Renderings of Hafiz (Penguin, 2006), reprinted by permission of Penguin Random House LLC ( Daniel Ladinsky 1996). OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II: Youll Never Walk Alone copyright 1945 by Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II. Copyright Renewed. International Copyright Secured. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission of Williamson Music, A Division of Rodgers & Hammerstein: An Imagem Company. SEAMUS HEANEY: Follower from New Selected Poems 19661987 (Faber & Faber, 2012), reprinted by permission of the publisher ( The Estate of Seamus Heaney 2012). STUART HENSON: The Price from Ember Music (Peterloo Poets, 1994), reprinted by permission of the author. JANE HIRSHFIELD: Burlap Sack from After (Bloodaxe, 2006), reprinted by permission of the publisher. ELIZABETH JENNINGS: Into the Hour and Love is not all from Selected Poems, ed. by Colin Falek, The Centenary Edition (Carcanet, 1992), reprinted by permission of the publisher. PHILIP LARKIN: Best Society and The Trees from The Complete Poems, ed. by Archie Burnett (Faber & Faber, 2012), reprinted by permission of the publisher ( The Estate of Philip Larkin 2012). MICHAEL LASKEY: Nobody from The Man Alone: New & Selected Poems (Smith/Doorstop Books, 2008), reprinted by permission of the publisher. CHRISTOPHER LOGUE: Come to the Edge from Selected Poems (Faber & Faber, 1996), reprinted by permission of the publisher ( The Estate of Christopher Logue). DEREK MAHON: Everything is Going to be All Right from New Collected Poems (Gallery Books, 2011), reprinted by permission of The Gallery Press (www.gallerypress.com). EDNA ST VINCENT MILLAY: Love is not all from Selected Poems, ed. by Colin Falek, The Centenary Edition, (Carcanet, 1992), reprinted by permission of the publisher. ADRIAN MITCHELL: Celia Celia from Come on Everybody: Poems 19532008 (Bloodaxe, 2012), reprinted by permission of the publisher. MARY OLIVER: Wild Geese from Dream Work (The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1986), reprinted by permission of Grove/Atlantic, Inc. ( Mary Oliver 1986.) P. K. PAGE: Cross from The Hidden Room: Collected Poems, Vol. 2 (The Porcupines Quill, 1997), reprinted by permission of the publisher ( The Estate of P. K. Page). SHEENAGH PUGH: Sometimes from Beware Falling Tortoises (Poetry Wales Press, 1987) and What If This Road from Later Selected Poems (Seren Books, 2009), reprinted by permission of Poetry Wales Press Ltd. RUMI: The Guest House, trans. by Coleman Barks, from The Essential Rumi (Penguin, 1999), reprinted by permission of the publisher. ANN SANSOM: Voice from Romance (Bloodaxe, 1994), reprinted by permission of the publisher. SIEGFRIED SASSOON: Everyone Sang from Collected Poems (Faber & Faber, 2002), reprinted by permission of the Barbara Levy Literary Agency. VERNON SCANNELL: Nettles from New & Collected Poems 19501980 (Robson Books, 1980), reprinted by permission of Mr Martin Reed. IZUMI SHIKIBU: Although the Wind, trans. by Jane Hirshfield with Mariko Aratani, from The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan (Vintage Classics, 1990), reproduced by permission of the publisher ( Jane Hirshfield 1990). WILLIAM STAFFORD: The Way It Is from The Way It Is: New and Selected Poems (Graywolf Press, 1998), reprinted by permission of the publisher. J. R. R. TOLKIEN: All That Is Gold Does Not Glitter ( The Tolkien Estate Limited 1954, 1955, 1966) from The Fellowship of the Ring (HarperCollins Publishers, 2005), reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. DEREK WALCOTT: The Fist from Collected Poems: 19481984 (Faber & Faber, 1992), reprinted by permission of the publisher ( Derek Walcott 1986); Love after Love from The Poetry of Derek Walcott 19482013 (Faber & Faber, 2014), reprinted by permission of the publisher.

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