A small but significant, inspiring anthology from the Poetry Prescription series.

This beautiful pocket-sized hardback gift book contains carefully curated poetic poisons compiled by Deborah Alma, the founder of the Poetry Pharmacy. The Poetry Poisons are for when sweetness fails, offering a controlled dose of the less virtuous emotions, to be taken slowly and without apology.

For the Detection of Nonsense; For a Healthy Disregard of Fashionable Thinking; For the Pricking of Pomposity; to Counteract Sentimentality; for the Exercise of Wit and Scepticism; An Antidote to Christmas Spirit . . .

. . . With the tinsel ripped off.

A wickedly funny poetry collection for anyone who has ever survived the season with a mince pie in one hand and a grudge in the other. Includes poems from Wendy Cope, Philip Larkin, Brian Bilston, Ogden Nash, John Hegley, Thomas Hardy, and Charles Causley.