The Poetry Pharmacy Returns: More Prescriptions for Courage, Healing and Hope Hardcover – 26 Sept. 2019

For anyone who likes poetry this is Definitely worth the buy. Go treat your self.

Very nice, a lovely book. Glad I bought it 5*

A poem for every life issue.

Excellent. As good as the first.

I'd already read the first 'The Poetry Pharmacy' book so I knew what to expect here and this is more of the same. I say that in a totally positive way, though - there's plenty of new things to discover here!For those who haven't come across these books before, William Sieghart believes that poetry can genuinely support good mental health, either from giving you a different perspective on your problem or by giving you the comfort that whatever you face is something that other people have felt too. To this end, he has been a regular prescriber of poetry to people who come to him with problems. These books pick a problem, explain it, give an introduction to a relevant poem and then print the poem. A simple idea, but both interesting and quite effective, I found.This covers a full range of different problems and poems to the first book in the series, although I had the sense that the introduction is the same or extremely similar. The poems are a selection of poetry from across time and cultures - from Rumi to Larkin, Neruda to Akhmatova, Atwood to Khalvati and many others I had never heard of before. There is also a little gem from Raymond Carver that perfectly encapsulates my feelings of lethargy in the current lockdown!If you are open to the idea that poetry can help soothe the mind, then I would recommend this book wholeheartedly. I'm one of life's cynics but I still found lots to enjoy and some real food for thought.I received a free copy of the book from NetGalley in return for an honest review.

I love this little book, it's the second in a set that I recently purchased! In fact I was so impressed by them that I also purchased for friends and family! Beautiful gifts and keepsakes!

A worthy follow on from the first pharmacy. Lovely poems and musings

This is a definite must read. It is well written and precise. It has helped me put many of my daily problems into perspective and given me hope in the dark times.