Within the pages of this magnificent collection, you will find poems to share on every day of the year, reflecting on changing seasons and key days in the year. Let the Light Pour In is a collection of the best of these poems, and a book celebrating this morning practice. From Shakespeare, Emily Bronte and William Wordsworth through to Wendy Cope, Sylvia Plath and Leonard Cohen, this lovely book invites readers to make poetry a part of their everyday routine.

A wonderful collection of classic and modern poetry accompanies the changing seasons throughout the year. We’re currently reading “A poem for every day of the year”, and we’ve enjoyed it so much, have said that we need to find a good next book to keep this habit going. One of the absolute pleasures here is the attention to more marginalised poets such as those from the LGBTQIA+ community so that A Poet for Every Day of the Year feels inclusive and engaging. I have listed some of my favourites from this listening below but I think if I re-listen at some other time time of year this list might be totally different. This pocket-sized book presents the most essential poems in his dispensary: those which, again and again, have really shown themselves to work.He never managed to do this himself, and no other edition exists which has such a broad range, drawing from first to last of his prize-winning collections. This year has been a very busy and at times stressful year so reading a poem every day has helped me to cope and put me in a good place at the beginning of each day. dh A Poem For Every Day of the Year is a magnificent collection of 366 poems compiled by Allie Esiri, one to share on every day of the year. Overall it was very enjoyable to read 1 poem a night with my mum - something we have been doing for atleast 3 years now.

I loved to explore different poets / authors, of whome I already heard before or who I otherwise would have never known, who are dead or alive, young and old, writting on topics I find fascinating or I couldn’t care less about. I confess I haven’t read the whole book yet as I am savouring the dated poems and poets each night so that this is a gift of a book that will last me the entire year. I listened to this as an audio book I had borrowed from the library and would listen to a few poems each day. A Poet for Every Day of the Year is utterly wonderful and an absolute must for any lover of poetry, of words, of people.

In the years since he first had the idea of prescribing short, powerful poems for all manner of spiritual ailments, William Sieghart has taken his Poetry Pharmacy around the length and breadth of Britain, into the pages of the Guardian, onto BBC Radio 4 and onto the television, honing his prescriptions all the time. Perfect for reading aloud and sharing with all the family throughout the year, it is bursting at the seams with familiar favourites and exciting new discoveries. Shakespeare, William Wordsworth, Christina Rossetti and Emily Bronte sit alongside Roger McGough, Wendy Cope, Imtiaz Dharker, Leonard Cohen, Sylvia Plath and Ocean Vuong. I bought this book as I have a weakness for beautiful poetry books and this does not disappoint although it is difficult to savor one poem a day.