101 Poems That Could Save Your Life

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A wonderful collection - Rated
Daisy Goodwin has grouped favourites into themes that speak to all of us because they are part of the fabric of life: new beginnings, overwhelming excitement, gradual realisations about life (first wrinkle!) and bad things that don't just happen to good people.

The strength of this collection lies in its variety. Because the emotions and crises it addresses are fundamentally human, DG has been able to call on poems from different countries (some in translation) and from different eras. Many (like "If" or "Invictus" or "The Road Not Taken") will be familiar already, others may take you by surprise - the irresistible "Deep Sorriness Atonement Song" and "If People Disapprove of You" were new to me and they are now among my favourites.

The result is a book that you can dip into in times of trouble, or simply sit back and read for enjoyment.

Wow ! - Rated
This anthology of both modern day and classical poems is a true survival guide for us all in the 21st century.

It is funny, thought-provoking, uplifting and most of all, real.

Excellent book to have on your bookshelf. Please do not delay buying this book - u need this book as it will see you through many of the situations you find yourself in. It's been of help to me, and my friends.

The perfect literary tonic to pick you up! - Rated
What a marvellous and wonderful little book! Daisy Goodwin has produced a great book of poetry with poems on every topic imaginable. Whenever you're moody, depressed, irritable and your spirits need to be raised just read a poem from Ms Goodwin's book and you'll be happy and amazed.

Do you know, I think they might - Rated
If this were an album it would be called 'Anthems'. This is comfort poetry. The contents page lists poems by type of crisis. Is it a case of 'Bad hair day', 'First Date', 'First Wrinkle' or even 'Rock Bottom'? There are poems to make you laugh out loud, poems to put your crisis into context, and above all poems to show you that you are not the first person to feel this way. The ubiquitous and wonderful Wendy Cope appears, alongside older voices and a few surprising new ones. But as advice goes, you probably can't beat Mandy Coe's poem 'Go to Bed With a Cheese and Pickle Sandwich' which I have always found to be very sound advice. It begins 'Go to bed with a cheese and pickle sandwich - it is life enhancing'. So is this book.

the cure to pmt and all the other crap things in life... - Rated
when all is crud in life, reach for the book. a new take on life saving techniques.