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The Emergency Poet

An Anti-Stress Poetry Anthology

Deborah Alma

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English
MICHAEL OMARA BOOKS
01 December 2015
A brilliant new anthology of poems that will help you to overcome stress, depression and other anxieties. Arranged by spiritual ailment, the sections include a range of verse, new and old, which may be of comfort to those in need of a pick-me-up for the soul. The collection has been carefully compiled by Deborah Alma, the world's first and only emergency poet, who travels to schools, libraries, festivals and other events in her 1970s ambulance to offer consultations and prescribe poems as cures for various maladies. The Emergency Poet is a collection designed to lift you mood and offer poetic help whenever it may be required. 

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Imprint:   MICHAEL OMARA BOOKS
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 22mm,  Spine: 22mm
ISBN:   9781782434054
ISBN 10:   1782434054
Pages:   192
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Deborah Alma is the Emergency Poet - the world's first and only mobile poetic first aid service. A mix of the serious, the therapeutic and the theatrical, the Emergency Poet offers consultations inside her ambulance and prescribes poems as cures. Dressed in white coat and stethoscope, she travels in her 1970s ambulance, accompanied by Nurse Verse or The Poemedic to literary and music festivals, libraries, schools, pubs, weddings and conferences ... anywhere that poetic help may be urgently required.

Reviews for The Emergency Poet: An Anti-Stress Poetry Anthology

Overcome stress, feeling low and other anxieties with The Emergency Poet * Top Sante Magazine * She prescribes poems for all kinds of ills and this collection is a lovely read. * The Sun * This thoughtful and moving anthology distils her warmth and wisdom into 'verse cures' aimed at a variety of ills from insomnia and stress to sadness and the burdens of grief, allowing readers to dip into their favorites as and when the mood takes them. * Lancashire Evening Post * Overcome the blues, stress and anxiety with this pick-me-up for the soul. * Woman's Weekly Magazine *


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