Reviews
The Poetry Pharmacy: Tried-and-True Prescriptions for the Mind, Heart and Soul, by William Sieghart
lorieewert's review
5.0
Poetry = the best form of ‘self-help’
Favorites: The Way It Is, Of Gravity and Light, Burlap Sack, My Brilliant Image, Love after Love, At Set of Sun, Golden Retrievals, The Present, The Ideal, Front Door, Two Cures for Love, Your task, Defining the Problem, Atlas, Recension Day
Notes to self: buy this book; look for poetry collections based on theme, not just author
Favorites: The Way It Is, Of Gravity and Light, Burlap Sack, My Brilliant Image, Love after Love, At Set of Sun, Golden Retrievals, The Present, The Ideal, Front Door, Two Cures for Love, Your task, Defining the Problem, Atlas, Recension Day
Notes to self: buy this book; look for poetry collections based on theme, not just author
be_aesthete's review
5.0
Like Stephen Fry says this book really is "balm for the soul". It is amazing how each poem so perfectly remedies each condition. Before reading I figured the poems would fit the conditions rather generically but I was so wrong. Every poem remedy is so precisely thought out. As I read different poems on different days when I was feeling different ways I was floored over how perfect each poem I read was and how soothing it felt to read it. It is not a book to be read in one sitting from front to back. It is a book that is meant to be dipped into in moments of need. I cant recommend it highly enough... especially with what is going on in the world in the present moment.