Chris Riddell

This absolutely beautiful gift book anthology contains classic and modern poems to galvanize, uplift and inspire you which are brought to life with exquisite, intricate artwork. Chosen and illustrated by Chris Riddell, Poems to Save the World With –the follow-up to Poems to Live Your Life By and Poems to Fall in Love With - will ignite your inner activist and provide comfort and inspiration. These poems speak of hope, happiness, rebellion and living through a pandemic. This beautiful book features famous poems, old and new, and a few surprises. Classic verses sit alongside the modern to create the ultimate collection. Includes poems from Neil Gaiman, Nikita Gill, Maggie Smith, Brian Bilston, Raymond Antrobus, Fiona Benson, Lewis Carroll and many more.

Poems to Save the World With

Lara owens 

Everything plant-delicate. I'm scared to force your arms through your sleeves, It's like

trying to put a little T-shirt on a crow. That's what it feels like. It feels like I've captured

a crow and for some reason I'm trying to show that crow unconditional love. Only it

keeps pecking me, flapping its wings and flying around the room and into walls,

completely terrified, and I'm like, come on, crow, don't worry, I'm your father and I

love you. Come and perch on my shoulder. And the crow just flies around the ceiling

like a fan stuck on doublespeed - CAAAAAWWWWW! - stopping only when it

reaches total exhaustion. And then I'm like, I love you. I love you, crow. I put the crow

to my neck and I sit on a metallic grey exercise ball, the volume right down and

subtitles on because love is so boring. I hum everything my dad used to play on the

piano - stuff I didn't know I remembered. Crow, I whisper, bouncing ludicrously on

the ball, I whisper what I will whisper five years later, crouched by a drunk man

weeping on Hungerford Bridge, it's going to get better, it's going to get better and

Tomorrow, do thy worst, for I have lived today 

Lewis John Fisher

Having discovered 'Poems to Fall in Love With' last year, I was so happy to track down a copy of this! Chris Riddell is without a doubt my favourite illustrator, and it was a delight finding new poems to fall in love with, and inspire me to try and change the world for the better!

Poems to Save the World With

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