Instead Of A Card - Ten Poems about Baking

Instead Of A Card - Ten Poems about Baking

These delightful 'pamphlets' are perfect for those that want to give a bit more than a card but not quite a more substantial gift
They contain a series of shorter poems on the subject by well known poets. There is plenty of space to compose your piece of poetry or message for the recipient as well
Included are a bookmark and a sticker seal for the back of the envelope (included)

• Format: Paperback
• Pages:  24
• Dimensions: 137 x 210 mm

These ten poems celebrate all that’s wonderful about baking – the time-honoured recipes, the patient kneading and stirring of ingredients, the sticky fingers in the mixing bowl.

Baking, the poems seem to say again and again, is a profoundly human art: a homemade summer pudding can create “a stillness lost in taste” at a dinner party with friends, while an old spice jar can transport us swiftly back to childhood:

“I opened one: faint kitchen scents (a trace of fruit breads, Welsh cakes, and the kitchen warm and welcoming from school) took shadow form:allspice and nutmeg, cinnamon and mace…”
from ‘Spice Jars’ by DA Prince

These are poems for anyone who loves to bake, as much as for those who simply appreciate the glory of a well-made Victoria Sponge.