Instead Of A Card - Ten Poems of Happiness

Instead Of A Card - Ten Poems of Happiness

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

Happiness: the mid-point, perhaps, between contentment and joy. We all hope for it, but we all also have times when it seems far away. Sometimes, we even fail to notice when it’s there.These poems don’t celebrate rapture or feverish delight. Mostly they capture moments of what Emily Dickinson calls “casual simplicity” – giggling irreverently during a yoga class or seeing a dragonfly land on a lake. Happiness, they seem to say, is far less complicated than we sometimes imagine:

“It comes to the lover, to the dog chewing a sock, to the pusher, to the basket maker, and to the clerk stacking cans of carrots in the night.”
from ‘Happiness’ by Jane Kenyon