{"product_id":"poems-to-fix-a-f-ked-up-world-various-9781529402834","title":"Poems to Fix a F**ked Up World","description":"\u003cp\u003eSometimes it's hard to keep looking up at the stars when the gutter we're in seems so full of sh*t.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e But isn't that why we need poetry?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Oscar Wilde wrote some of his best poetry when he was in prison for 'the love that dare not speak its name'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Nelson Mandela held fast to his 'unconquerable soul' on Robben Island with the help of the words a poet wrote about his battle with tuberculosis a century before.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e So maybe it's not inconceivable that the words in this little book could help you put some of the sh*t in perspective, get all the important bits of your life - like sleep, work, food, travel, love and learning - in some kind of balance, so you can go back to star-gazing again . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Taking as its starting point the classic 'wheel of balance' life-coach model, this beautifully packaged collection of extracts and short poems gathers wisdom old and new in a perfect gift for anyone who needs comfort in this f**ked up world of ours.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'This is not a poetry book as you know it, this is a life raft.' Emerald Street on POEMS FOR A WORLD GONE TO SH*T.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Various","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43175296925939,"sku":"9781529402834","price":29.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9781529402834.jpg?v=1662072472","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/poems-to-fix-a-f-ked-up-world-various-9781529402834","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}