{"product_id":"ten-poems-about-fathers-card-set","title":"Ten Poems about Fathers - Card Set","description":"Dads, fathers, papas, daddies: the poems in this updated edition of our best-selling mini-anthology explore fatherhood from a host of angles. We encounter a father who likes running up hills, a father who plays the accordion and – poignantly – a father who needs to be taught how to hug.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe poems celebrate the fact that fathers can be both protectors and purveyors of imaginative childhood adventures:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“My father was a bear.\u003cbr\u003eHe carried me through forest, sky\u003cbr\u003eand over frozen sea. At night\u003cbr\u003eI lay along his back\u003cbr\u003ewrapped in fur and heat\u003cbr\u003eand while I slept, he ran…”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003efrom ‘You May Have Heard of Me’ by Shazea Quraishi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere are also poems of tender remembrance. Everyday happenings become special with hindsight, acting as a reminder that a father’s love is something we can carry with us forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePoems by Melba Joyce Boyd, Lewis Buxton, WD Ehrhart, Wilfrid Gibson, Edgar Albert Guest, Tyehimba Jess, Joanne Limburg, Roy McFarlane, Shazea Quraishi and Siriol Troup.\u003cbr\u003ePUBLISHER:\u003cbr\u003eCandlestick Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBIND:\u003cbr\u003eCards\u003cbr\u003ePAGES:\u003cbr\u003e24\u003cbr\u003eDIMENSIONS:\u003cbr\u003e137 x 210 mm","brand":"NATIONWIDE BOOKS","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41798078038149,"sku":"PR427349","price":24.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0213\/3637\/files\/volts9781913627713_0_TSM6SI90M4JZ.jpg?v=1786165691","url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.co.nz\/products\/ten-poems-about-fathers-card-set","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}