{"product_id":"ten-poems-about-vegetables-poetry-book-paperback","title":"Ten Poems About Vegetables - Poetry Book - Paperback","description":"We’ve all heard the phrase “eat your greens”, but vegetables come in countless other colours that are every bit as nutritious and delicious as the green ones.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis selection captures the many glories of the vegetable kingdom, finding delight in planting, tending and digging them up, as well as in cooking and eating them. Anyone who has an allotment or vegetable patch (or just a tub by the back door) will know there’s nothing quite like a home-grown potato or tomato.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom skinny beans to curvaceous aubergines, the poems explore the almost-human shapes and textures of vegetables, which appeal to the senses in so many different ways:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“It’s the perfect vegetable,\u003cbr\u003epalette-green, bottle-glass-glossy,\u003cbr\u003ethree dimensional, curvy\u003cbr\u003eon top, firm-limbed but friable.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003efrom ‘Broccoli’ by Siriol Troup\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis irresistible anthology creates a vividly earthy world, full of charm and wit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePoems by Alison Brackenbury, Miriam Darlington, Jen Hadfield, Ted Kooser, Michael Laskey, Thomas Lux, Natasha Rao, Sumana Roy, Siriol Troup and Steve Waling.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCover illustration by Sara Boccaccini Meadows.\u003cbr\u003ePUBLISHER:\u003cbr\u003eCandlestick Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBIND:\u003cbr\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003ePAGES:\u003cbr\u003e24\u003cbr\u003eDIMENSIONS:\u003cbr\u003e137 x 210 mm","brand":"NATIONWIDE BOOKS","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41798078922885,"sku":"PR427374","price":24.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0213\/3637\/files\/volts9781913627522_0_TSLN97CVXPKX.jpg?v=1786165821","url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.co.nz\/products\/ten-poems-about-vegetables-poetry-book-paperback","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}