Dancing By The Light of The Moon: Over 250 poems to read, relish and recite

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For readers of poetry both young and old, this is a beautiful collection to return to again and again. Suitable for readers and audience's of many ages, notably helpful, read aloud to those with Alzheimer's and Dementia. (Proved an absolute hit with a friend's Dementia Group.) I find poetry works so much better when recited aloud rather than being silently read. Here, Gyles Brandreth leaves us with no excuse not to learn and recite poetry. The book is full of tips and advice to get started and I am now on my way to learning my second poem by heart. A little longer this time: 'Night Mail' by W.H. Auden. A lovely rhythmical set of verses. Hive Store Ltd 2020. (hive.co.uk) is registered in England. Company number: 07300106. VAT number: 444950437.

Dancing By The Light of The Moon: Over 250 poems to read

A. Milne * Maya AngelouBenjamin Zephaniah * Monty PythonCarol Ann Duffy * Oscar WildCelia Johnson * Roald DahlD. Allow Gyles Brandreth to be your guide to not only the wonders of poetry - and there are many - but also its practical uses in everyday life. If you feel that you don’t ‘get’ poetry then this will bring poetry to life for you! It is filled to the brim with poems for every person or occasion and the commentary from Gyles Brandreth makes the poems become more accessible and relatable for the casual appreciator of poetry. There were lots of poems I had known as a child and several Shakespearian play speeches that I had learnt in my teens so it was a lovely visit down memory lane.

Gyles has discovered the secret of finding happiness through learning poetry by heart. It's wonderful and so much fun -- Dame Judi Dench

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Whether seeking some words to reflect your mood, wanting to celebrate or mark an occasion or simply looking for lines of comfort and joy in difficult times, this collection has everything for readers of poetry both young and old, novices and old hands alike, will love and return to again and again. His past books include; Word Play, Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations and Breaking the Code: Westminster Diaries. If there is anything that I had long considered to be inscrutable, it is poetry. It strikes me odder when poems are recited with passion and by heart. Gyles Brandreth is in practice one such candidate, who gives the listeners of various podcasts his favourite poems. In itself a good book and I love Gyles Brandreth, but the longer the poems, the more boring it got. I didn’t really finish it either tbh.Thanks to him, I have come to enjoy poems as they are. What used to be in the way of my poetic appreciation was scepticism. Instead of being fussy about the rhyming scheme or line breaks, having read 200+ English poems in under a week, I have changed. As an afterthought, isn’t performing and feeling the poems what I learned to do since my first ever Chinese lesson? Gyles Brandreth is one of Britain’s busiest after-dinner speakers and award ceremony hosts. He has won awards himself, and been nominated for awards, as a public speaker, novelist, children’s writer, broadcaster (Sony), political diarist (Channel Four), journalist (British Press Awards), theatre producer (Olivier), and businessman (British Tourist Authority Come to Britain Trophy). Dancing by the Light of the Moon, a collection of poetry to last you a lifetime - poems that will bring you joy, solace, celebration and love for every occasion Whether you are nine, nineteen or ninety, Gyles Brandreth will be your guide to not only the wonders of poetry - and there are many - but also its practical uses in everyday life. More importantly, shower thoughts of all kinds can now be put down in wondrous expressions, unrestrained and uniquely mine. I can instruct them to be platitudinous, playful, or pragmatic. Taking Gyles’s inspiration, I realise that the beauty of writing one’s own poems lies in countless possibilities.

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There's never been a better time to read, relish and recite poetry and Gyles Brandreth has chosen 250 of the nation's favourite poems for us all to enjoy and learn together.

Discover Dancing by the Light of the Moon, a collection of poetry to last you a lifetime - poems that will bring you joy, solace, celebration and love for every occasion This is a poetry anthology with a difference. Brandreth focuses on memorising it, giving us at first a whole plethora of reasons why this is fun and useful. He follows on with various techniques on how to go about it, learning just two lines per day. This was my first poetry book that I’ve read and I fully enjoyed it. I thought that it was an excellent collect and I like how the anthology was structured. Some of the poems didn’t resonate with me as much as others but that’s okay. I strongly believe that this whole anthology has a poem for everybody. I have never really been one for poetry and this book did not convince me otherwise or convert me I am sorry to say. Gyles Brandreth has compiled a collection of 250 poems that he believes will transform your memory and change your life. I couldn't agree me Dr Max Pemberton, Daily Mail