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

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With Susie Dent, the lexicographer from Countdown, he co-hosts the award-winning podcast, Something Rhymes With Purple. We honour Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' continuous connection to Country, waters, skies and communities. Brandreth provides over 400 pages of top-notch poems by everyone from Shakespeare to Simon Armitage. He is the author of two acclaimed royal biographies: Philip Elizabeth: Portrait of a Marriage and Charles Camilla: Portrait of a Love Affair. Gyles Brandreth has compiled a collection of 250 poems that he believes will transform your memory and change your life.

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I was not a lover of poetry (or Gyles Brandreth for that matter) until I listened to a radio programme he made about poetry being good for your brain. The commentary teaches us just the right amount of technicality to understand differences in poetry and provides some background information on the authors and times these poems have famously been performed. Whether you are nine, nineteen or ninety, the poems and advice in this book provide the most enjoyable, moving and inspiring way to ensure a lifetime of dancing by the light of the moon - one joyous poem at a time .I have never really been one for poetry and this book did not convince me otherwise or convert me I am sorry to say.

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Not only does it enhance literacy in the young, but learning poetry by heart is the one truly pleasurable thing you can do to improve memory, boost brain power, extend your vocabulary and beat cognitive decline as time goes by. I should probably be nice about this book because Gyles Brandreth is a big promoter of poetry and I'm an aspiring poet. The range of poems in this anthology is great - ranging from short limericks, to Shakespeare, to classic poems, such as Tyger by Blake and nonsense poetry like the Jabberwocky by Carroll - it is a gentle introduction to poetry for even the most reluctant reader and even people who say they don’t like poetry will be charmed by it. In Dancing by the Light of the Moon, Gyles Brandreth shares over 250 poems to read, relish and recite, as well as his advice on how to learn poetry by heart, and the benefits of doing so.Like Charon rowing Aeneas across the Lethe, Gyles takes the reader by the hand and shows them marvellous things. With Susie Dent, the lexicographer from Countdown, he co-hosts the award-winning podcast, Something Rhymes with Purple. my wife said she saw me walking along the street talking to myself, I explained that actually I was reciting ‘I wondered lonely as s cloud’ by Wordsworth and felt very smug! Whether you are nine, nineteen or ninety, the poems and advice in this book provide the most enjoyable, moving and inspiring way to ensure a lifetime of dancing by the light of the moon – one joyous poem at a time .

Dancing by the Light of the Moon : Gyles Daubeney Brandreth

His past books include; Word Play, Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations and Breaking the Code: Westminster Diaries.

Definitely worthy of binge read, especially with the chillier nights drawing in and a cheeky glass of wine in hand, sit back, forget the world, and enjoy!

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A prolific broadcaster (in programmes ranging from Just a Minute to Have I Got News for You), an acclaimed interviewer (principally for the Sunday Telegraph), a novelist, children’s author and biographer, his best-selling diary, Breaking the Code, was described as ‘By far the best political diary of recent years, far more perceptive and revealing than Alan Clark’s’ ( The Times) and ‘Searingly honest, wildly indiscreet, and incredibly funny’ ( Daily Mail). Instead of being fussy about the rhyming scheme or line breaks, having read 200+ English poems in under a week, I have changed. Suitable for readers and audience's of many ages, notably helpful, read aloud to those with Alzheimer's and Dementia.We at Penguin Random House Australia acknowledge that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are the Traditional Custodians and the first storytellers of the lands on which we live and work.