Poetry Prescription: Comfort

This beautiful pocket-sized hardback gift book contains carefully curated prescriptions in verse, compiled by Deborah Alma, the founder of the Poetry Pharmacy. Life is lived with feeling—and these poems will bring you comfort.

Featured Poets

Includes works by:

• William Blake
• Emily Dickinson
• Edward Thomas
• W.B. Yeats
• William Shakespeare
• And many more

About the Poetry Prescription Series

The Poetry Prescription series, compiled by Deborah Alma, is the perfect antidote for life’s ailments. Inspired by the achingly cool Poetry Pharmacy shops in London and Shropshire—social media favourites with a clear focus on promoting wellbeing through the written and spoken word—this series is a celebration of poetry's power to heal.

Themed Collections

Each of the eight themed books (including Comfort, Joy, and Words for Love) offers an array of poems to:

• Inspire, heal, and comfort
• Provide solace for times of ill-health, loss, and grief
• Help cope with matters of the heart
• Offer poetic inspiration for courage and confidence
• Bring peace and tranquillity in wild spaces

Whether you’re reading aloud or enjoying quiet contemplation, these books are a much-needed balm for our busy lives.