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A Poem for Every Season
A Poem for Every Spring Day
Within the pages of Allie Esiri's gorgeous collection, A Poem for Every Spring Day, you will find verse that will transport you to vivid spring-time scenes, taking you from the first sighting of blossoms to Easter.
Perfect for reading aloud and sharing with all the family, this book dazzles with an array of familiar favourites and remarkable new discoveries selected from Allie Esiri’s bestselling poetry anthologies A Poem for Every Day of the Year and A Poem for Every Night of the Year. These seasonal poems – together with introductory paragraphs – have a link to the date on which they appear.
Includes poems by William Wordsworth, Christina Rossetti, John Donne and Emily Dickinson who sit alongside Ted Hughes, John Agard, Maya Angelou, Wendy Cope, John Cooper Clarke and Carol Ann Duffy. This soul-enhancing book will keep you company for every day of your life.
Perfect for reading aloud and sharing with all the family, this book dazzles with an array of familiar favourites and remarkable new discoveries selected from Allie Esiri’s bestselling poetry anthologies A Poem for Every Day of the Year and A Poem for Every Night of the Year. These seasonal poems – together with introductory paragraphs – have a link to the date on which they appear.
Includes poems by William Wordsworth, Christina Rossetti, John Donne and Emily Dickinson who sit alongside Ted Hughes, John Agard, Maya Angelou, Wendy Cope, John Cooper Clarke and Carol Ann Duffy. This soul-enhancing book will keep you company for every day of your life.
288 pages, Paperback
First published February 1, 2021
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April 7, 2021
3.75 stars
This was such a good collection of poetry. Often these collections are very hit and miss but this had two selections a day and they were interesting and worthy choices.
The book itself is printed on really poor quality paper, yellowy blotting paper, bound so tightly you feel you're going up break the spine of you want the first word to each line.
This would have been an amazing 5 star book, had this been printed on some nicer paper and had some pictures, photos or illustrations. I would have definitely bought a copy.
This was such a good collection of poetry. Often these collections are very hit and miss but this had two selections a day and they were interesting and worthy choices.
The book itself is printed on really poor quality paper, yellowy blotting paper, bound so tightly you feel you're going up break the spine of you want the first word to each line.
This would have been an amazing 5 star book, had this been printed on some nicer paper and had some pictures, photos or illustrations. I would have definitely bought a copy.
March 12, 2021
The book cover is screaming spring season. Moreover, this book is like an advent calendar for a reader. Two poems for each spring day, starting from the month of March and ending with May. And it's a collection of poems by different poets. As I am a very impatient person, I read all the poems in one go.
May 30, 2021
A truly lovely collection of poems - one for each morning and evening March through May.
May 28, 2022
This is such a lovely collection. I wanted a book with a spring feeling and yes, this was it. I've already bought the summer one.
The only reason why it's not a five-star book for me is that I'd prefer more variety in the poems. More authors (I see no reason to repeat them), more spaced in time (old poetry is good! modern poetry is good!), and more spaced in place (it was primarily anglo-centric; either admit you know mostly the US/UK poets or branch out more).
The only reason why it's not a five-star book for me is that I'd prefer more variety in the poems. More authors (I see no reason to repeat them), more spaced in time (old poetry is good! modern poetry is good!), and more spaced in place (it was primarily anglo-centric; either admit you know mostly the US/UK poets or branch out more).
April 19, 2022
The introduction of 'A Poem for Every Spring Day' tells us that, "In this new anthology, the third in a four-part cycle of seasons, you will discover some of the most lively and life-affirming poems ever to be written about spring". I did not find it so. I could not quite work out how the majority of the poems were relevant to spring at all and many others are rather dispiriting. I value having the vast array of the poems here in my collection but I found them samey & the book was not the uplifting experience I expected it to be. Five stars for Thomas Hardy and Charles Causley's 'Ballad of the Bread Man' though!
May 27, 2023
Such An Excellent book. The Perfect Collection of Poems appropriate to the season
August 9, 2023
I love poetry collections 💚💚💚
June 11, 2022
Spring is book 3 in this collection although it’s book 2 for me as I started with Winter instead of Autumn so I could them all in the same year.
I absolutely love reading these poems daily. You get one for the morning and one at night.
I did prefer the Winter ones overall as seemed to connect more and find more of those ones to be my “cup of tea” but this collection is still beautiful overall.
What I do love about these though is that a lot of the poems on each day reference events related to that day in the past and you get a little information on it as well so learning a lot from this book as well.
I’m onto Summer now and excited to see what beautiful poetry I’m given these next few months.
Would highly recommend these though to anyone who likes poetry.
I absolutely love reading these poems daily. You get one for the morning and one at night.
I did prefer the Winter ones overall as seemed to connect more and find more of those ones to be my “cup of tea” but this collection is still beautiful overall.
What I do love about these though is that a lot of the poems on each day reference events related to that day in the past and you get a little information on it as well so learning a lot from this book as well.
I’m onto Summer now and excited to see what beautiful poetry I’m given these next few months.
Would highly recommend these though to anyone who likes poetry.
April 24, 2023
Maybe I expected too much of this book. I am dissatisfied mainly with the layout of the pages and the lack of beauty or magic. When I imagined myself picking up this book to indulge in at the end of the day, I hoped it would be a delicious experience. This book failed to delight me in its presentation, the paper is rough, the print splotchy, and it is sorely lacking in art or any embellishments inside. My purchase could have been avoided by looking for poetry books at the local bookstore, rather than online. I personally did not expect a book with a beautiful foiled cover representing a flower extravaganza would have quite so many poems in reference to war. Definitely on me, for literally judging this book by it’s cover.
June 30, 2024
Spanning works of more than one hundred authors, this poetry collection encompasses a pretty wide range of themes and writing techniques, all special in their own way. Presenting two poems per day instead of one, I found the editor’s picks attention-worthy but not always in tune with spring.
While I haven’t immediately been able to notice the connection to spring in some of the poems, it made the common prejudice towards this season clearer, reminding me that I had put my rose-coloured glasses once again. I have dived into this with the expectation of a warm and bright concept but, needless to say, even spring isn’t all sunshine. While there are plenty of bright, beautifully crafted picks, I would’ve still preferred a smaller number of poems with such dark (occasionally disturbing) themes.
Historical aspects that highlight humans’ achievements were a pleasant surprise, as well as brief backstories prefacing every poem, giving valuable insight and yet leaving them open to own interpretation.
While I haven’t immediately been able to notice the connection to spring in some of the poems, it made the common prejudice towards this season clearer, reminding me that I had put my rose-coloured glasses once again. I have dived into this with the expectation of a warm and bright concept but, needless to say, even spring isn’t all sunshine. While there are plenty of bright, beautifully crafted picks, I would’ve still preferred a smaller number of poems with such dark (occasionally disturbing) themes.
Historical aspects that highlight humans’ achievements were a pleasant surprise, as well as brief backstories prefacing every poem, giving valuable insight and yet leaving them open to own interpretation.
May 31, 2021
I really enjoyed this collection of poems!
May 27, 2023
Actual rating: 3.25/5 stars
So here it is, another book on my trying-new-thing journey. In this journey I brought myself out of my comfort zone and trying things/genres which I hardly pick until I could find at least a book that me myself would enjoy after well reading it.
I accidentally found this book on my friend's social media and immediately fell in love with its beautiful cover. And it fitted perfectly for my own reading goal and also this weather around literally screamed out SPRING in it own language. So that's why I picked it up. For a quick introduction, this book is a collection of every well selected poem talking about spring or anything related to that chosen day, and for each day you'd read two poems with a theme signified as day and night of each day.
Ok so reasons for the love of this book: it's so variety, from classic to modern contemporary, from well-known to the latest poet, with such a diverse form which makes each poem unique. And for every poem, the editor added some extra information about such as: the day, or the author or those metaphors using in each poem. It's like a tiny TMI guiding you to well understand the idea, the concept and the meaning of that poem which you read. Plus I love the idea that dividing everyday into day and night, so that eveyday would start with a poem and before the day ends with a cozy blanket, a poem awaits. And with that, this book gave you a chance to discover so many amazing works in poetry that maybe you'd never heard of it before (for the Muggle in poetry like me for example), satisfied the want of reading as diverse as possible in a try of everyone.
For the unpleasant things: some themes were repeated, I'd rather have another spring theme poem than reading the same theme repeating on and on for so many time. And yet the choices for some historical days were not suitable at all. As a Vietnamese, the 30th April is a remarkable day in our history and reaching to those pages I got a little hope growing in my heart, so when I saw that it was mentionned and with all those extra informations about the day, I couldn't understand for the choice of that day. If you couldn't understand it well then just let it passed by like the way you chose an unrelated poem for the day and continued like that for the night. But if you really wanted to do it, make it properly. Beside, for some poems, I couldn't understand its meaning neither the reason for its feature in this collection.
So except some uncomfortable things in between, this book had a great idea, a not-so-bad choice for discovering poetry or a simple option for spring book to read.
So here it is, another book on my trying-new-thing journey. In this journey I brought myself out of my comfort zone and trying things/genres which I hardly pick until I could find at least a book that me myself would enjoy after well reading it.
I accidentally found this book on my friend's social media and immediately fell in love with its beautiful cover. And it fitted perfectly for my own reading goal and also this weather around literally screamed out SPRING in it own language. So that's why I picked it up. For a quick introduction, this book is a collection of every well selected poem talking about spring or anything related to that chosen day, and for each day you'd read two poems with a theme signified as day and night of each day.
Ok so reasons for the love of this book: it's so variety, from classic to modern contemporary, from well-known to the latest poet, with such a diverse form which makes each poem unique. And for every poem, the editor added some extra information about such as: the day, or the author or those metaphors using in each poem. It's like a tiny TMI guiding you to well understand the idea, the concept and the meaning of that poem which you read. Plus I love the idea that dividing everyday into day and night, so that eveyday would start with a poem and before the day ends with a cozy blanket, a poem awaits. And with that, this book gave you a chance to discover so many amazing works in poetry that maybe you'd never heard of it before (for the Muggle in poetry like me for example), satisfied the want of reading as diverse as possible in a try of everyone.
For the unpleasant things: some themes were repeated, I'd rather have another spring theme poem than reading the same theme repeating on and on for so many time. And yet the choices for some historical days were not suitable at all. As a Vietnamese, the 30th April is a remarkable day in our history and reaching to those pages I got a little hope growing in my heart, so when I saw that it was mentionned and with all those extra informations about the day, I couldn't understand for the choice of that day. If you couldn't understand it well then just let it passed by like the way you chose an unrelated poem for the day and continued like that for the night. But if you really wanted to do it, make it properly. Beside, for some poems, I couldn't understand its meaning neither the reason for its feature in this collection.
So except some uncomfortable things in between, this book had a great idea, a not-so-bad choice for discovering poetry or a simple option for spring book to read.
June 2, 2021
Finished my second seasonal poetry collection by Allie Esiri. Sadly, the number of poems I enjoyed in this book seems to be only about 15-30%. I've found that the two "A Poem for Every....Day" books I've read so far feature a high content of serious and sad poems with surreal or goofy poems also included. The poems that I liked in this book are the poems that rhyme, have subjects about nature and/or are about everyday life.
I'm still new to poetry, so it might be that this is a normal thing. But, for a newbie, I was hoping for more lighthearted, fun, enjoyable poems, especially for spring. I'm still going to keep going with the series because the covers of the books are so beautiful and the poems do help me to figure out which poets I like or dislike.
I'm still new to poetry, so it might be that this is a normal thing. But, for a newbie, I was hoping for more lighthearted, fun, enjoyable poems, especially for spring. I'm still going to keep going with the series because the covers of the books are so beautiful and the poems do help me to figure out which poets I like or dislike.
November 9, 2024
This is the second of these in the 'A poem for every...' series, the first being A Poem for Every Winter Day, and this book suffers from the annoyance I noted in the first. For a cover and title depicting the season of spring, flowers, new life, renewal etc. there were painfully few poems actually about the season, I could probably count them on one hand. The majority of the poems included in this collection were either nonsense poems which are nearly impossible to read never mind interpret, or about war. Not Spring in the slightest.
Out of the 92 poems included in this book, I only liked around 8 of them.
Out of the 92 poems included in this book, I only liked around 8 of them.
April 6, 2023
Great poetry collection, just like the two previous ones! I'm excited to start the last one, for Every Summer Day, and get acquainted with even more poets and their poems.
March 31, 2023
Leitura curiosa, para acompanhar toda a estação da primavera. Esiri seleciona aqui dois poemas por dia (um para o dia, outro para a noite), de 01º de março a 31 de maio (confesso que não consegui me aguentar e li quase tudo de uma vez...), seguindo não apenas ideias e imagens que nos fazem pensar na primavera, como também marca datas históricas que tenham acontecido nesse período.
Há poemas sobre a páscoa, outros que lembram guerras e massacres ocorridos no período, versos para o "Primeiro de Abril", tantos sobre flores e plantas e muitos de despedidas. Autores clássicos e contemporâneos se sucedem nas páginas, de vários países pelo mundo - você pode rir com o nonsense de Lewis Carroll ou se arrepiar com a dor de Duranka Perera, de quem eu nunca ouvira falar antes. Cada nova seleção é uma surpresa e você vai das lágrimas ao riso bem fácil.
É uma coletânea interessante, que funciona bem como um livro de referência e certamente tem tudo a ver com celebrar a estação mais florida de todas. Copiei alguns e traduzi no meu caderno de citações - e até enviei em postais com cartas para amigos queridos. Em tempos de pandemia, descobri que ler poesia é um bom remédio para lidar com as dores do dia.
Há poemas sobre a páscoa, outros que lembram guerras e massacres ocorridos no período, versos para o "Primeiro de Abril", tantos sobre flores e plantas e muitos de despedidas. Autores clássicos e contemporâneos se sucedem nas páginas, de vários países pelo mundo - você pode rir com o nonsense de Lewis Carroll ou se arrepiar com a dor de Duranka Perera, de quem eu nunca ouvira falar antes. Cada nova seleção é uma surpresa e você vai das lágrimas ao riso bem fácil.
É uma coletânea interessante, que funciona bem como um livro de referência e certamente tem tudo a ver com celebrar a estação mais florida de todas. Copiei alguns e traduzi no meu caderno de citações - e até enviei em postais com cartas para amigos queridos. Em tempos de pandemia, descobri que ler poesia é um bom remédio para lidar com as dores do dia.
June 30, 2024
Spanning works of more than one hundred authors, this poetry collection encompasses a pretty wide range of themes and writing techniques, all special in their own way. Presenting two poems per day instead of one, I found the editor’s picks attention-worthy but not always in tune with spring.
While I haven’t immediately been able to notice the connection to spring in some of the poems, it made the common prejudice towards spring clearer, reminding me that I had put my rose-coloured glasses once again. I have dived into this with the expectation of a warm and bright concept but, needless to say, even spring isn’t all sunshine. While there are plenty of bright, beautifully crafted picks, I would’ve still preferred a smaller number of poems with such dark (occasionally disturbing) themes.
Historical aspects that highlight humans’ achievements were a pleasant surprise, as well as brief backstories prefacing every poem, giving valuable insight and yet leaving them open to own interpretation.
While I haven’t immediately been able to notice the connection to spring in some of the poems, it made the common prejudice towards spring clearer, reminding me that I had put my rose-coloured glasses once again. I have dived into this with the expectation of a warm and bright concept but, needless to say, even spring isn’t all sunshine. While there are plenty of bright, beautifully crafted picks, I would’ve still preferred a smaller number of poems with such dark (occasionally disturbing) themes.
Historical aspects that highlight humans’ achievements were a pleasant surprise, as well as brief backstories prefacing every poem, giving valuable insight and yet leaving them open to own interpretation.
June 1, 2023
What I liked most about this book is probably the habit of reading a poem when you wake up and one when you go to bed - it's been a smart way for me to not reach for my phone the first things in the morning and it was fun starting the day of with short snippets of reading.
However, the collection itself felt so-and-so. It was not as spring themed as I would have liked and it left me without the feeling of wonder for spring most of the time. There was also a lot of nonsense poetry and I think seven poems by Lewis Carrol - none of which I enjoyed.
I think I was expecting more spring feeling and spring imagery matching that of the cover. Overall, this was an enjoyable experience and, although a small portion of all poems, I did find some poetry that I re-read over and over and some new poets I would like to read more of in the future. I doubt I will feel drawn to buy another seasonal anthology though.
However, the collection itself felt so-and-so. It was not as spring themed as I would have liked and it left me without the feeling of wonder for spring most of the time. There was also a lot of nonsense poetry and I think seven poems by Lewis Carrol - none of which I enjoyed.
I think I was expecting more spring feeling and spring imagery matching that of the cover. Overall, this was an enjoyable experience and, although a small portion of all poems, I did find some poetry that I re-read over and over and some new poets I would like to read more of in the future. I doubt I will feel drawn to buy another seasonal anthology though.
April 13, 2025
I wanted to get into English poetry and when I saw this book on the shelf, first the cover called out to me and second, I thought this would be a great starting point.
And it was. It had such varieties of poems; from short to long, picturesque to minimal, nonsensical ones to storytelling ones, and so one and so forth.
I think there was a poem for everyone in this book (no pun intended😂), and if you like quotes and lyrical prose this is definetly up your alley.
I'm just sad that I didn't see a single Persian poem in this book. My country's classic lit is mostly made up of poems. Only Isfahan, a city in Iran, was mentioned in one of the poems in passing. Other than that, nada😂
But nevertheless, great book for the reasons I mentioned.
Solid 4*
And it was. It had such varieties of poems; from short to long, picturesque to minimal, nonsensical ones to storytelling ones, and so one and so forth.
I think there was a poem for everyone in this book (no pun intended😂), and if you like quotes and lyrical prose this is definetly up your alley.
I'm just sad that I didn't see a single Persian poem in this book. My country's classic lit is mostly made up of poems. Only Isfahan, a city in Iran, was mentioned in one of the poems in passing. Other than that, nada😂
But nevertheless, great book for the reasons I mentioned.
Solid 4*
May 19, 2025
2☆
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my review:
I can’t even be bothered to write a review but I just wanted to justify myself. I loved the concept of this book. I love poetry. This was NOT for me. I don’t know if this was just exacerbated by the giant formatting of the book but it made me feel like a five year old. They chose mostly poems you’ve seen since primary school, so that doesn’t help. There were a few I did like, but I can’t lie, I didn’t stick to it daily and skimmed through most of May. Won’t be reading the rest of this series.. guess I’m going back to Sylvia Plath!
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my review:
I can’t even be bothered to write a review but I just wanted to justify myself. I loved the concept of this book. I love poetry. This was NOT for me. I don’t know if this was just exacerbated by the giant formatting of the book but it made me feel like a five year old. They chose mostly poems you’ve seen since primary school, so that doesn’t help. There were a few I did like, but I can’t lie, I didn’t stick to it daily and skimmed through most of May. Won’t be reading the rest of this series.. guess I’m going back to Sylvia Plath!
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July 28, 2024
3.5
Una recopilación de poemas inspirados o relacionados de alguna manera con la Primavera (o los meses en que es primavera por allá en Europa) escritos por increíbles autores; algunos muy profundos y otros muy tontos, cada poema tiene su valor; me gustó además que la editora agregara esas breves reseñas antes de cada poema. Personalmente, no hubiera puesto tantos poemas de Lewis Carroll. Es un buen libro para pasar el rato.
Una recopilación de poemas inspirados o relacionados de alguna manera con la Primavera (o los meses en que es primavera por allá en Europa) escritos por increíbles autores; algunos muy profundos y otros muy tontos, cada poema tiene su valor; me gustó además que la editora agregara esas breves reseñas antes de cada poema. Personalmente, no hubiera puesto tantos poemas de Lewis Carroll. Es un buen libro para pasar el rato.
April 15, 2025
I really enjoyed this anthology. I especially appreciated the variety, the inclusion of poems for different holidays/anniversaries and the range of different authors and styles of poem. My only critique is that some of the authors had their poems clustered together, so if you weren't a huge fan of that author and were reading two poems a day (but I read through faster than this) you may be stuck with poems you didn't love for a while. Other than that, I really enjoyed the anthology and it really succeeded in its mission to make poetry more accessible for all.
May 16, 2024
I did not enjoy this collection as much as the autumn and winter collections that I have also read. There was a lot of Lewis Carroll in this one and I’m not a big fan.
I have the summer collection which I will start reading soon and hopefully I will enjoy it as much as the autumn and winter ones.
I have the summer collection which I will start reading soon and hopefully I will enjoy it as much as the autumn and winter ones.
May 29, 2021
Again, like the previous volumes, I absolutely loved it! Now moving onto the final anthology! (Summer)
May 31, 2021
I loved reading these every day, I read 1 in the morning and the other before bed. Great collection.
March 24, 2022
Popsugar 2022: A duology (2).
March 28, 2022
It is a really cute book, the cover as my heart. The poems not so much.
May 31, 2022
I love those poetry anthologies, heading straight into the summer version of it. Can’t imagine to ever be without my daily poems, ever again! It’s sheer bliss.
May 31, 2022
3.5 stars
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