A collection of well-loved poetry, with reflections written by Christopher Smith.
 
Spending some time exploring the feeling of living is not something that one need do, but it is something that one can do. It can be relaxing, enriching and surprising.

Poetry can help us do this. It gives us sanctuary; time and space away from the pressure of the world. It can create uncertainty, liminal space where things we thought we knew, start to take on a new light. Poetry is an invitation to slow down and explore, and as such it can't help but change who we are and because It changes how we think, it changes what we do.
 
This book contains ten poems specially chosen for their capacity to do all of these things and some reflections to help you consider how they might gently encourage presence. I hope its as pleasurable to read as it was to write.
 
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