{"product_id":"ten-poems-about-sheep-volume-one","title":"Ten Poems about Sheep Volume One","description":"Not for the faint-hearted, these poems highlight the harsh realities of the lives of sheep. They contrast starkly with the popular image of sheep as fluffy and sweet – rather, sheep become the starting-point for our own humanity, and the take-off point for some unexpected fantasies too.\n\n“For all that English literature has a centuries-old pastoral tradition, very few poets actually write about sheep, the beasts themselves who live out their short lives so we can fleece them of their flesh and wool. … I do hope that these ten poems about sheep will give readers a greater understanding and sympathy for a poorly understood and too often maligned animal.”\n\nNeil Astley, Introduction to Ten Poems about Sheep\n\n“The mothers have come back\nFrom the shearing, and behind the hedge\nThe woe of sheep is like a battlefield…”\n\nfrom ‘Sheep’ by Ted Hughes\n\nPoems by Ruth Bidgood, Gillian Clarke, Josephine Dickinson, Ted Hughes, Christina Rossetti, David Scott and Jo Shapcott.\n\nIllustrated by Beth Krommes.\n\nDonation to Compassi","brand":"Candlestick Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58013736534403,"sku":null,"price":7.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0797\/1438\/6230\/files\/e2a0d488910151eeed919c6d6068dc6bbf9b1c207d0bb188c3593f98390cf9c8.jpg?v=1778368960","url":"https:\/\/floreannspantry.myshopify.com\/products\/ten-poems-about-sheep-volume-one","provider":"Flore@Annspantry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}