Our York Shop Is Now Open!
Visit The Poetry Pharmacy at 20 Coney Street in York.
A new home for our poetic remedies.
100 Poems to Grow Your Confidence
My soul is awakened, my spirit is soaring
And carried aloft on the winds of the breeze; Anne Bronte
For the encouragement of Bold Choices, to Summon Confidence & Charm for the Common Day
Antidote to the Ordinary Pills; Made in collaboration with UOOYAA
A dose of romance
Poetry to celebrate connection, closeness, and care for every type of love
Our Poetry Pharmacy gift boxes are carefully crafted to soothe, inspire, and spark joy.
The Emergency Poet – An Anti-Stress Poetry Anthology is reissued, ten years after it first made its way into the hands and hearts of readers and edited by our own Deborah Alma.
Signed editions now available.
Soporifics, Sedatives & Balms for the Spirit; to educe Moments of Reflection & Serenity; to be Present in the Moment; a Calmative for Intention & Attention
First Aid Gift Box
Explore our gift box containing the new book, our unique bottle of Poemcetamol Pills and matching chocolate!
Welcome to the world's first walk-in Poetry Pharmacy
"Here, instead of sleeping pills and multivitamins, customers will be offered prescriptions of Derek Walcott and Elizabeth Bishop"
- Alison Flood, The Guardian.
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Family Lines: Poems About Parents and Parenthood
Poetry of the Zodiac: Discover the secrets of each sign through verse
Frequently Happy: 52 Mindful Moments to Bring Hope and Joy
Supporters’ Bookmark - A Year of Poetry on Prescription
Art Cure: The Science of How the Arts Transform Our Health
A Gift Box that thinks deeply
Spring remedies
Wild Remedy Collection
“In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.”
Margaret Atwood
Wild Remedy
For awakening the senses; to restore wonder
To be taken in moments of stillness beneath open sky
When the air softens and the earth begins again
Browse our Wild Remedy collection ; designed to soothe, ground, and reconnect you with the natural world.
Browse our Poison Collection
Shakespearean Curses
Would the fountain of your mind were clear again, that I might water an ass in it.
Troilus and Cressida
A Selection of Insults & Barbed Wit from the Bard
• Very bitter pills
• Guaranteed adverse reactions
• Not to be swallowed (except metaphorically)
Easter best seller
Joy Pills
A bee settled
on a rose petal.
It sipped, and off it flew.
All in all, happiness too,
Is something little.
Trilussa
Poetic remedies to lift the spirits.
a Decoction of Delight to be taken in Small Doses
• No bitter pills
• No adverse reactions
• Not to be swallowed (except metaphorically)
The glass bottle contains 28 pill capsules, each containing a poetic extract on recycled paper.
Handmade in Bishops Castle, Shropshire.
All contents are biodegradable.
☠️ The Poison Cabinet ☠️
Poetical Poison Pills: Shakespearean Curses (Large)
Poetical Poison Pills: Curses & Maledictions (Large)
Poetical Poison Pills: Shakespeare's Apothecary
A Midnight Treasury of Macabre and Weird Poems
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100 Poems to Grow Your Confidence
The School of Life
Self-Improvement: A Guided Journal for Vows, Goals & Aspirations
Writing As Therapy Notebook - Ideas For Self-Reflection
Magnetic Poetry
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Self-Improvement: A Guided Journal for Vows, Goals & Aspirations
Self-Improvement: A Guided Journal for Vows, Goals & Aspirations
Writing As Therapy Notebook - Ideas For Self-Reflection
Writing As Therapy Notebook - Ideas For Self-Reflection