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Compact but roomy: with 5cm gusset so that it stays open on your desk, plus interior pocket for cards and useful hanging loop.  Could be used for holding pens, pencils, make-up, toiletries, snacks, coupons and many other important loose items.  100% cotton, printed with a delightful collection of insults from the plays of William Shakespeare.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrinted sturdy 100% cotton.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMeasures 23 x 13 cm. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Poetry Pharmacy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57044609728896,"sku":"6","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/9436\/9563\/files\/Screenshot2025-12-17140819.png?v=1765980511"},{"product_id":"poetry-poison-revenge","title":"Poetry Poison: Revenge","description":"\u003ch3 class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003ePoetry Poison: Revenge\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis beautiful pocket-sized hardback gift book contains a carefully curated collection of poems compiled by Deborah Alma, founder of the Poetry Pharmacy, exploring revenge in all its bitter, furious and sometimes deliciously satisfying forms.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFor the Satisfaction of Deep Hurt;\u003cbr\u003efor Wrongs, Real or Imagined; for the\u003cbr\u003eNursing of Grievances; for Fantasies\u003cbr\u003eof Redress and Reckoning; to Stoke\u003cbr\u003ethe Fires of Righteous Fury\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRevenge rarely arrives alone. It comes tangled up with love, pride, humiliation and jealousy, with old injuries replayed and rearranged in the mind, and the persistent feeling that a wrong should somehow be answered. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePoetry Poison\u003c\/strong\u003e opens the locked cabinet of the Poetry Pharmacy. These are not gentle tonics or remedies for life’s ailments, but poems for exploring its darker registers. The series ventures into the feelings and impulses we might usually prefer to keep safely stoppered. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eRevenge\u003c\/em\u003e, anger is allowed to speak. These poems move from the first private stirrings of grievance into curses, betrayal and transformation, through fantasies of spectacular retribution and finally to revenge at its coolest and most precise, where it surfaces as wit, satire and the exquisite satisfaction of a well-aimed line. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePoetry Pharmacists recommend taking in measured doses. If bitterness sharpens, follow with something more restorative.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Poetry Pharmacy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58851353985408,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/9436\/9563\/files\/DSC_6816.jpg?v=1788441438"},{"product_id":"poetry-poison-vices","title":"Poetry Poison: Vices","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"qMYqUG_convSearchResultHighlightRoot\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-8 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis beautiful pocket-sized hardback gift book contains a carefully curated collection of poems compiled by Deborah Alma, founder of the Poetry Pharmacy, exploring our appetites, excesses and less-than-virtuous impulses.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Distillation of the Finest Sins and Vices;\u003cbr\u003efor the Indulgence of Appetites;\u003cbr\u003efor Moments of Temptation and Relish;\u003cbr\u003efor the Celebration of Excess;\u003cbr\u003eto Encourage Delight in the Forbidden;\u003cbr\u003efor the Cultivation of Delicious Bad Habits\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEnvy, greed, lust, pride, resentment, sloth, spite, ambition and longing: some of the oldest ingredients of the human condition. Poets have always written about them, often with considerable relish, finding humour, recognition and strange beauty in the less flattering corners of the soul. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePoetry Poison\u003c\/strong\u003e opens the locked cabinet of the Poetry Pharmacy. These are not gentle tonics or remedies for life’s ailments, but poems for exploring its darker registers. The series ventures into the feelings and impulses we might usually prefer to keep safely stoppered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eVices\u003c\/em\u003e, the poems follow desire in its many forms: the ache of wanting, the temptation of excess, the poisonous sideways glance of envy, the swelling ego and the delicious temptation to do absolutely nothing at all. Some are comic, some tragic, some startlingly honest. 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