So you’ve been asked to recite a poem at your friend’s marriage – stuck for ides? This is the ideal book for you, certain to come in handy for all manners of occasions but also, being beautifully illustrated, a joy to read from cover to cover. Split into thematic chapters covering weddings, anniversaries, Christenings, funerals, Christmas, Thanksgiving and all manner of events, the book includes poems by some of our most famous and treasured poets, from “How do I Love Thee” by Elisabet Barrett Browning to “In Memoriam” by Alfred Lord Tennyson.