{"product_id":"collected-poems-9780374126537","title":"Collected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eCome, friendly bombs, and fall on Slough\u003cbr\u003eTo get it ready for the plough.\u003cbr\u003eThe cabbages are coming now;\u003cbr\u003eThe earth exhales.\u003cbr\u003e--from \"Slough\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the beloved English poet John Betjeman's \u003ci\u003eCollected Poems \u003c\/i\u003efirst appeared in 1958, it made publishing history, and has now sold more than two million copies to a steadily expanding readership. Betjeman is almost unique among poets in that his work appeals equally strongly to those who love poetry and to those who rarely read it. This volume, the first American edition of the \u003ci\u003eCollected Poems, \u003c\/i\u003eincorporates all the poems that Betjeman published after the original \u003ci\u003eCollected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e and includes a new foreword by Britain's poet laureate, Andrew Motion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSir John Betjeman\u003c\/b\u003e (1906-1984) was one of Britain's most recognized, beloved, and bestselling poets of the last century. He was knighted in 1969 and named Poet Laureate in 1972.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50323749437714,"sku":"9780374126537","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5a575882-48c3-4cf2-a107-09b79b5a2d5d.jpg?v=1727661094","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/collected-poems-9780374126537","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}