{"product_id":"take-the-tiller-andrew-sparke-9781835307977","title":"Take The Tiller","description":"\u003cp\u003eI started writing poems in the year two thousand. I was on the way to work and I spotted a boy, about 12 years old, running to school. I wrote the poem as soon as I got to work. It was like switch being pressed. After that I carried on writing poems. I have written poems for writers' groups, for my own entertainment and whenever life got difficult. Poems express how I felt and feel much better than prose. My childhood memories are vivid and that is why I chose the title 'Take the Tiller'. Steering the boat back to the mooring made me feel like a grown-up not a child of four years old; the cover photograph was taken by my father on that day in August seventy-five years ago. What a memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI hope my poems resonate with others and enable them to share my thoughts and feelings. Even better for them to write their own poems of course...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew Sparke,Nigel Peckett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1835307973\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781835307977\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e APS Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.29d","brand":"Andrew Sparke","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48443029913855,"sku":"9781835307977","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_222ae36b-b82c-4542-8d86-ea4c2a90b148.jpg?v=1777201379","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/take-the-tiller-andrew-sparke-9781835307977","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}