The founder of National Poetry Day and the international Forward Prizes for Poetry, William Sieghart is Britain’s “Mr. Poetry”. Several years ago, seeking to share his love of poetry with the public, he set up poetry “pharmacies” in literary festivals around the UK, only to find people queuing for hours to receive his personalized prescriptions -- poems selected and read aloud by him to salve their ailments. Wanting to widen access to his “prescriptions”, he published The Poetry Pharmacy, a series of poetry anthologies, now in their third, best-selling edition.
