Sometimes it´s hard to keep looking up at the stars when the gutter we´re in seems so full of sh*t.
But isn´t that why we need poetry?
Oscar Wilde wrote some of his best poetry when he was in prison for ´the love that dare not speak its name´.
Nelson Mandela held fast to his ´unconquerable soul´ on Robben Island with the help of the words a poet wrote about his battle with tuberculosis a century before.
So maybe it´s not inconceivable that the words in this little book could help you put some of the sh*t in perspective, get all the important bits of your life - like sleep, work, food, travel, love and learning - in some kind of balance, so you can go back to star-gazing again . . .
Taking as its starting point the classic ´wheel of balance´ life-coach model, this beautifully packaged collection of extracts and short poems gathers wisdom old and new in a perfect gift for anyone who needs comfort in this f**ked up world of ours.