Poetry Poison: Vices

Author: Deborah Alma

Poetry anthologies (various poets)

Published on 3 September 2026 by PAN MACMILLAN (Macmillan) in the United Kingdom.

Hardback | 80 pages
186 x 120 | 132g

This beautiful pocket-sized hardback gift book contains carefully curated poetic poisons compiled by Deborah Alma, the founder of the Poetry Pharmacy. The Poetry Poisons are for when sweetness fails, offering a controlled dose of the less virtuous emotions, to be taken slowly and without apology.

A Distillation of the Finest Sins & Vices; For the Indulgence of Appetites; For Moments of Temptation and Relish; For the Celebration of Excess; to Encourage Delight in the Forbidden; for the Cultivation of Delicious Bad Habits.

Poetry Poison: Vices offers an intoxicating collection exploring human flaws: lust, desire, gluttony, sloth and more. Includes poems from Shakespeare, William Blake, and Henry David Thoreau.