Our York Shop Is Now Open!

Visit The Poetry Pharmacy at 20 Coney Street in York.

A new home for our poetic remedies.

Welcome to the world's first walk-in Poetry Pharmacy

"Here, instead of sleeping pills and multivitamins, customers will be offered prescriptions of Derek Walcott and Elizabeth Bishop"

- Alison Flood, The Guardian.

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Spring remedies

Wild Remedy Collection

“In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.”

Margaret Atwood

Wild Remedy

For awakening the senses; to restore wonder

To be taken in moments of stillness beneath open sky
When the air softens and the earth begins again

Browse our Wild Remedy collection ; designed to soothe, ground, and reconnect you with the natural world.

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Browse our Poison Collection

Shakespearean Curses

Would the fountain of your mind were clear again, that I might water an ass in it.

Troilus and Cressida

A Selection of Insults & Barbed Wit from the Bard

• Very bitter pills
• Guaranteed adverse reactions
• Not to be swallowed (except metaphorically)

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Joy Pills

A bee settled
on a rose petal.
It sipped, and off it flew.
All in all, happiness too,
Is something little.

Trilussa

Poetic remedies to lift the spirits.

a Decoction of Delight to be taken in Small Doses

• No bitter pills
• No adverse reactions
• Not to be swallowed (except metaphorically)

The glass bottle contains 28 pill capsules, each containing a poetic extract on recycled paper.
Handmade in Bishops Castle, Shropshire.

All contents are biodegradable.

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Joy//Us Poems of Queer Joy - Book + Pill Bottle bundle-The Poetry Pharmacy

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First Aid - Poetry Prescription Gift Box-The Poetry Pharmacy

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Poetry Pharmacy Button Badge-Merchandise-The Poetry Pharmacy

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"Go Away I'm Reading" Book Lover Enamel Pin Badge

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Lush

Magnetic Poetry

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Poetry Pharmacy Chocolate

Pride

Self-Improvement: A Guided Journal for Vows, Goals & Aspirations-The Poetry Pharmacy

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The Poison Cabinet

The School of Life

100 Poems to Grow Your Confidence Bundle

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Ripening: Why Women Need Fairy Tales Now (Signed Indie Bookshop Edition)

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Badgered

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Relax Collection

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The Poetry Pharmacy’s Approved Treatments for the Season

100 Poems to Grow Your Confidence

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Our York Shop Is Now Open!

Welcome to the world's first walk-in Poetry Pharmacy

Browse by Emotion ...

Boost of Confidence Pills (Small)

Ripening: Why Women Need Fairy Tales Now (Signed Indie Bookshop Edition)

First Aid - Poetry Prescription Gift Box

Wild Remedy Collection

Shakespearean Curses

Joy Pills

☠️ The Poison Cabinet ☠️

Poetical Poison Pills: Shakespearean Curses (Large)

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The School of Life

Self-Improvement: A Guided Journal for Vows, Goals & Aspirations

Magnetic Poetry

Magnetic Poetry Kit - Original Edition

Stationery

Self-Improvement: A Guided Journal for Vows, Goals & Aspirations