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Twenty-Six Poems

Pause, read, reflect.

Improve the well-being of residents, staff and visitors with a wall mountable poetry anthology, designed to provide moments of contemplation and reflection and wonder.


Poems are quiet in their nature, subtle in their approach and silent when not required and it is because of their simplicity, poems are often overlooked. Timeless Activities has curated Twenty-Six Poems to make sure that not a day goes by where a great poem is not read by someone, somewhere. 


  • Reading a poem is like taking a step out of time
  • It creates moments that other activities cannot replicate
  • Poems give us a platform from which to contemplate our own thoughts and feelings, to ourselves or to someone else
  • They have the ability to extricate long-forgotten memories and create meaningful discussion
  • Most impressively, poetry reveals itself uniquely to the person who is reading it, making it the ultimate person-centered, meaningful activity that requires very little facilitation.


The true beauty of a timeless poem is that it gets better and better the longer you’ve known it and Twenty-Six Poems is the result of a distillation of some of the greatest poems ever written. 


Timeless Activities provide a set of large, illustrated*, wall-mountable, poems intended to be displayed in common areas of care homes. These large eye-catching poems act as a passive intervention in the care home environment. Their presence alone inspires private moments of reflection or an open discussion with a family member or visitor. Poems draw more attention as they change during the course of the year and conversation and anticipation builds week on week. 


*Non-illustrated poems are available on request.

Why twenty-six?

We’ve chosen Twenty-Six Poems as there are 52 weeks in the year and the anthology is designed to reset every six months. One week display period allows for each poem to be seen by most people and become familiar but not long enough for it to become too familiar and begin to blend into the environment. 

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USEFUL LINKS about Poetry and the part it plays today

Poetry and the part it plays today

The Human Brain Is Hardwired for Poetry | HowStuffWorks


'The spark will ignite': how poetry helps engage people with dementia | Social Care Network | The Guardian.


How poetry can light up our darker moments


The potential therapeutic benefits of reading poetry to nursing home residents : the road less travelled?


An evaluation of a two year project engaging in poetry activities with older people in resid


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