The arrival of the Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum in September was heralded with the sort of excitement that can only be compared to the Tutankhamun exhibition in the 1970s. It’s the firs...

Candlestick Press May 2026 My thanks to the publisher for my copy of this pamphlet  One of the most beloved of British wildflowers, bluebell...

Candlestick Press April 2026 Thanks to the publisher for the copy of this pamphlet  Having an allotment isn’t the same as having a vegetab...

Candlestick Press April 2026 Thanks to the publisher for the copy of this pamphlet    Blackbirds are one of our most beautiful songsters. Th...

Candlestick Press First Published 2012 Revised May 2018 Revised March 2026 This revised third edition of our much-loved anthology contains p...

Our latest competition updates and previous results.

Candlestick Press February 2026 My thanks to the publisher for the copy of this pamphlet     The most famous flowers in poetry must surely b...

Candlestick Press February 2026 My thanks to the publisher for my copy of this poetry pamphlet  Owls are birds that fascinate us, seeming to...

The most famous flowers in poetry must surely be William Wordsworth’s daffodils, expressing the surprise and delight of stumbling upon unexpected beauty. And being beautiful is something that ...

Candlestick Press First published 2017 Revised November 2025 My thanks to the publisher for my copy of this pamphlet  Our smallest creatures...

Our latest competition updates and previous results.

Candlestick Press November 2025 My thanks to the publisher for my copy of this poetry pamphlet  Dads, fathers, papas, daddies: the poems in ...

Ten Poems about Allotments

Ten Poems from Wales offers readers who are new to the poetry of Wales, and those who are already in love with it, a glimpse of a rich heritage. Welsh literature is renowned for its beauty...

Twelve beautiful poems for the months of the year: poems for birthdays, for special anniversaries, poems to simply say “I’m thinking of you this month, and isn’t nature wonderful?”. Our ...

Candlestick Press September 2025 Thanks to the publishers for my copy of this poetry pamphlet  Cumbria is a place of fellside and farmland, ...

Candlestick Press First published 2011 Reissued October 2025 My thanks to Candlestick Press for my copy of this pamphlet The dogs that sniff...

Candlestick Press September 2025 My thanks to the publisher for my copy of this pamphlet  Many of us still love the tradition of decorating ...