Perfect for Valentine’s Day:
a gorgeous garden of poems
Published on Friday 21 January 2022
There’s a fragrant, peachy-yellow rose called ‘poetry in motion’ – proof (if needed) of poetry’s love affair with this most sumptuous of flowers.
Our gorgeous mini-anthology contains all manner of roses. You’ll find a climbing rose that longs for another life, a meditation on the simple pleasure of tending roses and helping them to grow, together with a lyrical paean to the essence of the flower itself in all its scented, luscious-petalled glory.
This selection of rose poems makes a beautiful little garden that will offer delight in every season of the year.
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A duet of titles celebrating the magic of music
Published on Wednesday 20 April 2022
These two mini anthologies are a delightful duet and speak to each other in fascinating ways. Musician and broadcaster Cerys Matthews and musician and poet Kim Moore have selected poems that capture how it feels both to hear and play music, taking us from ancient Persia to a 1980s piano lesson. The abiding spirit of […]
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Poems that delight in all things earthy
Published on Thursday 24 March 2022
Soil, earth, clay, sod, clod: there’s no shortage of one-syllable words for the stuff that gets behind our fingernails and sticks to our wellies. And it’s strangely enjoyable to say these words out loud – as if they remind us of childhood and sitting in the dirt to make mud pies. This mini-anthology delights in […]
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Perfect for Valentine’s Day:
a gorgeous garden of poems
Published on Friday 21 January 2022
There’s a fragrant, peachy-yellow rose called ‘poetry in motion’ – proof (if needed) of poetry’s love affair with this most sumptuous of flowers. Our gorgeous mini-anthology contains all manner of roses. You’ll find a climbing rose that longs for another life, a meditation on the simple pleasure of tending roses and helping them to grow, […]
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