Poetry Prescription: First Aid
Pan Macmillan, 2025
My poem Desire Lines - previous winner of the Candlestick Press’ 2024 competition, Poems of Light - also appears in this volume of the Poetry Pharmacy’s popular Prescription series.
From Pan Macmillan, publisher:
“This beautiful pocket-sized hardback gift book contains carefully curated prescriptions in verse compiled by Deborah Alma, the founder of the Poetry Pharmacy. Life is lived with feeling - and these poems will bring you reassurance.”
The Lantern Room: Winning Poems from the 2025 Winchester Poetry Prize
Winchester Poetry Festival, 2025
Hallelujah on the Oncology Ward won a Commended award in the 2025 Winchester Poetry Prize, and was included in the accompanying anthology.
Judge Fiona Benson said:
“Reflected in the prism of each poem I found the things we love - parents, partners and children; flora and fauna; landscapes and oceans - a whole brave world of tenderness”.
Ten Poems of Light
Candlestick Press, 2024
Desire Lines was one of nine winners in the Candlestick Press anniversary competition, Poems of Light, to commemorate their millionth pamphlet sale.
From Candlestick Press:
“We hope that this dazzling selection – which includes the winning poems in our recent competition – will offer moments of delight and lasting joy, a poem (like a candlestick) being a lovely bearer of illumination.”
Ten Poets Charm the Pants off Ten Historical Figures
Sidekick Books, 2024
Commissioned by the editors, Galileo and I Break Into the Museum of the History of Science to Retrieve His Middle Finger was included in this 2024 edition of Sidekick Books’ popular Ten Poets series.
From Sidekick Books:
“Whether they’re slaying kaiju monsters, spooking us out, solving murders or seducing icons from history, our game bards shapeshift, time-travel and stoke the campfire in their own poetic ways.”
Spaces of Significance
Off the Chest, Aaron Kent and Jake Wild Hall 2024
Love Song on the M4 was included in poetry event juggernaut Off the Chest’s inaugural anthology.
From Off the Chest:
“From the girls' club toilets to a grandfather's closet, a London bus to the UN Buffer Zone, dive into poetry that illuminates a diverse series of locations, explored through evocative imagery, storytelling and humour.”