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| Published May 2017, priced £4.95 ISBN 978 1 907598 47 0 |
Selected and Introduced by Liz
Soar with Pupils of Headington School, Oxford
“Poems that capture the joy of
being – or having – a grandparent”
This latest title from
Candlestick Press is something of a departure: all the selections have been
chosen by pupils at Headington School in Oxford and the anthology includes two
beautiful poems written by the students themselves and one by their English teacher,
Liz Soar.
The pupils were diligent editors
and their choices reflect the multicultural world in which they are growing up.
There’s a poem in three languages about a joyful reunion with a grandparent
arriving from overseas and another in which a Muslim grandmother raises
eyebrows in a posh department store by washing her feet in the sink in the
ladies’ room.
But the abiding spirit of the
selection is the sense of safety and comfort we feel in the company of a
beloved grandparent. Joan Johnston’s tiny poem ‘Safe’ captures the feelings of
a child tucked up in bed. Or as Andrew Waterhouse says so touchingly, it’s
simply about:
“feeling his heat, knowing
the slow pulse of his good
heart.”
from ‘Climbing my Grandfather’ by
Andrew Waterhouse
Poems by Tiffany Atkinson, John
Burnside, Katie Cleverley, Vicki Feaver, Joan Johnston, Katerina de
Jong/Anastasia Matveeva/Minnah Rashid, Mohja Kahf, Derek Mahon, Liz Soar and
Andrew Waterhouse.
Illustration by Kathy Morgan
To continue the Candlestick tradition
of supporting a range of charities through pamphlet sales, a donation will be
made to Friends of the Elderly.
www.fote.org.uk
Candlestick Press is a small,
independent press publishing sumptuously produced poetry pamphlets that serve
as a wonderful alternative to a greetings card, with matching envelopes and
bookmarks left blank for your message. Their subjects include Cricket, London,
Lesbian and Gay, Revenge, Babies and Fathers. Candlestick Press pamphlets are
stocked by chain and independent bookshops, galleries and garden centres
nationwide and available to order online.
Follow on Twitter @poetrycandle
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This sounds wonderful! I'm definitely going to be looking at buying from this company - especially after I won one of their titles in your recent giveaway. They really are beautifully done.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Hayley. I'm so pleased too be able to showcase these wonderful poetry pamphlets - Jaffa and I think they're amazing :)
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