Ten Poems about The Summer Meadow

A gorgeous alternative to sending someone a card.

With covers created by leading contemporary artists and poems hand-picked to speak to every kind of reader.

"What could be more evocative of heady summer days than a meadow in all its blowy, flowery glory?

In this exquisite prose essay, leading naturalist Miriam Darlington takes us deep into the heart of a local meadow in her beloved Devon. She describes how a “drained and threadbare place” is regenerated, how it slowly fills with flowers, insects, mammals and birds until it is teeming with life – a “patchwork of heaven”.

The meadow does its own work, but it is helped by human hands – something that creates a passionate bond between the writer and this special habitat.

There are many kinds of meadow, we are told. By paying close attention to the particular, a treasured place is brought to life in all its vivid and unique beauty." Candlestick Press

• Poems by EJ Scovell and Katharine Towers.
• Cover illustration by Niki Bowers.
• Published June 2024
• 20 pages