Candlestick Press is a small, independent press publishing beautiful Instead of a card poetry pamphlets. Based in Nottingham in the UK, weve been making our mini-anthologies since 2008 and have now sold over 915,000 titles which means that weve shared over nine million poems with our readers all over the world.

Theres a fragrant, peachy-yellow rose called poetry in motion proof (if needed) of poetrys love affair with roses, this most sumptuous of flowers.

Our gorgeous mini-anthology contains all manner of roses. Youll 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:

Blossom, my darling, blossom, be a rose
Of roses unchidden and purposeless; a rose
For rosiness only, without an ulterior motive

from Rose of all the World by DH Lawrence

This selection of rose poems makes a beautiful little garden that will offer delight in every season of the year.

Our pamphlets are supplied with an envelope for posting, a bookmark for a special message and an Instead of a card sticker to seal the back of the envelope for a lovely finishing touch.

Paperback | 20 printed pages