A Selection of Poems edited by Jeremy Noel-Tod
Headless Poet Introductions 1.3
Publishing 5 August 2026, pre-orders open
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Edited by Jeremy Noel-Tod, this new selection brings the full range of Lilian Bowes Lyon’s moving and memorable poetry back into print for the first time since 1948.
Lilian Bowes Lyon (1895-1949) was a unique poetic voice amid the political turmoil of the 1930s and 40s. Born in Northumberland, whose chilly, glittering landscape inspired her throughout her life, she lived in the East End during the war and wrote about her experience of the Blitz, bravely exposing herself to its dangers while her own health deteriorated.
Jeremy Noel-Tod teaches Literature and Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia. He is the editor of The Oxford Companion to Modern Poetry, the Complete Poems of R.F. Langley and The Penguin Book of the Prose Poem.
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Like snow bees in the night,
Softly they arrive;
Our eyes are hurt
By the surprise of love
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Publication date: 5 August 2026
32pp, staple-bound in card covers
Printed on Munken Pure paper in East London by Angel Press
ISBN: 978-1-9195507-2-5
A Selection of Poems edited by Jeremy Noel-Tod
Headless Poet Introductions 1.3
Publishing 5 August 2026, pre-orders open
—
Edited by Jeremy Noel-Tod, this new selection brings the full range of Lilian Bowes Lyon’s moving and memorable poetry back into print for the first time since 1948.
Lilian Bowes Lyon (1895-1949) was a unique poetic voice amid the political turmoil of the 1930s and 40s. Born in Northumberland, whose chilly, glittering landscape inspired her throughout her life, she lived in the East End during the war and wrote about her experience of the Blitz, bravely exposing herself to its dangers while her own health deteriorated.
Jeremy Noel-Tod teaches Literature and Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia. He is the editor of The Oxford Companion to Modern Poetry, the Complete Poems of R.F. Langley and The Penguin Book of the Prose Poem.
—
Like snow bees in the night,
Softly they arrive;
Our eyes are hurt
By the surprise of love
—
Publication date: 5 August 2026
32pp, staple-bound in card covers
Printed on Munken Pure paper in East London by Angel Press
ISBN: 978-1-9195507-2-5
