PALEWELL PRESS

How can we communicate the unspeakable, illuminate the shadow realms of our society and intersecting social / ecological crises, whilst negotiating our own loves, losses, responsibilities? In ecofeminist poems written over a decade, the personal is situated within the larger social/geopolitical structures that circumscribe our lives, with themes of resistance, regeneration and co-creation with non-human nature offering a beacon for these turbulent times.

The Last Lighthouse in Rising Seas launched at Bookhaus in Bristol in May 2026. Tickets on Eventbrite for a free online launch on September 21st 

"The Last Lighthouse in Rising Seas confirms Helen Moore as the most imaginative and committed ecopoet of our time." Review in Morning Star by Alan Morrison, poet

"The disruption caused by pollution from fossil fuels, and our collective conscious or unconscious indifference, has left wastelands where flora and fauna once flourished. The Last Lighthouse in Rising Seas uses memory to create an album of where we were and where we are, and it places a mirror unflinchingly before our faces while predicting where we are going. This collection is a great tool for sensitising and driving policies to shore up our collective futures." Omobola Osamor review in The Heart Your Only Compass, July 2026

‘As the oceans rise and burning oil clouds rain down on Tehran, how very necessary is this beacon of a collection, bearing fierce witness to petroleum addiction and genocide in Gaza while celebrating creative eco-activism in precarious personal conditions. Like a field of reed beds confronting a spurting sewage pipe, Helen Moore's songful, pantheist, far-reaching poems absorb and transform the toxic effluence of late global capitalism – and in cleansing our relationships to planet, each other and all living beings, encourage the great collective endeavour of re/placing that long-broken pipe.’ Naomi Foyle, poet and novelist

‘This is one of the most exciting books I’ve read in ages. One moment Helen Moore’s poems make me growl at injustice, the next they make me want to get up and dance.’ Ambrose Musiyiwa, writer and coordinator of The Africa Migration Report Poetry Anthology Series

‘Helen Moore’s poems are a realm of deep conviction for the rights of the more-than-human world, and demand the link between politics, agribusiness, forced migration and environmental justice.’ Caleb Parkin, ecopoet and former Bristol City Poet

‘A stunning collection which takes an unflinching stare at the dark heart of fossil-fuel addiction and its calamitous effects on life, while also discovering a glimmer of light that could lead to a better future.’ Professor Arran Stibbe, University of Gloucestershire

‘Helen Moore is a poet of the luminous present and a precursor of ecopoetics... When asked by the public for contemporary poets writing about the natural world, Helen Moore is the first on our list of recommendations.’ - Chris McCabe, Poet and Head Librarian, National Poetry Library