Brian Bilston: Advert Calendar

There are times when I despair
at how the Christmas season

has become so commercialised.

Only this morning, while drying

my Days Like These mug (£12.99 -
available through my Etsy shop)

with my new festive tea towel

(featuring my poem about failing to water

my Christmas tree - p.48),

it made me sad to think about how

we seem to have lost the true meaning

of Christmas, whatever it is.

And that topic was very much

the inspiration behind my new series

of stunning decorative wall plates

(20% discount for orders before 24/12)

containing short poems about love,

kindness, and thinking of others.

On the subject of which, if you have

an elderly relative or younger sibling,

some kind of friend or intelligent pet,

or maybe you just want to brighten

the existence of a random stranger

you chance upon in the street,

it may interest you to know

I have a range of edible cake toppers,

depicting my face in a series

of contemplative expressions, 

which can be placed  on your bakes

for that added 'wow' factor,

and available now for just £7.99,

or free with the purchase

of a signed copy of this poem.