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We are a charitable company based in Mytholmroyd, West Yorkshire, celebrating the work, life, and leg

Our goal at The Elmet Trust is to provide support for the legacy of Edward "Ted" Hughes, who was born in Mytholmroyd in the West Riding of Yorkshire, and was the poet laureate from 1984 until his death in 1998. Ted left a wealth of literature behind, and it is our aim to try and promote his skill as a wordsmith as best we can, and we do this by hosting competitions, events, outings etc. in order to celebrate the contributions he did for the world of literature.

31/05/2026

This week, The Elmet Trust has gladly welcomed back the Poet Jodie E Hollander to Ted’s House for her 3 week long residency . Jodie first stayed with us back in 2024, and thanks to The Myner Trust she is back with us again! 😊

21/03/2026

Happy World Poetry Day everyone! May your day be filled with beauty and poetry . Celebrate by reading one of your favourite Ted Hughes poems today maybe ? What would it be ?

"Everything else is in order, just as it is.
Let the summer skies hold off, for the moment.
This is just as he wants it.
A little at a time, of each new thing, is best ..."

01/01/2026

The Elmet Trust would like to wish a Happy New Year to all of our members, friends and supporters today!

We hope that 2026 will be a happy new year for you all. And may your year be full of beauty and poetry!

25/12/2025

Christmas Card ... by Ted Hughes

You have anti-freeze in the car, yes,
But the shivering stars wade deeper.
Your scarf’s tucked in under your buttons,
But a dry snow ticks through the stubble.
Your knee-boots gleam in the fashion,
But the moon must stay

And stamp and cry
As the holly the holly
Hots its reds.

Electric blanket to comfort your bedtime
The rover no longer feels its stones.
Your windows are steamed by dumpling laughter
The snowplough’s buried on the drifted moor.
Carols shake your television
And nothing moved on the road but the wind

Hither and thither
The wind and three
Starving sheep.

Redwings from Norway rattle at the clouds
But comfortless sneezers puddle in pubs.
The robin looks in at the kitchen window
But all care huddles to hearths and kettles.
The sun lobs one wet snowball feebly
Grim and blue

The dusk of the coombe
And the swamp woodland
Sinks with the wren.

See old lips go purple and old brows go paler.
The stiff crow drops in the midnight silence.
Sneezes grow coughs and coughs grow painful.
The vixen yells in the midnight garden.
You wake with the shakes and watch your breathing
Smoke in the moonlight – silent, silent.

Your anklebone
And your anklebone
Lie big in the red.

Merry Christmas from The Elmet Trust to all of our friends, members and supporters!

Photograph of the Ted Hughes greeting card © National Portrait Gallery, London , by Leonard Baskin. American sculptor, Baskin, was a close friend of Ted Hughes and illustrated a number of his books.

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