Clifford Liles has travelled, lived, and worked in several countries throughout Europe and in Australia. His poems have appeared in Acumen, Poetry Salzburg Review, Orbis, South, Obsessed with Pipework, London Grip, Dream Catcher, and Anthropocene.

His collection A Square Peg in a Round World, subtitled A Journey through Verse was published in September 2025 by Black Pear Press: https://blackpear.net/2025/07/27/a-square-peg-in-a-round-world-clifford-liles/. This evocative poetry collection takes you on a global odyssey through both untamed wilderness and urban landscapes. Spanning continents, the poems traverse UNESCO heritage sites and bustling metropolises. These poems, ranging from modern sonnets to free verse, also explore the intricate relationships between individuals, nature, and society, delving into themes of dislocation, inequality, hubris, avarice, and love.

In 2023, he was one of the panel of judges for the Canterbury Festival’s Poet of the Year competition. See https://canterburyfestival.co.uk/poet-of-the-year-competition-2023/?mc_cid=96518d988a&mc_eid=459492b1af for more details.

He convenes the monthly Hereford Poetry Stanza group at the Left Bank Village in Hereford. This group is closely associated with the Ledbury-based HereAbouts Poets:

https://hereaboutspoets.wordpress.com/

https://poetrysociety.org.uk/membership/poetry-society-stanzas/