New #poem #poems #LibrarySky #EduSky #BookSky #poetry #TeacherSky #poetrylovers #PoetrySky #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #teachers #literacy @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social #kidlit @troikabooks.bsky.social @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social

The former actor and BBC producer Collette Hiller has won the CLiPPA – the poetry award run by the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education – for Colossal Words for Kids: 75 Tremendous Words Neatly Defined to Stick in the Mind 👇 #BookSky

Good Morning @thebrokenspine.co.uk!🌻 Long overdue but a definite #LiftToTheSky for Fiona Halliday @fhalliday.bsky.social for hopeful, positive and inspiring poetry. 💛

#teachers - are you counting sleeps? And THANK YOU for a fantastic but tough year! #poem #poems #LibrarySky #EduSky #BookSky #poetry #TeacherSky #poetrylovers #PoetrySky #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #teachers #literacy @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social #kidlit @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social

I'm thrilled to have 3 poems in this fab online book. All proceeds from sales fund Compassiviste Foundation's work to create a more equitable + sustainable future for all #poem #poems #LibrarySky #EduSky #BookSky #poetry #TeacherSky #poetrylovers #PoetrySky ‪@fhpowellwriter.bsky.social‬

Thank you, @littlethoughtspress.com ! 😊💕

You can find Fiona's poems, "The River Horse" and "Great Barrier Reef" as well as Emily's illustrations, "A Sunset Soak," and "Sowing to Save" in Little Thoughts Press Issue 9: Go Wild! available in print & pdf. www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues

Fun tales of Derek’s conversations with great people! I really enjoyed seeing how the meetings began - lending to others and giving advice - Derek has a lot to offer! Thank you, Jonathan Humble! #poetry

This Friday’s #PoemsAbout theme is #NeverForget Dust, data, loss, legacy. What still haunts. 📅 Share your poem Friday for feedback from @alanparry83.bsky.social. 🖼 Use alt-text if posting an image. #TakeRisks #LeaveScars #EndOnAnImage

Thank you for your lovely review, Carmella, I’m delighted that you enjoyed my poetry. 💕 #poetry

Thank you again so much Julia Donaldson & Fiona Halliday for spending time with my words. My pamphlet 'The Liminal Light of the Night' is presented by @hedgehogpress.co.uk & is a deep dive into loneliness, grief, liminality and hope. I don't take anyone's time for granted & appreciate your support!

#poetrycommunity Reading the wonderful #poetry of @carmellapoetry.bsky.social published by @hedgehogpress.co.uk .It was difficult to decide on 2 favourite poems, I love the line ‘My fears are kept in the pockets of strangers.’ Beautiful illustrations by Vanya Milanova accompany the poems.

Thinking of friends who’ve recently lost loved ones. #prayer #grief

The sun is shining! ☀️☀️☀️ And Fiona Halliday's pamphlet #thoughtsonlife from @hedgehogpress.co.uk has arrived... It's going to be a wonderful afternoon! 🩷💐🩷 @fhalliday.bsky.social #poemsaboutlife #poemsaboutfriendship #debutpamphlets

This is a poem of loss, taken from Whatever You Do, Just Don't (HappenStance Press, 2023)...

Thank you, Attie! I suspect many people feel this way - afraid of saying the wrong thing, but not wanting to be silent! 😊

Here are the 9 gorgeous versions of my #HaikuSaturday #haiku posted so far. I'll post the complete list on Monday, so more people can join in if they wish to do so.

Thank you very much, Kate! I’m so pleased you enjoyed, ‘Thoughts on Life’, thank you for reviewing it! 😊

TEACHERS: In need of some fun, FREE poems? You'll find plenty on my website - www.joshuaseigal.co.uk - including one of my best known poems, below. Might be handy for #WorldBookDay! Enjoy. #BookSky #EduSky #poetrycommunity @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social

x.com/fionahallida... Thank you to @samszanto.bsky.social for this interview about ‘Thoughts on Life’!

This beautiful poetic conversation about motherhood is available from @hedgehogpress.co.uk , @samszanto.bsky.social Thank you Sam Szanto and Annie Cowell!

A lovely post from Mark @hedgehogpress.co.uk , thank you! Thank you for publishing ‘Thoughts on Life’! For more info on how to buy a copy, please dm.

Thank you, Debbie! I really appreciate your boost! 😊 ‘Thoughts on Life’, my debut pamphlet will be officially published tomorrow, 14th Jan 2025! For more information, please dm.

#CoverReveal! So thrilled to show everyone the delicious cover for my KS1 poetry collection, publishing in March 2025 with Otter-Barry Books! Huge thanks to the brilliant Kate Sheppard for her amazing illustrations. 🎉🎉Pre-orders are OPEN! 🎉🎉 💙🍓💙🍓💙🍓

**SUBS DEADLINE ~ WAVE TWENTY-ONE** Picked to feature in wave twenty-one of @iambapoet.com from March 15th? This is your reminder that you need to send @markantonyowen.com your completed submission by January 15th – ten days from today. Please, please, PLEASE try to be prompt! 🙏🏻

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Hello, I'm a figurative sculptor who could not work without drawing. The process of drawing, that intuitive response, is what I aim for in my work. The work is about everyday life, in its minutia, the sheer fantastic-ness of it all.

Best Wishes for 2025! Happy New Year! 😊

The January #KidLit events calendar has been updated and emails are in the queue. You can check the website or sign up to get the weekly emails. What #KidLitEvents are you looking forward to attending in the new year? carolynbfraiser.com/kidlit/

A gentle reminder that balance, not excess, is where peace lives. Let go, and find the calm waiting for you. #MindfulLiving

Happy New Year to you all x

Gordy's work is some of my favorite #kidlitart! ❤️

I wake in love with you / At last year's station. Bye, 2024. Some of us were kind to strangers. Some of it was love, left.

Even though I don’t like being in photos, I’m rather thrilled to show my debut poetry pamphlet, ‘Thoughts on Life’. Thank you, Mark @hedgehogpress.co.uk ! For signed copies, please dm me. £1 from each author copy will go to Willow Wood Hospice, in memory of my Dad. Happy Christmas! 🎄😊

COVER REVEAL: “Sent” – Nigel Kent Ah, I do love a collection of @kent-nj j poetry, and I am proud to say that we will soon be publishing 'Sent' All fettled to a brilliant soundtrack by @keeleysound

PRE-ORDERS ARE OPEN: “Thoughts on Life” – Fiona Halliday Well, it is top excitement in Hogland, as we can announce that the rather awesome debut collection, planned for January from @FionaHalliday is NOW AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER Yay!

Or if you'd like to just check out the post, which includes a poem draft from yesterday that I hastily scribbled down during my toddler's abbreviated crappy nap, you can read it here: otherthoughts.beehiiv.com/p/little-bit...

Michael Sheen reading Dylan Thomas @rsthomaspoet.bsky.social and Robert Graves' Welsh Incident? Don't mind if I do... Poetry Please with Roger McGough 4pm Tues 10 Dec @bbcradio4.bsky.social or catch up @bbcsounds.bsky.social Producer Maggie Ayre #poetry #DylanThomas www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Hi, this is my first post on @bsky.app! I write poetry for adults and children, love the arts and enjoy supporting local creatives by providing safe spaces for local poets to share their work. I am interested to find mutuals who read or write poetry and I also like movie nostalgia and the Beatles.

My debut pamphlet is due out in January with @hedgehogpress.co.uk ! Pre-orders are open now. If you’d like a signed copy, please message directly. Thank you to Mark at Hedgehog! I’m really delighted!

Here’s the front cover reveal for my debut poetry pamphlet from @hedgehogpress.co.uk , I’m so delighted, thank you, Mark! Also, thank you to Liz Stirk Illustration for the beautiful artwork!😊🌟🦔

Here’s my November kids/YA round-up!

Word of the day is ‘quiddler’ (19th century): one who pays great attention to trivial matters as a way of avoiding the important ones.

Check out the free downloads of this fabulous magazine! Proud to have illustrated the cover of the Green' issue 🌿

With writing by Sarah Atherton, Kathryn Beevor @lozzawriting.bsky.social @doucette515.bsky.social Scarlett Evans, Amy Fox, Freya Gatehouse, @vickygwriter.bsky.social, Theresa Gaughan, Cindy Greene @fhalliday.bsky.social, Chan Horch, Valerie Hunter, @stefankarlsson.bsky.social, Linda Middleton...

Click the link for a lovely review of Small Stories of Great Artists by the esteemed Michael Thorn of Achuka (not of this parish) www.achuka.co.uk/blog/small-s... #KidLit #KidLitUK #UKKId'sLitNews #ChildrensBooks #Art #ArtEdu #PrimaryArt #VanGogh #Frida #EduSkyPrimary

I wish I'd written... my short piece from the wonderful @booksforkeeps.bsky.social

Excited to announce: I’m hosting A Festive Blue Sky Poetry Party with @brokenspinearts.bsky.social! 🎄 🗓 18th December 2024 ⏰ 20:00 GMT (2 hours) 📍 Zoom A celebration of poetry, community, and hope—a free, inclusive space where everyone is welcome! ✨ shorturl.at/WkDgf

Using a poem from #BlueJellyAndStrawberries in a school workshop next week. It pleased me that the staff member in the garden centre said that my request was a first. "Which beans look most like Magic Beans? I don't care what they grow." 😆 🌱✨🫘

‪Here's a poem of mine from Strix 11 next to a little horse my granny gave me. It was in a secret drawer in her spare room that was full of china animals wrapped in tissue paper. Horses are quite insistent about trotting through poems, aren't they. I'm ok with that. #poetry