I'm delighted to announce my 2nd full-length poetry collection This Joyful Interlude is out today! 5 poems from the book ✨ Purchase links: UK amazon.co.uk/dp/1068432330 US amazon.com/dp/1068432330 CA amazon.ca/dp/1068432330 DE amazon.de/dp/1068432330 www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6UG... #poetry 1/3

🎉 It’s Official Release Day! 🎉 This Joyful Interlude, by gifted poet Lawrence Moore. Lawrence’s poems invite us to reflect & find meaning in the in-between moments & the quiet spaces we often overlook. This Joyful Interlude is exactly that: a soft, musical pause in a noisy, discordant world.

Pasted against the nebulous backdrops of doubt and passing time, This Joyful Interlude assembles a delicate collage of hopes and romantic longings. Thank you to @janes-studio.bsky.social for all your hard work and brilliance. Thanks also to @steverinod.bsky.social for your lovely forward. 2/3

It's Monday, and I'm musing. This is my weekly post with a #poem, #photos, and commentary on the past week. merrildsmith.org/2025/11/17/s...

Thank you Jane! Only four days now till This Joyful Interlude's Launch Party! ✨❤️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/this-joyfu... #poems #poetry #poetrylovers #books #bookslovers #poetrycommunity

Join Lawrence Moore & I this Thursday 20 Nov on Zoom to celebrate the launch of his beautiful new poetry collection This Joyful Interlude. If you’d like to read 1–2 poems (about 5 mins), DM & I’ll add you to the running order. Link on Eventbrite. Hope to see you there! ✨ @lawrencemoore.bsky.social

Many thanks to Elizabeth Cussack for this wonderful review of The Breadcrumb Trail! It made my day! ❤️ Here are some book links (or you can pm me for a signed copy) UK: amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D6DNXHG4 US: amazon.com/dp/B0D6DNXHG4 CA: amazon.ca/dp/B0D6DNXHG4 #poems #poetry #booklovers #poetrylovers

I was so honored to learn my poem "Nor Should We" shortlisted for The Letter Review Prize! My heartfelt thanks to the selection committee. Read the winning poem here: letterreview.com/the-letter-r... #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #poetry #shortlist

Highly recommend! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #ThisJoyfulInterlude by #LawrenceMoore #mustread

Today I'm counting blessings, not my steps or zone minutes... I'm excited for Lawrence's launch on Thursday 20th November, 7pm on Zoom, please join us for a relaxed, joyful evening of poetry 🥳✨ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1878254171...

Thank you so much Carmella, I hope you enjoyed Othernesses - I absolutely loved working with Paul on this - it is a very unique collection of sonnets like nothing I'd ever read before! 🐛🐜🐝🦋

Today I'm counting blessings, not my steps or zone minutes... I'm excited for Lawrence's launch on Thursday 20th November, 7pm on Zoom, please join us for a relaxed, joyful evening of poetry 🥳✨ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1878254171...

Please join us for the launch party Thursday, 20th November, 7 pm on Zoom! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1878254171... 🥳🥂

Look what has just arrived in the post! Such a beautiful, beautiful book! Looking forward to reading #ThisJoyfulInterlude by Lawrence Moore @lawrencemoore.bsky.social from Jane's Studio Press @janes-studio.bsky.social 🩷💐🩷

@merrildsmith.bsky.social fantastic collection Held Inside The Folds of a time is in The Book Bag today. Published by @janes-studio.bsky.social Plus all the regular shouts/news/opps and playlist @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social @eatthestorms.com

In Blood, In Living, We Go On merrildsmith.org/2025/11/03/i...

Please join us for the launch party Thursday, 20th November, 7 pm on Zoom! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1878254171... 🥳🥂

Other amazing covers by Jane:

Cover art and design by me! : )

David Macleod - congratulations on your sell-out book launch! 250 copies sold in one day! 🥳 Fundraising for Kyleakin Connections and The Royal British Legion. Book files off to 4edge for a reprint! Brilliant! 🙂

Very happy to share my cover design for The Dido Papers by John Johnson-Allen. @portopress.bsky.social A beautifully written insight into Victorian naval life aboard HMS Dido (1879). www.whittlespublishing.com/The_Dido_Pap...

Join us to celebrate the launch of This Joyful Interlude by Lawrence Moore with poetry and good vibes all around! Thursday 20th November, 7pm on Zoom! 🥳🥂✨ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/this-joyfu... @lawrencemoore.bsky.social

Everyone has a story worth telling. It was a joy to help David D. Macleod and his family bring More Than Just a Name to life — a moving tribute to the lives behind the Lochalsh War Memorial. Launching tomorrow, 7.30pm at Plockton Hall. 🌿📖

@shinepoetry.bsky.social ✨Thank you for featuring @merrildsmith.bsky.social 's new collection, Held Inside the Folds of Time ✨https://samanthaterrell.weebly.com/shine-poetry-series/oct-21-book-feature-merril-d-smith #poetry #newrelease

I'm absolutely delighted that three poems from my upcoming poetry collection This Joyful Interlude have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize 😀 Thank you so much @janes-studio.bsky.social ! ❤️ #poems #poetry #poetsobluesky #poetrylovers #books #booklovers

Collect all seven of my "Blue" series. Ideal Christmas and Birthday presents for those who enjoy poetry, especially sonnets. Some are limited edition that I can sign with an added handwritten poem in the back and post to you.

I'm so excited to share my final Pushcart Prize nomination - Lawrence Moore! His collection 'This Joyful Interlude' is now available for preorder and it's absolutely beautiful! Please check it out! 💫📚 #PushcartPrize #poetrycommunity

It's Monday, and I'm musing! It was a busy week! #Poetry #photos and commentary about the past week. merrildsmith.org/2025/10/20/m...

Thank you to everyone who came to the virtual launch for my poetry book, Held Inside the Folds of Time! I'm feeling the love! 💙 I appreciate all @janes-studio.bsky.social did and thank you for hosting! Thank you to everyone who read, as well. It was great to see and hear you. Much love to all! xx

Huge thanks to everyone who joined us to celebrate Held Inside the Folds of Time by Merril D. Smith! 🌟 Beautiful readings, lovely company, and a stunning book. Available now! 📖💫 #PoetryLaunch #MerrilDSmith #PoetryCommunity @merrildsmith.bsky.social

I am excited to share the 2nd of my nominations for the Pushcart Prize – Best of the Small Presses! 🥳🥂✨Congratulations to Suzanne Craig-Whytock!💫

Here's ‘Sleeping Foxes’ from my new poetry collection This Joyful Interlude, out November 19th and now available for Ebook pre-order via the links below! 🦊 UK amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FWKQBX77 US amazon.com/dp/B0FWKQBX77 CA amazon.ca/dp/B0FWKQBX77 DE amazon.de/dp/B0FWKQBX77 #poem #poems #poetry #books

I am excited to share the first of my nominations for the Pushcart Prize – Best of the Small Presses! Congratulations to poet Merril D. Smith!✨☁️ 💫 🎉 Join us on Zoom this Sunday 6PM BST to celebrate her new collection! DM for invite/ RSVP on Eventbrite. #Poetry #PushcartPrize

The Irish Lightkeeper's Legacy by Martha Power Baxter 🔥Addresses the history of the Irish Lightkeeping Service as told through the life story of a lightkeeper & his family www.whittlespublishing.com/The_Irish_Li... #bookcoverdesign #newrelease

We're all set up at University of Nottingham on the Djanogly Terrace. Here until 3pm! Lots of beautiful #cards #coasters #prints and #tshirts inspired by #nature #naturalworld #sea #sky #landscape #animals & #wildlife youtu.be/lCmZ0xZqgVw?...

Hi @dragonslayerma.bsky.socia Fidel and your glorious #promptcombo #SimplePleasures. My second is from my collection "Othernesses":

I am very excited to announce that my second full-length poetry collection, This Joyful Interlude, will be published by @janes-studio.bsky.social and is coming out in just a few weeks! Delve into this thread for more info (and new poetry 🙂) #poem #poems #poetry #poet #books #poetrycommunity 1/4

✨ COVER REVEAL ✨ We're thrilled to share the cover of This Joyful Interlude, the full poetry collection by Lawrence Moore @lawrencemoore.bsky.social A rhythmical, hopeful journey through memory, nature, and the quiet magic of being human. 🕊️ 🌿💫 #Poetry #NewRelease

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This Dyslexia Awareness Week, let’s #RaiseTheVolume for young readers! 📚 Tiggy’s adventure starts with one curious mistake... Can she find her way home with help from new friends? 🐾 A dyslexia-friendly reading & colouring book full of heart. #DAW25 #DyslexiaAwareness

Here's 'Morningtime' from my poetry collection 'The Breadcrumb Trail'🧚 Breadcrumb Trail links (or you can pm me for a signed copy): UK amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D6DNXHG4 US amazon.com/dp/B0D6DNXHG4 DE amazon.de/dp/B0D6DNXHG4 CA amazon.ca/dp/B0D6DNXHG4 AU amazon.com.au/dp/B0D6DNXHG4 #poem #poems #poetry

This Dyslexia Awareness Week, let’s #RaiseTheVolume for young readers! 📚 Tiggy’s adventure starts with one curious mistake... Can she find her way home with help from new friends? 🐾 A dyslexia-friendly reading & colouring book full of heart. #DAW25 #DyslexiaAwareness

Thank you @alcs.co.uk for the lovely surprise! 💫Always a joy to be paid for my visual work in books & magazines. You made my day! 🥳 Writers & illustrators — if you're not signed up yet, you should be: www.alcs.co.uk

I'm very happy to have a couple of paintings in The Big Art Show again. It is a lovely, very well-organised and well-run exhibition. Times: Tue - Sat 10:00 - 16:00 From: 15 Aug To: 31 Oct 2025 Venue: The Art Department 9-11 Causeyside Street, Paisley, Glasgow & the Clyde Valley, PA1 1UW

I thoroughly recommend Jane for her help in formatting my work. Great communication and easy to work with. Delighted with the results! 🤩 5🌟 ⬇️⬇️⬇️

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Tip for Indie Authors: ask your interior designer to format your manuscript for BOTH print & eBook. It saves time, money, and headaches. Need help with both? I've got you : ) 🐱Chumley & Hudson Investigate🐈 print & eBook formats. DM @erinliterary.bsky.social for signed copies! #SelfPublishingTips

I just added Merril D. Smith's forthcoming collection, Held Inside the Folds of Time, to my website! The Zoom launch is on Sunday 19th October, 1 pm EST/6pm GMT, there is a sign up on Eventbrite or DM me for the link! 🥳 www.janecornwell.co.uk/janesstudiop...

Please join @janecornwell.bsky.social and me for the launch of my new #Poetry collection, "Held Inside the Folds of Time." Sunday, October 19. 1 PM Easter, 6 PM GMT. #NewBook