Hope you are drinking up the warmth today?! 🔆🔆🔆 In the meantime we thought you might like to read this beautiful poem 'Summer Sun' by Robert Louis Stevenson. Looking forward to seeing you this Thurs the 28th, the member suggested theme was- Life and loss. poets.org/poem/summer-...

Moved by this beautiful review of my collection #Chasms by Paul Short in #TheBookBag. Paul really lives in the books he reviews & his insights into poetry are so perceptive they are almost psychoanalytical.🖤 'Poetics who enjoy defiance and resilience will enjoy this book. It’s a diamond.'Paul Short

This week in The Book Bag, we traverse the spaces between past and present, dark and light with Carmella de Keyser in 'Chasms'. Plus a recap, news, opps and of course the playlist. Fans of emotionally resonant poetry will love this book. Take 5 and jump in here...

Spirits by David Mascall Sunday Slowdown hosted by Harlow Poetry Circle. #harlowstanza #AtticMan #SundaySlowDown #Poetry £

Thank you to all the poets who came to read at the #sundayslowdown. As ever, it was a privilege to hear the poems. #harlowcircleofpoetry #openmic #harlowpoetry #harlowpoetrystanza #sundayvibes

Happening today! 10/05/26 #OpenMicPoems #HarlowCircleofPoetry #HarlowPoetry #NoPressure

#SmokeandMirrors Tonight was brilliant! THANK YOU to all the poets who came tonight to #read. It was as ever a real privilege to hear everyone's poems! See you soon! #StayPoetic #HarlowPoets #Poetry @noelcowley.bsky.social @tomspoems.bsky.social @greenearth1.bsky.social @theatticman.bsky.social

Lost copy of seventh-century poem in Old English discovered at Rome library

Just preparing the prompt for tonight's #Poetry workshop. Will try to do it with my eyes closed, so I won't know what it is.

Missed out on a ticket to Clare Shaw's online workshop 'Poetry of Restoration and Repair'? Reserve your spot to receive a recording of the FULL workshop, available until 27 May! Purchase tickets for the recording here: poetrysociety.org.uk/event/worksh...

Have you seen our latest Foyle Young Poets Award anthology, Patterns in the Dust, featuring the 2025 winners? Read it online at bit.ly/PatternsintheDust25 Keep an eye out for your copy in our summer mailout. UK schools can order free class sets of the anthology by emailing [email protected]

Great and authentic interview about a #writerslife and the #writing process. #MustRead

I want to hear your #PoemsAloud! 🎶🐦‍⬛ Poets, including everyone at today's Unwhispered Legacy launch! I'd love to listen to poems from the anthology afterwards, or anything else you'd like to share, as I'm out of town visiting family. A reminder to tag them #PoemsAloud so they're easy to find here.✨

#SmokeandMirrors Tonight was brilliant! THANK YOU to all the poets who came tonight to #read. It was as ever a real privilege to hear everyone's poems! See you soon! #StayPoetic #HarlowPoets #Poetry @noelcowley.bsky.social @tomspoems.bsky.social @greenearth1.bsky.social @theatticman.bsky.social

A gentle reminder that we are meeting today, and the theme is #smokeandmirrors Free entry to venue, but fair use policy applies. Grab a refreshment and be respectful to everyone on the premises. Thank you, we can't wait to hear your poems! #harlowcircleofpoetry #harlowpoetry #staypoetic

Thanks for sharing your work with us!

HAPPY HEAVENLY BIRTHDAY TO WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE! Here is #Sonnet18 & a beautiful bust of Shakespeare by John Michael Rysbrack. Our next meetings are 30/04/26 for our #conversationclub & 10/05/26 for our #OpenMic #SundaySlowdown . www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45087/... #Shakespearesbirthday

Lovely afternoon at our new Harlow of Circle Poetry #SundaySlowdown Open Mic! Thanks to all the fantastic poets who came! It was a privilege to hear your words. 🩶 #HarlowOpenMic #OpenMicPoetry #HarlowStanza #PoetryCommunity #SpokenWord #HarlowPoetry #HarlowCircleofPoetry

HAPPY STANZAVERSARY TO US! 🎉 We celebrated our 2 year birthday this eve. Things are getting busy for us, so we are adding an open mic date #thesundayslowdown to our poetic schedule, check out our socials for more info. Thanks as ever to all the poets who came and to @poetrysociety.org.uk 🫶🏼.

Partridge Boswell is the first prize winner of the National Poetry Competition 2025 for 'The Gathering'.

It was an honour serving as a judge for the Harlow Open 2026 together with Imogen Wade. @imogen-wade-poetry.bsky.social Reading the poems over the past few weeks was a beautiful reminder of how much heart is out there! Congrats to all the winners & thank you to the organizers. 🤍 #HarlowPoetry

What an amazing experience to judge the Harlow Open Poetry Competition 2026 with @carmellapoetry.bsky.social, with an award ceremony today at Harlow Playhouse. I also ran community poetry workshops at Harlow Museum. Entries increased since last year, as poetry is a thriving art form in Harlow!

Happy World Poetry Day 2026! 🎉🎉🎉 What better way to celebrate poetry than with a poem about writing itself?! Here is Seamus Heaney and Digging. #WorldPoetryDay #SeamusHeaney #Digging #HarlowCircleofPoetry www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47555/...

Visited a @poetrypharmacy.bsky.social for the first time (London). A lovely space of books, gifts and comestibles, with a huge Lush downstairs.

The Free Verse Poetry Book and Magazine Fair is back for 2026! The event is unticketed and free - but if you want to be in with the chance to win £50 to spend on poetry books at the fair, then you can sign up at the link in our bio. We'd be delighted to see you there!

Happy World Book Day 2026! 🎉🎉🎉 What books are you celebrating today? We are re-visiting some children's classics this afternoon, including 'When We Were Very Young' by #A.A.Milne, 'A Child's Garden of Verse' by #RobertLouisStevenson and 'Where the Sidewalk Ends' by #ShelSilverstein. #WorldBookDay

How is poetry really taught in secondary schools today? We’re mapping the national picture in England. English teachers, your professional insight is essential! 5 minute survey: tinyurl.com/238cz6mu Project supported by Christ Church's Tower Poetry Development Grant​

That's a wrap! 🎉 Happy holidays from the #HarlowCircleofPoetry ❄️ See you in the New Year! 🎊 #harlowpoetry #harlowstanza #essexpoetry

A Sad Fact illicit foods explicitly elicit our complicity #vss365 #illicit #poem

I have become interested in the #waterford recently, a four line #poem of 8,4,4 and 8 syllables, rhyming ABBA. See @waterfordrhyme.bsky.social

📣 Gentle reminder we are meeting today and we can't wait to hear your poems! 🙂 #harlowpoetry #harlowpoets #harlowstanza #harlowcircleofpoetry

A huge thank you to @carmellapoetry.bsky.social and @harlowstanza.bsky.social for reading my poem Scapegoat at the wonderful @HarlowStanza. Really means a lot to me. Huge thanks to all the poets involved @poetrysociety.org.uk Theme was #scapegoats with readings of Robert Graves and Sylvia Plath

Thank you to all who came to our AGM & celebratory readings last night! We were so pleased to be joined by members in the Poetry Cafe and online via Zoom to reflect on a busy 2024-25. Special thanks to Sarah Howe, AV Bridgwood, Marilyn Longstaff & Leena Tageldin, who read their work after the AGM!

A busy week for so many of our Stanzas - brilliant to see so much going on! Thanks to all the reps making this happen

Harlow Stanza unite! @tomspoems.bsky.social reads a unique and mysterious poem inspired by the theme of SCAPEGOATS. Next months theme will be REFLECTIONS! ⭐

Excellent #poetry #workshop tonight with @poetryid.bsky.social - the N. Herts stanza of @poetrysociety.org.uk The theme was 'something returning from the past', and brilliant work was produced.

Fab eve @ Harlow Stanza! Thanks to all the poets for sharing their work! @poetrysociety.org.uk Theme was #scapegoats & we read Robert Graves, Sylvia Plath, Chrystos, @pdevonald.bsky.social & also top readings from @tomspoems.bsky.social @ianbharlow.bsky.social Bex, Tom, Laurie, Tashaney & Howard.🐐⭐

📣Poets of Harlow❗ We are meeting TODAY ❗🎉 #harlowcircleofpoetry #harlowstanza #poetrycommunity

📣 #Poetrylovers of Harlow❕ Next meeting is 27/11/25 Optional theme is #Scapegoats ❕ Free entry, fair use policy applies. #HarlowCircleofPoetry #HarlowPoetry #NationalPoetrySociety #poetrycommunity

Join The Poetry Society for a very Christmassy open mic! Come and see the brilliant John Hegley perform a headline set, and get the chance to read your work at London’s most iconic poetry venue. 🎄 🎁 ❄️ Doors open at 7pm, event starts promptly at 7:30pm. poetrysociety.org.uk/event/the-po...

More tickets have been added to our annual lecture! Given this year by Diane Seuss on 10 November @ 7:00pm GMT via Zoom, the lecture will address an education in poetry from outside the borders of academia, specifically that of a poet from the rural working class.

Lovely evening at #HarlowStanza Our theme was #eclipses ❕🌛 We read 3 featured poems in the 1st half, & in the 2nd, we read from our own. Featured poems sparked inspiring discussions on a variety of topics including #attachmenttheory & how #USpoetry compares to #UKpoetry #HarlowStanza #poetrymatters

📣 Attention Harlow Stanza ❗ Our meeting is TODAY! 🙂🙂 #poetrycommunity #HarlowStanza #HarlowPoetryCommunity

The Autumn Poems on the Underground went live on London Underground and Overground trains for 4 weeks from 20th October. Find out more at poetrysociety.org.uk

My monthly look at Harlow, Essex, UK through our Museum Archives visits October 1963 www.yourharlow.com/2025/10/21/a...

Lovely day reading yesterday at Harlow Pride Festival. Was a lot of work, but worth it! So proud of @harlowstanza.bsky.social ! You were AMAZING,& the feedback we've been getting has been incredible! Thank you to Leigh, Daniel, Sue, Harlow Council, Harlow Rock School & everyone who came to watch! 🙏🏻

Thank you for listening to our poetry readings. We had a lovely time supporting Harlow Pride 2025! 🏳️‍🌈 @poetrysociety.org.uk #HarlowCircleofPoetry #HarlowStanza #Pride #CommunityMatters #LivePoetryPerformances #PoetryCommunity #Oneness

Our 2025 National Poetry Competition poster, as seen in Pages of Hackney, London. The competition closes in TWO WEEKS! Have you entered your poems? 👀 📅 If you've seen a poster in your local bookshop, show us!

Delighted to have work in the group show ‘SEASONS’ at The Addenbrooke’s Gallery/ Hospital, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ 11 October 2025 – 31 January 2026 . Huge thanks to Monica Perez Vega and the Small Works Gallery www.cambridgedrawingsociety.org/.../seasons.... smallworksartgallery.com/.../seasons-...

Taken from my poem New Furnishings first published in To Lay Sun Into A Forest from @sidhepress.bsky.social. Many thanks again ❤️