Issue 23, featuring cover art by Dea Toivonen and 9 wonderful new love poems, is out now! Find it on our website - link in bio.

We're thrilled to announce the winners of the Sonnet Challenge on Young Poets Network! We challenged young poets worldwide to tackle one of the oldest forms of poetry out there: the sonnet. Head to ypn.poetrysociety.org.uk to read (and listen to!) the winners, including Saskia's '25-metre sonnet.'

Our thanks to Nov authors Andrew Plattner @laurabesley.bsky.social Lou Gallo @olgapoet.bsky.social Gitanjali Kolanad @grahammort.bsky.social @sudhab.bsky.social @writesofkathryn.bsky.social C. Christine Fair @karenc.bsky.social @postpran.bsky.social @sightlined.bsky.social fictivedream.com/2025/11/

So pleased you enjoyed this gem, James, and thank you for reading @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social @olgapoet.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday

This is superb, Olga! 👏

My Monday had been brightened by this! Thank you to @fictivedream.bsky.social #fkashfiction #microfiction #amwriting @ninearchespress.bsky.social

"How did we ever sleep with just a tender sliver of cloth between our warm sweet breathing and the jaws on the other side?" Hidden Leopard by Olga Dermott-Bond @olgapoet.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/11/10/m...

‘We barter with the dark / to borrow an hour’ @ninearchespress.bsky.social would recommend this stunning collection by Gregory Leadbetter that takes me to a beautiful liminal space 🍁🍂🪾🍁🍂 #poetry #time #autumn

Sharing some poetic inspiration for this year’s National poetry competition 📚

Delighted to be taking part in the twin cities poetry night! 💚#poetry #ireland #coventry #community @ninearchespress.bsky.social

Exceptional collection by Natalie Whittaker -The Point Is You Are Alive 💚@brokensleepbooks.bsky.social

Heartfelt thanks to @poetrypharmacy.bsky.social for choosing a gorgeous array of Nine Arches poets to fill the pages of these beautiful anthologies, with poems by @isobeldixon.bsky.social @olgapoet.bsky.social @wendypratt.bsky.social @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social @tomsastry.bsky.social & others 🧡

A delight to be guest poet at Ver poets last Friday, with Sue Wallace - Shaddad, reading from my collection Frieze, along with many new poems! @ninearchespress.bsky.social #poetry #poetrycommunity #reading

@bathflashaward.bsky.social ☀️

www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/06/june... I haven’t written flash fiction for a while so really lovely to be on such a prestigious long list! #flashfiction #competition #amwriting

A bit is seasonal cheer… thanks to the wonderful @candlestickpress.bsky.social !

Floating on air today, after being part of the Strokestown Festival and winning the International poetry competition judged by Jane Clarke! Congratulations to all shortlisted poets and thanks to organisers! 💚☘️ #poetry #Ireland #writingcommunity #competition

So pleased to be part of the launch of this beautiful anthology! X this evening

Lovely to visit the wonderful poetry pharmacy in Oxford Street yesterday: beautiful cafe, books and poetry medicine! #poetry #cafe #london #books @poetrypharmacy.bsky.social

So delighted to be part of this very special anthology x

Just got my tickets for the wonderful Welshpool poetry festival! Can’t wait! The friendliest festival in Wales and the World, organised by the wonderful Pat Edwards ❤️ #poetry #festival #wales #poetrycommunity @poetrypharmacy.bsky.social

For this weekend only, I've decided that #SycamoreSunday should be a thing – and if that's your thing, you might enjoy my poem 'Sycamore's Prayer', just published by the marvellous @atriumpoetry.bsky.social. 🌱🙏🌿 Here it is, in case you missed it the first time: atriumpoetry.com/2025/04/11/s...

Come along and join me! @coffinworks.bsky.social @writingwestmids.bsky.social #poetry #workshop #writingcommunity

Delighted to be part of the wholesome poetry revolution, led by the wondrous @poetrypharmacy.bsky.social - what a thrill to be included in this beautiful anthology ‘becoming’ 🧡🧡🧡

☘️Absolutely delighted to be one of shortlisted poets in this year’s Strokestown International Poetry Prize. Looking forward to being part of the Festival💚 ☘️ #poetry #competition #writing #ireland #festival

On Collecting Every Whisker Lost by Every Cat in the World – Laura Strickland @l-strickland.bsky.social atriumpoetry.com/2025/04/04/o...

Hurray for Ian McMillan and his stalwart support - here he shares a favourite poem, chosen from Life expectancy begins to fall by @tomsastry.bsky.social Pick up your copy of these poems of 'hope in impossible times': ninearchespress.com/publications...

Come along and join me! @coffinworks.bsky.social @writingwestmids.bsky.social #poetry #workshop #writingcommunity

Loving this poem in the Poetry Review by Caroline Smith ❤️ @poetrysociety.bsky.social @ninearchespress.bsky.social

Congratulations! 👏

So excited to have had made the long list chosen from 21,000 poems! #poem #competition #writingcommunity

the-coffin-works.arttickets.org.uk/the-coffin-w... delighted to be leading a creative writing workshop next month at the wonderful coffin works in Birmingham! #poetry #creative #museum

Delighted to have a poem about my old school bus in this anthology ‘Poetry in Motion’ #bus #publictransoort #poetry #university #schooldays

We proudly publish brilliant women poets all year round but for #IWD2025 let's celebrate these 'Fearless Women' with a trio of #poetry titles together for just £17.99: from @jessmookherjee.bsky.social @janeburn.bsky.social and Katie Griffiths buff.ly/aFD4Ixb

Delightful morning sharing poems from ‘Frieze’ in Cannock library 🫖🍰📖 #poetry #libraries

Delighted to have a poem in Gutter alongside so many amazing writers. #poetry #scotland #poetrycommunity #magazine #writing

Lovely new poetry books courtesy of @poetrypharmacy.bsky.social #poetry #wellbeing

Huge congratulations to the English trainees with the Five Counties SCITT for being our first cohort graduating with their Certificate in Poetry Practice ❤️Want to know more about #PoetryByHeart and CPD/training opportunities? Our team are always happy to hear from your! poetrybyheart.org.uk/contact

Treat yourself to a Poetry Spa Day on Saturday 22 February with host Roz Goddard and guest poet Roy McFarlane at Bantock House #Wolverhampton An immersive, mindful reading & poetry experience. Your ticket includes a book & refreshments. https://buff.ly/3C0IuaZ...

This afternoon.

Also, while I’ve got you, my new book ‘A Dress With Deep Pockets’ is available for pre-order now from the @poetrybusiness.bsky.social shop. Which is rather exciting. Grab yourself a copy here, if you like: poetrybusiness.co.uk/product/a-dr...

Frosty here, so have spent all day in bed editing poems. Need to lie down now… #poems #poetrycommunity

Roses are red, violets are blue, we've got an open mic on, and we need you! Come down to The Poetry Café on 13th February to read your most hopelessly romantic ode - or your weepiest break-up sonnet. Headliner announced soon! Tickets here: poetrysociety.org.uk/event/roses-...

#LiftToTheSky launches January 13th! Pick a poet, share their work, say something positive, and tag them. Let’s make Mondays uplifting for the #PoetryCommunity. Details: shorturl.at/5avf0#LiftToTheSky#PoetryCommunity.#PoetrySky #PoetsOfBlueSky

This looks like a fantastic project @poetrysociety.bsky.social

'January' by Hannah Eve Kilgore was commended in the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award 2020, our competition for poets aged 11-17. You can read the whole poem in the online anthology (page 62) bit.ly/YouSpeakInConstellationsCommended #FoyleYoungPoets

As poet in residence at the Coffin Works Museum it was great to start the new year with a trip to my wee writing room! #poetry #museum #poetrycommunity #history #Victorians

Over 160 calls for submissions of poetry, fiction, flash, non-fiction, art, photography & more - competitions, literary journals, residencies, bursaries etc - open or with deadlines in January 2025. Best of luck & pls share! www.thisiswordbox.com/wordbox-blog...

Fantastic news!! 😍

A little love poem for xmas! #poem #xmas #twelvefaysofchristmas #love dodgingtherain.com/2024/12/28/e...