A #LifttotheSky for the excellent Saraswati Nagpal @saraswatinagpal.bsky.social for the stunning ‘Drench Me in Silver’, published by @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social #poetrycommunity #PoetsSupportPoets @alanparrywriter.co.uk @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social @thebrokenspine.co.uk

Book your free ticket to hear the mesmerising poetic voice of @saraswatinagpal.bsky.social on Sunday 5th October, 3pm, UK time 🎫 🎙️

If you have come across my #SilverBranch feature @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social you may now be familiar with my poem 'HARE'. @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social and I thought it might be interesting to enlighten you about the process involved in writing it, so here's the poem and my technique. ✍️ #poetry

Where’ve you been all my poetic life #GeoffreyHill ~ final poetry boss man! #poetry #writing #writingcommunity

Here's the video recording from my YouTube channel 'Nell and her Poetry' for 'Bloodless', a winter poem recently shared by @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social for my #SilverBranch feature. #poetry #spokenword www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3Td...

Our #writingprompt for TopTweetTuesday on Twitter next week. #writing #poetry

The book they’re all talking about - @saraswatinagpal.bsky.social - ‘Drench Me in Silver’ . #books #litcommunity #writingcommunity #poetry www.blackboughpoetry.com/louise-mache...

Writing in action. Black Bough author @saraswatinagpal.bsky.social during the writing of ‘Drench Me in Silver’ #poetry #books #newbooks #readers - get this book at www.blackboughpoetry.com/louise-mache...

This was the week of submitting @saraswatinagpal.bsky.social ‘Drench Me in Silver’ for the Tagore prize (cover by Swapna Maini ) #books #poetry #indianliterature

Committed to the next 7 Black Bough anthologies/ editions/ collections. I wonder who will be on the roster from 2027 onwards? #poetry #WritingCommunity #writing

‘Her necklace broke, the bling slipping from the slit throat of the garrotted sky’ Graphic imagery from our writer of the month on the #SilverBranch project - @helenlaycock.bsky.social www.blackboughpoetry.com/helen-laycoc... #poetry #writingcommunity

Nowadays the much-needed decompressing lunchbreak is a rarefied experience. Costa coffee and Seamus Heaney. #poetry #writing #books #writinginspiration

‘Bloodless’ is one of the winter poems showcased in my #silverbranch feature with @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social Thanks, again, to the wonderful @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social for shining the light on my #poetry 🌟

An invertebrate #poem for our writing challenge today on TopTweetTuesday on Twitter hosted by Ian Tattum @iantattum.bsky.social 🌊 ⭐️ Thank you to all of our contributors 🙏

This week’s host of TopTweetTuesday on Twitter is back! Ian Tattum @iantattum.bsky.social is a Fellow of the Linnaean Society, not due to any scientific expertise, but entirely due to his enthusiasm for all non human creatures great & small. He still chases butterflies but with a phone, not a net.

Looking forward to the next instalment of Write Here, Right Now 🤩🤩🤩

The latest @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social collection ‘Drench Me in Silver’ by @saraswatinagpal.bsky.social with cover art by Swapna Maini, as modelled by the editor @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social Buy now at shorturl.at/82QxI #poetry #poetic #poetrybook #books #writing

🔥CONGRATULATIONS 🔥 @saraswatinagpal.bsky.social on the launch of her poetry collection 'Drench Me in Silver', available now on Amazon and at your door in days! Available at: shorturl.at/82QxI #poetry #writing #poet #poetic #Indianpoetry

Fantastic. A review of an openmic!

For TopTweetTuesday on Twitter and our host Swapna Sanchita - a poem focused on the theme of ‘urban decay’, a 30 word challenge - maybe urban, less decay. Not easy! #poetry #writing

Really enjoyed everyone's poems at yesterday's @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social open mic. Enjoyed reading Epimetheus on His Crag, Aneirin, & Cryptid (The Mystery of Water) from my @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social collection New Famous Phrases too! Thanks to the hosts Polly & @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social

My poem ‘A Solar Diversion’ first published in Acumen 112, is now a guest poem up on the site - you can read it here acumen-poetry.co.uk/matt-gilbert/ ☀️🌍

📣 EXCLUSIVE #SilverBranch feature for Sept ‘25 @helenlaycock.bsky.social 🔥 🔥 🔥 ‘the hot copper of a dropped sun swills in a sooty brazier’ 🖊️ 💎 Check out a suite of #poems, photos and videos from this poetic star 💫 👇 www.blackboughpoetry.com/helen-laycoc... #poetry #writing

I have immense gratitude towards @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social and @MatthewMCSmith.bsky.social for providing so many opportunities for growth over the past few years. And now I am a poet with my own #SilverBranch🪾#poetry feature! What joy to be part of such a thriving #poetrycommunity.

For my daughters, ‘Origin’. ‘A breaking cry cleared your darkness’ ❤️‍🔥 #poetry #Dad #poet #writing #writingcommunity #fathers #fatherlove #dads #poet #childbirth

from a @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social Introduce yourself Swansea style. Blessings to @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social & the crew keeping it alive & real in dark times. #poetry #showcase (poem from my early pamphlet OFFICE CRIME). #PoetsOfBluesky #poetrycommunity

Poets I already know on Bluesky are Matthew @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social and @louloumach.bsky.social Do hope there are lots more of you out there. Let me know!

It was such a delight recording my poems for @iambapoet.com And what an utterly gorgeous presentation of words and audio by the incredible @markantonyowen.com This poem was originally published by @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social ed. by the brilliant @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social #poetry #poets #nature

For TopTweetTuesday on Twitter this week, post an author photo, one of your short imagistic poems (100 words max) and a bio. Get yourself in the shop window! Boost others today. #writing #poetrycommunity #writers #poet #poetic #poetrylovers #writingcommunity

Submis*ion day for the #SilverBranch - I want to thank everyone so far for following the guidance at least 95%. I am flippin’ busy so need people to be astute and read carefully! #poetry #writing #writingcommunity

Signed copy of @louloumach.bsky.social ‘I Am Not Light’ for @sealeychallenge.bsky.social www.blackboughpoetry.com/copy-of-regi... #poetry #writing #sealeychallenge

‘tomorrow’s voyages must be underway’ 🌆 🚤 @sealeychallenge.bsky.social day 29 ‘Street Sailing’ by Matt Gilbert. @richlyevocative.bsky.social www.blackboughpoetry.com/matt-gilbert #poetry #writing #books

Happy half century @eatthestorms.com - what a brilliant man you are!

Thank you @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social for reading my book 'Sticky with Miles' about damage done by global trade for @sealeychallenge.bsky.social. DM me for a signed copy. @dreich.bsky.social

Day 28, @sealeychallenge.bsky.social ‘Sticky with Miles’, Lesley Curwen. #dreich #poetry #books #writing #readers @elcurwen.bsky.social

Day 27, #RSThomas ‘Residues’ @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social @sealeychallenge.bsky.social #poetry #writing #books #readers

Day 26 - @sealeychallenge.bsky.social The Art or Losing Ed M. Wynn Thomas, @calonbooks.bsky.social #poetry #writing #books #readers

Day 25 of @sealeychallenge.bsky.social @racheldeering.bsky.social ‘In The Shadow of Gods’ #poetry #writing #poetic #poet #writers #readers #books

Next week on TopTweetTuesday on Twitter we’d like: ~ An author photo of you. ~ A screenshot of one of your best imagistic, free verse poems - 100 words max. ~ A screenshot of some info about you as a writer and link to website/ blog/ linktree. Shop window time #poets! #writing #poet

A new poem ‘Missed’ inspired by TopTweetTuesday on Twitter today. #poetry #writingcommunity #writing

A Sunday poem - 'In the Stubborn Motion of Faith' From my @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social #Silverbranch feature in June this year. #poetrycommunity #WritingCommunity #ecopoetry #ecopoem #ecospiritual

Poets! Our writing plan workshop is back on Sunday 12th October. Plan your next 12 months of writing and building your profile. ✒️💻 Book and be also eligible for submitting to the #SilverBranch project. (31.8.25 submission day. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/crafting-y... #writing #poetry

Hooray! Our popular Poetry Open Mic is back on Zoom on Sunday 7th September from 6:30, hosted by @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social 🎙️ Don't miss out. Book now! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/black-bough-poetry-open-mic-tickets-1627869644929?aff=oddtdtcreator #poetry #openmic #writing #spokenword #poetic

A special trip yesterday back to Brú na Bóinne/Newgrange site of our ancient heritage, the place I visited with my grandmother as a girl & years later was encouraged to write about it by @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social who kindly published it @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social Freedom-Rapture Anthology🌀🌀🌀🤸

‘I am not a woman who looks into mirrors’ Sarah Connor @sarahsouthwest.bsky.social from ‘The Poet Spells Her Name (2023) ❤️‍🔥 #poetry #writingcommunity www.blackboughpoetry.com/sarah-connor...

‘Ensenada the dead seal the dog crucifix ghosts of the dead car sun’ @SealeyChallenge day 22 #sealeychallenge #JimMorrison ‘The Lords and the New Creatures’ #poetry #writing #TheDoors

My latest #sealeychallenge read has been Paviland: Fire and Ice by @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social - a fascinating exploration of the Red Lady of Paviland. Through a combination of prose and poetry, Smith tells the story of this amazing archaeological find and imagines what the future might hold for it.

@sealeychallenge.bsky.social day 21 Max Porter @roughtradebooks.bsky.social #poetry #writing #books

Thrall - by Robert Minhinnick and Laura Wainwright @seventhquarrypress.bsky.social for @sealeychallenge.bsky.social #SealeyChallenge #poetry #writing

Day 19 @sealeychallenge.bsky.social @oormilaprahlad.bsky.social #poetry #writing