Thank you so much to @okaydonkeymag.com for nominating me for Best of the Net! You can read my poem ‘i have an existential crisis on realising my reading list is finite’ at okaydonkeymag.com/2024/07/06/i...

So happy to be included in the latest wave of Iamb from @markantonyowen.com — a gorgeously curated repository of poetry, it’s an incredible resource & you should definitely check out the amazing poets on there (which now also includes me! 😱) I’ll pop the link in my bio, check it out!

I'm thrilled these three poems are out in the world, so beautifully presented by @markantonyowen.com Give them a read and a listen? While you're there, check out @jahshabby.bsky.social , @helenlaycock.bsky.social , @wordweave.bsky.social & @karanchambers.bsky.social

Stunning evening of #poetry last night from @salopress.bsky.social poets @victoriaspires.bsky.social, @wendycaitlin.bsky.social, @galiamelon.bsky.social, @karanchambers.bsky.social and Laia Sales Merino – superbly hosted by @moette.bsky.social. If you missed it, you missed something powerful.

So enjoyed this & other Soi-même poems by @victoriaspires.bsky.social at tonight's event from @salopress.bsky.social. 🩷 Lovely readings, each a uniquely embodied perspective. 🌺 @wendycaitlin.bsky.social @galiamelon.bsky.social @karanchambers.bsky.social Laia Sales Merino & host @moette.bsky.social

Thank you for a beautiful evening of poetry 🩷 Readers: @wendycaitlin.bsky.social @galiamelon.bsky.social @karanchambers.bsky.social & Laia Host: @moette.bsky.social Made possible by: @salopress.bsky.social Audience: superb! (thank you all)

Kicking off the weekend in style with a @salopress.bsky.social poets showcase hosted by @moette.bsky.social 🤩! Fabulously experimental work mining female experience from @karanchambers.bsky.social, Laia Sales Merino, @wendycaitlin.bsky.social, @galiamelon.bsky.social & @victoriaspires.bsky.social 👏🏻

Have you got your copy yet? It’s such a beautiful magazine! 😍

Ooh! Thanks @jamesmcconachie1.bsky.social! 🙏🏼 Shameless plug: you can hear me read from this book FRIDAY 7pm on Zoom, with a bevvy of other @salopress.bsky.social poets @wendycaitlin.bsky.social @galiamelon.bsky.social @karanchambers.bsky.social & Laia Sales Merino Hosted by @moette.bsky.social

Our thanks to the writers who appear in the latest Under the Radar (35), our flagship magazine, published twice a year. Now ready to order as a physical or digital copy, or as a subscription: ninearchespress.com/shop#!/Under... What will you discover?..

So thrilled to have a poem in this alongside such amazing writers!

So thrilled with this review from @victoriaspires.bsky.social thank you so much! ❤️

Really excited to be a part of this!

Can’t wait to get my copy of @wendycaitlin.bsky.social and @galiamelon.bsky.social new pamphlet! Plus this gorgeous looking debut from @victoriaspires.bsky.social 😍 @salopress.bsky.social really do create the most incredible pamphlets!

Rewriting my post I was being way too polite: fuck off to this fascism, fuck this bigotry, fuck this ignorance and hatred. I stand with Love, I stand with freedom, I stand with choice and autonomy and human rights, I stand in solidarity with all of my trans friends and family 🏳️‍⚧️

Featured voices (so far) include: --WRITING FOR ADULTS-- In Time I Will Be Spring Again @clairemtaylor.com woman : free @karanchambers.bsky.social Univers(al) @clintsmithiii.bsky.social We Lived Happily During the War @ilyakaminsky.bsky.social 🧵 📚

One of my poems has made it to this lovely display in America 😊

In ‘A Dress With Deep Pockets’ @jenferoze.bsky.social creates an ode to friendship — fierce, tender, honest, these poems shine with love & understanding of how it feels to move through the world as a mother, a friend, as someone who’s gotten to middle-age without working out who they want to be!

It’s such an incredible feeling to see people buying my book! 😍

I totally agree. @jitterbugwrites.bsky.social and @karanchambers.bsky.social and @louloumach.bsky.social are all doing this in a most spectacular way. And we need this.

It was amazing to watch Wendy and Galia do their thing — incredible collaborative writing!

Thank you so much for such a beautiful review Catherine! ❤️❤️

So excited for this! I hope to see you there!

My son has birds in his head. I know them now. I catch the pitch of their calls, their shrill cacophonies… —“Daedalus”, by Alastair Reid (1926–2014) – born #OTD, 22 March published in WEATHERING, @canongate.co.uk 1978 Listen on @thepoetryarchive.bsky.social poetryarchive.org/poem/daedalus/

My new book A Dress With Deep Pockets is out now! Huge thanks to @poetrybusiness.bsky.social for everything! If you’d like to grab a signed copy, you can do so here: jackdaweditorial.com/product/a-dr...

Didn’t post for National Poetry Day but that’s ok — poetry is for every day (& for whenever & wherever you can fit it in — as illustrated by this snap of me reading ‘Hand & Skull’ by Zoë Brigley while my kids flung themselves at a climbing wall!) #NationalPoetryDay #AmReadingPoetry #PoetryIsNotDead

So thankful for amazing poets like Wendy that are forging the way ❤️

Look at our lovely books next to each other @wendycaitlin.bsky.social @galiamelon.bsky.social 😍

And if you’re around in London on Tuesday 25th, I’d love it if you could join me to launch it! ☺️ (details in the link in my bio)

Do come along to support Karan as she releases her first book! Here’s the eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...

NEXT WEEK Karan Chambers (one of my wonderful, talented MA poets) is launching her debut chapbook at our London Campus. Woman | Folk is published by Salò Press - an incredible micro-publisher! She’ll be joined by Wendy Allen, Galia Admoni, and fellow MA poets💙

next week’s diary planning. Come and celebrate the launch of woman | folk, the brand new poetry pamphlet @karanchambers.bsky.social @salopress.bsky.social 🩷

This is one week today!! Come along!!

Putting some serious thought into my outfit! Wendy’s clothes are always incredible ❤️

Join me for the launch of ‘woman | folk’ my debut pamphlet from @salopress.bsky.social Guest readers include @wendycaitlin.bsky.social & @galiamelon.bsky.social Grab your free ticket (link in bio!) Thanks to @brihughespoet.bsky.social for organising & being the Best Poetry Tutor in the World ™️

My currently reading pile! Please tell me I’m not the only one that has multiple books on the go at once? I like to dip in and out, depending on my mood 🤣 What are you reading at the moment? #CurrentlyReading #AmReading #AmReadingPoetry #Poetry #TooManyBooks #SoManyBooksSoLittleTime #ReadingHabits

A reminder of two Royal Holloway Poetics Research Centre events taking place this weekend! On Friday we will be joined by Rae Armantrout for an evening of poetry and discussion. This unmissable event will be followed by the annual Runnymede International Literary Festival throughout Saturday🧡

You remember too much, my mother said to me recently. Why hold onto all that? And I said, Where can I put it down? Anne Carson

Excited to be reading at Runnymede International Poetry Festival as part of the showcase of new writing from @royalholloway.bsky.social students on the MA Poetry & Poetic Practice! A whole day of amazing readings and performances — I can’t wait! Sat 15th March in Senate House Room 104 10am — 5pm

What company to be in! 😱❤️

I could’ve posted any poem from my pamphlet for International Women’s Day. It’s angry (rightfully so, considering the lives of women in Sudan, Afghanistan, Gaza, America, here, all over the world), but I have chosen a poem of hope — I want to create a better world for the women who come after us.

Happy #worldbookday from a tiny independent press based in beautiful Norwich. We're somewhat obsessed with chapbooks 😍 Tell us your favourite shorter-length collection/s of poetry / short stories.

On Friday 14th March, the Royal Holloway Poetics Research Centre is hosting a reading with Pulitzer Prize-winner Rae Armantrout!

Really looking forward to this!

She’s almost here! 😍 Thank you @salopress.bsky.social ❤️

Coming soon!

Happy Valentine’s Day! I have been married for over twelve years now and my children are 7, 6, & 3, so Valentine’s Day is not the event it used to be — but the love is still strong, and that’s what counts. #ValentinesDay #Love #LovePoem #Poetry

Thanks for the boost @okaydonkey.bsky.social ❤️❤️