Jane Thomas
@janethomas.bsky.social
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Writing with a slow pencil in Jericho. janethomas.org
Another rich episode of âpoetry worth hearingâ on other spaces & Argentinian poet
#sergioraimondi
delighted to be in the mix with
@mcrucefix.bsky.social
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Poetry Worth Hearing: Episode 39
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6l0vSzgTkbLXLaKplH4rv3?si=8D3MIoChTYC7xa0RaCWchQ
about 2 months ago
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Bring on Spring đâ¨what better way to start than with this bunch of eco sonnets from
@whalebackcity.bsky.social
@azjackson.bsky.social
2 months ago
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Welcoming back the light ⨠with Brigidâs blessings - goddess of fire, poetry, and healing â¨
3 months ago
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This is how itâs done !
@jeremyclancy.bsky.social
perfect â thanks
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3 months ago
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Matilda Fitzmaurice
5 months ago
Nice one, Zadie Smith.
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So excited to have been shortlisted by the wonderful
@livecanon.bsky.social
and canât wait to hear my poem âThe Final Foley Sessionâ being performed by the ensemble tonight - & you can too :) free tix here :
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1688432339...
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6 months ago
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Just put my order in for this fabulous new collection from Martyn Crucefix // canât wait to read it
daregale.com/product/walk...
@mcrucefix.bsky.social
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Walking Away - Dare-Gale Press
Walking Away, the new poetry pamphlet by Martyn Crucefix, is a tender, heart-breaking farewell to the poetâs mother and father.
https://daregale.com/product/walking-away/
6 months ago
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Just back from a great literary festival in Wexford after being placed in the poetry comp, such a joy to be back in Ireland đŽđŞ & to spend time with Claire Keegan & hear the wonderful
@kitdewaal.com
7 months ago
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Jozef Imrich
8 months ago
Denmark eliminates 25% book tax to combat declining reading
boingboing.net/2025/08/22/d...
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Denmark eliminates 25% book tax to combat declining reading skills
Denmark is eliminating its 25% book tax after finding reading skills in steep decline. Culture Minister Engel-Schmidt: "The gift of reading is something we should give to younger generations."
https://boingboing.net/2025/08/22/denmark-eliminates-25-book-tax-to-combat-declining-reading-skills.html
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Very much enjoyed âThe Opposite of Swedish Death Cleaningâ such true & well crafted work including powerful poems on Alzheimerâs from
@alisonbinney.bsky.social
(& good luck with Gladstone!)
8 months ago
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Fantastic performance đ from
@creationtheatre.bsky.social
last night - no summer should be without - only a week left tix
creationtheatre.co.uk/show/midsumm...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream - Creation Theatre %
âAre you sure that we are awake? It seems to me that yet we sleep, we dream.ââ DemetriusâThe course of true love never did run smooth.ââ Lysandr It isnât summer until youâve seen Creationâs summer Sha...
https://creationtheatre.co.uk/show/midsummer/?dm_i=1WXH,905U3,5H4DL1,11LR6U,1
8 months ago
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Kit de Waal
9 months ago
This looks excellent
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A perfectly poetic cafe in Copenhagen : )
9 months ago
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Jerry Chen
9 months ago
why are we doing age verification? we're all 38
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Soooo excited to be on the Alpine Fellowship Shortlist for 2025 : 0
9 months ago
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Robert Reich
9 months ago
Your Prime Day reminder that half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle with food & housing costs. A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP â which is about to get cut. If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.
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We have just seen this in London it was fabulous canât wait to see it again Oxford next week
#creationtheatre
#dalloway100
#woolf
#oxfordtheatre
#mrsdalloway
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10 months ago
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Looking forward to reading at Creation on Monday in Summertown, Oxford, see you there !
creationtheatre.co.uk/show/poetryr...
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Poetry Readings - Creation Theatre
Poetry readings by Creation Theatre at United Reformed Church, Summertown
https://creationtheatre.co.uk/show/poetryreadings/?dm_i=1WXH,8XZ0N,5H4DL1,11B1KQ,1
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Looking forward to reading at Creation on Monday in Summertown, Oxford, see you there !
creationtheatre.co.uk/show/poetryr...
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Poetry Readings - Creation Theatre
Poetry readings by Creation Theatre at United Reformed Church, Summertown
https://creationtheatre.co.uk/show/poetryreadings/?dm_i=1WXH,8XZ0N,5H4DL1,11B1KQ,1
11 months ago
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Up the May đ
12 months ago
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âThere is reason, after all, that some people wish to colonize the moon, and others dance before it as an ancient friend.â â James Baldwin, No Name in the Street
12 months ago
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Exciting Icelandic Activity BĂłkmenntahĂĄtĂð Ă ReykjavĂk / The Reykjavik International Literary Festival & Arts Council England - Anne Carson / Claire Keenan / Andrev Walden, volcanoes đ, stone stories & double rainbows.
12 months ago
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy
12 months ago
Sign of the dayâŚ
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Seems like a good time to repost (admittedly probably to the converted) :) X
12 months ago
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about 1 year ago
UK contemporary sculptor known as Anna & the Willow creates nature-inspired sculptures made from rods of willow
#womensart
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Meade Krosby
about 1 year ago
Picked this up on the way out of my local bookstore today and was happy to hear it's been flying out the door.
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Enjoying first
@rialtopoetry.bsky.social
and daff of the season - great sequence from
@lorrainemariner.bsky.social
over 1 year ago
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The New Yorker
over 1 year ago
âIt seems to me that I have wanted to write for the whole of my life. The intensity of this insistence, despite its implausibility, suggests an emotional, rather than literal, accuracy. I think my life didnât seem my life until I started to write,â Louise GlĂźck writes.
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Writing as Transformation
Words and phrases came from nowhere; I rarely had any sense of what they meant or to what context they belonged.
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/writing-as-transformation-louise-gluck?utm_medium=social&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=bluesky&mbid=social_bluesky&utm_brand=tny
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