I’m so pleased to have two new poems in the beautiful summer issue of @poetrylondon.bsky.social 💙

Goonie: Poetry Extravaganza with Michael Mullen & Friends 20 June @lighthousebks.bsky.social Edinburgh. £0–£10.99 Exploring queerness through fierce lyrical poetry & celebrating Scotland through vernacular vignettes, GOONIE is Michael Mullen’s debut collection lighthousebookshop.com/events/gooni...

Why does your library matter to you? ❤️📚 We asked 2,000 Scots that question and this is what they told us: www.scottishbooktrust.com/our-research...

I’m thrilled to have a new poem from my forthcoming collection in the Scotland issue of @irishpages.bsky.social I’m so pleased to be included among this wonderful selection of new scottish poets 💙

the intimacy of a word doc containing a bad draft of the poem you know you must write

CALL OUT FOR SUBMISSIONS! Editors Isabelle Baafi, Sohini Basak and Tim Tim Cheng are excited to invite submissions for Magma 93: The Liberation Issue. What does ‘liberation’ mean to you? More info and to submit: magmapoetry.com/call-for-sub...

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‘I’m sick of anticipating my own othering’ - @roshnigallagher.bsky.social

A couple of the Turner watercolours (only exhibited in January). I went to see them for the first time this year 🌅

We’re mourning the loss of the wonderful Michael Longley, who has died in Belfast aged 85. A Vice President of The Poetry Society, we were proud to publish him in our magazine The Poetry Review throughout his long career. Sharing below a 2014 poem which celebrated his long marriage to Edna Longley.