The 2026 Australian Book Review Peter Porter Poetry Prize longlist has been announced! As a judge this year together with Felicity Plunkett and Anders Villani, I am deeply grateful to all who entered for entrusting us with reading your poems.  www.australianbookreview.com.au/prizes-progr...

We’re back! After pestilence, after pain, after wholeness, after emptiness, after life, after death, after a long hiatus, Southerly, Australia’s oldest literary journal, has returned with issue 80.1 ‘First, The Future’. Purchase a copy of Southerly today: southerlylitmag.com.au/shop-subscri...

‘Odd Wren’s End-words’ contains thrilling codes and allusions, honouring, among others, Gwen Harwood plumwoodmountain.com/poem/odd-wre...

My poem ‘Bound’ in the new issue of Plumwood Mountain Journal is in excellent company, starting with @stuartabarnes.bsky.social’s bristling anagrammatic ‘Odd Wren’s End-words’. Thanks to guest editors Shari Lynelle and Lucy Van, and editor Amanda Lucas-Frith plumwoodmountain.com/poem/bound/

I’ve an anagrammatic poem, ‘Odd Wren’s End-words’, in The Braided Gift, the latest issue of Plumwood Mountain Journal. Thanks to guest editors Shari Lynelle & Lucy Van & managing editor Amanda Lucas-Frith ❤️ plumwoodmountain.com/poem/odd-wre...

Delighted to be a juror for the wonderful @montrealprize.bsky.social in 2026

Read the new issue, out now.

This month’s issue includes a previously unpublished poem by Dorothy Porter alongside poems by Mindy Gill and Peter Goldsworthy.

Sylvia Plath, born 27th October, 1932

Including poems by Charmaine Papertalk Green, Ellen van Neerven, Dženana Vucic and Toby Fitch

Read the new October issue, out now.

Lavender and Bee Brush Pen and Coloured Pencils on A5 Reference pic by @stuartabarnes.bsky.social #TheDrumAndPage #PentelFude #StaedtlerPencils

Thank you @poetsorg.bsky.social and @randallmann.bsky.social for selecting this poem for the Poem A Day feature. 💖🐯

Happy and honoured to be appointed Poetry Editor with the wonderful @austbookreview.bsky.social and to work with editor Dr Georgina Arnott

After what has been, in layman's terms, a fornicatory disaster of a day, I needed to ground myself, which means a return to the simple things that give me joy. In this case, drawing flowers. This image was based on a photo by @stuartabarnes.bsky.social #TheDrumAndPage #ContinuousLineDrawing

This Friday, May 2nd, is Bandcamp Friday. From midnight to midnight PST, we'll once again waive our revenue share, ensuring more money goes directly to artists. Mark your calendars and get those wishlists ready!

🚃 Find this year's selection of Poetry Day Poems across various @irishrail.bsky.social DART services! Discover all Poetry Day Poems at poetryday.ie ⏳Counting Down: 8 Days to go! Poetry Day Ireland 2025 takes place on Thursday 1st May 2025. #PoetryDayIRL #MayDay

Duplex by Stuart Barnes The Australian poet's book Like to the Lark (Upswell Publishing, 2023), awarded the 2023 Wesley Michel Wright Prize in Poetry & shortlisted for the 2024 Australian Literature Society Gold Medal. Duplex was originally published in Modron Magazine (2024). #PoetryDayIRL

Poetry Ireland's Poet in Residence Anne Tannam welcomes @rte.ie to this year's Poetry Day Ireland celebrations. "Poetry lovers of the world, unite! Go on, spread a little poetry, spread a little hope." Read Anne's full article here: www.rte.ie/culture/2025...

📣 Poetry Day Ireland returns 1st May 2025 with the theme May Day!🎉 #MayDay symbolises renewal, hope, & abundance, while also paying homage to International Workers’ Day, a time for reflection on solidarity, unity, & collective strength. ℹ️ Discover #PoetryDayIRL at poetryday.ie

The poets are Gabriel Rosenstock, Othuke Umukoro, Róisín Leggett Bohan, Enda Coyle-Greene, Rosamund Taylor, Lorna Shaughnessy, Jo Bear, Stephen de Búrca, Stuart Barnes, Alan Titley, Diarmuid Johnson, & Gormfhlaith Ní Shíocháin Ní Bheoláin. ✏️Learn more about Poetry Day Ireland 2025 at poetryday.ie

🎉 Poetry Ireland is delighted to announce 12 poems will feature across the Irish Rail network and in libraries nationwide to celebrate Poetry Day Ireland on 1st May 2025. 🌞 Discover the #PoetryDayIRL Poems: www.poetryireland.ie/poetry-day/d... @irishrail.bsky.social #MayDay #PublicPoetry

This year’s Best of Australian Poems is a superb anthology, edited by luminaries Kate Lilley and @shastradeo.bsky.social. I’m very happy my poem ‘Tender’ is part of it, and in such good company.

Quiet rainbow (especially for @stuartabarnes.bsky.social 🌈❤️)

My first review of the year is up on my blog. I write about Stuart Barnes' latest poetry collection, Like to the Lark. roughghosts.com/2024/01/12/m...