Calling those poets slated to appear in wave twenty-seven of @iamb.uk who've not yet sent in their submission. If you need a little more time – perhaps because of the #ukheatwave – let @markantonyowen.com know as soon as you can. ❤️

Delighted to announce @iamb.uk's five nominees for @sundresspub.bsky.social's Best of the Net 2027. Congratulations to Barnaby Harsent, Victoria Spires, Laura Warner, HLR and Zain Rishi! 🥳

Summer arrives with its usual swagger: everything loud and bright and hot. For something cooler, dive into the latest wave of @iamb.uk. You'll find 45 poems by 15 poets – written and read by their authors. Enough to see you through the driest season. iamb.uk/index/wave/26

Congrats to the 15 poets of wave twenty-six: Alex Smith, Anna Maughan, Caroline Stancer, Clare Best, Deborah Gaudin, Elizabeth Osmond, Frances Klein, Francesca Leader, Jonathon Medeiros, Kate Vanhinsbergh, Lauren Parker, Rachel Burrows, Robin Ince, Victoria Moul and Zain Rishi.

'I am comma after comma refusing to end on the untuned organ in the cathedral of your orgasm.' iamb.uk/wave/25-ali...

'I wonder if the stars have named us too, with names that last far longer than our own – and echo, gently, mid that great unknown.' iamb.uk/wave/25-ant...

'Nothing good ever came from being the first one in. More people have walked on the moon than have won from the number one position, remember that.' iamb.uk/wave/25-col...

'In the tidal mud below lay bottles and shoes, reminders of when we too were wild, our wanton lives unborn.' iamb.uk/wave/25-eli...

'Your dreams will always cast you a tide of enigmas, soaked in the ambiguity of Pythian prophecies ... ' iamb.uk/wave/25-gle...

'Casual sex has left you just as empty and upset as the failed relationships you somehow kept with wonderful (incredibly patient) men.' iamb.uk/wave/25-hlr

'You have been to places like this, I know, But did you visit these monuments? Or did you dream your Dartmoor stones?' iamb.uk/wave/25-jim...

'On a cellular level it happens every second Fragments of the body are let go to make survival possible.' iamb.uk/wave/25-kar...

'The bow is lifted and 𝄐 | Coasting down from her peak | the violin reaches perfect cadence.' iamb.uk/wave/25-lis...

'I recite the rules by rote by heart, by practise, practise, practise by trial and by error, so quietly the hum of my voice is a vaporous elegy ... ' iamb.uk/wave/25-lou...

'The floor was slick with bile and mother begged for Jesus who showed up naked, body of criss-crossed scars that wouldn’t heal ... ' iamb.uk/wave/25-sar...

' ... her / smile / is a poised river enduring down the pleats of corduroy hills and her heart is cracked porcelain ... ' iamb.uk/wave/25-sar...

'You will know me by these strange eyes lit by a hundred ancestors’ fire-sight— this left iris locked on the underworld.' iamb.uk/wave/25-sar...

'The smudge of lipstick inside this facemask marks it as yours; I wear your kiss as an open secret in the supermarket queue.' iamb.uk/wave/25-sea...

'Dispersed on the ground. Drawing a crowd. Her skirt long, thank goodness, pooled like blood around her.' iamb.uk/wave/25-van...

Despite the rain, the chill, winter's reluctance to cede his throne, spring arrives with daffodils, birdsong, the lengthening of days. Welcoming it are the 15 poets of wave twenty-five of @iamb.uk. Expect 45 poems, written and read – fresh as the incoming season. iamb.uk/index/wave/25

Meet the 15 poets whose work you can read (and hear read) from March 15th 2026 as part of wave twenty-five of @iamb.uk. #poetry #newpoetry

A superb evening celebrating 6 years of @iamb.uk Beautifully co-hosted by the brilliant @louisepoetical.bsky.social and founding genius @markantonyowen.com Stunning poetry, a feast for the ears. Thank you! 😊 💚✨

Six years ago, a new online poetry journal launched against an inauspicious backdrop of a pandemic and Britain's exit from the EU. @iamb.uk has since sailed many waves. Its 25th will appear this March. Last night, these 18 poets celebrated the journal's first six years. And it was bloody brilliant!

**TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT!!** Join 21 past contributors to @iamb.uk as we celebrate the journal's sixth year online. Tickets are still available (just!) – and they're FREE!! Go to bit.ly/iamb_is_six to reserve your place, bring along cake and wine, and get set for a great evening of poetry. 🥳🎂

On the day nominations open for The Forward Prizes 2026, @iamb.uk is delighted to announce its three nominees in the Best Single Poem (Written) category. Best of luck to Rishika Williams, @jahshabby.bsky.social and @victoriaspires.bsky.social. 🥳

On Feb 1 2026, @iamb.uk celebrates six years online. Join @louisepoetical.bsky.social and creator/curator @markantonyowen.com on Jan 31 – plus a hand-picked selection of poets from the 380 who've featured in the journal so far – for a free, fun evening of poetry readings. 🥳🎂 bit.ly/iamb_is_six

Merry Christmas to poets and poetry lovers everywhere! As a seasonal gift to you all, @iambapoet.com has a new, simpler web address: iamb.uk It's not yet 'official' across the site – but it works right now. URLs for individual poets' pages may misbehave for a while till everything settles in. 😉🎄

'we are corroded from birth like the coast not destined to the constellations – not plough nor star. We formed words fucked words flung words but the language was never ours to comprehend.' iambapoet.com/wave/24-dam...

Winter arrives beneath the cloak of the old blue-faced one. She moves over hills, through woods, in shadow. Tightening the land with frost. Shaping the weather. Come in out of the dark to where poems gather like embers. Listen and drink in the latest wave of @iambapoet.com. www.iambapoet.com/wave/24

Poets, I owe SOME of you an apology. A recent database fail caused around 12-14 poets' pages on @iambapoet.com to become corrupted. Bios vanished – taking with them all the effort put in to enhance these with links – and poems were replaced by the work of other poets. I've hidden all affected pages.

Over the Christmas break, I will painstakingly repair all these broken pages and bring them back online. In the meantime, please accept my sincere apologies if yours is one of the pages currently unavailable. Thank you for your patience. 🙏🏻