Thrilled to be on the BBC this Thurs 21/05 & Sat 23/05. A special thank you to Beth Linnell for selecting my poetry. I am reading a poem first published by Paul Short within his #UnwhisperedLegacy anthology where he raised over £300 for Médecins Sans Frontières.🕊️ #bbcessex #poemsforthesoul #voices

This week in The Book Bag, we traverse the spaces between past and present, dark and light with Carmella de Keyser in 'Chasms'. Plus a recap, news, opps and of course the playlist. Fans of emotionally resonant poetry will love this book. Take 5 and jump in here...

Submissions are open! Can’t wait to get reading x

Excellent night at Write Here, Right Now. I have the ability to finish a poem this weekend thanks to all the valuable insight. Next one in June which will be a party to celebrate over a year of community 🙏🎉🥳🍾🎊🪅🪩

Wow, this has totally made my day!!! Thank you so much Paul for this lovely thread and for reading my work so thoughtfully. It means so much, especially coming from a writer as fantastic as you! ⭐️👏

Feeling quite overwhelmed so I’ll simply say thank you to everybody who has been part of the #UnwhisperedLegacy journey so far. The world needs poets more than ever. Best & Warmest Wishes Paul #poetrycommunity #poets_community

Paul Short is fundraising for Medecins Sans Frontieres / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) share.google/sx3VchQhbqTO...

Great to be at the 'Unwhispered Legacy' launch @paulwritespoems.bsky.social With writers - @betarish.bsky.social @victoriaspires.bsky.social @antjp01.bsky.social @johnadlam.bsky.social @leiabutler.bsky.social @ella-b-winters.bsky.social @justrandomwords.bsky.social @sarahraybould.bsky.social

Friday 7pm live via Zoom!!! Join me and a a stellar lineup of Poets sharing words from #UnwhisperedLegacy. Tickets 🎟️: shorturl.at/J2zUY

Very excited to celebrate the online launch of Unwhispered Legacy tonight, a poetry anthology edited by @paulwritespoems.bsky.social. I first wrote my included piece during one of Paul’s Write Here, Right Now sessions. Many thanks again Paul for pulling this amazing anthology together! 👏

Fantastic piece published at FH this evening! Paul’s work is just incredible. Excellent reading also 👏

My poem 'Ferragosto' - (the sixth or seventh in my Italian Trilogy) - is the second poem featured in this new anthology from Coverstory Books (editor Ian Gouge). There is now a website for these anthologies (this one is New Contexts 8, I am joining the party late!) 🥰 new-contexts.com/new-contexts...

www.afterpoetry.com/poem/apr-02-... A fabulous poem by @leiabutler.bsky.social for @afterpoetry.com at the full (and as of time of writing mercifully un-built-up) moon, the website curated beautifully as ever by @markantonyowen.com 👏❤️👏

Thrilled to have a poem live with @afterpoetry.com. Such a fantastic site! This poem was written back in 2024, before my spider poems, and after a very special puzzle ✨🌸

🤩Exciting News! I'm delighted & honoured to have two poems in the beautiful #UnwhisperedLegacy Anthology which is brimful with stunning work. Congratulations to all contributors & huge thanks to our wonderful EIC @paulwritespoems.bsky.social ✨ Download here: 👉 paulwritespoems.com/unwhispered-...

For #PoemsAloud, a short film for my poem in the Unwhispered Legacy anthology, published today by @paulwritespoems.bsky.social 🙏 My poem questions the concept of a 'Fait accompli.' It asks, what if things were different? What if that initial action could be reversed? What if there was another way 💙

It's finally here! Huge congratulations to @paulwritespoems.bsky.social for this outstanding anthology! I'm so pleased to have my work included here amongst so many wonderful poets. You can download your own copy for free! But Paul is also raising money for MSF/Doctors without borders.

"What if the storm had simply gone on long enough? If the salt could be transformed, alchemized back to nothing more, nothing less than a prescription for happiness, a saltwater cure..." Sincere thanks to the editor for including my poem in the new anthology in support of Médecins Sans Frontières 🌎

I feel incredibly lucky to have a piece published in this stunning anthology put together by @paulwritespoems.bsky.social Thank you so so much Paul. This anthology includes so much truly brilliant writing and I can’t wait to spend the next few days really exploring it. ✨

My newly published poem is ~ #SafeSpaces ~a poem about different types of #connection , small moments of #wonder & #solace. Published within #UnwhisperedLegacy Anthology, 03/2026. Warmest thanks to the editor, @paulwritespoems.bsky.social Paul Short. #peacefulpoems #glow #serenity #peace #poems 🩶

Another amazing issue of The Visual Poetry Times by @thepoetrykiosk.bsky.social ✨ Such a joy to get and features so many beautiful pieces and interesting articles! And was especially pleased to see a spotlight on @streetcakemag.bsky.social who are the most brilliant magazine ❤️

paulwritespoems.com/unwhispered-... This anthology is launched today, free download, fundraising for a great cause: Medecins Sans Frontieres. Compiled & edited with skill and care by the very wonderful @paulwritespoems.bsky.social. I have two poems in here, that first appeared via #PoemsAbout... ❤️

Thank you so much Paul @paulwritespoems.bsky.social for creating #UnwhisperedLegacy & for linking it to something crucial in #MedecinsSansFrontieres @msf.ca Thanks for including my piece #SafeSpaces within, feel honoured to be a part of this special anthology. Congratulations to all! 🩶 #PaulShort

What a joy to be a part of this anthology! You can download it here: paulwritespoems.com/unwhispered-... Congratulations on this brilliant achievement, @paulwritespoems.bsky.social 🫶🏼 This anthology is also raising funds for the vital work of @msf.ca. If you are able to, please consider donating!

What a fantastic anthology. I feel so lucky to be a part of it. Huge thanks @paulwritespoems.bsky.social for pulling this together. And for an amazing cause! So many incredible pieces in here ⬇️

If anyone in the UK would like any Stanchion stuff or even a signed copy of my book Street Cats and Where to Find Them shipped next week, I can offer you affordable Royal Mail postage prices! For Stanchion books and issues, just select UK Saver Shipping at checkout. For my book, DM me!

Here’s the first of three poems published recently at The Poetry Lighthouse. ✨ #poetry #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #skypoets #blueskypoets #poetsofbluesky www.thepoetrylighthouse.com/poems/lightb...

A wee poem looking forward to spring for #PoemsAbout #Inbloom this week. Bit of a busy day ahead so will read others when I can later! Thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk / @thebrokenspine.co.uk for a fine seasonal prompt :-) #poems #poetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity

Good morning! For #PoemsAbout #InBloom Thank you as always to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk I look forward to this every week. No Kings tomorrow, Saturday, March 28!

Dear Friends, AN ANNOUNCEMENT: My first poetry collection will be published in the Spring of 2027 by Broken Sleep Books. I am simply delighted - and immensely grateful to @godzillakent.bsky.social and everyone at @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social #poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky #poetryislife

Still in shock to receive this. I’m delighted and so grateful to @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social for believing in my work. Congratulations to my fellow nominees also who are amazing. 🤩

Thank you for sharing humourus, beautiful, poignant and powerful work this evening. @internetofwords.com @jeffcottrill.bsky.social @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social @carmellapoetry.bsky.social @johnadlam.bsky.social @sarahraybould.bsky.social @secretsoliloquies.bsky.social

Sold lots of books, took very few photos, and lost my voice, but not my energy to tell the Stanchion story. Thanks to those who stopped by, the Stanchion authors, contributors & subscribers who I finally got to meet irl, hug & thank for being a part of all this. It was so incredibly rad. 🖤🤍

A wonderful, intimate Book Bag Open Open Mic this evening with an incredible array of talent sharing tremendous poetry. I was blown away- thank you 🙏

Incredible deal right here ⬇️⬇️⬇️

I did it. My first AWP. Thank you to every single human who stopped to talk, had the curiosity to learn about Stanchion, hug, shake hands, and take a chance on buying some of the indie lit I've published. What a beautiful experience. I appreciate you. 😊

AWP Day 1. LFG!!

Here's my From the Editor's Desk introductions to issues 21 & 22, the literary equivalent of a double album. Music changed my life & it continues to make it fuller and more joyful. I'm so happy I decided to do a themed issue that became two volumes. Please consider ordering at StanchionZine.com/shop

Thrilled to share the poem just published by @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social ‘HEAVENLY BODIES’ Do read the beautiful #poetry in the journal and enjoy the accompanying audio versions too. www.fullhouseliterary.com/issue-1-2026 #poetsofbluesky #skypoets #blueskypoets #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers

Absolutely thrilled that my poem ‘Heavenly Bodies’ has been published in Issue 1 of @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social, 2026, alongside a host of wonderful #poetry. Look out, too, for the #audio version! 🎧 #litmag #publication #poetrycommunity #blueskypoets #skypoets #poetsofbluesky

My poem "Yard Sale" is now live in @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social. You can read and hear the piece here: www.fullhouseliterary.com/issue-1-2026...

“you joined the gang of neighborhood kids roving down to the softball field confession stand” My piece, “Summer of the Malaprops” is live today at @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social along with a really killer lineup www.fullhouseliterary.com/issue-1-2026

www.fullhouseliterary.com/issue-1-2026 This was published this afternoon. I think it is the most exceptionally beautiful piece of online publishing! Big thanks to @leiabutler.bsky.social and @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social for all they do - and for including my piece 'Lares and Penates' therein...🙏❤️🙏

Brand new issue out today!!! And wow it’s an amazing one ⬇️⬇️⬇️

A snip of a poem for the new #FridayFragments feature by @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social

Here's a wee poem I wrote last night for the new #fragmentsfriday from @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social - the challenge: one poem 18 words or less! #poems #poetry #poetrycommunity

It’s our first #fragmentsfriday - post your 18 word or less #poem - make it startling and inventive! Boost others on the hashtag! #poetry #prompts #poetic #writingprompts #writing #write #blueskypoets

Another great evening at Write Here, Right Now poetry writing group. It’s great being part of a collaborative and supportive group. Thank you 🙏

Prepping for AWP and An Evening Wiith Stanchion. Lots of book reinforcements ordered. Jesus I hope I don't lose a fortune doing all this 😬

Stanchion Book Club members! Check your inboxes — you now have the early access PDF of @tcboudreau.bsky.social 's Love You, Miss You, Goodbye Forever! You'll get your physical copy soon, as well as an invitation to join a Book Club-exclusive book chat and Q&A with Boudreau & @fbereaud.bsky.social!