Only 8 days left to enter the Cafe Writers competition - Jessica Mookherjee is the judge and she reads all entries - no sifters. www.cafewriters.co.uk/home/poetry-...

I'm the featured poet at Nottingham's DIY Poets Quarterly Showcase, a hybrid event with open mic. Tickets free / pay-what-you can (suggested £3-£5) Thursday 20th November at 7pm GMT. All welcome, would be great to see you there, and please feel free to share. city-arts.org.uk/event/23070/...

The October Pick of the Month vote is now live. Will you choose @rushikawick.bsky.social, @oormilaprahlad.bsky.social, David A. Lee, @sarahleavesley.bsky.social, @poet-pratibha1.bsky.social or @tadhgcarey.bsky.social? More at inksweatandtears.co.uk/october-2025... #InkSweatandTears #PickoftheMonth

Huge thanks to all readers who nudged my poem CONSCIENCE onto this list. Please consider voting it as October Pick of the Month.

We have had many super generous donations so far & we’re a quarter of the way there! If you haven’t yet donated to our magnificent initiative to take poetry to uk state schools, please do click and donate now… Any donation big or small will be greatly appreciated! fundrazr.com/22Wg69?ref=s...

Hugely grateful to Deb Alma @poetrypharmacy.bsky.social for awarding my poem FLAMES third prize in The Canon’s Mouth Sonnet or Not Competition 2024. Congratulations to Jonathan Edwards and @emmapurshouse.bsky.social first and second prize winners and all Commended poets @hedgehogpress.co.uk

What a fabulous poem by @wendypratt.bsky.social

Two years today since my first book was published 😍 I'm so grateful to my publisher @writtenoffbooks.bsky.social and to everyone who has bought a copy and supported my writing. I love you all 💙

A poem to celebrate St. Patrick’s day. Padraig who Drove the Snakes out of Ireland from my award-winning debut pamphlet A Triptych of Birds & A Few Loose Feathers @hedgehogpress.co.uk www.thelakepoetry.co.uk/poetry/ Thanks to John Murphy for including in March issue

Thrilled to have a poem highly commended in the cuirtfestival.bsky.social New Writing Prize 2025 🖋️ Huge congratulations to @finolacahill.bsky.social and to all the winners! 💫✨ Enormous gratitude to Victoria Kennefick for her kind words about my poem 🙏 www.cuirt.ie/new-writing-...

A little late, but a poem inspired by mother from my debut pamphlet A Triptych of Birds & A Few Loose Feathers @hedgehogpress.co.uk to celebrate International Women’s Day. #poetry #lovepoetry #poetrycommunity

I am so pleased to be amongst this wonderful selection on books from @ninearchespress.bsky.social xxx

Have been out & about so unable to participate in this Friday's #poemsabout prompt from @brokenspinearts.bsky.social which is #dawn I can't help having a go though, so here is mine, & I'll catch up with others in the coming days!

This gorgeous poem www.afterpoetry.com/poem/feb-28-... Fantastic @corinnaboard.bsky.social

Join me @julianday.bsky.social @jlmmorton.bsky.social @janeburn.bsky.social @marcellenewbold.bsky.social @jamesmcconachie1.bsky.social @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social @jumpingjulespoetry.bsky.social @coastalpoet.bsky.social online & free Saturday 29 March 7.00pm www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/last-satur...

Heart-wrenching. This captures childhood alienation with such precision—the sting of difference, the weight of unspoken grief. Every detail, from the Peter Rabbit cup to the sherbet lemons, layers sweetness and sorrow with aching brilliance. Utterly mesmerising. #KeepWriting #PoemsAbout #WordsUnsaid

Finally—after months, nay years—we are putting the finishing touches on the back end of the website. Soon, we’ll be rolling out a complete directory of every creator who has ever appeared in our online features or print publications. The #Author&ArtistDirectory is imminent. Watch this space.

Looking forward to reading some Witch poems in Oxford tomorrow! *cackle* @livecanon.bsky.social

@brokenspinearts.bsky.social #poemsabout #wordsunsaid #poetry#poets A poem from my forthcoming full collection

The ticket office is now open, folks. Come join me, @jenferoze.bsky.social and three specially invited guest readers on May 14th from 8:15pm (BST). Help us celebrate the launch of my new 'book' 'Scenes from Subruria' – out with @hedgehogpress.co.uk from April 12th 2025. bit.ly/Subruria_Book_Launch

Morning followers and fellow writers, enough about me. I'd love to hear about your WIP. What are you writing today? ✍️ ✍️ ✍️ How's it going? Please share below & retweet 🙏 @petitecreature1.bsky.social @pdevonald.bsky.social @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social @martinadalton.bsky.social @julianday.bsky.social

Happy Valentine's Day @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social Click on picture for full text. From Miniskirts in The Waste Land @hedgehogpress.co.uk PBS winter selection 2023 Copies available, message me ❤️

Do come if you’re local

Thrilled to be taking two incredible spoken word artists to wonderful @wychwoodfestival.bsky.social this year, as part of the @cheltpoetfest.bsky.social lineup. #JoeCook and #Shak. wychwoodfestival.com?gad_source=1...

#slammers - if you would like to take part in the spoken word battle of the year - the 2025 @cheltpoetfest.bsky.social SLAM ( May 17 ) please email [email protected] We have limited places but will consider every application. @zoebrooks.bsky.social @bethbpoet.bsky.social

Gigging in Morecambe tomorrow and Hexham on Saturday. Lovely.

Delighted to be shortlisted in @livecanary.bsky.social International Poetry Comp, anthologised with such a fabulous array of poets. @hedgehogpress.co.uk

Do join us for this fabulous @livecanon.bsky tonight. My poem is one of those shortlisted 🙂

Just learnt I’ve had a poem shortlisted in the Live Canon International Poetry Competition 🙂

Can spring really be on its way?

#poetry competition open to all #Erasurepoetry #ecopoetry Judged by @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social Supporting the campaign to Save Penrhos Nature Reserve. Please share.🙏

Grateful to @shadesofgreen.bsky.social @hedgehogpress.co.uk for choosing my poems to read in her beautiful, mellifluous voice.

I have to say that one of the finest people, and poets I know, is the brilliant @pmosbornewriter and her latest collection is awesome/raising funds for Cancer Research, so... Get a Signed 1/1 copy direct... “Nature’s Bookends” – Patricia M Osborne

A powerful poem from John McCullough.

The sun. 💚

A little update from @hollyannepoet.bsky.social and me over at @atriumpoetry.bsky.social:

Some of our golden poets on the Golden Gudgeon stage during Poetry@Roots in Bradford on Avon today - special guest @katenoakes.bsky.social, @chrismacpoet.bsky.social launching her new @hedgehogpress.co.uk book & @deborahharvey.bsky.social - thank you to them & all our other poets, you were amazing!

The best thing about this, for us anyway, is that I can see what the #BrokenSpineFamily is in in just the one place. The posts being collated here, by writers that I have admired and published over the last five years, is a beautiful thing! go.bsky.app/Aw9cpV2

Hi poetry folks, We’re new on here! Do give this a like and share so we can reach as many of you poetry lovers as possible. Much love 🤠

I read and love lots of contemporary poetry. But few poems engage me the way Victoria Spires' contribution to @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social's #toptweettuesday has this week. Not since @jobratten.bsky.social's 'Sunset Over Watford' (in wave four of @iambapoet.com) has an urban poem hit me this hard.

🌍 Poetry. Community. Untamed. Join the Wave 2 launch of The Whiskey Tree: Untamed Nature! Hear featured poets + sign up for the open mic. A night of raw, evocative art awaits. 📅 3rd Feb | 20:00 GMT 🎟️ Secure your ticket: shorturl.at/CIf9K

We are delighted to announce that Imtiaz Dharker, recipient of the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry, will step in to join Pádraig Ó Tuama for this extraordinary event. Imtiaz’s latest collection, Shadow Reader (Bloodaxe, 2024), has been celebrated for its stunning exploration of humanity & resilience.

Terrific Submission Opportunities!

A fabulous evening at Needle Writers. Powerful poems from Clare Best, wry tales from Jeremy Page and a wonderful attentive audience. Huge thanks to Janet Sutherland, Charlotte Gang and James for inviting me to read. @hedgehogpress.co.uk

Congratulations 🎈

6 pm for 6.30 start. John Harvey Tavern Lewes. Looking forward to seeing you there. needlewriters.co.uk/2024/10/27/p...

Tonight! Reading at Needle Writers lewes with Clare Best and Jeremy Page. Please join us if you are free and in the area. needlewriters.co.uk/2024/10/27/p...

What a stunningly beautiful poem, Cáit. Well done. ❤️

Fantastic article on book titles -- some tips, ideas and suprising revelations about titles that almost were. Very impressive writing by the always excellent @rosannamcglone.bsky.social