Poems were posted online every fortnight; poets included Anne-Marie Balzer, Jemma Borg, @janeburn.bsky.social, Tishani Doshi, Steve Ely, @sophieherx.bsky.social, Glyn Maxwell, @helenmort.bsky.social, Emma Must, @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social, Jacob Polley, & @jsaphra.bsky.social #EcoSonnetChain (2/3)

Poem for a Shabbat. By @jsaphra.bsky.social.

Many thanks to the poets who took part in the #EcoSonnetChain: #LindaFrance, #EmmaMust, @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social, #AnnSophieBalzer, @janeburn.bsky.social, #TishaniDoshi, #JemmaBorg, @jsaphra.bsky.social, #JacobPolley, @sophieherx.bsky.social, @helenmort.bsky.social, #SteveEly, & #GlynMaxwell.

'Tomorrow' by @jsaphra.bsky.social badlilies.uk/jacqueline-saphra-1

Our new issue is out tomorrow! And now you can subscribe to our new mailing list to get updates on issue launches and submission windows. www.badlilies.uk/subscribe

Please join us for a evening of poetry and community in this beautiful setting - tonight!

Thanks @carcanet.bsky.social – delighted about this and very grateful to the Anglo-Hellenic league, @jhcreerw.bsky.social @sofkazinovieff.bsky.social & the judges of the #Runciman Award.

. @jsaphra.bsky.social’s sonnet eschews sentiment while remaining fully responsive to the turn of the seasons: …All these questions to the heart as if it has some agency. It’s just a metaphor for faith among the ruins, a way to live while knowing what we take, then take some more… #EcoSonnetChain

An honour and pleasure to be a part of this project …

We're thrilled that American poet #MarieHowe has won the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry 2025 for her New & Selected Poems. This retrospective was published in 2024 by W.W. Norton in the US and by Bloodaxe Books in the UK & Ireland (as What the Earth Seemed to Say). www.bloodaxebooks.com/news?article...

And speaking as a mentor , my experience working with Charlotte was truly a gift to me.

In the meantime, here’s @jsaphra.bsky.social’s very fine sonnet: newbootsandpantisocracies.wordpress.com/2020/05/04/p... #NewBootsAndPantisocracies #PostcardsFromMalthusia 3/3

Summer Term: 3-TERM COURSES – Our weekly workshop groups: you’ll find thoughtful critique & a welcoming poetry community. W/ tutors: @aanaxagorou.bsky.social, @jsaphra.bsky.social, Wayne Holloway-Smith, @astridalben.bsky.social, Rachel Long, Mark Waldron, Shazea Quraishi,  Richard Price

Join me and these two beauties, @kostyatsolakis.bsky.social and Amaan Hyder for a @ninearchespress.bsky.social extravaganza at the gorgeous Chener Books on 18th March!

@nytimes.com I'm a big fan and you do great work - and yet I'm shocked at your generally moderate and reasoned tone about the coup taking place. This is not business as usual and these are terrifying times. Please change your tune and raise the alarm.

We might yearn for paradise, temporal or spiritual. But to our descendents our habitable planet will look like an almost unimaginable paradise. No tech fantasy, no space station or controlled environment will ever compare. Fight for what we have. This is our heaven, and there can be no other.

Issue 3 out now. www.blackirispoetry.com/issue-3

My new podcast, 'Demystifying Poetry', is out! 1 episode each Wed. Week 1 I'm talking to Deb Alma of the Poetry Pharmacy. open.spotify.com/episode/3HvY... Thank you to @britishacademy.bsky.social and to @poetrypharmacy.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social @kelloggoxford.bsky.social

Edward Hirsch

I gave a well-earned first prize to Olivia Tuck's exquisite sonnet in the Waltham Forest Poetry Competition.

It's that time of year again! Join hundreds of festive sightseers on 5th December 5.45pm as a new seasonal poem by Valerie Bloom is unveiled as part of the official lighting-up of the Trafalgar Square tree. poetrysociety.org.uk/event/the-tr...

4 December's advent poem from the marvellous @jsaphra.bsky.social I love the way the rage rises. mailchi.mp/11614fc866a0...

Tue 10 Dec, 7.30 - come along and find out who the Waltham Forest Poetry Comp winners are! *FREE* event, Walthamstow Trades Hall - you can just turn up or book at wfawards2024.eventbrite.co.uk - and open mic too! Readings too from our judge @jsaphra.bsky.social and guest poet Max Terry Fishel.

I've been thinking about this poem by Langston Hughes recently and although it was published in 1931, it remains relevant as ever. #books #reading #booksky #poetry

Fine voices indeed

Everyone is suddenly here now - here are some wonderful poets to follow @jsaphra.bsky.social @pascalepetit.bsky.social @katyevansbush.bsky.social @susiecampbell.bsky.social @fxmpoetry.bsky.social

L . R . Breadsticks

Good to be here! My work in progress at the moment! 8 new poetry anthologies with Macmillan. Comfort and Words for Love published in January!

Community building #PoetsonBlueSky - join in by tagging five poets on bluesky @metapheric.bsky.social @carrieetter.bsky.social @jlimburg.bsky.social @anjakonig.bsky.social @niiayikwei.bsky.social

Rebuilding my community here - thanks for all the follows friends xx

Part of the journal Black Iris's quick-response news-in-poetry series following last week. Just so you know what I think.

I'm here. I think. I hope. Peace and love and resistance.