Nairn Kennedy
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http://nairnkennedypoet.co.uk
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Candlestick Press
7 days ago
New and available now! TEN POEMS ABOUT OWLS Poems by Niall Campbell, Daniel Webster Davis, Emily Dickinson, Victoria Gatehouse, Ian Humphreys, Gregory Leadbetter, Rob Miles, Angela Readman, AE Stallings and Edward Thomas.
www.candlestickpress.co.uk/pamphlet/ten...
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The Poetry Business
26 days ago
Submissions now open for The North! Deadline end of February. The North 72 is The Library Issue, so, as well as your poems, we're looking for short prose pieces about, or featuring, libraries. All library-themed work welcome! Send us your work:
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Carole Bromley
20 days ago
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Red shoes, blue shoes......writing children's poetry workshop with Carole Bromley
Red shoes, blue shoes...Rhyme, rhythm, repetition; come and dive into the poet’s toolbox on this fun day of writing and reading and talking about poems for children with Carole Bromley, and leave with...
https://thewritingschool.co.uk/red-shoes-blue-shoeswriting-childrens-poetry-workshop-with-carole-bromley-
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Candlestick Press
18 days ago
It’s not too late! We have love, kisses, chocolate, flowers AND poems for your beloved this Valentine’s Day ❤️ ❤️❤️❤️Say it with a Candlestick! 😘
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Just in case you haven't spotted it,
@poetrybusiness.bsky.social
The North is now open for submissions on thr theme of libraries.
about 1 month ago
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There may be hope yet...
about 1 month ago
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Graeme Richardson
about 1 month ago
Rachel Curzon is consistently good, I think -
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The Guernsey Poems on the Move competition closes on January 15th! There's still time if you want to see your poem on the buses.
poemsonthemove.com
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Guernsey International Poetry Competition
https://poemsonthemove.com/
about 2 months ago
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Nine Arches Press
2 months ago
Join an @arvonfoundation online
#poetry
writing day course led by Jane Commane. Discovering Poetic Form - A whistlestop tour from the traditional to the contemporary. Friday February 20th, 2026, from 10am
t.co/nxEjCCf13n
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3 months ago
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It's one of those mornings again.
3 months ago
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ALCS
3 months ago
ALCS pays money for visual contributions to magazines and articles, and this amount continues to grow year on year. Make sure you claim before 31 December to be included in next year's payments. Find out more here:
www.alcs.co.uk/how-it-works...
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Closing tomorrow!
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3 months ago
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The Poetry Archive
3 months ago
Did you know? Once lost, a poet’s voice can’t be replaced. Help us preserve more voices by joining us as a member or making a small donation.
#PoetryArchive20
Donate:
cafdonate.cafonline.org/36#!/Donatio...
Membership:
poetryarchive.org/support/
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Ian Duhig
4 months ago
It was all going so swimmingly until the poetry workshop leader suggested alliterative verse was dead.
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Very happy to have a poem chosen by the Poetry Archive as one of their 2025 winners!
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Poetry Archive Now Wordview 2025: The Dictator Expounds on the Cultivation of Fruit Trees - Poetry Archive
Before they take you on as gardener, cultivate the trees with care, seek their support, eat the fruit they give, drink the juice to make you strong. When you get the job, patrol the orchard, wave the ...
https://poetryarchive.org/poem/poetry-archive-now-wordview-2025-3/
4 months ago
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Nice poem, Carole.
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4 months ago
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Carcanet Press
4 months ago
Join us online to launch 'Answerlands' by Joseph Minden on Tuesday 18 November at 7pm BST! 💻📖 The event will be hosted by Will Harris and will feature reading and discussion, alongside time for audience questions. More information and tickets here:🎟️
www.carcanet.co.uk/events/answe...
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Answerlands by Joseph Minden: Carcanet Online Book Launch - Carcanet Press
Please join us online to celebrate the launch of Joseph Minden's new poetry collection Answerlands!
https://www.carcanet.co.uk/events/answerlands-by-joseph-minden-carcanet-online-book-launch/
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Nine Arches Press
4 months ago
Join us for our next online launch with
@csmithpoet.bsky.social
@troycabida.bsky.social
& guest poet
@jessmookherjee.bsky.social
Thursday 13th November at 7pm. 📹 Recording sent to ticket-holders in case you can't join live 🎫 Reserve your place, pay what you can
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-lau...
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The Poetry Archive
4 months ago
For 20 years, the Poetry Archive has brought poetry to life in poets’ own voices, free for all. Love what we do? Support us by donating, becoming a member, or spreading the word about what we do. 💛
poetryarchive.org/support/
#PoetryArchive20
#PoetryForEveryone
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The Poetry Business
4 months ago
Good news! We've extended the deadlines for the 2026 International Book & Pamphlet Competition and the 2026 New Poets Prize. Both are now closing on SUNDAY 16 NOVEMBER, so now you have an extra two weeks to polish up those poems...
poetrybusiness.co.uk/competitions/
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Many congratulations to Stuart
#Pickford
and
@sarahwimbush.bsky.social
, who are both featured in The North's 40 year anthology!
4 months ago
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Great evening yesterday at the King's Hall, Ilkley, where Simon
#Armitage
read from his "New Cemetery" and "Dwell", with some very funny intros and anecdotes.
5 months ago
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Paul McGrane
5 months ago
The Waltham Forest Poetry Competition, judged by the fabulous Lorraine Mariner, invites you to send poems on the theme of WEATHER/WHETHER. Over £1,000 in prizes. Entry fee for adults is from £3, FREE for young poets under the age of 18. Closing date is MONDAY 20 OCTOBER.
www.bit.ly/wfpoetrycomp
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Autumn is definitely here now - the lithops are flowering.
5 months ago
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On a happier note for these times, the Lithops plants are about to be wakened from their aestivation...
6 months ago
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Congratulations,
@rcurzon.bsky.social
Rachel Curzon, for winning the
@poetrylondon.bsky.social
competition!
6 months ago
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The Poetry Business
6 months ago
✨WORKSHOPS NEXT WEEK✨ ✨Tues 2 Sept, 11am Queer Poetry with Clare Shaw (
@clareshawpoet.bsky.social
)
buytickets.at/thepoetrybus...
✨Wed 3 Sept, 11am Writing Birds with Laurie Bolger (
@lauriebolger.bsky.social
)
buytickets.at/thepoetrybus...
@bloodaxebooks.bsky.social
@ninearchespress.bsky.social
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Nine Arches Press
6 months ago
⌛PRIMERS - deadline midnight 9th September. Guide your poems into print with our established mentoring and publishing scheme for UK poets. With selecting editor Laurie Bolger Full submission criteria and guidelines:
buff.ly/3qxgju8
Good luck
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If you're near York on 1st October...
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Select tickets – National Poetry Day Eve: York Stanza Showcase – York Explore Library and Archive, Library Square, York
Members of York Stanza read their poems at our showcase for the Eve of National Poetry Day with the line-up curated by much-lov...
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/exploreyorklibrariesandarchives/1836897
6 months ago
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@alcs.co.uk
Many thanks to ALCS for their hospitality at The Grand in York yesterday evening. It was a great opportunity to meet other writers, and to hear about more of the work ALCS has been doing.
8 months ago
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Nine Arches Press
8 months ago
Under the Radar Issue 35 is hot off the press, now reaching readers. Treat yourself to this packed magazine of new
#poetry
, short fiction & reviews
ninearchespress.com/shop#!/Under...
Or a digital copy straight to your inbox? Or take out a subscription? Thanks to our writers & readers ❤️
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The Poetry Archive
8 months ago
Thanks to everyone who has submitted to PAN! Wordview 2025 so far, the playlist of submissions is now live via our YouTube channel.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Carole Bromley
8 months ago
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'maggie and milly and molly and may': Writing Poems For Children
Maggie and Milly and Molly and May: Poems about People. This is a course which explores writing poems about the people in children’s lives: families, friends, neighbours, scary people and kind people,...
https://thewritingschool.co.uk/maggie-and-milly-and-molly-and-may
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Nine Arches Press
8 months ago
The latest Under the Radar, our flagship magazine, is available in a digital edition, arriving straight to your in-box for just £6.99. We've introduced a new DIGITAL subscription. Details about your options:
t.co/Wni3tAlON7
UtR 35 coming soon.
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The Poetry Archive
8 months ago
The Poetry Archive site turns 20! 🎉 2 decades. 1000s of poems. Free to hear, anytime. Listen in →
poetryarchive.org
#PoetryArchive20
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Faber Books
8 months ago
'Nest Box', from Simon Armitage's illustrated collection Dwell, is the Guardian's Poem of the Week 🌳 🌸 Read it here 👇
theguardian.com/books/2025/jun/30/poem-of-the-week-nest-box-by-simon-armitage
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Poem of the week: Nest Box by Simon Armitage
A drunk old man’s report of sighting an angel opens on to much broader mysteries
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jun/30/poem-of-the-week-nest-box-by-simon-armitage
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Rob Miles
9 months ago
Really looking forward to reading at this event during Leeds Lit Fest 2025, 19th June. See you there? All welcome!
#leedslitfest
#leedslitfest2025
@leedslitfest.bsky.social
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Another Midsummer Cushion
Poetry showcase with poets associated with the University of Leeds Poetry Centre. Join us for a reading of poems celebrating
https://www.leedslitfest.co.uk/events/another-midsummer-cushion/
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It was nice to have three of my poems longlisted for the Plough Prize, 😀 although, alas, they stopped there. 😐 Tomorrow to fresh woods, and pastures new.
9 months ago
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Ian Duhig
9 months ago
Less a guard dog than an avant-garde dog
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Live Canon
9 months ago
It’s time to enter the Live Canon Poetry Competition!
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Out-Spoken Press
9 months ago
We're excited to let you know that registration is OPEN for the @outspoken_acad Summer 2025 Academy Plus 9 week online poetry course, with tutors @malikabooker, @jtaylortrash & @pascalepoet Dates: 16 Jun–11 Aug Workshops: Mondays 7–9pm UK Info & register
outspokenldn.com/academy-plus
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The Poetry Society
10 months ago
In our most recent Members' Competition, poet Jane Clarke selected poems on the theme of ‘Stone’. Congratulations to our winners: Matt Barnard, Denise Bennett, Gillian Dawson, Nicky Kippax, Ciel Stynes and Karen Tobias-Green! 🏆
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Live Canon
10 months ago
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Live Canon
10 months ago
Entries for the 2025 LIVE CANON INTERNATIONAL SINGLE POEM COMPETITION are now open! We want you to submit your best work for the chance to be performed, published & to win £1000. Enter here:
livecanon.submittable.com/submit/32663...
DEADLINE: 11.59 pm Sunday 8 June
#poetrycompetition
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Very happy to be included in the
@livecanon.bsky.social
anthology 2024.
11 months ago
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@nickykippax.bsky.social
Congratulations, Nicky, on your poem "Janet'sFoss" in the Spring Poetry News. A terrific poem!
11 months ago
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The Poetry Society
11 months ago
Tonight's the night! The National Poetry Competition 2024's top ten winners and guest readers Ruth Padel and Debbie Lim will be performing LIVE on Zoom from 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm GMT. Head to the link in our bio to book your free ticket.
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The Poetry Society
11 months ago
Read the National Poetry Competition 2024's first prize poem, 'Absence has a grammar' by Fiona Larkin, and want more? Fiona's pamphlet 'Vital Capacity' (
@brokensleepbooks.bsky.social
) and debut collection 'Rope of Sand' (Pindrop Press) are available to purchase via Poetry Book Society.
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Very happy to have been one of the finalists in the Guernsey International Poetry Competition
poemsonthemove.com/#previous-winn…
and to have my poem displayed on Guernsey buses!
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11 months ago
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