#poetsofbluesky #promptcombo #poemsabout Hope you don't mind a polite shout-out for this zoom event happening soon! Would love to see many of you there to hear these fantastic poets. DM me for zoom link x

Join poets @poetbex.bsky.social @alicestainer.bsky.social @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social Martin Kennedy Yates @judemarr.bsky.social @miriamo77.bsky.social @marcellenewbold.bsky.social @annpelletiert.bsky.social 7.00pm - 8.30pm UK time Free on Zoom www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/last-satur...

A #LifttotheSky for the brilliant @louisepoetical.bsky.social - no one does more for poetry, a very talented poet and endless supporter for us all. Organises fantastic readings with Last Saturday Poets free on Zoom - and an awesome book out too @alanparrywriter.co.uk @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social

Beautiful day at Aberlady

for the Monday #LiftToTheSky @thebrokenspine.co.uk see @iambapoet.com with a new wave out last week, take a look & have a listen, celebrate the work of the poets & the curator @markantonyowen.com

ITS AUTUMN! The first major arrival of Pink-footed Geese today over the Isle of May as 3,095 battled their way in off the sea in strong westerly winds. Great to see. Welcome back!

For your lunchtime reading / listening check out the poems @iambapoet.com today, some clues to content include: 🐻 🌊 🥔 😇 🌺 🌹 ♠️ 🙏 🦔 🦵 🇩🇰

#Teachers #Schools #Families #NationalPoetryDay2025 is coming. This way for high quality, safe, thought provoking, informative and funny poems for key stage 2 and 3 children >>> dirigibleballoon.org #PoetryForChildren #DirigibleBalloon 🎈

“If you can’t find love, there is always parchment.” @kathrynreese.bsky.social in @lit-namjooning.bsky.social literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...

I'm absolutely thrilled to have 3 peoms featured in iamb. Check out Accountability Badger, Excuse, and Pygmy Hippo at iambpoet.com/wave/23

For a limited time only we are open for submissions for our weeklong feature on the @poetrydayuk.bsky.social theme of Play. For this, we will accept pre-published work & you can submit even if you've submitted recently. Go to inksweatandtears.co.uk/submissions/. #InkSweatandTears #NationalPoetryDay

It's wonderful to be part of this wave of iamb (a big thank you! to @markantonyowen.com) and of the larger project: poets reading their poetry – and you can read along on the website. The three poems I chose for this are interconnected by memory, history, love, dog walking, and more. Have a listen!

@estelleprice.bsky.social also realised we are anthology buddies for Broken Spine's Glow City at Night 🌃 🥳

Calling book lovers! Sat 27 Sep | Mcr Central Library Meet indie northern publishers & discover unique titles! Get publication Qs answered at our 'chatty table' with agents Plus! The Fly on the Wall Press Publishing Training Academy launches here! fly-on-the-wall-press.eventcube.io/events/87204...

For the evening crowd, went live today wave 23 from @iambapoet.com Mark has put together a terrific poetry party 🎉 go have a read or a sit back and listen to some fabulous voices!

Eric is one of my favourite contemporary poets and now you can listen to him read his work.

#Submissions are now open for #Verdigris: #PoetryOfDecay. If #LiftToTheSky is about rising, Verdigris is about falling — splendour unravelled, glamour undone. Open all September:

there are two types of poetry book titles: ones that work between the words “Holy” and “Batman!” and ones that do not, and generally everything you need to know about the book comes from how well the title works in this context

@julwe1.bsky.social Hi Julia see link below for The Artefact on iamb - we spoke about this a little while ago after a Last Saturday with @louisepoetical.bsky.social - hi Louise, may be of interest as well! All best to both, SWx

⭐️So excited to see @helenlaycock.bsky.social in Wave 23 @iambapoet.com ⭐️

Very pleased to be part of Wave 23 @iambapoet.com lots to discover here, poems about Amber Bears and Sea Potatoes and Archeologists amongst the Flowers and the Angels.. recordings up alongside the poems, perfect coffee break material...

I'm thrilled these three poems are out in the world, so beautifully presented by @markantonyowen.com Give them a read and a listen? While you're there, check out @jahshabby.bsky.social , @helenlaycock.bsky.social , @wordweave.bsky.social & @karanchambers.bsky.social

A Stranger in the Night original painting auction is live 🥳 Shares are super, super appreciated 💛💛 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

You're going to want to audition for this 👇🏼

The Dirigible Balloon is a free-to-use poetry bank for children, families and schools which is safe, devoid of pop-ups and hosts over 2000 excellent poems from 500 poets worldwide. #Education #Teachers #Poetry Come and see >>> dirigibleballoon.org 🎈

The latest blog takes a look at how the @n-t-s.bsky.social Ranger Team spent the anniversary of the evacuation on #stkilda www.nts.org.uk/stories/from...

What Will Save Us The restoration to the child Of her sacredness. The restoration to the woman Of her will. The restoration to the man Of his tenderness. 💙💔💙 #poem Alice Walker #micropoem #art Making Light: Tang Yau Hoong #resist

Please check out THE DIRIGIBLE BALLOON @northernjim.bsky.social a FREE TO USE, international poetry bank committed to the promotion of accessible poetry for ALL. It's one of the most diverse poetry banks in the world.🌍 @ldnculture.bsky.social #PoetryForAll northernjim.wordpress.com/2025/09/05/i...

Delighted to be flying high with @northernjim.bsky.social @ thedirigibleballoon with new work - dirigibleballoon.org/poem/Theres-...

Blimey timelines need something positive so here are some Isle of May Puffins…

BIOPHILIA is now live! Huge congratulations to our talented contributors below. It was an honour to play a part in bringing this beautiful issue to life along with the team led by EIC @bornonadarkmoon.bsky.social Please enjoy the issue's stunning poetry, essay & art at wingedmoon.com/biophilia

Also, I can't help recommending yet again @melissafebos.bsky.social 's brilliant essay, "Do You Want to Be Known For Your Writing, or For Your Swift Email Responses?": magazine.catapult.co/how-to/stori... #amwriting #amtranslating #freelancelifestyle #writingcomminity

Push the boundaries of your thoughts – we're enjoying listening to @jomarchant.bsky.social's Where The Wild Thoughts Are; a science podcast that encourages you to think differently about how you see the world, from cosmology and quantum physics to neuroscience, archaeology, ecology, it's got it all:

Out tomorrow with absolutely exceptional work included. And just look at this cover art! Amazing team effort from all involved & the wonderful contributors ❤️

This Monday, I'd like to #LiftToTheSky the wonderful @alanparrywriter.co.uk. He works so hard to give feedback on ALL the poems for #PoemsAbout. And, well, he also runs @thebrokenspine.co.uk. He works so hard for the poetry community and I hope it's never forgotten. #PoetsofBluesky

Super excited to receive @brionycollins.bsky.social new collection ‘I Know Where The Pelicans Go’ published @atomicbooks.bsky.social Congratulations Dr Collins! ⭐️👌

Out with summer's heat, in with something hotter. Congratulations to the fifteen poets whose work makes up wave twenty-three of @iambapoet.com. You'll be able to read – and hear them read – all 45 poems from September 15th. #poetry #spokenword #iamb #wavetwentythree

Such poets! Join us for a moment of words this #LastSaturday in August - free on Zoom from 7.00pm until just after 8.00pm. Don't miss! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/last-satur...

@eatthestorms.com Happy Birthday Dami! 🎈 🎉 🥂 🥳

Please come & support brilliant poets reading #LastSaturdayPoetry www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/last-satur... @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social @annasaund.bsky.social @carmellapoetry.bsky.social @irisannelewis.bsky.social @eoinflannery.bsky.social @dralyal.bsky.social @nmoliverpoetry.bsky.social SueProfitt

Congratulations to Colin Bramwell, whose collection Fower Pessoas has been shortlisted for the 2025 Scots Book o the Year in the Scots Language Awards!👓 The winners are decided by vote, which opens today! To vote for Colin, go to: projects.handsupfortrad.scot/scotslanguag... Well done Colin! 🎉

My Submittable is completely clear - possibly for the first time since 2011. 😱.

Amazing time at Edinburgh Playhouse yesterday, Orpheus & Eurydice by Opera Australia with Circus original, brilliantly performed and very exciting to watch! First theatre visit in absolutely ages, was well worth it! 🎭 🎪

@nalsa 🦉!!

I read through this collection edited by Roger Stevens and was delighted to see a ton of familiar names here. This is a really lovely book of poetry, with a lot of really gifted writers contributing. #kidlit #poetry #poetrycommunity

Okay, so... I've published the complete text of my radio play script "Harold Butterworth in the 21st Century" & I'd be very interested to know what you think. Please repost, if you want to: "https://topseyturveydom.wordpress.com/2025/08/17/harold-butterworth-in-the-21st-century-a-radio-play-script/

Random Substack #poetry discovery this morning. Isn't this just joyful?