I do poetic impressions and here, for your delectation, is my evocation of the great British poet, #TedHughes 🦊 ❄️ On the eve of our Ted and #SylviaPlath themed TopTweetTuesday on Twitter ‘The Thought-Fox’. Give it a share, if you will. #poetry #spokenword

Tremendous week on TTT inspired by the writing of Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath. Next week, post a video of you reading a new poem of yours, 60 words max and include a text version. No text version without the video clip. Imagistic, metaphorical, no AI. No tedious intros!

This week Ice Floe Process series begins w/ extraordinary feature from 2 leading contemporary surrealists in collaboration: Chilean/Canadian #poet Beatriz Hausner & influential Dutch surrealist #painter Rik Lina. Enjoy these evocations of interior alternative worlds icefloepress.net/2026/02/23/f...

Our joint winners after much deliberation of this week’s #fragmentsfriday following @helenlaycock.bsky.social last week 🔥 Jide Badmus @jidebadmus.bsky.social 🇳🇬 Julian Cason @hool415.bsky.social 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #poetry #writingcommunity #poet #writing #poetic #writingprompt

Been keeping up to date with the wonderful @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social Poetic Voice feature from The Book Bag? A final poem has been added. Link here: shorturl.at/jfrAk Thanks Paul for allowing me to share your work.

This Friday, the multi-platform event #fragmentsfriday - post your own #micropoem of 18 words or less. No AI. Just your own genius. Fridays only. #poetry #poetic

Published by @thesepagessing.bsky.social ‘A Canvas of Dimming Light’ based on #KyffinWilliams ‘Shepherd and Sheepdogs’ The shepherd is not happy with the artist! #Wales #poetry #art

A5 page. 2 poems. 10pt Times New Roman. That’s the formality. Everything else? Break it. Rip up the rulebook. Burn the workshop. Write it like it matters. #PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #PoetsOfBluesky #WednesdayWIPs #Poetry #SubmissionWindow

A Thousand Shades of Green is thrilled to present our new Sunday Poetry Series. A new poem from a different writer posted every Sunday across various social media platforms. We do plan on reviving the podcast at some point this year, but in the meantime, the sharing of poetry must go on!

Copies of my new collection "Hedgerow of Voices" are now available to buy from Barnsley's excellent independent bookshop @thebookvault.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/theb...

For the caregivers. 🤍 This poem isn’t about me, though I was one. It came from watching someone in the role for a very long time. I wrote it a month ago, and the imminent event happened the next day. As for me, I am at peace. Ready to be transformed, put to another use. #PromptCombo #AChangeOfUse

'They invite me to rook and rail with them' 🐦‍⬛ Our #SilverBranch series feature for February 2026 - is Northern writer Glenn Barker @rotherwrites.bsky.social A pleasure to platform this wordsmith with his often intense, gothic work. Check out the poems! www.blackboughpoetry.com/glenn-barker...

Pals! If you can, please support @thebeeguy.bsky.social 🐝

🤩I was priveleged to get a sneak preview of Hedgerow of Voices a tremendously insightful new collection by the ever inventive & inspiring Paul Brooke’s @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social published @janes-studio.bsky.social Paul’s work is an epic journey, it leaves you moved, enriched, hyper aware!🌟👏

SHARE AWAY!!! Announcing a new project - a platform each Friday. #FRAGMENTSFRIDAY’ - 18 words or less - a startling, inventive poem. Tag in #fragmentsfriday and @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social & share one startling fragment of your own poetry. No A.I. generated poetry!

Working through submissions for next year’s Christmas and Winter submissions. Perhaps another 300 e-mails / 900 poems to read and respond to. @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social @paulwritespoems.bsky.social are editing.

🌾 🌾 🌾 🌾 🌾 🌾 I💚 @corinnaboard.bsky.social beautiful, thoughtful poetry so I’m really looking forward to reading her new pamphlet Mædwe from @salopress.bsky.social Congratulations!👏 🌾 🌾 🌾 🌾 🌾 🌾 🌾

Tá súil agam go bhfuil gach duine ag baint taitneamh as an deireadh seachtaine fada in Éireann! Hope everyone is enjoying the long weekend in Ireland!

The Origins of St. Brigid's Day & Imbolg. I look at the origins of what is now a Public Holiday in Ireland. Imbolg is one of the four Gaelic festivals; Brigid, a Saint & Goddess. I'd be very grateful for RTs! #StBrigidsDay #Brigid #Imbolg #LáFhéileBríde irishlanguagematters.com/2026/02/01/b...

Happy St Brigid’s Day! This is a depiction of her from Harry Clarke’s Geneva Window.

To the #poetrycommunity Everyone must follow Paul Short @paulwritespoems.bsky.social Not only do his poems contain some of the most intricate & uncompromising poetic language on here. He’s also a tireless advocate for the importance of poetry & promoter of other poets. Paul deserves a #lifttothesky

It's here!!! The return of The Book Bag: Poetic Voices series brings us a wonderful poet with an exceptional vigour and gravitas while performing their work. Meet this month's Poetic Voice #poetry #featuredpoet

A superb evening celebrating 6 years of @iamb.uk Beautifully co-hosted by the brilliant @louisepoetical.bsky.social and founding genius @markantonyowen.com Stunning poetry, a feast for the ears. Thank you! 😊 💚✨

Yeah, go on, check out the latest newsletter. www.blackboughpoetry.com/so/90PmJC8IP... #poetrynews #poetry #writing #poetic #workshops #writingcommunity

‘The sweet swoosh of wings’ ‘death’s radiant whisper’ @rhonagreene.bsky.social new year #SilverBranch feature. Check it out! www.blackboughpoetry.com/christma-new...

We (me and @markantonyowen.com) are so looking forward to welcoming a *insert your favourite collective noun here* of poets to celebrate @iamb.uk's 6th birthday tomorrow - there will be language! tinyurl.com/2d3h46d3

🎉🎉🎉 Looking forward to this lovely celebration of @iamb.uk 6th birthday 🎉TONIGHT🎉 hosted by the wonderful @louisepoetical.bsky.social & it’s amazing founder @markantonyowen.com 🎙️ 🌟

Final submission weekend for next year’s Christmas and Winter anthology! Sat 31st Jan and Sun 1st Feb! ⛄️ ❄️ 🔔 www.blackboughpoetry.com/events

So cool to be in @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social newsletter. Check it out!🗞️ 🤩

New for 2026, each month we're bringing you a feature spotlighting one of the incredible Irish literary journals that offer vital platforms for some of the country’s finest emerging writers. First up is Sligo's Scrimshaw! irishwriterscentre.ie/literary-jou...

📗Our friends over at the @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social have published all the juicy opportunities for you this February📗 booksirelandmagazine.com/competitions...

Have a hankering to listen to some literature this February? Check out our brand new listings! Each month, we'll be rounding up what's going on across the island. With over 50 events in February alone, there's something for everyone🎤 irishwriterscentre.ie/literary-lis...

Seo é an dara dán sa tionscadal FísDánta - 'Fiona, ag snámh', leis an bhfile Sam Ó Fearaigh. Sraith é FísDánta de REIC i comhar le Áras Scríbhneoirí na hÉireann. Tacaíocht ó @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social @forasnagaeilge.bsky.social @artscouncilireland.bsky.social

The Book Bag is a busy one on Sunday. 8am - My thoughts on @louisepoetical.bsky.social The How in the Worlds Noon - the return of The Book Bag: Poetic Voices…

⚡️⚡️⚡️ Just arrived!PERMANENCE A poetry collaboration on plastics and microplastics from chemist Stephen Paul Wren & historical plastics collector Lesley Curwen @elcurwen.bsky.social published by @ Atomic Bohemian⚡️ 👏👏👏

Get your poems in…

The submission window is open until this Sunday 1st Feb ❄️ @paulwritespoems.bsky.social and @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social look forward to reading your poems. blackboughpoetry.com/events

Lovely to have the iamb event next Saturday mentioned by @paulwritespoems.bsky.social in The Book Bag (link for tix is tinyurl.com/2d3h46d3) and to see (with a tremulous gulp) that 'The How in the World' is next week's read! Thank you, Paul!

Thrilled beyond measure that we will be joined in the Zoom room for the iamb birthday special by the amazing Penelope Shuttle - it's a real honour to be with all of the poets (see link for details) - I am squeaky with excitement already! tinyurl.com/2d3h46d3

Confronting the far right directly. Poets, gather. United we stand, divided we fall. 🔥 🙋‍♂️👬👩‍❤️‍👨🧔🏼🧔‍♂️👨🏿‍🦱👱🏿‍♂️👨‍🎤🤵🏽‍♂️👨‍🦳👨‍⚕️ 💪 #poetry #redpoets #poetic #antifascism #activism #poet

A reminder that if you have bought Christmas and winter anthology no 6 you can submit five, not 3 poems, for our submission call opening this Wednesday. That’s a thank you for support. Photo evidence required! 💝 www.blackboughpoetry.com/events

A poem from me from my last collection, In the Shadow of Gods. Very proud of that collection. Do have a read. 👇

💐 ✨ 💐 ✨ 💐 Delighted with the arrival of @meggiepoet.bsky.social’s latest publication. ‘Hemlock & Honey’ @hedgehogpress.co.uk Congratulations Margaret, looking forward to reading your beautiful work. 💐 ✨👏

Interested in working at the Irish Writers Centre? We're now hiring a programme administrator to provide administrative support to the Head of Programming and assist with year-round programming. irishwriterscentre.ie/we-are-hirin...

‘Truth-Telling’ from ‘I Am Not Light’ by Manchester writer @louloumach.bsky.social shorturl.at/Nz7x6

‘If snow could speak…it would tell you how young you looked.’ At least we got some. My poem If Snow was published last year in the @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social Christmas & Winter anthology 🙂❄️

On the day nominations open for The Forward Prizes 2026, @iamb.uk is delighted to announce its three nominees in the Best Single Poem (Written) category. Best of luck to Rishika Williams, @jahshabby.bsky.social and @victoriaspires.bsky.social. 🥳

Just opened the first pages of The Storms, Issue V. Absolutely stunning. @rhonagreene.bsky.social @eatthestorms.com

On Feb 1 2026, @iamb.uk celebrates six years online. Join @louisepoetical.bsky.social and creator/curator @markantonyowen.com on Jan 31 – plus a hand-picked selection of poets from the 380 who've featured in the journal so far – for a free, fun evening of poetry readings. 🥳🎂 bit.ly/iamb_is_six