Did you know? The Poetry Archive is run by a small, passionate team. Each recording is handled with care and by those who love poetry. #PoetryArchive20 #WhoWeAre

🚨 The Keats-Shelley Prizes 2025-26 are now open! Celebrate 200 years of Mary Shelley’s 'The Last Man'. Free to enter. Prizes include £1,000, with winners announced in April 2026. Details & submissions 👉 www.keats-shelley.org (Photo credit: Hayley Madden)

Did you know? We store multiple backups of every recording. Once we’ve recorded a voice, we protect it—forever. #PoetryArchive20 #ArchiveLife

Did you know our recordings reach listeners all of the world? Support us by donating, becoming a member, or spreading the word about us. 💛 poetryarchive.org/support/

Did you know? Preserving a poet’s voice takes planning, tech, time, and care. It's about more than pressing record—it’s about protecting legacies. #PoetryArchive20 #PoetryMatters

Did you know? Every recording in the Archive is captured in studio-quality sound, often in intimate sessions with the poet. What you hear on the Archive is carefully preserved for the long term. 🎙️ #PoetryArchive20 #PoetryPreserved

Poetry Archive Now! WordView 2025 is now closed for entries. Thank you to everyone who submitted to this year's prize!

Did you know? The Poetry Archive is a trusted resource for students, teachers, and poetry lovers to explore language, poetic craft, and history. Support our work: poetryarchive.org/support/ #PoetryArchive20 #PoetryMatters

Thank you to everyone who applied for our new 'Professional Archivist' role. Applications are now closed, and we’ll be in touch with applicants soon!

Did you know? Our Archive amplifies voices from Black British, South Asian, LGBTQIA+ and other under-represented communities in literature. Support inclusive poetry: poetryarchive.org/support/ #PoetryForEveryone #PoetryArchive20

📢 We're hiring a Freelance Archivist! Help us catalogue the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival archive & shape the future of poetry preservation. 🗂️ Remote | Part-time | £6K 📅 Apply by 19 Aug: www.artsjobs.org.uk/jobs/search/... #ArtsJobs #Archivist #Poetry www.artsjobs.org.uk/jobs/search/...

In all the excitement leading up to the Poetry of South Asia launch we forgot to share this lovely piece by Rishi Dastidar about joining the Archive: whatisinfinitylike.substack.com/p/joining-th... If you haven't explored the collection yet, you can do so via: poetryarchive.org/keystones/po...

Did you know? We record poets reading their own work—capturing the tone, rhythm, and emotion that print can’t convey. Help preserve these voices: poetryarchive.org/support/ #PoetryPreserved #PoetryArchive20

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 us. 💛 poetryarchive.org/support/ #PoetryArchive20 #PoetryForEveryone

We're sorry to hear of the death of Allan Ahlberg, a firm favourite of the Children's Poetry Archive, heard here in our recording from November 2003. Rest in peace, Allan. childrens.poetryarchive.org/poet/allan-a...

Poets, this is your reminder that you have just under 26 days to enter our annual competition Poetry Archive Now! Wordview and be in with a chance of winning this year's £1,000 cash prize! To enter and for more info, head over to: poetryarchive.org/poetry-archi...

Did you know? Our poets are always credited. Respect for voice is at our core. Help us keep our work going. #PoetryArchive20 #SupportPoetry poetryarchive.org/support/

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20 years of poetry, free for all—read by the poet themselves. If you love what we do, help us keep it going: donate, join, or share 💛 poetryarchive.org/support/ #PoetryArchive20

Hear poetry come to life! 🎧 The Children’s Poetry Archive is full of poems read by the poets themselves—perfect for young readers & listeners! Explore now → childrens.poetryarchive.org #ChildrensPoetry #PoetryArchive20

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...

This year, the winner of PAN! Wordview will will take home £1,000! 💷🔥 📚 The top 20 entries will also be featured in the Poetry Archive’s Winner’s Collection. If you’ve been meaning to enter, now’s the time. 🔗 Submit your poem today: poetryarchive.org/poetry-archi...

The Poetry Archive welcomes over 5 million visits a year from poetry lovers around the world. #PoetryArchive20

The Poetry Archive site turns 20! 🎉 2 decades. 1000s of poems. Free to hear, anytime. Listen in → poetryarchive.org #PoetryArchive20

Did you know? It's our birthday! This year marks 20 years since the Poetry Archive went online—bringing poetry to millions, in the poet's own voice. #PoetryArchive20

🎉 Big news for PAN! 🎉 This year, the overall winner of Poetry Archive Now! Wordview will receive a £1,000 cash prize! 💷✨ The top 20 shortlisted poets will still be featured in the Winner's Collection and become a permanent part of the Archive 📚🎙️ Enter now: poetryarchive.org/poetry-archi...

Poetry Archive Now! Wordview 2025 is officially open. This year's competition will close at midnight on Sunday 31st August, so be sure to send us your poems in time! To submit, and for more info, visit: poetryarchive.org/poetry-archi...

“I dip into the Poetry Archive a lot when I am researching my Poetry Podcast, but it was a worthwhile task (and joy!) to linger longer in it for this curation." Take a guided tour of The Poetry Archive with comedian and poetry lover Frank Skinner. EXPLORE NOW👉 poetryarchive.org/collections/...

Poetry Archive Now! Wordview reopens in 7 days! 20 poets will be chosen (and paid!) to join the Poetry Archive Now! WordView 2025 Collection and hundreds more will be curated, archived and shared in our YouTube collections with the millions of people who visit and love the Archive.

Get ready for the longest day! ☀️ Embrace the light this #SummerSolstice and explore the "Summer" collection on the Poetry Archive, filled with vibrant verse celebrating the season's beauty. Listen now: poetryarchive.org/collections/...

This is a reminder to get your poems ready! Poetry Archive Now! Wordview 2025 reopens July 1st and will close at midnight on Sunday 31st August 2025. To explore last year's winning poems, click here: poetryarchive.org/collections/...

Celebrate the complex bonds of fatherhood this #FathersDay! Explore "Fathers" on the Poetry Archive, a collection of poignant and diverse poems exploring dads, grandads, and father figures. Listen @ poetryarchive.org/collections/...

Celebrate the enduring legacy of Paul Laurence Dunbar! 🎉 His birth anniversary is on June 27th. Dive into his profound and pioneering work at the Poetry Archive: poetryarchive.org/poet/paul-la... #PaulLaurenceDunbar #Poetry #LiteraryAnniversary

If you could spare a moment to share your thoughts on our Poetry of South Asia collection, we'd really appreciate it! Your feedback will help us to continue expanding this wonderful archive! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Happy #PrideMonth! Dive into the Archive's "Speak its name" collection: a collection of contemporary and twentieth-century voices by queer poets and poems with queer themes. Listen & explore: poetryarchive.org/collections/...

Poetry Archive Now! returns next month. Entries open July 1, 2025, so get drafting those poems! For inspiration, why not explore last year's winning poems? poetryarchive.org/collections/...

🌸 Poetry meets gardens 🌸 Discover Tim Webb’s garden-themed poetry tour of the Poetry Archive: shorturl.at/bHJtg Then step into the real green magic at the final day of #LondonOpenGardens today!

📚 Tim Webb’s guided poetry tour of the Archive weaves through gardens & green spaces. Explore now: shorturl.at/bHJtg Then, walk them yourself at #LondonOpenGardens today and tomorrow!

🌿 Explore the poetic gardens of London! 🌿 Discover Tim Webb's guided tour for the Archive: shorturl.at/bHJtg Then enjoy the real thing at #LondonOpenGardens tomorrow (June 7 & 8)! #LOG2025

The Poetry of South Asia collection is now live on @PoetryArchive! This living and evolving digital and audio-visual collection explores the breadth, influence and poetic lineage of South Asia 🔗 poetryarchive.org/keystones/po... #PoetryOfSouthAsia #PoetryArchive #NowLive

🙏 Thank You A heartfelt thank you to Imtiaz Dharker, Seni Seneviratne, Rishi Dastidar, Robert Seatter & Tracey Guiry for launching the collection today, and to @kslitfestlondon for having us!

And without, further ado, we're so excited to share the #PoetryofSouthAsia collection with you all. We hope you love it as much as we do! EXPLORE NOW: poetryarchive.org/keystones/po...

🌐 Archive Reflections Chair Robert Seatter wraps up with reflections and Q&A. We're so excited to let you know that the Poetry Archive’s #PoetryofSouthAsia collection is now live...

📢 Rishi Dastidar @BetaRish takes to the stage to read his own work and spotlight the work of another poet from the #PoetryofSouthAsia collection. @NineArchesPress

🌟 Insider Membership Excited for this brand-new collection? Insider members help us maintain the archive — and keep it growing. With your support, we can bring even more poets into the #PoetryofSouthAsia collection. Become an Insider today @ 🔗 poetryarchive.org/support/

📝 Seni Seneviratne reads Seni Seneviratne takes to the stage to read her work, also reading a poem from another poet from our wish list. #PoetryofSouthAsia

📚 Imtiaz Dharker Imtiaz takes to the stage to read the work of poets from the #PoetryofSouthAsia & the work of poets we'd love to bring to the collection in the future! Imtiaz's selection: Moniza Alvi, Eunice de Souza, Kamala Das, Arun Kolatkar, Mir Mahfuz Ali.

🔓 FREE Membership Poetry Archive is free to explore — a digital home that safekeeps the voice of the poet reading their own work for the future! Sign up for free to start building your own playlist of poems: 🔗https://poetryarchive.org/support/ #PoetryOfSouthAsia #PoetryArchive

🎤 Robert Seatter introduces Robert Seatter of Poetry Archive takes us on a tour through the #PoetryofSouthAsia collection — from digital design to poetic pioneers.

🪑 11:10 AM — Welcome The festival opens! Warm welcome and opening remarks from the @KSLitFest hosts. #KSLF2025 #PoetryofSouthAsia #PoetryArchive