“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...” A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today. lithub.com/renee-nicole...

Delighted that my poem Yr Wyddfa was awarded Highly Commended in the Welsh Poetry Competition 2025. Congratulations to winner Mark Lewis, runner up Deborah Miller and third place Emma Williams.

My poem “Pufflings” featured in Bangor Uni’s MA Anthology, Perspective. #Poem #Poetry #Ecopoetry #poets #Ecopoems #Puffins

Only 2 of these left on Amazon. I think my publisher will need to put some more on there (I don’t know how it works). It’s now in Amazon’s top 500 poetry books). My second collection and very proud of it. Beautiful cover by artist Pete McKee. amzn.eu/d/hroQ2jH

My poem ‘Pathogen’ featured in Bangor Uni’s MA Perspective Anthology

Excited to read some of my poems at Bangor Uni’s MA Anthology launch at Pontio Canolfen Celfyddydau ac Arloesi / Pontio Arts & Innovation Centre tonight.

Am beyond lucky and chin to my chest in gratitude by the invitation from the venerable New York poetry institution @poetshouse.bsky.social to teach my introductory course on all the Tuesday evenings online in April in just a few weeks. Check it and come on! poetshouse.org/event/matthe...

Normal day in the office

Boo’s absolute favourite game, ‘who’s got all the toys’🤣

It’s on y’all! Come on down not just for me but for beauty making in time that needs it.

I can strongly recommend this, great for confidence building, lots of laughs, meet some great people and @stillmansays.bsky.social is an inspiration.

Open call for pamphlet submissions to @intergraphiabooks.bsky.social opens on Monday (3 March)

We open for submissions tomorrow (3/1/25), Bluesky! Send us your best — we're excited to read your work. rustandmoth.com/submissions/

CALL OUT FOR SUBMISSIONS! Editors Isabelle Baafi, Sohini Basak and Tim Tim Cheng are excited to invite submissions for Magma 93: The Liberation Issue. What does ‘liberation’ mean to you? More info and to submit: magmapoetry.com/call-for-sub...

Write Out Loud poetry competition - Echoes deadline 11/04/25 www.writeoutloud.net

DISSECTING MANCTOPIA 🐝 Readings & Ramblings from Book of Manchester Authors 📍 Feel Good Club, MCR 📅 Mar 20, 7-9pm 🎟️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/dissecting... What does Manchester mean to you? Join as we explore, celebrate & critiques the city Manchester was, and the one it has become...

Penrhos Erasure Poetry Competition- free entry- please support the @save-achubpenrhos.bsky.social campaign to save our nature reserve from being developed. #ecocide #ecopoetry docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Today’s reading, SJ Kim explores language, family, displacement, racism, sexism and institutional power in this searing autofictional essay collection. Moving between first, second and third-person perspectives, Kim creatively blends prose, poetry, K-Drama, Academic-style writing and epistolary.

Today’s reading, Kit by Megan Barker, a beautiful blend of poetry and prose, a beautiful and unflinching exploration of pain and joy.

My beautiful Coco & Boo

Two weeks left!

Get booking poets! Our first open mic of the year, 5 mins. per poet on Zoom. Limited places. Roadtest your work at our popular event. Ideal for the nervous. Sunday 12th January 6:00pm. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/black-bough-online-open-mic-tickets-1129444481849?aff=oddtdtcreator

Best poetic moment of 2024. youtu.be/2TK2tOqv94M?...

Well Coco’s interested in the omnicidal optimism of Robinson Jeffers, Tippi and Boo not so much🤣.

When you’re reading a book about the end of humanity and then a power cut plunges you into darkness👀😱🤣

Today’s reading material, The Revolt Against Humanity. Coco and Boo approve🥰.

Three more days to submit to Baffling 🪶

Sent out our first acceptance letter today. Will be making final decisions on a couple more before the weekend. Keep the submissions coming, folks. We love this process!

Just ordered this and a twin pack of potato peelers. There’s a poem in there somewhere🤣 @louloumach.bsky.social

When a poem starts life as a Haibun and finishes as a pantoum!

Rejection sensitivity is central to ADHD, autism, and cPTSD. Mental health services rarely understand rejection sensitivity, which is why people in all three diagnostic categories are so often told there is something wrong with their personality. There isn’t. #HumanNotPD

Whoops! We got excited and this launched a touch early—we open at midnight EST. Keep your fingers on your submitting triggers—only 2 hours to go.

Write the Night this Christmas with @brokenspinearts.bsky.social founding editor and #PoemsAbout creator @alanparry83.bsky.social. This workshop is all grit, truth, and poetry with bite. BlueSky followers: £10 off with code Concessions. 👉 shorturl.at/mUnZ6

We're open for submissions til the end of December. Check out guidelines at www.themadridreview.com #writingcommunity #poetry #poets #subsopen #submissionsopen #poesia #madrid #poet #writer #escritores #arte #writers #litmag #mandanoscosas #españa #opencall #open

Post food coma reminder that FIYAH submissions for our 2025 unthemed issues remain OPEN through December 31st! (If you received an email from us to the contrary, that was a typo--our bad!) Nudge a Black author you know who needs to quit dilly dallying and SUBMIT 🔥🔥🔥

Submissions for Shō No. 7 open tonight at midnight, Arizona time. We can't wait to read your work. shopoetryjournal.com/submissions/

Are you looking for a guaranteed fast response and free subs? Then look no further! 😉 Submit here: buff.ly/3OYTRme

Tired of waiting to see if your work was accepted? Submit your poems and get a response in ONE WEEK! Use the link in our bio to submit. #callforpoetry

𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 til 𝐉𝐚𝐧 𝟑𝟏, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 #comelaydownink We are looking for unique, different, out-of-the-box storytelling. What have you got stashed away? Dust 'em off and send them our way! https://inkinthirds.org/submissions/ Please 𝐑𝐓 and 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝!

Street Sailing approved to go into National Poetry Library 🥳🥳🥳 📚📚📚- very exciting for me - especially as I’m a frequent visitor & borrower - kudos to my brilliant publisher @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social

Time to reintroduce myself. I write a blog about place, books & other distractions - richlyevocative.net also a published poet - my collection Street Sailing came out last year @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social Some of my work has appeared recently in Stand, Acumen, Dust Northern Gravy & Southword.

Just over 2 weeks left to submit to #flashfictionfebruary. Thank you to all who've submitted so far. We're loving the reading. WC 200-850w. Deadline 15th December #microfiction #flashfiction #callforsubmissions. Please follow the link for our guidelines fictivedream.com/guidelines-2/

Today I’m going to be editing poems. Also, I won’t be pondering the fate of Plic Placs or if they even existed because I now know they were in fact Playplex and they still exist on EBay😃

Today I’m supposed to be redrafting poetry and all I can think about is Plic Placs. Classic procrastination!

Does anyone else remember Plic Placs from the 1970s? (Might have spelled it wrong). Or have I just made them up?

Today’s reading matter - Selima Hill, I May Be Stupid But I’m Not That Stupid, a little trip into the feminist absurd.

Thank you @tomjenksuk.bsky.social for a brilliant evening of poetry, performance and art, and for my copy of The Philosopher, that’s tomorrow’s reading sorted😃

This book is so useful, interviews with award winning poets sharing their editing process, edited by @rosannamcglone.bsky.social