If you're looking for some poetry to read this summer then grab a copy of our latest anthology. Featuring the work of over 100 poets from across the world. ❤️

Get those poems in! We are open until the 31st July on what we think is quite a unique theme! Can't wait to read your poems and how you interpret the theme!🔥

Having poems in a BESTSELLER anthology... So proud to be a part of this! ✨💫 #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #poetry #bestseller

OH YES! OPEN NOW! We're open again! We are so looking forward to submissions on this theme! Check out all the submission details on our website. Submission deadline - 31st July 2025

I betted on 12 different countries to win Eurovision and still didn’t win! Estonia were amazing!

If you haven’t picked up your copy yet then head to Amazon! This is available internationally and features over 100 poets ❤️🥰❤️💎💎

We couldn't be more ecstatic to be number 2 in the bestseller poetry anthologies on Amazon this week! The poems in here are visceral and completely take your breath away 💎😍💎 Thank you to the poets who've made this what it is and thank you so much for everyone who continues to support us❤️❤️

I’ve got that lovely bank holiday feeling. Played games with the kids and now going to read in bed and pretend I’m not in work tomorrow 😩

Ah how good this is! Number 2 bestselling in poetry anthologies this week! ❤️❤️ thank you to all the poets and everyone who supports Rough Diamond! 💎

Really pleased to be in both of these anthologies with a group of totally brilliant poets. #2 and #4 in poetry bestsellers this week. You really should check these out, you will not be disappointed. @brokenspinearts.bsky.social @charlottecosgrove.bsky.social

Honoured to have three new poems out in the Body anthology with @rough-diamond1.bsky.social 💎 Sharing "Alternative Dream of Deconstruction" Huge thank you to EIC @charlottecosgrove.bsky.social for including my work. The Body anthology: a.co/d/ao8wxUP #poetrycommunity #anthology

So pleased to be in this anthology with a gritty little body poem. Thanks to Ed @charlottecosgrove.bsky.social and @rough-diamond1.bsky.social for having me.

Thank you to Chlorophyll magazine for publishing my two poems ❤️❤️ chlorophyllmag.com/summer-remin...

Looking for some poems on journeys. Can you please share with me! Also, any short stories too or even just amazing quotes 🥰 #poetry

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For anyone who hasn't yet got themselves a copy this is available internationally from Amazon! Every possible way of looking at the theme of Hope by these amazing poets #poetry #poetrycommunity 💎💎

We run on love and hard work and with so many things we want to do we are incredibly grateful to everyone who will support us! #poetry #poems #kofi

Just finished this beautiful poetry collection by @louisepoetical.bsky.social Such beautiful words What the River Taught Me is just gorgeous ❤️

The poems in this are beautiful, hopeful and positive. Would be great if anyone would buy and leave a review ❤️❤️

Poetry is about the feeling that stays with you - haunts you - for months, years, or even forever.❤️

The poems in this are beautiful, hopeful and positive. Would be great if anyone would buy and leave a review ❤️❤️

I need to take a look at some poems on friendship. Anyone got any ideas?

Some people are just bloody lovely 🥰 the world is utter shite I know but there are some absolutely amazing, altruistic and humane individuals out there. Don’t give up looking for them ❤️❤️

For anyone who loves poetry these poems are vastly different and just amazing! We would love you to buy a copy and leave a review ❤️❤️ #poetry

Is anyone out there actually successfully working from home? Where are those jobs?

If you can please consider being a supporter for us on our Ko Fi page. It takes a lot of work to keep us going and any help would be much appreciated ❤️ ko-fi.com/roughdiamond

Writing poetry today…and need some inspiration!

I want to get rid of all my meta accounts, I do, BUT how else can I get the word out about my books & get a handful of sales? FB ads help my books get seen, IG is where I post my tropes, and so far on here, I'm not able to reach/connect much. It's tough out here for indies #booksky

Welcome in every aspect of my life!

responding to more submissions today for the body anthology. Remember we are still open for subs until 7th feb - get those weird and wonderful body poems in! We're also asking that if you can please support us in the poetry community ko-fi.com/roughdiamond

Just booked tickets for Andre Rieu…not usually the type of show I’d go to but I can’t bloody wait

One of my students had just noticed how scared my lebkuchen looked. I say looked because I’ve ate him 😬

Sum up your personality In a gif

Weirdo just likes to be stroked like this. Ginger cats cannot get enough attention!

Genuinely think the poetry community is amazing. For the last few years I’ve been able to write and get my poetry published as well as publishing other poets. People can have so many different opinions but I often see such a kindness from other poets which keeps me going ❤️❤️❤️ #poetry

Just submitted my final exam answers for my celebrant course! 🥳 I'll receive my grade in the next four weeks so keeping my fingers crossed 🤞 I'm going to be working on my website and doing everything I can to get the word out! So if you have a big life event planned for 2025, give me a shout!

Just nipped to the bookshop quickly 😁

"From here I am Herculean, I breathe at the view, and it breathes Back at me." #TodaysPoem #poetry Looking Out at the World by @CharlotteCosgrove.bsky.social (2022 Amethyst Review) tinyurl.com/4aj4svn4

NO year. Happy NO year. - Joey Tribbiani

On my way back to Liverpool from Warwick - going to see how many radiator outlet signs I can spot on the motorway home 👀

I’m stuck in the worst cycle of knowing I need to go to sleep but just can’t sleep. Anyone with any sleep tips HELP Counting sheep scares me - after awhile they seem to talk to me

Squid game and Doritos now 🙂🙂

If you’re the kind of person who easily forgets what you’ve accomplished, you need a practice for reminding yourself. Count the years, the finished projects, the progress, the praise, count it all up and use it as evidence against the ever present criticism in your head that you’re not doing enough.

'‘What is that noise now? What is the wind doing?’ Nothing again nothing. ‘Do ‘You know nothing? Do you see nothing? Do you remember ‘Nothing?’" -- The Waste Land, TS Eliot

It might seem strange to others (especially my kids) but I’ve been waiting for this book for so long knowing I was getting it for Christmas 🎄 ❤️

Whilst others are watching Christmas films I’ve woken up to my son wanting to watch Sinister 2 with me 🤦‍♀️🤶🎄

Also, this is just a gorgeous book❤️❤️ Doris Lessing❤️❤️

Merry Christmas Eve EVERYONE! (But especially to the poets. Poet-ing is terribly poignant this time of year!)