We've extended our call for subs PROCESS / MARGINALIA / OTHERWOR(L)D(S) until Nov 30th 2025. poems/video/prose/CNF/essay/art/photo/sound pieces 2 elements incl. aspects of process & margins however you conceive that. Excited for groundbreaking unpublished wonder! send to: [email protected]

Thanks to @davethepitt.bsky.social of this parish for his speedy crafting of this blog about yesterday's Arena Nights.... Have a read! pandemonialists.substack.com/p/arena-nigh...

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Announcing! ICE FLOE PRESS reopening for Submissions Oct 25th. Full sub prompt below at website link Guest Editor Vikki C. @vikkicwrites.bsky.social & @rfredekenter.bsky.social We are looking for new, original hybrid work on: PROCESS/ MARGINALIA / OTHER (WOR(L)D)(S) icefloepress.net/open-for-sub...

Love this, Paul!

Who would like to be a headliner in the final issue of 2025 of The Starbeck Orion? Have you unpublished work about endings, conclusions, finality? Love to feature your work. See details below: bsky.app/profile/thew...

Some words are swept under the page! Love your sense of humour Paul but it never ever masks the skill of your craft! Another classic.

Hi @hool415.bsky.social Ju, my third response to your excellent #promptcombo #workinglove is another from my collection "Please Take Change", again talking of the tools of the trade:

Welcome To The Starbeck Orion, Issue 13, Day Nineteen featuring the poetry of Paul D. Proctor: the880.substack.com/p/welcome-to...

You are welcome! 💐

Love this from start to finish!

Much grateful, Paul, for featuring my poetry in The Starbeck Orion. My apologies for a delayed response; I misunderstood the date as 17 Nov instead of Day 17… a truly pleasant surprise. 🙏😊

Thank you so much! Really appreciate your read and comment. 🙏💫🫶

Pleased to have three poems published in The Starbeck Orion, Issue 13. Huge thanks to Editor, Paul Brookes @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social #Oulens #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry #poetrycommunity #poetry

Coming in late November... The tenth volume of Sixty Odd Poets - The Last Half Dozen... and the promise of a rebirth for the #SixtyOdd Press next year. #Poetry for all!

I thought the analogy might be pushed too far but, no, this works so well

Or: a good poem is a dirty bucket.

My pleasure indeed Paul.

@thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social @dnwritespoetry.bsky.social @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social @rotherwrites.bsky.social @anntigone.bsky.social @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social @sonnetsmith.bsky.social Thank you for the reposts ☺️

Welcome! Yes, on rare occasions I've been so absorbed in writing that I've neglected tedious, but necessary cleaning chores. 😁

Great analogy deftly dipped & wrung out. This one particularly resonates, as I've often mopped the floor as a way to procrastinate over writing tasks. Conversely, I've used writing as a way to procrastinate over cleaning the bathroom/kitchen/fridge etc. 😅

Ahh ignore my just sent DM!

Shhh. I’ve dropped some hints for a few poetry books for Christmas. I think I might be sorted! But I’ll have that coming collection when it appears! Cheers Paul!

I think I’m already in the queue to buy! Be good to have a printed copy which includes that street cleaner gem!

You poetic bucket must be bottomless by now Paul!!!

So many of your works Paul generate the thought…darn it, wish I’d written that! Another one here! The wisdom you find in the most unexpected places! 👏👏

Written by a dip pen :-)

a clever modern sonnet. Well written as always Paul, I loved the concept of this as hearing loss being a stranger shutting a door on myself. very nice indeed

Went to see Nordic Noir art exhibition at the British Museum - some striking work - especially Jeff Olsson’s The Tree. The drawing next to it with a horse is pretty stunning too. And obviously dark. www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/10/08/w...

Does this work! A WIP experiment- possibly prose poem? Not sure? @hool415.bsky.social #promptcombo #workinglove

For this week's #promptcombo #workinglove with very understanding host @hool415.bsky.social , an old one which I think fits. Look forward to reading others later.

Hello @hool415.bsky.social Ju. I’ve cobbled something together for your #PoemsAbout #WorkingLove though it’s more prosaic than poetic. Anyway, see if you can make any sense of it. A true love story! #poetry #poetrycommunity

#PromptCombo host is our very charming Ju for this week & his theme is #Workinglove Tag @hool415.bsky.social & use the hastags to get involved. Have a fabulous week hosting my dear friend ❤️

Hi Julian @hool415.bsky.social here's my response to your #promptcombo #workinglove my working glove (sic) is blue and hypoallergenic a rash choice

Hello everyone, slow of the blocks this week, so I've decided to share a wee poem I wrote a long time ago for #promptcombo and @hool415.bsky.social's prompt of #workinglove. Thanks Ju for hosting and everyone else for being so inspiring! #poems #poetry

thanks

#promptcombo #workinglove

Hi @hool415.bsky.social Ju, here is my second response to your inviting #promptcombo #workinglove. It is from my collection "Please Take Change":

And thank you to @davebonta.bsky.social ☺️

Welcome To The Starbeck Orion, Issue 13, Day Eighteen featuring the poetry of Lawrence Freiesleben: open.substack.com/pub/the880/p...

My review of @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social in @davebonta.bsky.social 's Poetry Blog Digest

Thanks for this week's reposts! @pvcannon.bsky.social @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social @davidbirch.bsky.social @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social @dnwritespoetry.bsky.social @merrildsmith.bsky.social @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social Cheers! 😆👍

⬆️ @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social may be of interest? #poetrycommunity

Many thanks to all the brilliant booksellers @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social For their continued support of Leonard and Hungry Paul by @ronanhession.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com @nybooks.com @nytimes.com

Hear me read the following poem plus two others at the launch of this wonderful Crooked Spire Press anthology in the Unitarian Church, Doncaster, this Saturday from 13.00pm onwards:

O, this took me back to a difficult and dark time, this could have been parts of my childhood, I do love how you convey the pain of it and yes the wounding and the shame, digging in deeper.

Yes, that's true & you're welcome!

Awful for you. How long did it last for?

Unvarnished account of how we become strangers to ourselves through illness, trauma etc. 🙏🏆

Such a great write, Paul.❤️