Many Trump true-believers feel peeved And inflamed and betrayed and aggrieved. Seems he fibbed when he swore On the stump, "No new war!"... Oh, good grief, those naïfs were deceived! #Trump #MAGA #USPOL #USPolitics #Politics #Resist #Iran #War #Limericks #Limerick #Poetry #News #MicroPoetry #Poems

Well done to all the young poets who wowed us with their poems on climate change at today's Imagining a Greener Future poetry showcase in Rotherham! Thank you to project partner AESSEAL, the 5 local schools who took part, host @mattabbottpoet.com & #FoyleYoungPoet and guest reader Nathan Graham.

The International Booker Prize celebrates works of translated fiction from around the world and highlights the symbiotic relationship between translators and their authors. But what exactly does a translator do? We asked three of them... 🔗 Tap the link below for the full article.

It's #workshop evening tomorrow for @poetryid.bsky.social, the N. Herts stanza of the @poetrysociety.org.uk We will write to a previously undisclosed prompt (except me; I'm providing the prompt). #poetry #poets #poetrycommunity

Inspired to pick this up thanks to @poetlady74.bsky.social #poetry 🖤

Issue 48.05 is now online, featuring: Andrew O’Hagan on Andrew Windsor Susan Pedersen on Epstein Nicholas Spice on Schubert @shreir.bsky.social on Chantal Akerman @tomstevenson.bsky.social on the war on Iran and Joanna Biggs on Solvej Balle. Read online now at www.lrb.co.uk

Appreciate each glimpse of spring - to curse the days of splash and sprays is only self-devouring. @waterfordrhyme #waterfordrhyme #poetrysky #poetry #irishhaiku #poetrycommunity #PoetsOnBluesky #skypoets #writingcommunity

#vss365 #bonny #poem Remember that love for beauty is phoney; it's only one step from bonny to bony.

At a talk by @triofrancos.bsky.social on lithium and other mining, at Crossroads Women's Centre in Kentish Town. Extraction is published by Icon Books.

Live image from tonight's @poetryid.bsky.social #poetry workshop, where the theme is 'something in a cage'. #poems are descending.

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

Very few bland micros today on #fragmentsfriday Most poems startling and loaded! Impressive work - well done for not exceeding 18 words.

The International Booker Prize 2026 longlist is almost here, and here’s a little taster of what the judges have been reading. We’ll be revealing all at 2pm GMT on 24 February. The judges were filmed at Poon’s, Somerset House, London.

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... Afternoon stroll soundtrack: a superb edition of In Our Time @bbcsounds.bsky.social

#Andrew #limerick Prince Andrew, with wealth beyond measure, did dubious things for his leisure, but justice abides, and now he resides at his brother, (His Majesty's) pleasure.

#vss365 #poem #mystify 'I am the sort' (poor Edward thought) 'whom romance can't condone'; whatever kind of tryst he tried, he'd end up sad and mystified, and walk away alone.

Tomorrow! #fragmentsfriday on Insta, Bluesky and Twitter. Share your one poem on all three platforms if you like. #poetry #writing #writingprompts #poetrycommunity

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/.... Magnificent performance of the Martinu violin concerto with astonishing playing by the soloist Josef Spacek @bbcsounds.bsky.social

Poetry Cut into language; there's no doubt - over the paper blood will out. #vss365 #blood #poem

Phillis Wheatley, (1753 – 1784) was the first published African-American female poet. Born in West Africa, she was sold into slavery at the age of seven or eight and transported to North America. She was sold to a Boston family, who taught her to read and write and encouraged her talent.

Zoom open mic this Wednesday evening! Bring your poems! blackboughpoetry.com/so/90PmJC8IP...

An excellent episode of the @gregjenner.bsky.social show You're Dead to Me today, on Hypatia. I knew nothing about this important figure, and was educated with expertise, wit and passion (and yes, Greg, you hosted admirably). www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

#vss365 #poem #limerick #wound

#Valentine #poetry #poetrybluesky

We've been in Manchester today running CPD for our wellbeing project, Steph's Poetry Space. Thanks to all the poets & teachers who joined us! The NW poet team are Matt Abbott, Jess Green & Oliver Lomax, who will visit schools in Liverpool, Newton-le-Willows, Leeds, Tameside, Bolton, Oldham & Bury.

today’s #vss365 #prompt reminds me of the good old days twittering our thrums #thrum #sorry

Our Book of the Week is Ali Smith's GLYPH. We have lots of signed copies available. Grab your copy here: www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/glyph-...

So, this just happened. 🦋 Holding the first advance copies of WASH by Erica Wagner @ericawgnr.bsky.social. There is truly nothing like the feel of a new book, especially one as good as this.

#vss365 #thrum #poem We long for the thrum of the womb in our mum or so they say, or so they say, and think it's a dud when we land with a thud in a sterile maternity bay.

@billymills.bsky.social - Friday's Weekly Round-Up - Allen Ginsberg Interview (part 2) - Allen Ginsberg in India - & Remembering Marianne Faithfull - allenginsberg.org/2026/01/f-j-...

#vss365 #obfuscate #limerick #poem What chance, for an innocent nation; what state could resist the temptation delivered by Trump - a big, shiny lump of fantasy and obfuscation.

Growing up is basically a series of events you think about forever, so it's no wonder that coming-of-age stories never go out of fashion. We picked 11 novels from the Booker Library about identity crises, family chaos and a light dusting of trauma. Full list linked below.

An excellent @poetryid.bsky.social #poetry #workshop tonight, with the theme being 'small'. I did write a serious response, but this one is less so. #blueskypoetry #poetry #limerick

Hey, @ginsbergpoem.bsky.social - I'm reading this.

🎺 EXCITING NEWS!!! BBC You’re Dead To Me podcast is going on our first live tour! We’re bringing our historical comedy bandwagon to London, Cardiff, Manchester, and Edinburgh for this March & April Tickets on sale on 27th January from www.YoureDeadToMeLive.com

Our Book of the Week is Édouard Louis' MONIQUE ESCAPES. Head to our website to find out more: www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/moniqu...

#7syllablesentence #ash I burnt a hyphen - dash ash.

The rain, the rain, the rain, the rain - this is our constant ballad; I'm getting drizzled on again; I feel I'm becoming a salad. #vss365 #drizzle #poem

Had the great pleasure of visiting, for work, @bookelephant.bsky.social and @claphambooks.bsky.social (at the @hernehillbooks.bsky.social site) today.

we've been troubled for a while by mysterious clanking and scuffling sounds from the ceiling, and also small objects going missing and reappearing in unlikely places, so finally anya cut a hole and we were able to extract the culprit. it appears to be a haunted puppet

#loom #vss365 Using the mystical powers that ran like deep rivers through the cells of her family, she was able to weave visions of unearthly places as she drew the threads together. She had a #loom with a view.

Solipsism: as far as the I can see.

Just read comic crime caper in translation The Beaver Theory, from @orendabooks.bsky.social and it was far from orrendous.

sparrow on the fence— the whole morning fits in her chest #haiku #poetry

The story behind Poems on the Underground

Thank you @tseliotprize.bsky.social for an inspiring evening of readings from the shortlisted poets on Sunday. The poets were deftly woven together by @imcmillan.bsky.social.

#vss365 #loom #poem

Submission opportunity! Poets, @cablestreet-litmag.bsky.social is a wonderful journal showcasing brilliant work across cultures and languages. Send your best poetry and poetry translations to @danadelibovi.bsky.social by 1 March for their Spring issue. Up to 6 poems 🔥 #writingcommunity #poetry

cleaning out a cupboard in the back office, we've just come across the original floorplans for the bookshop, and it turns out we have an additional second basement underneath the first one! plans already afoot for what we're going to put there. david wants it to be a builders' merchants