Survivors' Poetry are very excited to preview forthcoming appearances at our legendary Zoom parties from two stars of the Bluesky poetry firmament: @johnchmura.bsky.social headlining on Tues 28 April, @secretsoliloquies.bsky.social on Tues 23 June. Free entry! Ping us to get on the mailing list! 🥳🥰

Despite the rain, the chill, winter's reluctance to cede his throne, spring arrives with daffodils, birdsong, the lengthening of days. Welcoming it are the 15 poets of wave twenty-five of @iamb.uk. Expect 45 poems, written and read – fresh as the incoming season. iamb.uk/index/wave/25

Peoples, this anthology is going to be absolutely AMAZING! I am very proud to be one of the many contributors. @paulwritespoems.bsky.social has put together something special here 👏👏👏

The Book Bag Open Mic - a fantastic evening of poetry, most graciously hosted by @paulwritespoems.bsky.social ❤️❤️

I am quietly chuffed that my poem 'Ferragosto' is going to appear in this latest edition of the anthology series 'New Contexts' (this is a pic of the proof version from the publisher Ian Gouge) - due out at the end of this month...

Unmissable! Tuesday 10th at The Harrison. Three old friends of Survivors' Poetry in the house: MC Jason Why; guest poet Wendy Young; psychedelic folk whimsy from guest musician John Arthur. Doors open 7.00pm. Say hi, sign up for floor spots. Show starts 7.30pm. £5 cash on the door to cover overheads

Stunning piece by John featured in our latest issue ✨

www.fullhouseliterary.com/issue-1-2026 This was published this afternoon. I think it is the most exceptionally beautiful piece of online publishing! Big thanks to @leiabutler.bsky.social and @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social for all they do - and for including my piece 'Lares and Penates' therein...🙏❤️🙏

Thank you John! 🙏 Fab to read your work in here too! 🙌 🙌. What’s a bumper issue of poetry, prose and amazing interviews and so much more in ❤️@madridlitmag.bsky.social

One editor will pick the poems they love. That’s it. No career promises. No breakthrough narrative. Just cash and community — raised together. #TheBrokenSpineAward #ByPoetsForPoets #PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky

Issue 7 of The Madrid Review @madridlitmag.bsky.social - I am thrilled to bits that my poem 'The arrivants' is included amidst such wonderful company, including @eleanorholmes.bsky.social, to name but one! themadridreview.com/f/issue-7-is...

Counting down to a very exciting evening in prospect at the SP Zoom Party. Open mic! International line-up and audiences! Live music! Good company! No entry fees! 🥰🥰🥰

A good way for the day to start me: my poem 'Ferragosto' (the sixth in my Italian trilogy, to over-use one of my little jokes) has been accepted for publication in the forthcoming anthology 'New Contexts: 8' from Coverstory Books (publisher/editor Ian Gouge) coverstorybooks.com/2026/02/01/c...

As editor + founder, I’m tired of presses cosplaying “community” while using prizes as sales funnels. It’s nefarious, it’s cynical, and everyone knows it. We just don’t say it out loud. #TheBrokenSpineAward #ByPoetsForPoets #PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky

Just ran a final check of proofs for my poem on themes of sanctuary - 'The Arrivants' - which will appear in The Madrid Review Issue 7 - at the end of February, I believe... themadridreview.com

Looking forward very much to this! 🤩

It’s that time of year for signing up for conferences - the @assocpsychosocial.bsky.social in Twickenham in June and, a couple weeks before that, the International Association for Forensic Psychotherapy, this time in Gozo, Malta - requiring an exception to my general practice of not flying places…😬

@survivors-poetry.bsky.social Zoom Party Tuesday 24 February - headliner poet will be Luciano Mezzetta, music from Grae J Wall, I have the honour of being MC/Zoom host …please email [email protected] to get yourself on the mailing list (and thereby the Zoom link for the event)

I have been out of this loop, trying to manage my online time (without massive success I must admit) but we can't go through this Friday theme day without The Band's glorious version of Long Black Veil...🥰 open.spotify.com/track/2mkz7L...

Debut open mic for me at the wonderful Cosmic Pumpkin last night, downstairs at the Royal Society of Arts, with gentle host @mrgeepoet.bsky.social and a good sprinkling of @survivors-poetry.bsky.social peeps among those present 🥰

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I am very excited that one of my poems will be included in this next issue🙏🥰🙏

Survivors' Poetry are building our website and one work in progress is a gallery of writers and artists connected to the collective - the first four responders are up there now - check it out! survivorspoetry.co.uk/poets-and-po...

Yay, look what just arrived! 🥰 @secretsoliloquies.bsky.social

Me reading my poem 'Voyager' last night - my debut at the White Feather open mic at the Artillery Arms in Moorgate opposite Blake's cenotaph... A lovely evening brilliantly MC'd by Steve Tasane (third Tuesday evening of each month). Headliner yesterday was the VERY brilliant @mrgeepoet.bsky.social 🥰

I am so happy that two of my poems have been accepted for inclusion in this anthology - with my massive thanks to @paulwritespoems.bsky.social for believing in them! 🥰

Poets of Bluesky, come and join us in the Zoom Room on Tuesday 27th January from 7.00. Always a fabulous evening with @survivors-poetry.bsky.social 🙏🏼

Tonight's the night! Ease away those mid-January biorhythmic blues with poetry and music and a friendly crowd in the basement room of the Harrison. Five quid on the door and a legendary and lovely London local pub upstairs also offering its hospitality.... Open mic for anyone who wants to read..🥰

We are greatly looking forward to hosting @jeffcottrill.bsky.social as one of two featured poets in our open mic evening of words and music at The Harrison in King's Cross on Tuesday 9 June...

New post on my Substack of a poem from last year. Thanks to @thebrokenspine.co.uk for the original prompt and to The Starbeck Orion for publishing this reading last July 🙏🙏🙏 open.substack.com/pub/johnadla...

Check This Out People! This issue is going to blow your socks off and send your rockets into space! www.frazzledlit.com/p/issue-4-la...

🗞 "We need a stepchange in how we deal with homelessness." Our codirector Jess Turtle wrote the New Years opinion piece for The Big Issue saying what is needed from politicians in 2026: www.bigissue.com/opinion/home...

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Advance invitation for our first Survivors' Zoom Party of 2026 with Lee Campbell www.instagram.com/leejjcampbel... and Lilac Underworld instagram.com/lilacunderwo... and an international gathering of open mic artists...the original and best! 🥰 Drop us a line to get onto the mailing list 🙏🤜🤛🙏

Richard Wilson's '20:50' installation of recycled engine oil is showing at the Saatchi gallery, as devastating and bleakly beautiful as ever (we first saw it at County Hall in 2003). Something very strange and uncanny and disturbing happens to light itself, around this installation...😞

Happy New Year to all our friends & followers! Coming up, our first gig of 2026 at The Harrison. Featured poet is "rude, smutty and comical" Heather Mary Sullivan, guest musician Walthamstow's finest Emma Scarr. MC Carl Chamberlain. Poets & musicians from the floor warmly welcome! Love & solidarity🎆

I have opened this with immediate effect, submit people! Those waiting on responses ought to get them this week, for past calls.

Dates for your new diary:

The poetry community built this award. It was never about me—it was always about funding a career-changing prize for poets. Facilitated by @AlanParry83.bsky.social, but made possible #ByWritersForWriters. Last chance to give. 🔗

First announcement for our first event of 2026...

#poetsofbluesky #mentalhealthawareness

The EPSTEIN Files are a much quicker read than I expected.

...every home should have one...🥰

#PoemsAbout #Money drops Friday. Write the debt buried under glitter. Buy-now-regret-later. Bank balance versus belonging. Tag it right. Don’t post early. Use Alt Text. Get prompts: shorturl.at/0Xm7A

I am very pleased & proud to say that I am now officially a Trustee of @survivors-poetry.bsky.social, which exists to promote poetry by survivors - to support survivor poets - to challenge social & cultural definitions of poets and poetry - to make connections between creativity and mental health ❤️

My copy of this new book has just landed 🥳. My chapter with Chris Scanlon is on page 101. @tanyamoore.bsky.social + Claudia Megele, many thanks for having us! Human beings in complex systems are complex human beings and need human leadership (and then some human followership can also be in the mix!)

For Day 11 of 16 Days of Activism against Gendered Violence, here's my 2019 critique of Borderline Personality Disorder. I hope you read it - but it contains some challenging language and realities, so please take care of yourself. shawandmoore.substack.com/p/day-11-16-...

Today’s poem: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/when-yo...

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