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Read an exclusive new #ekphrastic or ‘after’ poem each new and full moon. Subs are open Oct 1st–31st annually for the following year. Why not also enjoy quarterly sister journal iambapoet.com? Created and curated by @markantonyowen.com afterpoetry.com

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Victoria Spires @victoriaspires.bsky.social · 13h

A whole month of Afters ... can't wait! 😍

𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫... 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭 @afterpoetry.com · 14h

Tomorrow is UK National Poetry Day. It's also the start of @afterpoetry.com's annual month-long submissions window. From midnight on Oct 1st till 23:59 on the 31st, send us your previously unpublished 'after' or #ekphrastic poems for a chance at featuring in the journal in 2027.

𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫... 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭 @afterpoetry.com · 26/09/2026

From Katy Luxem's #ekphrastic poem 'Instructions on Post-Impressionism': 'Lay down the sharp scythes let them spoon one another in the shady stack of afternoon. Sleep becomes another language for painting people ... ' afterpoetry.com/poem/sep-26...

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'Instructions on Post-Impressionism' by Katy Luxem | After...

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𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫... 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭 @afterpoetry.com · 11/09/2026

From David Rutherford's #ekphrastic poem 'Out of Nowhere': 'Because the woods are coming for me with their disco lights. Because I am feeling myself beginning to fizz theatrical, to gesture a demand for a kind of quenching' afterpoetry.com/poem/sep-11...

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'Out of Nowhere' by David Rutherford | After...

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𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫... 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭 @afterpoetry.com · 28/08/2026

From John Adlam's #ekphrastic poem 'Still Life': ' ... liquid on cold grey bone, a porcelain dish of pears like opaleye and bluefish rippling, an aquarium of myrtle and viridian ... ' afterpoetry.com/poem/aug-28...

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'Still Life' by John Adlam | After...

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𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫... 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭 @afterpoetry.com · 12/08/2026

From Mary Mulholland's #ekphrastic poem 'The girl I saw in Avilés': ' ... Her tight red brocade reveals every bulge of a prematurely buxom body that could pass for twenty-six, not six.' afterpoetry.com/poem/aug-12...

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'The girl I saw in Avilés' by Mary Mulholland | After...

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𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫... 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭 @afterpoetry.com · 29/07/2026

From Devjani Bodepudi's #ekphrastic poem 'Reaching': 'If I could concertina you into a crescent moon pressing red and blue flowers into your palms weave you loosely into my hair, I would.' afterpoetry.com/poem/jul-29...

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'Reaching' by Devjani Bodepudi | After...

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𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫... 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭 @afterpoetry.com · 14/07/2026

From Elizabeth Fevyer's #ekphrastic poem 'Seule': 'And all the while an ecstasy of white. Re-virginised, but for the smoked-out chimneys of her legs, spread wide beneath the cyanide contour of her hand.' afterpoetry.com/poem/jul-14...

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'Seule' by Elizabeth Fevyer | After...

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𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫... 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭 @afterpoetry.com · 01/07/2026

Delighted to announce @afterpoetry.com's six nominees for @sundresspub.bsky.social's Best of the Net 2027. Congratulations to Ennis Rook Bashe, Rebekah Wolman, Victoria Spires, Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad, Kate Vanhinsbergh and Barnaby Harsent! 🥳

Showcase of six nominees for Best of the Net 2027, as chosen by online poetry journal After...

𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫... 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭 @afterpoetry.com · 29/06/2026

From Barnaby Harsent's #ekphrastic poem 'From, to': 'A body braced against itself – hinge and tension shaped by grain. While further down, skin recedes into a curtain’s darkest folds ... ' afterpoetry.com/poem/jun-29...

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'From, to' by Barnaby Harsent | After...

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𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫... 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭 @afterpoetry.com · 15/06/2026

From Zelda Cahill-Patten's #ekphrastic poem 'Flowers of Edo': 'In the Edo of Hiroshige’s boyhood, they named the fires edo no hana. All over the city, ash flowered.' afterpoetry.com/poem/jun-14...

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'Flowers of Edo' by Zelda Cahill-Patten | After...

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𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫... 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭 @afterpoetry.com · 31/05/2026

From Sarah Raybould's #ekphrastic poem 'Her Poppy Earrings': 'Her earrings are a poppy field are a battlefield, are drops of blood in trenches roll out to sea, are a pricked finger in a fairy tale ... ' afterpoetry.com/poem/may-31...

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'Her Poppy Earrings' by Sarah Raybould | After...

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𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 15/05/2026

When I launched my first online poetry journal @iamb.uk in February 2020, I included myself among its initial 20 poets. I've so far resisted the temptation to feature my own work in my second journal @afterpoetry.com. That changes tomorrow, with the publication of this tribute to poet Kathryn Bevis.

𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫... 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭 @afterpoetry.com · 16/05/2026

From #ekphrastic poem 'Fly' by @markantonyowen.com, in tribute to the late Kathryn Bevis: 'We find you not in IT IS but WE ARE – see you, always, in the hearthome. Wherever there is loverise, YOU ARE.' afterpoetry.com/poem/may-16...

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'Fly' by Mark Antony Owen | After...

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𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫... 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭 @afterpoetry.com · 01/05/2026

From Sarah Doyle's #ekphrastic poem, 'The Bacchanal of the Andrians': 'Ribald, lathered, blotto-hearted, bladdered, adrenalin-thrilled. Old habits of abstinence, cast aside, for insatiable infractions.' afterpoetry.com/poem/may-01...

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'The Bacchanal of the Andrians' by Sarah Doyle | After...

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𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫... 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭 @afterpoetry.com · 17/04/2026

From Kate Vanhinsbergh's #ekphrastic poem, 'Brief Visit to a Barcelona Sex Castle': ' ... this whole castle clings to the glottal step of the gy, the glassy-eyed fantasy of fucking some sugar junkie ... ' afterpoetry.com/poem/apr-17...

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'Brief Visit to a Barcelona Sex Castle' by Kate Vanhinsbergh | After...

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𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫... 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭 @afterpoetry.com · 02/04/2026

From Leia Butler's #ekphrastic poem, '1000-1' ... 'We are swapping secrets, In the leaves, In the trunks, In the petals, // (There are 754 pieces left)' afterpoetry.com/poem/apr-02...

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'1000-1' by Leia Butler | After...

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𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫... 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭 @afterpoetry.com · 19/03/2026

From Winifred Mok’s #ekphrastic poem, ‘Lisa’: ‘I try to sit still. I imagine my own hand at oil painting, curves of his face, the sfumato of sunlight through glass.’ afterpoetry.com/poem/mar-19...

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𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫... 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭 @afterpoetry.com · 03/03/2026

From Fokkina McDonnell's #ekphrastic poem, 'The Avid Reader': 'We see the middle-aged man carrying a hat, smoking a pipe, because Graham inhabits him. All artists are obsessives: these giant light boxes, demanding our devotion.' afterpoetry.com/poem/mar-03...

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'Canada is as far away as bibles are' by Fokkina McDonnell | After...

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𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫... 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭 @afterpoetry.com · 17/02/2026

From Susan Trofimow's #ekphrastic poem 'The Lion in the Room': 'Almost too late, the light arrived – coming from a window I couldn’t see. The lion had drawn himself closer, and with him the scent of cream.' afterpoetry.com/poem/feb-17...

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'The Lion in the Room' by Susan Trofimow | After...

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𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫... 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭 @afterpoetry.com · 01/02/2026

From Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad's #ekphrastic poem 'Paper tiger': 'The café scene I am starring in is comical in hindsight. Coffee with a paper tiger. Quills, flaming arrows, stones, catapult into the air. A bouquet of hummingbirds discolours the sun.' afterpoetry.com/poem/feb-01...

𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫... 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭 @afterpoetry.com · 19/01/2026

On the day nominations open for The Forward Prizes 2026, @afterpoetry.com is delighted to announce its three nominees in the Best Single Poem (Written) category. Best of luck to @philvernon.bsky.social, @hareontherun.bsky.social and @victoriaspires.bsky.social. 🥳

Announcement showing the three poets nominated for The Forward Prizes 2026 by online poetry journal After... . The poets are: Phil Vernon for '¡No pasarán!', Roger Hare for 'Jerusalem Syndrome', and Victoria Spires for 'Lightfastness'. These nominations are for the Best Single Poem (Written) category.

𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫... 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭 @afterpoetry.com · 18/01/2026

From Hannah Linden's #ekphrastic poem 'Office': 'Again, a woman creeps towards a man with his pants around his ankles and even then he wants to be magnified to a hundred times his own size.' afterpoetry.com/poem/jan-18...

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'Office' by Hannah Linden | After...

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𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫... 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭 @afterpoetry.com · 06/01/2026

A new feature comes to @afterpoetry.com: an A-Z poet finder! If you know a particular poet has appeared in the journal but can't recall in which year, this page will help you. All 100 poets (so far) are now searchable alphabetically by first name. afterpoetry.com/a-z

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𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫... 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭 @afterpoetry.com · 03/01/2026

Celebrating the 100th #ekphrastic poem on After... 'I am a knife. I cut meat. I am in a painting. I cut space. The form was dreamt before the fact. Mirror image, mirror act. Grooved in your life-line I lie in your hand; I am a sign in your mind ... ' afterpoetry.com/poem/jan-03...

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'The Cut' by Suzi Feay | After...

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𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫... 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭 @afterpoetry.com · 01/01/2026

𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫... 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭 @afterpoetry.com · 24/12/2025

Christmas message from online poetry journal After... Message reads: 'Wishing you all a Merry Christmas. Here's to 2026'. There is the website's URL below – afterpoetry.com

𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫... 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭 @afterpoetry.com · 20/12/2025

Final #ekphrastic poem of 2025, and a second consecutive outing for poetry inspired by the work of Frank Auerbach. 'For two years he has worked her rich in black and white, scraped her back to canvas, ghost and bone.' afterpoetry.com/poem/dec-20...

Reposted by 𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫... 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭

Victoria Spires @victoriaspires.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

So happy to have this poem up on After... Poetry, for a few reasons: More than any other art I've seen in recent years, Auerbach's charcoal heads have stayed with me. I'm pretty sure it was either the first or second ekphrastic poem I wrote (really should do more). I've waited a year for this!

𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫... 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭 @afterpoetry.com · 04/12/2025

What to do with scraps of light found in our battle with life's darkness. Victoria Spires makes this #ekphrastic poem from a Frank Auerbach drawing. 'Suggestible of something rending, something Far from abstract – the exquisite flash Of pain, as private teleology.' afterpoetry.com/poem/dec-04-...

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Read New Ekphrastic Poem 'Lightfastness' by Victoria Spires exclusively in After... | Poems Inspired By Other Art

𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫... 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭 @afterpoetry.com · 20/11/2025

Rebekah's Wolman's #ekphrastic poem celebrates Pacita Abad's reinvention of her 'birthbody'. 'to imagine your self design your self assemble your self this collagebody construction of paper pulp scraps foil playing till dawn in the workshop' afterpoetry.com/poem/nov-20-...

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Read New Ekphrastic Poem 'artbody' by Rebekah Wolman exclusively in After... | Poems Inspired By Other Art

𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫... 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭 @afterpoetry.com · 16/11/2025

**CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!!** Today, @afterpoetry.com reveals which poems it will publish throughout 2026. Picking 17 poets from more than 130 submissions was no easy task – so well done to all who made it through selection. Are you in? Here's where to find out ... afterpoetry.com/index/poems/...

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𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫... 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭 @afterpoetry.com · 05/11/2025

Miscarriage is shattering. More so, losing hope of bearing a child. This @louisepoetical.bsky.social explores in her #ekphrastic poem after Kahlo. 'I embrace her longing as a shade of black that fractures the ivory, give comfort for her bone-shattered aching ... ' afterpoetry.com/poem/nov-05-...

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Read New Ekphrastic Poem 'Aunque la mona se vista de seda ...' by Louise Longson exclusively in After... | Poems Inspired By Other Art

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Taidgh Lynch @taidgh.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

It’s nearly midnight! 🐈‍⬛ 🎃 Get those poems in now! A submission opportunity. If you qualify—apply!

𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫... 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭 @afterpoetry.com · 31/10/2025

Poets, @afterpoetry.com's month-long annual submissions window is almost over. More than 115 of you have sent in your previously unpublished 'after' and ekphrastic poems – the highest number of subs of any year so far! Not sent in YOUR poem yet? Don't leave it too late ... afterpoetry.com/submit

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Send a new, unpublished 'after' or ekphrastic poem to After... throughout October 2025

𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫... 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭 @afterpoetry.com · 21/10/2025

The rise and fall in a moving piece by Debussy is mirrored in Kerry Trautman's #ekphrastic poem 'When He Comes Back to You'. ' ... sea-water in halos around footfalls now returns to reclaim the land it soaked move anything you wish dry to higher ground afterpoetry.com/poem/oct-21-...

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Read New Ekphrastic Poem 'When He Comes Back to You' by Kerry Trautman exclusively in After... | Poems Inspired By Other Art

𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫... 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭 @afterpoetry.com · 07/10/2025

Art ... or artifice? That's the question posed by @saccharinequeen.bsky.social's new #ekphrastic poem. 'A tour guide holds forth on body horror, the decayed viscera of industrial decline, yah de blah, but no, it‘s worse than that. It‘s revolting pretentiousness.' afterpoetry.com/poem/oct-07-...

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Read New Ekphrastic Poem 'After viewing the installation I was irritable for hours' by Sadie Maskery exclusively in After... | Poems Inspired By Other Art

𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫... 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭 @afterpoetry.com · 05/10/2025

**PUSHCART PRIZE NOMINEES ANNOUNCED** Please join @afterpoetry.com in congratulating K Roberts, @corinnaboard.bsky.social, Suzi Feay, @arainbowpoet.bsky.social, Matt Cariello and @victoriaspires.bsky.social on their nominations for the next edition of the @pushcartprize.bsky.social.

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𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫... 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭 @afterpoetry.com · 01/10/2025

The window is open, poets ... come on in. #opensubmissions #poetry #afterpoetry #ekphrastic #ekphrasis

Promotional poster advertising that submissions to online ekphrastic poetry journal After... will reopen for the whole of October 2025. Gives the web address to visit as afterypoetry.com/submit.

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Duotrope @duotrope.com · 01/10/2025

Over 40 publications re-opened today, including @afterpoetry.com @trashcatlit.bsky.social @innerworlds.bsky.social @themerseyreview.bsky.social @artscalling.com @mslexia.bsky.social @ravensquothpress.bsky.social duotrope.com...

Re-openings for September 30, 2025

Over 40 publications re-opened today, including @afterpoetry.com @trashcatlit.bsky.social @innerworlds.bsky.social @themerseyreview.bsky.social @artscalling.com @mslexia.bsky.social @ravensquothpress.bsky.social https://duotrope.com/news/publishing/

𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫... 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭 @afterpoetry.com · 30/09/2025

It's nearly time again ... If you've been looking for a home for that 'after' or ekphrastic poem, @afterpoetry.com is the place for you. Submissions reopen tomorrow – October 1st 2025. You then have the entire month to send in your poem for a chance to feature in After... in 2026. Good luck! 🤞🏼

Promotional poster advertising that submissions to online ekphrastic poetry journal After... will reopen for the whole of October 2025. Gives the web address to visit as afterypoetry.com/submit.

𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫... 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭 @afterpoetry.com · 21/09/2025

Sculpture as movement frozen. Dance as light captured. This new #ekphrastic poem by @duntruner.bsky.social has it all. 'I saw her dance again there, enfolded in negative space, I saw again that hip-spun pause of lofted breath.' afterpoetry.com/poem/sep-21-...

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Read New Ekphrastic Poem 'Suspension' by Steve Smart exclusively in After... | Poems Inspired By Other Art

𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫... 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭 @afterpoetry.com · 07/09/2025

The title of John White's #ekphrastic poem deceives. Is it about office life? Or just life? 'We floated, avatars of the open plan, by night rehearsing in the snooker dens each with a cue trained over a pack of Bensons like an extension of him, holding a heron ... ' afterpoetry.com/poem/sep-07-...

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Read New Ekphrastic Poem 'The Inexorable Sadness of Pencils' by John White exclusively in After... | Poems Inspired By Other Art

𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫... 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭 @afterpoetry.com · 23/08/2025

Art on art about art retelling a myth – @nberlat.bsky.social‬'s #ekphrastic Icarus poem goes deeper. 'Breughel was right about suffering but not like Auden says. Icarus isn’t the man whose suffering is forgotten. There he is in the painting. There he is in the poem.' afterpoetry.com/poem/aug-23-...

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Read New Ekphrastic Poem 'Not Icarus' by Noah Berlatsky exclusively in After... | Poems Inspired By Other Art

𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫... 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭 @afterpoetry.com · 09/08/2025

In @clattermonger.bsky.social's new #ekphrastic poem, Rodin's father making his son making his father gives cause to write of his own father. ' ... I tried to paint you, to present you as a single plane, but find it best to sculpt your head so I can live among you.' afterpoetry.com/poem/aug-09-...

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Read New Ekphrastic Poem 'Jean-Baptiste Rodin' by Craig Smith exclusively in After... | Poems Inspired By Other Art

𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫... 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭 @afterpoetry.com · 24/07/2025

Art is more than what we hang, hear or read. As Ennis Rook Bashe shows us in this new #ekphrastic poem, it can also be what we play. 'Tachycardia: moth-wing heartbeat, lantern-golden eyes. I think I could break him the way fishhooks wouldn’t ... ' www.afterpoetry.com/poem/jul-24t...

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Read New Ekphrastic Poem 'his name is Winter and the haunted house won’t let him leave and' by Ennis Rook Bashe exclusively in After... | Poems Inspired By Other Art

𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫... 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭 @afterpoetry.com · 10/07/2025

There's a warning to us all in Matt Cariello's #ekphrastic reimagining of 'Beauty and the Beast': beware of what you want ... ' ... But see – she trembles that the beast is gone when all we ever wanted was a corridor lit with torches forever.' afterpoetry.com/poem/jul-10-...

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Read New Ekphrastic Poem 'Beauty and the Beast' by Matt Cariello exclusively in After... | Poems Inspired By Other Art

𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫... 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭 @afterpoetry.com · 25/06/2025

Roger Hare's new #ekphrastic poem 'Jerusalem Syndrome' cleverly fuses art with religious psychosis. '... you will mock your own tears, the removal of sky from above your head, the emptying of all you thought required to be filled ...' afterpoetry.com/poem/jun-25-2025-roger-hare

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Read New Ekphrastic Poem 'Jerusalem Syndrome' by Roger Hare exclusively in After... | Poems Inspired By Other Art

𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫... 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭 @afterpoetry.com · 11/06/2025

A literal and figurative flight of fancy up next on @afterpoetry.com, with @helenlaycock.bsky.social's #ekphrastic poem 'Grand-Mère en Ciel'. 'I pull her in my wake, barefoot, threshing flames of barley, and she wings my hair with a fan of lavender, calming me ... ' afterpoetry.com/poem/jun-11-...

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Read New Ekphrastic Poem 'Grand-Mère en Ciel' by Helen Laycock exclusively in After... | Poems Inspired By Other Art