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Medha Singh @medhawrites.bsky.social · 4h

It was such a pleasure to read in Dunkeld at the Corbenic Poetry Path with Pip Osmond-Williams - thanks to John Plunkett and Taylor Strickland for this wonderful opportunity. What a beautiful place. @corbenic.bsky.social

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 3h

It's not so much that we need to be afraid of AI itself, it's that we are afraid of what most *men* want to do with it -- to us.

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David Wheatley @nemoloris.bsky.social · 1h

Congratulations from Sappho to Anne Carson on her Nobel Prize win.

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michael röbbins @alienvsrobbins.bsky.social · 5h

Lots of people will weigh in with thoughts on Anne Carson in the coming days, but I will just note that she wins the epigraph game

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Annie Brechin @anniebrechin.bsky.social · 5h

Anne Carson has won the Nobel, it is Poetry Christmas

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Annie Brechin @anniebrechin.bsky.social · 21h

Had the privilege of a fun night out in the oldest skittle alley in Scotland

Three people bowling in an old wooden skittle alley

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Niall O'Sullivan @rustyniall.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I mean it's such a load of old bollocks, but it won't be if she wins it because nothing Anne Carson wins can be bollocks.

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Paul Treloar @paulietandoori.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

My oven's on high when I roast the quail, Tell Bill Clinton to go and inhale

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Bary Garlow but spooky @beansinyourbum.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Important notice. Even people who are usually good with this stuff screw this one up

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Dr Carrie Etter @carrieetter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Bristol poetry lovers, a week from Friday come join me to hear three great debut poets at @bookhaus.bsky.social! Please share, and book your tickets here: bookhausbristol.com/events/#e161...

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Annie Brechin @anniebrechin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

If Anne Carson wins the Nobel I will celebrate wildly. There might be champagne and oysters involved

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Jon Stone @shotscarecrow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

At a glance, it looks like a mix of safe well-established poets and representatives of key groups/issues -- which is not to say that the individual poets and collections aren't deserving, but that it fits my impression of prize culture as primarily a sort of diplomatic/political process.

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Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Having seen the Joyce Carol Oates very bad, not good tweet about romance and AI, I can't help thinking about the way that romance has been treated as a punching bag for so long and always by people who are completely unwilling to engage with the genre and know little about it.

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Annie Brechin @anniebrechin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A friend sent me this photo from Kensington bell chamber of the peal board of the ladies peal we rang there. Reader, I shed a tear. What good times

Black pealboard on a white wall detailing a peal of Cambridge Surprise Royal by a ladies band at St Mary Abbots, Kensington

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Annie Brechin @anniebrechin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Tonight at St Cuthbert's we managed a full course of Double Norwich CB Major. Apparently I only ring double methods now 🤣

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Glasgow Review of Books @glasgowrevbooks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Meet the GRB Team: Flora Leask Arizpe @floraleask.bsky.social, Petra Johana Poncarová @poncarova.bsky.social, Shane Strachan @shanestrachan.bsky.social, and Taylor Strickland @taylor-strickland.bsky.social. glasgowreviewofbooks.com/about/

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Annie Brechin @anniebrechin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Yes to more poetry by Rebecca Tamás

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The Skinny @theskinnymag.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

We're back, with some *good news*! Scottish arts charity Outer Spaces is partnering with our publisher Radge Media CIC to continue our two decades of independent cultural journalism – more details at the link... www.theskinny.co.uk/music/news/t...

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The Skinny is back!

Scottish arts charity Outer Spaces is partnering with our publisher Radge Media CIC to continue our two decades of independent cultural journalism.

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Typewronger Books @typewronger.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

DEADLINE EXTENSION - Submissions are STILL OPEN for the (slightly late, ahem) Autumn Edition of Wrong Directions! Email work of no more than 300 words to print@typewronger.com - no love poems - check the Wrong Directions page on our website for full submission details - NEW DEADLINE MIDNING 8/10/26!

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Ellie Mae O'Hagan @elliemaeohagan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I think it is very good that the PM is being so publicly vulnerable about grieving his father. That is also a form of leadership

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I literally don’t know a single woman who hasn’t been raped, stalked, groped, harassed, or sexually violated in some way at some point in their life. If you choose to doubt and dox survivors, just know every woman in your life is disgusted by you.

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Kirkdale Bookshop @kirkdalebooks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

We left Radio 3 on and it went straight into "Mars, the Bringer of War". WHAT A *BANGER*

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Gutter Magazine @gutter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Submissions close tomorrow at midnight 📝 We can't wait to see what you've got in store for us.

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Annie Brechin @anniebrechin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Nice ringing tonight at New town church - we attempted double Bob and double Dunkirk

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Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Gorgeous poem from The Paris Review on today's email

Katie Peterson

Elegy as the Four Seasons

Summer is never
Fall is again
Winter is forever
Spring is when

From issue no. 253 (Fall 2025)

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Annie Brechin @anniebrechin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Rang for a wedding today, bride was 30 min late 🫩

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Tom Snarsky @tomsnarsky.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

happy #smallpoemsunday! 💜 feel free to share small poems you wrote or ones you love by other poets :) here’s one by Mary Baron~

Lines for a Critic

You say I live to use my life in verse
And this appalls you. Sir, I have done worse.

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Septima P. Snark @drsubini.blacksky.app · 25/09/2026

This. This. This. Especially the ones that say they care about marginalized communities.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

“Between 2019 and 2025, export volumes slumped 31 per cent as Brexit added border checks and trade complexity, pushing up costs for businesses” … and threatening our food security. Why TF would *anyone* want this for our businesses and our country? giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

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Brexit and Donald Trump’s tariffs push UK’s food and drink trade deficit to £21bn

In the first half of 2026, the sector’s export volumes fell 11.7% to hit their third-lowest level on record

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Annie Brechin @anniebrechin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Wozniak woz pretty good tbh. Very funny show. @egns.bsky.social preferred the first half but I loved the audience interaction

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Alys Wilfred Earl @alysdragon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Every time I have a two-hand problem (similar sized objects, very different functions and destinations) I always think, “I deposited the MANUSCRIPT in the BASSINET, and the BABY…” It’s saved me more times than I can count.

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Annie Brechin @anniebrechin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Oof, I might need to re-read this now

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Catherine Redford @catherineredford.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Calling all poets! Dust Poetry will be open next month (1st-31st October) for submissions and our theme will be WINTER ❄️❄️❄️ We’re looking forward to reading your interpretations of this theme!

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ENU Physiotherapy @enuphysiotherapy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Thinking about a career in Physiotherapy or Occupational Therapy? Come and meet our fantastic AHP team at the upcoming @edinburghnapier.bsky.social #OpenDay on the 26th of September!

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Annie Brechin @anniebrechin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Happy Mabon to those who celebrate

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Scottish Poetry Library @byleaveswelive.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The Scotsman's Poem of the Week (19th Sept 26) is 'Trains' by Rob A Mackenzie

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Ink Sweat & Tears @inksweatandtears.co.uk · 20/09/2026

Helen Ivory / @helenivory.bsky.social is currently open for general submissions of poetry and short prose. For more details go to inksweatandtears.co.uk/submissions/ #InkSweatandTears #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #Submissions

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Helen Ivory
is currently open for
general submissions of
poetry and short prose.

These will close at midnight on
30 September or when we reach 60 in total!

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Annie Brechin @anniebrechin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

In my dreams I can write novels. More proof dreams are not unconscious desires, can't think of anything I'd hate more, etc.

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

This is so true.

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Stone Cold Jane Austen @woolbotherer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Loving this discussion

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John Glenday @johnglenday.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Just occasionally, you come across a new poem from a young poet that reassures you all is well with the future of poetry. Dean Browne, from his debut Picador collection ‘After Party’

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Annie Brechin @anniebrechin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Rang for a wedding at St Mary's cathedral, Edinburgh today and my, the ringing room is enormous

A large ringing chamber with some bell ropes hooked on a spider and some loose

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

There has been a noticeable lack of serious reaction over Turkish persecution of LGBTQIA+ community from the global community. As in many other countries, Türkiye tries to mask persecution by claiming being LGBTQIA+ isn't illegal and then using "obscenity laws". www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

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Turkey detains dozens in crackdown on LGBTQ+ activists and journalists

Protesters teargassed as minister claims widespread raids and arrests under obscenity laws were to ‘protect families’

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Alex Hunsley 2M0LBH @quaplek.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Ringer’s rules are serious bizness. On the ringing chamber wall at Kirkby Lonsdale

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Annie Brechin @anniebrechin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Sometimes, for a long time, I don't feel like a poet. Then I bang one out in a lunch break and suddenly it's all roses again

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Annie Brechin @anniebrechin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Was trying to be good so I bought a low calorie pizza and wow it tastes like cardboard

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