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Louise Mather @louisemather.bsky.social · 9h

Last day to submit!

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Özge Lena @lenaozge.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Thrilled that my 6th Extinction Column poem 'Call me Lonesome' is LIVE on Oxford Climate Society! #OxfordUniversity It has been an absolute honour working with the OCS team over the past half-year, so grateful for this collaboration! 💙 More coming soon! 🔗 oxfordclimatesociety.com/blog/call-me...

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Paul Connolly @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I’m delighted to be in the current wave of iamb👇, with 3 poems, text and recording: In the Time of the Ice Saints (with thanks to @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social), Metronome (with a deep bow to Beethoven), & Late Snow. My thanks to excellent editor @markantonyowen.com #poetrycommunity #poemsaloud

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Small finds from the wood, September 🍒🪶🌿:

A collection of small nature finds from my local woodland, including green acorn, rosehips, Viburnum opulus berries, pigeon feather, spindle berries & leaves , alder cones & grove snail shells

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The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN) @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 08/09/2026

#PoemsAbout #FaultLines starts Friday. Write what happens under pressure. The hairline crack. The old division. The thing everybody stepped over until the ground moved. Draft now. Share from Friday. Tag #PoemsAbout. Use Alt Text.

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Sue Finch (she/her) @suefinch.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

This poem is having a little trip out into the world today to honour the shift in seasons. It was originally published as part of my Silver Branch feature curated by Black Bough Poetry's @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social #Poetry #Autumn #Poems

They Are Autumn

And they look delicious
smoothed brown on the ground
with their snug little green hats.

And I want to eat some
but I have forgotten their name
and I don’t know if you can.

I give in to the temptation
to tread on some,
to feel them hold out
before my weight cracks them open.

All I know is they fell from the tree above.
Its leaves are telling me it’s an oak,
and I know so much depends upon this tree,
but it takes me all day
to remember acorns.

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Benedicta Norell @benedictan.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I can’t wait! Congratulations everyone 🙌

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Matthew M C Smith @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Sunday reading - ‘Terrible Mother’ by @benedictan.bsky.social @blackcatpress.bsky.social - beautifully produced and hard-hitting

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Elanor @elanorandthearts.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

CALLING LONDONERS 📣 My friend has spent FIVE YEARS developing her play—a queer horror story—and she's hardly sold any tickets. She's travelling down from Leeds and I'm devastated 🥺 The Haunting of Verity Evans, The Hope Theatre, 25th–26th August. I hope you'll join me! Please share if you can't!

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Pascale Petit 🌿🐅🌱🐆🌿🦜 @pascalepetit.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Help put women poets on the map, where they belong. Our friends @FoundationSwift are the only charity focussed on building support for UK women poets. They are running a 30-day crowdfunding campaign raising vital core funds. Please share widely! www.justgiving.com/campaign/wom...

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Putting Women Poets on the Map

Help keep a national home for women poets open

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Ann Leckie @annleckie.com · 05/08/2026

This is true, and if you have not yet considered this possibility, please do!

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Direct, full-time jobs opening Rosebank oilfield would create: 450 D, f-t jobs opening Jackdaw gasfield would create: 27 D, f-t jobs in UK's net-zero economy: 300,000 + 400,000 more on the way D, f-t jobs in the rest of the green economy: 600,000 Is that really the hill Burnham wants to die on?

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Matthew Stewart @roguestrands.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Certain numbers accompany us through our lives, connected to our memories of people and places, of significant events. What numbers remain with you decades later? And why? This poem is taken from Whatever You Do, Just Don't (HappenStance Press, 2023), my second full collection...

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Autumn Wolff | Lesbian Romance Author @autumnwolff.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

You know what doesn't cause apocalyptic skylines and wildfires? Solar panels. Can we stop burning fossil fuels and just start massively investing more in renewables and battery tech, please?

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The Tennis Letter @thetennisletter.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Linda Noskova holds the Venus Rosewater Dish over the balcony after winning the Wimbledon title. Beaming. 🥰🏆

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The Tennis Letter @thetennisletter.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

THE MOMENT NAOMI OSAKA BEAT ARYNA SABALENKA TO REACH HER FIRST WIMBLEDON QUARTERFINAL. She looked like the world No. 1 today. Deserved. 🥹🥹🥹

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𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 03/07/2026

Victoria doesn't have a book to sell just now, but Rishi and Mark (obviously) do! You can buy 'Cherry Blossom at Nightbreak' from @ninearchespress.bsky.social, and 'Hotel Petroleum' from @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social. And hey, maybe @salopress.bsky.social will consider reprinting 'Soi-même'?

Cover of Rishi Dastidar's fourth poetry collection, 'Cherry Blossom at Nightbreak'.

Cover of Mark Fiddes' fourth poetry collection, 'Hotel Petroleum'.

Cover of Victoria Spires' pamphlet, 'Soi-même'.

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𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 03/07/2026

... and here's where you can get yourself a copy of @betarish.bsky.social's 'Cherry Blossom at Nightbreak'. bit.ly/4eGDkl3

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Cherry Blossom at Nightbreak | Nine Arches Press

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𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 03/07/2026

Speaking of first meetings, the launch of @fiddes.bsky.social's 'Hotel Petroleum' was also the occasion that brought he and I face to face in the same room for the first time. More incredible still, @betarish.bsky.social and I also met for the first time ... despite having known each other 16 years!

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Benedicta Norell @benedictan.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Can’t wait for Wave Twenty-Seven of @iamb.uk

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Jumping Jules Poetry @jumpingjulespoetry.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Absolutely thrilled to have 2 poems in The Aftershock Review. What a great place to be! I love this mag. Thank you @maxwallis.bsky.social. Here’s Tigers 🙂🐯

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Catherine Redford @catherineredford.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Very happy to receive my contributor copy of The Aftershock Review today! Thank you to editor @maxwallis.bsky.social for including three of my poems in the issue. And look at that line-up - I’m in great company 💜

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Benedicta Norell @benedictan.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Thrilled to have three poems published in the third issue of The Aftershock Review @maxwallis.bsky.social which I first discovered here. This review has meant so much to me since it started because after trauma there is still poetry. #poetry #blueskypoets

Photo of the cover of Aftershock Issue 3

Photo of a contents page listing my three poems in the issue The Jar and the Scar They Came for Me and Hubba Bubba

The Aftershock Review on a table with tea and cake

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Stephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Yes. Using a computer now feels like this at all times.

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I can summarize that for you

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Damian Barr @damianbarr.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

The deadline for registering new titles for PLR is coming up. Don't miss out money you've already earned from library loans! www.bl.uk/services/plr 'Are you a published author, illustrator, editor, translator or audiobook narrator? You could receive up to £6,600 per year from public library loans'

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Public Lending Right (PLR) - authors, illustrators - British Library

Published authors, illustrators, editors, translators or audiobook narrators could could receive up to £6,600 per year from public library loans.

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Dr Carrie Etter @carrieetter.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

There is now a bursary spot on this workshop for someone who truly couldn't afford to attend otherwise, sponsored by the lovely @benedictan.bsky.social! Email writetous@thewritingschool.co.uk to request it.

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Atrium @atriumpoetry.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Atrium will OPEN a small but welcoming submissions window for new poems from midnight tonight... Full details to follow... Just so you know...

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Rough Diamond Poetry @rough-diamond1.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Still open for poetry submissions for our latest anthology Mental Health Poetry. GET SENDING!

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Karen Pierce Gonzalez @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Happy Mother's Day (or not) to you from me and two other #poets @benedictan.bsky.social @dnwritespoetry.bsky.social #OneSizeDoesNotFitAllMothers #Substack karenpiercegonzalez.substack.com/p/one-size

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Benedicta Norell @benedictan.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Terrible Mother, my debut pamphlet, is now available at Zennoni in Deptford Market Yard! #poetry

A bookcase at Zennoni in Deptford London with Terrible Mother by Benedicta Norell on display

A close up of three copies of Terrible Mother by Benedicta Norell at Zennoni in Deptford

A close up of Terrible Mother by Benedicta Norell

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Benedicta Norell @benedictan.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Thank you for including my poem Terrible Mother in this Substack @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social #blueskypoets

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Paul Connolly @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

A starter pack of #POETS & members of the #PoetryCommunity whom I've met at Open Mic events or who are otherwise committed to reciting #poemsaloud Check if you're in here. If I've missed you, mea culpa; shout me & I'll add you. If you're in by accident, apologies. Otherwise, please follow & repost🙏

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Özge Lena @lenaozge.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

FABULOUS NEWS! I'm going to write a monthly "Extinction Column" in Oxford Climate Society blog! 🧡 🔗 oxfordclimatesociety.com/blog (Photo Credit: An Yen | BKTT @ox.ac.uk)

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Benedicta Norell @benedictan.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Terrible Mother, my debut pamphlet, is now available at Zennoni in Deptford Market Yard! #poetry

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Sara Century @saracentury.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

I get really irritated when someone questions the cost of creative work. Oh, you hate capitalism? Me too. Talk to my landlord about it. Talk to a politician. Talk to your boss. Talk to literally anyone in power. Artists can't fix capitalism for you on top of everything else we have to do.

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Tiffany Morris @tiffmorris.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

It’s a hard time out here for anyone who cares about anything

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