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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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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 · 23/01/2026

Vintage book stall at Greenwich Market

Vintage books and comics at Greenwich Market with Agatha Christie books and Spider-Man comics

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Benedicta Norell @benedictan.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Agatha Christie Statue in Wallingford

Bronze Statue of Agatha Christie on the green in Wallingford, she is holding a book with her name on the spine

Detail of Agatha Christie statue showing her hands holding a book

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Benedicta Norell @benedictan.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Happy One Year Book Birthday to my Debut Terrible Mother published by @blackcatpress.bsky.social #poetry #blueskypoets

Cover of Terrible Mother by B Norell dark green with a drawing of a swan

Back cover of Terrible Mother by B Norell dark green with wisteria draped in top left corner and blurbs

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Benedicta Norell @benedictan.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

To Lay Sun Into A Forest is a beautiful anthology from @sidhepress.bsky.social and I was honoured to have my short poem, The Memorial Service, included in this publication a few months ago. Order at this link: www.sidhe-press.eu/books/to-lay... #poetry #anthology #grief #blueskypoets

The Memorial Service by Benedicta Norell

His father playing saxophone
halts for lack of breath.

The silence is another death.

Cover of To Lay Sun Into A Forest, anthology of grief poetry from Sidhe Press with red and orange cover.

Back cover of To Lay Sun Into A Forest from Sidhe Press.

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Benedicta Norell @benedictan.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Thank you @rough-diamond1.bsky.social for including two of my poems in this impressive anthology The Body. Can’t wait to read all these great poems! #poetry #anthology

The Body Anthology by Rough Diamond Poetry on a blue background

The Back of The Body Anthology by Rough Diamond Poetry incl the long list of contributors

A digital photo of the cover of The Body Anthony Rough Diamond Poetry shows a classical line drawing of a woman on a plate background and the credit Edite by Charlotte Cosgrove and Illustrated by Carolyn and Jade Bolus

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Benedicta Norell @benedictan.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

I’m honoured to have a poem in this stunning anthology about grief from @sidhepress.bsky.social #poetry #anthology

Cover of To Lay Sun Into A Forest- Poems About Grief by Sídhe Press. On the left there is a quote : The wide-ranging community of poets chart grief across a galaxyof stars, lands, and the oceans, through the shivering leaves oftrees, to the heartbeats of loved ones, their losses are encapsulatedin words that stay with us, long after we close the book.
Teresa Pilgrim, academic, creative practitioner, activist, survivor

On the right, there is a swirl of a painting, red, yellow, orange, you can see the brushstrokes. On it is the title in a handwriting font.

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Benedicta Norell @benedictan.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings. #blueskyart #art #painting Day 20

Tracy Emin painting I Followed You to the End showing a dark abstract human figure against a red background and black writing.

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Benedicta Norell @benedictan.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Painting of a young woman in a peach coloured dress on a swing by Fragonard. Called The Swing, this is considered a Rococo masterpiece.

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Benedicta Norell @benedictan.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

A Monet painting of the sea and distant cliffs in an ornate gold frame

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Benedicta Norell @benedictan.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

My debut pamphlet Terrible Mother on the shelves at Pembroke College Library #blueskypoets #poetry

A library shelf at Pembroke College Oxford including Terrible Morher by Benedicta Norell

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Benedicta Norell @benedictan.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Abstract black and white drawing by Madeleine Pyk

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Benedicta Norell @benedictan.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

A smiling, mischievous orange cat drawn by Louis Wain

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Benedicta Norell @benedictan.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Impressionist painting of a rustic white house

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Benedicta Norell @benedictan.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

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Benedicta Norell @benedictan.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

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Benedicta Norell @benedictan.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

A concept art painting by Mary Blair of Cinderella in her step mother’s mansion

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Benedicta Norell @benedictan.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Still Life of carafe, silver coffee pot, apples and books

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Benedicta Norell @benedictan.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Had a wonderful time reading at the Oxford launch of Heronless by @sophiaargyris.bsky.social Pictures with Sophia and Alan Buckley, who also read new work. Thank you, Sophia! I love your poetry. #blueskypoets #poetry #launch