Beth Brooke @bethbpoet.bsky.social · 14hbethbrooke.substack.com/p/national-p...bethbrooke.substack.comNational Poetry Day - I almost missed itSocial media has just made me aware that it is National Poetry Day. 094
Reposted by Beth BrookeVikki C. @vikkicwrites.bsky.social · 16hDelighted to have a new poem "Queerness of Our Species" in @rowanglassworks.bsky.social Issue 33! Also a special "Looking Glass" feature with meta-discursive insights about my poem plus a video reading 🔥 Thank you to EIC Katie Budris for including me in this gorgeous issue! Link below 🤍 #poetry 4117
Beth Brooke @bethbpoet.bsky.social · 16hSent out a sample of my manuscript today. Fingers crossed. 🤞🏻 140
Beth Brooke @bethbpoet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I thought Andy Burnham was brilliant yesterday but I am now waiting for the ‘whataboutery’ to start. People, we can’t have it all and we can’t have it all at once. 110
Reposted by Beth BrookeJWexTheSpa @jwsidders.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Listen to the applause. This is only going in one direction ... 1193
Reposted by Beth Brooke💚🌏Myles🌏💚 @rainbowregionmyles.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Good afternoon rebels... 39536
Reposted by Beth BrookeGillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 29/09/202694 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside andy burnham's Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action. 11237811398
Reposted by Beth BrookeFinancial Times @financialtimes.com · 29/09/2026Burnham sets up battle lines on social care and Europe ft.trib.al/gd2VJMqft.trib.alBurnham sets up battle lines on social care and EuropePrime minister pledges to create ‘national care service’, end the pensions triple lock and reopen Brexit debate after next election 0153
Reposted by Beth BrookePeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026'Water is a symbol of what has gone wrong with Britain. A service where the shareholders never lose and the public never win' PM Andy Burnham announces plans for a law change to allow public ownership of water companies 👏 24644140
Reposted by Beth BrookeFixNews ⛵ 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇻🇪 🇬🇱 🇮🇷 🇨🇺 🇲🇽 🇱🇧 ☮️Born Again Atheist @fixnewsplease.bsky.social · 28/09/2026BUY CANADIAN 🇨🇦 A group of Canadian teens have created a new board game based in fascism. Take control of the Pentagon! Twenty American cities are up for grabs, and you need to control as many as you can to win. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MltU... www.e-upgames.come-upgames.comAmerican Dictator? - The Hilarious Political Board GameConquer 20 American cities, make Questionable Decisions, and win at all costs. The hilarious political strategy board game for 2–6 players. Order yours today! 11910
Reposted by Beth BrookeDrNaturegirl @drnaturegirl.debbiemross.co.uk · 28/09/2026For Monday’s #LiftToTheSky I’m bringing you @throwawayreg.bsky.social Notes from Various Sofas from my sofa to yours. A stalwart of #PoemsAbout this new release from @sixtyoddpress.bsky.social gives you irreverent, humorous, short verse to make you smile. Pies, pints, sex and settees in abundance. 293
Reposted by Beth BrookeBad Lilies @badlilies.bsky.social · 27/09/2026An update for those who recently submitted to us...we've been a bit delayed on processing your work thanks to a whole lot of day-to-day life stuff impinging. But we're trucking on now and should be in touch over the next few weeks.static.klipy.comLes Sept Nains de Blanche-NeigeALT: Les Sept Nains de Blanche-Neige 064
Reposted by Beth BrookeJen Thorne @jenthorne.bsky.social · 28/09/2026@rfsmith.bsky.social here is my #Apocalypse poem for your #PromptCombo call. #Poetry 93113
Reposted by Beth Brooke🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 28/09/2026🚨ATTENTION BRITISH COLUMBIA🚨 👇🏽 💯💯💯 46362148
Reposted by Beth BrookeFrog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Frog and Toad looked into a mirror. “We look brave,” said Frog. “Yes, but are we?” asked Toad. 101051172
Reposted by Beth Brookeemily fraser 🌿🐌✨ @emilyesfraser.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I’m only seeing people with ME or Long Covid sharing this. If you’re not affected, can you please read it & share? Ableist propaganda goes viral all the time, which encourages outlets to publish more of it. Can we please make the truth go viral instead? 3198161
Reposted by Beth BrookeMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Link to article—> www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...independent.co.ukReform would win fewer seats than Labour and Tories in major blow to Farage — pollReform UK slide from first place to third in latest YouGov MRP polling – with the UK headed for a hung parliament 89319
Reposted by Beth BrookePaddy K @spongepaddy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I'll dive into this. Hope I'm tagging correctly. My poem for #PoemsAbout #DeadLetters Ping to @thebrokenspine.co.uk 3122
Reposted by Beth Brookereni 🦌 @reniadeb.com · 25/09/2026this is just to say i have eaten the moon that was in my orbit and which you were probably wanting to observe forgive me it was delicious so crunchy and so cold 5446133
Reposted by Beth BrookeJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Andy Burnham has plunged the plan for a third runway at Heathrow into doubt by privately telling MPs he has always opposed the project, and the new prime minister is said to be “open minded” about whether it should go ahead. www.ft.com/content/0206...ft.comBurnham’s opposition to Heathrow expansion puts third runway in doubtNew prime minister has been a longstanding critic of the project 2411127
Reposted by Beth BrookeRaven @ravenbranhard.bsky.social · 20/09/2026after the poem the quill remembers being sky #DailyHaikuPrompt #Quill #PoetrySky #Haiku #Poetry #Haiga #NaturePoetry #ECK 📷 mine 612322
Reposted by Beth BrookeCarmella de Keyser @carmellapoetry.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Really glad to be on BBC Sounds this eve & Sat talking to Jake Peach about my new book with @parlyareepress.bsky.social . I enjoyed the thoughtful questions. Thank you to Rob Jelly, Jake Peach & BBC Upload for supporting my creative work this year. I appreciate it. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... 7166
Reposted by Beth BrookeThe Moth Magazine @themothmagazine.bsky.social · 24/09/2026❛ Poetry begins where language starts: in the shadows and accidents of one person’s life. Eavan Boland, born #OTD in 1944. 053
Reposted by Beth BrookeCaroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Good to see Foreign Secretary presenting the findings of the suppressed Joint Intelligence Report on ecosystem collapse to other governments. But when is it going to be shared with the rest of us? We can’t prepare for what we don’t know - it should be published in fulltheguardian.comUK shares findings of damning climate crisis national security report suppressed under StarmerEl Niño poses critical threat to nations’ defences, says Ed Miliband in presentation to global foreign ministers 8566232
Reposted by Beth BrookeJenevieve Carlyn @coastalpoet.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Mystery post! You'll never guess what's in here. A wildcard for this week's blog.jenevievecarlyn.comAncient Futures, Recent NewsEverything old is new again. This adage feels especially true, whether it is a welcome change of seasons ahead with the return of cooler days and nights in autumn, or a repeat of past political hor… 4134
Reposted by Beth BrookeBookTrust @booktrust.org.uk · 22/09/2026🚨 Don't miss out on our #BookTrustRepresents Spread the Story competition! Here's what it meant to Jessica and her school to win last year's competition - all made possible thanks to the incredible support of Enterprise Mobility™. Find out about this year's competition: bit.ly/4xEkocY 031
Beth Brooke @bethbpoet.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Took this photo this morning: one of the beautiful martyrs by Dame Elisabeth Frink. 040
Reposted by Beth Brooke𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 22/09/2026One of two poems I'll be reading this evening at the @survivors-poetry.bsky.social Zoom Party from 7pm. See the threaded skeet for more details. 😉 194
Beth Brooke @bethbpoet.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Our friend has been in hospital for over five weeks now. He was our best man. Very vulnerable and frail now. 110
Beth Brooke @bethbpoet.bsky.social · 21/09/2026#LiftToTheSkies Poet and all round good egg @markantonyowen.com . His platforms iamb and After are just brilliant. 2114
Reposted by Beth BrookeDrNaturegirl @drnaturegirl.debbiemross.co.uk · 21/09/2026@bethbpoet.bsky.social for today’s #LiftToTheSky Her chapbook A Long Way Down explores her memories and emotions in relation to her Dad and his army service. You can contact her direct to buy it. Check out her other pamphlets and her substack too bethbrooke.substack.com A skilled & sensitive poetbethbrooke.substack.comBeth’s Substack | SubstackMy personal Substack. Click to read Beth’s Substack, by Beth Brooke, a Substack publication. Launched 2 years ago. 151
Reposted by Beth BrookePaul Connolly @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social · 19/09/2026A great joy for me this week was the reaction to my poetry on @iamb.uk👇 Thanks again to @markantonyowen.com Do take a look at the rest of the iamb site, which features text & readings by @pascalepetit.bsky.social @betarish.bsky.social @robinince.bsky.social & many more #poemsaloud #poetrycommunity 1188
Beth Brooke @bethbpoet.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Heading back to the UK. I hate this part because my Irish husband breezes through and I with my British passport take ages. 🙇🏻♀️ #Brixit is for fuckwits. 010
Reposted by Beth BrookeThe Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN) @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 19/09/2026A poetry book doesn't become irrelevant because its launch week ended. We're going back through The Broken Spine catalogue and putting books we believe in back in front of readers. First up: AFTER HOURS: BEAT CULTURE MADE NEW. Published before. Worth reading now.shorturl.atAfter Hours: Beat Culture Made New: 1 (The Broken Spine: Thematic Slimline Poetry Anthologies): Amazon.co.uk: Parry, Alan: 9798324375980: BooksBuy After Hours: Beat Culture Made New: 1 (The Broken Spine: Thematic Slimline Poetry Anthologies) by Parry, Alan (ISBN: 9798324375980) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. 1186
Beth Brooke @bethbpoet.bsky.social · 18/09/2026bethbrooke.substack.com/p/the-pity-o...bethbrooke.substack.comThe Pity of WarA visit to the Somme 043
Reposted by Beth BrookeRichard Skinner @richardnskinner.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The first spot in the wild for ‘Amends’ is in beautiful Chartres Cathedral! Thanks to Blandine and Paul for these amazing photos. Copies of ‘Amends’ are now available direct from the wonderful @blackheraldpress.bsky.social 💫✨ www.blackheraldpress.com/amends 053
Beth Brooke @bethbpoet.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Today we took a train to Albert to visit the Somme 1916 Museum and to walk to a couple of the war cemeteries. So many men. I feel anger and pity. There will be poems. 💔 010
Beth Brooke @bethbpoet.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Amiens was home to Jules Verne. Here’s the creature from his undersea adventure. 040
Reposted by Beth BrookeFinancial Times @financialtimes.com · 17/09/2026Why Carney’s romance with Europe can only go so far ft.trib.al/AtSQ29nft.trib.alWhy Carney’s romance with Europe can only go so farBerlin opposes fast track to EU ‘associate membership’ for Canada, with officials warning Ottawa risks angering other partners 3192
Beth Brooke @bethbpoet.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Our train has broken down. We are somewhere between Arras and Amiens 🙇🏻♀️ 030
Reposted by Beth BrookePaul Connolly @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I’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 116228
