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Hive Young Writers' Network @hive-young-writers.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

📚✨Four Hive poets at Off the Shelf! Beth Davies, Nathan Graham, Molly Knox & Safa Maryam for an evening of vibrant readings, marking the end of Beth’s tenure as Sheffield Poet Laureate. 💛Fri 9 Oct, 7pm | @otsfestival.bsky.social @bethdaviespoet.bsky.social www.hivesouthyorkshire.com/four-hive-po...

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Beth Davies @bethdaviespoet.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I'm thrilled to be writing a new poem commissioned for @otsfestival.bsky.social to celebrate the National Year of Reading 2026! But I need your help... I want this poem to be inspired by a range of local people's experiences. To be part of the piece, share your story here: forms.gle/QdbBdDfouWEU...

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Help inspire a poem commissioned for Off The Shelf on your experiences of reading!

My name is Beth Davies and I am the Sheffield Poet Laureate 2024-26. As part of my role, Off The Shelf festival have commissioned me to write a poem to celebrate the National Year of Reading 2026. I...

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Chen Chen @chenchenwrites.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

i wish more people allowed themselves (or were allowed!) to lean into the absurd in everyday life. because everyday life IS often absurd. and i think one of poetry's functions is to encourage us, embolden us to embrace or at least recognize absurdity a bit (or a lot!) more.

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Beth Davies @bethdaviespoet.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

On Wednesday next week, I'll be reading and discussing poetry alongside 3 incredible queer poets at Sheffield Central Library! 🌈 Book your free tickets now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/queer-poet...

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Queer Poets Reading

Sheffield poets Sarah Lasoye, Eden Chicken and Beth Davies (Sheffield Poet Laureate) in conversation about their work with Susie Wilson

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Susie Wilson @concordmoose.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

🔥 to have these 3 @ Central Library 22nd April. Come hear poems of radical friendship, aromantic & asexual identity, non-binary re-imagining of queer ancestry, sex, love, queerness & political commitment. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/queer-poet... #nationalyearofreading2026 #queerpoetry #poetry #sheffield

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Queer Poets Reading

Sheffield poets Sarah Lasoye, Eden Chicken and Beth Davies (Sheffield Poet Laureate) in conversation about their work with Susie Wilson

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Gill Hughes @gillhughes.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

What a joy tonight it was @otsfestival.bsky.social #Sheffield for the #poetry celebration of 40 years of #TheNorth from @poetrybusiness.bsky.social. Wonderful poetry, poets and readings and I have my beautiful book from @bethdaviespoet.bsky.social to indulge in.

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Our Favourite Places @ourfaveplaces.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

"Everybody’s life is worthy of poetry." In our latest Meet the Locals interview, Sheffield Poet Laureate for 2024–2026 @bethdaviespoet.bsky.social talks to us about creative community, accessibility in poetry, and the potential for inspiration in everything > ourfaveplaces.co.uk/meet-the-loc...

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"Everybody’s life is worthy of poetry." The Sheffield Poet Laureate for 2024–2026 talks to us about creative community, accessibility in poetry, and the potential for inspiration in everything.

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Beth Davies @bethdaviespoet.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

On Tuesday 10th June, I'm performing at the first ever Culture Club, a new networking event for people across Sheffield's Culture Sector to meet and connect. I'm looking forward to sharing my words, hearing music from Sound Café, and talking to fellow creatives! www.eventbrite.com/e/culture-cl...

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ONLY POEMS @onlypoemsmag.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

You will never "find" time to write. You have to take it. Steal it. Defend it like a dragon hoarding gold. Like a mama bear on cocaine. Like a sleep-deprived goblin who just discovered caffeine. Take your time. Fight for it. Hiss if necessary. 🐍

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Beth Davies @bethdaviespoet.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Genuinely love hanging out with poets and saying "Title of your next pamphlet" or "That's a poem" anytime anyone says a vaguely unusual phrase or tells an interesting story. It's like, maybe there is poetry in everything!

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Beth Davies @bethdaviespoet.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

This past week I've been walking around muttering my own poems under my breath in public - a sure sign of an exciting event coming up! 😄 Looking forward to performing my work in a more suitable context than the bus stop at @youngidentitymcr.bsky.social's One Mic Stand slam tonight.

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Beth Davies @bethdaviespoet.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

If you're not already subscribed to Gregory's podcast The Poems We Made Along The Way, you're missing out on warm and insightful conversations with the likes of Helen Mort, Roger Robinson, Ella Frears, and many more amazing poets! Subscribe now and you can catch up before Season 3 😊 tr.ee/MS3R7Y1hKV

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Exploring the power of poetry and friendship one conversation at a time.

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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Ah, everyone has a 'poetry voice', what matters is that you make it YOURS.

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Beth Davies @bethdaviespoet.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

While practicing my poems for One Mic Slam (Manchester, 19th Feb), I'm thinking back to a brilliant workshop years ago where @shortestwitch.bsky.social and @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social got us to recite our poems like stand-up comics or circus ringleaders or campfire storytellers or classroom teachers.

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Beth Davies @bethdaviespoet.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

I've recently decided to start writing more poems about random facts that strike my interest or send me into Wikipedia rabbit holes. I'm operating under the philosophy: If it's worth ranting about in the pub, then it's worth a poem - or at least an attempt at one.

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Beth Davies @bethdaviespoet.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Excited to be competing at One Mic Stand poetry slam in a few weeks! 🤩

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Beth Davies @bethdaviespoet.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Lately I've been spending more time going to cafés to write. The only drawback is the occupational hazard of my own nosiness. The poems compete for my attention with a small child running in circles squeaking like a dolphin, or two teenagers passionately snogging in Costa on a Sunday lunchtime.

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Beth Davies @bethdaviespoet.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Grateful for my good friend thesaurus dot com today. I love synonyms. I love words that share similar meanings with other words but never overlap exactly. I love that I can think to myself "what's a word that's like ... but not ...?" and an abundance of possibilities can be waiting there for me.

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Elizabeth Osmond @bethosmond.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

I adored this tragic poem from @poetbex.bsky.social in the current @rialtopoetry.bsky.social

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