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Bloodaxe Books @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Great podcast featuring two poems by Tishani Doshi. The first is the final poem from her fifth collection Egrets, While War. The second is the title poem from her third collection Girls Are Coming Out of the Woods.

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Scottish Poetry Library @byleaveswelive.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

In the latest edition of our Nothing But The Poem podcast resident host Samuel Tongue takes an exploratory dive into 2 extraordinary poems by Indian poet Tishani Doshi * Some Words to the Close and Holy Darkness * Girls Are Coming Out of the Woods www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/podcast/noth...

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Circling The Square @circlingpoetry.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

A great preview of Circling The Square in The Irish Times. Many thanks to @martindoyle.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

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Circling the Square returns

Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrow’s pages

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Bloodaxe Books @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

We're absolutely delighted that the @nobelprize.org in Literature 2026 has been awarded to Anne Carson 'for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature.' www.bloodaxebooks.com/news?article...

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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 08/10/2026

Her collaborations with visual artists and choreographers and with opera and theatre directors demonstrate the freedom with which she relates to literary expectations and rule systems

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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 08/10/2026

Learn more about the 2026 #NobelPrize in Literature: bit.ly/4iyhLFJ

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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 08/10/2026

BREAKING NEWS The 2026 #NobelPrize in Literature is awarded to the Canadian author Anne Carson, “for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature.”

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Jane Clarke @janeclarke.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Excited to read alongside these ever inspiring poets Carolyn Forché & Chase Twichell. Please join us on Tuesday 20 October at 7pm. Free launch event for our three new collections on You Tube Live - hosted by @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social

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Circling The Square @circlingpoetry.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

@bloodaxebooks.bsky.social Bloodaxe Books authors Rita Ann Higgins, Catriona O'Reilly and Katie Donovan will read at this year's Circling The Square, at @sourcearts.bsky.social on Oct. 17th.

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Bloodaxe Books @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

'A landmark retrospective spanning five collections across five decades' - Jennifer Lee Tsai, @theguardian.com, on American poet @carolynforche.bsky.social's Otherwhere: New & Selected Poems, out this month from Bloodaxe in the UK & Ireland. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/o...

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The best recent poetry – review roundup

Have It by John Cooper Clarke; The Dodo Stories by Mary Mulholland; Red River Valley by Ian McMillan; Some Sacred Harbour by Roger Robinson; Otherwhere by Carolyn Forché

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The Crack Magazine @thecrackmagazine.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Newcastle Poetry Festival 2026 kicks off today! Frid 2nd - Sat 3rd Oct. This fantastic festival brings national & international poets to the North East. There'll be readings, workshops, & conversations about poetry. Full program here; www.newcastlepoetryfestival.org.uk @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social

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Brendan Kennelly Literary Trust (BKLT) @bkltrust.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Begin by Brendan Kennelly

“Begin”
Begin again to the summoning birds
to the sight of the light at the window,
begin to the roar of morning traffic
all along Pembroke Road.
Every beginning is a promise
born in light and dying in dark
determination and exaltation of springtime
flowering the way to work.
Begin to the pageant of queuing girls
the arrogant loneliness of swans in the canal
bridges linking the past and future
old friends passing though with us still.
Begin to the loneliness that cannot end
since it perhaps is what makes us begin,
begin to wonder at unknown faces
at crying birds in the sudden rain
at branches stark in the willing sunlight
at seagulls foraging for bread
at couples sharing a sunny secret
alone together while making good.
Though we live in a world that dreams of ending
that always seems about to give in
something that will not acknowledge conclusion
insists that we forever begin.

— From The Essential Brendan Kennelly

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Jess Traynor @jesstraynor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

New Arcana has been out for about a year. Celebrating by sharing some nasty little poems. ✨️ Thanks to @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social & all the various wonderful festivals reviewers and lit orgs who have supported the work this past year!

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Bloodaxe Books @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Thanks to reviewers Dave Coates and @shashtrevett.bsky.social for these wonderful reviews of Nadine El-Enany and @roshnigallagher.bsky.social's just-published debut collections in the Poetry Book Society's Autumn Bulletin.

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Roshni Gallagher @roshnigallagher.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I had so much fun celebrating the publication of my debut collection ‘Even the Trees’ and Clementine Ewokolo Burnley’s debut ‘Belling the Leopard’ last Thursday ❤️ Both published by @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social !

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Bloodaxe Books @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Congratulations to Tishani Doshi and to all the other poets on the PEN Heaney Prize shortlist.

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Bloodaxe Books @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

‘Tishani Doshi’s dextrous, vibrant and vital poems delight and shimmer.' Huge congratulations to Tishani Doshi, whose fifth poetry collection Egrets, While War is shortlisted for the PEN Heaney Prize 2026. @englishpen.bsky.social @irishpen.bsky.social. www.bloodaxebooks.com/news?article...

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Phil Jackman @philjackman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Poetry every day. A sentence or a word will leap out and stay with you for the rest of the day. I love this cover photo. @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social #NorthernPoetryLibrary

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Bloodaxe Books @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

'Challis’ poems dealing with his relationship with fatherhood are among the finest of a universally compelling collection.’ – @stevewhitaker1.bsky.social, in the Yorkshire Times, on The Green Parcel. A wonderful close reading of John Challis's second collection. yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Unde...

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Steve Whitaker @stevewhitaker1.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

YT Poetry Review: Understanding the Stone - 'The Green Parcel' by John Challis @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Unde...

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Roshni Gallagher @roshnigallagher.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It’s publication day for Even the Trees! I’m so grateful to @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social and the James Berry prize for making this book a reality. I’m having a joint launch with Clementine Ewokolo Burnley at @portybooks.bsky.social next Thursday! 🎟️ www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/roshn...

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Scottish Poetry Library @byleaveswelive.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

🎙️ NEW SPL PODCAST! Its the 1st of the month which means our monthly poetry podcast NOTHING BUT THE POEM is let loose, this time with host @samueltongue.bsky.social taking a deep dive into two poems by the wonderful Imtiaz Dharker www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/podcast/noth...

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Nothing But The Poem- Imtiaz Dharker

The SPL’s resident podcast host Sam Tongue takes a deep dive into two poems by one of Britain’s most beloved poets, Imtiaz Dharker. Imtiaz Dharker – a Pakistani-born poet who grew up in Glasgow, then ...

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Bloodaxe Books @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Award-winning poet Marjorie Lotfi explores the relationship between poetry, exile, the refugee experience and political resistance in a piece for The Scotsman ahead of her two @writersmosaic.bsky.social events at Wigtown Book Festival on 26 & 27 Sept. www.scotsman.com/arts-and-cul...

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Marjorie Lotfi on poetry and the refugee experience: 'my past is always present'

Marjorie Lotfi’s family fled Iran with one suitcase and an hour’s notice during the Iranian Revolution. A prize-winning poet, she is involved with three events at this year’s Wigtown Book Festival. He...

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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I’m moved by this poem by Joanna Lowry from her Mslexia Women’s Poetry Pamphlet Prizewinning publication The Man Whose Brain Turned To Glass published by @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 29/08/2026

In dusk, from in among the walnut tree and its bearing down upon the damaskina, although we never see the bat unwrap like a sticky sweet from the paper… —WN Herbert, “The Bat” from OMNESIA, @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social 2013 #poem #poetry #BookWormSat www.poetryinternational.com/en/poets-poe...

THE BAT
W. N. Herbert

In dusk, from in among the walnut tree
and its bearing down upon the damaskina,
although we never see the bat unwrap
like a sticky sweet from the paper

of suddenly frictionless voiceless wings,
it begins to bi-, to trilocate, to be
anywhere at once in air's old film, wavering
with half-seen insects – it's in the field,

the garden, even underneath the canopy
of vineleaves that, by day, shades the little patio.
We watch the sky a dropping sun's turned gray
after an hour of lemon, mango, watermelon –

though this still lets some light be gleaned
through a wing like a sallow, puffed-out cheek,
a torch shone through a bloodless hand,
but gone in the second you understand

as though showing how exactly we must leave
each day – and do – a gathering of senses, sights
too small or intricate to count as insight,
too brief to form what we'd call belief.

The bat, that master of departures, is lost
to night, forgetting as it misses each leaf
and every branch: a figure of omnesia,
the way the world desires to be the past.

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UCD Library @ucdlibrary.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Poet Katie Donovan reads “The Seal” from her 2024 poetry collection “May Swim” @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social in the UCD Special Collections reading room. Preserved in the Irish Poetry Reading Archive, find more of her poetry via www.ucd.ie/specialcolle... @poetryireland.bsky.social

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Bloodaxe Books @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

'a deeply engaging, frankly beautiful read' - Fiona Sampson, @thetablet.bsky.social, on Tishani Doshi's @forwardprizes.bsky.social shortlisted fifth collection Egrets, While War. Register to read online for free. www.thetablet.co.uk/books/aglow/

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Aglow - The Tablet

TISHANI DOSHI(BLOODAXE BOOKS, 96 PP, £12.99)TABLET BOOKSHOP PRICE £11.69 • TEL 020 7799 4064

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Bloodaxe Books @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

A wide-ranging conversation between poet Tishani Doshi and @royalliteraryfund.bsky.social Bridge Fellow Dr Vayu Naidu features on the @writersmosaic.bsky.social podcast. Tishani read poems from across her work, including from her new collection Egrets, While War. writersmosaic.org.uk/content/tish...

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Tishani Doshi in conversation with Vayu Naidu | WritersMosaic Magazine

Tishani Doshi talks to Vayu Naidu about the round-the-world adventures her poetry has taken her on.

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Bloodaxe Books @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Wonderful reviews of Frank Ormsby's eighth collection The Tumbling Paddy and Lily Blacksell's debut Life Immediately - 'a true original, fizzing with quotable lines' - featured in Martina Evans' round-up of new poetry in @irishtimes.com of 22 August. www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

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New poetry: Frank Ormsby’s tremendous poems loom out of darkness, shot with stars, lit with sound

Plus collections by Nessa O’Mahony, Lily Blacksell and Samantha Wynne-Rhydderch reviewed

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Brendan Kennelly Literary Trust (BKLT) @bkltrust.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

First post introducing the Brendan Kennelly Literary Trust. We will have some exciting news about a forthcoming project in the coming months. #speirghorm #poetryireland #brendankennelly

Vision
The Brendan Kennelly Literary Trust celebrates and promotes the life and work of Brendan Kennelly, one of the foremost and most beloved of Ireland’s poets, educators, and writers. Our vision is to ensure that his poetry, creative writing, and literary scholarship continue to inspire twenty-first century audiences around the world.

Mission

Our mission is to contribute to Kennelly’s enduring literary legacy; to encourage and facilitate serious academic study of his body of work; to support readers and students who engage with his work; and to support the emergence of a new generation of poets. We will do this by establishing local, national, and international collaborative relationships, partnerships, and collegial associations to ensure that Brendan Kennelly’s originality and creative inspiration are celebrated in as many ways imaginable, and with as many people as possible.

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Pascale Petit 🌿🐅🌱🐆🌿🦜 @pascalepetit.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

My episode of Poetry Please was on BBC radio 4 last night, available now. I chose poems by @romalynante3.bsky.social, Niall Campbell, Moniza Alvi, Warsan Shire, more, & read mine from Beast, ‘The Lammergeier Daughter’ @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social Presenter Roger McGough. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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BBC Radio 4 - Poetry Please, Pascale Petit

Roger McGough talks to French British poet Pascale Petit.

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Bloodaxe Books @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Join us on Tuesday 29 September, 7pm (UK time) for our online launch event for the winners of the James Berry Poetry Prize and the Mslexia Women's Pamphlet Competition. www.bloodaxebooks.com/events?artic... @roshnigallagher.bsky.social @mslexia.bsky.social

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Jane Clarke @janeclarke.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Delighted to celebrate the publication of Coracle alongside Carolyn Forché and Chase Twichell who will be reading from their new collections. This online launch will be hosted by Neil Astley @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social on 20th October at 7pm.

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Bloodaxe Books @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

August news: mailchi.mp/f0c516411ee2... Tishani Doshi & Roshni Gallagher shortlisted for Forward Prizes; Cathy Galvin shortlisted for Laurel Prize; Bloodaxe at Poetry in Aldeburgh 2026; Excellent reviews for Jennifer Lee Tsai in The Guardian & Rita Ann Higgins in The Irish Times; & much more!

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Bloodaxe Books @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Cathy Galvin's first full-length book of poetry, Ethnology: a love song for Connemara, is on the shortlist for the 2026 Laurel Prize. Congratulations to @cathygalvin.bsky.social and all of the shortlisted poets! www.bloodaxebooks.com/news?article...

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Ciarán O'Rourke @corourke91.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

"Higgins is a master of this kind of propulsive plainsong, deploying a conversational address that builds, gradually & almost casually, to a critique of the nation, brassy & stinging." My review of Rita Ann Higgins's latest (@bloodaxebooks.bsky.social) 📚 www.culturematters.org.uk/propulsive-p...

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Pascale Petit 🌿🐅🌱🐆🌿🦜 @pascalepetit.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

My next online course on Zoom is for @outspokenpress.bsky.social Hyperfocus: Climate, teaching alternate weeks with the amazing Tishani Doshi. Starts 1st Sept. Bookings open! This is part of their three new Hyperfocus courses: Climate, Ekphrasis, Home: www.outspokenldn.com/shop/hypercl...

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HYPERFOCUS - CLIMATE (September 2026) — Out-Spoken

Duration: 4 weeks Dates: 1–22 September 2026 Tutors: Pascale Petit, Tishani Doshi Workshops: Tuesdays, 6–8pm UK (online) NEW! Instalment payments available – select Klarna at Checkout. ...

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Alison Brackenbury @abrackenbury.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

You can now buy tickets for an appealing new event - the Dobunni Festival, Stroud 16-17 Oct. Poets include @pascalepetit.bsky.social & @angelafrance.bsky.social . Here's a snatch of the 16th's events, incl @zoebrooks.bsky.social, Kate Potts & me. I'm staying for whole festival-hope to see you there!

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Poetry Daily @poetrydaily.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Today's Feature: "Shore Acres" by Sarah Holland-Batt from The Jaguar published by @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social Read here: poems.com/poem/shore-a...

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Shore Acres

We are here for the end of movement.

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The Poetry Business @poetrybusiness.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Coming up later this month: A very special online workshop with poet and comic book writer Chrissy Williams! Making Poetry Comics Monday 17 August, 7pm Sign up here: www.tickettailor.com/events/thepo... @chrissywilliams.bsky.social @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social

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Bloodaxe Books @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

'The quality of the writing means what while often bleak, the world we are invited into also has a wild beauty.’ – Hannah Stone, @thelakepoetry.bsky.social, on Tishani Doshi's @forwardprizes.bsky.social shortlisted fifth collection Egrets, While War. www.thelakepoetry.co.uk/reviews/augu...

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Sealey Challenge @sealeychallenge.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

10 years ago, Nicole Sealey dedicated the month of August to reading a book of poetry everyday. She invited us along for the ride, and over the past decade, more than 25 MILLION poems have been read, making The Sealey Challenge the largest poetry-reading initiative in the world!

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Jess Traynor @jesstraynor.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

So delighted to be featured in Poetry Daily today!

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Poetry Daily @poetrydaily.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Today's Feature: "I'm Quartered" by Jessica Traynor from New Arcana published by @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social Read here: poems.com/poem/im-quar...

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I'm Quartered

Does this point to a tragic emptiness?

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Poetry Daily @poetrydaily.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Today's Feature: "Why we women get oven burns" by Laura Wittner, translated by Juana Adcock from Translation of the Route published by @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social and the Poetry Translation Centre Read here: poems.com/poem/why-we-...

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Why we women get oven burns

It's a little red mark—we've all got it.

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Bloodaxe Books @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

A profile of poet Gillian Allnutt features in the summer issue of @mslexia.bsky.social. She was in conversation with fellow Bloodaxe poet Kris Johnson about her writing life. Gillian's tenth collection, Lode, was shortlisted for the 2025 @tseliotprize.bsky.social. mslexia.co.uk/magazine/lat...

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Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation @brinkerhoffpoetry.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

On the last episode of this season of The Glimpse, Niall Campbell and host Hannah Lowe discuss love and labor, reading back catalogs, and being the kind of person who says “no.” Niall reads his poem “Good Night” and Deborah Digges’ poem “The Birthing.” www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/podcast/seas...

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Poems on the Underground @poemsonthetube.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Poems on the Underground Poem of the Week June 27th ‘No One Mentioned the Roofer’ for Pat Mackey by Rita Ann Higgins poemsontheunderground.org/no-one-menti... Look out for this with the New Summer Poems on the Underground on Underground and Overground trains for 4 weeks from June 1st

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No One Mentioned the Roofer

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Poems on the Underground @poemsonthetube.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Poems on the Underground Poem of the Week July 18th A Bunch of Consolation by Maura Dooley poemsontheunderground.org/a-bunch-of-c...

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A Bunch of Consolation

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