Reposted by Sam GarvanAnne-Marie Fyfe @anne-marie-fyfe.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Last couple of places on the repeat of my new course 'Cloudwatching: Magic, Mood & Memory' which starts next Sunday, 18th for 7 weeks. We're already at module six of the first run with lots of imaginative inspired cloudwriting! details/booking info: tinyurl.com/cloudwatchin... art: thor lindeneg 011
Sam Garvan @garvansam.bsky.social · 11/10/2026"The audience is a log waiting to be split open" Loving this poem by Matt Rasmussen.. 073
Reposted by Sam GarvanNicolas Robert @robertsnickc.bsky.social · 11/10/2026‘The Delphic Sibyl.’ #Painting (detail), Cappella Sistina, Vatican, by Michelangelo [1509] #art 0191
Reposted by Sam GarvanNicolas Robert @robertsnickc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026‘Chactas meditating on Atala’s tomb.’ #Sculpture by Francisque Joseph Duret (1836) #art 0407
Sam Garvan @garvansam.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I will be joining a poetry-writing seminar series this autumn/spring given by the wonderful Stav Poleg. It starts this Saturday but there's still time to join: poetryschool.com/courses/stav...poetryschool.comStav Poleg Cambridge Seminar 2026/27 • Poetry SchoolIntimate monthly seminars with Stav Poleg in Cambridge. 022
Reposted by Sam GarvanJo Coyne @jopolkadot.bsky.social · 31/03/2025…the Spring itself is full of you..” Rainer Maria Rilke 📷©️Katia Chausheva 010632
Reposted by Sam GarvanClaude Monet @monet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The trees in Monet's Poplars were auctioned off for timber while he was still painting them. Rather than lose the motif, he struck a deal with the buyer: a share of the cost, on condition the poplars stayed standing a few months more. 08117
Reposted by Sam GarvanBen Niespodziany 📚🎪 @neonpajamas.bsky.social · 01/09/2026my book is out next month! if you grab a copy, let me know, and I'll write you a personalized poem www.gasherpress.com/product-page... 2249
Reposted by Sam Garvanwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Rowan MacGregor, UK based artist making delicate copper sculptures #WomensArt 31179190
Sam Garvan @garvansam.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Give it up! There are lots of good books to read ...! 010
Reposted by Sam GarvanElena Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The mid-autumn festival is this week, so it’s the perfect time to get a copy of my mini-chapbook, full of tiny poems inspired by Chinese folklore www.tinywrenlit.com/product-page... 11811
Reposted by Sam GarvanHenri Matisse @henrimatisse.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Woman in a Purple Coat, 1937 botfrens.com/collections/48/content… 15313
Reposted by Sam GarvanElena Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social · 13/09/2026A poem of mine in the @robmclennan.bsky.social spotlight series (robmclennan.medium.com/spotlight-se...) #smallpoemsunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social 1278
Reposted by Sam GarvanNicholas Allen @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social · 13/09/2026My souvenir from Edo Is the refreshingly cold wind Of Mount Fuji I brought home on my fan. Bashō 0182
Reposted by Sam GarvanJulia @chiaroscuro1897.bsky.social · 12/09/2026If you find yourself in Cambridge this weekend, do explore the ‘Everyday Histories’ group show at the Keate Family Arts Trust. It features pieces by local artists such as Roelof Bakker, @garvansam.bsky.social, @erincoppin.bsky.social… & me! www.opencambridge.cam.ac.uk/events/keate...opencambridge.cam.ac.ukKeate Family Arts Trust'Everyday Histories' - following an open call to local artists, we have curated an exhibition in our customary fashion with a mixture of works from our collection and other artist's work. There will 133
Reposted by Sam GarvanEmma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Small finds from the wood, September 🍒🪶🌿: 16736140
Reposted by Sam GarvanLitbowl @litbowl.bsky.social · 09/09/2026What a perfect late-summer poem. From Li-Young Lee's book, Rose: bookshop.org/a/862/9780918526533 #poem #booksky #writing 23915
Sam Garvan @garvansam.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Microsoft wants to build three massive AI data centres in Leeds. It’ll drain thousands of litres of water from the River Aire and become the city's biggest carbon emitter. We can still stop the council's final sign-off, but we need more voices. Add your name: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...you.38degrees.org.ukStop the Microsoft AI megasite in Leeds!Microsoft want to build three huge AI data centres at Skelton Grange. It would drain the River Aire and become the city's biggest carbon emitter. We can still stop it - add your name to the petition. 031
Sam Garvan @garvansam.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Clever, funny and beautiful poem here by Allison Funk, about the tightrope walker Blondin www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...poetryfoundation.orgThe Poetry FoundationPoems, readings, poetry news and the entire 110-year archive of POETRY magazine. 021
Sam Garvan @garvansam.bsky.social · 05/09/2026"Once I was half flower, half self" Marvellous Alice Oswald poem on the @poetrypharmacy.bsky.social website - scroll down to see it poetrypharmacy.co.uk/blogs/newsle...poetrypharmacy.co.ukfrom the store of the self itselfSomething wicked has been brewing at the Poetry Pharmacy…We’re aware of a chill in the air, the evenings drawing in and the darkness beginning to encroach and it's the perfect time to introduce Poetry... 030
Sam Garvan @garvansam.bsky.social · 04/09/2026🚨 An undercover investigation shown on Channel 4 exposed Reform figures allegedly breaking the law over foreign funding. Now demand a full criminal investigation. Sign the petition. 🔥 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/in...you.38degrees.org.ukSign the petition to hold politicians to accountTogether, we can make sure no one - however rich or powerful they may be - is allowed to take us or our democracy for a ride. 000
Sam Garvan @garvansam.bsky.social · 01/09/2026An online course coming up with the wonderful Stav Poleg www.hillsroad.ac.uk/adult-educat...hillsroad.ac.ukPoetry Writing (online)Learn to write poetry, or enhance your skills, in the comfort of your own home with our online Poetry Writing course. Each week you’ll learn about a… 010
Reposted by Sam GarvanDavid Atkinson @davidatkinsonpoet.bsky.social · 31/08/2026As we close out August and bring summer to an end I will leave you with this perfect little sonnet I may spark some controversy with this statement, but... I think this might be a better blackberry poem than Heaney’s ‘cramming the black honey of summer into my mouth’ #poetry #poemoftheday 512022
Reposted by Sam GarvanTitania @titaniasrealm.bsky.social · 30/08/2026When I say I'm travelling by sea, this is what I mean 🎨 DD McInnes 14742102
Reposted by Sam Garvanlittlebluestudio.bsky.social @littlebluestudio.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Sometimes I use Emerald Ash Borer carved bark in my mosaics. The patterns I find remind me of ancient glyphs. #BlueSkyArtShow #Nature #MessagesFromInsects #Fascinating #WaterCuredWoodMosaics #WildMagickWoman #LittleBlueStudio LUVLOCAL luvlocal.co/pages/vendor... 172
Reposted by Sam GarvanSéamas Aloysius @seamusaloysius.bsky.social · 30/08/2026An image drawn 36,000 years ago in Spain's Altamira Cave, probably drawn by Cro-Magnons. 22689119
Reposted by Sam GarvanDJ Plague Mouse 💎🐁 @rhinestonemice.wtf · 30/08/2026Walt Whitman #smallpoemsunday #poetry 092
Sam Garvan @garvansam.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Oh good! I hope we bump into each other in Trafalgar Road! Just been looking at your work on the internet - beautiful and intriguing. (And oh, my poem is also very tiny, and terribly grassy.) 110
Sam Garvan @garvansam.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Wow - I have heard these many times, in Greece, but never seen one - extraordinary!! 030
Sam Garvan @garvansam.bsky.social · 29/08/2026If you are in Cambridge on 12th/13th Sept, I have a poem/print with Asemic Writing on display at the Keate Family Arts Trust - a quirky, delightful place. www.opencambridge.cam.ac.uk/events/keate... Detail below: 110
Reposted by Sam GarvanStoat Poetry @stoatpoetry.bsky.social · 22/08/2026The cover art for our first issue was done by the fabulous Tamizh Ponni VP. We publish a few pages of art in each issue, as well as poems and we're always looking for cover art - please send us your art/drawings by 31st August and tell your artist friends! www.stoatmagazine.co.uk/submit 032
Sam Garvan @garvansam.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Lovely, poignant poem by Carrie Shipers, 'Mother Talks Back to the Monster' 0101
Reposted by Sam GarvanJohn Vigar FSA @johnevigar.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Medieval singing face formerly in Walsoken Church, Norfolk now in Wisbech Museum #woodensday 2378
Reposted by Sam GarvanCampaign for the Arts @campaignforthearts.org · 30/07/2026🌱 Momentum is growing. Will you keep it going? www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/10...campaignforthearts.orgPrime Minister – put the arts in your 10-year plan for the UK | Campaign for the ArtsSign our petition urging the UK Government to build a country where the arts are available from childhood, accessible to all and thriving everywhere. 012
Reposted by Sam GarvanPaul Nash | Paul atten Ash @northseanavigator.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Celebrated our 20th anniversary in Bath. Discovering the work of Jane Urquhart (1947–1983) was one of the highlights at Victoria Art Gallery. ‘Self portrait’ 1969 Oil on canvas 'A Box of Saints’ 1967 Oil on canvas #janeurquhart #janeurquhartartist #painting #victoriaartgallery #bath 081
Reposted by Sam GarvanRattle Poetry @rattlepoetry.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Katie Kingston from Rattle 23, Summer 2005 Read the full poem: Rattle.com/primary-hue-by-katie-kingston #poetry 131
Reposted by Sam GarvanStoat Poetry @stoatpoetry.bsky.social · 12/08/2026 Fabulous review of Stoat Issue 1 by the wonderful Alison Miller in The Orcadian. And we are open for submissions for Issue 2! Send us your poems by the end of August, via: www.stoatmagazine.co.uk/submit 021