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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 01/09/2026

Meet the poets of wave twenty-seven: Anna Shelton, Benedicta Norell, Chloe Victoria Gorman, Elizabeth Cook, Em Gray, Francesca L Rolle, John Adlam, McLord Selasi Azelekor, Nathaniel Calhoun, Niamh Hollis-Locke, Paul Connolly, Rachel Hosein Nisbet, Rosie Barrett, Simon Maddrell and Tracie Renee.

Promotional poster for wave twenty-seven of online poetry journal iamb. As well as naming all 15 poets set to feature, it has their author photos in black and white. The publication date shown is September 15th 2026.

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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 24/07/2026

Whisper it, but @iamb.uk is going through a rebrand – the first one for several years. You'll see changes happening on the site over the coming days. There's even a new, more sophisticated logo. You like?

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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 01/07/2026

Delighted to announce @iamb.uk's five nominees for @sundresspub.bsky.social's Best of the Net 2027. Congratulations to Barnaby Harsent, Victoria Spires, Laura Warner, HLR and Zain Rishi! 🥳

Showcase of five nominees for Best of the Net 2027, as chosen by online poetry journal iamb.

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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 01/06/2026

Congrats to the 15 poets of wave twenty-six: Alex Smith, Anna Maughan, Caroline Stancer, Clare Best, Deborah Gaudin, Elizabeth Osmond, Frances Klein, Francesca Leader, Jonathon Medeiros, Kate Vanhinsbergh, Lauren Parker, Rachel Burrows, Robin Ince, Victoria Moul and Zain Rishi.

Promotional poster for wave twenty-six of online poetry journal iamb. It shows black and white author photos of all 15 poets who feature, and announces the publication date as June 15th 2026.

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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 01/03/2026

Meet the 15 poets whose work you can read (and hear read) from March 15th 2026 as part of wave twenty-five of @iamb.uk. #poetry #newpoetry

Poster introducing the 15 poets whose work will appear in wave twenty-five of online poetry journal iamb.

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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 01/02/2026

Six years ago, a new online poetry journal launched against an inauspicious backdrop of a pandemic and Britain's exit from the EU. @iamb.uk has since sailed many waves. Its 25th will appear this March. Last night, these 18 poets celebrated the journal's first six years. And it was bloody brilliant!

Poster announcing the sixth anniversary of online poetry journal iamb, and showing the faces of 18 poets who featured in its birthday celebration on Zoom on the evening of January 31st 2026.

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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 31/01/2026

**TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT!!** Join 21 past contributors to @iamb.uk as we celebrate the journal's sixth year online. Tickets are still available (just!) – and they're FREE!! Go to bit.ly/iamb_is_six to reserve your place, bring along cake and wine, and get set for a great evening of poetry. 🥳🎂

Promotional poster for the sixth birthday party online to celebrate poetry journal iamb. Starts at 7pm on Saturday January 31st 2026. Twenty-one poets will each read a poem from their page, plus one other. Special guest poet is Penelope Shuttle.

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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 19/01/2026

On the day nominations open for The Forward Prizes 2026, @iamb.uk is delighted to announce its three nominees in the Best Single Poem (Written) category. Best of luck to Rishika Williams, @jahshabby.bsky.social and @victoriaspires.bsky.social. 🥳

Announcement showing the three poets nominated for The Forward Prizes 2026 by online poetry journal iamb. The poets are: Rishika Williams for 'On the bald hill', Barnaby Harsent for 'Mandrake – hallucination', and Victoria Spires for 'Mother-Substitute'. These nominations are for the Best Single Poem (Written) category.

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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 25/12/2025

Merry Christmas to poets and poetry lovers everywhere! As a seasonal gift to you all, @iambapoet.com has a new, simpler web address: iamb.uk It's not yet 'official' across the site – but it works right now. URLs for individual poets' pages may misbehave for a while till everything settles in. 😉🎄

Announcement of a new, simpler URL for online poetry quarterly iamb. The web address is changing from iambapoet.com to iamb.uk.

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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 05/10/2025

**PUSHCART PRIZE NOMINEES ANNOUNCED** Please join @iambapoet.com in congratulating Theresa Donnelly, Kerry Trautman, Rishika Williams, @jahshabby.bsky.social, @victoriaspires.bsky.social and @johnglenday.bsky.social on their nominations for the next edition of the @pushcartprize.bsky.social.

Promotional poster announcing the six nominees for the 51st edition of The Pushcart Prize, as chosen by the editor of online poetry quarterly iamb.

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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 01/09/2025

Out with summer's heat, in with something hotter. Congratulations to the fifteen poets whose work makes up wave twenty-three of @iambapoet.com. You'll be able to read – and hear them read – all 45 poems from September 15th. #poetry #spokenword #iamb #wavetwentythree

Promotional poster for wave twenty-three of online poetry journal iambapoet.com. Fifteen faces of poets are shown as black and white photographs. The publication date reads: September 15th 2025.

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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 01/06/2025

Meet the poets of wave twenty-two of @iambapoet.com. In two weeks' time, you'll be able to read and hear 45 poems from these 15 talented individuals. #poetry

Promotional poster displaying the faces of the 15 poets set to feature in wave twenty-two of online poetry journal iamb from June 15th onwards.

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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 29/03/2025

The untimely passing of wave seven contributor @ivordaniel.bsky.social is such sad news. Thoughts, love and poetry aplenty go out to his bereaved family. As a small tribute to Ivor – and a chance again to hear him read – there's a direct link to his page from @iambapoet.com's home page.

Screenshot of the front page of online poetry journal iamb, showing a direct link to the page of the late poet Ivor Daniel.

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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 01/03/2025

On the day the 15 poets of wave twenty-one of @iambapoet.com were announced, some more exciting news. The special guest poet for winter 2026 (that's wave twenty-eight) is none other than poetry grandee @dharmabam.bsky.social – Don Paterson, for those unfamiliar with his handle here on Bluesky.

Cover of the poetry collection '40 Sonnets' by poet Don Paterson.

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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 28/02/2025

In two hours' time, as the clock strikes midnight on the first day of the northern hemisphere's meteorological spring, the 15 poets of wave twenty-one of @iambapoet.com will be named. Until then, have fun working out who's in by looking at this ... #iamb #wavetwentyone #poetry

Promotional poster for wave twenty-one of online poetry journal iamb, showing the date of publication, and featuring the faces of the 15 contributing poets.

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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 01/02/2025

Five years ago today, @iambapoet.com was born. Just look how far we've come. Twenty waves and counting, 320 poets (so far), and almost 1,000 poems. Thank you to the poets who've appeared – and to those who've visited, read, listened and shared. This celebration is for us all.

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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 08/01/2025

*FORWARD PRIZES 2025* @forwardprizes.bsky.social nominees for Best Single Poem – Written: Hilary Menos (@thefridaypoem.bsky.social) – Ruby Woo Tom Bailey – Wheatfield with Crows Rowan Lyster – Preoccupied by a sense that you may be unhappy Congrats! Your poems will be formally submitted soon.

A poster displaying the nominees' names and the titles of their poems beneath the iamb and Forward Prizes logos.

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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 01/01/2025

What a first half decade it's been, eh? Since 2020, 320 poets have published 960 poems with @iambapoet.com – every one of these read by its author. Here's to the next five years ... and way beyond. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL!

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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 01/12/2024

Say hi to... @daraghfleming.bsky.social, Dion O'Reilly, @gclifford1.bsky.social, Jane Ayres, @kevingrauke.bsky.social, Laura Lewis-Waters, Marie Marchand, @pamthompson240.bsky.social, Polly Walshe, Rachel Smith, Rowan Lyster, Sharon Phillips, Simon Alderwick, T S S Fulk and @wendypratt.bsky.social.

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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 28/11/2024

Here's just one good reason to buy @wendypratt.bsky.social's new book: its wonderful title poem ...

Cover of @wendypratt.bsky.social's new poetry collection, 'Blackbird Singing at Dusk. A black and white linocut image of a blackbird in a crab apple tree, with the apples coloured bright yellow.

Blackbird Singing at Dusk

The ear is the interface the pale rim of it the place for the song of the blackbird is curved so softly into my neck a physical place of winding ivy dense green fern curve a funnel for the blackbird song from a blackbird taut with the keen stress of existence from a blackbird silhouetted against the sunset fading place of the day feet curved on the red roof of the garage opposite the living room eye alert to movement there where I lie on the brown sofa with a glass of wine light passing through amber liquid and the window open and the funnel open and the blackbird black light reflecting pouring its song over the rooftop warning other males to turn and curve away not to roost where it roosts and my own space in my own room the only place where I warn not to interrupt this moment of book where a blackbird might own blanket and wine a red rooftop a place on a branch in the low limbs of a beech tree and a freshly cleaned room where no fox might come no cat no dog no badger and the blackbird song which stops me where it stops stops the world in its beauty makes me turn the pale curve of my ear to it turning itself outward the hidden hole lets me funnel the sound into the brain under the black neat feathers the bird’s ear pulling it back and raising me up listening to the creak of leather the creak of leaves

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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 22/11/2024

**CONGRATULATIONS!** So many possible nominees for The @PushcartPrize – but only six could go forward. Well done to @corinnaboard.bsky.social, Hilary Menos, Marie Marchand, @michelegrieve.bsky.social, @ninaparmenter.bsky.social and Suyin Du Bois. Your nominations will be formally submitted soon.

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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 05/08/2024

Congratulations to Grace Uitterdijk, Luke Palmer, Jen Feroze, Steve Smart, Hilary Menos and Nicole Tallman on your nominations for @sundresspub.bsky.social's Best of the Net 2025. Your poems will be formally submitted within the next two weeks.

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