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Nine Arches Press @ninearchespress.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Masterclass Webinar and Workshop Season just announced: Eco-poetics and the Environment. Led by poets Ian Humphreys @lkiew.bsky.social James McDermott @wendypratt.bsky.social and @jsaphra.bsky.social Book one, several, or the full seasons. Full descriptions here: www.eventbrite.com/cc/eco-poeti...

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'Eco-poetics and the Environment' Season

Five poets each lead a Masterclass and a Workshop on aspects of eco-poetry and nature, available as individual sessions or full seasons. From early May to early July 2026

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Bill Herbert @billherbert.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Poems were posted online every fortnight; poets included Anne-Marie Balzer, Jemma Borg, @janeburn.bsky.social, Tishani Doshi, Steve Ely, @sophieherx.bsky.social, Glyn Maxwell, @helenmort.bsky.social, Emma Must, @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social, Jacob Polley, & @jsaphra.bsky.social #EcoSonnetChain (2/3)

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Andrew Neilson @andrewjamesneilson.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Poem for a Shabbat. By @jsaphra.bsky.social.

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Bad Lilies @badlilies.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

'Tomorrow' by @jsaphra.bsky.social badlilies.uk/jacqueline-saphra-1

Tomorrow
Tuesday becomes elastic
like a shadow stretched under the sun
Wednesday buries itself
in laundry and fiscal responsibilities
Thursday mutters about hospitals and feeds you seeds and sorrow
Concerning the remains of days rabbits and hats come to mind
the jiggery-pokery trickery of the temporal magician

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Bad Lilies @badlilies.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Our new issue is out tomorrow! And now you can subscribe to our new mailing list to get updates on issue launches and submission windows. www.badlilies.uk/subscribe

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Subscribe to our issues — Bad Lilies

Bad Lilies is an online poetry journal, publishing the finest of contemporary poetry in English.

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Jacqueline Saphra @jsaphra.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Please join us for a evening of poetry and community in this beautiful setting - tonight!

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Sasha Dugdale @sashadugdale.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Thanks @carcanet.bsky.social – delighted about this and very grateful to the Anglo-Hellenic league, @jhcreerw.bsky.social @sofkazinovieff.bsky.social & the judges of the #Runciman Award.

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Bill Herbert @billherbert.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

. @jsaphra.bsky.social’s sonnet eschews sentiment while remaining fully responsive to the turn of the seasons: …All these questions to the heart as if it has some agency. It’s just a metaphor for faith among the ruins, a way to live while knowing what we take, then take some more… #EcoSonnetChain

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Jacqueline Saphra @jsaphra.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

An honour and pleasure to be a part of this project …

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Bloodaxe Books @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

We're thrilled that American poet #MarieHowe has won the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry 2025 for her New & Selected Poems. This retrospective was published in 2024 by W.W. Norton in the US and by Bloodaxe Books in the UK & Ireland (as What the Earth Seemed to Say). www.bloodaxebooks.com/news?article...

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Jacqueline Saphra @jsaphra.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

And speaking as a mentor , my experience working with Charlotte was truly a gift to me.

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The Poetry School @poetryschool.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Summer Term: 3-TERM COURSES – Our weekly workshop groups: you’ll find thoughtful critique & a welcoming poetry community. W/ tutors: @aanaxagorou.bsky.social, @jsaphra.bsky.social, Wayne Holloway-Smith, @astridalben.bsky.social, Rachel Long, Mark Waldron, Shazea Quraishi,  Richard Price

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Jacqueline Saphra @jsaphra.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Join me and these two beauties, @kostyatsolakis.bsky.social and Amaan Hyder for a @ninearchespress.bsky.social extravaganza at the gorgeous Chener Books on 18th March!

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Jacqueline Saphra @jsaphra.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

@nytimes.com I'm a big fan and you do great work - and yet I'm shocked at your generally moderate and reasoned tone about the coup taking place. This is not business as usual and these are terrifying times. Please change your tune and raise the alarm.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

We might yearn for paradise, temporal or spiritual. But to our descendents our habitable planet will look like an almost unimaginable paradise. No tech fantasy, no space station or controlled environment will ever compare. Fight for what we have. This is our heaven, and there can be no other.

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Black iris poetry @blackirispoetry.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Issue 3 out now. www.blackirispoetry.com/issue-3

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Issue 3 — Black Iris

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Jacqueline Saphra @jsaphra.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

I gave a well-earned first prize to Olivia Tuck's exquisite sonnet in the Waltham Forest Poetry Competition.

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The Poetry Society @poetrysociety.org.uk · 20/11/2024

It's that time of year again! Join hundreds of festive sightseers on 5th December 5.45pm as a new seasonal poem by Valerie Bloom is unveiled as part of the official lighting-up of the Trafalgar Square tree. poetrysociety.org.uk/event/the-tr...

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Jean Atkin @jmatkin.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

4 December's advent poem from the marvellous @jsaphra.bsky.social I love the way the rage rises. mailchi.mp/11614fc866a0...

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Poetry Advent Calendar: 4 December

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Paul McGrane @paulmcgrane.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Tue 10 Dec, 7.30 - come along and find out who the Waltham Forest Poetry Comp winners are! *FREE* event, Walthamstow Trades Hall - you can just turn up or book at wfawards2024.eventbrite.co.uk - and open mic too! Readings too from our judge @jsaphra.bsky.social and guest poet Max Terry Fishel.

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Awards Night! Waltham Forest Poetry Competition

Get ready for a night of celebrating Waltham Forest's best poets at our Awards Night Poetry Competition!

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Bird (he/him) @birdobserver.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

I've been thinking about this poem by Langston Hughes recently and although it was published in 1931, it remains relevant as ever. #books #reading #booksky #poetry