iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by Kim Moore

The Poetry Business @poetrybusiness.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

📢 Late addition to our programme! 📢 The wonderful Kim Moore joins us in just a couple of weeks for another inspiring Writing Poems workshop. Thurs 25 June, 11am - Zoom Sign up here: www.tickettailor.com/events/thepo... @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social @serenbooks.bsky.social

031

Kim Moore @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

My April / May reading diary, featuring collections by Jean Sprackland, Audrey Malloy, Bruce Snider and non-fiction by Sheila Hetti open.substack.com/pub/shawandm...

open.substack.com

April / May Reading Diary

By Kim Moore

010

Reposted by Kim Moore

Clare Shaw @clareshawpoet.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

It's Kim Moore's Book Launch Day!!! "The House of Broken Things" is an extraordinary book which explores parenthood with unique vision, depth and skill - every page takes your breath away. Here's my poem for Kim. Happy Book Day, @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social

0304

Kim Moore @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Looking forward to hosting Daljit Nagra tomorrow night (24th March) at Manchester Poetry Library. Daljit will be reading alongside 7 of our current MA poetry students. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-rea...

eventbrite.co.uk

Poetry Reading: Beyond the Workshop - Daljit Nagra

Poet Daljit Nagra reads from his new collection Yiewsley alongside MA/MFA students from Manchester Met University.

022

Kim Moore @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

This Friday we're welcoming two of our Manchester Writing School alumni - novelist Kate Lord Brown and poet Tina Cole back to talk about their writing journeys and share new work! They'll be reading alongside some of our current writing school students. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-evening...

eventbrite.co.uk

An Evening of New Writing: Kate Lord Brown and Tina Cole

Join us for an evening of poetry and fiction as we welcome back two distinguished Manchester Writing School alumni.

032

Kim Moore @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Our next event over at Shaw and Moore is an Open Mic for the paid subscribers of our Substack - you can join us for a mere £4. Run away from the responsibilities of Christmas and entertain Clare and I instead with your poems! open.substack.com/pub/shawandm...

open.substack.com

Shaw and Moore's Open Mic for Paid Subscribers

Festive shenanigans

010

Kim Moore @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Still have four open mic slots left for this event with the brilliant Sarah Howe, one of my favourite contemporary poets! Get on it poets - details below in the link. wordsworth.org.uk/blog/events/...

wordsworth.org.uk

'Go to the poets, they will speak to thee': Sarah Howe - Wordsworth Grasmere

Curated and hosted by poet Kim Moore, our online contemporary poetry reading series continues throughout 2025. We will be listening...

031

Kim Moore @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

The House of Broken Things is in the house..or will be soon! V excited about my third poetry collection, published May 2026 by Corsair

1142

Kim Moore @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Join us for a double film screening at Manchester Metropolitan University to mark the start of this years 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. Event is free but you need to book! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/16-days-of...

031

Reposted by Kim Moore

Polly Atkin @pollyrowena.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Online poetry reading tomorrow evening UK time from the Wordsworth Trust - @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social hosting Josie Giles. Next month is Sarah Howe! I keep missing these but they're such great events. Do share and come along! www.trybooking.com/uk/events/la...

trybooking.com

'Go to the poets': Harry Josephine Giles

Curated and hosted by poet Kim Moore, our online contemporary poetry reading series continues throughout 2025. We will be listening to what poets...

2138

Kim Moore @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Just updated my diary for the rest of the year - seems pretty quiet - full time at the uni, hosting three events, running a few online workshops #easypeasy www.kimmoorepoet.co.uk/poetry-event...

kimmoorepoet.co.uk

Poetry Events | Dates for your diary | Kim Moore

Forthcoming readings, workshops and residential courses that Kim Moore will be appearing at

021

Reposted by Kim Moore

Holly Hopkins @hollyhopkins.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

I’m judging the @poetrybusiness.bsky.social New Poets Prize: if you know a brilliant poet 24 or under, I want to read their manuscript! The International Book and Pamphlet Competition will be judged by @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social and is open to poets of all ages. Find out more: poetrybusiness.co.uk

Flyer for The 2026 International Book & Pamphlet Competition and New Poets Prize, with 16 November closing date.

042

Kim Moore @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

First time I've tried to write openly about class, instead of it being read/imposed on my work afterwards. Photo of my nanna outside her house on Braunstone estate in Leicester. I spent most of my childhood here after school waiting for my parents to finish work. open.substack.com/pub/kimmoore...

open.substack.com

A working-class chance

By Kim Moore

2193

Kim Moore @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

January Writing Hours are up! Come and join Clare Shaw and I every day throughout January at 10am for a Writing Hour. Pas as you go and bursary tickets available www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/january-wr...

eventbrite.co.uk

January Writing Hours 2026

Come and join Kim Moore and Clare Shaw in a daily Writing Hour throughout January 2026

042

Kim Moore @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Latest substack post about our visit to the epic Marina Abramovic exhibition - an amazing experience that I have completely failed to capture in language... open.substack.com/pub/kimmoore...

020

Kim Moore @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

September reads featuring the brilliant Clare Pollard and Christina Thatcher over on Substack now. open.substack.com/pub/kimmoore...

Kim Moore @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Late night essay written as procrastination from what I should have been doing - ordering the online groceries...I’ve been thinking about the school holidays - the juggling! the joy! the sadness! the guilt! and leaning once again on the wisdom of Adrienne Rich open.substack.com/pub/kimmoore...

Kim Moore @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

News of some upcoming online and Bradford events! open.substack.com/pub/kimmoore...

Kim Moore @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Looking forward to being back in Lancaster in conversation with Simon Armitage!

051

Kim Moore @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Help us choose our next profile pic for our substack! open.substack.com/pub/kimmoore...

open.substack.com

Taking it seriously at Shaw & Moore

a photo story by Clare Shaw

030

Kim Moore @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

New post over on our substack! Now is a great time to subscribe for free 😊 or if you'd like an invite to a live online event once a month, you can sign up for £4 a month kimmoore30.substack.com/p/all-change...

kimmoore30.substack.com

All Change at Shaw and Moore

By Kim Moore and Clare Shaw

063

Kim Moore @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

One of my favourite gigs and I get to do it all over again! Send me your pamphlet-babies and your poem-monsters

062

Kim Moore @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

LOVE hearing about Jan Writing Hours poems that make it into the world, fully formed and glorious 🥰 congratulations @eleanorholmes.bsky.social

163

Kim Moore @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Alice Oswald arrested yesterday...

0133

Kim Moore @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

July reads up on Substack! Featuring new collection by David Morley, and books by Hettie Judah and Olga Tokarczuk kimmoore30.substack.com/p/july-reading

kimmoore30.substack.com

July Reading

By Kim Moore

160

Kim Moore @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

July reads up on Substack! Featuring books by David Morley, Olga Tokarczuk and Hettie Judah kimmoore30.substack.com/p/july-reading

kimmoore30.substack.com

July Reading

By Kim Moore

010

Kim Moore @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

What I've been reading over May/June - Anne Carson, Nick Makoha, Liz Berry, Erica Hesketh, Michael Symmons Roberts, Lucy Jones open.substack.com/pub/kimmoore...

open.substack.com

May/June Reading

By Kim Moore

010

Reposted by Kim Moore

Falling Tree Productions @fallingtreeprod.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Our new series ‘Instrumental’ starts on BBC Radio 3 tonight with @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social Pick of the day in @radiotimes.bsky.social and @theobserveruk.bsky.social Presented and produced by doc-maker (and trumpeter) Alan Hall www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

031

Kim Moore @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

New substack post - last few days of my writing retreat, a week of hell with chicken pox, a feature in the radio times - just the usual sublime to the ridiculous and back again of the writing life... open.substack.com/pub/kimmoore...

open.substack.com

What happens on a writing retreat (part 2)

By Kim Moore

161

Kim Moore @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Online poetry event coming up! 25th June with Erica Hesketh, reading from her debut collection "In the Lily Room" published by @ninearchespress.bsky.social please click link below to sign up for open mic, or just to come and listen and enjoy some top-class poetry wordsworth.org.uk/blog/events/...

wordsworth.org.uk

'Go to the poets, they will speak to thee': Erica Hesketh - Wordsworth Grasmere

Curated and hosted by poet Kim Moore, our online contemporary poetry reading series continues throughout 2025. We will be listening...

053

Kim Moore @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Substack on writing and performing from "What the Trumpet Taught Me" which I hope will be the first of a series of posts on alternative performances, hybrid writing, giving yourself permission to write what you want to, editing, drafting and expanding on ideas. open.substack.com/pub/kimmoore...

open.substack.com

What the Trumpet Taught Me (1)

By Kim Moore

182

Kim Moore @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

The second Alumni Showcase featuring four of our published alumni - Helen Kay, Cherry Doyle, Thirza Clout and Susie Wilson. We are doing our best to keep this accessible - it's free, and online and in-person tickets are available www.mmu.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

mmu.ac.uk

Manchester Writing School - Alumni Showcase, 07 May 2025

Reading, Manchester Poetry Library

010

Reposted by Kim Moore

S. Reeson / Experimental Poet @internetofwords.com · 28/04/2025

* OPEN MIC KLAXON * Performing at Wordsworth Grasmere on Wednesday evening (with @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social it's been FOREVER) Come buy a ticket and support the event <3 www.trybooking.com/uk/events/la...

trybooking.com

'Go to the poets': Rachel Davies & Hilary Robinson

Curated and hosted by poet Kim Moore, our online contemporary poetry reading series continues throughout 2025. We will be listening to what poets...

022

Kim Moore @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

New substack about my April reading, which has made me ridiculously happy this month... kimmoore30.substack.com/p/april-read...

kimmoore30.substack.com

April Reading

By Kim Moore

1111

Kim Moore @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Looking forward to hosting this online event with two fantastic poets Rachel Davies and Hilary Robinson, reading from their joint collection "An Altogether Different Place" - two open mic slots left but plenty of audience spaces! wordsworth.org.uk/blog/events/...

wordsworth.org.uk

'Go to the poets, they will speak to thee': Rachel Davies & Hilary Robinson - Wordsworth Grasmere

Curated and hosted by poet Kim Moore, our online contemporary poetry reading series continues throughout 2025. We will be listening...

042

Kim Moore @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Made the mistake of going to Amanda Dalton's house today with Clare Shaw to get some writing done. All that happened was shouting and dancing! Luckily I got it all on video. Click on the link to find out what I have to put up with kimmoore30.substack.com/p/shouting-a....

130

Kim Moore @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

New post about the Manchester Writing School Summer Festival - dates 16th/17th June and 19th/20th June with bursary places available! And a writing exercise for our paid subscribers. open.substack.com/pub/kimmoore...

open.substack.com

Writing the Body

By Kim Moore

001

Kim Moore @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

I've been enjoying @marjorielotfi.bsky.social 30/30 workshops.I can't join live so I usually watch them late at night and it's been wonderful - meeting poems I don't know (and some I do), being read to, and then just writing. It's not too late to join! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/marjories-...

eventbrite.co.uk

Marjorie's Table 30/30 in April for NaPoWriMo

Marjorie's Table 30/30/30 returns in April for NaPoWriMo - weekday live workshops 7:30-8am (+recordings) and by email on weekends

0134

Kim Moore @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

New substack about motherhood, fitting in writing and upcoming National Poetry Writing Month open.substack.com/pub/kimmoore...

273

Kim Moore @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Happy new poem day to me! Thanks to @poetrylondon.bsky.social for publishing this one ❤️ feeling this today as I am missing so many "ordinary bedtimes" at the moment

Kim Moore Bedtime Abecedarian

Ally said today her friend was sad because he wanted her to play cars with him, but she wanted to play dolls in the home corner, even if it did make him cry and moan Friendships are tough, observe, gravely, uselessly. snuggle up, hug her, bury my face in her hair. I read a book to her in a boring voice judge the moment when H can roll away, kiss her goodnight, whisper that I love her, love, love, SO love iS the last thing that she hears. Mummy she mumbles, you're my favourite. Nothing has ever felt like this, these long ordinary bedtimes full of tenderness, picking a 'surprise teddy' for her that makes quiet settle inside, like a bird coming to rest. Red is her favourite colour. She is sleeping like a fairy tale girl, before the story Underneath this love, I'm terrified. There's a song of teaches girls like her a lesson violence running through my life. I dont want it inside her mind. Today she wrote xxx in my notebook twenty times. Yesterday I held her close, then let her go. Zipped her into her red coat, closcd my eyes.

6348

Kim Moore @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Really enjoying this latest Tove Ditlevsen from @penguinbooksuk.bsky.social foreword by Olga Ravn has already made me cry this morning "I don't understand how it's possible to be a mother and a partner and a worker at the same time in this society without breaking down"

Cover of "There Lives a Young Girl in Me Who Will Not Die" by Tove Ditlevsen

three hours tonight, and maybe our kid has asthma and I write Sorry for not responding sooner, Apologies for the late reply, I'll get back to you as soon as I can. I don't understand how it's possible to be a mother and a part- ner and a worker at the same time in this society without breaking down. Let me be your canary in the coalmine, I'm about to pass out from lack of air. I am too hard to love, I am ripe for hospitalization. I cannot: arrive on time/ remember names/ make my body available at all times of day. I can: read poems/ fold clothes/ soothe my child.
The poems in this selection celebrate Tove Ditlevsen in all her power and glory. It includes all the classics, such as 'Flickering Lanterns' and ' Childhood Street'. It presents Tove Ditlevsen as a working-class poet, and fea- tures those of her poems that have fallen by the wayside he hard-hitting, free-verse poems from the final years of ter life. Above all, it shows how her authorship lays bare woman's struggle between who she ought to be and who ze is.
Olga Ravn Copenhagen September 2017

051

Kim Moore @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

This beautiful poem by Katharine Towers in the latest @poetrylondon.bsky.social is just stunning.

Katharine Towers The Lark Ascending
SPRING 2025, 110
The lark ascended when my father died We sat quictly in our pews as the notes took hold of the soul, at frst tugging firmly (the soul not wanting to leave), then lifting up with X sound like a soft click. Then the lark could see cverything: the lowlands where we were crying and above the pointed bluc sky. The lark's notes were like threads or like stitches. They gathered together, then drifted apart and trickled down to start again the upward toil, carrying the soul in its extremc heaviness. The lark could sce that we werc only very small that the lowlands were flat and dull. The lark could scarcely bear the wcight of the soul but still he sang as he falteringly lifted and lapsed., falteringly lapsed and lifted Then we could not see the lark at all although we could hcar the high clcan notes which dropped down upon us like rain falling from a cloud that is not there.

12710

Reposted by Kim Moore

Tom Snarsky @tomsnarsky.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

William Stafford

SOME DAY

It is only the world, and only your time in it; it is only
the last breath, very soft. Now the hours can go home:
they always wanted the quiet they have found.

It is only your faults that wander now — no place
for them to go. But finally they will lie down
too, since no one will care any more.

Some place on the earth it may happen, may catch the light,
some day again, like the way Sunday was, or
when you crossed through the door the last time —

And the only thing left, your way of leaning your head,
will catch in that shadow and then slip and be gone.

514632