Reposted by LJ IretonAnteroom (formerly The Winged Moon) @anteroompoetry.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Past contributor, @literaryvegan.bsky.social, has a lovely feature on the @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social website. 053
LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I'm so excited to be included in this anthology about regeneration, rewilding and the environment published by @renardpress.com and wow that cover design 🍃🍃 it comes out in November and you can pre-order it now direct or through Waterstones! My poem is called 'The old pines saw the military leave'. 041
Reposted by LJ IretonLJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I'm poet of the month for the @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social Silver Branch series isn't that amazing? This feature by @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social includes new work by me and a note on my writing. Link is here shorturl.at/DMRXC 0132
Reposted by LJ IretonBlack Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 18/09/2026'The ground is apple-sauce-snow, mid-pink and honey-leaf are drying' From @literaryvegan.bsky.social 's #Silverbranch #poetry feature. Check it out! shorturl.at/u72X7 042
LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I'm poet of the month for the @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social Silver Branch series isn't that amazing? This feature by @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social includes new work by me and a note on my writing. Link is here shorturl.at/DMRXC 0132
Reposted by LJ IretonBlack Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Our #poet of the month on the #SilverBranch project for Sept ‘26 - L.J. Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social shorturl.at/DMRXC 🔗 click link in bio #poetry #poetrylovers #imagism 073
LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I am humbled, grateful and beyond excited to share that my third nature poetry collection will be out in 2027 with Haywood Books @renardpress.com 🩵🧡💚 (More details to come soon!) 000
Reposted by LJ IretonBlack Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Our #poet of the month on the #SilverBranch project for Sept '26 - L.J. Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social 'The sun burns a butter-pearl disc 🌄 in the smoke-silk fog, the trees turn gothic in the veil.' shorturl.at/DMRXC 🔗 #poetry #poetrylovers #imagism 395
LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I can't believe it! I won! Thank you @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social 🩵 061
Reposted by LJ IretonBlack Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Joint 1st place 🥇#fragmentsfriday L J Ireton 093
LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 15/08/2026So excited to do an event with @afsteadman.bsky.social in September! 010
LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 15/08/2026The Time Traveler's Wife by @audreyniffenegger.bsky.social is one of my all time favourites. Now it's Alba's story (and opens with one of my favourite poems)! Thank you so much to @vintagebooks.bsky.social and @penguinhuddleuk.bsky.social for this incredible striking ARC. 010
LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 22/07/2026🧡My poetry collection Interlude is available from all good bookshops ❤️ Waterstones link: www.waterstones.com/book/interlu... 000
Reposted by LJ IretonBlack Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Joint 2nd place 🥈 @literaryvegan.bsky.social and Dorian Nightingale. #fragmentsfriday #poetry #writing #poetryprompt 051
LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Sphinx for #fragmentsfriday @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social 041
LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 29/06/2026When I discovered Laura Ingalls Wilder (who shared my name) as a kid I became book-obsessed. I even read the books written by her daughter. Now @farshorebooks.bsky.social have published new editions of the whole series, with the original illustrations and such lovely covers. Thank you for my copy. 000
LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Thank you so much @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social !!!!! 032
Reposted by LJ IretonBlack Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Third place 🥉 on #fragmentsfriday @literaryvegan.bsky.social 🔥 #micropoem #poem #poetry 081
LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Telling the times for #fragmentsfriday @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social 011
LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Yey!!!! So pleased!!!! Thank you @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social 021
Reposted by LJ IretonBlack Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 30/05/20262nd place #fragmentsfriday LJ Ireton #poetry #writing #poet 0112
LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 29/05/2026My two #poetry collections 🩵❤️ Lessons from the Sky and Interlude 020
LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 29/05/2026My poem He rises for #fragmentsfriday @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social 032
LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 16/05/2026First try look at that! 💚💜🩷 Thank you so much @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social 010
Reposted by LJ IretonBlack Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Joint third place 🥉 #fragmentsfriday LJ Ireton Captivating! @literaryvegan.bsky.social #poetry #micropoem 163
LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Micro poem for #fragmentsfriday @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social 042
LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Three queens in my words. 'Unclaimed' is available for download with the wonderful @whittlemicropress.bsky.social at whittlemicropress.com/publications... 000
LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 04/04/2026Excited for this @viragopress.bsky.social @samanthashannon.bsky.social 000
LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 04/04/2026Happy Publication Week to Unapologetic Love Story @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social ! 🩷 020
LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 09/03/2026I am honoured to have a poem published in The Stone Circle Review. It is called 'The birds of the Haworth dead', available to read here: stonecirclereview.com/the-birds/ @stonecirclereview.bsky.socialstonecirclereview.comThe birds of the Haworth deadby LJ Ireton At this hour, the bluebells sink into the background blue of shipwrecks. The dead rest under tables, silent, everywhere low is stone. Lichen lies draped, almost graceful, over the old ... 132
LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 09/03/2026'Unclaimed' is out now with @whittlemicropress.bsky.social whittlemicropress.com/publications 000
Reposted by LJ IretonStone Circle Review @stonecirclereview.bsky.social · 08/03/2026POEM 316: "The birds of the Haworth dead " by LJ Ireton (@literaryvegan.bsky.social) "Every minute they cry, so that you look up, up - the sky of the sleepers is screaming alive; raucous with cemetery rooks discordant, glorious blurring" stonecirclereview.com/the-birds/ #Poem #Poetry 074
Reposted by LJ IretonElle McNicoll 🏴♾️ @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social · 25/01/2026When I was 14, I would escape into romance novels. They reignited my love of reading and of life. They would take me away from being a shy autistic teen. Because no matter how dark things would get in them, the happy ending was promised. Mine will be out on the 2nd of April. 2288
LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 08/02/2026👑 Nine poems. Three Queens. 👑 My poetry micro chapbook 'Unclaimed' is now available to download from: whittlemicropress.com/publications... @whittlemicropress.bsky.socialwhittlemicropress.comUnclaimed - LJ Ireton — Whittle Micro-PressUnclaimed by LJ Ireton Published February 2026 PDF Micro-chapbook " Unclaimed vividly brings to life some of England and Scotland’s most well-known queens, seeing through their infamy to their... 000
LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 07/02/2026How pretty is this? The Cat Poetry Book published by Rough Diamond Poetry explores the quiet power, mystery, and intimacy of life shared with cats. I have two cat poems in this collection - a must for cat lovers 😺😺 Link here: amzn.eu/d/08gDGdsE 000
LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Blog feature for Unclaimed! @whittlemicropress.bsky.social creativewritingatleicester.blogspot.com/2026/01/lj-i...creativewritingatleicester.blogspot.comLJ Ireton, "Unclaimed"LJ Ireton is a poet and a bookseller from London. She has a 1st Class B.A. Honours in English Language and Literature. Her poems have been ... 000
LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 27/01/202612 days until Unclaimed comes out with @whittlemicropress.bsky.social ! Nine poems, three queens. Find out more here: whittlemicropress.com/coming-soon 👑👑👑 010