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LJ Ireton

@literaryvegan.bsky.social
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Poet. 'Interlude' with Haywood Books. 'Unclaimed' with Whittle Micropress. Expert Children's Bookseller. Vegan.

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Anteroom (formerly The Winged Moon) @anteroompoetry.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Past contributor, @literaryvegan.bsky.social, has a lovely feature on the @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social website.
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LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I'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'.
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LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I'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
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Black 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
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LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I'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
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Black Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Our #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
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LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I 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!)
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Black Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Our #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
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LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Honoured 🙏🏻 Thank you so much!
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LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I can't believe it! I won! Thank you @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social 🩵
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Black Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Joint 1st place 🥇#fragmentsfriday L J Ireton
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LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Delighted to be on this longlist!
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LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
So excited to do an event with @afsteadman.bsky.social in September!
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LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
The 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.
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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...
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LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Myself and the cormorant are honoured!
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Black Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Joint 2nd place 🥈 @literaryvegan.bsky.social and Dorian Nightingale. #fragmentsfriday #poetry #writing #poetryprompt
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LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
The Birmingham Bull #poetry
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LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Sphinx for #fragmentsfriday @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
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LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
After the storm
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LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
When 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.
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LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Thank you so much @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social !!!!!
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Black Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Third place 🥉 on #fragmentsfriday @literaryvegan.bsky.social 🔥 #micropoem #poem #poetry
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LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Telling the times for #fragmentsfriday @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
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LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Yey!!!! So pleased!!!! Thank you @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
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Black Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
2nd place #fragmentsfriday LJ Ireton #poetry #writing #poet
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LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
My two #poetry collections 🩵❤️ Lessons from the Sky and Interlude
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LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
My poem He rises for #fragmentsfriday @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
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LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Monday, after rain #poetry #poem
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LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
First try look at that! 💚💜🩷 Thank you so much @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
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Black Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Joint third place 🥉 #fragmentsfriday LJ Ireton Captivating! @literaryvegan.bsky.social #poetry #micropoem
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LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Micro poem for #fragmentsfriday @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
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LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
May birds on the balcony #poem
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LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Cathedral in silk
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LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Where he goes to
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LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
New poem 'When the air is hinting'
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LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Three queens in my words. 'Unclaimed' is available for download with the wonderful @whittlemicropress.bsky.social at whittlemicropress.com/publications...
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LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
I made the longlist!
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LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
My poem 'Fishing'
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LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Excited for this @viragopress.bsky.social @samanthashannon.bsky.social
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LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Happy Publication Week to Unapologetic Love Story @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social ! 🩷
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LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Loving this @nikitagill.bsky.social !
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LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
I 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.social
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The birds of the Haworth dead
by 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 ...
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LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
'Unclaimed' is out now with @whittlemicropress.bsky.social whittlemicropress.com/publications
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Stone Circle Review @stonecirclereview.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
POEM 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
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Elle McNicoll 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿♾️ @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
When 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.
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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.social
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Unclaimed - LJ Ireton — Whittle Micro-Press
Unclaimed 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...
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LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
How 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
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LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Blog feature for Unclaimed! @whittlemicropress.bsky.social creativewritingatleicester.blogspot.com/2026/01/lj-i...
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LJ 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 ...
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LJ Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
12 days until Unclaimed comes out with @whittlemicropress.bsky.social ! Nine poems, three queens. Find out more here: whittlemicropress.com/coming-soon 👑👑👑
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