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mclordselasi.bsky.social

@mclorselasi.bsky.social
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(He/him) | Poet/Writer | Performing Artist 🇬🇭 | Longlisted – 2026 Commonwealth Short Story Prize | HM for Evaristo Poetry Prize '26

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mclordselasi.bsky.social @mclorselasi.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Honored to be part of @thelincolnreview.bsky.social 's Issue 7. Do check out the amazing pieces here🤗💓
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Laura Sheahen @lsheahen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
...At customs, they ask if I am carrying anything alive. Only everything, I say-- ... The officer stamps me twice, once for entry, once for doubt. --McLord Selasi has four poems in @thelincolnreview.bsky.social @mclorselasi.bsky.social www.lincolnreview.org
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The Lincoln Review
International literary journal at the University of Lincoln edited by creative writing students. Published annually: poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art, photography.
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darkwinterlitmag @darkwinterlitmag.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
For our third Longlist Saturday poem, we present the beautifully crafted piece Compulsion: A Field Guide by McLord Selasi @mclorselasi.bsky.social now up on DarkWinter Lit! www.darkwinterlit.com/post/longlis...
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Longlist Saturdays: Compulsion: A Field Guide by McLord Selasi
There are 47 ceiling tiles in the waiting room. I have counted them seventeen times while the receptionist pretends not to notice [...]
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mclordselasi.bsky.social @mclorselasi.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The people who shape us never quite leave. They live in our verbs, the way we close a door, the music we play when no one is home. Influence is the longest love letter. Whose handwriting lives in yours? #poetry #memory #love #loss #shortpoetry #spilledink #writers
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mclordselasi.bsky.social @mclorselasi.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
A prayer for the writer's tombstone. With a small bow to Mary Oliver, whose poem "Sometimes" gave us the only three instructions for being alive that I have ever needed: "Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it." #maryoliver #poetry #shortpoems #spirituality #poets #writers #writing
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mclordselasi.bsky.social @mclorselasi.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
on loss, and the dignity of letting go. Tag someone unlearning the apology. #poetry #healing #shortpoems #microPoetry #poets #writer #writingcommunity #writers
the trees do not apologize for losing what was never theirs to keep.
neither should you.
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mclordselasi.bsky.social @mclorselasi.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
I used to think love was the act of seeing someone clearly. Now I think it's the act of letting them be unfinished. #poetrycommunity #relationships #love #spilledink #writers #poetscommunity #poetry #poem #writer #poet #writing
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mclordselasi.bsky.social @mclorselasi.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
😊Here's a poem of mine titled "Nagasaki Cicadas". It first appeared in "Poems for Persons of Interest" in August, 2025. 🔗Check it out here : pfpoi.blogspot.com/2025/08/poem... #poetry #mclordselasi #nagasaki #writingcommunity #poets #writers #writer #spokenword
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mclordselasi.bsky.social @mclorselasi.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Most writing advice tells you to fill the page. The better advice is this: learn the difference between the silence before a sentence and the silence after one. Only one of them is yours to earn. #writingadvice #writers #poetry #craft #quietpoetry #literarylife #poet #poems #writing
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mclordselasi.bsky.social @mclorselasi.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Unwritten work doesn't disappear. It just relocates — to the shoulders, the jaw, the silence between sentences. Write the thing. Your body has been carrying the draft. #writingcommunity #creativewriting #writers #poetry #writingmotivation #poets
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mclordselasi.bsky.social @mclorselasi.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Check out my latest essay "A Country Should Not Need a Scapegoat to Recognise Itself" — on South Africa, xenophobia, and the humiliation of looking for someone smaller than your pain open.substack.com/pub/thewildw... #writing #writer #xenophobia #SouthAfrica #Africa
South Africa, xenophobia, and the humiliation of looking for someone smaller than your pain
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mclordselasi.bsky.social @mclorselasi.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Here's Louisa May Alcott on "How to Become a Successful Writer" Louisa May Alcott received many letters from adoring young fans who loved her book Little Women. On Christmas day in 1878, she replied to a Miss Churchill, an aspiring author seeking writing advice. #louisamayalcott #writer #writing
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mclordselasi.bsky.social @mclorselasi.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Everything beautiful had to grow somewhere it wasn't invited. Save this for the day you forget. #poetry #resilience #healing #wildflower #mclordaselasi
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mclordselasi.bsky.social @mclorselasi.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
The job of a writer is to translate what the body has been saying in code. You don't invent the feeling. You just refuse to look away from it long enough to give it its real name. #poetry #writingcommunity #emotionalintelligence #mentalhealth #poets #wordsoftheday #poem
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mclordselasi.bsky.social @mclorselasi.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Here's an amazing writing tip from Gary Provost's 1985 book, 100 Ways to Improve Your Writing: Proven Professional Techniques for Writing with Style and Power. #poetry #writing #mclordselasi #garyprovost #writer #literature
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mclordselasi.bsky.social @mclorselasi.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Check out one of my favorite pieces with @apricotpress.bsky.social ......Honored to have my piece up there! 🥰 apricotpress.co.uk/2025/08/29/c...
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mclordselasi.bsky.social @mclorselasi.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Check out my new poem "What the Bees Know" with the Hamilton Stone Review. www.hamiltonstone.org/hsr54poetry....
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mclordselasi.bsky.social @mclorselasi.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
🚨Honored to be one of the four exceptional picks among erbacce's list of "highly commended" poets.😊 My work will be featured in the spring 2027 edition! #2026erbacceprizeforpoetry erbacce-press.co.uk/erbacce-priz...
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mclordselasi.bsky.social @mclorselasi.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Honored to have my poems featured in the @kalaharireview.bsky.social 😇..Check out three of my recent poems here👇
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