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Margaret Royall @meggiepoet.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Delighted that my new collection from #HedgehogPress is now out and orders for Hemlock & Honey are now ready to go. Please see my website to read more about it and how to get a signed copy. £10 in UK inc p&p. Ask for EU & other locations margaretroyall.com/hemlock-and-...

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Hemlock and Honey

A new poetry pamphlet from HedgehogPoetryPress due out March 2025 To buy a signed copy of this pamphlet please email the author giving your address at margaretroyall@icloud.com For UK orders £10 to…

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Margaret Royall @meggiepoet.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Pretty bookmark design for my forthcoming poetry pamphlet Hemlock & Honey, painted by my dear artist friend Marian Williamson

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Margaret Royall @meggiepoet.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

My clematis round the cottage door is now in full bloom, a wonderful sight!

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Margaret Royall @meggiepoet.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Visit to Southwell to the Archbishop’s Palace and gardens recently. First real sunshine and blue sky.

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Margaret Royall @meggiepoet.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Thrilled to be asked to read at this event. Do come and join us on zoom, it’s free to attend

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Margaret Royall @meggiepoet.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Lovely catch with daughter at the weekend, great to send time together again in Southwell!

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Margaret Royall @meggiepoet.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

📚Pre orders coming soon! My latest pamphlet Hemlock & Honey from #HedgehogPress is on its way. Discord & harmony, trauma and recovery, life’s peaks and troughs. Watch this space.

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Margaret Royall @meggiepoet.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Lunch with friends from uni days in the opulence of the George at Stamford in the beautiful Garden Room yesterday. Great catch up, great food.

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Margaret Royall @meggiepoet.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Courtyard glory to come. Collage photo of clematis in bloom, bluebells and wildflowers from a few years back. Looking forward to April/May’s bounty

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Margaret Royall @meggiepoet.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

My very 1st poetry collection from 2017, published independently under pen name Jessica de Guyat ( old family names ). Available on Amazon, Kindle edition currently £1.99

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Margaret Royall @meggiepoet.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Sunny day at Easton Walled Gardens yesterday. Captured a photo of a sleepy bee on a flower. Spring is on the way at last!

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Margaret Royall @meggiepoet.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Mother and son time. Delicious French food with my son recently in La Parisienne Bistrot, Southwell. He enjoyed his bouillabaisse and my tartiflette savoyarde was similarly delicious. Preparing for our trip to Limoux, France in June.

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Margaret Royall @meggiepoet.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Snowdrop glory in local churchyard yesterday along with poems, photos, myths and anecdotes along the trail. Tea and cake in church was very welcome in the bitter cold too!

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Margaret Royall @meggiepoet.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

📚An endorsement of my new poetry pamphlet from #HedgehogPress, Hemlock and Honey. Pre-orders announced soon. Read more on my website Margaretroyall.com/hemlock-and-honey

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Margaret Royall @meggiepoet.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

📚 Looking forward to pre-orders opening for my new pamphlet ‘Hemlock & Honey’ from #HedgehogPress The theme is Discord and Harmony and contains a number of ( modern) sonnets as well as free verse and poetic prose. Here is a taster to whet the appetite! 📚 margaretroyall.com/hemlock-and-...

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Margaret Royall @meggiepoet.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

First snowdrops appearing. Hope that spring is on its way

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Margaret Royall @meggiepoet.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

It’s February, the Celtic quarter-point festival of Imbolc, St Brigid, Candlemas, return of the light. Snowdrops are appearing, the days are getting longer. Here’s one of my poems for Spring.

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Margaret Royall @meggiepoet.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

📚 New release! Delighted to showcase my new poetry book with its mystical cover. ‘Hemlock and Honey’ due out in March (from HedgehogPress)

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Margaret Royall @meggiepoet.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

📚 Yay! cover reveal for my forthcoming pamphlet Hemlock and Honey from #HedgehogPoetryPress, due out in March. More info to follow

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Margaret Royall @meggiepoet.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Looking forward to my 12th visit to beautiful Iona in May for the annual Creative Writing retreat with Angela Locke. I shall be teaching some afternoon classes again in this magical place. Can’t wait!

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Margaret Royall @meggiepoet.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

My @TopTweetTuesday poem this week. Fond childhood memories to my great aunts 2-up-2down cottage, now a Tesco’s!

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Margaret Royall @meggiepoet.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Only 7 days to go before Mark at Hedgehog Press will be revealing the cover for my new pamphlet Hemlock and Honey. Pre-orders will be open next month. Excitement mounts!

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Margaret Royall @meggiepoet.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

📚What a beautiful anthology from my local Writers Live group plus a Lincoln group,just out this week. I am delighted to have 3 poems in here. I have copies to sell, if anyone is interested - £5 plus p&p. Please DM me for details

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Margaret Royall @meggiepoet.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Recovering today from my hosting stint on @TopTweetTuesday yesterday, quite a marathon! Some amazing poems posted, such well-honed craft. Thanks to all who participated with the theme of Myth.

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Margaret Royall @meggiepoet.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Great open mic evening last night with the Black Bough community. Talented poets read amazing work. I read 2 poems from my recently published books on the theme of Myth. Here is another mythical one published by Indigo Dreams entitled ‘Penelope returns’

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Margaret Royall @meggiepoet.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

A gift of alstromera with my latest poetry books alongside. Prepping for my stint as host @TopTweetTuesday this week. I’ll be reading & reviewing your #imagistic Poems on Myth. Wish me luck, it’s quite a marathon!

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Margaret Royall @meggiepoet.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

📚Prepping to host @TopTweetTuesday next week,Tues 14th. The theme for your imagistic poems is Myths. Please visit the site for full brief. I shall be reading & reviewing. Good luck, everyone! Wish me luck too. These sessions require great stamina and lots of coffee along the way!

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Margaret Royall @meggiepoet.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

📚 BOOK NEWS! Delighted due for publication last October by Impspired but shelved due to the sad death of its editor WILL now be published in Spring by the wonderful Hedgehogpress More details to follow 📚 # newpublication #poetry

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Margaret Royall @meggiepoet.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Happy New Year, everyone! It was great to catch up with dear friends from times past who now live in France but made time during their brief visit to the UK to call in and spend time with me. We took up where we left off, as special friends do. A fun selfie was of course required!

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Margaret Royall @meggiepoet.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Enjoying Carols by Candlelight in Liverpool with son Simon at the philharmonic Hall. Magical evening, our annual festive treat.

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Black Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

We could do with a Bluesky boost. Please have a gander through our timeline and idly like or repost or content, if inclined. Merci!

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Margaret Royall @meggiepoet.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Winter photo. Love how the sunset lights the bare branches of the trees

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Margaret Royall @meggiepoet.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

So, it’s this kind of late autumn/winter vibe today . Silk painting of a tree at dusk I did a decade or more ago. First attempt at silk painting.

Painting of a tree in late autumn at dusk. Bare branches, indigo-hued subset

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Margaret Royall @meggiepoet.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Another festive visit to a stately home yesterday, this time Doddington Hall near Lincoln. A few photos below of the creative decor on the theme of Christmas songs. Enjoyable morning there.

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Margaret Royall @meggiepoet.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Delightful visit to Holkham Hall at Christmas yesterday, a real wow experience and great start to Christmas!

Standing beside a huge white Christmas decoration

Santa stuck on the chimney, fun deco at Holkham Hall

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Margaret Royall @meggiepoet.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Delighted to be a featured poet 2024 with Erbacce Poetry Prize. 5 pages of my poetry plus an in-depth interview are in the Autumn journal. I have a few signed copies to sell. Email me for details : Margaretroyall@icloyd.com #poetry #journal #competitionsuccess

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Margaret Royall @meggiepoet.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Delighted to have a poem in this seasonal anthology with its magnificent illustrations. Something to treasure, dip in and out of. A vintage keepsake

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Margaret Royall @meggiepoet.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Just back from Durham reunion with uni friends from 60 years ago. Snow and ice, very chilly. Visited castle & cathedral as usual then Ushaw College yesterday with its magnificent buildings and chapels. Delightful trip

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Margaret Royall @meggiepoet.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Off to Durham to meet up with old uni friends. Such a beautiful place in late Autumn

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Margaret Royall @meggiepoet.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

#PoetsOnBluesky Looking for my followers plus newbie followers from X, Facebook, Instagram and Threads. Interested primarily in poetry, country life photography, art.

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Margaret Royall @meggiepoet.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Hello to all my poetry/writer friends from Facebook, X@RoyallMargaret, Instagram and Threads, both @meggiepoet as on BlueSky! Good to see you here. If you follow(ed) me there please follow me here and I will reciprocate Hope everyone is doing fine!

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Margaret Royall @meggiepoet.bsky.social · 06/11/2023

Favourite autumn photos from local walks taken in recent years. So beautiful! #nature # autumnvibes #countryside #🍁

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Margaret Royall @meggiepoet.bsky.social · 04/11/2023

Saturday Autumn vibes. Beauty abounds

Collage of rose gall, red berries and blackberries

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Margaret Royall @meggiepoet.bsky.social · 02/11/2023

Wanting to connect with poetry & writing community. I am on X (@RoyallMargaret) Instagram and Threads (@meggiepoet), Facebook ( Margaret Royall). My website: margaretroyall.com

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Margaret Royall @meggiepoet.bsky.social · 02/11/2023

Hello, I’ve just joined. Looking for people I follow on X (@RoyallMargaret) Instagram ( meggiepoet) Facebook (Margaret Royall) Threads (meggiepoet) My website: Margaretroyall.com

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