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Karen Goodwin

@mssgoodwin.bsky.social

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Poet and journalist. Poetry Editor at Sabotage Reviews. Teacher Trailblazer at The Poetry Society. She/her

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Poetry By Heart @poetrybyheart.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us at Shakespeare's Globe on 6 July to celebrate the finalists in this year's natoinal poetry speaking competition. Congratulations to everyone who took part and learned a poem by heart ❤️ #poetry #edusky Not taken part before? Register now! poetrybyheart.org.uk

A view of the Poetry By Heart Grand Finale with the audience in the galleries and in the yard of Shakespeare's Globe, watching a young woman perform a poem she has learned by heart on the stage.

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Karen Goodwin @mssgoodwin.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

What a special day. Thanks @poetrybyheart.bsky.social for having us.

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Karen Goodwin @mssgoodwin.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Lovely to get a mention in @poetrysociety.bsky.social anthology Foyle Young Poets of the Year. Some excellent poems in here!

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Karen Goodwin @mssgoodwin.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Excited to be part of this!

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Karen Goodwin @mssgoodwin.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

On my way to the Free Verse Poetry Book Fair @poetrysociety.bsky.social

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The Poetry Society @poetrysociety.org.uk · 25/04/2026

Free Verse Poetry Book Fair is underway! Come on down to meet 70+ poetry publishers and organisations. We're at St Columba's, SW1X 0BD. Fair runs until 6pm with a gala reading from 7pm. Free entry, no need to book!

Photo of Free Verse book fair with stalls and people looking at books and chatting. Banners in the background saying Free Verse and The Poetry Society.

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The Poetry Society @poetrysociety.org.uk · 09/04/2026

Calling all poets aged 11-17: the 2026 Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award is now open for entries! We are delighted to have the fantastic poets John McAuliffe and Rachel Long as judges. Visit foyleyoungpoets.org for more details on how to enter. #FoyleYoungPoets

Graphic for the Foyle Young Poets Award, with the text 'Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award. Submit your poems at foyleyoungpoets.org.' Images of a keyboard, pen, pencil and pair of glasses, with the top edge of a notebook, in orange blue and green. Logos for The Poetry Society, Foyle Foundation and Arts Council England.

Graphic showing photos of the Foyle Award judges 2026: John McAuliffe and Rachel Long. Their names in black text, as well as the words 'Meet the judges'. At the bottom, the text 'Foyle young poets of the year award 2026'. Images of a keyboard, pen, and pair of glasses, with the top edge of a notebook, in orange blue and green.

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Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Matthew Francis joins Cerys Matthews for a St David’s Day dive into the rich imaginative world of Welsh poetry. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Cerys Matthews - Matthew Francis and Deborah Bankole: Welsh Poetic Vision and Jazz Reimagined - BBC Sounds

St David’s Day poetry with Matthew Francis and fresh jazz views with Deborah Bankole.

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Karen Goodwin @mssgoodwin.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Thanks @poetrysociety.org.uk for the new issue of Poetry Review. Featuring a fabulous new poem by @mrjohnmccullough.bsky.social

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Karen Goodwin @mssgoodwin.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Happy January! first page of the @poetrybyheart.bsky.social calendar.

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Bloodaxe Books @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Lovely BBC Radio 4 40th birthday feature on @poemsonthetube.bsky.social. With contributions from @imtiazdharker.bsky.social & @georgeszirtes.bsky.social, plus extracts from poems by Grace Nichols & the late Benjamin Zephaniah. A @radiotimes.bsky.social pick of the day. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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BBC Radio 4 - Artworks, Poems on the Underground

A programme to mark the 40th anniversary of London's Poems on the Underground scheme.

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Bloodaxe Books @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

In tribute to the late Tony Harrison, BBC Radio 4 will be rebroadcasting this 2013 feature on v., his controversial long poem. Tony Harrison read the poem in full, and writer Blake Morrison discussed the poem's impact. Tune in at 11pm tonight, 6 Nov, or listen later. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

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BBC Radio 4 - Artworks, v. by Tony Harrison

The controversial poem by Tony Harrison, to mark his death.

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Karen Goodwin @mssgoodwin.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Excited for our first @poetrybyheart.bsky.social club today! Choosing favourite poems with students for the 2026 competition #Poetry

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Karen Goodwin @mssgoodwin.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Double happy birthday to two of the greats, Dylan Thomas and Sylvia Plath.

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Karen Goodwin @mssgoodwin.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Thank you @poetrysociety.org.uk for this Teacher Trailblazer award at the Foyle Young Poets ceremony. An incredible honour. Photo: MaddMann

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The Poetry Society @poetrysociety.org.uk · 19/10/2025

The Poetry Society's #FoyleYoungPoets of the Year 2025 have been announced and here are some of the top 15 at the awards ceremony at the British Library last week. It was a wonderful day celebrating all 100 winners and commended poets in the award. Photo by MaddMann Photography.

Some of the top 15 winners of the Foyle Young Poets Award 2025 standing in a line and smiling. They hold signs saying Foyle Young Poets.

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