Reposted by Rachel CurzonJeremy Noel-Tod @jntod.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Looking forward to this chat with my very old mucker @ravoon.bsky.social. Come along! We may even reminisce about the *Nineties* -- and, specifically, the time we cornered Paul Muldoon having a quiet pint in a pub... 195
Reposted by Rachel CurzonRishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social · 28/10/2025can't wait to read your poems. Send me your bangers, both quiet and noisy! 0178
Rachel Curzon @rcurzon.bsky.social · 23/06/2025A huge thank you to Dust: a safe space for anxious dogs... 072
Reposted by Rachel CurzonThe Braag | Press & Journal @thebraag.bsky.social · 04/06/2025It's that time of year again, folks! Submissions open in under two weeks. For full info, get yourself over to thebraag.co 💀💚 01916
Reposted by Rachel CurzonDan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 24/05/2025There already isn't enough support for many children in schools. There desperately needs to be a shift from the idea of "diagnosis led support" to "needs led support". Further reducing support will leave many more struggling. 1/ www.theguardian.com/education/20...theguardian.comChildren with special needs in England may lose legal right to school supportExclusive: Schools minister declines to rule out replacing EHCP documents as part of plans to change Send system 59337
Rachel Curzon @rcurzon.bsky.social · 22/05/2025I've got three big deadlines coming up in the next fortnight. What better time to begin a 3D papercraft raven? 030
Reposted by Rachel CurzonSarah Doyle @poetsarahdoyle.bsky.social · 12/05/2025Delighted to have been shortlisted in the Dark Poets Club competition, out of over 2000 submissions! 'Observance' was first published by Black Bough Poetry, because oh, I do love me a M🌕🌕N poem. Many thanks to the judges for this lovely boost. 😊 www.darkpoets.club/post/observa... 3194
Rachel Curzon @rcurzon.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Always find I'm in a perfect state of mental readiness for creative work at the precise time I need to leave for the school run. 030
Reposted by Rachel CurzonSteve Whitaker @stevewhitaker1.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Yorkshire Times Poem of the Week: 'Eton Mess' by Laurie Bolger @poetrybusiness.bsky.social www.yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Poem...yorkshiretimes.co.ukPoem Of The Week: <i>Eton Mess</i> By Laurie BolgerEton Mess she added whipped cream took the knife without fuss smashed the blade through and watched the meringue crack like every bad man she was ever taught to love. 373
Rachel Curzon @rcurzon.bsky.social · 01/05/2025Seems there's a lot of you reading outside today. Every year I aspire to enjoying it, and every year I cannot. The glare! The flapping pages! The uncomfortable seating arrangements! WHAT IS THE SECRET PLEASE.if.you 030
Reposted by Rachel CurzonSteve Eely @steveeely.bsky.social · 28/04/2025I'm leading this five-workshop outdoor creative writing course this summer in Yorkshire, first session on Saturday 17th May. If you can't make the whole course, it is possible to book on individual workshops. More details and booking here. www.eventbrite.com/e/anti-pasto... 1106
Rachel Curzon @rcurzon.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Liked the wit of this one. I found it in The Forward Book of Poetry (1994), but it's from Moving the Stereo. 081
Reposted by Rachel CurzonVictoria Spires @victoriaspires.bsky.social · 17/04/2025🧵 Lovely poetry folks: it's time for me to step gingerly onto the merry-go-round of self promotion and announce that my debut pamphlet Soi-même is available now for pre-order from the wonderful @salopress.bsky.social Thank you so much to Salo for taking this on ❤️❤️ salopress.com/store/soi-meme/salopress.comPRE-ORDER Soi-même - Victoria SpiresSoi-même delves into the ‘mechanics of failure’ inbuilt into every situation where desire ebbs and flows, and as subject and object trade places. It seeks to pose questions without answers, about how ... 176620
Rachel Curzon @rcurzon.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Looking forward to getting stuck into this. Huge thanks for giving me a space to fangirl about Charlotte Brontë... 171
Reposted by Rachel CurzonKit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · 02/03/2025Job here for a Creative Writer to respond to Everything is Connected, an exhibition of artworks belonging to the Methodist Modern Art Collection during Bradford 2025 City of Culture. Deadline 31/3 Details in link. Please share :) online.updf.com/pdf/share?sh... 03626
Reposted by Rachel CurzonCorinna Board @corinnaboard.bsky.social · 09/02/2025New issue of The Marrow is out (don’t think they’re on here). Excellent pieces from poetry friends @rcurzon.bsky.social, @sarahbwestcottpoet.bsky.social and @janezwart.bsky.socialthemarrowpoetry.comIssue Three Contents — The Marrow International Poetry 3288
Reposted by Rachel CurzonElizabeth Chadwick Pywell @chadpie.bsky.social · 07/02/2025RISE UP! With Antony Dunn, Lisa Coates and Nathan Walker 🎉 26/02, nowhere better to be on a Wednesday in February (or any other Wednesday) 084
Reposted by Rachel CurzonTom Jenks @tomjenksuk.bsky.social · 29/01/2025The 4th instalment of my project documenting everything I buy on the reduced counter for a year. This week, a philosophical paradox. 091
Reposted by Rachel CurzonDr Briony Hughes @brihughespoet.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Sharing details of a 2025 scholarship specific to the MA in Creative Writing! This is one of several (!!!!!) currently available for postgraduate applicants. If you would like to chat to me about the poetry pathways, please get in touch! www.royalholloway.ac.uk/studying-her...royalholloway.ac.ukThe Koppinen Family Scholarship 2025 01210
Rachel Curzon @rcurzon.bsky.social · 23/01/2025So, earreadthis.bsky.social is here now, for those of you who like your poetry crit. well done and ... er ... highly seasoned. (Oh, hush. I'll workshop this later.)earreadthis.bsky.socialearreadthis.bsky.social 020
Rachel Curzon @rcurzon.bsky.social · 21/01/2025One of favourite childhood books. Or possibly just one of my favourite books. Thank you, JF. 010
Reposted by Rachel CurzonOxford Bibliographical Society @obs1922.bsky.social · 20/01/2025OBS / Balliol College research associate position! We invite early career / grad scholars to apply to our new 2-week research associate position at Balliol College, Oxford. Any interesting projects that will benefit from 2 weeks at Balliol -- £500, accommodation and meals. Deadline 28 February 02724
Reposted by Rachel CurzonAngela T. Carr @angelatcarrpoetry.bsky.social · 03/01/2025Over 160 calls for submissions of poetry, fiction, flash, non-fiction, art, photography & more - competitions, literary journals, residencies, bursaries etc - open or with deadlines in January 2025. Best of luck & pls share! www.thisiswordbox.com/wordbox-blog... 10172103
Reposted by Rachel CurzonBlack Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 19/12/2024We could do with a Bluesky boost. Please have a gander through our timeline and idly like or repost or content, if inclined. Merci!media.tenor.coma lucas & friends advertisement with a heart and the words thank youALT: a lucas & friends advertisement with a heart and the words thank you 12619
Reposted by Rachel CurzonLongbarrow Press @longbarrowpress.bsky.social · 16/12/2024Last dates for Christmas delivery: UK delivery addresses: order by Tuesday 17 December (books will be posted on or before Wednesday 18 December) Sheffield delivery addresses: order by Sunday 22 December (books will be delivered on or before Tuesday 24 December) 01512
Rachel Curzon @rcurzon.bsky.social · 14/12/2024Really excited about this book. I might spontaneously combust during the reading. 082
Reposted by Rachel CurzonVasiliki Albedo @minorroarr.bsky.social · 12/12/2024thank you so much @chrissywilliams.bsky.social 🪷 0145
Rachel Curzon @rcurzon.bsky.social · 08/12/2024Had my eye on this workshop with the brilliant Sarah Doyle, but have just discovered Irritating Other Arrangements on the same day. One of you should definitely go, though - it'll be great. 161
Rachel Curzon @rcurzon.bsky.social · 07/12/2024I'm still thinking about this poem a week later, so thought I'd put it here for easier finding... 0142
Rachel Curzon @rcurzon.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Singy stuff for Advent - usual darkness to light affair, only for some reason nobody remembered the candles this year. Palestrina's Matin Responsory has never sounded so ... eclectic. 020
Reposted by Rachel CurzonClare Pollard @poetclare.bsky.social · 20/11/2024I’ve started a substack called CLARE’S POETRY CIRCLE. It’s free to read and subscribe. Today we’ve begun a readalong of Keats’ LAMIA 🐍🐍🐍 Do read part one and join the conversation! clarespoetrycircle.substack.com/p/reading-la...clarespoetrycircle.substack.comReading ‘Lamia’ by John KeatsPart One 45728
Reposted by Rachel CurzonRobin Houghton @robinhoughton.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Currently updating my quarterly spreadsheet of poetry journals and their submissions windows, to be sent out later in the week. If you're a poet looking to submit work, and are not already on my list, sign up here - tinyurl.com/robinsubslisttinyurl.comPoetry Magazines Submissions SpreadsheetPoets! Take the hard work out of submitting to poetry magazines What poetry magazines are there? What are their web addresses? How many poems can I send? Are they open for submissions now? You̵… 810143
Reposted by Rachel CurzonCorinna Board @corinnaboard.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Sharing my poem ‘Extinction Event’ from issue 3 of @andotherpoems.bsky.social as I’ve just found out it’s been nominated for a Pushcart Prize! Thanks Tom and Laurie! ❤️ #poetry #poetsonbluesky 2212227
Rachel Curzon @rcurzon.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Seconded. Lovely atmosphere, some excellent words, and an amusingly errant mic stand. Thanks, all. 🎤 120
Rachel Curzon @rcurzon.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Big thanks to Anthropocene, who have given my sad&angry a home this morning. Featuring bins. www.anthropocenepoetry.org/post/2-poems...anthropocenepoetry.org2 poems by Rachel CurzonNine days since I heard from you and look how it’s goingBin day was missed. Note the passive construction, which is ugly and deliberate. My thoughts were elsewhere, or I was not up to its rigmarole. B... 071
Reposted by Rachel CurzonBeth Kitson @drbethkitson.bsky.social · 26/11/2024'From stalled careers to broken marriages, the work that parenting a child with extra needs piles onto mothers is unpicking their lives.' - @hannahfearn.bsky.social inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...inews.co.uk'I quit to fight for my son': how the SEND crisis is wrecking women's careersFour in 10 parents of children with special educational needs have stopped working, and mothers are hit the hardest 32010
Reposted by Rachel Curzoncharlotte shevchenko knight @shevchenkoknight.bsky.social · 26/11/2024my guest episode of Poetry Please will be airing over on BBC Radio 4 in a week's time! - 3rd of December at 4pm - do join in to hear my picks (spoiler: i went for an overwhelming sense of sadness) www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...bbc.co.ukBBC Radio 4 - Poetry Please, Charlotte Shevchenko KnightPoetry choices from the guest poet and listeners 13514
Reposted by Rachel CurzonHannah Linden @hannahl1n.bsky.social · 22/11/2024I've started compiling starter packs of UK Poets. I've just finished the first one... alphabetically listed from A to J (1st names)... will start another list from there on. go.bsky.app/DgHRkcK 369938
