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Rachel Curzon

@rcurzon.bsky.social
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Poetry, mostly.

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Rachel Curzon @rcurzon.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Ahh, thanks so much, Nairn! (I'm not often over here - sorry for the late response). Ever the bridesmaid... 😂
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Rachel Curzon @rcurzon.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Thanks so much, Laura. I'm not here often, and this was a lovely surprise to see.
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Jeremy Noel-Tod @jntod.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Looking 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...
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Rachel Curzon @rcurzon.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Such a lovely evening, made lovelier by your being there.
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Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
can't wait to read your poems. Send me your bangers, both quiet and noisy!
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Rachel Curzon @rcurzon.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Congratulations! Really looking forward to catching up, Nóra!
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Rachel Curzon @rcurzon.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
If you're feeling Woolfish
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Rachel Curzon @rcurzon.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
A huge thank you to Dust: a safe space for anxious dogs...
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The Braag | Press & Journal @thebraag.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
It's that time of year again, folks! Submissions open in under two weeks. For full info, get yourself over to thebraag.co 💀💚
a graphic that says "the braag will be open for submissions of poetry, prose and micro-chapbooks June 15th - July 31st"
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Rachel Curzon @rcurzon.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Beautiful.
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Rachel Curzon @rcurzon.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Really enjoyed reading this poem and discussion.
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Rachel Curzon @rcurzon.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Bravo! 🥳
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Rachel Curzon @rcurzon.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
So many congrats! 🥳
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Rachel Curzon @rcurzon.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Huge congrats, Corinna! x
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Rachel Curzon @rcurzon.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
This is a beaut.
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
There 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.com
Children with special needs in England may lose legal right to school support
Exclusive: Schools minister declines to rule out replacing EHCP documents as part of plans to change Send system
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Rachel Curzon @rcurzon.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Phenomenal work! Can't wait to read your poem. 🥳💫
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Rachel Curzon @rcurzon.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
I've got three big deadlines coming up in the next fortnight. What better time to begin a 3D papercraft raven?
Photo of a 3D papercraft raven kit. Somebody please stop me.
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Rachel Curzon @rcurzon.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Okay. Valid.
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Rachel Curzon @rcurzon.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Why would you do this. What possible reason could you have for doing this. I refute your every assertion. I
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Rachel Curzon @rcurzon.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
T H I R T Y Y E A R S
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Rachel Curzon @rcurzon.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Harriet Martineau said CB was the smallest person she'd ever seen, "except at a fair". 😂
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Rachel Curzon @rcurzon.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
I feel so seen 🥹
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Rachel Curzon @rcurzon.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Zoltar?
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Rachel Curzon @rcurzon.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Aaaaghhh! Thank you so much! Will listen tonight. Also deep in my erasure era, so this is absolutely the ticket. Can't wait to see what else you've done. 🙏
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Rachel Curzon @rcurzon.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Bloody love this. Is there any more?
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Rachel Curzon @rcurzon.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Outstanding. 🥳
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Rachel Curzon @rcurzon.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
OH THIS POEM
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Rachel Curzon @rcurzon.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
scree 👌
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Sarah Doyle @poetsarahdoyle.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Delighted 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...
Poem text against black background with skull image:


Sarah Doyle

Night dances her Dance 
of the Dead, darkens her 
eyes with bold kohl, thinks
I Shadow, laughs privately.

Night is bone-bare, holds 
out a finger for Moth to 
still himself - but Moth, 
electrified, craves only Moon.

Moon wears her Sunday best, 
drapes mist over an exposed 
shoulder, experiments with 
gold highlights, and is pleased.

Moon feels her own fading, 
becomes raggedy-fragile, 
shying from the brassy Sun; 
listens, bitterly, to birdsong.

*First published by Black Bough Poetry

#darkpoetsclub #shortlist
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Rachel Curzon @rcurzon.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Oh, I love this - especially the way the images darken to that killer last line! 🌙 🌔
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Rachel Curzon @rcurzon.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
I love it.
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Rachel Curzon @rcurzon.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Mondrain
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Rachel Curzon @rcurzon.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Metro, boulot, dodo
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Rachel Curzon @rcurzon.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Printing off PDFs; calling it work.
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Rachel Curzon @rcurzon.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Always 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.
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Steve Whitaker @stevewhitaker1.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Yorkshire Times Poem of the Week: 'Eton Mess' by Laurie Bolger @poetrybusiness.bsky.social www.yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Poem...
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Poem Of The Week: <i>Eton Mess</i> By Laurie Bolger
Eton 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.
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Rachel Curzon @rcurzon.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Always look forward to these, and this is a cracking poem. Pun more or less intended.
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Rachel Curzon @rcurzon.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Seems 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
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Rachel Curzon @rcurzon.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
This is all kinds of wonderful.
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Steve Eely @steveeely.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
I'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...
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Rachel Curzon @rcurzon.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Liked the wit of this one. I found it in The Forward Book of Poetry (1994), but it's from Moving the Stereo.
Jonathan Davidson's poem, 'Now We Are Married'.
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Rachel Curzon @rcurzon.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Oh, that's hit the spot.
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Victoria 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/
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PRE-ORDER Soi-même - Victoria Spires
Soi-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 ...
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Rachel Curzon @rcurzon.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
So evocative, Mary. Really enjoyed this.
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Rachel Curzon @rcurzon.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Thank you so much, Sarah! This really means a lot. ❤️
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Rachel Curzon @rcurzon.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
You are very lovely, Corinna! Thank you. ❤️
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Rachel Curzon @rcurzon.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Looking forward to getting stuck into this. Huge thanks for giving me a space to fangirl about Charlotte Brontë...
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Rachel Curzon @rcurzon.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Really looking forward to this one.
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Rachel Curzon @rcurzon.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
This is always my new year's resolution! Hope you have better luck!
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