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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 22/03/2026

'I recite the rules by rote by heart, by practise, practise, practise by trial and by error, so quietly the hum of my voice is a vaporous elegy ... ' iamb.uk/wave/25-lou...

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Louise Machen | wave 25 | spring 2026 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard

Hear poet Louise Machen read poems for wave 25 of literary poetry journal iamb.

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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 22/03/2026

'Casual sex has left you just as empty and upset as the failed relationships you somehow kept with wonderful (incredibly patient) men.' iamb.uk/wave/25-hlr

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HLR | wave 25 | spring 2026 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard

Hear poet HLR read poems for wave 25 of literary poetry journal iamb.

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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 22/03/2026

'Nothing good ever came from being the first one in. More people have walked on the moon than have won from the number one position, remember that.' iamb.uk/wave/25-col...

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Colin Bancroft | wave 25 | spring 2026 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard

Hear poet Colin Bancroft read poems for wave 25 of literary poetry journal iamb.

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Sean Burke @seanaaburke.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Free poetry here! The latest wave and the whole archive at iamb.uk/wave/25-sean-b… for your reading and listening enjoyment #poetry #tarot #poetryandscience #scottishpoetry

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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 15/03/2026

Despite the rain, the chill, winter's reluctance to cede his throne, spring arrives with daffodils, birdsong, the lengthening of days. Welcoming it are the 15 poets of wave twenty-five of @iamb.uk. Expect 45 poems, written and read – fresh as the incoming season. iamb.uk/index/wave/25

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wave twenty-five | spring 2026 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard

Hear the poets of wave 25 of literary poetry journal iamb read their poems for spring 2026 .

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Sean Burke @seanaaburke.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Very pleased to announce that I am one of the 15, and in such great company, past and present. Do check out this beautiful website and the many great poems to be found there. #iamb #poetry #audiopoems

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Sean Burke @seanaaburke.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

The latest #theweesparrow anthology has landed! Meet my meditative frog and various other poetical beasts, all proceeds to good causes. Thanks to #marcellenewbold and #bronwenrevans for all their work in putting this together. Read more at sites.google.com/view/wwwthewee…

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Sean Burke @seanaaburke.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Very happy to say that I am one of those poets! My Frog will be sitting very still amongst many other beasts in this anthology #animalpoems #weesparrowpress #linesofcommunication

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Ben Morgan @benjlmorgan.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

I was reminded today I'm meant to promote my poetry sequence here. It's just been published in a 2nd edition by Poetry Salzburg: www.poetrysalzburg.com/medea.htm It's about the vengeful rage of Medea whom no one listens to, and about political violence. So more relevant than when I wrote it, alas.

Hecate’s Song

Every man and woman is a world,
And the world is a man and a woman.
Every man and woman has a soul,
And the world’s soul is each man and woman.

Every animal is given grace, beauty of movement and body.
And every body’s movement has animal grace,
Even speech and murder, inventions of mankind.

You wonder, daughter, where your rage fits in.

It is a little window made of fire.
From your window you watch the world, in pain.
Your gaze passes by the mothers and the children
Playing in their orchards of innocence,
And the old folk dozing in the sun.

Let it turn to the rooms of blood and stone
Where your family’s story is written.
I am there already. I will meet you.

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Sean Burke @seanaaburke.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Here's the poem of mine, Five Fields, that won the 2025 #MoleculesUnlimited prize. It was fun to write, I hope it's fun to read! #scienceandpoetry #prizewinningpoems

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Sean Burke @seanaaburke.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Of the many gems in Hollis' The Wasteland: Biography of a Poem, Pound challenging a proponent of Georgian poetry to a duel is so far the shiniest

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Sean Burke @seanaaburke.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

I've been told that years in Italy has done strange things to my Scottish accent: judge for yourselves by listening to two of my poems, in some great company, at open.spotify.com/episode/4FYB... or poetryworthhearing.biz Many thanks again to Poetry Worth Hearing!

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Sean Burke @seanaaburke.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Hear ye (literally)! Two of my poems on the subject of Rules will be appearing soon on Poetry Worth Hearing! Splendid news. www.poetryworthhearing.biz #poetry #poetrycommunity #ekphrasticpoetry #poetryworthhearing

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Sean Burke @seanaaburke.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Just broke the poetry competition duck with a win in the second Molecules Unlimited comp for my poem Five Fields. Woohoo! www.facebook.com/share/p/15ZB...

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Sean Burke @seanaaburke.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

And then you suddenly remember that there is such a thing as Julian Cope

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Sean Burke @seanaaburke.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Splendid news: my poem, Five Fields, has been shortlisted for the Molecules Unlimited prize, judged by @imtiazdharker.bsky.social Really looking forward to the online readings on the 12th March!

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Sean Burke @seanaaburke.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Here's a poem of mine from Top Tweet Tuesday, hosted on X by @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social So many good writers and poems every Tuesday!

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Sean Burke @seanaaburke.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Since the internet has gone all Greek, here's my tuppence worth, from the lovely limited edition printed by Rum Do in Venice. #poetry #scottishpoets #writerscommunity #poetrylovers #greekmythology #medusa #sonnets

Caravaggio: Medusa

I never thought I'd find myself here:
sharing a platter with John the Baptist,
a novelty favour at a wedding feast
for some spoilt rich kid. Hero?

I beg to differ. Still, I'm quite the dowry:
since Athena saw fit to put a halt
to me and Poseidon (as if she'd never screwed on an altar!)
and gave me a face to make the boys cower,

I'm one of a kind, a collector's item.
Or I was. But even my severed head
is a loaded weapon, my dead
babies still writhe and rear to bite:

so place me on the top table for the big reveal,
drink down my hatred with your final meal.

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Sean Burke @seanaaburke.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

This older poem was recently printed in a lovely limited edition by Rum Do Press in Venice. In memory of my grandfather, Calum Marshall.

Burial

This morning, thousands of geese are leaving Scotland.
Something in the air calls them
to roads they may no more resist
than our hair the wind’s invitation to dance.

On this hilltop where we bury you,
the chanter’s reed may no more resist
the breath that shakes it than our tears
the song the piper weaves:

Sail bonny boat
like a bird on the wing
over the sea to Skye.

The pipes, calloused and tender
as a midwife’s hands, laying bare
the seams of the heart, then
marrying them to the air.

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