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Stuart Barnes @stuartabarnes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Stoked my poem ‘Learning to Sing: A Bird’s-eye View’ is a finalist for the 2026 Montreal International Poetry Prize. Thanks to everyone @montrealprize.bsky.social especially the judges. You can read finalist poems here (www.montrealpoetryprize.com/2026-competi...); warm congrats to all poets ❤️‍🔥

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Stuart Barnes @stuartabarnes.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

My poem ‘Immortal Jellyfish (Cnidarian VIP Mix)’ in The Weekend Australian. This remixes my poem ‘Immortal Jellyfish’ from Like to the Lark. In musical terms, a VIP is a Variation in Production created by the original artist; in biological, a Very Important Phylum. Thanks poetry editor Jaya Savige ❤️

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Stuart Barnes @stuartabarnes.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Me on poetry, music, a support group & dancing in The Fortnightly Review. Thanks to Dispatches editor Cassandra Atherton for commissioning this ❤️ fortnightlyreview.substack.com/p/dispatch-f...

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Dispatch from the Dance Floor: Collective Effervescence

Stuart Barnes discusses writing, dancing, healing, jellyfish, and The Cure.

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Stuart Barnes @stuartabarnes.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

My poem ‘Spring Crocus’ in @austbookreview.bsky.social’s June issue which includes brilliant poems by @bdralyuk.bsky.social & Josephine Rowe & pays tribute to David Malouf & Dhoompoo Lionel Fogarty. Thank you fab poetry editor @felicity-plunkett.bsky.social & editors Georgina Arnott & Will Hunt 💜🧡💚

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Stuart Barnes @stuartabarnes.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

My poem ‘Red Right Handfish’ in Cordite Poetry Review’s PRECARIOUS issue. Thanks to guest editor Andy Jackson & production editor Alex Creece ❤️ Full issue: cordite.org.au/poetry/preca... Photo: Handfish Conservation Project @utas.edu.au @imas-utas.bsky.social @utasenglish.bsky.social #redhandfish

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judithbishop.net @judithbishopauthor.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

The 2026 Australian Book Review Peter Porter Poetry Prize longlist has been announced! As a judge this year together with Felicity Plunkett and Anders Villani, I am deeply grateful to all who entered for entrusting us with reading your poems. www.australianbookreview.com.au/prizes-progr...

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2026 Peter Porter Poetry Prize

The longlist for the 2026 Peter Porter Poetry Prize has been announced Australian Book Review is delighted to announce the longlist for the 2026 Peter Porter Poetry Prize. The prize was judged by Judi...

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Southerly @southerlylitmag.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

We’re back! After pestilence, after pain, after wholeness, after emptiness, after life, after death, after a long hiatus, Southerly, Australia’s oldest literary journal, has returned with issue 80.1 ‘First, The Future’. Purchase a copy of Southerly today: southerlylitmag.com.au/shop-subscri...

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Felicity Plunkett @felicity-plunkett.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

‘Odd Wren’s End-words’ contains thrilling codes and allusions, honouring, among others, Gwen Harwood plumwoodmountain.com/poem/odd-wre...

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Odd Wren’s End-words - Plumwood Mountain

'Odd Wren’s End-words' by Stuart Barnes.

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Felicity Plunkett @felicity-plunkett.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

My poem ‘Bound’ in the new issue of Plumwood Mountain Journal is in excellent company, starting with @stuartabarnes.bsky.social’s bristling anagrammatic ‘Odd Wren’s End-words’. Thanks to guest editors Shari Lynelle and Lucy Van, and editor Amanda Lucas-Frith plumwoodmountain.com/poem/bound/

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Bound - Plumwood Mountain

'Bound' by Felicity Plunkett.

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Stuart Barnes @stuartabarnes.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

I’ve an anagrammatic poem, ‘Odd Wren’s End-words’, in The Braided Gift, the latest issue of Plumwood Mountain Journal. Thanks to guest editors Shari Lynelle & Lucy Van & managing editor Amanda Lucas-Frith ❤️ plumwoodmountain.com/poem/odd-wre...

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Odd Wren’s End-words - Plumwood Mountain

'Odd Wren’s End-words' by Stuart Barnes.

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Felicity Plunkett @felicity-plunkett.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Delighted to be a juror for the wonderful @montrealprize.bsky.social in 2026

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Australian Book Review @austbookreview.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Read the new issue, out now.

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Felicity Plunkett @felicity-plunkett.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

This month’s issue includes a previously unpublished poem by Dorothy Porter alongside poems by Mindy Gill and Peter Goldsworthy.

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Felicity Plunkett @felicity-plunkett.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Sylvia Plath, born 27th October, 1932

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Felicity Plunkett @felicity-plunkett.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Including poems by Charmaine Papertalk Green, Ellen van Neerven, Dženana Vucic and Toby Fitch

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Australian Book Review @austbookreview.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Read the new October issue, out now.

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Adam Byatt @adambyattwriter.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Lavender and Bee Brush Pen and Coloured Pencils on A5 Reference pic by @stuartabarnes.bsky.social #TheDrumAndPage #PentelFude #StaedtlerPencils

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D. A. Powell @dapowell.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Thank you @poetsorg.bsky.social and @randallmann.bsky.social for selecting this poem for the Poem A Day feature. 💖🐯

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Felicity Plunkett @felicity-plunkett.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Happy and honoured to be appointed Poetry Editor with the wonderful @austbookreview.bsky.social and to work with editor Dr Georgina Arnott

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Adam Byatt @adambyattwriter.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

After what has been, in layman's terms, a fornicatory disaster of a day, I needed to ground myself, which means a return to the simple things that give me joy. In this case, drawing flowers. This image was based on a photo by @stuartabarnes.bsky.social #TheDrumAndPage #ContinuousLineDrawing

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Bandcamp @bandcamp.com · 30/04/2025

This Friday, May 2nd, is Bandcamp Friday. From midnight to midnight PST, we'll once again waive our revenue share, ensuring more money goes directly to artists. Mark your calendars and get those wishlists ready!

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Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann @poetryireland.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

🚃 Find this year's selection of Poetry Day Poems across various @irishrail.bsky.social DART services! Discover all Poetry Day Poems at poetryday.ie ⏳Counting Down: 8 Days to go! Poetry Day Ireland 2025 takes place on Thursday 1st May 2025. #PoetryDayIRL #MayDay

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Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann @poetryireland.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Duplex by Stuart Barnes The Australian poet's book Like to the Lark (Upswell Publishing, 2023), awarded the 2023 Wesley Michel Wright Prize in Poetry & shortlisted for the 2024 Australian Literature Society Gold Medal. Duplex was originally published in Modron Magazine (2024). #PoetryDayIRL

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Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann @poetryireland.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Poetry Ireland's Poet in Residence Anne Tannam welcomes @rte.ie to this year's Poetry Day Ireland celebrations. "Poetry lovers of the world, unite! Go on, spread a little poetry, spread a little hope." Read Anne's full article here: www.rte.ie/culture/2025...

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Why do we turn to poetry? A poem for Ireland this May Day

Poet in Residence with Poetry Ireland Anne Tannam welcomes us to this year's Poetry Day Ireland celebrations...

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Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann @poetryireland.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

📣 Poetry Day Ireland returns 1st May 2025 with the theme May Day!🎉 #MayDay symbolises renewal, hope, & abundance, while also paying homage to International Workers’ Day, a time for reflection on solidarity, unity, & collective strength. ℹ️ Discover #PoetryDayIRL at poetryday.ie

A poster designed for Poetry Day Ireland 2025. The poster has a deep green background with an illustrated sun at the top and spring flowers at the bottom. There is white text just above the centre of the poster that reads: Poetry Day Ireland May Day, Thursday 1 May 2025. #PoetryDayIRL, poetryday.ie

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Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann @poetryireland.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

The poets are Gabriel Rosenstock, Othuke Umukoro, Róisín Leggett Bohan, Enda Coyle-Greene, Rosamund Taylor, Lorna Shaughnessy, Jo Bear, Stephen de Búrca, Stuart Barnes, Alan Titley, Diarmuid Johnson, & Gormfhlaith Ní Shíocháin Ní Bheoláin. ✏️Learn more about Poetry Day Ireland 2025 at poetryday.ie

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Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann @poetryireland.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

🎉 Poetry Ireland is delighted to announce 12 poems will feature across the Irish Rail network and in libraries nationwide to celebrate Poetry Day Ireland on 1st May 2025. 🌞 Discover the #PoetryDayIRL Poems: www.poetryireland.ie/poetry-day/d... @irishrail.bsky.social #MayDay #PublicPoetry

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Felicity Plunkett @felicity-plunkett.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

This year’s Best of Australian Poems is a superb anthology, edited by luminaries Kate Lilley and @shastradeo.bsky.social. I’m very happy my poem ‘Tender’ is part of it, and in such good company.

Glossy and delightful Labrador apparently reading Best of Australian Poems 2024

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Felicity Plunkett @felicity-plunkett.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Quiet rainbow (especially for @stuartabarnes.bsky.social 🌈❤️)

A stormy blue-grey sky with a barely visible rainbow

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