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Rue Collinge

@thewordtinker.bsky.social

Disabled poet & community artist. North East. Writing about hope with dragons in it, and hEDS. Pre-order debut pamphlet with Verve Poetry Press! linktr.ee/thewordtinker

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VERVE Poetry Press @vervepoetrypress.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY to #RueCollinge whose #DisabledPoetsPrize winning pamphlet #HowToTrainYourDragon is out today! Such a wonderful and rewarding work. You can get yours at our website here: vervepoetrybookshop.com/product-page...

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Rue Collinge @thewordtinker.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Publishing day! My pamphlet ‘How to train your Dragon’ is out now with @vervepoetrypress.bsky.social - awarded the @disabledpoets.bsky.social for 2025 by the fantastic @jamierhale.bsky.social , @pollyrowena.bsky.social and @mailbykite.bsky.social . Today’s dragon is a heavy one but my heart is full.

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Rue Collinge @thewordtinker.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Today I went for a walk without my dog, which I forget is allowed! Not taking her meant I could use the bus, which meant I could go somewhere beautiful, and sit on a stone in the sun, and breathe in the spring, which is rushing headlong into blossom. Awaken, little soul.

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Rue Collinge @thewordtinker.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Can’t believe I don’t have to stay quiet anymore - I’m winner of the Disabled Poets Prize 2025 for my pamphlet ‘How to Train Your Dragon’, which will be published with @vervepoetrypress.bsky.social soon! Breathless and buzzing! Congratulations to Oli Isaac for their poem and all those shortlisted.

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Rue Collinge @thewordtinker.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Absolutely over the moon to announce that my pamphlet ‘How to train your Dragon’ has been shortlisted for the #DisabledPoetsPrize 2025!

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