Poetry Worth Hearing: Episode 39

Another rich episode of ‘poetry worth hearing’ on other spaces & Argentinian poet #sergioraimondi delighted to be in the mix with @mcrucefix.bsky.social
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Bring on Spring 🍃✨what better way to start than with this bunch of eco sonnets from @whalebackcity.bsky.social @azjackson.bsky.social

Welcoming back the light ✨ with Brigid’s blessings - goddess of fire, poetry, and healing ✨

Perfect use of emotional storytelling for good … rather than making them cry to make them buy.

This is how it’s done ! @jeremyclancy.bsky.social perfect ✊ thanks

I think this is the blue shutter hotel www.expedia.co.uk/Valletta-Hot...

I was there for the first time in December - loving Valletta (I’d swerve St Paul’s - where I was :)) this Sicilian restaurant (pistachio pasta) is in Valletta just down from a really good culture centre that I stumbled on & was v good enjoy x

Nice one, Zadie Smith.

So excited to have been shortlisted by the wonderful @livecanon.bsky.social and can’t wait to hear my poem ‘The Final Foley Session’ being performed by the ensemble tonight - & you can too :) free tix here : www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1688432339...

Walking Away - Dare-Gale Press Walking Away, the new poetry pamphlet by Martyn Crucefix, is a tender, heart-breaking farewell to the poet’s mother and father.

Just put my order in for this fabulous new collection from Martyn Crucefix // can’t wait to read it daregale.com/product/walk... @mcrucefix.bsky.social

Just back from a great literary festival in Wexford after being placed in the poetry comp, such a joy to be back in Ireland 🇮🇪 & to spend time with Claire Keegan & hear the wonderful @kitdewaal.com

Denmark eliminates 25% book tax to combat declining reading skills Denmark is eliminating its 25% book tax after finding reading skills in steep decline. Culture Minister Engel-Schmidt: "The gift of reading is something we should give to younger generations."

Denmark eliminates 25% book tax to combat declining reading
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The European Union 🇪🇺

Brexit b’stard

I’m still waiting to hear what their estimate is :)

Very much enjoyed ‘The Opposite of Swedish Death Cleaning’ such true & well crafted work including powerful poems on Alzheimer’s from @alisonbinney.bsky.social (& good luck with Gladstone!)

A Midsummer Night's Dream - Creation Theatre % “Are you sure that we are awake? It seems to me that yet we sleep, we dream.”– Demetrius“The course of true love never did run smooth.”– Lysandr It isn’t summer until you’ve seen Creation’s summer Sha...

Fantastic performance 🎭 from @creationtheatre.bsky.social last night - no summer should be without - only a week left tix creationtheatre.co.uk/show/midsumm...

This looks excellent

@lizottosson.bsky.social congrats // hope to see you down by the sea 🤞

😍 I’m on the poetry shortlist biting my nails & now manifesting like a lit crone // soooo hope to see you there :)

It’s the uk

A perfectly poetic cafe in Copenhagen : )

why are we doing age verification? we're all 38

Many congratulations 🙌 xxx

Soooo excited to be on the Alpine Fellowship Shortlist for 2025 : 0

Your Prime Day reminder that half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle with food & housing costs.

A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut.

If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.

We have just seen this in London it was fabulous can’t wait to see it again Oxford next week #creationtheatre #dalloway100 #woolf #oxfordtheatre #mrsdalloway

Poetry Readings - Creation Theatre Poetry readings by Creation Theatre at United Reformed Church, Summertown

Looking forward to reading at Creation on Monday in Summertown, Oxford, see you there ! creationtheatre.co.uk/show/poetryr...