Looking forward to next Sunday :-) Thank you, @rhunedhel.bsky.social #alliterative #poetry #poetrysky #litmag #ukpoets

A chapel now dedicated to Christ the Servant – a poem by Helen Evans A chapel now dedicated to Christ the ServantDaylight from two slit windows falls on the cross above the altar, casts that familiar double shadow, and thereit is again – the shape of my calling.How …

Thank you to Amethyst Review for publishing this poem of mine today :-) amethystmagazine.org/2026/04/07/a...

Oh to be in Scotland now that Spring is here.

Or

If you're in England, April IS the cruellest month...

I loved the job title 'Public and Green Space Operator (Mechanical Skills)' so much I looked up the job description.

Tasks include 'grass cutting, hedge trimming, shrub bed maintenance including pruning, and weed spraying'.

So THIS is how one operates Green Space...🤔

Brilliant, that has worked – thanks, Wendy!

Hi Wendy – I can't get the link to work...? Help :-)

Moving and meaningful, Richard, thank you for writing it and sharing it

My pleasure, sorry I can't be there!

The geography's no good for me, sadly, but maybe you can get to one of these...?

Thanks, Nairn!

Or the ones so good they're beyond language?

Association for Promoting Retreats - The Association for Promoting Retreats exists to encourage more people to go on retreat and to support the ministry of our member retreat houses and retreat leaders.

Demelza Henderson and I will run a poetry and prayer weekend in Devon next March for @promotingretreats.org. A handful of places are left on 'Soaring on wings like eagles'. Details at promotingretreats.org/apr-spring-r...

PS: yes, I know my pic is of a buzzard, but I did say 'like' eagles :-)

... and Nicole is reading at Uncut Poets in Exeter next week – I have the pleasure of reading alongside her – do come and join us!

This is too far away for me, sadly, but maybe not for you?

Do check out Gill Barr's new website – and keep an eye open for her excellent book (I can say that because I've had a sneak preview) – launching next month!

I'm very late to the party, Gill, but it looks really good!

Poster advertising poetry reading at Exeter Phoenix at 7.30pm on Tuesday 29th July with poets Nicole Durman and Helen Evans, including photographs of the two readers

Big thanks to Chrissy Banks and Matt Bryden for inviting me to read at Uncut Poets, Exeter, on Tuesday, July 29th, alongside Nicole Durman – the event starts at 7.30 and it would be lovely to see you there, Devon friends, if you can make it. Probably my last time at Uncut: a bittersweet occasion...

Welcome to Bluesky, @nawewriters.bsky.social!

Thank you, @promotingretreats.org and @retreatparmoor.bsky.social – I am very much looking forward to this

How lovely to find this among my notifications! I've just been reading the feedback from our last poetry and prayer retreat – 'an exceptionally uplifting weekend', said one participant. Do come and join us in November at @retreatparmoor.bsky.social if you can - the link is on the shared post.

Welcome to bluesky, @blacknorereview.bsky.social :-)

Bee on pink buddleia flower against background of blue sky

Just in case anyone following me from One of the Other Places wants to check they've got the right Helen Evans – there are a lot of us around 🤷‍♀️

Love this, Sarah, thank you for sharing 🌳

A description of John Glenday's latest North Sea Poets Substack against a green background.

New post on #Substack from @johnglenday.bsky.social

Robert Frost's Eyebrows – John Glenday on words, syllables and cadence.

#NorthSeaPoets #PoetryCommunity

Possibly just assembled wrongly?

More to send out again (me also!) – and what a fabulous sunny soundscape!

The North Sea Poets logo against a sunset at the beach.

A stormy skyline with a long white building with a brown-red roof and a field of dark grass.

A cliff-side view with houses below and the sea beyond.

Introducing Poetry Fundamentals, a series of seven classes delivered weekly by members of the North Sea Poets. Starts 22nd April.

Get all the details and book your spot northseapoets.com/courses 🌊

This is a stellar poem, @poetclare.bsky.social

Thank you so much, Claire – and I love the curlews you posted today 🥰

@saccharinequeen.bsky.social – @northseapoets.bsky.social :-)