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Posts by Val Harris - Poet

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Thousands of authors publish โ€˜emptyโ€™ book in protest over AI using their work About 10,000 writers including Kazuo Ishiguro, Philippa Gregory and Richard Osman join copyright campaign

'About 10,000 writers have contributed to Donโ€™t Steal This Book, in which the only content is a list of their names. Copies of the work are being distributed to attenders at the London book fair on Tuesday'. 1/2

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Looking forward to this.
'A Promise of Poems' promises to be good.
#MustRead

2 months ago 7 1 0 1
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Small poems for BIG Imaginations @nealzetterpoet.bsky.social

Another super poetry collection from a master poet. Great for performing or just curling up somewhere comfy and reading! Made me laugh, made me think.

2 months ago 4 2 1 0

A new episode every Wednesday, The Ditty Bag is a lovely little pocket of poetry joy in the week โค๏ธ A small but perfectly formed poetry podcast for those of us who are big on poetry love but short on time.

3 months ago 5 4 1 0

Icymi!

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Issue 4 - Our top picks Jennifer & Laura choose their top picks from our latest issue!

Announcing our top picks from Issue 4 of @frazzledlit.bsky.social

We narrowed it down to four each that particularly resonated with us, but it was excruciating to do so. We have so much love for this issue and all in it.

We hope you love them as much as we do!

www.frazzledlit.com/p/issue-4-ou...

2 months ago 5 2 0 0

I wore a rain hat sitting in the conservatory last night as it leaked through the beams!

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Poetry Review โ€“ A Welly Full of Christmas, by Attie Lime A Welly Full of Christmas, Attie Lime, Illustrated by Nadine Licence, Tiny Tree Books. If youโ€™d like some Christmas magic in a book, this is the one for you. Christmas day is full of the sortโ€ฆ

Poetry Review - A Welly Full of Christmas, by Attie Lime poetryroundabout.com/2025/12/03/p...

4 months ago 15 8 1 0
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Congratulations!

3 months ago 2 0 1 0
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Issue 4 Has Landed! Welcome to our Spring 2026 issue!

We are so grateful for all the kind words and views we have had through the door since yesterday!

To our staff readers:

@valpoet.bsky.social
@louloumach.bsky.social
@paulwritespoems.bsky.social
@kerrybyrne.bsky.social

couldn't have done it without you.

www.frazzledlit.com/p/issue-4-ha...

3 months ago 11 3 0 0

"When Christmas catches you out" by Val Harris @valpoet.bsky.social is today's 75-word #story on Paragraph Planet paragraphplanet.com #writingcommunity #christmas

3 months ago 3 1 0 0
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We land Issue 4 on Sunday! Mark your calendars!

3 months ago 8 3 0 2

Beautiful. We used to have them in our garden but they disappeared a few years ago

3 months ago 1 0 0 0

@hedgehogpress.co.uk thank you for the wonderful poetry books! Happy Christmas!

3 months ago 2 0 0 0

2025 began with a piece in @paragraphplanet Poetry lows/highs this year but yay the highs won! Anthologies, publs, poetry trails incl: @TheDirigible @TheToyPress, LTP, Surrey Poet Laureate @Painshill, The Poetry Express - and to all my super poetry pals Happy Christmas! ๐ŸŽ„๐ŸŽ„

4 months ago 3 1 1 0
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Hey look! Itโ€™s release day for @littlethoughtspress.com too!

So much good new stuff for kids today!

4 months ago 6 3 0 0
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Home - Val Harris Poet A Classroom of Stars A Classroom of Stars is Valโ€™s debut collection of poems for children aged 7 -11. Itโ€™s a truly charming and whimsical book, packed full of fun and ironic poems that, despite being ...

Christmas poems up on my website between 1-25 December - some ideas for creating your own ๐ŸŽ„๐ŸŽˆ๐ŸŽ„๐Ÿง‘โ€๐ŸŽ„๐ŸŽ…๐Ÿผ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ˜
www.valharrispoet.co.uk

4 months ago 5 2 0 0
Post image 'Carpet Walking' a poem by Carmella de Keyser

'Carpet Walking' a poem by Carmella de Keyser

'Following Bamidele's Words Home' a poem by Carmella de Keyser

'Following Bamidele's Words Home' a poem by Carmella de Keyser

'Mandy's Cave' a poem by Carmella de Keyser.

'Mandy's Cave' a poem by Carmella de Keyser.

Thank you to @northernjim.bsky.social & #TheDirigibleBalloon for publishing these pieces amongst their December release! ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป
So proud to have poems within.
dirigibleballoon.org/writer/carme...
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#childrenspoetry
#kidlit
#nature
#imagination
#poemsaboutfriendship
#realfriendsonly

4 months ago 17 12 6 0
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Christmas Poems 2025 Part One At Christmas we like to give our wonderful bloggers a holiday โ€“ instead, weโ€™d like to thank the brilliant childrenโ€™s poets from the UK and abroad who have kindly sent us a two-weeโ€ฆ

TEACHERS! Lovely poems here! Christmas Poems 2025 Part One childrenspoetrysummit.com/2025/12/11/c...

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Christmas Poems 2025 Part One At Christmas we like to give our wonderful bloggers a holiday โ€“ instead, weโ€™d like to thank the brilliant childrenโ€™s poets from the UK and abroad who have kindly sent us a two-weeโ€ฆ

Christmas Poems 2025 Part One childrenspoetrysummit.com/2025/12/11/c...

4 months ago 9 4 1 2

What a beautiful poem

4 months ago 2 1 2 0

If you're a writer, publisher, bookseller, booklover...this is a piece you should read.

4 months ago 17 6 0 0
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A.I.M. High day today. I love that children from a number of schools will have time and space to write. Thank you @authorsabroad.bsky.social

4 months ago 3 2 0 0

Paul, thank you for your sincere passion for poetry and all you do for the #poetrycommunity -am so thrilled to have my wee book on #TheBookBag Christmas list.
๐Ÿ’šโœจ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป๐ŸŽ„

4 months ago 16 10 4 0

Excited to reveal that PRE-ORDERS for ๐ŸŒœ'THE LIMINAL LIGHT OF THE NIGHT'๐ŸŒ› are OPEN! ๐Ÿ’™ Special thank you to MARK DAVIDSON @hedgehogpress.co.uk for everything...๐Ÿค & to MIRJANA MIRIC, Creator of @suburbanwitchlit.bsky.social & Dr TANJA GOLDBERG PhD ๐Ÿ’™ for their time and for their thoughtful reviews...๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿป

1 year ago 95 31 24 0
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My favourite piece of music and classical composer. I used to wake up to him on a Sunday morning when I was a kid - either my dad playing the piano, or a Concerto on the turntable! The opening movement makes me cry every time!

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A page from Little Thoughts Press Issue 11: Stirring Words featuring the poem Helter-Skelter by Val Harris. The poem is accompanied by an illustration from Imogen Hartland of colorful leaves scattered across the page.

A page from Little Thoughts Press Issue 11: Stirring Words featuring the poem Helter-Skelter by Val Harris. The poem is accompanied by an illustration from Imogen Hartland of colorful leaves scattered across the page.

We are here for helter-skelter leaves and bouncing, boppy poems!

Helter-Skelter by @valpoet.bsky.social, accompanied by artwork by Imogen Hartland is part of Little Thoughts Press Issue 11: Stirring Words, available now in print & pdf.

www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues

5 months ago 13 5 2 0

Thrilled to see that, along with Nia Broomhall, Poet in Residence @Painshill Painshill Park in Cobham, Surrey, our poems for children are being featured on a new Fairy Door Trail for the winter, from 28th November. I cannot wait to see it! โ„๏ธโ„๏ธ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ„๐Ÿฆ”๐Ÿฟ๏ธ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿงšโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿงšโ€โ™€๏ธ

5 months ago 5 0 0 0

Wow thank you for this - Iโ€™ve only just seen it! ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‚๐Ÿƒ

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Thank you @littlethoughtspress.com for publishing my poems in your ##StirringWords edition of your fab magazine amongst so many wonderful poems and short stories ๐Ÿ˜

7 months ago 8 2 0 0