No, it is definitely not just you, @1jamesanderson.bsky.social 🤜🤛

What an absolute and unexpected and sudden delight to discover these three short poems of mine accepted and published, all in the blink of an eye! Profound thanks to @stridermarcusjones.bsky.social and to @lothlorienpoetryj.bsky.social for believing in these poems 🙏❤️🙏

One of those occasional and precious 'yay, the print copy of this has arrived, and there's my poem in it!' moments 🥰. ('Ferragosto', pp.5-6. - I shall post it on my Substack after a suitable interval)

Today I’m sharing this piece from #UnwhisperedLegacy by the phenomenal @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social

This is ‘Train’

Unwhispered Legacy can be downloaded at shorturl.at/OL5Lc where you can also make an optional donation to @msf.ca

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we are open for poetry and art subs until the end of next week, to know what we are looking to check out our last issue wingedmoon.com/biophilia for a vibe or find us on IG for a longer caption. #poetrycommunity

Headed for the Harrison - come join us! 🙂 This evening promises a bumper crop, and it's only April...❤️

National housing demo graphic with museum of homelessness placard added on

Museum of Homelessness and @streetskitchen.bsky.social will be forming a homeless bloc at the National Housing Demo next Saturday 18th.
If you are homeless, organise or work in homelessness join us to march together

😆 that definitely raised a (s)mile 🥰

Love it!!! ❤️ More unwitting clambering on the shoulders of giants...🤜🤛

Thank you - yes, it does! My poem for what it is worth is actually an extended pun on '(s)wordfish'...🙄😉🥰

Smitten with the Written: A Poet's Guide to Poetry Made Poetic (Preorder) This anthology isn’t a polished how-to guide—no Recipe for a New Poem , no universal Ingredients for Writing a Poem . Instead, this collection explores the real, messy interior of the intimate and unr...

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Advance notice of a new poetry anthology. My poem 'Wordfish' is included - the book is due out in June...

New Contexts: 8 Contents On the Train – by Brenda Abou Khalil Ferragosto – by John Adlam The Girls from the Train – by Susan Andrelchik Mom Used to Call Me Her Prodigal Sin – by Sam Aureli …

My poem 'Ferragosto' - (the sixth or seventh in my Italian Trilogy) - is the second poem featured in this new anthology from Coverstory Books (editor Ian Gouge). There is now a website for these anthologies (this one is New Contexts 8, I am joining the party late!) 🥰
new-contexts.com/new-contexts...

Call for Submissions: Poetry That Reaches Beyond - The Broken Spine Submissions Open Throughout April 2026 | Publication Later That Year

This one sits apart.
#Firmament isn’t leaving the world — it’s asking what frames it.
Bring us work with scale, control, and intent.
#Slimline #PoemsAbout #PoetsOfBluesky

Hell yes! Ever in the thick of it 🥰

Yes, you have put your finger on it! 🥰

Majestic reading, Paul 👏👏👏

Good Friday. 1613. Riding Westward. John Donne’s great devotional poem for this day. Read by me. #poem #poetry #poetrycommunity #booksky

Damn, I missed out on almost all of that fun 😔 a very good Good Friday indeed! I toiled on a whimsical inverted sonnet concerning Rapunzel, read a chapter of Moravia's La Romana in Italian, and chipped away a bit at Derrida's lectures on Hospitality...

'1000-1' by Leia Butler | After... Read ekphrastic poem 'Leia Butler' by Leia Butler exclusively in After... Poems inspired by other art

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A fabulous poem by @leiabutler.bsky.social for @afterpoetry.com at the full (and as of time of writing mercifully un-built-up) moon, the website curated beautifully as ever by @markantonyowen.com 👏❤️👏

Survivors' Poetry live at The Harrison Tuesday 14 April. Featured poet is our new SP Associate Poet, the very wonderful John Hegley. Come at seven to book open mic slots, or just come and enjoy the show. £5 cash on the door towards rental and performer fees ❤️

New Exhibition: Criminal: An Untold History of Homelessness, Resistance and Survival — Museum of Homelessness A historical exhibition exploring 400 years of criminalisation of homelessness featuring new work from 10 Foot, Gemma Lees, Matt Bonner, Spelling Mistakes Cost Lives, and Surfing Sofas.

Announcing our next exhibition: Criminal An untold story of homelessness, resistance and survival
Opening 21st May for 10 weeks only
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Of course! I shouldn't have been so careless....🤜🤛

@msf.ca ❤️

You are so kind, @leiabutler.bsky.social, thank you, and your own spider poem there is a miniature marvel, with its supreme ending: "...I am trading / a career as a race car driver for a veterinarian!" ❤️👏❤️

and I actually meant @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social for truly there is a man who deserves the 'THE'! ❤️

Oh no! Apologies, how did I never spot that pratfall before? 😱🙏

..and very sincere apologies if I did miss anyone, and last but not least of course @paulwritespoems.bsky.social ❤️

...and... @eleanorholmes.bsky.social @ella-b-winters.bsky.social @carmellapoetry.bsky.social @gillbarr.bsky.social @helenlaycock.bsky.social @merrildsmith.bsky.social @suefinch.bsky.social @palimpsest22.bsky.social @sarahraybould.bsky.social @carolynthomas.bsky.social @coastalpoet.bsky.social

& I'm honoured to be in the mighty company of (draws breath!) @leiabutler.bsky.social @victoriaspires.bsky.social @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social @paulconnolly.bsky.social @lozzawriting.bsky.social @johnchmura.bsky.social @pdevonald.bsky.social @rotherwrites.bsky.social @richlyevocative.bsky.social and:

Unwhispered Legacy Welcome to the page dedicated to the Unwhispered Legacy anthology. This is the first anthology published by The Book Bag X Write Here, Right Now. Inside the pages of this debut anthology from The B…

paulwritespoems.com/unwhispered-... This anthology is launched today, free download, fundraising for a great cause: Medecins Sans Frontieres. Compiled & edited with skill and care by the very wonderful @paulwritespoems.bsky.social. I have two poems in here, that first appeared via #PoemsAbout... ❤️