Thank you Beth 🤩 it was a fabulous night … and now I can’t wait for the #launch of your amazing book Hatchery! 💚💚💚💚

#MOTH by Eleanor Holmes

Congratulations to my brilliant friend @eleanorholmes.bsky.social on the launch of her luminous hybrid collection #moth last night. An amazing evening of poetry, prose, art making, music, medicine, mental health discussion and an amazing shirt !
Order here: www.ethelzine.com/moth

Ohh wow! Thank you for this message Roger … I think I remember this poem! You must post it again.. I have loved reading your work over the years, as Eliot then and Eleanor now! 🥰

A fabulous event Eleanor 💎. On a personal note, you were one of the first people back at the start of TTTuesday to comment on one of my postings - an encouragement that has led to several years of enjoyable poeting - so it was a particular pleasure to celebrate your wonderful & innovative pamphlet 🍾

#Moth Launch Night with Eleanor Holmes & Special Guests Join Eleanor Holmes for the launch of her new hybrid mini-book #Moth (available to pre-order from Ethel Zine) alongside guest readers.

Tonight! It's free! #moth by @eleanorholmes.bsky.social gets its online launch. #launch #free #today #poetry #poem
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#Moth Launch Night with Eleanor Holmes & Special Guests Join Eleanor Holmes for the launch of her new hybrid mini-book #Moth (available to pre-order from Ethel Zine) alongside guest readers.

Tonight 19.30 U.K. time is the launch of my hybrid mini-book #moth published by @the-ethelzine.bsky.social get your FREE tickets here 👇 many special guest readers & music🪉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/moth-launc...

Oh this is heartbreaking and beautiful all at once Rachel! The swifts have returned here in Valencian Country and I love their high screaming looping race track circuits around our village … quite an extraordinary bird, you captured this so well here! 💚

Responding to news of last two weeks, here is my #PoemsAbout #gravity Thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk for the prompt and @rspb.bsky.social for the fact file! 😊 #poetry #swifts

Hi Mark! I love how compact and impactful this poem is… the concept of taking a kite for a walk, the phrase ‘wagging / over awestruck buttercups’ … the fallibility of human
endeavour 💚

Up like Icarus We walk our kite where others walk dogs; watch as its long tail races on ahead, wagging over awestruck buttercups. Then up – up like Icarus. Our eyes follow it like fools. Climb, until they burn and fall.

For #poemsabout #gravity, a poem about gravity ...

Can’t wait to get my hands on Hatchery by @bethosmond.bsky.social total privilege witnessing this collection grow into such a profound meditation on the frontiers of care & caring, in Beth’s neonatologist role but also as a mother & human being so connected to the delicate thread that is life 🪡

Congratulations Jan! 🥳🙌

Really looking forward to attending @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poemsabout #openmic … thank you 🙏 @alanparrywriter.co.uk , these evenings have always been super wonderful supportive spaces 🥰

Oh thank you… well to be honest working with @the-ethelzine.bsky.social was a dream to get this vision of the cover out of my head and into reality! I love a handmade book … do you know Valencia? My husband is Valencian, so I lucked out there! 🤩

Thank you so much Gill! The book is so beautifully made by @the-ethelzine.bsky.social … launch on Sunday if you fancy coming along!? 🙌🎉

#MOTH by Eleanor Holmes — Ethel pre-order, will ship by the end of March 2026//limited edition 60 copies//5.5×8, 33pgs Attend Eleanor’s online book launch reading (with special guests) on April 19 @ 2:30PM EST: https://www.event...

I was drawn to this small bright flame of a book by @eleanorholmes.bsky.social which grew from workshops by @taniahershman.bsky.social Have ordered my copy. www.ethelzine.com/shop/moth-by...

Hurrah! So glad #moth made it to Madrid and for this lovely summary @madridlitmag.bsky.social
🤩

Advert for Poet Profile/Page on Sixty Odd Poets 98. Jan Peters: International Poet, Coach & Lecturer

#SaveTheDate
19th April 2026

I'm delighted to announce that my Poet Page/Profile with 6 #poems will appear on the Sixty Odd Poets substack.

Many Thanks to @zoomburst.substack.com for making this possible!

Link available on the day

#PoetsOfBluesky #PoetryCommunity #PromptCombo #PoemsAbout

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

Mid-month check:
Have you written something that unsettles scale, belief, or certainty?
That’s what #Firmament is for.
#Slimline #PoemsAbout #PoetsOfBluesky

People disappear from poetry for reasons you don’t always see.
#PoemsAbout is about showing up again anyway.
26 April.
#PoemsAbout #OpenMic #Return

This isn’t just another open mic. It’s something held together through hard times.
If you’ve ever needed a room, this is one.
#PoemsAbout #OpenMic #Return

Wow… this image is so perfect as I am gearing up for the launch 🚀 of my mini-book #moth next Sunday 19th, 7.30 PM (UK time) - I have always thought of the book as being gothic-noir hybrid tinged! 🕯️

Huge thank you Paul! Your support from the start, all the way through planning this feature, and the launch, has been exceptional - as I know you always are of other writers and the #poetrydcommunity 🙏 I can’t wait to hear your #moth inspired poem at the launch! 🚀

🚀There’s also time to grab tickets for Eleanor’s launch event on zoom which you can get here: shorturl.at/uNR0Y

April’s Poetic Voice is the excellent @eleanorholmes.bsky.social who is sharing work including from her masterpiece #Moth published by @the-ethelzine.bsky.social 🦋

Today I’m sharing her second poem ‘Emperor Gum’

Catch up on the full feature here: shorturl.at/5qL2m

Details of Hatchery launch on 17 May with @eleanorholmes.bsky.social @poetsarahdoyle.bsky.social @sarahraybould.bsky.social @sarahleavesley.bsky.social
All welcome! 🪺

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

Not poems about stars.
Poems that use the sky to interrogate everything beneath it.
#Firmament is open.
#Slimline #PoemsAbout #PoetsOfBluesky

The Book Bag: Strike by Sarah Wimbush Welcome back to The Book Bag. I hope you’ve had a poetic week. What an eventful week! On Wednesday, Eleanor Holmes became the newest featured poet in The Book Bag: Poetic Voices series. Read part one here. It is jam-packed with greatness. Before that, on Tuesday, Unwhispered Legacy was launched into the world. Raising money for Médecins Sans Frontières, the anthology can be downloaded from its dedicated webpage…

In The Book Bag this week, one of the most important poetry collections I've read. Strike by Sarah Wimbush and published by Stairwell Books examines the 1984/5 Miner's Strike.

Plus news, opportunities, shoutouts and a playlist. Take 5 and read my thoughts here.

Enjoy a Good Friday with some excellent poetry, harp, artwork and a Q&A with the tremendously talented @eleanorholmes.bsky.social 🪉

I enjoyed the unexpected reading in here from this month’s poetic voice, accompanied by a harp🪉 #PoemsAloud