#TheDeeperRead 16 drops on Friday, featuring "& then a lark" from Maedwe by @corinnaboard.bsky.social from @salopress.bsky.social twinned with my poem "Corn Bunting" from Sidekick Books' Birdbook III. Please like and subscribe, it's free! substack.com/@suzannafitz...
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Thanks Carmella! 💚
Carmen et Error Issue 15.0 features work from:
🐛 @samjgrudgings.bsky.social
🦀 Andy Qifeng Zeng
🚦 Penny Blackburn
🦌 Jessica Tillings
For an issue full of strange decaying, bodies & abandoned cooling towers.
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Cover of a poetry zine; Rain Was Once A Promise by Lama Alharazin. It's a black and white drawing of a woman crying. She is flying, arms outstretched, inside a black bird. She is wearing a traditional Palestinian dress and a hijab.
Please join us on 12th April 2026 at 6.30 pm BST, online, for a very special event in the We Keep Telling series, the launch of "Rain Was Once A Promise" by Lama Alharazin, published by @zinesfromgaza in March 2026.
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Despite the rain, the chill, winter's reluctance to cede his throne, spring arrives with daffodils, birdsong, the lengthening of days. Welcoming it are the 15 poets of wave twenty-five of @iamb.uk. Expect 45 poems, written and read – fresh as the incoming season.
iamb.uk/index/wave/25
Meeting up with poetry friends is the best. Thanks to @sophiaargyris.bsky.social for organising such a brilliant evening of words & music last Thurs in Oxford. May have bought some books.
@corinnaboard.bsky.social also ☺️
It was so lovely and now I want to do it again, we must organise something soon! xxx
Thanks Bex xxx
I've been cheating on poetry with fiction, but I'm diving into this haul today and very excited!! 📚
@chenchenwrites.bsky.social @rholanderpoet.bsky.social @corinnaboard.bsky.social @galiamelon.bsky.social @wendycaitlin.bsky.social @victoriaspires.bsky.social
3am, the smoking area of a tastefully upmarket bar on Santa Monica Boulevard, in the dying embers of the wrap party for King of Queens (CBS Productions, 1998-2007) Kevin Kevin James The actor Kevin James He- Hello? Hello Kevin Are you a reliable narrator Kevin? I think so? Be sure Kevin. History is written by the victors Kevin. Are you reliable? Alright. Yeah. Yes. What- What are you? I am what you would call old I am what I would call young I am what kindness would call seasoned I Am ready to die Kevin I am ready to die. - From ‘polblar tmolkop’ by Andrew Blair available for pre-order at thebraag.co/shop
A segment from the opening poem of 'polblar tmolkop' by @andrewblair.co.uk! polblar tmolkop is available to pre-order via thebraag.co/shop 🛸🛸
Masterclass Webinar and Workshop Season just announced: Eco-poetics and the Environment.Led by poets Ian Humphreys @lkiew.bsky.social James McDermott @wendypratt.bsky.social and @jsaphra.bsky.social
Book one, several, or the full seasons.
Full descriptions here:
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Corinna Baprd Maedwe
A Dunnock’s Prayer
Enjoying time with @corinnaboard.bsky.social ‘s pamphlet this morning. My favourite at the moment is A dunnock’s prayer- which I had previously enjoyed in Carmen et Error and was
Commended in the Forward prize.
Recommend !
Thank you so much Elizabeth, that little dunnock poem is my favourite (I don’t like many of my poems but that one’s special xxx)
‘Mædwe’, the new pamphlet from @corinnaboard.bsky.social, breathes shimmering new life into the familiar sights and sounds of the meadow. I particularly loved the skilled and sensitive use of form in this gorgeous little collection. Highly recommended!
@salopress.bsky.social
Thank you Sarah ❤️❤️
Thank you so much Catherine ❤️
Did you know that our flagship magazine, Under the Radar, is available as a single copy or part of a 4-copy subscription, in print or digital? Full of new #poetry, short fiction & reviews to discover. Don't miss out, let it land in your inbox or onto your doormat
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Ghazal: Immigrant I delude rose cotton on white, my scraped skin like bark. A fad, immigrant. Phenomena glint in the flick of an eye if I whip my head a tad. Immigrant! I grow stunted, other parts bolting. Furred & leathered for the marketplace, my body lopes: awkward dork, clunky animal. Prey for the bad, immigrant. I play at Jane or Charlotte in country-house attic headrooms, never Emily. Cleaved & corseted, swathed in waltzes. I’m still Bertha, mad immigrant. I enter the police state under night’s curfew. A bellied inspector in khakis scrawls my name at roll call. Only here to be useful, to add immigrants! I serve time, swipe prizes & drift, nebulous. Cloud paranoia rains sequins crystals, a tucked & shirred self. My parents are finally glad immigrants. I light candles, melancholy falls. Psyche scores low on trust; dyads nudge bees, sup tulips. Mothersong of belonging says you were had, immigrant. - From ‘empirical’ by Gita Ralleigh available for pre-order at thebraag.co/shop
Sharing this absolutely extraordinary and unfortunately very relevant ghazal by @gitaralleigh.bsky.social which features in her upcoming pamphlet, Empirical, published by us here at The Braag.
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Delighted to share a poem from Folkish plus insights from poet @kymdeyn.bsky.social. Join us on a journey to an ancient quarry in Knaresborough, discover this legendary landscape and intriguing inhabitants:
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Folkish arrives in April, ready to pre-order now
Hi @corinnaboard.bsky.social and @victoriaspires.bsky.social
I really enjoyed the launch last night, what amazing poems from everyone. Thankyou ❤️
Awaiting delivery of maedwe - can’t wait to read the whole thing 😊
Thanks so much Elizabeth! ♥️
No worries! x
‘…freed, I meadow / I petal for the sun…’ Congratulations to @corinnaboard.bsky.social on tonight’s brilliant launch of ‘Mædwe’ from @salopress.bsky.social 🥳. Fabulous guest readings too from @sophiaargyris.bsky.social, Tom Branfoot, @minorroarr.bsky.social & @victoriaspires.bsky.social 💚
Thank you so much for being there Julia! xxxx
Tonight! 7.30pm! Don't leave it too late to get the zoom link from me or Corinna & register 💚
Come celebrate with us.
@corinnaboard.bsky.social
Thank you Sarah! 💚😘
Thank you so much! xx
An absolutely tremendous evening of #LastSaturday #poetry with Alan Humm, @moiragauthor.bsky.social @samszanto.bsky.social @corinnaboard.bsky.social @missyerem.bsky.social @carmellapoetry.bsky.social beautiful, powerful, moving, magical. I promised you heart-stirring and it truly was. Thank you!