97. Rodney Wood Poet - open mic host, and aspiring watercolour painter.

A couple of years ago, Farnborough based poet, Rodney Wood went on a cruise and wrote a #poem every day. He also took some #watercolour lessons. You can see the fruits of his labours on #60Odd poets

Submissions Submissions are Open….

Submissions can be left at the gallery or sent to me at the address at the #60Odd submissions page
sixtyoddpoets.substack.com/p/submissions

The Art of Sally Anne Wickenden "Sally's work inhabits the dreamy liminal spaces somewhere between the familiar and the otherworldly. A rich world full of memories, possibilities and spirit animals." - David Bradley.

I'm looking for some #poetry #submissions for publication. You are invited to respond to Sally Anne Wickenden's art with your words.
Come down to the Fox Gallery in Mexborough and have a look, or take a look at her work online. There are links and some Sally Ann inspired poetry on her #60Odd page

Der junge Künstler (The Young Artist) by Franz von Defregger. (1835 - 1921) Showing a chap reading a book. In the book is an illustration of another chap. There is what appears to be a red hanky hanging from a jacket pocket in the top right corner. This is reminiscent of the film "Cruising" (1980) One wonders if the book that the chap is reading is some victorian precursor of the Grindr website? A quick bit of research on Wikipedia reveals that a red hanky indicates a preference for the practice of fisting. Crikey.

What Ive been reading Number 5
sixtyoddpoets.substack.com/p/what-ive-been-reading-5
A little article on some of my reading since Christmas.
Not a lot - I'm a slow reader
#books #poetry #60Odd

54. Helen Astin-Hardman Poetry from a communist ex-satanist with a history of paranoid schizophrenia and a quirky taste in hats.

Eye opening #Poetry from a communist ex-satanist with a history of paranoid schizophrenia and a quirky taste in hats. Well worth a read. #60Odd

sixtyoddpoets.substack.com/p/54-helen-h...

53. Jane Sharp A poet with two poetry collections, two novels and nine lives

The rather remarkable Jane Sharp, who will have a poem in the inaugural edition of #Odd (The journal of the fellowship of the #60Odd poets. But not one of those featured here... #poetry

2.60 Robert Burns and Juvenile Filth Cock up your beaver, and sup till you cack your stockins, it's Burns night!

And while I still have the air of Mexborough version of Caledona fortifying my blood, here are my thoughts on #RobertBurns, and the art of rude #poetry. Its the last of my articles in #60Odd Poems for a while. I have lots of other exciting things to do over the next few months.

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I have some involvement with this little project... It was devised by @alanparrywriter.co.uk of @thebrokenspine.co.uk I mainly use it to find #poetry publications to review. I churn one or two out on my blog #60Odd poets once month. Occasionally I might go for something non-poetry based like yours.

What I've Been Reading 2 Three recently published independent publications which are well worth spending some time with.

Two #poetry book reviews and a speculative fiction review into the bargain. Ohh - and there are a couple of actual #poems in there too. featuring Lois Lane and a broken mug.
You could stop scrolling and read for a few minutes 😘
#60Odd

23. Tony Martin-Woods Artivist, Poet for change, and Blacksock

Chess, Grapes, Atoms and Sperm are just some of the subjects tackled in the #poetry of Tony Martin-Woods in this #60Odd. collection. He is active around Leeds, so if you get the chance, go and see him, either as a poet or a musician in the mighty Blacksocks band. Once seen never forgotten.

The very handsome figure of Mike O'Brien gazing into the screen of his second hand MacBook. What delights is he gazing upon. It could be your poetry.

Looking to submit some #poetry? #60odd Poets is open and ready to read. See - I have my computer open and am absorbed in someone's writing already. Yours could be next on my list. Take a look at the submissions page and drop me an email. I will read whatever you send, and I will send you a reply.

Submissions Submissions are Currently Open

You could point them in my direction. #60odd press accepts work from people of all ages. With web publishing in the first instance and a route to be published later on.

22. Bruce Barnes An off-comed-un from North London to Bradford who has a way with words.

What a treat! six poems from Bruce Barnes, starting with Melvin Bragg on Radio 4 and ending at the British Museum at Closing time. A lovely entertaining read. #poetry #60Odd

2.27 The Poet With the Tiny Little Brain Lord Byron had one twice the size of his - but as we all know - it's not all about size, Its how you use it that counts.

I have recently become a little obsessed with writing about the internal organs of poets. After an essay on Thomas Hardy's Heart, I wrote about the immense volume of Lord Byron's Brain, which led me to the topic of the small, but perfectly formed brain of Anatole France. #60Odd #Poetry What next?

73. Rachel Burrows A poet who works with children, but doesn't exclusively write for them.

This morning at 11.00 BST. #60Odd Poets is proud to present a selection of the work of Rachel Burrows @rburrows.bsky.social. Deceptively simple lines that will win your heart and have you searching for more. #poetry to savour.

Poster for a poetry even, named "Poetry and Palaver," to be held in Mexborough, south Yorkshire, on June 29th. It'll be a right palaver.

There will be #Poetry and all manner of Palaver in the South Yorkshire town of Mexborough on Sunday June 29th, with an evening of #60Odd happenings. It would be great if you could make it. If not, perhaps you would like me to take the show on the road, either in person, or over the World Wide Web?

The covers of the first seven published Sixty Odd Poets collections, each featuring six poets who have been admitted to the fellowship of the Sixty odd by appearing on the website at https://sixtyoddpoets.substack.com/

#60Odd poets features, celebrates and promotes a multitude of poets. It started in 2023 as a means of showcasing friends from my local poetry group in Mexborough, Yorkshire UK, and now has an international readership and welcomes contributions of #poetry from far and wide. sixtyoddpoets.substack.com

Submissions Submissions are Currently Open

Why not submit to the #60Odd Poets Substack? Contributors earn the title of Felllow of the Order of the Sixty Odd and the opportunity to have their #poetry in a print volume. Despite the name, poets 72 & 73 @palimpsest22.bsky.social‬ and @rburrows.bsky.social‬ are coming over the next two weeks.

Thank you so much Glenn - and thanks for your continued support and contributions to the #60Odd project.

Men Only Men's thoughts about masculinity

Here is the latest #60Odd #poetry page, six poems by men!
have a look. maybe submit some of your stuff for a future page. (I am seriously thinking about compiling some poetry to do with brains and neurology. - its not brain surgery)

Me showing off at the seventh 60 Odd Poetry launch at the Fox Gallery in Mexborough, Yorkshire. In the background is a mural of the Iron Man, from the book written by Ted Hughes, the ex poet laureate who attended Mexborough Grammar School, which now houses the gallery.

We had a marvellous launch of #60Odd Poets at Sixes and Sevens at the Fox Gallery in Mexborough yesterday night. Great #poetry, great comradeship and great creativity. The next event will be Sunday June 29th. If you can't make it, I am pipe dreaming of 60Odd on tour events. What do you think?

A poster for the Mexborough Launch night of the seventh volume of the Sixty Odd Poets collection, At Sixes and Sevens, showing the cover of the book and the six fantastic poets featured within.

It's the big Launch of #60Odd Poets - At Sixes and Sevens in South Yorkshire tonight. If you cant make it despite the great road and rail links to Mexborough, why not support independent #poetry by purchasing a book and/or submitting work for a future volume?

Wow! That is a brilliant poem Niall. And the site merits further exploration too! Thanks for the link. If I did a football edition of #60odd poems at some point, would you let me your piece?

Not too off the wall at all! You can never be too off the wall for #60Odd poets. It would make a great pairing.

Men, Blokes, Guys and Chaps Men's thoughts about masculinity

Men Only! I'm looking for #poetry on experiences of masculinity. Are you a proud, manly sort of a man, or something else? Guns, Snooker, trainspotting or pottering in the garden? Happy or sad? Defiant or angst ridden? I'm publishing a small collection online next Sunday
on #60Odd. DM for details

27. Steve Peregrin Took ... being a look at the bongo man in Tyrannosaurus Rex, who fell out with, Marc Bolan, the other half of the duo, and came to an untimely end.

I love writing #poetry about rock stars of the 70s. Those characters have always been as important as heroes of Greek mythology to my uncultured mind.

The fable of Steve Peregrin Took, who got himself fired from T-Rex and died an ignominious death a few years later is a sorry one. #60Odd poems

15. Miriam Harrison Accomplished poet, performer and theatre director hailing from South Wales.

#poetry on topics from the paintings of Raphael to visiting a Jumble sale - Miriam Harrison on #60Odd poets

2.21 Thomas Hardy's Ghost Looking at Hardy's difficult marriage to Emma Gifford, and how he thought of her more fondly after she had died than he had for many years before.

You can read two pieces of #poetry by Thomas Hardy and one by me in this weeks #60Odd poems.

"Who was the old fellow standing stiffly at your side
With his white moustache and balding head? O pray tell me! She cried"
"There was no old man with me as I watched you" I replied

37. Roger Waldron Razzamatazz, throw away poetry, and an aversion to slip on shoes.

The "throwaway" #poetry of Roger Waldron @throwawayreg.bsky.social is worth keeping. I managed to persuade him to send a small collection to #60Odd. Have a read. Print it out. Put it somewhere safe. Don't throw it away!

68. Bess Linnet No master's degree? No problem! A fine poet who crossed an ocean to come to the UK, and stayed!

Bess Linnet @bethlynette.bsky.social is inducted into the order of the Sixty Odd Poets this morning. Some fine #poetry from a fine poet #60Odd