Top Secret Poems comes with a set of instructions: “Scratch it. Read it. Burn it.” The envelope contains a series of poems based on some of the most popular conspiracy theories.🔥👀 poematlas.com/product-page/t…

So inspiring to welcome Astra ☾ to Write & Shine today!

Astra ☾ Fiona Larkin The Poetry Society Claire Dyer Richard Skinner Dr. Kate Noakes Hercules Editions Tristram Fane Saunders Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal #VanguardEditions We loved your fortune-telling scratchcards, and you always bring solid vibes of joy and play. Astra, you're a 10/10 delight!

Have you taken any Write & Shine workshops before? They are a tonic! This morning, we made visual poems and chatted about shape & poetry. I loved leading the workshop ☀️

Thanks so much to Astra ☾ !

Here’s a glimpse into the article that I wrote for the Spring issue of the Poetry News, edited by Jane Ace! 😍 The article focuses on poets that celebrate wellbeing in the work, such as Poetry Pharmacy 🚑💊📚🇪🇺, Stephen Emmerson and Simon Armitage.

Bumper bookfair haul from The Poetry Society's Free Verse fair ✨ incl Bad Betty Press Broken Sleep Books Sidekick Books Astra ☾ Kim Vousden Ivy Alvarez @earthboundpress ceri amphlett plus the The Emma Press catalogue (I wanted them all)
Full list on this week's piprowson.substack.com

Necessary pic of the #FreeVerse The Poetry Society sackful - fab reading from Claire Dyer Richard Skinner Dr. Kate Noakes & Hercules Editions (you’ll be so much missed), Gravy from Tristram Fane Saunders & much anticipated new Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal (via #VanguardEditions) oh, and SCRATCHCARDS from Astra ☾ !

Such a lovely poetry day (i) at poetry fair ….

Come along! St. Columba's Church, Pont Street, London SW1X 0BD

Looking forward to the Free Verse Poetry Book & Magazine Fair tomorrow! @poetrysociety 20 April SW1 and trying out Astra ☾ ‘s new poetry jenga.

Are you coming to the The Poetry Society Free Verse Book Fair tomorrow? You should! I’ll be at the Poetry Kiosk with brand new poetry games for you to explore 😍 St Columba’s Hall in London between 11.30-6.30 with drinks and readings afterwards til 9pm!

Come to the Free Verse Book Fair this Saturday to enjoy some new interactive games made by moi. There will be a Poetry Kiosk stand with a variety of poetic scratchcards for you to explore as well as a Build-A-Poem Tower game! 💙

Join us for a celebration of visual poetry! We'll be guided by poet—and author of this wonderful collection, Constellations— Astra Papachristodoulou (@heyastranaut) to think about the shape of letters and the spaces between words.

Tue 23 April (7.15-9am)
booking.write-and-shine.com

TALES OF THE SACRED PLATONI DEER by Astra ☾

feeling like a proud poem mama (poemama?) at LUME Studios — seeing so many friends and so many friends’ artwork. thank you Victoria West Laurence Fuller Vinciane Jones Tezos for “publishing” our #AFTERGINSBERG zine for #stellar during NFT.NYC.

AFTER GINSBERG COMMUNITY TRIBUTE The Tickle - #91 ft. Victor Acevedo + OMGIDRAWEDIT at STELLAR LUME Studios 🌻

Anna Condo Astra ☾ Michał Milczarek Sky Goodman Pierre Gervois Elisabeth Sweet Raina Marie Vinny the Snail Ana María Caballero hieroglyphica Laurence Fuller Marcos de la Fuente AndrewDavidBaron.tez 🇺🇦

📸 by Pierre Gervois

Lovely to see this article in Poetry News this morning! Thank you so much Astra! 💓 🙏❤️
@heyastranaut
The Poetry Society
#PoetryPharmacy #poetrymedicine

After Ginsberg returns to its NYC outpost LUME Studios for STELLAR on April 2 🖤

delighted for pieces from The Tickle #89 Ginsberg Tribute to exhibit alongside the works of Laurence Fuller, Graphite Method ++

great thanks to Victoria West + Laurence for the invitation 🫶

Blockplay by ⁦Astra ☾⁩ ⁦Hesterglock Press⁩

#poetry #experimentalpoetry #vispo