This week’s TopTweetTuesday challenge is. An imagistic poem on the theme of tradition or celebration with the juxtaposition of two unusual images. Focus on imagery, metaphor and wordplay more than story please. 100 words max!

I’m thinking it might be time to leave the bad place. I love the #poetrycommunity on here but it just doesn’t seem right to stay anymore…

Our February / March 2025 issue is now available for pre-order! Cover image by Stephen Whatcott. Pre-order here: thelondonmagazine.org/product/single…

Poetry by Jo Bratten, Paul Stephenson, Ange Mlinko, Nathaniel King, Beverley Bie Brahic, Andreea Iulia Scridon, Karan, Alice Miller, Richard Aronowitz and Audrey Molloy. Order here: thelondonmagazine.org/product/curren…

Five years ago today, iamb ~ poetry seen and heard was born. Just look how far we've come. Twenty waves and counting, 320 poets (so far), and almost 1,000 poems. Thank you to the poets who've appeared – and to those who've visited, read, listened and shared. This celebration is for us all.

Very late to this week’s TopTweetTuesday but wanted to highlight the amazing @theblackcatpp who publish amazing poetry!

'Imbolc', a poem by Pip Osmond-Williams, from our sold-out April / May 2024 issue.

Scenes from last night’s ’Poetry Scratch Night’ - a great opportunity to hear new work from students across the Poetry and Poetic Practice MA pathways!

We're always excited to hear from the people whose work we've published! If you get our newsletter, these names might sound familiar — if you don't, you can slide in right now, we won't tell: okaydonkeymag.beehiiv.com/p/gamify-your-… Here's what a few OKD alums have been up to:

Shafguta Mulla won second place in the Tuscon Festival of Books Literary Awards: tucsonfestivalofbooks.org/?id=1862 Read Shafguta's poem "When I Was a Bearskin Rug" in OKD: okaydonkeymag.com/2024/10/11/whe…

.Tara Campbell's book, "City of Dancing Gargoyles," was nominated for the 2025 Philip K. Dick Award: norwescon.org/2025/01/10/202… Check out "City of Dancing Gargoyles": sites.google.com/site/tarapcamp… Read Tara's poem "Buzz Drunk" in OKD: okaydonkeymag.com/2019/09/23/buz…

Darrin Doyle released a book in July called "Let Gravity Seize the Dead": …al-house-publishing.mybigcommerce.com/let-gravity-se… Read Darrin's flash fiction "Outline" in OKD: okaydonkeymag.com/2018/09/14/out…

.court's book, "These Strange Bodies," came out in October: courtlud.com/these-strange-… Read Court's poem "Body Horror" in OKD: okaydonkeymag.com/2023/10/20/bod…

.K is for KATE Who Was Struck with an Axe's chapbook "A Map of Lost Places" is out this month: dornsife.usc.edu/goldlinepress/… Kathryn also had a chapbook released in October called "For Every Tower, a Princess": porkbellypress.com/fiction/tower

Kathryn has been published in OKD twice! "After His Mother Throws Him Out, Nicky Spends the Night on the High School Roof": okaydonkeymag.com/2025/01/01/aft… "Fur": okaydonkeymag.com/2019/12/20/fur…

We also want to shout out once more Avitus B. Carle (she/her) and Jeffrey Yamaguchi, whose OKD-published pieces appear in Best Small Fictions 2024. (K is for KATE Who Was Struck with an Axe is also in this one!) altcurrentpress.com/2025/01/22/bes…

My review of Jen Feroze 💙 pamphlet 'Tiny Bright Thorns' from Nine Pens Press is up on LondonGrip. Look out for her debut collection coming out this Spring, from The Poetry Business.

Thanks for the boost Okay Donkey Magazine ❤️

Recent publication in Propel magazine (edited by Helen Mort) after my 6th attempt 💖 with beckymaywriter Dan Nixon, Abhijeet Singh and many other amazing poets Manchester Writing School Propel Magazine