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‘rain seeps into the belfry’ ‘draw these days in humble praise or gentle creak of ancient pew’ On #sharingSaturday Polly Oliver Share your poetic inspirations under the hashtag.

‘rain seeps into the belfry’

‘draw these days in humble praise 
or gentle creak of ancient pew’

On #sharingSaturday Polly Oliver 

Share your poetic inspirations under the hashtag.
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‘Plumes of watersmoke and spirit’ On #sharingSaturday Jen Feroze Jen Feroze 💙 from our winter anthology ‘22/ ‘23. ❄️ Share your own poetic inspirations using the top hashtag.

‘Plumes of watersmoke and spirit’ 

On #sharingSaturday 

Jen Feroze <a href="/jenlareine/">Jen Feroze 💙</a> from our winter anthology ‘22/ ‘23. ❄️ 

Share your own poetic inspirations using the top hashtag.
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‘Evening contemplation is a sad hammer’ On #sharingsaturday ‘Night Sonnet #1’ by Aaron Kent and Stuart McPherson Broken Sleep Books Share your poetic inspirations under the using the top hashtag.

‘Evening contemplation is a sad hammer’ 

On #sharingsaturday ‘Night Sonnet #1’ by Aaron Kent and Stuart McPherson <a href="/brokensleep/">Broken Sleep Books</a> 

Share your poetic inspirations under the using the top hashtag.
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At the press! Wet ink! Such a pleasure working with John Thomson - Mr. Arjun Dev & team, Mr. Ram Ratan (in pic) an absolute honour to work fantastic editor Matthew M C Smith of Black Bough Poetry / Barddoniaeth Y Gangen Ddu who graciously encouraged this India edition of #DrenchMeInSilver

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From my collection, I Am Not Light, here is a poem inspired by the Princess Victoria memorial at Portpatrick, Scotland. “Do not drown my now in their loneliness.” In Need of a Closer Shore Black Bough Poetry / Barddoniaeth Y Gangen Ddu

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'exposed to the fatal winds of a city, morbid at dusk' 🍂 'blood elegies, wail-shrieked' 🩸 Matthew M C Smith sees winter as a Roman army invading the Celtic Autumn on the streets of Swansea.

'exposed to the fatal winds
of a city, morbid at dusk' 🍂 

'blood elegies, wail-shrieked' 🩸 

<a href="/MatthewMCSmith/">Matthew M C Smith</a> sees winter as a Roman army invading the Celtic Autumn on the streets of Swansea.
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‘The population of Basingstoke are starving in the ring of steel’ An uncomfortable read. Maybe if this was closer to home and the people were not predominantly brown and Muslim, there would have been more to prevent the ongoing genocide #Ceasefire #GazaStarving #GazaGenocide‌

‘The population of Basingstoke are starving in the ring of steel’ 

An uncomfortable read. Maybe if this was closer to home and the people were not predominantly brown and Muslim, there would have been more to prevent the ongoing genocide

#Ceasefire #GazaStarving #GazaGenocide‌
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#Submissions A golden opportunity for those who booked our ‘Crafting Your Year in Poetry’. A bit of a thank you. A couple of features up for grabs next year. Deadline soon! blackboughpoetry.com/events

#Submissions

A golden opportunity for those who booked our ‘Crafting Your Year in Poetry’. A bit of a thank you. A couple of features up for grabs next year. Deadline soon!

blackboughpoetry.com/events
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Grateful to Mani Rao Mani Rao for being the first to review Drench Me in Silver; for encouragement, her nudges towards better craft, her quiet friendship. Mani’s latest collection with Harper Collins is out now. #DrenchMeinSilver Black Bough Poetry / Barddoniaeth Y Gangen Ddu

Grateful to Mani Rao <a href="/maniraopoem/">Mani Rao</a> for being the first to review Drench Me in Silver; for encouragement, her nudges towards better craft, her quiet friendship. Mani’s latest collection with Harper Collins is out now. 

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‘a last minute call to the sun’ ☀️ from ‘Mountains that See in the Dark’ by Regine Ebner available with Black Bough. Get your holiday reading! 🏖️ blackboughpoetry.com/regine-ebner-s… #poetry #books #poet #poetcommunity

‘a last minute call to the sun’ ☀️ 

from ‘Mountains that See in the Dark’ by <a href="/RegineEbner/">Regine Ebner</a> available with Black Bough.

Get your holiday reading! 🏖️ 

blackboughpoetry.com/regine-ebner-s…

#poetry #books #poet #poetcommunity
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A resounding, ringing endorsement from a leading Indian journal and its creatives at The Hooghly Review. Huge thanks for this boost for Saraswati Nagpal and her debut collection ‘Drench Me In Silver’ ✨

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Mani Rao - deepest thanks for your insightful testimony - shining a light on all of the key aspects of Saraswati Nagpal’s forthcoming collection ‘Drench Me in Silver’ Mani Rao 🙏 ✨

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"The desert smelled of liquorice and ice" If you find joy in that line, you're v likely going to have that deepened & expanded upon, when reading the whole of this beautiful, brilliant poem by the wonderful Regine! Regine Ebner Carol Sheppard TopTweetTuesday Black Bough Poetry / Barddoniaeth Y Gangen Ddu

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We have another amazing #SilverBranch feature for August ☀️ 🏖️ but make sure you catch Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad’s superb feature for July! blackboughpoetry.com/oormila-vijaya… #poetry #writing #poetrytwitter

We have another amazing #SilverBranch feature for August ☀️ 🏖️ but make sure you catch <a href="/oormilaprahlad/">Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad</a>’s superb feature for July! 

blackboughpoetry.com/oormila-vijaya…

#poetry #writing #poetrytwitter