
Black Bough Poetry / Barddoniaeth Y Gangen Ddu
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We publish vivid, imagistic poems of atmosphere & precision in print & digital format. We oppose hatred 🏴 ko-fi.com/matthewmcsmith…
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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.


‘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.


In The Book Bag this week, Black Skies Die Starless, from Jamie Woods published by Punk Dust Poetry Nods to Black Bough Poetry / Barddoniaeth Y Gangen Ddu Atomic Bohemian Poetry of Witness, & more Link here paulwritespoems.com/2025/07/27/the…


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

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

'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.


What does betrayal mean to you? Have you ever been betrayed? I'm ready to read your poems tomorrow for TopTweetTuesday Black Bough Poetry / Barddoniaeth Y Gangen Ddu #poetrycommunity


An energy-filled day of #poetry sharing on TopTweetTuesday hosted by Forest of Dean writer Carol Sheppard 🤩




‘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 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’ ✨


"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

Black Bough Poetry / Barddoniaeth Y Gangen Ddu Saraswati Nagpal Thanks a ton for the kind words. It was a pleasure to read and blurb Saraswati's magical verse. :)

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



A bit of joy! The great unboxing by Saraswati Nagpal of ‘Drench Me in Silver’ out soon with Black Bough. 🤩 💫 🔥 🔥 🔥