I will probably be studying this Michael Burkard poem for the rest of my life

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TONIGHT we kick off our #EdFringe run with Tinderbox Collective! Can't wait to share this spectacular collaboration - we mash up poets, rappers, and singers with heavy brass, strings, woodwind & a thundering backline. Don't miss it! 8pm Edinburgh Central Library. tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/outwi…

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just learned of Michael's passing, and no words are coming to me except his— I do not want to belabor invisibility, but if it isn’t there in the spaces among the people as a spiritual thread then I do not want to be there either. —Michael Burkard, from "The Summer After Last"

Two weeks left to apply to become one of StAnza Poetry’s 2025 Poets in Residence! Full details here: bit.ly/4g0nQG4

I guess this was not a dream.

see you in Lochgelly on Saturday the 18th!

We've got Poets! Lots & lots of poets! Check out our programme for tons of in-person & online events.

I only learned yesterday that the poet Michael Burkard died recently. He taught me how to read like a writer and wrote poems I turn to in times of grief, confusion, joy & when buy a shirt or have to trust something. I am indebted to him forever.

Poetry has lost an irreplaceable one.

Did you catch Jackie Kay on BBC Radio 4 today talking about her love of the Scots language with Michael Rosen? Be sure to listen to this poetry powerhouse duo discuss Jackie's new picture book Coorie Doon, illustrated by jillcalder, on catch up: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

The Educational Bookshop in East Jerusalem is full with shoppers in solidarity a day after the Israel Police raided the Palestinian store, arrested its owners and confiscated books. They dropped the charges of incitement but still detain them for ‘disturbing the public order’

We stand in solidarity with Educational Bookshop. Please donate to this fundraiser from Saqi Books, which will help keep them afloat after the bookshop was raided and the booksellers arrested by Israeli authorities. gofundme.com/f/jerusalems-e…

Poetry London launches aren't done - we are also at the brilliant StAnza Poetry Festival this weekend. Stanza has been so supportive and it would be great to have a sellout crowd for this. Tickets below: byretheatre.com/shows/stanza-2…

Join some of our StAnza poets for a free outdoor event celebrating and sharing Poetry as Protest. That and much (much much much) more this weekend in St Andrews.

Our livestream with Don Mee Choi on Kim Hyesoon StAnza Poetry is starting soon. Join us for free: youtube.com/live/4YNW_mUVE…

Selima Hill in Animation -- live on youtube from StAnza Poetry -- happening imminently :) youtube.com/live/gRb5BGFPl…

Announcement: the 2025 Poetry London Prize is now open for entries. This year's judge is the brilliant Dr Victoria Kennefick (She/Her)🍉! The prize is open to poets anywhere in the world. Find out more and enter at poetrylondon.co.uk/prize/