Michael Donaghy was beautiful & brilliant. In cherished memory of him, we are raising £8K to support a poet to attend the first Arvon Advanced Writing Programme in 2024, 20 years after Michael left us. Please give if you can. RTs are greatly appreciated: crowdfunder.co.uk/p/the-michael-…

Thrilled to bits to have a pamphlet coming out with Broken Sleep Books at end July. Thank you so much @godzillakent!

The heartfelt thank you is now a MASSIVE thank you to everyone who heard our clarion call and donated to help keep a roof over the House. It looks like we are secure until summer '25. Overwhelmed by the generous support of our community. What a wonderful start to the week!

Final issue bath magg reflective & brilliant with its spirit of Gboyega whose poems 'Dip' & 'Reload' are phenomenal. 🙏 to editors Mariah Whelan Joe Carrick-Varty Dr Victoria Kennefick (She/Her)🍉 for their emotional labour 💔

promise that when i’m gone
    you won’t let anyone try say they knew me.

Submitted a trio of poems after not submitting anything for a good while. Thanks to Robin Houghton for her timely submissions reminder mail out - you prompted me to go for it.

Freely available poetry journals like theinterpretershouse benefit our art so very much. At a time when we’re losing others - Bath Magg, Visual Verse, Words for the Wild - let’s show our support and appreciation 🙏🏻

Why are they smiling? Because you’re about to send your poems in for them to judge! All details welshpoolpoetryfestival.org.uk but hurry, closing date 5th May!

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One of the best ways you can support our mighty little festival is to enter the Open Competition. The closing date is 5th May and that’s just 8 days away! Shower us with your poems 🌧️☔️

Thrilled to have two new poems in the current issue of the always questing theinterpretershouse - and in excellent company! Dive in.

PREORDER (31.05.2024):

Katy Mack's First, I Turn Off the Light is as unsettling & disarming as it is compassionate & brave. Mack's poems are an exploration of illness & mental health, and in doing so are lyrical, imaginative, full of humour and insight.

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It was a privilege to take part in Patrizia ‘s wonderful series! Looking forward very much to the next one with Sue Burge, & Rona Luo on 19 May.

Excellent evening of readings by Fiona Larkin and ⁦Jill Abram 🖤⁩ at ⁦Torriano Meeting House⁩ thanks to ⁦Patrizia⁩ and her intriguing venn diagrams

Icy April wind made bare ankles a bad idea, but the warmth of the Venn Diagrams crowd, co-guest Jill Abram 🖤 & our brilliant host Patrizia soon stopped my shivering! Huge thanks to all esp Mary Devlin Powell Katie Griffiths sk grout 🍉💜🤍✙ Mary Mulholland Kathy P💙 Lisa Kelly

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 ☾ !

An amazing day on the Pindrop stall The Poetry Society #FreeVerse with fellow poets Alex Josephy & Sujatha Menon! We sold shedloads, caught up with as many friends, bought too much ourselves & Su rounded off the day with a brilliant reading from her forthcoming Microscopia!

It felt like inhabiting an extraordinary imagination - brava, Michelle Penn and the crew!

Prepping stock for Free Verse tomorrow - some Pindrop Press poets to whet your appetite! Joanna Guthrie Jonathan Totman Elisabeth Sennitt Clough Martin Jago Lydia Harris Alex Josephy Jo Haslam Jane Salmon - do join us & stay for Sujatha Menon’s reading in the evening event!

THIS Sunday! We’d all love to see you there

I am SO excited to have my poetry pamphlet out with the brilliant Broken Sleep Books! 🎉🎉You can preorder a copy here: brokensleepbooks.com/product-page/k…

Very much looking forward to Friday’s adaptations of brilliant work by my Nic Stringer Corrupted Poetry sister Michelle, paired with the excellent Martin Figura!