THIS now tomorrow - we can't wait - so many of our favourite poetry indies attending for one of UK poetry's major events. Come and say hi. 20 April, St Columba’s, SW1X 0BD. Free entry! poetrysociety.org.uk/projects/free-…… ❤️

DID YOU see the astonishingly good list of indie poetry presses and orgs who will be at The Poetry Society #FreeVerse bookfair on Saturday (20th Apr)? SO pleased I'll be there repping Verve Poetry Press and drooling over all the other books!💕

REALLY LOOKING forward to this - lots of amazing poetry indies to meet - lots of lovely poetry to savour! I'll be on the Verve Poetry Press - come say hi! 😍

So proud of the quality poets we have delivering zoom workshops for us this year from May. This helps us to fund #poetry activity on the ground in #Brum such as our monthly open mic only night for beginners The Hive and our young person's collective based at Cherry Reds 🇪🇺🍒💙 x

The Glee Club Birmingham Ciarán Hodgers Kayla Martell Feldman (she/they) Apples and Snakes Jasmine Gardosi Giovanni Esposito Casey Bailey Write Out Loud LIVEwire Poetry ⚡️ Burning Eye Books Tyrone Lewis #Blackish Birmingham Culture Birmingham We Are We can't wait to welcome you! mailchi.mp/vervepoetryfes…

SUPER proud this zoom workshop series that we are running very soon Verve Poetry Festival - partly to help fund our #Brum #poetry #community work: a FREE monthly open mic, a young person's collective, our year 6 schools based in-person workshop programme. ALSO what a line-up!😍

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Thank you Verve Poetry Press for publishing my new collection Healing the Pack. I'm so grateful to you Stuart Bartholomew for believing in my work and for working with such sensitivity and kindness to bring this book into the world.
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Enjoyed Verve and Stuart Bartholomew 's tips for publication at Artfulscribe/MAST Southampton on saturday. Booty arrived.

VERY stoked about this zoom workshop series that we are running Verve Poetry Festival - partly to help fund our #Brum #community work: a monthly open mic, a young person's collective, our year 6 schools based in-person workshop programme. ALSO what a line-up! 😍

Who's joining us and four of our superest poets at ArtfulScribe #LitFest2024 tomorrow. We can't wait 💝

Super excited to be bringing you this superb list of zoom workshops delivered by a stellar list of poets. Snap up your space(s) before they go!❤️

I was very lucky to read last weekend@VervePoetryFest in Birmingham with Nicole Sealey & Rebecca Goss hosted by Jo Bell - The Poetic Licence. I built a set from BirdOfWinter🦅 poems Pavilion Poetry honouring also the fight for life & freedom in Gaza 🌋 & share those words here 🔥alicehiller.info/2024/02/28/hon…

JUST look at the line-up of incredible poets we have featuring on this year's zoom workshop series - some are half full already. Don't forget to sign up if you are keen (click through for more deets)❤️

SO HAPPY with the stellar line-up of poets featuring on our 2024 Zoom Workshop Series. Workshops are a huge part of what we do at VERVE and they help us run our cultural and development programme on the ground in #Brum all year round. Sign up- you won't regret it 💝

so gutted to miss Verve Poetry Festival due to illness but hugely grateful to Stuart Bartholomew for the livestream. Groundbreaking work by Holly Pester & Hannah Silva, v. powerful performances by Rebecca Goss alice hiller Nicole Sealey with Jo Bell - The Poetic Licence & Luke Wright 💥 had me in bits. Bravo

⁦Catherine Gander😷 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸⁩ ⁦Verve Poetry Press⁩ ⁦Stuart Bartholomew⁩ 🔥❤️‍🔥 #poetry

It was a privilege to read this remarkable debut 🔥❤️💜🩷Verve Poetry Festival Verve Poetry Press Catherine Gander😷 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 Stuart Bartholomew