PRE-ORDERS ARE OPEN! : “Holding the Light” – Jenna Plewes

Well, this one is a stunning wee collection, from the always awesome Jenna, and I am pleased to say that Pre-Orders are now OPEN

Signed 1st/1st copies are available direct from the lady herself

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You know when you get to the end of the year, and all these people rave about a brilliant album that somehow passed you by?

Well, this is the one for 2024

#justsayin

International law does not compare States, groups, or individuals with each other.

International law compares their conduct with their legal obligations.

The standard is not the other side.

The standard is the law.

Amen to that

Time to book tickets for theatrebythelake.com/event/north-cu…

Only £6 to hear a great line-up of contemporary Cumbrian poets, including Kerry Darbishire Ilse Pedler susan_cartw_smith @KathleenJones Elizabeth Stott

I am so looking forward to reading for Wells Fountain Poets Monday 3 June. Originally scheduled for March, it had to be postponed because of ill health.
Anyone in the neighbourhood is most welcome. I look forward to seeing you there. Open mic spots

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PRE-ORDERS ARE OPEN: “a mother is a paperclip” – Karen Francis

Well, what a time to be alive!

I am so verily chuffed to be able to say that Pre-orders are OPEN for Karen's debut collection...

Get your Signed First/First Edition copies while you can..

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Our government is corrupt and criminal on every possible level. From grift and backhanders to ignoring international laws and treaties.
The entire cabinet should be in prison.
Thank goodness for genuinely decent politicians like Caroline Lucas.

I recently made a video discussing some of my favourite Shakespeare plays and I had to mention Dr Chris Laoutaris brilliant book on the first folio! Do check out my vid and Dr Laoutaris’s sublime book if you are into the bard! X

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Overjoyed to be a winner in this competition! I still cannot believe it! ✨😱 Congratulations to Sue Spiers as well!💫 Thank you, Mark! 🙏🏾

New workshop alert - 🚨 this one is going to be fun - how to use concrete details in your poetry -
' No Ideas But in Things' ( #WilliamCarlosWilliams )
how to beef up the abstractions with ' real' details -
Glos Writers Network Zoe Brooks
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PRE-ORDERS ARE OPEN

“Scrambled Lives on Buttered Toast”

by

Ceinwen E Cariad Haydon

Ah, now this one is a serious treat from Ceinwen - and now you can Pre-order her new collection..

Signed 1/1 copies direct from Ceinwen E C Haydon

Form an orderly one..

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Juut listened to this wonderful episode of #poetryextra from BBC Radio 4 Extra, with Matthew Hollis looking at the poetic journey of Edward Thomas. #poetrycommunity #bbcradio bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

But don't you dare let Kidderminster Harriers vs Blackpool go to an FA Cup second round replay.

Working class Tory voters

AND THE WINNERS ARE:

“Little Black Book 02” – A Poetry Pamphlet Competition

Very Many Congratulations to Oormila V Prahlad and Sue Spiers on their Competition Winning Collections, to be published soon

Yay!

Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad Sue Spiers 💙🧑‍⚕️👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️

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PRE-ORDERS ARE OPEN

“Blue Remembered Star” – Bren Booth-Jones

Oh man, I am sooo very pleased to be able to say that Bren's stunning new collection is now available to Pre-order

Get your Signed 1/1 copy direct from the source Bren Booth-Jones

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“The Crimson Spine Pocket Book #2”

A Poetry Pamphlet Competition

Deadline: 31st May 2024

#ComeandJoinUs at the busybusybusiest poetry press in the whole of me living room and you may just see your wicked words in one of our lovely Crimson Spines

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The final episode of season 8 of the poetry podcast is coming in a few weeks and with it the Bard of Black Bough Poetry / Barddoniaeth Y Gangen Ddu Matthew M C Smith shares not only his poetic origins but his poetic pet peeves!

Can’t wait to share this Behind the Storms with you 👏👏✨✨

Come and write with me - we will be taking the poems of #Slyviaplath as inspiration and focusing in on how to super charge our poems with potent, visionary imagery. Please join me. I promise to get you writing. ticketsource.co.uk/cheltenhampoet……