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Poets for the Planet @poetsfortheplanet.bsky.social · 10d

Good afternoon and Happy National Poetry Day! This is the very first post from Poets for the Planet here on Bluesky. We are very glad to be here. To start us off here's Wendell Berry's classic, The Peace of Wild Things #nationalpoetryday #poetrysky www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ewB...

“The Peace of Wild Things” by Wendell Berry, A Poetry Film by Charlotte Ager & Katy Wang

YouTube video by The On Being Project

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Pascale Petit 🌿🐅🌱🐆🌿🦜 @pascalepetit.bsky.social · 14d

You have to write for the love, because the publishing process and response can be upsetting, and the accolades so few (especially for poetry) yet there are collections I love that received little attention. But that creative rush is very special – no one can take it away

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Caroline Davies @carolinemdavies.bsky.social · 14d

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 14d

David Cuthbert Thomas from Pontarddulais was just 20-years old when he was shot in no man’s land in 1916. For two of the greatest war poets, his death changed everything ✍️Norena Shopland

The Welsh soldier who influenced great poets

Norena Shopland 130 years ago this year, David Cuthbert Thomas was born in 1895. The son of Evan and Ethelinda Thomas of Llanedi Rectory, Pontarddulais, Glamorgan, and educated at Christ College,…

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 14d

David Cuthbert Thomas from Pontarddulais was just 20-years old when he was shot in no man’s land in 1916. For two of the greatest war poets, his death changed everything ✍️Norena Shopland

The Welsh soldier who influenced great poets

Norena Shopland 130 years ago this year, David Cuthbert Thomas was born in 1895. The son of Evan and Ethelinda Thomas of Llanedi Rectory, Pontarddulais, Glamorgan, and educated at Christ College,…

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The Poetry School @poetryschool.bsky.social · 25d

Carol Watts – Laurel Prize: Below the Surface 🌍

On Mimic Pond:
“Poetry has always been a place I go to. From childhood rhythms of prayer + countryside, through Wordsworth, Clare, Riley + Niedecker—poems began to pour out in sequences.”

🔗 Full piece: poetryschool.com/lau...

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johnwhitewords.bsky.social @johnwhitewords.bsky.social · 26d

Thanks so much to Ouse & Adur Rivers Trust for posting this film poem of mine. Re-posting to create my first on Bluesky! To all my old @poetryschool.bsky.social mates, please find me! Kicking off with @suejohns.bsky.social @carolinemdavies.bsky.social @dixonkat.bsky.social ..who else is here..?

Ouse & Adur Rivers Trust @ouseadurrt.bsky.social · Sep 12

Check out this film one of our volunteers was inspired to make after taking part in a chalk stream restoration day, removing non-native species & litter from the Lewes Winterbourne!🌾👍

Nice work, John White 👏

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · Aug 6

Happy b’day, “American Idiot” — released as a single 21 years ago today, and written in the wake of the Iraq War.

“The country had gone into a war based on lies,” said Billie Joe Armstrong, “and no one seemed to care. .. It was a song that came from a very honest, pissed-off place.”

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · Aug 2

Fascinating perspective view with woman reading letter, 1665. And her dog, saying 'what are you doing here?' By Samuel van Hoogstraten, #BTD 1627.

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Caroline Davies @carolinemdavies.bsky.social · Aug 3

If it was my spaniel he would be wondering if you had a biscuit.

Caroline Davies @carolinemdavies.bsky.social · Aug 3

Front cover of book in Welsh and English

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Caroline Davies @carolinemdavies.bsky.social · Aug 3

Day 3 @sealeychallenge.bsky.social time for a bilingual anthology - Beyonnd /Tu Hwnt work by Welsh Deaf and disabled writers - a chance to ymarfer fy Cymraeg/practise my Welsh. Favourite poem so far 'When I say I'm tired by Bethany Handley DWP take note
#sealeychallenge #poetrysky #amreading

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Caroline Davies @carolinemdavies.bsky.social · Aug 2

And @thenewyorker.bsky.social has her reading the title poem www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...

“The City”

Poetry: “She lights a cigarette as if it’s made of thin glass, / he’s telling a story as if it’s a city uncut. Cut.”

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Caroline Davies @carolinemdavies.bsky.social · Aug 2

Day 2 of the @sealeychallenge.bsky.social
#sealeychallenge #poetrysky #amreading The City by Stav Poleg published by @carcanet.bsky.social

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Center for the Art of Translation @catranslation.org · Aug 1

August is Women in Translation Month #WITMonth and we're happy to see 3 @twolinespress.bsky.social titles "Mending Bodies," "Backlight," and "The Queen of Swords" on @clmporg.bsky.social's reading list!

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A Reading List for Women in Translation Month 2025 - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses

For Women in Translation Month, observed annually during the month of August, we asked the many independent literary presses and magazines that make up our membership to share with us some of the lite...

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Caroline Davies @carolinemdavies.bsky.social · Aug 1

@sealeychallenge.bsky.social #SealeyChallenge Day 1 A crown of sonnets about the life of Lee Miller, written by Jaqueline Saphra

Cover of poetry book with photograph of Lee Miller

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The Poetry Society @poetrysociety.org.uk · Aug 1

📚 It's August, which means the #SealeyChallenge is now underway! To help you on your journey to read a book every day this month, The Poetry Society has gotten in touch with poets we've recently worked with for some recommendations. (...)

Fiona Larkin recommends 'alphabet' by Inger Christensen. She says of the book: "Alphabet by Inger Christensen is a rhapsody for the natural world and an urgent call to protect it from human threats. Although those are of its time (the Cold War, and the legacy of the atomic bomb) her message and its urgency ring true even more strongly today."

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Aberystwyth University @aberuni.bsky.social · Aug 1

Our first ever nursing students have qualified to work in the health service – many congratulations to them!

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Caroline Davies @carolinemdavies.bsky.social · Jul 17

@vanessageb.bsky.social Look

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Alexander Thomas @thomastellstales.bsky.social · Jun 27

Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

Day 17: Vanessa Gebbie

#Writers #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge #writing #women #womenwriters

Book cover: Words from a Glass Bubble by Vanessa Gebbie

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · Jul 16

A new network of art galleries has been created in a bid to make Wales' unique and rich artistic heritage more accessible to communities

New network of galleries created to improve access to Wales' artistic heritage

A new network of art galleries has been created in a bid to make Wales’ unique and rich artistic heritage more accessible to communities. CELF, the national contemporary art gallery for Wales, will wi...

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Katrina Naomi @katrinanaomipoet.bsky.social · May 13

A poem #anislandofstrangers for this Labour government, for Keir Starmer. The poem is rough, simplistic perhaps but heartfelt. Thanks for reading. I'm happy for it to be shared.

#inthehopeofchange
#fordecency
#forkindness
#immigrationpolicy
#poetry
#keirstarmer

Poem about the kindness that is shown to strangers

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · May 5

He's also the president who killed things like this.

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Milton Keynes Literary Festival @mklitfest.bsky.social · Apr 29

Join us for our Parks Trust Walking event with award-winning journalist, podcaster & broadcaster Ash Bhardwaj is the author of Why We Travel, The Independent’s “Travel Book of the Year 2024”.

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Apr 28

Barry Blitt’s cover for this week’s issue, “The First Hundred Days.” #NewYorkerCovers nyer.cm/ysrCZ47

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eastlondongroup.bsky.social @eastlondongroup.bsky.social · Apr 19

It is #SaturdayMorning so here's "Interior" by Brynhild Parker from 1930. It has always seemed to me that this might be an idyllic breakfast time view to start a long, lazy week-end. The painting was once owned by an avid collector of ELG work: Sir David Scott. #BrynhildParker #EastLondonGroup

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