Clare Proctor
@almostasif.bsky.social
Teacher and Poet. Poems rehomed by Shooter, the North, Finished Creatures and Poetry Review among others. First pamphlet out now with Wayleave/Litfest. https://www.iambapoet.com/wave/7-clare-proctor
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Clare Proctor
@almostasif.bsky.social
· Feb 27
We are not hard set.
Every day, erosion;
Every day, growth.
Every day, erosion;
Every day, growth.
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#FolktaleWeek prompt #4: Book
Brigid was the Celtic goddess of poetry & wisdom. Christian monks later made Brigid the Saint of poets. It seemed only fitting I should quote an Irish poet here: the divinely talented @nikitagill.bsky.social
@FolktaleWeek
#FolktaleWeek2025
#FolktaleweekBook
Brigid was the Celtic goddess of poetry & wisdom. Christian monks later made Brigid the Saint of poets. It seemed only fitting I should quote an Irish poet here: the divinely talented @nikitagill.bsky.social
@FolktaleWeek
#FolktaleWeek2025
#FolktaleweekBook
November 20, 2025 at 1:47 PM
#FolktaleWeek prompt #4: Book
Brigid was the Celtic goddess of poetry & wisdom. Christian monks later made Brigid the Saint of poets. It seemed only fitting I should quote an Irish poet here: the divinely talented @nikitagill.bsky.social
@FolktaleWeek
#FolktaleWeek2025
#FolktaleweekBook
Brigid was the Celtic goddess of poetry & wisdom. Christian monks later made Brigid the Saint of poets. It seemed only fitting I should quote an Irish poet here: the divinely talented @nikitagill.bsky.social
@FolktaleWeek
#FolktaleWeek2025
#FolktaleweekBook
Reposted by Clare Proctor
"I have left my body many times. Once I misplaced myself
inside my mother’s voice. She was peeling a carrot with
a small knife, the blade so thin it sang against the curling
skin."
Contributor and poetry reader @andhow.bsky.social has a new poem in @diodeeditions.bsky.social ❤️: buff.ly/yTTHHpD
inside my mother’s voice. She was peeling a carrot with
a small knife, the blade so thin it sang against the curling
skin."
Contributor and poetry reader @andhow.bsky.social has a new poem in @diodeeditions.bsky.social ❤️: buff.ly/yTTHHpD
November 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
"I have left my body many times. Once I misplaced myself
inside my mother’s voice. She was peeling a carrot with
a small knife, the blade so thin it sang against the curling
skin."
Contributor and poetry reader @andhow.bsky.social has a new poem in @diodeeditions.bsky.social ❤️: buff.ly/yTTHHpD
inside my mother’s voice. She was peeling a carrot with
a small knife, the blade so thin it sang against the curling
skin."
Contributor and poetry reader @andhow.bsky.social has a new poem in @diodeeditions.bsky.social ❤️: buff.ly/yTTHHpD
Reposted by Clare Proctor
can't wait to read your poems. Send me your bangers, both quiet and noisy!
MAGMA POETRY COMPETITION 2025/26 is open for entries in both categories:
The Judge’s Prize – poems of 11 to 50 lines
The Editors’ Prize – poems of up to 10 lines
Deadline 31 January 2026
This year's judge is Rishi Dastidar
@betarish.bsky.social
Good luck!
magmapoetry.com/competition/
The Judge’s Prize – poems of 11 to 50 lines
The Editors’ Prize – poems of up to 10 lines
Deadline 31 January 2026
This year's judge is Rishi Dastidar
@betarish.bsky.social
Good luck!
magmapoetry.com/competition/
Magma Poetry Competition - Magma Poetry
MAGMA POETRY COMPETITION 2025/26 MAGMA POETRY COMPETITION 2025/26 is now open for entries in both categories The Judge’s Prize – poems of 11 to 50 lines The Editors’ Prize – poems of up to 10 lines De...
magmapoetry.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:52 AM
can't wait to read your poems. Send me your bangers, both quiet and noisy!
Reposted by Clare Proctor
Congratulations to Vidyan Ravinthiran, who has jointly won (with Karen Solie) the Forward Prize for Best Collection with Avidyā (Bloodaxe). Its brilliant final poem, "as a child", describes how an early speech impediment led him to be "a scrutineer of sound" with a love of "the avid void of English"
October 26, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Congratulations to Vidyan Ravinthiran, who has jointly won (with Karen Solie) the Forward Prize for Best Collection with Avidyā (Bloodaxe). Its brilliant final poem, "as a child", describes how an early speech impediment led him to be "a scrutineer of sound" with a love of "the avid void of English"
Reposted by Clare Proctor
For a Student Who Used AI to Write a Paper
October 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM
For a Student Who Used AI to Write a Paper
Reposted by Clare Proctor
Reposted by Clare Proctor
❛ What. / The fuck. / Is this leaf. / Doing. In my–– / And this. / And fucking this.
A poem for your Sunday reset – by Dawn Watson, from Issue 25. 🍂
A poem for your Sunday reset – by Dawn Watson, from Issue 25. 🍂
October 19, 2025 at 3:51 PM
❛ What. / The fuck. / Is this leaf. / Doing. In my–– / And this. / And fucking this.
A poem for your Sunday reset – by Dawn Watson, from Issue 25. 🍂
A poem for your Sunday reset – by Dawn Watson, from Issue 25. 🍂
If you are based in or near York (wish I was!) just look at this amazing opportunity… @poetrypharmacy.bsky.social
October 19, 2025 at 6:05 PM
If you are based in or near York (wish I was!) just look at this amazing opportunity… @poetrypharmacy.bsky.social
From: Bruce Taylor, No End in Strangeness: New and Selected Poems (Cormorant, 2011).
October 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
From: Bruce Taylor, No End in Strangeness: New and Selected Poems (Cormorant, 2011).
Reposted by Clare Proctor
September 30, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Reposted by Clare Proctor
Certain numbers accompany us through our lives, connected to our memories of people and places, of significant events. What numbers remain with you decades later? And why?
This poem is taken from Whatever You Do, Just Don't (HappenStance Press, 2023), my second full collection...
This poem is taken from Whatever You Do, Just Don't (HappenStance Press, 2023), my second full collection...
September 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Certain numbers accompany us through our lives, connected to our memories of people and places, of significant events. What numbers remain with you decades later? And why?
This poem is taken from Whatever You Do, Just Don't (HappenStance Press, 2023), my second full collection...
This poem is taken from Whatever You Do, Just Don't (HappenStance Press, 2023), my second full collection...
Reposted by Clare Proctor
For You Who Are About to Give Up
September 9, 2025 at 4:49 PM
For You Who Are About to Give Up
This absolutely stunning poem from @jaxxi.bsky.social has won the Artemesia Arts poetry competition…
September 9, 2025 at 11:17 AM
This absolutely stunning poem from @jaxxi.bsky.social has won the Artemesia Arts poetry competition…