Dr Patrick Wright
@arainbowpoet.bsky.social
Poet/Writer | Lecturer, English Literature and Creative Writing @OpenUniversity | SFHEA | Nullaby and Full Sight of Her @EyewearBooks | Exit Strategy @brokensleep | www.patrickwright.co.uk
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Patrick Wright - Exit Strategy | Broken Sleep Books
In Exit Strategy, Patrick Wright crafts a vivid exploration of grief and loss, intertwining personal experience with responses to modern and contemporary art. Wright refracts bereavement through the l...
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My second poetry collection, Exit Strategy, is now available for pre-orders from Broken Sleep Books:
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Delighted to have a poem accepted by The Frogmore Papers - one of particular personal significance on #loss #grief #widowhood @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social #poetry #poetrycommunity
November 24, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Delighted to have a poem accepted by The Frogmore Papers - one of particular personal significance on #loss #grief #widowhood @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social #poetry #poetrycommunity
Many thanks to Betsy Thomas for the wonderful review of Exit Strategy in Mortality journal @ouliterature.bsky.social @openthanatology.bsky.social @ouhealtharts.bsky.social
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November 22, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Many thanks to Betsy Thomas for the wonderful review of Exit Strategy in Mortality journal @ouliterature.bsky.social @openthanatology.bsky.social @ouhealtharts.bsky.social
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The Broken Sleep Books Anthology 2025 gathers standout, risk-taking writing from every publication of the year, spanning poetry, non-fiction and fiction.
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November 6, 2025 at 10:18 PM
The Broken Sleep Books Anthology 2025 gathers standout, risk-taking writing from every publication of the year, spanning poetry, non-fiction and fiction.
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October 27, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Delighted to have a poem in the next issue of Southword
October 21, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Delighted to have a poem in the next issue of Southword
Happy to have received this nomination
**PUSHCART PRIZE NOMINEES ANNOUNCED**
Please join @afterpoetry.com in congratulating K Roberts, @corinnaboard.bsky.social, Suzi Feay, @arainbowpoet.bsky.social, Matt Cariello and @victoriaspires.bsky.social on their nominations for the next edition of the @pushcartprize.bsky.social.
Please join @afterpoetry.com in congratulating K Roberts, @corinnaboard.bsky.social, Suzi Feay, @arainbowpoet.bsky.social, Matt Cariello and @victoriaspires.bsky.social on their nominations for the next edition of the @pushcartprize.bsky.social.
October 5, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Happy to have received this nomination
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With classes underway, I’ve switched from essays to exams. But with the death of the student essay (RIP, slain by ChatGPT), there’s a larger human tragedy: an erosion of critical cognition and the creation of two sharply divided classes of people: those who learn how to think and those who don’t:
The Death of the Student Essay—and the Future of Cognition
One professor's reflections on the end of an era, as AI tools such as ChatGPT have murdered the student essay (RIP). Here's why that threatens the future of human cognition—and how to save ourselves.
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September 30, 2025 at 9:48 AM
With classes underway, I’ve switched from essays to exams. But with the death of the student essay (RIP, slain by ChatGPT), there’s a larger human tragedy: an erosion of critical cognition and the creation of two sharply divided classes of people: those who learn how to think and those who don’t:
I also have two poems in this new anthology edited by Charlotte Cosgrove. The quality of these books - inside and out - is so good. Find it on Amazon.
September 29, 2025 at 9:11 AM
I also have two poems in this new anthology edited by Charlotte Cosgrove. The quality of these books - inside and out - is so good. Find it on Amazon.
Delighted to have a poem included in this excellent anthology - well worth a look:
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September 29, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Delighted to have a poem included in this excellent anthology - well worth a look:
www.writeoutloud.net/books/
www.writeoutloud.net/books/
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Our new issue is now available on Amazon, with free shipping to select locations. (This is the paperback version. Glossy magazine version is on our website.)
Enjoy! 💚
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Enjoy! 💚
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August 8, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Our new issue is now available on Amazon, with free shipping to select locations. (This is the paperback version. Glossy magazine version is on our website.)
Enjoy! 💚
Link below
Enjoy! 💚
Link below
Many thanks to Paul Brookes for interviewing me on my collection Exit Strategy. The interview can be found at The Wombwell Rainbow:
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The Wombwell Rainbow Book Interview: Patrick Wright On “Exit Strategy”
Exit Strategy (Broken Sleep Books, 2025): Patrick Wright is an award-winning poet from Manchester, UK. His poems have appeared in Poetry Ireland Review, The North, Gutter, Poetry Salzburg, Agenda, …
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August 22, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Many thanks to Paul Brookes for interviewing me on my collection Exit Strategy. The interview can be found at The Wombwell Rainbow:
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Pleased to see copies of Exit Strategy today @chorltonbookshop.bsky.social These are now signed copies should anyone want one. Thanks for your support. @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social
August 19, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Pleased to see copies of Exit Strategy today @chorltonbookshop.bsky.social These are now signed copies should anyone want one. Thanks for your support. @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social
Pleased to have a review of Exit Strategy in Dream Catcher (51) @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social
August 13, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Pleased to have a review of Exit Strategy in Dream Catcher (51) @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social
Pleased to have a poem and accompanying exploded essay in the latest issue of The Madrigal - X: Discursion now available to order:
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August 4, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Pleased to have a poem and accompanying exploded essay in the latest issue of The Madrigal - X: Discursion now available to order:
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Thank you @magma It was a joy and honour to read my poem at the launch event for Issue 92
July 17, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Thank you @magma It was a joy and honour to read my poem at the launch event for Issue 92
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Poetry (cont): Elizabeth Loudon, Pattie McCarthy, Ross McCleary, Mick McGann-Jones, Marty McKenna, David Rutherford, Claire Thom, Patrick Wright
Nonfiction: Flora Beagley, Marianne Daigh, Attracta Fahy, Ciara McVeigh, Pat Noxolo
Art: Edward Lee
Photography: Brian Michael Barbeito
Plays: Jane Idrissi
Nonfiction: Flora Beagley, Marianne Daigh, Attracta Fahy, Ciara McVeigh, Pat Noxolo
Art: Edward Lee
Photography: Brian Michael Barbeito
Plays: Jane Idrissi
July 8, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Poetry (cont): Elizabeth Loudon, Pattie McCarthy, Ross McCleary, Mick McGann-Jones, Marty McKenna, David Rutherford, Claire Thom, Patrick Wright
Nonfiction: Flora Beagley, Marianne Daigh, Attracta Fahy, Ciara McVeigh, Pat Noxolo
Art: Edward Lee
Photography: Brian Michael Barbeito
Plays: Jane Idrissi
Nonfiction: Flora Beagley, Marianne Daigh, Attracta Fahy, Ciara McVeigh, Pat Noxolo
Art: Edward Lee
Photography: Brian Michael Barbeito
Plays: Jane Idrissi
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Please join us to celebrate the launch of Magma 92 - 'Ownership' Wed 16 July 7pm.
An eclectic evening of readers includes Martyn Crucefix, Jan Heritage, D A Prince, Peter Daniels, Keith Jarrett and Paul Fenn.
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An eclectic evening of readers includes Martyn Crucefix, Jan Heritage, D A Prince, Peter Daniels, Keith Jarrett and Paul Fenn.
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Magma 92: The Ownership Issue Launch Party
Please join us to celebrate the launch of Magma 92 at The Seven Dials Club, Covent Garden, London
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July 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Please join us to celebrate the launch of Magma 92 - 'Ownership' Wed 16 July 7pm.
An eclectic evening of readers includes Martyn Crucefix, Jan Heritage, D A Prince, Peter Daniels, Keith Jarrett and Paul Fenn.
bit.ly/4lhG0q1
An eclectic evening of readers includes Martyn Crucefix, Jan Heritage, D A Prince, Peter Daniels, Keith Jarrett and Paul Fenn.
bit.ly/4lhG0q1
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Full list of contributors for upcoming Issue 4 - minus the typo. (It’s the typos that keep us humble btw)
New issue 31 July, in print and digital on our website.
New issue 31 July, in print and digital on our website.
July 8, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Full list of contributors for upcoming Issue 4 - minus the typo. (It’s the typos that keep us humble btw)
New issue 31 July, in print and digital on our website.
New issue 31 July, in print and digital on our website.
June 30, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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Memory drifts between cities and dreamscapes in Patrick Wright / @arainbowpoet.bsky.social's painful meditation on love, absence, and the paper-thin moments that remain.
Read now
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#InkSweatandTears #Submission #PoetryCommunity
Read now
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#InkSweatandTears #Submission #PoetryCommunity
June 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Memory drifts between cities and dreamscapes in Patrick Wright / @arainbowpoet.bsky.social's painful meditation on love, absence, and the paper-thin moments that remain.
Read now
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#InkSweatandTears #Submission #PoetryCommunity
Read now
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#InkSweatandTears #Submission #PoetryCommunity
Pleased to have a new poem in The Amphibian issue 8 - available now:
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June 15, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Pleased to have a new poem in The Amphibian issue 8 - available now:
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‘Exit Strategy explores how a surviving partner might navigate an afterlife, one that has to adjust to a major loss, while trying to make sense of that loss and respond to bereavement.’ Many thanks @emmalee1.bsky.social @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social
June 15, 2025 at 7:51 PM
‘Exit Strategy explores how a surviving partner might navigate an afterlife, one that has to adjust to a major loss, while trying to make sense of that loss and respond to bereavement.’ Many thanks @emmalee1.bsky.social @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social
So grateful for the reviews and endorsements for Exit Strategy. Thank you to everyone for the kind words and for reading the book with such care and attention. Available now @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social
#poetry #poetrycommunity #poems
#poetry #poetrycommunity #poems
June 1, 2025 at 8:11 PM
So grateful for the reviews and endorsements for Exit Strategy. Thank you to everyone for the kind words and for reading the book with such care and attention. Available now @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social
#poetry #poetrycommunity #poems
#poetry #poetrycommunity #poems