Elizabeth Osmond
@bethosmond.bsky.social
Poet and Neonatologist. Pushcart nominated. Work in the Aftershock Review, IS&T, After…, Atrium, The Alchemy Spoon, Dust poetry, Intima, Black Bough and Hippocrates Anthologies.
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So proud to be in the second Aftershock Review, can’t wait to read it all. Thanks so much @maxwallis.bsky.social
#poemsabout #poetsonbluesky
#poemsabout #poetsonbluesky
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Gender-based violence has no place in a free and equal society.
No woman or girl should have to live in fear.
On International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, we call for an end to all forms of violence and affirm the right for every women to live in safety and dignity.
No woman or girl should have to live in fear.
On International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, we call for an end to all forms of violence and affirm the right for every women to live in safety and dignity.
November 25, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Gender-based violence has no place in a free and equal society.
No woman or girl should have to live in fear.
On International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, we call for an end to all forms of violence and affirm the right for every women to live in safety and dignity.
No woman or girl should have to live in fear.
On International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, we call for an end to all forms of violence and affirm the right for every women to live in safety and dignity.
This is a truly fabulous way to spend each morning in January/ as many as you can !
January Writing Hours are up! Come and join Clare Shaw and I every day throughout January at 10am for a Writing Hour. Pas as you go and bursary tickets available www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/january-wr...
January Writing Hours 2026
Come and join Kim Moore and Clare Shaw in a daily Writing Hour throughout January 2026
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November 25, 2025 at 11:48 AM
This is a truly fabulous way to spend each morning in January/ as many as you can !
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On December 21, from 2-4 PM EST, I’ll be teaching a 2‑hour generative craft class diving into the underrated, luminous work of poet Laura Gilpin. We will read well beyond “The Two-Headed Calf,” discussing the work of caregiving & poetry, approaching both with deep curiosity & attention to mystery.
Generative Craft Class with Maya C. Popa · Zoom · Luma
On December 21, from 2-4 PM EST, I’ll be teaching a 2‑hour generative craft class diving into the underrated, luminous work of poet Laura Gilpin. We will read…
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November 25, 2025 at 12:48 AM
On December 21, from 2-4 PM EST, I’ll be teaching a 2‑hour generative craft class diving into the underrated, luminous work of poet Laura Gilpin. We will read well beyond “The Two-Headed Calf,” discussing the work of caregiving & poetry, approaching both with deep curiosity & attention to mystery.
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Today’s joy is a poem, inspired by words on a vending machine, on a lilac page in @eatthestorms.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Today’s joy is a poem, inspired by words on a vending machine, on a lilac page in @eatthestorms.com
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Hullo @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social and to #promptcombo #onroofs
Love the theme, as great as Fidel’s from last week!
Love the theme, as great as Fidel’s from last week!
November 24, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Hullo @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social and to #promptcombo #onroofs
Love the theme, as great as Fidel’s from last week!
Love the theme, as great as Fidel’s from last week!
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Last year’s Christmas - Winter anthology featuring Matthew Hollis, a dazzling array of poetic talent, and artwork by Emma Bissonnet.
❄️ 🧊 🐻❄️ 🌟 🌊
www.blackboughpoetry.com/christmas-wi...
❄️ 🧊 🐻❄️ 🌟 🌊
www.blackboughpoetry.com/christmas-wi...
November 24, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Last year’s Christmas - Winter anthology featuring Matthew Hollis, a dazzling array of poetic talent, and artwork by Emma Bissonnet.
❄️ 🧊 🐻❄️ 🌟 🌊
www.blackboughpoetry.com/christmas-wi...
❄️ 🧊 🐻❄️ 🌟 🌊
www.blackboughpoetry.com/christmas-wi...
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❛ There will be dying, there will be dying, / but there is no need to go into that. / The poems flow from the hand unbidden / and the hidden source is the watchful heart.
Poet Derek Mahon, who was born #OTD in 1941.
Poet Derek Mahon, who was born #OTD in 1941.
November 23, 2025 at 7:37 PM
❛ There will be dying, there will be dying, / but there is no need to go into that. / The poems flow from the hand unbidden / and the hidden source is the watchful heart.
Poet Derek Mahon, who was born #OTD in 1941.
Poet Derek Mahon, who was born #OTD in 1941.
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For this week's Sunday poem, I want to share the opening piece from my newest collection, Smatterings of Cerulean, published by @darkwinterlitmag.bsky.social The 50 poems in this collection are each accompanied by a sensational photograph from @kenwhytock.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 4:24 PM
For this week's Sunday poem, I want to share the opening piece from my newest collection, Smatterings of Cerulean, published by @darkwinterlitmag.bsky.social The 50 poems in this collection are each accompanied by a sensational photograph from @kenwhytock.bsky.social
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Not able to find your fellow poets' posts? Here is one way to set up tabs to follow favourite hashtags and poetry communities:
1/ swipe right until you have the 'Following' tab on the left at the top.
1/ swipe right until you have the 'Following' tab on the left at the top.
November 23, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Not able to find your fellow poets' posts? Here is one way to set up tabs to follow favourite hashtags and poetry communities:
1/ swipe right until you have the 'Following' tab on the left at the top.
1/ swipe right until you have the 'Following' tab on the left at the top.
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Out winter anthology from last year in paperback and hardback with artwork by Emma Bissonnet 🔥 ❄️ 🔥 ❄️ 🔥 ❄️
www.blackboughpoetry.com/christmas-wi...
www.blackboughpoetry.com/christmas-wi...
November 23, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Out winter anthology from last year in paperback and hardback with artwork by Emma Bissonnet 🔥 ❄️ 🔥 ❄️ 🔥 ❄️
www.blackboughpoetry.com/christmas-wi...
www.blackboughpoetry.com/christmas-wi...
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You can now read my poem "Democracy Dies" in the latest issue of @dustpoetry.bsky.social! I wrote this poem for the journalists of Gaza, bravely documenting the genocide of the Palestinian people 🇵🇸 #poem #poetry #poetrycommunity
www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/democra...
www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/democra...
Democracy Dies by R.J. Breathnach
Democracy Diesfor all the journalists of Palestine There used to be a qualifieron the end of that phrase.Something to reassurethat democracide only occursin limited circumstances. That journalistic su...
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November 22, 2025 at 11:17 AM
You can now read my poem "Democracy Dies" in the latest issue of @dustpoetry.bsky.social! I wrote this poem for the journalists of Gaza, bravely documenting the genocide of the Palestinian people 🇵🇸 #poem #poetry #poetrycommunity
www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/democra...
www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/democra...
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@monikarusvai.bsky.social @aehillam.bsky.social hi both! Just sending a link to @dustpoetry.bsky.social which published Breakfast TV today -
www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/breakfa...
You can access the rest of the journal from there too, have a good w/end!
www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/breakfa...
You can access the rest of the journal from there too, have a good w/end!
Breakfast TV by Sarah Wallis
Breakfast TV I would swear my soulsmells like cheese on toast,the buttered kindand roasted under the grill in Hadestime, that melt on sizzlethe Worcester sauce, and always cursedto be an empty or mis...
www.dustpoetry.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 12:06 PM
@monikarusvai.bsky.social @aehillam.bsky.social hi both! Just sending a link to @dustpoetry.bsky.social which published Breakfast TV today -
www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/breakfa...
You can access the rest of the journal from there too, have a good w/end!
www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/breakfa...
You can access the rest of the journal from there too, have a good w/end!
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Thank you to the wonderful editors of @dustpoetry.bsky.social for selecting "After a Stranger Called This a Hobby" for their Dear World Issue! I wrote this poem after a tweet of mine went viral a while back, and not long after my dad passed. www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/after-a...
After a Stranger Called This a Hobby by Julie Weiss
After a Stranger Called This a Hobby In one hour, the clock has ticked off eightwords. The moon yawns. The stars clear their throats, but I need to wrap tonight´sgrief in a metaphor, all glitter and r...
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November 22, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Thank you to the wonderful editors of @dustpoetry.bsky.social for selecting "After a Stranger Called This a Hobby" for their Dear World Issue! I wrote this poem after a tweet of mine went viral a while back, and not long after my dad passed. www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/after-a...
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MY NAME IS❗A poem I wrote about otherization, has found a home in the beautiful new issue of DUST POETRY. It forms part of a collection of 30 poems entitled DEAR WORLD... 🌍
Thank you to editors Tara Wheeler & Catherine Redford.✌🏼
#DearWorld
#Projection
#Otherization
dustpoetry.co.uk/post/my-name-i…
Thank you to editors Tara Wheeler & Catherine Redford.✌🏼
#DearWorld
#Projection
#Otherization
dustpoetry.co.uk/post/my-name-i…
November 22, 2025 at 9:56 AM
MY NAME IS❗A poem I wrote about otherization, has found a home in the beautiful new issue of DUST POETRY. It forms part of a collection of 30 poems entitled DEAR WORLD... 🌍
Thank you to editors Tara Wheeler & Catherine Redford.✌🏼
#DearWorld
#Projection
#Otherization
dustpoetry.co.uk/post/my-name-i…
Thank you to editors Tara Wheeler & Catherine Redford.✌🏼
#DearWorld
#Projection
#Otherization
dustpoetry.co.uk/post/my-name-i…
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Delighted to have a poem published in the fabulous @dustpoetry.bsky.social check it out #poetrycommunity www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/flowers...
November 22, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Delighted to have a poem published in the fabulous @dustpoetry.bsky.social check it out #poetrycommunity www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/flowers...
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Thank you so much @dustpoetry.bsky.social for publishing my poem My Daughter is a Gannet. It is part of a trilogy of birds - and just for family harmony … my other two fledglings are beautiful too! 😂
#poetry #blueskypoets
www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/my-daug...
#poetry #blueskypoets
www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/my-daug...
My Daughter is a Gannet by Rachel Burrows
My Daughter is a Gannet With blue sea-eyes meticulously lined, and fixed on the horizon,she soars above us.The sun crowns herflawless feathers -a golden bequeathment.Streamlined and focussed, she swoo...
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November 22, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Thank you so much @dustpoetry.bsky.social for publishing my poem My Daughter is a Gannet. It is part of a trilogy of birds - and just for family harmony … my other two fledglings are beautiful too! 😂
#poetry #blueskypoets
www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/my-daug...
#poetry #blueskypoets
www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/my-daug...
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Delighted to be in the latest issue of Dust Magazine — risking life & limb exposing a national treasure…
www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/human-b...
www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/human-b...
November 22, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Delighted to be in the latest issue of Dust Magazine — risking life & limb exposing a national treasure…
www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/human-b...
www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/human-b...
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Delighted to have my poem, ‘Flight’ included in issue 15, Dear World, of Dust Poetry. With thanks to the editors, Tara and Catherine.
Our NEW ISSUE featuring 30 remarkable new poems and stunning cover art by printmaker Molly Lemon is LIVE.
You can read it all here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/issues/categ...
We hope you enjoy this issue and look forward to hearing what you think 🧡✨
You can read it all here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/issues/categ...
We hope you enjoy this issue and look forward to hearing what you think 🧡✨
Issue 15, Dear World
www.dustpoetry.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Delighted to have my poem, ‘Flight’ included in issue 15, Dear World, of Dust Poetry. With thanks to the editors, Tara and Catherine.
Thankyou so much to the wonderful editors @dustpoetry.bsky.social for selecting my poem on antenatal counselling and prematurity for the very moving Dear World Issue www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/the-tin...
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#poemsabout
#poetsonbluesky
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The Tiny Nappy by Elizabeth Osmond
The Tiny Nappy I find it helps to show, so I takeone of the tiny nappies with me.Smaller than the smallest panty liner-you cannot find them in Tescos.I hand them around at lecturesa palm-width slip of...
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November 22, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Thankyou so much to the wonderful editors @dustpoetry.bsky.social for selecting my poem on antenatal counselling and prematurity for the very moving Dear World Issue www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/the-tin...
#poetsonbluesky
#poemsabout
#poetsonbluesky
#poemsabout
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Hello Friday.
One of Sylvia Plath’s sketches.
One of Sylvia Plath’s sketches.
November 21, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Hello Friday.
One of Sylvia Plath’s sketches.
One of Sylvia Plath’s sketches.
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Question for poetry people. I've been on this platform for a good while now but I've been idle. How is it going here for all things poetry? I'm still on X but I hardly see any poetry topics on it at all anymore.
November 15, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Question for poetry people. I've been on this platform for a good while now but I've been idle. How is it going here for all things poetry? I'm still on X but I hardly see any poetry topics on it at all anymore.
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Super excited my poem 'Hand to mouth' and story 'The Knife Sharpener of Alzira' have been shortlisted for the 'Walking In The Dark' comp by @walklistencreate.org judged by @marcellenewbold.bsky.social and Damaris West for poetry, @chantallyons.bsky.social and Matthew Beaumont for prose
Whoop 🥳
Whoop 🥳
November 20, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Super excited my poem 'Hand to mouth' and story 'The Knife Sharpener of Alzira' have been shortlisted for the 'Walking In The Dark' comp by @walklistencreate.org judged by @marcellenewbold.bsky.social and Damaris West for poetry, @chantallyons.bsky.social and Matthew Beaumont for prose
Whoop 🥳
Whoop 🥳
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Am sitting on the rug, deep in the new issue of The Aftershock Review. I’m honoured to have three poems in exceptional company in an edition which explores ‘the anatomy of aftermath,’ all thanks to @maxwallis.bsky.social Anna Percy and Suzi Feay.
November 17, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Am sitting on the rug, deep in the new issue of The Aftershock Review. I’m honoured to have three poems in exceptional company in an edition which explores ‘the anatomy of aftermath,’ all thanks to @maxwallis.bsky.social Anna Percy and Suzi Feay.
Gorgeous !!!
Can’t wait 😍
Can’t wait 😍
November 19, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Gorgeous !!!
Can’t wait 😍
Can’t wait 😍