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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iambapoet.com · 4d

**PUSHCART PRIZE NOMINEES ANNOUNCED**

Please join @iambapoet.com in congratulating Theresa Donnelly, Kerry Trautman, Rishika Williams, @jahshabby.bsky.social, @victoriaspires.bsky.social and @johnglenday.bsky.social on their nominations for the next edition of the @pushcartprize.bsky.social.

Promotional poster announcing the six nominees for the 51st edition of The Pushcart Prize, as chosen by the editor of online poetry quarterly iamb.

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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iambapoet.com · 12d

**AUDITIONS CLOSE – 23:59 BST**

Not yet submitted your audition to @iambapoet.com? You're in luck – there's time left!

If you're still thinking about it, think about this instead: two years is a long time to wait till auditions reopen in Sep 2027.

So go on. Be bold. Whip out your mic – and do it!

𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 13d

It's come around fast, but it's here at last: your final chance to try out for a place in @iambapoet.com in either 2026 or 2027.

Fewer than 20 spaces remain – so head over to iambapoet.com/audition before 23:59 BST today and submit your poem.

Auditions won't reopen till Sep 2027, so don't wait!! 😉

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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iambapoet.com · 13d

The final day of auditions for @iambapoet.com has arrived. The last few hours, in fact – the auditions window closes promptly at 23:59 BST today!

So, if you've been wondering, 'Should I? Now?', the answer is definitely, 'YES!!'

Go to iambapoet.com/audition to submit. Good luck!

Audition for poetry journal iamb in Sept 2025

Audition to be part of quarterly poetry journal iamb between the 20th and 27th of September 2025.

iambapoet.com

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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iambapoet.com · 14d

**OPEN AUDITIONS CLOSE SEPT 27TH**

So far, 71 poets have auditioned to feature in @iambapoet.com in either 2026 or 2027. Of those, 53 have secured places.

Another 50+ spaces are waiting to be taken by talented poets – poets like YOU!

Don't let this opportunity pass you by.

iambapoet.com/audition

Audition for poetry journal iamb in Sept 2025

Audition to be part of quarterly poetry journal iamb between the 20th and 27th of September 2025.

iambapoet.com

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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iambapoet.com · 17d

'Men’s faith in what you’re not has made you what you are. Fall upwards.
Do not cry out. Do not return. Refuse to bring yourself back to bone.'

iambapoet.com/wave/23-barn...

Barnaby Harsent | wave 23 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard

Hear poet Barnaby Harsent read poems exclusively for iamb. If you like The Poetry Archive, this poetry site is for you.

iambapoet.com

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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iambapoet.com · 17d

'Like, do you want to be kept alive
if there’s a good chance you won’t wake up,
and if you do, you’ll not be able to wipe your own bum
or feed yourself?'

iambapoet.com/wave/23-clai...

Claire Orchard | wave 23 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard

Hear poet Claire Orchard read poems exclusively for iamb. If you like The Poetry Archive, this poetry site is for you.

iambapoet.com

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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iambapoet.com · 17d

'I could, I thought, I could just step right out
onto the frozen surface of the sea
in Vecaki, but something—urgency
or doubt or love—metastasized throughout

my body ... '

iambapoet.com/wave/23-eric...

Eric T Racher | wave 23 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard

Hear poet Eric T Racher read poems exclusively for iamb. If you like The Poetry Archive, this poetry site is for you.

iambapoet.com

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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iambapoet.com · 17d

'Bless the Earth and the voices that sing her anthems
in your cities. They are the planet’s prophets. Bless the man
you divorced. Bless the man you married after.'

iambapoet.com/wave/23-este...

Estelle Price | wave 23 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard

Hear poet Estelle Price read poems exclusively for iamb. If you like The Poetry Archive, this poetry site is for you.

iambapoet.com

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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iambapoet.com · 17d

'Hands are
as useless
as the grey hookbones
of mangled sparrow wings.'

iambapoet.com/wave/23-hele...

Helen Laycock | wave 23 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard

Hear poet Helen Laycock read poems exclusively for iamb. If you like The Poetry Archive, this poetry site is for you.

iambapoet.com

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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iambapoet.com · 17d

'So soft our hearts—
how to keep the softness
the give the resilience
when to be hard-hearted
seems solution
or result ... '

iambapoet.com/wave/23-hila...

Hilary Sallick | wave 23 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard

Hear poet Hilary Sallick read poems exclusively for iamb. If you like The Poetry Archive, this poetry site is for you.

iambapoet.com

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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iambapoet.com · 17d

'The excuse is effervescent,
more delicate than expected
but who can deny that weight of legs
in the centre of an outstretched hand?'

iambapoet.com/wave/23-hila...

Hilary Watson | wave 23 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard

Hear poet Hilary Watson read poems exclusively for iamb. If you like The Poetry Archive, this poetry site is for you.

iambapoet.com

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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iambapoet.com · 17d

'the drift

of mouth of cheekbones
seawards, lips & lashes
currentstricken spurred
into confluence'

iambapoet.com/wave/23-kara...

Karan Chambers | wave 23 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard

Hear poet Karan Chambers read poems exclusively for iamb. If you like The Poetry Archive, this poetry site is for you.

iambapoet.com

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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iambapoet.com · 17d

'I am coming back inside / you the hayrick oikos I’ve been looking for / I know there are some changes I should make ... '

iambapoet.com/wave/23-kate...

Kate Caoimhe Arthur | wave 23 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard

Hear poet Kate Caoimhe Arthur read poems exclusively for iamb. If you like The Poetry Archive, this poetry site is for you.

iambapoet.com

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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iambapoet.com · 17d

'Trapped within my own silence. Calling myself away from home. Frequency waning. But today the sky is the bluest of bluest of blues.'

iambapoet.com/wave/23-lysz...

Lysz Flo | wave 23 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard

Hear poet Lysz Flo read poems exclusively for iamb. If you like The Poetry Archive, this poetry site is for you.

iambapoet.com

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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iambapoet.com · 17d

'The world is wondrous, frightful sometimes:
feet, disembodied, stick out under hedges,

canines off-lead bounce towards us fast,
humans are nervous, or calm, open-hearted.'

iambapoet.com/wave/23-mari...

Marie Isabel Matthews-Schlinzig | wave 23 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard

Hear poet Marie Isabel Matthews-Schlinzig read poems exclusively for iamb. If you like The Poetry Archive, this poetry site is for you.

iambapoet.com

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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iambapoet.com · 17d

' ... you all head down / shy-faced
round town / all flat cap / all man bag

you all dressed up / all plaid / all sandals /
soft lad / smelling all tea tree / Versace ... '

iambapoet.com/wave/23-mich...

Michael Burton | wave 23 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard

Hear poet Michael Burton read poems exclusively for iamb. If you like The Poetry Archive, this poetry site is for you.

iambapoet.com

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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iambapoet.com · 18d

'This was a day of revelations:
bleed with me until
the tenderness of a pause
smoulders from within'

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Piero Toto | wave 23 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard

Hear poet Piero Toto read poems exclusively for iamb. If you like The Poetry Archive, this poetry site is for you.

iambapoet.com

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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iambapoet.com · 18d

' ... the anonymous artist had patience
and knowledge and an obsession
with bears, catching a glint of amber fire ... '

iambapoet.com/wave/23-sara...

Sarah Wallis | wave 23 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard

Hear poet Sarah Wallis read poems exclusively for iamb. If you like The Poetry Archive, this poetry site is for you.

iambapoet.com

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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iambapoet.com · 18d

'The way fucking is – for you – a state of grace, which can be achieved alone, or together
The way you are see-through, like the pleats of time made visible'

iambapoet.com/wave/23-vict...

Victoria Spires | wave 23 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard

Hear poet Victoria Spires read poems exclusively for iamb. If you like The Poetry Archive, this poetry site is for you.

iambapoet.com

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𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 20d

Poets, the time is NOW ... and through till Sept 27th, when the window for auditions (submissions) for (to) @iambapoet.com closes.

I'm looking to fill a whole eight waves worth of the journal across 2026/27 – so don't be shy!

Go to the Audition page, and give me your best.

iambapoet.com/audition

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Victoria Spires @victoriaspires.bsky.social · 19d

Drop what you're doing and go audition for iamb right now. You won't regret it.

𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iambapoet.com · 20d

**AUDITIONS NOW OPEN TILL SEP 27**

Want three of your poems with text and recordings of you reading them to feature in popular online poetry quarterly @iambapoet.com?

You now have just 7 days to audition for your place in a wave in either 2026 or 2027.

Good luck! 🍀

iambapoet.com/audition

Audition for poetry journal iamb in Sept 2025

Audition to be part of quarterly poetry journal iamb between the 20th and 27th of September 2025.

www.iambapoet.com

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Rosanna McGlone @rosannamcglone.bsky.social · 19d

Go on, you know you want to...

𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iambapoet.com · 20d

**AUDITIONS NOW OPEN TILL SEP 27**

Want three of your poems with text and recordings of you reading them to feature in popular online poetry quarterly @iambapoet.com?

You now have just 7 days to audition for your place in a wave in either 2026 or 2027.

Good luck! 🍀

iambapoet.com/audition

Audition for poetry journal iamb in Sept 2025

Audition to be part of quarterly poetry journal iamb between the 20th and 27th of September 2025.

www.iambapoet.com

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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iambapoet.com · 20d

**AUDITIONS NOW OPEN TILL SEP 27**

Want three of your poems with text and recordings of you reading them to feature in popular online poetry quarterly @iambapoet.com?

You now have just 7 days to audition for your place in a wave in either 2026 or 2027.

Good luck! 🍀

iambapoet.com/audition

Audition for poetry journal iamb in Sept 2025

Audition to be part of quarterly poetry journal iamb between the 20th and 27th of September 2025.

www.iambapoet.com

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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iambapoet.com · 21d

Please bear these positions on AI and plagiarism in mind if you plan on auditioning for @iambapoet.com from the 20th of September.

Your audition won't be screened for evidence of literary theft. But if you're successful and are invited to send in a full submission, your work WILL be scrutinised.

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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iambapoet.com · 21d

To expand on that AI rule, @iambapoet.com is not saying the technology cannot be used during some part of the creative and compositional process. It's simply that any use of an LLM must not result in any submitted poem looking very obviously like another's work passed through a mincer.

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