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Barnaby Harsent @jahshabby.bsky.social · 7d

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Wonderful!

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Barnaby Harsent @jahshabby.bsky.social · 8d

Contrary to my earlier claim to have started writing poems a couple of years ago, I just remembered these.

Written in desperation as I didn't have enough gas in the tank to write proper match reports for a 2018 World Cup project.

Happy World Poetry Day! 😂

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Barnaby Harsent @jahshabby.bsky.social · 8d

Contrary to my earlier claim to have started writing poems a couple of years ago, I just remembered these.

Written in desperation as I didn't have enough gas in the tank to write proper match reports for a 2018 World Cup project.

Happy World Poetry Day! 😂

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Pascale Petit 🌿🐅🌱🐆🌿🦜 @pascalepetit.bsky.social · 12d

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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Barnaby Harsent @jahshabby.bsky.social · 12d

Don't think I've ever watched an LVT film, although I have a lot of time for Vinterberg (well, Festen at any rate).

Barnaby Harsent @jahshabby.bsky.social · 16d

This will be good. You should come. Paul is a very good egg.

Paul @paulwritespoems.bsky.social · 16d

My current project is this…

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1731620827...

#WednesdayWiPs

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Barnaby Harsent @jahshabby.bsky.social · 16d

I'll be there with Roughcut coals (which I'm half thinking of adopting as my Wu-Tang name)

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Barnaby Harsent @jahshabby.bsky.social · 18d

Going to do everything I can to make this!

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Barnaby Harsent @jahshabby.bsky.social · 18d

(OK so not technologically, but it made me laugh)

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Barnaby Harsent @jahshabby.bsky.social · 18d

Everything Including the Girl.

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Barnaby Harsent @jahshabby.bsky.social · 19d

Thanks to the support of a fantastic Sensei, Mr Lee Adams, and my son, Nat, I was awarded my black belt in Uechi Ryu karate this weekend.

Doing a Dan grading in Germany, in front some of the very best in the world was incredible. An honour I'm very lucky to have been granted.

Now the work begins.

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Barnaby Harsent @jahshabby.bsky.social · 24d

I don't like it, but if your phone is connected to headphones and your mum is hard of hearing, there aren't any better options.

Barnaby Harsent @jahshabby.bsky.social · 25d

I liked the metaphor treatment - especially as it pertains to a poem I wrote about tinnitus a couple of years back. I might revisit it actually...

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Barnaby Harsent @jahshabby.bsky.social · 25d

I've sort of lost track with who I've replied to (I'm reading through this wave while writing website copy to deadlines best described as "aspirational"), but yours are great. Stunning word choice, superb rhythm, and I keep coming back to woman: drowned again and again. Fabulous.

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Barnaby Harsent @jahshabby.bsky.social · 25d

So this has been in the world 24 hours now, and I'm blown away by the range of voices and the skill on show.

I've had some very kind words for my own efforts, which is - of course - lovely, but this really works best seen as a collective, collaborative project - curated with care and skill.

𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 26d

Was an absolute pleasure working with this cohort of consummate professionals to bring wave twenty-three of @iambapoet.com to birth. I'm glad to have had the chance to publish their poems – many of which are first-publication exclusives.

Visit, read, listen, share. Because iamb is what you make it.

𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iambapoet.com · 26d

Autumn again. Trees put on their prettiest frocks, then get more naked day by day. Everything now is poetry – and it comes in waves. Leave the chilly air outside. Light a fire, make hot chocolate. Let senses and soul dive beneath @iambapoet.com's newest wave.

www.iambapoet.com/wave/23

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Barnaby Harsent @jahshabby.bsky.social · 25d

Right! That's the quote for the pamphlet sorted! 😂 That's incredibly kind Victoria. Always lovely to get praise, but especially nice when it's from someone whose work you love!

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Barnaby Harsent @jahshabby.bsky.social · 25d

Thank you! And likewise. I've just been going back over yours, and was so taken by the exquisite narrative detail in all of your pieces. It's incredibly captivating - and while there are loads i could pick, "A kick of spines like baby/hedgehog... " is a suPERB line!

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Barnaby Harsent @jahshabby.bsky.social · 26d

The weekend's gone, but this Monday's a happier one than most thanks to @markantonyowen.com and wave 23 of iamb.

Three poems from me to kick things off, the wonderful @victoriaspires.bsky.social closing the gig, and the quality throughout is superb!

www.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.

www.iambapoet.com

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𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 28d

Don't miss this, poets – the new wave, AND your chance to appear in a future one. I have two years' worth of spaces to fill. Help a publisher out? 🥹😉

𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iambapoet.com · 28d

Fewer than two days now till wave twenty-three of @iambapoet.com arrives on screens large and small.

There's also only a week left until YOU can audition for your place in the journal in either 2026 or 2027.

Find out what you need to do, and be ready to submit next week. 🤞🏻

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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Barnaby Harsent @jahshabby.bsky.social · Sep 10

A lovely review of what was a great evening.

Paul @paulwritespoems.bsky.social · Sep 10

Some scribbles on the recent @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social open mic, may do this again in the future. Mentions to @jahshabby.bsky.social @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social @markantonyowen.com @victoriaspires.bsky.social @sarahraybould.bsky.social @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social @coastalpoet.bsky.social & more

Paul @paulwritespoems.bsky.social · Sep 9

A small post about attending Black Boughs Open Mic and hearing some exquisite poetry from an international ensemble. Impressive debuts, tearjerkers and heart wrenchers along with bardic joie de vivre, one of the best open mics I've attended.

Take 5 and read here ....

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Barnaby Harsent @jahshabby.bsky.social · Sep 7

That's really kind of you to say. Thanks so much 🙏

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Barnaby Harsent @jahshabby.bsky.social · Sep 1

Me: The first rule of Marketing is to concentrate on the value to your audience, not on how news makes "you" "feel".

Also me: But I feel pretty fucking happy about this!

Read (and hear) poems by 15 poets (of which I'm one) in the latest wave of iamb.

Goes live in two weeks!

𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iambapoet.com · Sep 1

In case you missed the big reveal at midnight, here's a reminder of the 15 poets who'll be bringing you poetry from September 15th ...

www.iambapoet.com/wave/23

poets | wave 23 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard

www.iambapoet.com

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Barnaby Harsent @jahshabby.bsky.social · Sep 1

Me: The first rule of Marketing is to concentrate on the value to your audience, not on how news makes "you" "feel".

Also me: But I feel pretty fucking happy about this!

Read (and hear) poems by 15 poets (of which I'm one) in the latest wave of iamb.

Goes live in two weeks!

𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iambapoet.com · Sep 1

In case you missed the big reveal at midnight, here's a reminder of the 15 poets who'll be bringing you poetry from September 15th ...

www.iambapoet.com/wave/23

poets | wave 23 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard

www.iambapoet.com

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Barnaby Harsent @jahshabby.bsky.social · Aug 26

Mate - that's a really lovely piece!

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Barnaby Harsent @jahshabby.bsky.social · Aug 26

A serving suggestion I can properly get on board with...