Sarah Doyle
@poetsarahdoyle.bsky.social
Poet, reader, workshop leader, weather watcher, moon gazer. Pre-Raphaelite Society Poet-in-Residence. Widely published, inc. Something so wild and new... (2021) & (m)othersongs (2023), V. Press.
Web: sarahdoyle.co.uk
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Web: sarahdoyle.co.uk
https://buymeacoffee.com/poetsarahdoyle
This took courage, and makes me feel very vulnerable, but here I share some insights into how the recent Laika situation played out for me – along with a plea for more compassionate social media engagement. We need reflection, not retribution.
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If useful: archive.is
www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...
If useful: archive.is
I was the other poet in the Len Pennie row: here’s my story
Sarah Doyle’s poem Laika won high praise but when she queried similarities to it with the poem Good Girl she was caught up in a storm of accusation, denial and online vitriol
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November 23, 2025 at 2:22 PM
This took courage, and makes me feel very vulnerable, but here I share some insights into how the recent Laika situation played out for me – along with a plea for more compassionate social media engagement. We need reflection, not retribution.
www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...
If useful: archive.is
www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...
If useful: archive.is
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A lot of people should be ashamed, having behaved disgracefully.
Congratulations, @poetsarahdoyle.bsky.social. This shows immense character:
www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...
I also wrote about this, for PNR:
www.pnreview.co.uk/archive/rema...
But read Sarah's if you only have time for one.
Congratulations, @poetsarahdoyle.bsky.social. This shows immense character:
www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...
I also wrote about this, for PNR:
www.pnreview.co.uk/archive/rema...
But read Sarah's if you only have time for one.
I was the other poet in the Len Pennie row: here’s my story
Sarah Doyle’s poem Laika won high praise but when she queried similarities to it with the poem Good Girl she was caught up in a storm of accusation, denial and online vitriol
www.thetimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:42 AM
A lot of people should be ashamed, having behaved disgracefully.
Congratulations, @poetsarahdoyle.bsky.social. This shows immense character:
www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...
I also wrote about this, for PNR:
www.pnreview.co.uk/archive/rema...
But read Sarah's if you only have time for one.
Congratulations, @poetsarahdoyle.bsky.social. This shows immense character:
www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...
I also wrote about this, for PNR:
www.pnreview.co.uk/archive/rema...
But read Sarah's if you only have time for one.
Some nice news to brighten this dull November Sunday: an ekphrastic poem forthcoming with @afterpoetry.com. It's such an elegantly curated website, so I'm very pleased to feature again, and I'm looking forward to reading everyone else's poems too. 🎨🖼️🖌️
November 16, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Some nice news to brighten this dull November Sunday: an ekphrastic poem forthcoming with @afterpoetry.com. It's such an elegantly curated website, so I'm very pleased to feature again, and I'm looking forward to reading everyone else's poems too. 🎨🖼️🖌️
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If you want – need – an argument as to why Reform and this incarnation of the Tory party are just horrible, look no further than this: they want shot of Poems on the Underground: www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
'TfL 'splurges £72,000 on poetry in Tube carriages instead of driving down fares
EXCLUSIVE: Transport for London has defended the ‘Poems on the Underground' scheme despite criticism over spending priorities.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
If you want – need – an argument as to why Reform and this incarnation of the Tory party are just horrible, look no further than this: they want shot of Poems on the Underground: www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
Thank you to @cafewriters.bsky.social for an excellent evening of poetry and warmth. Particularly fine guest readings from Dillon Jaxx and Ashley Hickson-Lovence. I'm replete with words and images (and love for buses!). 👏👏👏
November 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Thank you to @cafewriters.bsky.social for an excellent evening of poetry and warmth. Particularly fine guest readings from Dillon Jaxx and Ashley Hickson-Lovence. I'm replete with words and images (and love for buses!). 👏👏👏
I have found this whole episode incredibly distressing and isolating, so I'm grateful to see Rory Waterman's analysis shine a light on both the poetry and the poison. Whatever your views, we need a more courteous and humane public discourse, from and for all parties. Please.
My comment, for @pnreview.bsky.social, on the Len Pennie & Sarah Doyle affair - or Canongagegate, as I like to think of it. Honourable mentions: @naush.bsky.social, @thetimes.com.
Feel free to share, to attack me with your little jelly pitchforks, or to ignore.
www.pnreview.co.uk/archive/rema...
Feel free to share, to attack me with your little jelly pitchforks, or to ignore.
www.pnreview.co.uk/archive/rema...
PN Review Print and Online Poetry Magazine - Remarkable Coincidences - Rory Waterman - PN Review 286
One of the outstanding poetry journals of our time.
www.pnreview.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I have found this whole episode incredibly distressing and isolating, so I'm grateful to see Rory Waterman's analysis shine a light on both the poetry and the poison. Whatever your views, we need a more courteous and humane public discourse, from and for all parties. Please.
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My comment, for @pnreview.bsky.social, on the Len Pennie & Sarah Doyle affair - or Canongagegate, as I like to think of it. Honourable mentions: @naush.bsky.social, @thetimes.com.
Feel free to share, to attack me with your little jelly pitchforks, or to ignore.
www.pnreview.co.uk/archive/rema...
Feel free to share, to attack me with your little jelly pitchforks, or to ignore.
www.pnreview.co.uk/archive/rema...
PN Review Print and Online Poetry Magazine - Remarkable Coincidences - Rory Waterman - PN Review 286
One of the outstanding poetry journals of our time.
www.pnreview.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
My comment, for @pnreview.bsky.social, on the Len Pennie & Sarah Doyle affair - or Canongagegate, as I like to think of it. Honourable mentions: @naush.bsky.social, @thetimes.com.
Feel free to share, to attack me with your little jelly pitchforks, or to ignore.
www.pnreview.co.uk/archive/rema...
Feel free to share, to attack me with your little jelly pitchforks, or to ignore.
www.pnreview.co.uk/archive/rema...
John Keats was born on this day in 1795. I was deeply moved on viewing his original handwritten manuscript of 'Ode to a Nightingale' at Keats House in 2018. Thank you to 'After... Poetry' for publishing my poem in response:
www.afterpoetry.com/poem/nov-08-...
www.afterpoetry.com/poem/nov-08-...
Read New Ekphrastic Poem 'On viewing the
original manuscript of
𝑂𝑑𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑁𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑎𝑙𝑒
Keats House, Hampstead,
200 years later' by Sarah Doyle exclusively in After... | Poems Inspired By Other Art
www.afterpoetry.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:56 PM
John Keats was born on this day in 1795. I was deeply moved on viewing his original handwritten manuscript of 'Ode to a Nightingale' at Keats House in 2018. Thank you to 'After... Poetry' for publishing my poem in response:
www.afterpoetry.com/poem/nov-08-...
www.afterpoetry.com/poem/nov-08-...
Painted and glazed. I have reached peak pumpkin! 🧡
October 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Painted and glazed. I have reached peak pumpkin! 🧡
My Halloween crafternoon displacement activity got a bit out of hand.
October 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
My Halloween crafternoon displacement activity got a bit out of hand.
I'm not a fan of the clocks going back, but carving out some Halloween craft time is a nice compensation! These were relaxing and fun to make, but it will be an impatient wait for them to dry so I can paint them. 🧡👻🎃🤍
October 26, 2025 at 10:56 AM
I'm not a fan of the clocks going back, but carving out some Halloween craft time is a nice compensation! These were relaxing and fun to make, but it will be an impatient wait for them to dry so I can paint them. 🧡👻🎃🤍
@menstrualpoetic.bsky.social Hi Laura! 😊 Lovely to see you here. I hope all is well with you. x
October 24, 2025 at 10:16 PM
@menstrualpoetic.bsky.social Hi Laura! 😊 Lovely to see you here. I hope all is well with you. x
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⚠️ The 2025 National Poetry Competition closes in ONE WEEK! The deadline for entries is 11:59pm (GMT UK time) on 31 October 2025. ⚠️
More information at npc.poetrysociety.org.uk/
Good luck!
More information at npc.poetrysociety.org.uk/
Good luck!
October 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
⚠️ The 2025 National Poetry Competition closes in ONE WEEK! The deadline for entries is 11:59pm (GMT UK time) on 31 October 2025. ⚠️
More information at npc.poetrysociety.org.uk/
Good luck!
More information at npc.poetrysociety.org.uk/
Good luck!
I know I've had a decent day's writing when I am completely dehydrated and have added several new words to my PC's dictionary! 💦
October 23, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I know I've had a decent day's writing when I am completely dehydrated and have added several new words to my PC's dictionary! 💦
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Big thanks to @emmalee1.bsky.social for this wonderful review of Darling Blue..just a week till publication now and Droitwich launch a month today!!! 🎉🎉🎉 (More info here: sarah-james.co.uk/?page_id=17191)
October 22, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Big thanks to @emmalee1.bsky.social for this wonderful review of Darling Blue..just a week till publication now and Droitwich launch a month today!!! 🎉🎉🎉 (More info here: sarah-james.co.uk/?page_id=17191)
For #WorldMenopauseDay: my poem 'Sea Gooseberries', which was highly commended in the 2022 Ginkgo Prize and is included in my V. Press pamphlet '(m)othersongs'. The poem merges ecological fragility with body crisis, and was inspired by witnessing a mass beaching in Norfolk.
October 18, 2025 at 1:06 PM
For #WorldMenopauseDay: my poem 'Sea Gooseberries', which was highly commended in the 2022 Ginkgo Prize and is included in my V. Press pamphlet '(m)othersongs'. The poem merges ecological fragility with body crisis, and was inspired by witnessing a mass beaching in Norfolk.
Two stunning poems celebrating women in STEM. ✨
Today is Ada Lovelace Day, a celebration of women in science, technology, engineering and maths. I’m proud to share my poem 'Ada Lovelace' and a sonnet to Caroline Herschel, published in the London Review of Books.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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David Morley · From ‘Seven Women Scientists’
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October 14, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Two stunning poems celebrating women in STEM. ✨
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Can you make our Skychat this week? We’re talking about women writers and mindset. Can you join us? @arleneandrews.bsky.social @sunisamara11.bsky.social @poetsarahdoyle.bsky.social @louiseduckling.bsky.social @jolloyds.bsky.social @heathertweed.bsky.social @nicolawriting.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Can you make our Skychat this week? We’re talking about women writers and mindset. Can you join us? @arleneandrews.bsky.social @sunisamara11.bsky.social @poetsarahdoyle.bsky.social @louiseduckling.bsky.social @jolloyds.bsky.social @heathertweed.bsky.social @nicolawriting.bsky.social
I was delighted to endorse Sue Burge's brilliant new Yaffle Press collection, and am honoured to be guest-reading at her Zoom launch of 'watch it slowly fade'. Please join us on Sunday 14th September at 7pm! 📚💻🎤 All welcome, just contact Sue via the link in the poster. 💚🐝💛
September 13, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I was delighted to endorse Sue Burge's brilliant new Yaffle Press collection, and am honoured to be guest-reading at her Zoom launch of 'watch it slowly fade'. Please join us on Sunday 14th September at 7pm! 📚💻🎤 All welcome, just contact Sue via the link in the poster. 💚🐝💛
Life has been quite tough lately, and I'm often sad or stressed at the moment. However, I managed to find some small pockets of peace over the long weekend, and made these little pumpkins from air dry clay! I find crafting very soothing. What uplifting activities help you to ease your stress? x
August 25, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Life has been quite tough lately, and I'm often sad or stressed at the moment. However, I managed to find some small pockets of peace over the long weekend, and made these little pumpkins from air dry clay! I find crafting very soothing. What uplifting activities help you to ease your stress? x
In May I had the lovely honour of winning 1st prize in the inaugural Kathryn Bevis Memorial Poetry Prize. I'll be reading my poem at the Zoom launch of @thealchemyspoon.bsky.social on Friday 29th August and I'd love to see any poet chums there if you're free. xx
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The Launch of Issue 16 of The Alchemy Spoon
Join us for the virtual celebration of the release of Issue 16 of The Alchemy Spoon - a night filled with poetry, art, and creativity!
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August 19, 2025 at 5:25 PM
In May I had the lovely honour of winning 1st prize in the inaugural Kathryn Bevis Memorial Poetry Prize. I'll be reading my poem at the Zoom launch of @thealchemyspoon.bsky.social on Friday 29th August and I'd love to see any poet chums there if you're free. xx
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-launch...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-launch...
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August 16, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Want to read more about Rossetti and other Pre-Raphs? Become a member today at www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/memberships
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Cloaked in cascading bronze chiffon, the Summer Issue of the PRS Review/PRSUS Newsletter is out now! Crammed with essays that’ll whisk you away to 13thC Florence and marvels closer to home, astonishing art, poetry, architecture, book & exhibition reviews, opinion pieces and more! 💎
August 16, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Cloaked in cascading bronze chiffon, the Summer Issue of the PRS Review/PRSUS Newsletter is out now! Crammed with essays that’ll whisk you away to 13thC Florence and marvels closer to home, astonishing art, poetry, architecture, book & exhibition reviews, opinion pieces and more! 💎
Thrilled to receive the summer edition of preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social PRS Review, and to see my new poem given such wonderful treatment. Being Poet-in-Residence to the PRS is an extraordinary honour. I'm sharing an obscured image here... no spoilers! 🧡🍂💛
August 15, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Thrilled to receive the summer edition of preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social PRS Review, and to see my new poem given such wonderful treatment. Being Poet-in-Residence to the PRS is an extraordinary honour. I'm sharing an obscured image here... no spoilers! 🧡🍂💛
If your Tuesday is lacking a gorgeous otter poem… 🦦🤎
August 12, 2025 at 1:44 PM
If your Tuesday is lacking a gorgeous otter poem… 🦦🤎