Poets for the Planet
@poetsfortheplanet.bsky.social
A community of kindred poets, performers, artists and creative activists raising their voices to engage with climate emergency. https://poetsfortheplanet.org.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/poets4theplanet
Image credit: Henny Beaumont
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If you haven't heard of Poets for the Planet until now please take a look at our website for more information about who we are and what we do. Our artwork was created by the wonderful Henny Beaumont. #poetrysky #nationalpoetryday poetsfortheplanet.org.uk
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Next week, following the launch of Night Vision, Jean Sprackland will be appearing on BBC Radio 4's Start the Week, when she'll be discussing the dark with Jasper Goodall, Christine Riding, and Tom Sutcliffe.
Tune in on Monday:
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Tune in on Monday:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Start the Week, The Dark
Shadows in art, photography, poetry and our fears: Tom Sutcliffe's guests discuss darkness
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December 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Next week, following the launch of Night Vision, Jean Sprackland will be appearing on BBC Radio 4's Start the Week, when she'll be discussing the dark with Jasper Goodall, Christine Riding, and Tom Sutcliffe.
Tune in on Monday:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Tune in on Monday:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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Join us as we launch the Raising Voices StoryMap with poems and stories of MK.
www.mklitfest.org/raisingvoice...
#creativewriting #poetry #shortstories flashfiction creativenonfiction writingcompetition
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#creativewriting #poetry #shortstories flashfiction creativenonfiction writingcompetition
December 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Join us as we launch the Raising Voices StoryMap with poems and stories of MK.
www.mklitfest.org/raisingvoice...
#creativewriting #poetry #shortstories flashfiction creativenonfiction writingcompetition
www.mklitfest.org/raisingvoice...
#creativewriting #poetry #shortstories flashfiction creativenonfiction writingcompetition
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J.R. Carpenter, Le plaisir de la côte / The Pleasure of the Coast / @pamenarpress.bsky.social @jrcarpenter.bsky.social ;
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J.R. Carpenter, Le plaisir de la côte / The Pleasure of the Coast
between the ship and the quay lies two metres of incompressible ocean two metres of light between the edge of the sea and the horiz...
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December 5, 2025 at 1:33 PM
J.R. Carpenter, Le plaisir de la côte / The Pleasure of the Coast / @pamenarpress.bsky.social @jrcarpenter.bsky.social ;
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Delighted to have my poem featured on the Front Page of Open Arts Forum
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Open Arts Forum | Toad Flax Leaf Beetle: The Life
Poetry by Paul Brookes
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December 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Delighted to have my poem featured on the Front Page of Open Arts Forum
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Please support this great initiative if you can.
#cerneabbas
#grassland
#restorenature
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/support-us/a...
#cerneabbas
#grassland
#restorenature
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Donate to the Cerne Abbas Nature Appeal
Donate to the Cerne Abbas Appeal so together, we can help restore the land, habitats and species that live there.
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December 3, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Please support this great initiative if you can.
#cerneabbas
#grassland
#restorenature
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/support-us/a...
#cerneabbas
#grassland
#restorenature
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/support-us/a...
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Lots of sponges and whelks egg cases washed up after stormy weather. Also some red frayed plastic, masquerading as seaweed with egg cases and shells attached.
A rainbow too!
#beachfinds
#beachwalks
A rainbow too!
#beachfinds
#beachwalks
December 2, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Lots of sponges and whelks egg cases washed up after stormy weather. Also some red frayed plastic, masquerading as seaweed with egg cases and shells attached.
A rainbow too!
#beachfinds
#beachwalks
A rainbow too!
#beachfinds
#beachwalks
This is wonderful! #poetrysky
The Only Yak in Batesville, Virginia
… Stephen Sexton shared this Oni Buchanan poem on a recent arvon course we taught together about obsessions… and now I am obsessed with this poem. The tragedy of a yak falling in love with a horse…
… Stephen Sexton shared this Oni Buchanan poem on a recent arvon course we taught together about obsessions… and now I am obsessed with this poem. The tragedy of a yak falling in love with a horse…
December 2, 2025 at 12:36 PM
This is wonderful! #poetrysky
Beautiful - a wonderful quote to start the day - thanks @susannacrossman.bsky.social
"This way of looking is first of all attentive.The soul empties itself of all its own contents in order to receive the being it is looking at, just as he is, in all his truth. Only he who is capable of attention can do this.”
Simone Weil on paying attention.
Simone Weil on paying attention.
November 27, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Beautiful - a wonderful quote to start the day - thanks @susannacrossman.bsky.social
A lovely read to start the day!
Hope & action, right here, with joy (& the ever joyful @anitaroy1000.bsky.social) “we are part of a grassroots movement – ordinary people like us across the country, working together to care for the land & each other.”
Country diary: Once a plain old field, now a thriving forest garden | Anita Roy
Wellington, Somerset: The five years we’ve spent transforming this patch has been recognised with an RHS award. We’re proud, but we’re not done yet
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November 26, 2025 at 9:13 AM
A lovely read to start the day!
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All things must fall
and feed the waiting ground,
the hawk, the stone,
the sorrow we have known.
There is a law
where comfort can be found:
what dies becomes
the seed, the soil, the bone.
Moss covers all
with patient, final grace,
and the beginning
finds its resting place.
#poetry
#vss365
and feed the waiting ground,
the hawk, the stone,
the sorrow we have known.
There is a law
where comfort can be found:
what dies becomes
the seed, the soil, the bone.
Moss covers all
with patient, final grace,
and the beginning
finds its resting place.
#poetry
#vss365
November 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Our August Digging in the Dirt #ecopoetry masterclass with
@mklitfest.bsky.social
raised £800 for Give Peat A Chance. A special ebook of the #poems it inspired is now available for £2 (all profits to Give Peat A Chance). #poetrysky
www.mklitfest.org/digginginthe...
@mklitfest.bsky.social
raised £800 for Give Peat A Chance. A special ebook of the #poems it inspired is now available for £2 (all profits to Give Peat A Chance). #poetrysky
www.mklitfest.org/digginginthe...
Digging in the Dirt: Adventures in Ecopoetry - The Anthology | MK Lit Fest 2025
Digging in the Dirt: Adventures in Ecopoetry is an anthology of original ecopoetry written in response to prompts set by Clare Shaw, Caleb Parkin, Jess Mookherjee and Rishi Dastidar during an online e...
www.mklitfest.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Our August Digging in the Dirt #ecopoetry masterclass with
@mklitfest.bsky.social
raised £800 for Give Peat A Chance. A special ebook of the #poems it inspired is now available for £2 (all profits to Give Peat A Chance). #poetrysky
www.mklitfest.org/digginginthe...
@mklitfest.bsky.social
raised £800 for Give Peat A Chance. A special ebook of the #poems it inspired is now available for £2 (all profits to Give Peat A Chance). #poetrysky
www.mklitfest.org/digginginthe...
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“Can a timeless moment of consciousness be ever adequately conveyed in a medium that depends on time, i.e., language? This is the mystic's and the lyric poet's problem.”
-- Charles Simic
-- Charles Simic
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
“Can a timeless moment of consciousness be ever adequately conveyed in a medium that depends on time, i.e., language? This is the mystic's and the lyric poet's problem.”
-- Charles Simic
-- Charles Simic
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November 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Hello! If you are in this group and interested in helping out, feel free to join our meeting tonight!
Topic: Poets for the Planet zoom meeting
Time: Nov 25, 2025 07:00 PM Greenwich Mean Time
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Past the cutlers, halfway over the Don
I stop to watch the river’s dull pewter
slow-shimmy the strait, grinding stone,
cutting shingle.
'Ball Street Bridge', Angelina Ayers, in our walking-themed anthology 'The Footing'
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I stop to watch the river’s dull pewter
slow-shimmy the strait, grinding stone,
cutting shingle.
'Ball Street Bridge', Angelina Ayers, in our walking-themed anthology 'The Footing'
thefooting.wordpress.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Past the cutlers, halfway over the Don
I stop to watch the river’s dull pewter
slow-shimmy the strait, grinding stone,
cutting shingle.
'Ball Street Bridge', Angelina Ayers, in our walking-themed anthology 'The Footing'
thefooting.wordpress.com
I stop to watch the river’s dull pewter
slow-shimmy the strait, grinding stone,
cutting shingle.
'Ball Street Bridge', Angelina Ayers, in our walking-themed anthology 'The Footing'
thefooting.wordpress.com
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RODDY LUMSDEN
The Roddy Lumsden Archive is now open to the public for consultation at University of Edinburgh. The collection consists of the papers of Scottish poet Roddy Lumsden, dating mostly from his time in Edinburgh from mid-1980s to mid-1990s.
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The Roddy Lumsden Archive is now open to the public for consultation at University of Edinburgh. The collection consists of the papers of Scottish poet Roddy Lumsden, dating mostly from his time in Edinburgh from mid-1980s to mid-1990s.
archives.collections.ed.ac.uk/repositories...
November 24, 2025 at 10:22 AM
RODDY LUMSDEN
The Roddy Lumsden Archive is now open to the public for consultation at University of Edinburgh. The collection consists of the papers of Scottish poet Roddy Lumsden, dating mostly from his time in Edinburgh from mid-1980s to mid-1990s.
archives.collections.ed.ac.uk/repositories...
The Roddy Lumsden Archive is now open to the public for consultation at University of Edinburgh. The collection consists of the papers of Scottish poet Roddy Lumsden, dating mostly from his time in Edinburgh from mid-1980s to mid-1990s.
archives.collections.ed.ac.uk/repositories...
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Proud to have my poem Belemnite in this brilliant anthology for the campaign #Givepeatachance
get a copy here and raise money! www.mklitfest.org/digginginthe...
@poetsfortheplanet.bsky.social
@clareshawpoet.bsky.social @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social @betarish.bsky.social @jessmookherjee.bsky.social
get a copy here and raise money! www.mklitfest.org/digginginthe...
@poetsfortheplanet.bsky.social
@clareshawpoet.bsky.social @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social @betarish.bsky.social @jessmookherjee.bsky.social
Digging in the Dirt: Adventures in Ecopoetry - The Anthology | MK Lit Fest 2025
Digging in the Dirt: Adventures in Ecopoetry is an anthology of original ecopoetry written in response to prompts set by Clare Shaw, Caleb Parkin, Jess Mookherjee and Rishi Dastidar during an online e...
www.mklitfest.org
November 13, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Proud to have my poem Belemnite in this brilliant anthology for the campaign #Givepeatachance
get a copy here and raise money! www.mklitfest.org/digginginthe...
@poetsfortheplanet.bsky.social
@clareshawpoet.bsky.social @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social @betarish.bsky.social @jessmookherjee.bsky.social
get a copy here and raise money! www.mklitfest.org/digginginthe...
@poetsfortheplanet.bsky.social
@clareshawpoet.bsky.social @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social @betarish.bsky.social @jessmookherjee.bsky.social
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Our August Digging in the Dirt #ecopoetry masterclass with @poetsfortheplanet.bsky.social raised £800 for Give Peat A Chance. A special ebook of the #poems it inspired is now available for £2 (all profits to Give Peat A Chance).
www.mklitfest.org/digginginthe...
#poetry #anthology #GivePeataChance
www.mklitfest.org/digginginthe...
#poetry #anthology #GivePeataChance
Digging in the Dirt: Adventures in Ecopoetry - The Anthology | MK Lit Fest 2025
Digging in the Dirt: Adventures in Ecopoetry is an anthology of original ecopoetry written in response to prompts set by Clare Shaw, Caleb Parkin, Jess Mookherjee and Rishi Dastidar during an online e...
www.mklitfest.org
November 20, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Our August Digging in the Dirt #ecopoetry masterclass with @poetsfortheplanet.bsky.social raised £800 for Give Peat A Chance. A special ebook of the #poems it inspired is now available for £2 (all profits to Give Peat A Chance).
www.mklitfest.org/digginginthe...
#poetry #anthology #GivePeataChance
www.mklitfest.org/digginginthe...
#poetry #anthology #GivePeataChance
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@poetsfortheplanet.bsky.social @mklitfest.bsky.social Give Peat a chance poets Eileen Anderson, Anne Cooper, Rene Crouch, Hilary Dunn, Caroline Gill, Richard Law, Nichola May, Michelle McGrane, Elizabeth Osmond, Judy Smith, Dave Wakely and Gail Webb.
www.mklitfest.org/digginginthe...
www.mklitfest.org/digginginthe...
Digging in the Dirt: Adventures in Ecopoetry - The Anthology | MK Lit Fest 2025
Digging in the Dirt: Adventures in Ecopoetry is an anthology of original ecopoetry written in response to prompts set by Clare Shaw, Caleb Parkin, Jess Mookherjee and Rishi Dastidar during an online e...
www.mklitfest.org
November 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
@poetsfortheplanet.bsky.social @mklitfest.bsky.social Give Peat a chance poets Eileen Anderson, Anne Cooper, Rene Crouch, Hilary Dunn, Caroline Gill, Richard Law, Nichola May, Michelle McGrane, Elizabeth Osmond, Judy Smith, Dave Wakely and Gail Webb.
www.mklitfest.org/digginginthe...
www.mklitfest.org/digginginthe...
Catching up - this looks great!
Tonight at 7.15 on Radio 3. Writer’s block, dry spell, fallow period, worrisome silence, that terrifying, lonely time when you *cannot* write a poem. I speak to Liz Berry, Oliver Carmichael, Hannah Copley, Marie Howe, Vanessa Kisuule and Jack Underwood! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 3 - Sunday Feature, When the Words Leave
The poet Caroline Bird explores the silences when it feels like the words have left you.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Catching up - this looks great!
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One of my favourite places to read. The National Poetry Library @southbankcentre.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 1:43 PM
One of my favourite places to read. The National Poetry Library @southbankcentre.bsky.social
Brrrrr....perfect for today! 👻 🎃Happy Halloween!
As the light fell, families put pumpkins out
on doorsteps and in their windows;
light would judder through carved eyes
and grimaces into the dingy lanes.
The thickening night was full of cackles
and screeches, innocent and terrible.
'The Grail Roads'
Rob Hindle
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on doorsteps and in their windows;
light would judder through carved eyes
and grimaces into the dingy lanes.
The thickening night was full of cackles
and screeches, innocent and terrible.
'The Grail Roads'
Rob Hindle
grailroads.wordpress.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Brrrrr....perfect for today! 👻 🎃Happy Halloween!
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Everything quietens and slows. Some live on;
some, dying, persist as seeds, bones, spores.
We are rich with life and can’t outrun it.
From the title poem of Rob Hindle's collection 'Sapo', available with £2 off until Sunday
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
some, dying, persist as seeds, bones, spores.
We are rich with life and can’t outrun it.
From the title poem of Rob Hindle's collection 'Sapo', available with £2 off until Sunday
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
October 29, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Everything quietens and slows. Some live on;
some, dying, persist as seeds, bones, spores.
We are rich with life and can’t outrun it.
From the title poem of Rob Hindle's collection 'Sapo', available with £2 off until Sunday
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
some, dying, persist as seeds, bones, spores.
We are rich with life and can’t outrun it.
From the title poem of Rob Hindle's collection 'Sapo', available with £2 off until Sunday
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
Sounds like a must listen!
HEADS UP!
Last night Isabelle Baafi won the @forwardprizes.bsky.social for Best First Poetry Collection. Congrats, Isabelle.
Today we're putting a brand new Nothing But The Poem podcast online featuring @samueltongue.bsky.social taking an immersive dive into 2 poems by Isabelle Baafi.
Stay tuned!
Last night Isabelle Baafi won the @forwardprizes.bsky.social for Best First Poetry Collection. Congrats, Isabelle.
Today we're putting a brand new Nothing But The Poem podcast online featuring @samueltongue.bsky.social taking an immersive dive into 2 poems by Isabelle Baafi.
Stay tuned!
October 27, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Sounds like a must listen!
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Between buses in Trowbridge I found some nice #PavementPlants for #WildflowerHour Hemp Agrimony, Common Mallow, Thornapple (a lot of it about this year), Michaelmas Daisy and a Snapdragon.
October 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Between buses in Trowbridge I found some nice #PavementPlants for #WildflowerHour Hemp Agrimony, Common Mallow, Thornapple (a lot of it about this year), Michaelmas Daisy and a Snapdragon.
Congratulations @susiecampbell.bsky.social !
What a joy! This year's @smallpublishers.bsky.social Thank you to everyone who came to the London launch of Wastelands (first pic), bought copies of the book at the @guillemotpress.bsky.social stall W(second pic), or just came to say hello!
October 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Congratulations @susiecampbell.bsky.social !