‘For several minutes I stood and stared as they looped, settled, flew again, feeling like I was in a dream.’

An unexpected encounter: As Jill Hopper walks by the River Wandle, electric blue shoots across the water www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/10/jill...

"a rush of leaves lost early" wonderful poetry from Jane Griffiths, back in 1988! #poetrysky

Bird place-name of the day 96: ARNCLIFFE (Yorks). OE earn + clif. ‘Eagles’ cliff’. May well be golden eagle specifically here, given the terrain, whereas most eagle PNs probably refer to the white-tailed eagle. OE earn doesn’t differentiate species. #birdsandplace #naturewriting

Back in August this year, Jemma Borg wrote a blog for our website titled 'What Do We Mean By Hope' in which she says: "And here is where I think poetry can help – it can help us find courage..." read the whole article and her wonderful poem 'Willow sonnet'.
poetsfortheplanet.org.uk/what-do-we-m...

Afternoon all, thanks for all the likes and follows! #poetrysky

October brings overnight mushrooms.

Not long to go! Global Crip Poetry Celebration: Poets from VERSUS VERSUS, published by @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social | Sat 25 Oct 2025, 2pm, at the Southbank Centre. A Relaxed Performance and British Sign Language interpreted (BSL) and Speech-to-Text transcribed. More details in comments.

Thanks and apologies @clareshawpoet.bsky.social - let's get it right - order the book "The Book of Bogs: Stories of a Yorkshire Peatlands” here! www.littletoller.co.uk/shop/books/l...

‘The badger grunting on his woodland track
With shaggy hide and sharp nose scrowed with black
Roots in the bushes and the woods, and makes
A great high burrow in the ferns and brakes.’ ~ John Clare
And @racheldeering.bsky.social here for the rest of a #WorldAnimalDay #BookWormSat

Delighted to have been able to support such a wonderful venture - congratulations to @clareshawpoet.bsky.social on the launch and to all the poets for such a tremendous event!

And this beautiful anthology launches today. Congratulations to @littletollerbooks.bsky.social @clareshawpoet.bsky.social and Anna Chilvers and to all involved in this beautiful book! You can buy it here. #poetrysky #booksky#naturewriting www.littletoller.co.uk/shop/books/l...

"From the quagmires of Dartmoor to the moors of Wuthering Heights, bogs are bewitching places."
Watch @clareshawpoet.bsky.social and Anna Chilvers talking about their anthology Give Peat A Chance: a book of bogs.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dM41... 2/3

In collaboration with @mklitfest.bsky.social in August we held an online masterclass – Digging in the Dirt: adventures in ecopoetry with @clareshawpoet.bsky.social , @betarish.bsky.social , @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social & @jessmookherjee.bsky.social poetsfortheplanet.org.uk/the-magic-of... 1 /3

Reading Alice Toklas' description of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. She writes that the heat from the fire caused carnations to bloom early. That's intense. But also beautiful.

Thanks for all the likes. follows and reskeets. Here is the wonderful @joriegraham.bsky.social with 'Poem' #poetrysky www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCiq...

Thank you so much for the warm welcome and follows! #poetrysky

Thanks it's good to be here!

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

What a perfect day for @poetsfortheplanet.bsky.social to arrive here on this platform #nationalpoetryday!

Good afternoon and Happy National Poetry Day! This is the very first post from Poets for the Planet here on Bluesky. We are very glad to be here. To start us off here's Wendell Berry's classic, The Peace of Wild Things #nationalpoetryday #poetrysky www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ewB...