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Elizabeth Osmond @bethosmond.bsky.social · 2h

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Clare Shaw @clareshawpoet.bsky.social · 2d

My latest Substack: moors, bogs, and 19 writers in a storm!

kimmoore30.substack.com/p/even-the-s...

Even the storm could not stop us!

News from Saturday's stormy multi-author launch - plus a free invite to our paid subscriber reading this Thursday 8th Oct

kimmoore30.substack.com

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Mslexia @mslexia.bsky.social · 13d

Our 2025 Poetry Competition is ✨ OPEN FOR ENTRIES ✨

Prizes: 1st: £2,000; 2nd: £500; 3rd: £250; Unpublished Poet Prize: £250
Judge: Liz Berry
Entry Fee: £10
Closes: 8 December 2025

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Poetry #PoetryCommunity

Women's Poetry Competition 2025 - Poetry (Single Poem) - Competitions : Mslexia, a magazine for women's writing and women who write.

mslexia.co.uk

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Elizabeth Osmond @bethosmond.bsky.social · 4d

I know what you mean - but it does make me worried as a creative that perhaps our best work is always behind us…. Hopefully not!!!

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Elizabeth Osmond @bethosmond.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks Alan!

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Elizabeth Osmond @bethosmond.bsky.social · 5d

Such kind and thoughtful feedback John -
Much appreciated!

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Elizabeth Osmond @bethosmond.bsky.social · 5d

Thankyou so much Rachel !

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Elizabeth Osmond @bethosmond.bsky.social · 5d

So kind thanks- I’m glad you enjoyed it

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Elizabeth Osmond @bethosmond.bsky.social · 5d

Thankyou so much Paul! Your Lovely comments always make my day

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Karen Pierce Gonzalez @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social · 6d

And who dresses you? #Mannequin is another wonderful #PoemsAbout prompt @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #StayCreative #PoetsSupportPoets #PoetsOfBlueSky

On Display

Dress me to kill.

Cocktail party perfect breasts
and hips tautly wrapped

trendy plunged neckline
slutty edged hem

penciled face
you aren’t afraid of.

Snared by
fishnet stockings

I cannot move
my plastic body -

a target
of the hunt in your dreams.

Dress me to kill.

Karen Pierce Gonzalez

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Elizabeth Osmond @bethosmond.bsky.social · 5d

An older poem from 2022 for #poemsabout manikins from the excellent Public Sector Poetry Journal- which I believe is having a resurrection soon after a hiatus
Thanks for the prompt @alanparrywriter.co.uk

My office
Poem from public sector poetry journal

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Corinna Board @corinnaboard.bsky.social · 7d

Some lovely news! ❤️❤️❤️

The Braag | Press & Journal @thebraag.bsky.social · 7d

Delighted that the work we've been publishing in our micro-journal, Carmen et Error, is getting the recognition it deserves! @corinnaboard.bsky.social's brilliant poem 'A dunnock's prayer' was highly commended in this year's Forward Prizes!

Forward Prize 2026 Highly Commended Congratulations to Corinna Board!
For
‘A dunnock’s prayer’, published in Issue 9.0 Carmen et Error

A dunnock’s prayer
by Corinna Board

O wingless wun,
god o’ smæl bridds,
spære my nest,
my fīf blue eggs.
Bright sky-keeper,
bringer o’ frost,
maker o’ hip an haw,
can ye hear my
tseep tseep tseep
in the hecg?
I sing for ye
in the blackthorn
an the dogrose,
in the hazel
an the rowan.
I, this tyne spearwa
so smæl in yur hand.

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Elizabeth Osmond @bethosmond.bsky.social · 5d

Very well deserved! Congratulations! 🥳

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Paul @paulwritespoems.bsky.social · 6d

Absolutely delighted and honoured to be nominated for Best Of The Net for Laundry Day. Congratulations to my fellow nominees 🙏

Dust Poetry @dustpoetry.bsky.social · 7d

Delighted✨ to announce✨ Dust’s ✨Best of the Net✨ nominations:

Paul Short, Laundry Day
Amy L. King, Fade
Laura Theis, Do You Really Think I Look Like An Old Crone?
Ryan O’Neill, LDR
Holly Magill, Cheese in a budget hotel room
Antonia Kearton, Sanico

Congratulations to the nominees! 🥳✨

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Elizabeth Osmond @bethosmond.bsky.social · 6d

Fantastic to see @eleanorholmes.bsky.social ‘s poem being used as a poetry society resource ! #poemsabout #poetsonbluesky

Eleanor Holmes | Eliot North @eleanorholmes.bsky.social · 6d

Well this is a lovely surprise for @poetrydayuk.bsky.social having my poem 'The Crab Man' 🦀 from 2014 NPC used for close reading / writing prompts on the theme of #play for NPD by @shotscarecrow.bsky.social - this is the right Jon Stone?
Hello, and thank you 🙏
poetrysociety.org.uk/wp-content/u...

The Crab Man

by Eliot North

Turn left, close the gate
Enter Mariner’s Lane.

The road to the shore
Is all salt and tar.

Go right down to
Correction House Bank.

Smell the fish guts,
Feel it pull you.

Push Gossip’s voice
Far from your mind.

Ignore the shudder
Of trains, overhead.

Down Tanner’s Bank
Pick your way.

Head held high,
Nose to the wind,

Past empty warehouses.
Go to The Crab Man.

Block out the warning
Tone of her voice.

See him in his red robes,
Inside the chainmail door.

Feel the cleaver’s rhythm
Smashed over and over.

Watch how he stills,
Cocks an ear to the sound.

The swish of metal skirts
Closing behind you.

Filmpoem of The Crab Man by Eliot North (Eleanor Holmes) on The Poetry Society website:https://poems.poetrysociety.org.uk/poets/eliot-north/

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Eleanor Holmes | Eliot North @eleanorholmes.bsky.social · 6d

Really excited that @inksweatandtears.co.uk are publishing my poem 'Longing for green' on @poetrydayuk.bsky.social on the theme of #PLAY, with such great poetic company, exploring all the multifaceted ways in which we as humans love to play.

Happy National Poetry Day!!! 💜💚🧡💛

Ink Sweat & Tears @inksweatandtears.co.uk · 7d

Welcome to National Poetry Day!

Today we have four poets - Elena Brake, Eleanor Holmes, John Mole, Karen Downs-Barton - with different takes on this year's theme: Play.

inksweatandtears.co.uk/play-for-nat...

#InkSweatandTears #NationaPoetryDay

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𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫... 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭 @afterpoetry.com · 8d

The window is open, poets ... come on in.

#opensubmissions #poetry #afterpoetry #ekphrastic #ekphrasis

Promotional poster advertising that submissions to online ekphrastic poetry journal After... will reopen for the whole of October 2025. Gives the web address to visit as afterypoetry.com/submit.

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Bex Hainsworth @poetbex.bsky.social · 8d

Delighted to hear that my poem 'Moeritherium' has received a Best of the Net nomination!

Published by the wonderful @whaleroadreview.bsky.social, it was inspired by this model in the Natural History Museum 💙

Moeritherium

After walking beneath blue whale bones
and following the loops of mammoth tusks,

I linger near an unsuspecting model:
the squat, shapely form of a moeritherium.

Indirect ancestor of elephants and sea cows,
all Eocene curves with soft, painted eyes.

The grey egg of her body is dwarfed
by stockier relatives, but she seems

to float in front of me, goddess of buoyancy,
the spirit of the semi-aquatic. I admire her

womb-shaped face, her stubby trunk, which
is touch-whitened from decades of petting,

but resist the urge to reach out. I am content
with our closeness, the shared beauty

of those without descendants.

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𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫... 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭 @afterpoetry.com · 9d

It's nearly time again ...

If you've been looking for a home for that 'after' or ekphrastic poem, @afterpoetry.com is the place for you.

Submissions reopen tomorrow – October 1st 2025.

You then have the entire month to send in your poem for a chance to feature in After... in 2026.

Good luck! 🤞🏼

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Eleanor Holmes | Eliot North @eleanorholmes.bsky.social · 9d

I would love to #lifttothesky today my 🤩 friend & poet @sarahraybould.bsky.social … we went to med school together but I feel it is in the last few years with @bethosmond.bsky.social over poetry/medicine/creativity that we have truly connected in our a great little support trio.
Amazing poet 🙌🎉📣

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Elizabeth Osmond @bethosmond.bsky.social · 14d

Thanks - I’m very pleased

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Elizabeth Osmond @bethosmond.bsky.social · 14d

Delighted that @maxwallis.bsky.social has chosen a poem of mine for Aftershock Issue 2! It was first generated in @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social and @clareshawpoet.bsky.social ‘s excellent January writing hours- which was also where I got to hear of Max’s brilliant project !

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Dr Rachel Clarke @drrachelclarke.com · 14d

When the likes of Trump & Farage try to trash scientific method - insinuating that drugs are dangerous when they're not, and that scientists are charlatans - remember this story, and countless others like it.

We are so incredibly lucky to have modern medical science.

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Fox and Star Books @foxandstarbooks.bsky.social · 16d

The second winner of our debut poetry chapbook competition is June Wentland! Congratulations, June!

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Fox and Star Books @foxandstarbooks.bsky.social · 16d

The first winner of our debut poetry chapbook competition is Soledad Santana! Congratulations, Soledad!

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