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Charlie Ulyatt

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'Charlie Ulyatt is one of our most accomplished poets of the minimal' (Billy Mills, poet, editor, formerly literary journalist at http://guardian.co.uk) Books from https://charlieulyatt.bandcamp.com/ Sign up to receive email poems eepurl.com/b4DGj5

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Charlie Ulyatt @charlieulyatt.bsky.social · Jun 17

after a bit of a break, I now have a small A5 booklet available with 6 (and a bit) short contemplative style poems. £3 (free p&p in the UK)

available from

charlieulyatt.bandcamp.com/merch/some-p...

some presence from Charlie Ulyatt

charlieulyatt.bandcamp.com

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Billy Mills @billymills.bsky.social · 1d

My October review roundup early in the month. With added @j-tkelly.bsky.social @henryghenrik.bsky.social @unionherald.bsky.social

ellipticalmovements.wordpress.com/2025/10/07/r... #poetry #bookreviews

Recent reading October 2025: A Review

Shady Library, Henry Gould, 2025, ISBN: 9781300052364, £4.64 The Gate, Henry Gould, 2025, ISBN: 9781257941216, £4.65 some presence, Charlie Ulyatt, self-published via Bandcamp, 2025, £3 More of How…

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Billy Mills @billymills.bsky.social · 1d

And not forgetting @charlieulyatt.bsky.social

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Charlie Ulyatt @charlieulyatt.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you Billy :)

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Charlie Ulyatt @charlieulyatt.bsky.social · 1d

probably still 'in progress'

a world
losing
colour

losing
the word
of voice

clouds
fill birdless skies

with the inflamed
shiver

of silence

Charlie Ulyatt @charlieulyatt.bsky.social · 1d

Charlie Ulyatt @charlieulyatt.bsky.social · 3d

flower / dance

child / smile

Charlie Ulyatt @charlieulyatt.bsky.social · 3d

small
endings

breath
that falls silent

at the moon

Charlie Ulyatt @charlieulyatt.bsky.social · 12d

25 years ago today since Robert Lax died

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTq-...

Why should I buy a bed when all that I want is sleep ? A chamber film with Robert Lax

YouTube video by Demetrios “ ”

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Charlie Ulyatt @charlieulyatt.bsky.social · 13d

last flower
of summer

I watch you

slowly

die

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Charlie Ulyatt @charlieulyatt.bsky.social · 17d

#smallpoemsunday

sun

wakes the mountain's

drawn out

sleep

Charlie Ulyatt @charlieulyatt.bsky.social · 26d

the
way

slows
me
down

each
corner

a
new

poss
ib
il
it
y

until

the
next

Charlie Ulyatt @charlieulyatt.bsky.social · Jul 18

the
dancer

in
the
mirror

is
just
as
bad

as
me

Charlie Ulyatt @charlieulyatt.bsky.social · Jul 13

called
to
prayer

crow
leaves

the
morning
roofs

to
fly

cry

aloud

for
the
world

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Charlie Ulyatt @charlieulyatt.bsky.social · Jul 13

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Charlie Ulyatt @charlieulyatt.bsky.social · Jul 10

morning

turns
into
pain

the
sharp

twinge

of
an
ageing

frame

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kimdorman.bsky.social @kimdorman.bsky.social · Jul 6

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Billy Mills @billymills.bsky.social · Jun 26

If you're in or around Cork the first weekend in July, I'm reading at SoundEye, along with a bunch of other people:

soundeye.wordpress.com

SoundEye Festival of the Arts of the Word

if the eye be sound the fish is sweet

soundeye.wordpress.com

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kimdorman.bsky.social @kimdorman.bsky.social · Jul 1

warm thanks to @charlieulyatt.bsky.social for sending his chapbook

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Charlie Ulyatt @charlieulyatt.bsky.social · Jul 4

the
sound

the
paper
makes

words

baked

by
sun

Charlie Ulyatt @charlieulyatt.bsky.social · Jul 4

🌳 Dame Judi Dench is calling for the return of ancient woodlands. Will you sign the petition to help restore the Ghost Woods and protect our green spaces for future generations? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...