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Thank you for sharing today's poem - A Celebration by Roy Marshall

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A Celebration – Roy Marshall

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A Celebration – Roy Marshall

A Celebration . . Roy Marshall lives in Leicestershire where he works in adult education. His books are The Sun bathers (2013), The Great Animator (2017) and After Montale (2019). A new collection …

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Holly Magill @hollyannepoet.bsky.social · 6d

My poem, as chosen by @dustpoetry.bsky.social as one of their Best of the Net nominees.

This one was rejected numerous times before it found a home with Dust (if at first we don't succeed, etc). Also a relative recently complained I've no 'joy' in my poems. Cheese = joy.

Cheese in a budget hotel room by Holly Magill

Cheese in a budget hotel roomWouldn’t do this at home – naked and plateless.Here is different. We set it on the bed, a decisivewedge of intent, local and organic. Reverently weundress it from waxed pa...

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Atrium @atriumpoetry.bsky.social · 2d

A Celebration – Roy Marshall

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A Celebration – Roy Marshall

A Celebration . . Roy Marshall lives in Leicestershire where he works in adult education. His books are The Sun bathers (2013), The Great Animator (2017) and After Montale (2019). A new collection …

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Atrium @atriumpoetry.bsky.social · 3d

With the nights drawing in, it's definitely time to snuggle up with a book in the dark evenings, perhaps our Featured Publication - How to Leave a Body by Holly Winter-Hughes

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Featured Publication – How to Leave a Body by Holly Winter-Hughes

Our featured publication for Summer is How to Leave a Body by Holly Winter-Hughes, published by Verve Poetry Press. ‘Holly Winter-Hughes’ visceral writing turns the human form inside-ou…

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Atrium @atriumpoetry.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you for reading and sharing today's poem - Sonnet for Perimenopause by @victoriaspires.bsky.social

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Sonnet for Perimenopause – Victoria Spires @victoriaspires.bsky.social

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Sonnet for Perimenopause – Victoria Spires

Sonnet for Perimenopause . . Victoria Spires is published in Berlin Lit & The London Magazine. She has been commended/shortlisted in: Ledbury, TPW Prize, Aesthetica Arts, Artemesia Arts, Plough…

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Atrium @atriumpoetry.bsky.social · 6d

Lovely to see our @hollyannepoet.bsky.social with a poem nominated by @dustpoetry.bsky.social in their Best of The Net selections!

Dust Poetry @dustpoetry.bsky.social · 8d

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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Victoria Spires @victoriaspires.bsky.social · 6d

Big thanks and love to @atriumpoetry.bsky.social for publishing my one and only sonnet (so far!), about the piratical ransack of hormones 🏴‍☠️

Atrium @atriumpoetry.bsky.social · 6d

Sonnet for Perimenopause – Victoria Spires @victoriaspires.bsky.social

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Sonnet for Perimenopause – Victoria Spires

Sonnet for Perimenopause . . Victoria Spires is published in Berlin Lit & The London Magazine. She has been commended/shortlisted in: Ledbury, TPW Prize, Aesthetica Arts, Artemesia Arts, Plough…

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Sonnet for Perimenopause – Victoria Spires @victoriaspires.bsky.social

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Sonnet for Perimenopause – Victoria Spires

Sonnet for Perimenopause . . Victoria Spires is published in Berlin Lit & The London Magazine. She has been commended/shortlisted in: Ledbury, TPW Prize, Aesthetica Arts, Artemesia Arts, Plough…

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Claire Walker @clairewalkerpoetry.bsky.social · 7d

What a fab list - congratulations to all (especially lovely to see brilliant @hollyannepoet.bsky.social here!) 🥳

Dust Poetry @dustpoetry.bsky.social · 8d

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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Claire Walker @clairewalkerpoetry.bsky.social · 9d

We love the JOY of this poem, Em! (Although I can't take credit for the Teletubby spelling - that was all @hollyannepoet.bsky.social!) X

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Em Gray @em-words.bsky.social · 9d

My little UFO poem has found the perfect home with @atriumpoetry.bsky.social today - thank you so much to @clairewalkerpoetry.bsky.social for her patient checking of how-to-spell-teletubby too!

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UFO – Em Gray

UFO . . Em Gray is a neurodivergent poet living in Brighton, UK. She has been highly commended by the Forward Prize, shortlisted for the Creative Future Writers’ Award and has won second priz…

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Atrium @atriumpoetry.bsky.social · 9d

UFO – Em Gray @em-words.bsky.social

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UFO – Em Gray

UFO . . Em Gray is a neurodivergent poet living in Brighton, UK. She has been highly commended by the Forward Prize, shortlisted for the Creative Future Writers’ Award and has won second priz…

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Atrium @atriumpoetry.bsky.social · 12d

Thank you for reading and sharing today's poem - Through by Michael Conley

Atrium @atriumpoetry.bsky.social · 13d

Through – Michael Conley

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Through – Michael Conley

Through . . Michael Conley is a poet from Manchester, UK. His poetry has been Highly Commended in the Forward Prize. His latest pamphlet, “These Are Not My Dreams And Anyway Nothing Here Is P…

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Atrium @atriumpoetry.bsky.social · 13d

Through – Michael Conley

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Through – Michael Conley

Through . . Michael Conley is a poet from Manchester, UK. His poetry has been Highly Commended in the Forward Prize. His latest pamphlet, “These Are Not My Dreams And Anyway Nothing Here Is P…

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Atrium @atriumpoetry.bsky.social · 15d

Thank you for reading and sharing today's poem -
brassband by @niaandthepoems.bsky.social

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brassband – Nia Broomhall @niaandthepoems.bsky.social

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brassband – Nia Broomhall

. . Nia Broomhall’s debut pamphlet Backalong won the Mslexia Pamphlet Prize 2023 and she won the Poetry Society’s Hamish Canham Award in 2024. Nia is Poet in Residence at Painshill Park in Surrey a…

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brassband – Nia Broomhall @niaandthepoems.bsky.social

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brassband – Nia Broomhall

. . Nia Broomhall’s debut pamphlet Backalong won the Mslexia Pamphlet Prize 2023 and she won the Poetry Society’s Hamish Canham Award in 2024. Nia is Poet in Residence at Painshill Park in Surrey a…

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Atrium @atriumpoetry.bsky.social · 20d

Half-dream – Pippa Little

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Half-dream – Pippa Little

Half-dream . . Pippa Little’s third collection Time Begins to Hurt came out from Arc in 2022. She is currently working on her next book and teaching a poetry course with the Faber Academy in …

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Mike O’Brien @zoomburst.substack.com · 22d

Those moments in search of peace and relaxation, when you almost find it, but are interrupted by the feeling that you need to look elsewhere.

Atrium @atriumpoetry.bsky.social · 23d

Almost – Neil Elder @eldersville.bsky.social

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Almost – Neil Elder

Almost . . Neil won the Cinnamon Press debut collection prize with The Space Between Us, as well as their pamphlet prize with Codes of Conduct. Plenty of poems have followed in …

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Atrium @atriumpoetry.bsky.social · 26d

Thank you for reading and sharing today's poem - Highlights of the Yorkshire Branch of Butterfly Conservation’s Members’ Day by @matthewepaul.bsky.social

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Highlights of the Yorkshire Branch of Butterfly Conservation’s Members’ Day – Matthew Paul @matthewepaul.bsky.social

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Highlights of the Yorkshire Branch of Butterfly Conservation’s Members’ Day – Matthew Paul

Highlights of the Yorkshire Branch of Butterfly Conservation’s Members’ Day . . Matthew Paul hails from South London and lives in South Yorkshire. His second collection, The Last Corinthians, is pu…

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Atrium @atriumpoetry.bsky.social · 22d

Thank you for reading and sharing today's poem - Almost by @eldersville.bsky.social

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Almost – Neil Elder @eldersville.bsky.social

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Almost – Neil Elder

Almost . . Neil won the Cinnamon Press debut collection prize with The Space Between Us, as well as their pamphlet prize with Codes of Conduct. Plenty of poems have followed in …

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Atrium @atriumpoetry.bsky.social · 23d

Almost – Neil Elder @eldersville.bsky.social

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Almost – Neil Elder

Almost . . Neil won the Cinnamon Press debut collection prize with The Space Between Us, as well as their pamphlet prize with Codes of Conduct. Plenty of poems have followed in …

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Matthew Paul @matthewepaul.bsky.social · 27d

My thanks to Holly Magill and Claire Walker for accepting this poem of mine. 🙏

Atrium @atriumpoetry.bsky.social · 27d

Highlights of the Yorkshire Branch of Butterfly Conservation’s Members’ Day – Matthew Paul @matthewepaul.bsky.social

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Highlights of the Yorkshire Branch of Butterfly Conservation’s Members’ Day – Matthew Paul

Highlights of the Yorkshire Branch of Butterfly Conservation’s Members’ Day . . Matthew Paul hails from South London and lives in South Yorkshire. His second collection, The Last Corinthians, is pu…

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Atrium @atriumpoetry.bsky.social · 27d

Highlights of the Yorkshire Branch of Butterfly Conservation’s Members’ Day – Matthew Paul @matthewepaul.bsky.social

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Highlights of the Yorkshire Branch of Butterfly Conservation’s Members’ Day – Matthew Paul

Highlights of the Yorkshire Branch of Butterfly Conservation’s Members’ Day . . Matthew Paul hails from South London and lives in South Yorkshire. His second collection, The Last Corinthians, is pu…

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Atrium @atriumpoetry.bsky.social · 29d

Thank you for reading and sharing today's poem - In case of critical error by @leiabutler.bsky.social

Atrium @atriumpoetry.bsky.social · Sep 9

In case of critical error - Leia Butler @leiabutler.bsky.social

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Leia Butler – In case of critical error

In case of critical error . . Leia is a tea-lover, procrastinator, and creator. Her most recent poetry can be found in Streetcake Magazine, Acropolis Journal and Roi Fainéant Press. She has poetry …

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Leia Butler @leiabutler.bsky.social · Sep 9

I’m so excited to have this piece live with @atriumpoetry.bsky.social! Huge thanks to Claire and Holly ❤️

Atrium @atriumpoetry.bsky.social · Sep 9

In case of critical error - Leia Butler @leiabutler.bsky.social

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Leia Butler – In case of critical error

In case of critical error . . Leia is a tea-lover, procrastinator, and creator. Her most recent poetry can be found in Streetcake Magazine, Acropolis Journal and Roi Fainéant Press. She has poetry …

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