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Steve Smart @duntruner.bsky.social · 2d

must be a mollusc thing..

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Steve Smart @duntruner.bsky.social · 4d

archipelago
Crow Wood

Steve Smart @duntruner.bsky.social · 10d

as the season turns..

stevedsmart.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/h...

harestane moment

a prose-poem encounter at boundaries of place, season and magic

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Steve Smart @duntruner.bsky.social · 16d

After... is a website dedicated to poetry inspired by other artworks. I'm very happy to have a poem included there this month..

𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫... 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭 @afterpoetry.com · 17d

Sculpture as movement frozen. Dance as light captured. This new #ekphrastic poem by @duntruner.bsky.social has it all.

'I saw her dance again there,
enfolded in negative space, I saw again
that hip-spun pause
of lofted breath.'

afterpoetry.com/poem/sep-21-...

Read New Ekphrastic Poem 'Suspension' by Steve Smart exclusively in After... | Poems Inspired By Other Art

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Steve Smart @duntruner.bsky.social · Sep 2

I'm delighted that 'Comma of Didymus' will also be screened at Festival Fotogenia 2025 in Mexico this November!

For more about 'Comma of Didymus' see: artsci.co.uk/comma/

Steve Smart @duntruner.bsky.social · Jul 26

It’s a worry when space-time needs antifungals and preservative…

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Steve Smart @duntruner.bsky.social · Jul 15

A poem that started about a year ago - feels ready now..

stevedsmart.wordpress.com/2025/07/15/c...

Craighill barley

marvelling at barley..

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Steve Smart @duntruner.bsky.social · Jul 9

一期一会
Ichi-go ichi-e

Steve Smart @duntruner.bsky.social · Jul 7

projected portrait - lady's mantle on a leaf

and (related) some interactive poetry from yonks ago ..
stevedsmart.wordpress.com/2019/07/19/b...

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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · Jun 30

🧪 Open to Science Poetry Submissions 🖋️

The Consilience journal is now open for submissions of science-themed poetry and artwork! Issue 22 explores the topic of ‘Waves’.

Submit your work for free here:

www.consilience-journal.com/submit

#SciComm #SciArt #Poetry

submit — Consilience

For each issue of Consilience we invite submissions of poetry or artwork. All submissions must have a link to science, fit the theme of the upcoming issue, and also be in line with our inclusivity sta...

www.consilience-journal.com

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North Sea Poets @northseapoets.bsky.social · Jun 29

– Kwame Anthony Appiah in The New York Review, 26 June 2025

#NorthSeaPoets #CommonplaceBook #PoetrySky

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North Sea Poets @northseapoets.bsky.social · Jun 28

Introducing the #NorthSeaPoets Autumn course 🍂

'Writing With ...' will cover everything from landscapes to ghosts, from Heaney to Plath. Starting 17th September.

The last North Sea Poets course sold out so don't delay – tickets are on sale now at northseapoets.com 🌊

#PoetrySky #PoetryWorkshop

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Steve Smart @duntruner.bsky.social · Jun 28

Landwaves
Golden hour, Brighty

Steve Smart @duntruner.bsky.social · Jun 28

Great idea!

bsky.app/profile/dunt...

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Steve Smart @duntruner.bsky.social · Jun 23

Found asemics: more skipscript, Craighill

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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · Jun 23

🧪 New Science & Poetry Journal 🖋️

Issue 21 of the science, poetry, & art journal Consilience, has just been published and free to read!

This issue features poetry and artwork that explores the scientific topic of ‘Chaos'.

🔗 www.consilience-journal.com/issue-21

#SciComm #SciArt #Poetry #Chaos