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Gill Barr @gillbarr.bsky.social · 4h

Today’s the day. Launching my debut poetry collection @sladersyard.bsky.social in West Bay Dorset. Couldn’t be more excited!

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Gill Barr @gillbarr.bsky.social · 13d

Archway Books setting up at Shute Lit Festival in Lyme Regis. The sun is out…

Gill Barr @gillbarr.bsky.social · 14d

gofund.me/142290d89

Donate to Running Cologne Marathon for Medical Aid for Palestinians, organized by Jesse Adlam

I will be running Cologne Marathon and raising money for the cha… Jesse Adlam needs your support for Running Cologne Marathon for Medical Aid for Palestinians

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John Adlam 🌈🌍 @johnadlam.bsky.social · 16d

Look what landed here this morning, because, you know, I am always well ahead of the curve in my reading matter...🥰

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Gill Barr @gillbarr.bsky.social · 16d

Autumn pavement at Pall Mall Galleries

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Gill Barr @gillbarr.bsky.social · 19d

White sails and chalk cliffs

Gill Barr @gillbarr.bsky.social · 20d

Wonderful
Cinnamon Press!

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R S Thomas (poet) @rsthomaspoet.bsky.social · 22d

In case you haven’t come across it, here’s a website about Elsi Eldridge and her work…
meeldridge.com

Home - Mildred Elsie Eldridge 1909-1991

MURALS TO MEDICI: The Life of M.E. Eldridge(1909-1991) Susan Fogarty & John McEllhenney This website is dedicated to the life and art of Mildred Elsie Eldridge, creator of one of the great British mur...

meeldridge.com

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R S Thomas (poet) @rsthomaspoet.bsky.social · 22d

Hello, if you like #RSThomas then you might be interested in following this Bluesky account @RSThomaspoet, also facebook.com/groups/RSThomas/
- share his poems, quotes, events, info, Q+A, etc.
- and there’s a Society you can join… rsthomaspoetry.co.uk/rs-thomas-me-eldridge-society/
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Gill Barr @gillbarr.bsky.social · 22d

Many thanks. I will enjoy learning more about Elsi and her work.

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Gill Barr @gillbarr.bsky.social · 22d

A delight to come upon this perceptive and perfectly paced radio documentary today on BBCRadio4. It illuminates the marriage of Welsh poet RS Thomas and English artist Elsie Eldridge #GwynethLewis #RSThomas #WelshPoets #MildredEldridge #WomenArtists #Artworks @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social

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Gill Barr @gillbarr.bsky.social · 24d

Sidmouth shoreline

Gill Barr @gillbarr.bsky.social · 24d

A great delight and privilege to be in conversation with @skyarts.bsky.social nominated writer and @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social poet Gwyneth Lewis at Shute Festival on Sat 27th Sept.

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Gill Barr @gillbarr.bsky.social · 26d

Massive, heartfelt congratulations on A Long Way Down. I feel as if I’ve met your dad now, felt something of his extraordinary life, its toughness, trauma, tenderness - that last image of you in his uniform I’ll never forget. The cover image -wow! You have done your dad and your family proud.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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Beth Brooke @bethbpoet.bsky.social · Sep 1

Now available from Dempsey & Windle www.dempseyandwindle.com/bethbrooke.h...

The cover of my new book. The black and white photo shows my father learning to parachute jump during World War 2

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Gill Barr @gillbarr.bsky.social · 26d

Cliffs and ladder

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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iambapoet.com · Jun 25

A real blessing, this. 🙏🏼

On behalf of the 15 poets of wave twenty-two, thank you to everyone who visited, read, listened and shared. You're the reason this quarterly journal/library/archive exists.

Here's to many more future waves! And if you're a poet, don't forget to audition in late September.

𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · Jun 25

Truly astounded by the page view figures for wave twenty-two of @iambapoet.com over the course of its first nine days. Not seen numbers like these since wave three back in the summer of 2020, when @joriegraham.bsky.social's work was among the many attractions.

Screenshot from Google Analytics showing page view figures for the first nine days of wave twenty-two of online poetry journal iamb.

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Bad Lilies @badlilies.bsky.social · Aug 10

A reminder that Bad Lilies is currently OPEN for submissions. Our next issue will be in October and we are looking for poems both for that and for issues into 2026! badlilies.uk/submit