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Laura Theis @lauratheis.bsky.social · 19h

Thank you so much for my 'BEST OF THE NET' nomination and huge congratulations to all fellow nominees...

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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Laura Theis @lauratheis.bsky.social · 9d

www.instagram.com/p/DPIpSTuj6nB/
A huge thank you to the wonderful Anna Błasiak for translating my poem 'My Sister Dreams She Is A Garden' into Polish...

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Laura Theis @lauratheis.bsky.social · 21d

Ohh I can't believe the day is here - join us tonight! ✨

The Emma Press @theemmapress.bsky.social · 21d

Happy Publication day to Laura Theis ~ POEMS FROM A WITCH'S POCKET, illustrated by Kate Lucy Foster, is out now! 🔮✨

Join us for a witchy poetry webinar tonight to celebrate the launch ~ all aspiring witches welcome: buff.ly/E4tyhqV

Order your copy: buff.ly/t4NPn2A
💜

The image shows a copy of the book POEMS FROM A WITCHS POCKET next to a brown mug with a pumpkin-shaped biscuit and a candle.

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Laura Theis @lauratheis.bsky.social · 22d

Thank you so much to One Poem Only for featuring my poem THE LISTENER on your lovely podcast today...
It's always such a joy to be able to hear my words read by someone else and Maggie's reading is especially magical ✨️ rembrandtscure.substack.com/p/the-listen...

the listener by Laura Theis

the listener

rembrandtscure.substack.com

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Laura Theis @lauratheis.bsky.social · Sep 8

Hooray hooray I am absolutely star-struck to be on this lovely list 🤩 & so grateful to Fiona Benson and I can't wait to hear everyone read their poems in October....

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The Winged Moon Literary Magazine SUBS OPEN @thewingedmoon.bsky.social · Sep 4

BIOPHILIA is out now!
Here are our incredible contributors!
Come find us wingedmoon.com

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The Winged Moon Literary Magazine SUBS OPEN @thewingedmoon.bsky.social · Sep 2

BIOPHILIA out tomorrow! Here is a sneak peak of our extraordinary cover with art by Olaf Hajek

#poetrycommunity

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · Aug 25

"The day after she dies, my mum and I suddenly start to get on like a house on fire." First One Out The Door by @lauratheis.bsky.social from today's "Second Chances" themed #MicroMonday #microfiction. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/08/25/m...

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Laura Theis @lauratheis.bsky.social · Aug 20

A poem inspired by a true story 😅🍅🌱

Thank you so much @mosspuppymag.bsky.social mag for featuring my poem in your beautiful Cedar pop-up issue...

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The Emma Press @theemmapress.bsky.social · Jul 28

Join us in September to celebrate the launch of Laura Theis' POEMS FROM A WITCH'S POCKET 🔮✨

September 18, 7pm (Zoom)

Nature blends with magic and sometimes more everyday concerns in these soothing, playful, empowering poems ~ perfect for any aspiring hovel witch! ⭐

Sign up link: buff.ly/TG6NtXq

Illustration of a raised wooden house, taken from the cover of Poems from a Witch's Pocket, with the following text: Poems from a Witch's Pocket, Online Launch, Sept 18, Zoom, 7pm

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Laura Theis @lauratheis.bsky.social · Jul 29

Thank you
@atriumpoetry.bsky.social
for featuring another poem from my forthcoming @theemmapress.bsky.social book Poems From A Witch's Pocket... theemmapress.com/shop/childre...

Atrium @atriumpoetry.bsky.social · Jul 29

Refusal – Laura Theis @lauratheis.bsky.social

atriumpoetry.com/2025/07/29/r...

Refusal – Laura Theis

Refusal . . Laura’s work appears in Poetry, Oxford Poetry, Northern Gravy, The Caterpillar, Magma, Rattle, Aesthetica, iamb, etc. Her new collection Introduction to Cloud Care and her childre…

atriumpoetry.com

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Laura Theis @lauratheis.bsky.social · Jul 29

Ohhhh thank you Ben!!

Ben Banyard @benbanyard.bsky.social · Jul 29

This cracker on Atrium today by @lauratheis.bsky.social reminds me of one of my favourite tunes! youtu.be/Ijlk0GTQbB4?...

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Laura Theis @lauratheis.bsky.social · Jul 14

Love these two side by side @victoriaspires.bsky.social

Victoria Spires @victoriaspires.bsky.social · Jul 13

#smallpoemsunday

Me > @lauratheis.bsky.social

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Laura Theis @lauratheis.bsky.social · Jul 14

Thank you @whatisaletter.bsky.social that is so kind!!

Dr M. I. Matthews-Schlinzig @whatisaletter.bsky.social · Jul 14

If there is such a thing in poetry as a blind date where you meet for the first time but feel as if you've known each other for ages, this must be what my 'Smile' felt when it met 'Do you really think I look like an old crone' by @lauratheis.bsky.social.

www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/do-you-...

Do You Really Think I Look Like An Old Crone? by Laura Theis

Do You Really Think I Look Like An Old Crone? I guess that’s what I must be, because I couldnot walk across a graveyard without being assailed by old dead friendswanting to tell me their latest gossip...

www.dustpoetry.co.uk

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Laura Theis @lauratheis.bsky.social · Jul 12

So exciting!!

The Emma Press @theemmapress.bsky.social · Jul 11

In the post today: review copies of POEMS FROM A WITCH'S POCKET by Laura Theis, publishing 18 September!

🐈‍⬛ A gorgeous witchy poetry collection for older children but perfect for all aspiring hovel witches ~ pre-order your copy via our webshop: buff.ly/rJ7k1B3

ID: Image shows stack of advance reader book copies with the title: Poems from a Witch's Pocket. Cover lilac and green with a black cat, potions, scraps of paper, an eerie-looking house and a full moon.

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Laura Theis @lauratheis.bsky.social · Jun 28

Hehe 🦆

Laura Theis @lauratheis.bsky.social · Jun 28

That's so kind of you Laura thank you!!!

Laura McKee @lauramckee.bsky.social · Jun 28

Truly adore Laura Theis's poems and this rings so true for me. 🦆

Atrium @atriumpoetry.bsky.social · Jun 27

Disappointing Ducks – Laura Theis @lauratheis.bsky.social

atriumpoetry.com/2025/06/27/d...

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Laura Theis @lauratheis.bsky.social · Jun 28

Thank you so much @atriumpoetry.bsky.social - this poem is also going to be in my forthcoming book Poems From A Witch's Pocket, from @theemmapress.bsky.social 🦆

Atrium @atriumpoetry.bsky.social · Jun 27

Disappointing Ducks – Laura Theis @lauratheis.bsky.social

atriumpoetry.com/2025/06/27/d...

Disappointing Ducks – Laura Theis

Disappointing Ducks . . Laura’s work appears in Poetry, Oxford Poetry, Northern Gravy, The Caterpillar, Magma, Rattle, Aesthetica, iamb, etc. Her new collection Introduction to Clo…

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Laura Theis @lauratheis.bsky.social · Jun 24

That's so kind of you Brian, thank you so much!!