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Lawrence Moore

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Poet. Pushcart, Forward nominated. The Breadcrumb Trail out now with @janecornwell.bsky.social 🧚 UK link: https://amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D6DNXHG4 Vegan, BLM

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Lawrence Moore @lawrencemoore.bsky.social · 12h

I am very excited to announce that my second full-length poetry collection, This Joyful Interlude, will be published by @janes-studio.bsky.social and is coming out in just a few weeks!

Delve into this thread for more info (and new poetry 🙂)

#poem #poems #poetry #poet #books #poetrycommunity

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The front cover for This Joyful Interlude, the forthcoming full-length poetry collection by Lawrence Moore published by Jane's Studio Press.

In this illustration by Jane Cornwell, rose gardens thrive over a graveyard monument.

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Jane's Studio @janes-studio.bsky.social · 3d

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🚨 If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
✅ Visit Victoria Strauss's Writer Beware website for advice: writerbeware.blog

🔎 3 Tips to Avoid Author Scams:
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2️⃣ Be wary of agents who charge upfront fees — Real agents get paid when you get paid.
3️⃣ Research before you sign — Always Google the name + “scam” or check trusted resources.

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Me @ewiggins66.bsky.social · 4h

#vss365

Leaf and #ash
To rake away
Compost
For
A Tattered heart
Fingers sift
Detritus
Hoping
For fragments
To catch
By the thread
Thoughts
Unraveling
Life in free fall
A black smear
Of fingerprints
Wrapped
Around my throat
Words reduced
To syllables
Rudiments
Of meaning
Billow away

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Lawrence Moore @lawrencemoore.bsky.social · 3h

Nice work!

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Grant Clauser @grantclauser.bsky.social · 22d

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Lawrence Moore @lawrencemoore.bsky.social · 6h

That really is magical! To me, the ending most of all ❤️

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Grant Clauser @grantclauser.bsky.social · 9d

I haven't thought much about Ferlinghetti since my brief beatnik phase in the 80s, but the first 4 lines of this poem remind me why I loved it. georgebilgere.com/so/85Pc6j639...

Here’s a poem for today, September 29, 2025

Poetry Town

georgebilgere.com

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Lawrence Moore @lawrencemoore.bsky.social · 6h

I adore those colours! 💜

Lawrence Moore @lawrencemoore.bsky.social · 6h

Excellent 👏

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𝕛ꫀꪀ 🍁 @jmnii.bsky.social · 1d

In the Flicker
#clash #vss365 #poetry

A poem I wrote, which reads:

There are days where
I feel both the bloom and the bruise.
A tenderness rising against the familiar weight.
Happiness does not erase the dark; it flickers within it,
a candle steady in the storm.
It isn't war,
but a quiet clash of currents: light rising, sorrow sinking, each insisting on its truth.
And still,
I drift between them, where ache and grace converge.
Together, they make me real.

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Steve Westby @stevewestby.bsky.social · 6h

Listen

this work we do,
this living each day

is sacred—

a space
found in each other’s hearts

let go of fixing,
let go of doing

just be,
open to change

if it doesn’t flow from here,
it will not last

#Poetry

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Tinamarie Cox @tinamariecox.bsky.social · 5d

@nymeriapublishing.bsky.social is releasing my second #poetry collection, which also features #photography and #artwork alongside #poems
Mark your calendars because you can #preorder
my new #book #ANumbersGame starting October 24th! Stay tuned for more book info soon!
#tinamariethinkstoomuch

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Lawrence Moore @lawrencemoore.bsky.social · 7h

Looks pretty old-school and cool.

Lawrence Moore @lawrencemoore.bsky.social · 7h

I believe this very much.

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Riley Rose @rileyrosewriter.bsky.social · 8d

Cringe is a necessary step in any endeavor. The coolest thing is to do nothing and be nothing. Everything other than nothing is cringe, so embrace it and be cringe as fuck. #musing

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Lawrence Moore @lawrencemoore.bsky.social · 7h

You're welcome!
I think the site and the people are very nice here!
Still, sometimes it can be hard to gain traction.

@thepaulconnolly.bsky.social has some great literary starter packs (in the tabs below his bio). A lot of people mass follow folks on starter packs to connect to new people quickly.

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Lawrence Moore @lawrencemoore.bsky.social · 8h

Aw shucks, thanks Steve! 😀

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Steve Denehan @steverinod.bsky.social · 10h

A book to curl up with during the winter months. Beautiful poetry from a beautiful person. :)

Lawrence Moore @lawrencemoore.bsky.social · 12h

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Marjory McGinn @marjorywrites.bsky.social · 13d

My new novel A Greek Proposal
is just out. A gripping romantic suspense
set in remote Koroni, Messinia
on a lush plateau of olive groves.
Love, drama, 2 gorgeous suitors
wartime family mystery.
mybook.to/nzKsPM
#Greece #readers #authors #romance #Koroni #Messinia

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Lawrence Moore @lawrencemoore.bsky.social · 12h

Congratulations!

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Lawrence Moore @lawrencemoore.bsky.social · 12h

Thank you Marjory!

I'm very lucky to work with Jane 🙂

Lawrence Moore @lawrencemoore.bsky.social · 12h

Yay, so excited, thank you Jane! ❤️

#poem #poems #poetry #books

Jane's Studio @janes-studio.bsky.social · 14h

✨ COVER REVEAL ✨
We're thrilled to share the cover of This Joyful Interlude, the full poetry collection by Lawrence Moore @lawrencemoore.bsky.social
A rhythmical, hopeful journey through memory, nature, and the quiet magic of being human.
🕊️ 🌿💫
#Poetry #NewRelease

Lawrence Moore @lawrencemoore.bsky.social · 12h

Many thanks Paul! 😀

Lawrence Moore @lawrencemoore.bsky.social · 12h

And here's the text version of 'Birdsong', from my forthcoming collection This Joyful Interlude 🪶

#poem #poems #poetry #writing #books

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Birdsong (full poem)

In moment of weakness,
left prone to its lies,
you merge with the darkness,
assuming disguise,
feel nothing unbroken,
magnificence feigned,
belligerent truth
in the cruelties of rain,
the dove's intimations,
the nightingale's scorn
when just beyond vision,
your last muse is born.

They come soaked in shyness
through reticence, fear,
bereft of direction,
prechosen to steer,
contentious...confusing...
supposing...perhaps...
(it's hard in the desert
to turn on the taps).
Two minds twist and tango
with flitter and fray;
soft background of birdsong
cheeps 'Courage now, stay,

fresh cogs and new levers
spite cleaver, spurn claw,
cruel storm oft-encountered
shall bluster no more.
Volcanoes and tremors
of confidence killed,
when shared with the right one
denuded, bestilled.
A risk must be taken,
this safety zone fled;
we can't sing forever
alone in your head.'

Lawrence Moore @lawrencemoore.bsky.social · 12h

This Joyful Interlude should be available for Ebook pre-order next week, with a November release in all formats.

Here's a video of me performing 'Birdsong', a new poem which appears early on in the book 🪶

#poem #poems #poetry #writing #books

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Lawrence Moore @lawrencemoore.bsky.social · 12h

I'm so lucky to work with Jane for a second time. As with The Breadcrumb Trail, it has been an absolute pleasure!

This Joyful Interlude overbrims with hopes, doubts, passing times and romantic longings.

It also features a forward by the brilliant @steverinod.bsky.social

#poetry #books

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