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Lawrence Moore
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Poet. Pushcart, Forward nominated.
This Joyful Interlude out now with @janes-studio.bsky.social 🕊️
UK link: amazon.co.uk/dp/1068432330
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Here’s ‘Patchwork Coat’ from my new poetry collection ‘This Joyful Interlude’, out now ✨

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Patchwork Coat Eight-year-old stands alone in the playground, waves of self-consciousness welcomed like long-lost friends. Twelve-year-old watches another pass by, pines to say something; lacks gumption for such an intrusion upon the air. Middle-aged man gazes back, watches menagerie of moments that never happened dwindle slowly out of memory. Before dawn, he must assemble these separate fragments, weaving them into a patchwork coat, so that when temptation next arises, he will always be within reach of absent kin.
February 12, 2026 at 12:09 PM
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'Yardsticks', from my new collection This Joyful Interlude.

I posted this yesterday, but then accidentally deleted it 🙃

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Yardsticks Most people measure their lives in years; I've decided to measure mine in chocolate flapjacks, expectancy nigh two thousand. There are other yardsticks some might apply like marriages, trophies, children, kings. I'm determined to focus on more important things, like the crispness of the cleave on my first chew, the way, when initial taste kicks in, the room just disappears, returns renewed as peculiar taste nirvana, befores, durations and afters of which lie imprinted upon my soul, so, much like our palette of rainbow years, each bite becomes subsumed, one chocolate blur, indivisible from its peers.
February 6, 2026 at 11:50 PM
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A rare photo of our whole pussycat crew! 🐱❤

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Eight cats of Fratton - Hugo, Lupe, Bugsy, Gatsby, Elliott, Nikita, Wanda, Effy
February 6, 2026 at 8:36 PM
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Here’s ‘Magentas on Mauves’ from my new poetry collection ‘This Joyful Interlude’, out now ✨

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Magentas on Mauves Time becomes blurred, given time. One year exits, the next arrives and the colours grow more confused; magentas on mauves, no reds, no blues. As we drive around the city, I witness various versions of me, a rainbow's gradual fading. Now skirting Farlington Marshes, three college girls waste four lunchtime breaks; has it been thirty spins already? Constitutional, Baffins Pond, we lampoon school juniors' boisterous ways; cocktail of admiration distilled with a pinch of envy. Lastly, head off towards home, flinch when elderly gent cuts us up, waves self-conscious wave. I endeavour to send him my warmest smile, also blending with violet someday.
January 29, 2026 at 11:43 AM
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Here’s ‘Just One Spill Before’ from my new poetry collection ‘This Joyful Interlude’, out now ✨

First published by @feversof.bsky.social

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Just One Spill Before Is there nothing we could try, no filament I might heat to make this world again taste sweet? Were I to sing perfect song, flawless words, soaring tune, would you sink further darkwards, torch immune? Must I understand capacity to heal no longer mine, cast futures in with the leisurely cleanse of time? Queen's jester hangs his head, fragmented glass upon the floor flailed and juggled so freely just one spill before.
January 22, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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This Joyful Interlude took a trip to Ireland today. Thanks so much @shadesofgreen.bsky.social for your support!

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Susan RIchardson's hardback copy of This Joyful Interlude.
January 21, 2026 at 9:54 PM
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I'm very honoured to have a poem in this anthology commemorating Renee Nicole Good, in aid of a great cause, Life After Hate❤️

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Broad Daylight, an outpouring of poetry in tribute to Renee Nicole Good.
January 15, 2026 at 4:25 PM
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Here’s ‘Alone as Cinderella’ from my new poetry collection ‘This Joyful Interlude’, out now ✨

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Alone as Cinderella Last dusk, my Fairy Godmuse spied on me, confuzzled as to cause, this dormant state; bore witness as I passed the lonely hours foul-mouthing maledictions, slurs at fate. Post laughter, after cleansing of the ears, thought 'With a tongue like that, he has a chance.' Our medium? Concluded poetry, gave wave of magic wand and here I am. Alone as Cinderella at her ball, I dance and weave, almost believe each line, resemble everything I wish I was, neglect to keep one eye upon the time till quarter before midnight; sorry folks, my pumpkin cab awaits, ta-ra, goodbye.
January 15, 2026 at 12:06 PM
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Here’s ‘Owl’s Terse Reply’ from my new poetry collection ‘This Joyful Interlude’, out now ✨

Previously published by @feversof.bsky.social

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Owl's Terse Reply I maunder out most nights, converse with Owl, to many eyes demure and self-contained; still underneath my skin, there lies a scowl, this less than perfect human I remain, surrounded by uncertainties, cocksure, mislaid through complications sometimes mine (light-headed from strange yarns I've spun before, true tales yet to unfold along the line) and in the depths of slumber, I ascend as if one's mortal soul could be redeemed, Owl's terse reply more toothsome time portend; from stormy chills, tomorrow's landscape green. If only sympathetic heart would lend its upside downs and all beats inbetween.
January 7, 2026 at 11:49 AM
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Thoroughly enjoyed 'Forest Girl' by @jumpingjulespoetry.bsky.social (and so did Bugsy 🐱)

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Forest Girl (and Happy Cat)
January 4, 2026 at 12:47 AM
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Happy Christmas y'all ❤️ x

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Golden glitter unicorn snowglobe (gifted at Christmas, shaken, spun). Happy Christmas!
December 23, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Here’s ‘To The Heavens Steer’ from my new poetry collection This Joyful Interlude, out now!

Previously published in @darkwinterlitmag.bsky.social

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To the Heavens Steer Golden glitter unicorn snowglobe gifted at Christmas, shaken, spun. Hunches and hints of past adventures, neither can know what's left to come. Sloping, swirling, shimmering, shaping, sinking, twirling, glimmering, strong. Clueless without your random signals; lost we may seem, though not for long. Questions extended, pesky subjects, solicitudes, independence, fear. Output imprinted upon my psyche, something to salvage this awkward year. Strange divination or self-cajoling, either will do; to the heavens steer.
December 23, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Here’s ‘To The Heavens Steer’ from my new poetry collection This Joyful Interlude, out now ✨

Previously published in @darkwinterlitmag.bsky.social

Book links (or pm me for a print copy)

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To the Heavens Steer Golden glitter unicorn snowglobe gifted at Christmas, shaken, spun. Hunches and hints of past adventures, neither can know what's left to come. Sloping, swirling, shimmering, shaping, sinking, twirling, glimmering, strong. Clueless without your random signals; lost we may seem, though not for long. Questions extended, pesky subjects, solicitudes, independence, fear. Output imprinted upon my psyche, something to salvage this awkward year. Strange divination or self-cajoling, either will do; to the heavens steer.
December 23, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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My new collection This Joyful Interlude is only £2.49 (or $3.34) on kindle.
Even so, I get more royalties from Kindle sales than paperbacks or hardbacks.

Here are some kindle links:
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This Joyful Interlude, a full-length poetry collection by Lawrence Moore. Cover illustration by Jane Cornwell
December 19, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Here’s ‘Still to Learn’ from my new poetry collection ‘This Joyful Interlude’, out now ✨

First published by @dreich.bsky.social

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Still to Learn There is a route I have travelled a little too clumsy believing the key to entry was pushing hard, now knowing that while remorsefulness took its turn, with thirty cycles completed I've still to learn how to live one life, lend welcome to shine that comes, no longer willing to lunge for stars as yet unexplored alone.
December 11, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Here’s ‘Skimming’ from my new collection This Joyful Interlude, out now ✨

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Skimming I stand at the edge of uncharted waters debating which stones feel right to me when cupped in a delicate hand. Adjective, adverb, pronoun. When facing a shoreline of endless choices, I settle for small and true. Rubbing shoulders with fellow beachcombers, fulfilled by a modest collection of my best, I tiptoe amongst the waves. On a count of three, we all let go, eager to discover if ours is the one that skippity-skippity-skips, knowing it only delays the inevitable, that upon every ripple's passing they have vanished without a trace. A passerby grinds to a halt in his bemusement; he's quizzing my friends about purpose and point, but we just like casting stones.
December 3, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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Gatsby, looking angelic 🐱

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Gatsby, looking angelic
December 2, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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I have two new poems out today in The Candyman’s Trumpet Issue 6, including this one, 'Planetbound' 🌠

Many thanks to @dreich.bsky.social!

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Planetbound Little boy on a hill shields his eyes from all cars and people, inch-by-inch, crawling home, where a fireside squeeze awaits. Not for he glow the lights from adjacent conurbation; nor for him sound the horns of impatient, long-tailed beast. Without heed, up he climbs, wanting only for dark horizon. Other worlds, different lights, skyward denizens softly call. Still to him, this must fall; to deliver some silver lining for his heart’s reservations, these twinkles’ demure complaints. ‘Often rash, seldom swift, towards lovers, they keep on moving. Planetbound, scaling crests, we shall meet in the stars one day’.
December 1, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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And here's a video of Puss in Boots from my new collection This Joyful Interlude, out now ✨

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November 27, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Here's Puss in Boots from my new collection This Joyful Interlude, out now ✨

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Puss in Boots Because this all has to be for something that makes sense, because of Cupid's omission and Kismet's recompense, because the stars rotate in a swirl round the milky way, because the river must feed the ocean, the streams repay, because squadrons of pigs, dawn's heat 'pon a morning frost, because liquorice, gingerbread, chocolate spread, candyfloss, because each little thing you assume I have feigned runs true, because heaven on earth, voluptuous verse and you, because the diva's high quaver, the soul singer's baritone, because the gods will accept it, their wandering clouds condone, because often a sentence was shortened in clemency, because Edward and Jane deserve it and so do we, because soundless confessions and twinkles in our eyes, because harmonic progressions and trust beneath sunset skies, because where many trees were riven, you'll now find shoots, because Romeo, Juliet, Tinker Bell, Puss in Boots.
November 27, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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This Joyful Interlude is currently 94 in the British Poetry chart on Amazon. I'm rather pleased with that! 🙂

Book links below (or you can pm me for a signed author copy)

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This Joyful Interlude at number 94 in the Amazon British Poetry chart, 24th November 2025
November 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Really enjoyed tonight's zoom launch of This Joyful Interlude! ❤
Thank you everyone who came along, you were very supportive and I loved all your performances too - so many highlights!

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This Joyful Interlude, a poetry collection by Lawrence Moore, illustration by Jane Cornwell.
November 20, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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This Joyful Interlude has a launch party today, at 7PM GMT!

If you fancy a friendly evening of poetry, you can sign up for free at the link below.
You can also bring a poem to read, if you wish :-)

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This Joyful Interlude poetry book launch party, 20th November, 7pm GMT
November 20, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Pasted against the nebulous backdrops of doubt and passing time, This Joyful Interlude assembles a delicate collage of hopes and romantic longings.

Thank you to @janes-studio.bsky.social for all your hard work and brilliance.
Thanks also to @steverinod.bsky.social for your lovely forward.

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Front cover of This Joyful Interlude, a poetry collection by Lawrence Moore. Illustration and cover design by Jane Cornwell Back cover of This Joyful Interlude, a poetry collection by Lawrence Moore. Illustration and cover design by Jane Cornwell
November 19, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Many thanks to Elizabeth Cussack for this wonderful review of The Breadcrumb Trail! It made my day! ❤️

Here are some book links (or you can pm me for a signed copy)

UK: amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D6DNXHG4
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CA: amazon.ca/dp/B0D6DNXHG4

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A review, by Elizabeth Cussack, of The Breadcrumb Trail, a poetry collection by Lawrence Moore, illustrated by Jane Cornwell.
November 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM