Liz Beth Turner
@lbtpoet.bsky.social
Reader and writer of poetry, follows poets, writers, lit mags, blocks boob-bots and silver-fox-bots. Poetry featured in Guts Publishing's Transformative Power of Tattoo and Gingko Prize AONB Best Poem of Landscape Anthology @poetsofbluesky
Delighted that my poem Yr Wyddfa was awarded Highly Commended in the Welsh Poetry Competition 2025. Congratulations to winner Mark Lewis, runner up Deborah Miller and third place Emma Williams.
August 26, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Delighted that my poem Yr Wyddfa was awarded Highly Commended in the Welsh Poetry Competition 2025. Congratulations to winner Mark Lewis, runner up Deborah Miller and third place Emma Williams.
My poem ‘Pathogen’ featured in Bangor Uni’s MA Perspective Anthology
April 8, 2025 at 1:24 PM
My poem ‘Pathogen’ featured in Bangor Uni’s MA Perspective Anthology
Excited to read some of my poems at Bangor Uni’s MA Anthology launch at Pontio Canolfen Celfyddydau ac Arloesi / Pontio Arts & Innovation Centre tonight.
April 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Excited to read some of my poems at Bangor Uni’s MA Anthology launch at Pontio Canolfen Celfyddydau ac Arloesi / Pontio Arts & Innovation Centre tonight.
Normal day in the office
March 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Normal day in the office
Boo’s absolute favourite game, ‘who’s got all the toys’🤣
March 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Boo’s absolute favourite game, ‘who’s got all the toys’🤣
Today’s reading, SJ Kim explores language, family, displacement, racism, sexism and institutional power in this searing autofictional essay collection. Moving between first, second and third-person perspectives, Kim creatively blends prose, poetry, K-Drama, Academic-style writing and epistolary.
February 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Today’s reading, SJ Kim explores language, family, displacement, racism, sexism and institutional power in this searing autofictional essay collection. Moving between first, second and third-person perspectives, Kim creatively blends prose, poetry, K-Drama, Academic-style writing and epistolary.
Today’s reading, Kit by Megan Barker, a beautiful blend of poetry and prose, a beautiful and unflinching exploration of pain and joy.
January 30, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Today’s reading, Kit by Megan Barker, a beautiful blend of poetry and prose, a beautiful and unflinching exploration of pain and joy.
My beautiful Coco & Boo
January 20, 2025 at 1:11 PM
My beautiful Coco & Boo
Well Coco’s interested in the omnicidal optimism of Robinson Jeffers, Tippi and Boo not so much🤣.
January 3, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Well Coco’s interested in the omnicidal optimism of Robinson Jeffers, Tippi and Boo not so much🤣.
Today’s reading material, The Revolt Against Humanity. Coco and Boo approve🥰.
December 14, 2024 at 1:34 PM
Today’s reading material, The Revolt Against Humanity. Coco and Boo approve🥰.
Just ordered this and a twin pack of potato peelers. There’s a poem in there somewhere🤣 @louloumach.bsky.social
December 10, 2024 at 11:38 PM
Just ordered this and a twin pack of potato peelers. There’s a poem in there somewhere🤣 @louloumach.bsky.social
Today I’m going to be editing poems. Also, I won’t be pondering the fate of Plic Placs or if they even existed because I now know they were in fact Playplex and they still exist on EBay😃
November 30, 2024 at 9:21 AM
Today I’m going to be editing poems. Also, I won’t be pondering the fate of Plic Placs or if they even existed because I now know they were in fact Playplex and they still exist on EBay😃
Or octagons - in any case I bought them “for the kids” lol 😉
November 29, 2024 at 5:21 PM
Or octagons - in any case I bought them “for the kids” lol 😉
Today’s reading matter - Selima Hill, I May Be Stupid But I’m Not That Stupid, a little trip into the feminist absurd.
November 24, 2024 at 9:05 PM
Today’s reading matter - Selima Hill, I May Be Stupid But I’m Not That Stupid, a little trip into the feminist absurd.
Thank you @tomjenksuk.bsky.social for a brilliant evening of poetry, performance and art, and for my copy of The Philosopher, that’s tomorrow’s reading sorted😃
November 19, 2024 at 8:58 PM
Thank you @tomjenksuk.bsky.social for a brilliant evening of poetry, performance and art, and for my copy of The Philosopher, that’s tomorrow’s reading sorted😃
This book is so useful, interviews with award winning poets sharing their editing process, edited by @rosannamcglone.bsky.social
November 19, 2024 at 4:01 PM
This book is so useful, interviews with award winning poets sharing their editing process, edited by @rosannamcglone.bsky.social
Today’s reading matter
November 18, 2024 at 9:57 AM
Today’s reading matter
Boo’s in a good mood today.
November 17, 2024 at 9:04 PM
Boo’s in a good mood today.
My poem FU featured in Guts Publishing’s fabulous Transformative Power of Tattoo anthology
November 12, 2024 at 7:48 PM
My poem FU featured in Guts Publishing’s fabulous Transformative Power of Tattoo anthology
In spite of my best efforts at procrastination and self-sabotage, I’m ahead of schedule so spending the afternoon in the garden with a brew and this little gem😃.
September 5, 2023 at 1:17 PM
In spite of my best efforts at procrastination and self-sabotage, I’m ahead of schedule so spending the afternoon in the garden with a brew and this little gem😃.