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Nia Broomhall

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Mslexia Poetry Pamphlet Prize winner 2023, ‘Backalong’ out now with Bloodaxe. Poet in Residence at Painshill Park with ACE. Co-Head of English. Brass bander. Somerset sonneteer. Cheese fan. Hi!

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Mslexia @mslexia.bsky.social · 6d

Happy #NationalPoetryDay! Let's hear it for the poets and poetry publishers who enrich our lives! Here are just a few to get us started ❤️

@serenbooks.bsky.social @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social @emiliejelinek.bsky.social @niaandthepoems.bsky.social @courtneyconrad.bsky.social @alisonbinney.bsky.social

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Nia Broomhall @niaandthepoems.bsky.social · 8d

Absolutely loved this from @alisonbinney.bsky.social and @serenbooks.bsky.social. It’s so full of love.

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Nia Broomhall @niaandthepoems.bsky.social · Jul 22

So pleased to have this little one up at the lovely @atriumpoetry.bsky.social ♥️

Atrium @atriumpoetry.bsky.social · Jul 22

The Beam – Nia Broomhall @niaandthepoems.bsky.social

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The Beam – Nia Broomhall

The Beam .. . Nia Broomhall’s debut pamphlet Backalong won the Mslexia Pamphlet Prize 2023 and she won the Poetry Society’s Hamish Canham Award in 2024. Nia is Poet in Residence at Painshill Park …

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Nia Broomhall @niaandthepoems.bsky.social · Jun 10

So excited to invite you all to Poetry Night at the @westendcentre in Aldershot on Thursday 26th June. There will be readings from our wonderful Poetry for Wellbeing group and an open mic session for anyone to read a poem - we’d love to hear one of your poems, or a poem you love. Everyone welcome!

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Nia Broomhall @niaandthepoems.bsky.social · May 14

Any teachers running poetry clubs in Surrey/Hampshire? Would love to connect :)

Nia Broomhall @niaandthepoems.bsky.social · May 11

Thank you so much x

Nia Broomhall @niaandthepoems.bsky.social · May 3

So happy you’re enjoying it!

Nia Broomhall @niaandthepoems.bsky.social · May 3

This is lovely.

That autism poet. @danieljeffery.bsky.social · May 3

Today I've been reading the wonderful words of @niaandthepoems.bsky.social not only are they sublime #poems. But her words have also helped me to heal after the recent loss of a friend. if you can possibly buy this book I urge you to do so. #poetry

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Nia Broomhall @niaandthepoems.bsky.social · May 3

Thank you, that’s so lovely to hear ♥️

Nia Broomhall @niaandthepoems.bsky.social · Apr 27

Loved this by @kmeehan.bsky.social. Full of treats.

Nia Broomhall @niaandthepoems.bsky.social · Apr 22

Managed to get my hands on an advance copy of this from @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social this week. It’s brilliant, and important.

Nia Broomhall @niaandthepoems.bsky.social · Apr 1

Spare a thought for gullible people this April 1st. We’ll be on edge until bedtime.

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Nia Broomhall @niaandthepoems.bsky.social · Mar 25

Had a brilliant evening at the National Poetry Awards @poetrysociety.bsky.social last night. Congratulations to everyone - I loved all the winning poems. And London was pretty.

Nia Broomhall @niaandthepoems.bsky.social · Mar 11

Farnham, the traffic may be terrible and I may not have much voice, but I’m super-excited to bring you some poetry tonight!

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Nia Broomhall @niaandthepoems.bsky.social · Mar 8

After years in the classroom and much trial and error, this is the trio I find most successful at keeping germs away. But I’ve run poetry workshops for nearly 1000 kids this week and even these musketeers couldn’t handle it - first sore throat and sniffle in a year 🤧😭😂 oh well, it was worth it!

Nia Broomhall @niaandthepoems.bsky.social · Feb 18

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Nia Broomhall @niaandthepoems.bsky.social · Feb 17

I am obsessed with this poem and have told Em this at least twice, which is a bit embarrassing 😂

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Nia Broomhall @niaandthepoems.bsky.social · Feb 17

Saw this sign under an exhibit at a museum. I want it on a t-shirt so much 😂

Nia Broomhall @niaandthepoems.bsky.social · Feb 13

♥️

Victoria Spires @victoriaspires.bsky.social · Feb 13

#poetsofbluesky 💬

2025 Review number 5

Backalong by @niaandthepoems.bsky.social

Wholly inventive, but never flashy or overdone ... poems to savour in the mind and on the tongue

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Nia Broomhall @niaandthepoems.bsky.social · Feb 12

All on my own at @painshill.bsky.social today but looking forward to the return of my poets for the first workshop of the year on Feb 24th. These ducks had no interest in poetry.

Nia Broomhall @niaandthepoems.bsky.social · Feb 11

Had a feeling it was you! ♥️

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Nia Broomhall @niaandthepoems.bsky.social · Feb 3

Sorry if I did it wrong!

Nia Broomhall @niaandthepoems.bsky.social · Feb 3

My #LiftToTheSky for @brokenspinearts.bsky.social is this gorgeous collection from Victoria Gatehouse. Read it tucked up in bed and you’ll still feel like you’re outside 🌲

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Nia Broomhall @niaandthepoems.bsky.social · Feb 3

Thank you so much. That’s a lovely thing to say 😊

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Nia Broomhall @niaandthepoems.bsky.social · Feb 2

Very grateful to be included in this issue ♥️

Propel Magazine @propelmagazine.bsky.social · Jan 31

Issue Thirteen is NOW LIVE!

Edited by Helen Mort, Issue 13 marks our return after the hiatus around the Anthology launch and we're psyched to be back.

With thanks to Helen and all our contributors – we hope you enjoy reading:

propelmagazine.co.uk/thirteen

CONTENTS
Introduction by Editor Helen Mort

Abhijeet Singh, Reading Emily Dickinson

Rency Jumaoas Raquid, To The Tall Man in Queen’s Library

Nia Broomhall, I won't tell you this

Daniel Nixon, Axe Edge

Ger Duffy, Baile an Ghoilin / Burnham East

Julie Kennedy, Change of Purpose

Nasim Luczaj, her father

Laura Strickland, When My Body Remembers

Becky May, Lessons with Conchita

Sallyanne Rock, Matthew 10:29

Helen Bowell, Is That the Moon

Nia Solomon, When My Hair Was a Blonde Bowl

Maria Isakova-Bennett, My father is a complicated sentence

Ben Verinder, Lavender

Rochelle Hanslow, A Body of Text

Brad Beau Cohen, cyanotypes

Godelieve de Bree, Study from the Human Body, 1949

Bella Rona, Rorschach Test

Barnaby Harsent, Half-light

Helena Fornells Nadal, Ships Came from Cuba

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