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Rough Diamond Poetry @rough-diamond1.bsky.social · 3d

And YES! Another submission opportunity!
We've opened up for our new anthology - Poetry for Protest.
Check out the website for submission details...
roughdiamondpoetry.com/submissions/

Submissions

We are open for submissions for Poems for Protest and The Rough Diamond Poetry Prize We are open for poetry submissions for our next poetry anthology “Poems for Protest” Send us 1-5 poe…

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Rough Diamond Poetry @rough-diamond1.bsky.social · 3d

We have opened for our very first poetry prize!
Check out our website for full submission details
roughdiamondpoetry.com/the-rough-di...

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Rough Diamond Poetry @rough-diamond1.bsky.social · 3d

We are so unbelievably happy with how our latest print anthology has turned out!
We've got two exciting projects coming up so please look out for updates! We can't wait!

two women are standing next to each other in a room and one of them is wearing an orange coat .

ALT: two women are standing next to each other in a room and one of them is wearing an orange coat .

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Kevin MacAlan @kevinmacalan.bsky.social · 4d

It’s great to have a poem in this!

Rough Diamond Poetry @rough-diamond1.bsky.social · 4d

Had the busiest week ever but am now reading all the messages! Thank you so much to all the poets involved in this...your work inspires me and keeps me going when it lands in the rough diamond inbox. Poetry for me, like many of you, is the light that keeps me going THANK YOU❤️

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Rough Diamond Poetry @rough-diamond1.bsky.social · 3d

Its available for Amazon :) x

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Ben Blench @benblench.bsky.social · 6d

On #NationalPoetryDay I’m super happy to share that my poem “Wasting time on the internet again” has been included in the latest anthology from @rough-diamond1.bsky.social :)

Wanna read the poem? Go buy the book! It's called “100 poems for the 21st century”. and you can get it on Amazon.

100 Poems for the 21st Century

Buy 100 Poems for the 21st Century by Cosgrove, Miss Charlotte (ISBN: 9798267508162) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

www.amazon.co.uk

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Rough Diamond Poetry @rough-diamond1.bsky.social · 4d

Had the busiest week ever but am now reading all the messages! Thank you so much to all the poets involved in this...your work inspires me and keeps me going when it lands in the rough diamond inbox. Poetry for me, like many of you, is the light that keeps me going THANK YOU❤️

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Rough Diamond Poetry @rough-diamond1.bsky.social · 10d

EXCITING NEWS!
Our newest print anthology - 100 poems for the 21st Century - will be available from Amazon within the next 72 hours!

Thank you so much to our amazing poets who have really brought this book to life😍💎😍

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Rough Diamond Poetry @rough-diamond1.bsky.social · Sep 6

More of our amazing poets for 100 poems for the 21st century.
Thank you so much! We can't wait for it all to be ready!

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Han VanderHart @hanvanderhart.bsky.social · Aug 19

Hi poetry reviewers, writers, readers: here’s a document I made of paying reviews markets. Holler at me if you see something that needs to be updated/deleted/added! 🙏 I would appreciate it. Would love this to be a community resource for freelance writers to be paid for their criticism.

Poetry Review Submissions: Paying Markets

docs.google.com

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Rough Diamond Poetry @rough-diamond1.bsky.social · Aug 21

Working away on our newest print anthology and we've got some great things coming this year!
We will be opening up for our very first Rough Diamond Poetry Prize in a few weeks time so keep your eyes peeled - there will be no theme to this we just want good writing.

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Rough Diamond Poetry @rough-diamond1.bsky.social · Aug 17

Just to let all our contributors know that we are working away on getting the anthology together and hopefully it will be ready in a few weeks!

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Rough Diamond Poetry @rough-diamond1.bsky.social · Aug 4

Our newest anthology is in the works and set to be amazing! so why not head over to Amazon and pick yourself up a copy of our bestselling body anthology!

#poetry #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity

www.amazon.co.uk/Body-antholo...

The Body: An anthology of poetry

Buy The Body: An anthology of poetry by Cosgrove, Charlotte (ISBN: 9798280541238) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

www.amazon.co.uk

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Rough Diamond Poetry @rough-diamond1.bsky.social · Aug 2

Where else is open for poetry subs?

'Cause we've just closed!

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Rough Diamond Poetry @rough-diamond1.bsky.social · Aug 2

Finally been able to log back into Bluesky!

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Özge Lena @lenaozge.bsky.social · Jul 8

Beautiful Little Fools by @thebrokenspine.co.uk is the second bestseller anthology I've poems in (the first was the BODY by @rough-diamond1.bsky.social

I'm over the moon tbh- thinking English is my second language! :)

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Clare O'Brien @clareobrien.bsky.social · Jul 22

Here's a #poem for this week's #promptcombo #stigmas with thanks to Paul Brookes at @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social
Kind of an ode to the late Richard III, to whom much stigma has been attached, perhaps thanks to Shakespeare.
Published in recent anthology 'The Body' from @rough-diamond1.bsky.social

A King’s Ransom
For Richard III

by Clare O'Brien

The scoliosis was too obvious, like the car park plot, marked R.
You were planted evidence, a harvest for history geeks.

Each pundit had their own agenda. The psychic was half in love
with your regal reputation. The scientific sceptics wanted proof.

The X-rays saw through you but they didn't read your mind.
Your spinal column snaked through their preconceptions.

Tests proved your provenance. An archaeologist ate his hat.
Medics laid you out, traced the echo of your humiliation.

They put flesh on your bones and your wickedness dissolved.
Your skeleton held them all to ransom. What could they do?

You were just some dead loser, a corpse with brains dashed out,
thrown across the horse Shakespeare made you beg for.

Cover of 'The Body' Anthology ed. Charlotte Cosgrave, Rough Diamond Books

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Rough Diamond Poetry @rough-diamond1.bsky.social · Jun 29

We are open! Get sending. We're sending out more replies TODAY!

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Rough Diamond Poetry @rough-diamond1.bsky.social · Jun 23

For submissions to our anthology "100 poems for the 21st century" we are looking for a vast array of ideas about what life has been like at any point over the last 25 years. This could encompass so many things!

Send unpublished poems to [email protected]

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Özge Lena @lenaozge.bsky.social · Jun 21

WONDERFUL NEWS! My poem "we watch our daughter play" is selected to be published in 100 Poems for the 21st Century anthology of Rough Diamond Poetry! @rough-diamond1.bsky.social ✨

#poetry #poetrysky

Rough Diamond Poetry @rough-diamond1.bsky.social · Jun 7

Get those poems in! We are open until the 31st July on what we think is quite a unique theme!

Can't wait to read your poems and how you interpret the theme!🔥

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Rough Diamond Poetry @rough-diamond1.bsky.social · Jun 21

We are reading through subs today!
In all truth wanted to sunbathe but this British weather scuppered those plans!

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Rough Diamond Poetry @rough-diamond1.bsky.social · Jun 20

SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN!

Our latest anthology will be called "100 poems for the 21st Century" and we can't wait to put all this together!

We are remaining open for submissions until 31st July but will be accepting poems along the way.

send poems in the body of an email to [email protected]

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Rough Diamond Poetry @rough-diamond1.bsky.social · Jun 13

We are still open for our next anthology...

100 poems for the 21st century

Get sending those submissions! 😍

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Rough Diamond Poetry @rough-diamond1.bsky.social · Jun 13

We are still open for our next anthology...

100 poems for the 21st century

Get sending those submissions! 😍

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Rough Diamond Poetry @rough-diamond1.bsky.social · Jun 8

beautiful photos!

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