Victoria Spires
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BotN & Pushcart nominated. Shortlisted/commended in various comps including Ledbury, Rialto (Third). Winner Alpine Fellowship Poetry Prize.
Pamphlet available from Salo Press:
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BotN & Pushcart nominated. Shortlisted/commended in various comps including Ledbury, Rialto (Third). Winner Alpine Fellowship Poetry Prize.
Pamphlet available from Salo Press:
https://www.salopress.com/store/soi-meme/
Sure. I find it fascinating, you've opened up some interesting thoughts and conversations, thank you. Although I'm a poet, it's not a world I understand much of. A lot of it with the bigger publishers feels quite murky (as in, not clear, rather than necessarily nefarious!)
December 8, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Sure. I find it fascinating, you've opened up some interesting thoughts and conversations, thank you. Although I'm a poet, it's not a world I understand much of. A lot of it with the bigger publishers feels quite murky (as in, not clear, rather than necessarily nefarious!)
Are all of them academics working in Creative Writing departments? What about those who aren't?
December 8, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Are all of them academics working in Creative Writing departments? What about those who aren't?
Hmm, interesting, thanks. Meanwhile, the writers on whose 'product' the funding is dependent are therefore presumably on the receiving end of low sales and poor royalties... when you put like that, the machine seems pretty off-kilter.
December 8, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Hmm, interesting, thanks. Meanwhile, the writers on whose 'product' the funding is dependent are therefore presumably on the receiving end of low sales and poor royalties... when you put like that, the machine seems pretty off-kilter.
Interesting Matthew, thanks for your transparency on your own sales... why do you think the 'bigger' publishers are not selling more? Is it more about personal networks?
December 8, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Interesting Matthew, thanks for your transparency on your own sales... why do you think the 'bigger' publishers are not selling more? Is it more about personal networks?
You're very welcome, it was a fun one 😌
December 8, 2025 at 9:43 AM
You're very welcome, it was a fun one 😌
Oh, Math! Goodness, how did I miss commenting on this last week when I was hosting! I'm so sorry! 🤦🏼♀️
I love it, especially these gorgeous last lines,
'All the other I was.
Living as a written thing.'
Thanks so much for sharing & sorry for the radio silence 😬❤️
I love it, especially these gorgeous last lines,
'All the other I was.
Living as a written thing.'
Thanks so much for sharing & sorry for the radio silence 😬❤️
December 8, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Oh, Math! Goodness, how did I miss commenting on this last week when I was hosting! I'm so sorry! 🤦🏼♀️
I love it, especially these gorgeous last lines,
'All the other I was.
Living as a written thing.'
Thanks so much for sharing & sorry for the radio silence 😬❤️
I love it, especially these gorgeous last lines,
'All the other I was.
Living as a written thing.'
Thanks so much for sharing & sorry for the radio silence 😬❤️
"that bouquet of flowers, at the tricky bend" ❤️ Such a delicate combination of directness and poignancy... superb, Ronnie 👏🏼
December 8, 2025 at 9:18 AM
"that bouquet of flowers, at the tricky bend" ❤️ Such a delicate combination of directness and poignancy... superb, Ronnie 👏🏼
Crikey Paul!! 20K! 🙌🏼😎
December 7, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Crikey Paul!! 20K! 🙌🏼😎
Beautiful tanka, Jen. Thanks so much for sharing it ☺️
December 7, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Beautiful tanka, Jen. Thanks so much for sharing it ☺️
A fitting end to the week's proceedings, Dave! 👏🏼 I'm not sure; I !think? this is my favourite, of the lot.
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December 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM
A fitting end to the week's proceedings, Dave! 👏🏼 I'm not sure; I !think? this is my favourite, of the lot.
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Well, I will have to have a look over there, then! Thanks David, stoked to have had a poem from you for this week's #promptcombo 😁
December 5, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Well, I will have to have a look over there, then! Thanks David, stoked to have had a poem from you for this week's #promptcombo 😁
So impish, these wayward scriptlings, David! Love this - I think it's the longest poem I've read of yours. I am picturing all sorts of impish, cunning creatures winking conspiratorially at me as I read 😁
December 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
So impish, these wayward scriptlings, David! Love this - I think it's the longest poem I've read of yours. I am picturing all sorts of impish, cunning creatures winking conspiratorially at me as I read 😁
So glad you could muster a poem for us, Gary, thank you! I think we are all waiting for those moments when the words just fly... ✍🏼🪽
December 5, 2025 at 8:41 PM
So glad you could muster a poem for us, Gary, thank you! I think we are all waiting for those moments when the words just fly... ✍🏼🪽
I think I might be going completely mad, Francis, but I almost detect a slight hint of The Lorax (Dr Suess) about this poem! Something about smoke-smuggered stars and poisoned fish. Thanks so much for your engagement with the prompt this week.
December 5, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I think I might be going completely mad, Francis, but I almost detect a slight hint of The Lorax (Dr Suess) about this poem! Something about smoke-smuggered stars and poisoned fish. Thanks so much for your engagement with the prompt this week.
A wonderful tripping, toe tapping, rhythmic poem, Dave! 😁🩰
December 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
A wonderful tripping, toe tapping, rhythmic poem, Dave! 😁🩰
"Chuck in some alliteration" - yeahhh!! 🙌🏼
December 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
"Chuck in some alliteration" - yeahhh!! 🙌🏼
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An evening of poetry| Readers: Rachel Jeffcoat, Katrina Moinet, Vanessa Napolitano, Benedicta Norell, Jen Feroze | Hosted by Victoria Spires
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One of the best feelings, when someone else's work shows you ways of doing things you didn't even know were possible.
December 5, 2025 at 9:53 AM
One of the best feelings, when someone else's work shows you ways of doing things you didn't even know were possible.
What lovely comments, thank you so much. It's to heartening also for me, to hear that another human recognises something of what I was trying to articulate here ❤️
December 5, 2025 at 9:40 AM
What lovely comments, thank you so much. It's to heartening also for me, to hear that another human recognises something of what I was trying to articulate here ❤️
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 The poem stolen, or the heart? Or both, perhaps. I'm glad you're enjoying the prompt ☺️
December 5, 2025 at 9:13 AM
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 The poem stolen, or the heart? Or both, perhaps. I'm glad you're enjoying the prompt ☺️