Reading at The Exchange Gallery in Penzance with The Mor Poets on my birthday! Then s an al fresco lunch at The Orangery. Note the new fishy earrings. ❤️ #poetry #poetrycommunity #penzance
Abigail Ottley
@abigailottley.bsky.social
Writes poetry & short fiction. Latest is new collection ‘Out of Eden’. Pushcart and Best of Net nominated. 2024: Plaza Prose Poem 2nd, Patricia Eschen Award 3rd, won Metro poem Comp. Twice winner of Wildfire 150. Loves books,dogs, & crafting.
Look what came today! My contributor copy of this beautiful literary and arts magazine in which my mate,”Catherine Leyshon also has work. I am particularly ‘tickled’ to find that my prose poem comes immediately after the work of no less a personage than Penelope Shuttle. 💐 #poetry #poetrycommunity
Early photos from the launch of ‘Out of Eden’ yesterday. A fabulous evening with @yaffles-nest.bsky.social in Penzance’s Acorn Theatre! #poetry #poetrycommunity #womenswriting
#FiLiA2025 speaker news! We are excited to announce THREE more speakers. With a session building on the work of #Feminist #filmmaker VAISHNAVI SUNDAR, we will be showing Vaishnavi's film, Behind The Looking Glass. 🎟️ filia.org.uk/tickets #BTLG #BehindTheLookingGlass
My collection ‘Out of Eden’ launches with Yaffle 14/5. To celebrate I am offering it at a reduced price of £10 until 20th May. For a 100 poem collection celebrating the strength & resilience of working class women that’s a bargain. Message me for details. 😀 #poetry #womenspoetry #prosepoetry
I’m delighted to have a poem in this beautiful anthology, which is a fundraiser for an animal charity. Exquisite illustrations by editor Karen Little (Kazvina Press). It’s available on Lulu. All proceeds go to the charity. This is the third such book. #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetryandanimals
Online launch party with readings. Free to attend. Details on The Selkie website. #poetry #poetrycommunity
A mini-retreat this weekend, writing and relaxing with writing colleagues, David and Dexter. A bit wetter than we hoped And noisier than we expected but still good. #poetry #poetrycommunity
For International Women’s Day and for Hecates everywhere. #internationalwomensday #poetry #poetrycommunity #penzance #Cornwall
I’m delighted to have this prose poem published today at Dark Poets Club. It will also be published in my collection ‘Out of Eden’ launching with Yaffle Press in May. #poetry #poetrycommunity
Big thanks to @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social and @clareshawpoet.bsky.social for another great January of poetry and prompts. Big love and thanks, too, to all the marvellous poets attending. Hope to see you all next year! #poetrycommunity
I’m very happy to be able to share the news that I am the winner of the recent Metro poetry competition which means that my poem for my mother is now up at Longbenton Metro Station, near Newcastle. Big thanks to the organisers & congrats to Thea Smiley & Ana Bolton. #poetry #poetrycommunity #pz
Congratulations to all involved in this excellent anthology published by Yaffle. My piece is shown here but I have lots of friends and colleagues between these pages too. A bargain at only £5! #poetry #poetrycommunity #yafflepress
I attended the online launch for this last night. Lovely work from @dislaney.bsky.social and @janeburn.bsky.social . Ideal gift for any dog-lover and obtained via the Valley Press website. #poetry #dogs #poetrycommunity
I’m thrilled to be one of the three poets featured in this year’s 12 Days of Christmas feature at Ink, Sweat &Tears. As always, the competition was intense. Happy New Year, everyone. inksweatandtears.co.uk/poetry/ #poetry #poetrycommunity
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Dexter is enjoying his very first Christmas and learning how to unwrap gifts. He is very glad to be home with us in Penzance instead of the rescue centre in Romania. ❤️ you, Dexter. #dogs #christmas #romanianrescuedogs
Remembering Percy Dog, who was a prince among pups and my best friend for a decade. Percy loved Christmas and was a first-class opener of gifts. Anybody’s gifts. Miss him. #dogs #faithfulfriends
I am so pleased and proud to have had a poem selected for the much-loved Christmas feature over at Ink, Sweat & Tears. My thanks to @helenivory.bsky.social and her team. So many fine poets on the list! I’m thrilled to be among them. My poem will appear 28th December. ❤️ 🎄 🎄 ❤️ #poetry #poetrycommunity
Delighted to have two prose poems up Culture www.culturematters.org.uk/to-market-to... You can access more example ms of my work at Chill Subs. 🙏
Me , nose down at work at at Fi Read’s ‘In Her Shoes’ writing workshop for 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence. You can see the red shoe we were writing about! #poetry #poetrycommunity #16daysofactivism
I’m delighted to have received my Plaza Prizes anthology in time for Christmas. Thanks Simon and thanks @carrieetter.bsky.social for selecting my prose poem as the second place prize-winner. #poetry #poetrycommunity
Thanks to Robin Barratt at Poetry For Nental Health for inclufding my work in this anthology. Its svsikable on Kindle too. amzn.eu/d/iBrYBCg #poetry #poetrycommunity #women’spoetry
www.facebook.com/share/17riyk... I’m thrilled to be in Ink, Sweat & Tears. My grateful thanks to the Fathima and Helen. #poetry #poets #prosepoetry
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"Evenings, she puts on her second-best hat skewered by a tortoise shell pin, buttons up her heart in her mohair coats and goes out to pick a bone with the moon." Today on the POEM ALONE blog, Widow's Walk by @abigailottley.bsky.social poemalone.blogspot.com/2024/11/abig...
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Evenings, she puts on her second-best hat skewered by a tortoise shell pin, buttons up her heart in her mohair coats and goes out to pick a ...
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