Benedicta Norell
@benedictan.bsky.social
Poet. Empowering midlife, eco & mother poetry. First collection coming 2027. Out now: Three Poems in Aftershock Issue 3| Debut Terrible Mother @theblackcatpoetrypress and Waterstones.com |Poems Linked Here: https://linktr.ee/benedictanorell
Direct, full-time jobs opening Rosebank oilfield would create: 450 D, f-t jobs opening Jackdaw gasfield would create: 27 D, f-t jobs in UK's net-zero economy: 300,000 + 400,000 more on the way D, f-t jobs in the rest of the green economy: 600,000 Is that really the hill Burnham wants to die on?
Certain numbers accompany us through our lives, connected to our memories of people and places, of significant events. What numbers remain with you decades later? And why? This poem is taken from Whatever You Do, Just Don't (HappenStance Press, 2023), my second full collection...
You know what doesn't cause apocalyptic skylines and wildfires? Solar panels. Can we stop burning fossil fuels and just start massively investing more in renewables and battery tech, please?
Linda Noskova holds the Venus Rosewater Dish over the balcony after winning the Wimbledon title. Beaming. 🥰🏆
THE MOMENT NAOMI OSAKA BEAT ARYNA SABALENKA TO REACH HER FIRST WIMBLEDON QUARTERFINAL. She looked like the world No. 1 today. Deserved. 🥹🥹🥹
Victoria doesn't have a book to sell just now, but Rishi and Mark (obviously) do! You can buy 'Cherry Blossom at Nightbreak' from @ninearchespress.bsky.social, and 'Hotel Petroleum' from @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social. And hey, maybe @salopress.bsky.social will consider reprinting 'Soi-même'?
... and here's where you can get yourself a copy of @betarish.bsky.social's 'Cherry Blossom at Nightbreak'. bit.ly/4eGDkl3
Cherry Blossom at Nightbreak | Nine Arches Press
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Anyway, go buy yourself some poetry. Here's the link to @fiddes.bsky.social's 'Hotel Petroleum' ... bit.ly/4w1WtUV
Mark Fiddes - Hotel Petroleum | Broken Sleep Books
Hotel Petroleum is Mark Fiddes's fourth collection, structured as a journey in three movements, Arrival, Occupancy, and Departure, through a world of expat dislocation, geopolitical emergency, and the...
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Speaking of first meetings, the launch of @fiddes.bsky.social's 'Hotel Petroleum' was also the occasion that brought he and I face to face in the same room for the first time. More incredible still, @betarish.bsky.social and I also met for the first time ... despite having known each other 16 years!
Can’t wait for Wave Twenty-Seven of @iamb.uk
𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟@markantonyowen.com · last mo.Other highlights of the evening at The Poetry Café were meeting @benedictan.bsky.social (look out for poetry from her in wave twenty-seven of @iamb.uk this autumn), and also chatting away like old friends with @jahshabby.bsky.social ... despite it being our very first meeting!
Absolutely thrilled to have 2 poems in The Aftershock Review. What a great place to be! I love this mag. Thank you @maxwallis.bsky.social. Here’s Tigers 🙂🐯
Very happy to receive my contributor copy of The Aftershock Review today! Thank you to editor @maxwallis.bsky.social for including three of my poems in the issue. And look at that line-up - I’m in great company 💜
Thrilled to have three poems published in the third issue of The Aftershock Review @maxwallis.bsky.social which I first discovered here. This review has meant so much to me since it started because after trauma there is still poetry. #poetry #blueskypoets
The deadline for registering new titles for PLR is coming up. Don't miss out money you've already earned from library loans! www.bl.uk/services/plr 'Are you a published author, illustrator, editor, translator or audiobook narrator? You could receive up to £6,600 per year from public library loans'
Public Lending Right (PLR) - authors, illustrators - British Library
Published authors, illustrators, editors, translators or audiobook narrators could could receive up to £6,600 per year from public library loans.
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There is now a bursary spot on this workshop for someone who truly couldn't afford to attend otherwise, sponsored by the lovely @benedictan.bsky.social! Email writetous@thewritingschool.co.uk to request it.
Atrium will OPEN a small but welcoming submissions window for new poems from midnight tonight... Full details to follow... Just so you know...
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Still open for poetry submissions for our latest anthology Mental Health Poetry. GET SENDING!
Happy Mother's Day (or not) to you from me and two other #poets @benedictan.bsky.social @dnwritespoetry.bsky.social #OneSizeDoesNotFitAllMothers #Substack karenpiercegonzalez.substack.com/p/one-size
Thank you for including my poem Terrible Mother in this Substack @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social #blueskypoets
Karen Pierce Gonzalez@karenpgonzalez.bsky.social · 3mo agoHappy Mother's Day (or not) to you from me and two other #poets @benedictan.bsky.social @dnwritespoetry.bsky.social #OneSizeDoesNotFitAllMothers #Substack karenpiercegonzalez.substack.com/p/one-size
A starter pack of #POETS & members of the #PoetryCommunity whom I've met at Open Mic events or who are otherwise committed to reciting #poemsaloud Check if you're in here. If I've missed you, mea culpa; shout me & I'll add you. If you're in by accident, apologies. Otherwise, please follow & repost🙏
FABULOUS NEWS! I'm going to write a monthly "Extinction Column" in Oxford Climate Society blog! 🧡 🔗 oxfordclimatesociety.com/blog (Photo Credit: An Yen | BKTT @ox.ac.uk)
I get really irritated when someone questions the cost of creative work. Oh, you hate capitalism? Me too. Talk to my landlord about it. Talk to a politician. Talk to your boss. Talk to literally anyone in power. Artists can't fix capitalism for you on top of everything else we have to do.
It’s a hard time out here for anyone who cares about anything
