Annest Gwilym
@annestgwilym.bsky.social
Poet, nature lover, Cymraes. 🏴 Widely published, nominated/winner of writing awards/prizes. Author of four poetry books. My fourth - Contemplation of Roses - is now available from Lapwing Publications on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0HG7ZY1Z4
'Poppies in October', by Sylvia Plath. I only wish I could write like this. #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #poetsofbluesky #poetsonbluesky #blueskypoets #october #sylviaplath #poemsaboutoctober
Congratulations to October’s Poetic Voice getting book of the month at the Poetry Kit 👏👏👏 Read Annest’s Poetic Voice feature here shorturl.at/4OQzw
The Book Bag: Poetic Voices – October 2026
Autumn is in full flow. The bronze and gold leaves are constantly drifting along the paths and fields. With the arrival of October, it is time to warmly welcome October’s Poetic Voice. This month, …
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Annest Gwilym@annestgwilym.bsky.social · 4d agoYipee, I've just found out that Contemplation of Roses has been made Book of the Month for October at the Poetry Kit - wonderful news since apparently the competition was stiff (scroll down below): #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #poetsofbluesky #blueskypoets #poetsonbluesky www.poetrykit.org
Yipee, I've just found out that Contemplation of Roses has been made Book of the Month for October at the Poetry Kit - wonderful news since apparently the competition was stiff (scroll down below): #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #poetsofbluesky #blueskypoets #poetsonbluesky www.poetrykit.org
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A poem from my new book Contemplation of Roses about #October Art by Vincent van Gogh. #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #poetsofbluesky #poetsonbluesky #blueskypoets #autumn
Let’s share a warm welcome for the latest featured poet in the Poetic Voice series, the excellent @annestgwilym.bsky.social
Paul@paulwritespoems.bsky.social · last wk.Happy National Poetry Day to all! Its the first of the month, Autumn is in full swing and it's time to welcome an excellent Poetic Voice to The Book Bag. Part 1 features four poems (3 from their new book) and an indepth interview. Take ten, settle in and read the feature here...
"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns." George Eliot 🖼️ Eliot Hodgkin #autumn #october #botanicalart
The work of Rathika Ramasamy, India's first internationally celebrated female wildlife photographer #womensart
#Poetry #Painting #AutumnTrees Fall, leaves, fall; die, flowers, away; Lengthen night and shorten day; Every leaf speaks bliss to me Fluttering from the autumn tree. - Emily Brontë 🎨 Maxfield Parish
I'm taking a short break from here, I'll be back soon. Image: Decadent young woman. After the dance. By Ramon Casas.
Just a gentle reminder that my poetry book Contemplation of Roses is still available from the link below. Very grateful if you could buy or leave a review. 👇
Annest Gwilym@annestgwilym.bsky.social · 2mo agoMy fourth book of poetry, Contemplation of Roses, published by Lapwing Publications is now available from: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0HG7ZY1Z4 'Rich in sensory imagery and rooted in both place and imagination, this collection celebrates the extraordinary within the everyday.' —Jim Bennett
Afternoon plans: reading a new poetry book whilst waiting for the roofers to come and fix my roof. Image: 'Woman Reading in an Interior', by Carl Holsøe.
Blackberries Spilling from Tin Cup, Carducius Ream.
Airborne by Andrew Wyeth, 1996. Tempera painting on panel.
Mabon is a modern Pagan festival marking the autumn equinox, when day and night are nearly equal. A celebration of harvest, gratitude and nature’s slow turn towards winter, its modern name was taken from Mabon ap Modron, a figure in medieval Welsh legend. #FolkloreSunday
An older poem of mine, from my first book 'Surfacing'. Published by Disability Arts Cymru (DAC) in 2018 in their anthology 'Out of Sight', which was about MH. #poetsofbluesky #poetsonbluesky #blueskypoets #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #mentalhealth
Available from: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0HG7ZY1Z4
Annest Gwilym@annestgwilym.bsky.social · 3mo agoA poem which will be appearing in my new poetry book - 'Contemplation of Roses' - publication date tbc. First published in Reach Poetry. Image by Jessica Vergeer. #poetsofbluesky #poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky #blueskypoets
A review of my new book Contemplation of Roses by @craftygreenpoet.bsky.social (Juliet Wilson): craftygreenpoet.blogspot.com/2026/09/cont... Available from: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0HG7ZY1Z4 #poetsofbluesky #poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky #blueskypoets #poetryaboutwales
Contemplation of Roses by Annest Gwilym
Contemplation of Roses is the latest collection from Welsh poet Annest Gwilym. The opening poem Spring ends: 'birds are loud / in trees ...
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A bright splash of autumn flowers for this quiet Sunday. Painting by Eliot Hodgkin. #eliothodgkin #botanicalart #art #stilllife
Poem for Women Wednesday It All Comes Back To Me Now Dr. Maya C. Popa Theirs is a wisdom suspended in feeling: they are always at the beginning/about what love means in the making/Here I am, filled out by happiness I could not otherwise have earned. God forbid I hadn't taken every last wrong turn.
"When lofty trees I see barren of leaves, ... Then of thy beauty do I question make, That thou among the wastes of time must go, Since sweets and beauties do themselves forsake And die as fast as they see others grow" (Sonnet XII) 🎨 John Atkinson Grimshaw #ShakespeareSunday
'...and the fox cannot defend himself from wolves. One must therefore be a fox to recognise traps, and a lion to frighten wolves.' -Machiavelli This Saturday marks 610 years since one of the Medici entered the world, #BookWormSat will travel back in time to the Renaissance! 🦁
