"The Unappeasable Host," written by W.B. Yeats in 1896 and later appearing in the collection "The Wind Among the Reeds." Support the International Yeats Society by becoming a member today! internationalyeatssociety.org/members/
Thanks so much to @pictura.bsky.social for publishing my poem “Reclamation” in the latest issue of Pictura Journal. picturajournal.com/issue-seven/...
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I. Your empire was bounded by vinous sinews—put to bed in your spare room,granadilla, monster-prince, guarded my window. In the morning, hot fragrance caught us—rosemary’s muscular scented root,fractu...
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Congrats to the winners! Their waterfords are lovely.
waterford rhyme@waterfordrhyme.bsky.social · 6d agoCondolences to the other longlisters, but that alone was a huge achievement. Our judge struggled to single out ten winners because the standard was so high. But here they are: waterfordrhyme.com/#winners2026 One of these will be announced as ‘the waterford of the year’ at our event on August 29th.
Today is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Elizabeth Jennings. Here she is on summer and angst, from The Animals' Arrival (1969). #poetry
Very pleased to see my poem “People ask me why I am terrified of mice” on the Dark Poets Club website following an honourable mention in their “dark humour, bitter irony” challenge. www.darkpoets.club/poetry
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Dark Poets Club is a featuring poetry collective for established and emerging writers to submit and get their work featured. Focusses on raw and emotional poets and poetry with an aim to raising menta...
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Excited to see my poem “The swifts” in the lovely new issue of “Right Hand Pointing”! Check the issue out here: www.issues.righthandpointing.net/164 Thank you @ambidextrouslit.bsky.social
Right Hand Pointing #164 Summer 2026
Short poetry and short fiction since 2004.
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I stand neither in the wilderness nor fairyland but in the fold of a green hill the tilt from one parish into another… —Kathleen Jamie, “The Wishing Tree” SELECTED POEMS (Picador, 2018) #BookWormSat #poem #poetry www.panmacmillan.com/authors/kath...
Very pleased to be longlisted in this year’s waterford competition! Thank you @waterfordrhyme.bsky.social
Using Fathers’ Day as an excuse to post a link to one of my favourite poems. A classic that has stayed with me since I studied it at school.
Digging
Between my finger and my thumb The squat pen rests; snug as a gun. Under my window, a clean rasping sound When the spade sinks into gravelly ground: My…
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Thanks very much @lyradora.bsky.social for including my poem ‘Objectification’ in this summer solstice edition of Eternal Haunted Summer. Delighted to have it included alongside such great work.
Rebecca Buchanan@lyradora.bsky.social · 2mo agoEternal Haunted Summer is live! The theme this issue is not a specific pantheon, sacred tale, or season, but length; each #poem is 100 words, each #prosepoem is 300 words, and each #flashfiction is 500 words. Enjoy! #paganism #mythology #witchsky #polytheism eternalhauntedsummer.com/issues/summe...
Very happy to get an honourable mention in the Dark Poets Club “Dark Humour, Bitter Irony” mini-challenge! www.darkpoets.club/dhbi-results
Belated thanks to @neologismpoetry.bsky.social for publishing my poem “Transfiguration” in issue #106 alongside some great poets. Issue #107 is out now too.