Huge thank you to @newwritersuk.bsky.social and @jlmmorton.bsky.social for choosing my poem ‘Sonata for the Arrival of Housemartins’ as runner up in the New Writers Poetry Competition 2026.
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Check out the winners of the New Writers Poetry Competition 2026, as selected by our fantastic head judge, JLM Morton @jlmmorton.bsky.social Full results: newwriters.org.uk/poetry-resul... Thank you to everyone who entered; we loved reading your poems! #poetry #poetrycompetition
B O R R O W E D G R O U N D ✨️ My new poetry collection Borrowed Ground is out now! Available from all the very best bookshops and direct via @brokensleepbooks 📚 www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...
Borrowed Ground, my new poetry collection officially launches today! No books yet (thanks Royal Mail) but I have words, lots of them, come hear me read 8pm, along with Elontra Hall, Amaury Wonderling, Christine Patridge and Jean Stevens 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/broken-sle...
Broken Sleep Books August 2026 Launch
Readers: Elontra Hall, E Walker, JLM Morton, Amaury Wonderling, Christine Partridge, Jean Stevens
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Excitement building for Stroud's inaugural poetry festival (well, to nitpick, first for 35 years!) - if you'd like to support poets and all that they give, check out the programme here... www.dobunnipoetryfestival.co.uk/events
Event Tickets in Stroud Gloucestershire — Dobunni Poetry Festival
Book event tickets for the Dobunni Poetry Festival. The festival is organised by Dialect in partnership with the Gloucestershire Poetry Society and supported by Stroud Arts Festival.
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A lovely opportunity here for a writer based in the Cotswolds... www.dialect.org.uk/blog/stone-a...
Stone & Sky — Dialect
Dialect is delighted to be partnering with Cotswolds National Landscapes on Stone & Sky, a new Writer in Residence scheme that invites a writer from an underrepresented community to spend nine mon...
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Just your friendly reminder that our call out for writers in Stroud District closes Sunday 12th July! www.dialect.org.uk/blog/call-fo...
Call for Writers: Imagining the Near Future — Dialect
Dialect is seeking four writers from across the Stroud District to join the next round of Weight of Light , our co-creativ e artist led project exploring how our communities might live and adapt i...
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Another in my series of Gloucestershire poets, this is Juliette Morton photographed near the mighty River Severn. Juliette has written with the river as an inspiration @jlmmorton.bsky.social #portrait #poet #river #severn #photography
3rd shout out for this call. Deadline is in 3 months and 4 days. The meeting is going to be amazing! Molecules Unlimited! @jlmmorton.bsky.social
Stephen Paul Wren@moleculesunlimited.bsky.social · 5mo ago2nd announcement of the 12th online Molecules Unlimited meeting - see below. Eighteen and a bit weeks to get your poems in &/or your registrations. Please join the party and share/re-post! Thanks.
So much magic, mayhem and merriment in Stroud this weekend, inc the standing of a new stone // whole town a portal // Beltane trance state activated 🌼
1st announcement of Molecules Unlimited online meeting #12. Guest reader: The amazing @jlmmorton.bsky.social Theme: Land Wed Oct 14th 7pm Email stephenwren62@gmail.com by Sep 14th to register/read a poem ☺️
Our final partner feature is @dialectwriters.bsky.social - a collective offering learning and publication opportunities to aspiring, emerging and experienced writers in rural and edgeland places.
Run by @jlmmorton.bsky.social and @crappyliving.bsky.social, Dialect are focused on building good quality learning and development opportunities that help those writers tell their stories. Learn more on their website dialect.org.uk and sign up for their newsletter to stay in the loop.
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Scarlet elf cups / Late Warning, a pome from the latest @poetrybrum 🍄 I love how these crimson bowls pop up in the winter woods 🍅 . . #poetry #fungi #scarletelfcup
Shadows & Reflections: At Snowshill, Gloucestershire — home of eccentric architect, artist-craftsman and poet Charles Wade — @jlmmorton.bsky.social muses on frivolity www.caughtbytheriver.net/2026/01/shad...
Caleb Simon - what an incredibly acute eye for a young critic youtu.be/jahemW83-AQ?...
Caleb Simon reviews ‘Wellwater’ by Karen Solie
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I've a lot of love for Black Iris journal and delighted to have a new poem in the latest issue, out today 🖤https://www.blackirispoetry.com/the-waxwings-are-so
The Waxwings Are So — — Black Iris
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Last shout for Monday evening's midwinter writing workshop - online 6.30pm - 8.30pm, pay what you can £15-25. www.dialect.org.uk/coursesworks...
Winter Solstice Writing Workshop — Dialect
A seasonal check in with your writerly self. This winter solstice workshop is a moment to take stock as the sun stands still, to do away with what no longer serves you and call in that which you need ...
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With just 6 days left to go on our Crowdfunder we could do with a boost from our supporters! This is a tough time for small press publishers, but we'd love to keep bringing collaborative literature to life at Dialect Press. Thank you x www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/dialectpress
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A new hybrid eco/essay/poem commissioned for the latest Poetry Birmingham. With thanks to editor Paul Robert and Naush Sabah for the invitation and all the hard work that goes on behind the scenes. poetrybirmingham.com/jlm-morton-w...
Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal – Issue 11.5 – JLM Morton – Wonder As Liberation Practice — Poetry Birmingham
Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal – Issue 11.5 – JLM Morton – Wonder As Liberation Practice
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REPEATING PATTERNS ⚡️ a new poem in @poetry_london something to brighten the day - hard to imagine that steamy spot when it's so wet and dark here! Poems, eh? Nothing for months then three come along at once. W massive heartwarm thanks to editor @niallcpoetry surely one of the nicest folk in poetry🙏
AFTER THE BURIAL × a new poem in Issue 2 of @aftershockpoetry in memory of my cousin, who took his own life earlier this year. With thanks to Max Wallis - loving the energy and urgency of Aftershock. So many poetry heroes in this issue, a proper banger 💥
Featuring the amazing tutors: 🪻🌜 Sarah Wardle, Jess Traynor (@jesstraynor.bsky.social), Carrie Etter (@carrieetter.bsky.social), JLM Morton (@jlmmorton.bsky.social), Samatar Elmi, Jenny Wong (@jenwithwords.bsky.social)
Our Spring Term is now live & we’ve got a whole host of brilliant tutors & poetry courses lined up, so be sure to book promptly to avoid disappointment. Our handy Quick Course Guide is linked in bio, where you’ll find everything you’ll need to know… poetryschool.com/new-courses/... 🪻🌜
Spring 2026 – Quick Course Guide • Poetry School
Check out our Quick Course Guide for the Spring 2026 term which will help you pick a course to take at the Poetry School.
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Poetic Mapping workshop - booking open now 👇 Blending creative cartography with lyrical writing, participants will create personal or collective ‘maps’ – of neighbourhoods, childhood places, imagined futures, or inner worlds – using poetry as compass. poetrysociety.org.uk/event/online...
Online Writing Workshop: Poetic Mapping with JLM Morton – The Poetry Society
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