Deryn Rees-Jones

@notjustdancing.bsky.social

Poet, editor, critic https://liverpooluniversitypress.blog/tag/pavilion-poetry/ https://www.serenbooks.com/seren-author/deryn-rees-jones/ https://thamesandhudson.com/paula-rego-the-art-of-story-9780500021378

Pleased that Gurminder Sikand has two early paintings in the group show 'Diaphanous' at Indigo+Madder in London. Thursdays to Saturdays, or by appointment, till 20th June 2026.

On Monday I’m talking about Rilke with Karen Leeder, a brilliant & generous translator and thinker. We’ll be talking about correspondences between poets and how generative they can be (I’m working on Tsvetaeva’s poems addressed to Rilke): www.hausfuerpoesie.org/en/program/i...

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Das Haus für Poesie (ehemals Literaturwerkstatt Berlin) fördert und unterstützt seit seiner Gründung 1991 alle Bereiche der Literatur, insbesondere die Dichtkunst, sowohl als geschriebenes Wort als au...

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This news has shocked me to the core. I have been carrying around a proof of Marsman’s recent ‘On Another Planet They Can Save Me’ like a talisman since I read it. ‘Life is suffering, and more importantly, suffering is Life!’

Deryn Rees-Jones@notjustdancing.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Deeply sad to hear news that Lieke Marsman died yesterday: we had the privilege of publishing @pavilionpoetry.bsky.social ‘The Following Scan will Last Five Minutes’, trans. Sophie Collins. Lieke was a force of intellect and brilliance. I’m thinking of those close to her today #LiekeMarsman

Tickets are still available for our evening of discussion and readings from Blake Morrison and Sinéad Morrissey. These award-winning writers will be discussing the different ways poetry and memoir approach truth-telling. Grab your tickets before they're gone at the link in our bio.

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I could no more believe the sap insensible than I believe the dead are broken branches, and all their self-songs censored or extinguished. Carol Rumens (1944-2026) (‘Nant y Garth’ from ‘Bezdelki’, 2018, The Emma Press - winner of the Michael Marks Award)

Nant y Garth
As the bus wound its way up Nant y Garth it was as if the birchwoods either side were gathering height. I heard their choirs amassing: bass, tenor, alto, soprano, entering one by one, like green combers, cliffs of melody, with depths and peaks I couldn't fully sense, but knew sang gladness - gladness of the wakened branches, and peeled buds, and leaves called to the sun for the first time, to stream into their year - no, their much-less-than year - of darkening grace.
I could no more believe the sap insensible than I believe the dead are broken branches, and all their self-songs censored or extinguished.

Hugely honoured to have my debut collection coming out next spring, alongside two other fabulous-looking books! If you might want to book me for a reading or workshop next year, do drop me an email or message. #NationalPoetryDay #PoetryUK #VietnamesePoet

Pavilion Poetry@pavilionpoetry.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Celebrating #NationalPoetryDay and our 2026 collections – Divinations on Survival by Natalie Linh Bolderston @natlinhbolderston.bsky.social, Here & Thereafter by Alice Miller, and Against Falling by Linda Anderson. Available to pre-order from Friday the 10th October! bit.ly/Pavilion26

Three book covers appear against a starry mountain night backdrop. Left: purple cover, Divinations on Survival by Natalie Linh Bolderston. Center: grey cover, Here & Thereafter by Alice Miller. Right: green cover, Against Falling by Linda Anderson. Each has a small domed building icon below, the Pavilion Poetry icon.

Our collections our now available to purchase on the LUP website! Find out more here: bit.ly/PavilionPoet...

Pavilion Poetry@pavilionpoetry.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Celebrating #NationalPoetryDay and our 2026 collections – Divinations on Survival by Natalie Linh Bolderston @natlinhbolderston.bsky.social, Here & Thereafter by Alice Miller, and Against Falling by Linda Anderson. Available to pre-order from Friday the 10th October! bit.ly/Pavilion26

Three book covers appear against a starry mountain night backdrop. Left: purple cover, Divinations on Survival by Natalie Linh Bolderston. Center: grey cover, Here & Thereafter by Alice Miller. Right: green cover, Against Falling by Linda Anderson. Each has a small domed building icon below, the Pavilion Poetry icon.