A prose poem of mine, PALMAS, is a finalist for the Montreal International Poetry Prize. The piece comes out of my nineteen-year study of flamenco.
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Poet (Like to the Lark, Upswell Publishing; Glasshouses, UQP). One quarter of Hell Herons (The Wreck Event) 📚🌳🪩🌈 stuartabarnes.com
Stoked my poem ‘Learning to Sing: A Bird’s-eye View’ is a finalist for the 2026 Montreal International Poetry Prize. Thanks to everyone @montrealprize.bsky.social especially the judges. You can read finalist poems here (www.montrealpoetryprize.com/2026-competi...); warm congrats to all poets ❤️🔥
My poem ‘Immortal Jellyfish (Cnidarian VIP Mix)’ in The Weekend Australian. This remixes my poem ‘Immortal Jellyfish’ from Like to the Lark. In musical terms, a VIP is a Variation in Production created by the original artist; in biological, a Very Important Phylum. Thanks poetry editor Jaya Savige ❤️
Me on poetry, music, a support group & dancing in The Fortnightly Review. Thanks to Dispatches editor Cassandra Atherton for commissioning this ❤️ fortnightlyreview.substack.com/p/dispatch-f...
Dispatch from the Dance Floor: Collective Effervescence
Stuart Barnes discusses writing, dancing, healing, jellyfish, and The Cure.
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My poem ‘Spring Crocus’ in @austbookreview.bsky.social’s June issue which includes brilliant poems by @bdralyuk.bsky.social & Josephine Rowe & pays tribute to David Malouf & Dhoompoo Lionel Fogarty. Thank you fab poetry editor @felicity-plunkett.bsky.social & editors Georgina Arnott & Will Hunt 💜🧡💚
My poem ‘Red Right Handfish’ in Cordite Poetry Review’s PRECARIOUS issue. Thanks to guest editor Andy Jackson & production editor Alex Creece ❤️ Full issue: cordite.org.au/poetry/preca... Photo: Handfish Conservation Project @utas.edu.au @imas-utas.bsky.social @utasenglish.bsky.social #redhandfish
The 2026 Australian Book Review Peter Porter Poetry Prize longlist has been announced! As a judge this year together with Felicity Plunkett and Anders Villani, I am deeply grateful to all who entered for entrusting us with reading your poems. www.australianbookreview.com.au/prizes-progr...
2026 Peter Porter Poetry Prize
The longlist for the 2026 Peter Porter Poetry Prize has been announced Australian Book Review is delighted to announce the longlist for the 2026 Peter Porter Poetry Prize. The prize was judged by Judi...
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We’re back! After pestilence, after pain, after wholeness, after emptiness, after life, after death, after a long hiatus, Southerly, Australia’s oldest literary journal, has returned with issue 80.1 ‘First, The Future’. Purchase a copy of Southerly today: southerlylitmag.com.au/shop-subscri...
‘Odd Wren’s End-words’ contains thrilling codes and allusions, honouring, among others, Gwen Harwood plumwoodmountain.com/poem/odd-wre...
Odd Wren’s End-words - Plumwood Mountain
'Odd Wren’s End-words' by Stuart Barnes.
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My poem ‘Bound’ in the new issue of Plumwood Mountain Journal is in excellent company, starting with @stuartabarnes.bsky.social’s bristling anagrammatic ‘Odd Wren’s End-words’. Thanks to guest editors Shari Lynelle and Lucy Van, and editor Amanda Lucas-Frith plumwoodmountain.com/poem/bound/
Bound - Plumwood Mountain
'Bound' by Felicity Plunkett.
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I’ve an anagrammatic poem, ‘Odd Wren’s End-words’, in The Braided Gift, the latest issue of Plumwood Mountain Journal. Thanks to guest editors Shari Lynelle & Lucy Van & managing editor Amanda Lucas-Frith ❤️ plumwoodmountain.com/poem/odd-wre...
Odd Wren’s End-words - Plumwood Mountain
'Odd Wren’s End-words' by Stuart Barnes.
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Delighted to be a juror for the wonderful @montrealprize.bsky.social in 2026
Montreal International Poetry Prize@montrealprize.bsky.social · 12mo agoANNOUNCING THE FIRST JURY MEMBER OF THE 2026 MONTREAL POETRY PRIZE FELICITY PLUNKETT Felicity Plunkett is an award-winning poet and critic living in Sydney, Australia. Follow her @felicity-plunkett.bsky.social ! #poetry #PoetryPrize #poet #poem #englishpoetry #poetrycommunity
This month’s issue includes a previously unpublished poem by Dorothy Porter alongside poems by Mindy Gill and Peter Goldsworthy.
Australian Book Review@austbookreview.bsky.social · 12mo agoRead the new issue, out now.
Including poems by Charmaine Papertalk Green, Ellen van Neerven, Dženana Vucic and Toby Fitch
Australian Book Review@austbookreview.bsky.social · last yr.Read the new October issue, out now.
Lavender and Bee Brush Pen and Coloured Pencils on A5 Reference pic by @stuartabarnes.bsky.social #TheDrumAndPage #PentelFude #StaedtlerPencils
Happy and honoured to be appointed Poetry Editor with the wonderful @austbookreview.bsky.social and to work with editor Dr Georgina Arnott
Australian Book Review@austbookreview.bsky.social · last yr.ABR is delighted to announce the appointment of Felicity Plunkett as its new Poetry Editor.
After what has been, in layman's terms, a fornicatory disaster of a day, I needed to ground myself, which means a return to the simple things that give me joy. In this case, drawing flowers. This image was based on a photo by @stuartabarnes.bsky.social #TheDrumAndPage #ContinuousLineDrawing
This Friday, May 2nd, is Bandcamp Friday. From midnight to midnight PST, we'll once again waive our revenue share, ensuring more money goes directly to artists. Mark your calendars and get those wishlists ready!
🚃 Find this year's selection of Poetry Day Poems across various @irishrail.bsky.social DART services! Discover all Poetry Day Poems at poetryday.ie ⏳Counting Down: 8 Days to go! Poetry Day Ireland 2025 takes place on Thursday 1st May 2025. #PoetryDayIRL #MayDay
Duplex by Stuart Barnes The Australian poet's book Like to the Lark (Upswell Publishing, 2023), awarded the 2023 Wesley Michel Wright Prize in Poetry & shortlisted for the 2024 Australian Literature Society Gold Medal. Duplex was originally published in Modron Magazine (2024). #PoetryDayIRL
Poetry Ireland's Poet in Residence Anne Tannam welcomes @rte.ie to this year's Poetry Day Ireland celebrations. "Poetry lovers of the world, unite! Go on, spread a little poetry, spread a little hope." Read Anne's full article here: www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
Why do we turn to poetry? A poem for Ireland this May Day
Poet in Residence with Poetry Ireland Anne Tannam welcomes us to this year's Poetry Day Ireland celebrations...
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📣 Poetry Day Ireland returns 1st May 2025 with the theme May Day!🎉 #MayDay symbolises renewal, hope, & abundance, while also paying homage to International Workers’ Day, a time for reflection on solidarity, unity, & collective strength. ℹ️ Discover #PoetryDayIRL at poetryday.ie
The poets are Gabriel Rosenstock, Othuke Umukoro, Róisín Leggett Bohan, Enda Coyle-Greene, Rosamund Taylor, Lorna Shaughnessy, Jo Bear, Stephen de Búrca, Stuart Barnes, Alan Titley, Diarmuid Johnson, & Gormfhlaith Ní Shíocháin Ní Bheoláin. ✏️Learn more about Poetry Day Ireland 2025 at poetryday.ie
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🎉 Poetry Ireland is delighted to announce 12 poems will feature across the Irish Rail network and in libraries nationwide to celebrate Poetry Day Ireland on 1st May 2025. 🌞 Discover the #PoetryDayIRL Poems: www.poetryireland.ie/poetry-day/d... @irishrail.bsky.social #MayDay #PublicPoetry
This year’s Best of Australian Poems is a superb anthology, edited by luminaries Kate Lilley and @shastradeo.bsky.social. I’m very happy my poem ‘Tender’ is part of it, and in such good company.
