I literally don’t know a single woman who hasn’t been raped, stalked, groped, harassed, or sexually violated in some way at some point in their life. If you choose to doubt and dox survivors, just know every woman in your life is disgusted by you.
Tessa Foley
@tessafoley.bsky.social
Poet. New-ish collection available from Live Canon https://www.livecanon.co.uk/store/product/try-to-find-me-tessa-foley
My poetry burlesque fantasia Fickle Puck is at @midlandsfringe.bsky.social THIS WEEKEND! Thanks @tessafoley.bsky.social for the pic. Saturday 25 July 2026 5.45pm, The Pack, 25-26 Queen Square, Mander Centre, Wolverhampton, WV1 1TQ. Turn up, pay-as-you-feel www.midlandsfringe.co.uk/shows/25thju...
You might need this little soapstone carving of a whale today… (1200-1600 CE, Chumash culture, California, held at Musée des Beaux Arts, Montreal)
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Reading at an especial fave venue, for an especial fave night TOMORROW: Southsea Sound’s Originals Only! It’s a tradition whenever I read there, I write something brand new exclusively for that particularly special audience. This time is no exception… Be there for that plus amazing musical acts!
30th June Edge of the Wedge Southsea £7 tix www.wedgewood-rooms.co.uk/events/2026-...
WELL LAIRY : Acoustic folk punk and more at The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth on 30 Jun 2026
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Tessa Foley@tessafoley.bsky.social · 5mo agoC O M I N G S O O N #portsmouth #poetry #music
W E L L L A I R Y It’s coming soon It’s end of June with Halliwell tunes and much much … err… more. Edge of the Wedge, Southsea Only 7 squid for a night of music and poetry.
W E L L L A I R Y It’s coming soon It’s end of June with Halliwell tunes and much much … err… more. Edge of the Wedge, Southsea Only 7 squid for a night of music and poetry.
I voted Green. I’m already tired of being blamed for the fact that Reform has won seats. There are so many reasons that Reform has won seats. The fact that some people like me felt so deeply and profoundly letdown by Labour that they could no longer vote for them is just one of those reasons.
@poetrysociety.bsky.social @poetryschool.bsky.social #freeversebookfair after party. Glyn Maxwell @tessafoley.bsky.social Anne Cooper Sue Johns Hannah Mueller Lydzia Englert.
I won this year’s Keats-Shelley Poetry Prize for my poem ‘Night Canoe on Lake Sandoval’! Thank you Deryn one of the judges & for these pics of the prize ceremony
Deryn Rees-Jones@notjustdancing.bsky.social · 6mo agoCongratulations to @pascalepetit.bsky.social winner of this year’s Keats-Shelley Poetry Prize for her poem ‘Night Canoe on Lake Sandoval’ keats-shelley.org/prizes/keats... #keats #poetry #shelley #KSMA
#TheDeeperRead 11 drops tomorrow: a close reading of "Clearing Dad's Shed" from @matriches.bsky.social Collecting the Data from Red Squirrel Press. Great to feature a fellow drey-dweller! Please like and subscribe: substack.com/@suzannafitz...
Showtime! Helping at the @poetryschool.bsky.social MA open day with a table groaning with tutor and graduate publications, and this is just a selection! Glyn Maxwell and Meryl Pugh are running sample seminars, Artistic Director James Trevelyan is here, and @tessafoley.bsky.social islogistics queen.
#TheDeeperRead 10 drops tomorrow, featuring Anne Stewart's "Body Language" from her Oversteps Books collection The Janus Hour. Please like and subscribe at substack.com/@suzannafitz..., it's free!
www.samszanto.com/blog For those who don't know me very well, I'm Sam, a writer and PhD researcher. When I'm not doing those things, I have a blog helping indie writers promote their latest books, because as the author of 3 of them I know how hard that is! If you have one to promote, get in touch.
Ghislaine Maxwell, a convicted child sex trafficker, gets gardening time, sports, therapy dogs, and spa products in prison. Migrant children in custody are sleeping on concrete floors without enough food or clean water. Our priorities are so fucked.
This week's #TheDeeperRead drops 8am Friday and features "The family tartan" by fellow Poetry School MA graduate Kevin Scully, which won the inaugural Ashdown Forest Poetry Prize in 2024. Please subscribe and share if you like, it's free! open.substack.com/pub/suzannaf...
We know prizes are bullshit! They’re just taste cosplaying as authority. So we stripped away the lie & left the contradiction standing. No prestige. Just cash. We'll pick our favourite poems & won't pretend we're doing anything else! #TheBrokenSpineAward #ByPoetsForPoets #PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky
But… but is there *ANY* way this could be a woman’s fault…?
When your poetry reading was so bad Dracula refuses to bite you and throws you straight out.
![A picnk square with a yellow glowing centre. White text at the top reads 'January Writing Tip 10' Text in the middle of the square reads 'In that first, often dragging lull of the New Year starting, I scour my files for poems that I've written and forgotten. I re-work them all lightning-fast until I've got something that a] banishes that 'left-over' status they 'gave off' before; b] begins to delight/disturb me in a way that tells me I might be on to something. This means I start the year with a file full of fresh poems and possibilities.' The quote is from Matthew Caley.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qoei5p7vuielfishfihhccbk/bafkreif6f5bzcnrfxwwuqab2jk4nqbvtsewbqdqrxoq225jnsbrksb5i4e)
One day, if we are lucky, the erasure of American history will itself be remembered as a shameful chapter in American history
Philadelphia Inquirer@inquirer.com · 9mo agoTICKETS NOW ON SALE! “Let’s go together” A workshop on the poetry of friendship with Tessa Foley as part of Portsmouth Bookfest. Friday 27th February, 2026 Start time: 2:00pm 18 and over #portsmouth #portsmouthbookfest #poetry #poetryworkshop #friendship wegottickets.com/event/682850...
"Let's go together"
Explore how poets celebrate friendship—its quirks, flaws, and unique moments. We’ll read a diverse range of poets, write our own friendship poems through guided exercises, and share them with the grou...
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