David Atkinson

That's perhaps what I should have said. But that would have opened the door to a debate about who is the biggest, or even the definition of biggest...

The gifts from our kids we cherish most are those they put their heart into. I have a jar of pebbles with words written on each, Kate Dempsey has this

'It's what you put into it' from her collection 'the space between'

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Thank you, I'm glad you are enjoying the poems ❤

That's what it's all about.

If you see something that makes you smile, think, something that moves you - repost so others can enjoy it too.

Liz Berry is a great place to start. 😊

I am going to need a bigger boat...

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Nuclear

I have spent the last couple of days with 'Chic to be Sad', the brilliant second collection by @mollytwomey.bsky.social

If you haven't read it, read it. If you have read it, tell others about it.

If you haven't read 'Raised by Vultures', read it first ❤️

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They are a powerful writer and performer. Their collection 'Surge' is highly recommended.

YouTube video by T. S. Eliot Prize Jay Bernard reads from 'Surge'

After listening to Jay Bernard sing ‘Songbook’ every time I read it now I sing it too.
At 6:12 on the link below, but you really should listen to it all – they will give you goosebumps

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This by @weekathy.bsky.social for National Poetry Day
'Highs Gone Low'
A powerful performance, goosebumps listening to this

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Thank you. Just discovered The Verb recently. Listening back to all the old episodes. Haven't got to that one yet. I will check it out 😊

The poem 'Justice' by Langston Hughes

This is my favourite Langston Hughes poem. He says so much in 4 lines, and the weight of the word 'perhaps' in the last line does not go unnoticed.

Posting on the 1955th day since George Floyd was murdered. Little has changed, things are probably worse

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With just 18 words ❤️

Stars on the beach and clouds on the grass ☁️✨

She is an astonishingly brilliant poet, she takes writing about the natural world to somewhere others can only dream of

I was chatting to a friend tonight about how, as children, we would lie on the grass and look up at the clouds and the sky.

We should do this more.

Reminded me of this poem by Mary Oliver

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Captures the scene and the emotion perfectly 🙏

This poem builds beautifully. I think we have all been here, beside this bed. For me it was my father, an ice cube in gauze rather than pineapple...

'To A Friend Who Does Not Believe In God'

- by José A. Alcántara

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It still stands up over 2 centuries later ❤️

'Music'

- Percy Bysshe Shelley

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Sometimes you read a poem and the first couple of lines are so good you don't want to read any further.

Here... the first line... and then the second... Oh my!

But read on, the rest is great too

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Just left my youngest daughter off to uni 3 weeks ago...
Was almost as tough as the day she didn't want to hold my hand anymore...

There is something hauntingly beautiful in this juxtaposition of sadness and hope

'Although the wind'
- Izumi Shikibu

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Thank you. It's a great poem. She says something powerful very delicately ❤️

On the day I found out I have two poems shortlisted for the Frances Browne Poetry Competition (Ulster Scots), just taking a moment to reflect on all minority languages.

This poem by Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill says it better than I can

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Worth exploring more of her poetry 😊

Used book stores and charity shops can be treasure troves of poetry books ❤️

I have been a long admirer of Margaret Atwoods prose, but just recently discovered her poetry. It is just as good

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'Just as parting is the moment of realising the true depth of one's love, the importance of rythmn is only felt when the rhythm is broken'

- Lee Seong-bok

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YouTube video by Wendy Pratt Writing Books from the Margin April 23 Author Event - Liz Berry - The Home Child

to save you looking - Liz reading from, and talking about, her collection 'The Home Child' www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzKl...