Susan Darlington

Artwork in black and white featuring a lone fir tree growing out of rocky ground

Study of a fir tree, c.1842 by Emily Brontë, best known for her classic novel 'Wuthering Heights' #WomensArt

A black background decorated with gold illustrations of branches, stars, swords, ravens, and tiny ghost shapes. In the centre, bold text reads: “BIRDS BUT THEY GET SPOOKIER EACH TIME.” Two ravens perch on bare branches at the bottom, with candles glowing beside them.

Birds but they get spookier each time. 🎃👻

Enter if you dare...🚪

psst... Only two days before submissions for the Glass Chapbook Series close.

Time's running out, fam

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All Hallows Eve Some seasonal ghostly poetry from subscribers to Sixty Odd Poets

A #SixtyOdd #poetry special in preparation for hallowe’en🎃

Contributions How to contribute to The Starbeck Orion

#TheStarbeckOrion Countdown: 2 days to go. Do you want to be a headliner? Have a whole day to your poetry and artwork? Contribute to this forthcoming October edition of The Starbeck Orion. Details below:
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I’m delighted to have two poems highly commended in this competition. Congratulations to all the winners; can’t wait to read them all in the upcoming anthology. 🐈‍⬛

#HeronOfTheDay

84. Gerry Stewart Finland based poet with a manga loving otter son.

Come over to Finland this morning to enjoy the #poetry of Gerry Stewart, a temporarily relocated Scotswoman who is this week's inductee to the order of the #SixtyOddPoets

Casual reminder that we're open for chapbook submissions all month long. Send in your loves and rages, your scars and scares, your humors and porpoises. Your weird visions of the future. We're here for it all, fam!

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UK fifth-worst country in Europe for loss of green space to development Exclusive: 1,680 football pitches of protected natural land in England, Wales and Northern Ireland lost in five years * ‘Desecration of landscape’: the fight over development in areas of outstanding natural beauty * Revealed: Europe losing 600 football pitches of nature and crop land a day Nature and farmland equivalent in size to that of the New Forest – 604 sq km – was lost to concrete and bricks and mortar in the UK between 2018 and 2023, according to an investigation by the Guardian and European partners. In the same period the loss of some of the most protected and special natural areas in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, known as national landscapes, reached 12 sq km; equivalent to 1,680 football pitches worth of natural land. Continue reading...

UK fifth-worst country in Europe for loss of green space to development

The Starbeck Orion Showcases The Poetry Of Maggie Mackay Day Fourteen Of Twenty-Five A Feast Of Word And Image

The Starbeck Orion Showcases The Poetry Of Maggie Mackay Day Fourteen Of Twenty-Five:
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A bad place to hang around…

#PhotoOfTheDay

Greatly looking forward to being part of this event on 18 September. Book a ticket for an #openmic slot or just to listen to some local writers. #Leeds

For this week's #PoemsAbout #Keepsakes and host @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk with thanks. Look forward to reading others later.

Miracle Cure: Poetry and Music from the North | Leeds Inspired A blend of original poetry and music performed by the poets and musicians who created it. With  a sprinkle of old favourites added. By The Poets of Esnoid, & Read to Write Poetry Group. Poets: Eleanor...

I spent yesterday afternoon in a pub discussing this and other interesting projects with the Poets of Esnoid. It's at Leeds Library a week on Saturday at 1.00. A fantastic victorian style venue, you actually have to ring the doorbell to gain admittance. It would be great to see you there. #Poetry

I had a ticket to see #LanaDelRey in 2020 but was left disappointed when the tour was cancelled. It was worth the wait when I finally got to see her in Liverpool this weekend.

Read my review in in Morning Star: morningstaronline.co.uk/article/home...

We are still open for our next anthology...

100 poems for the 21st century

Get sending those submissions! 😍

Ali Smith: a story True short storyThere were two men in the café at the table next to mine. One was younger, one was older. They could have been father and son, but there was none of that practised diffidence, none of ...

We're warming up for another One Hand Clapping event. Something bigger this time; a festival. In the meantime, I'd like to repost the work of some of our contributors.

Gig review: James at The Piece Hall Halifax There aren’t many bands that could make death sound uplifting. Yet this is what James achieved on ‘Moving On’, a song that deals with the passing of frontman Tim Booth’s mother, which he then proceeds...

"Turning unlikely subject matters into even more unlikely anthems was always the Manchester band’s forte" - @wearejames.bsky.social at @thepiecehall.bsky.social reviewed by @susandarlington.bsky.social for @yorkshirepost.co.uk
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Events The Last Corinthians Events London Launch Event Tuesday, June 17th, 7pm at The Devereux, 20 Devereux Ct, London, WC2R 3JJ with Vanessa Lampert, Ian Parks and Mat Riches Nottingham Launch Event Tues…

It's not too late to book a place for the free online launch reading by @matthewepaul.bsky.social - Tuesday 10th June 7pm on Zoom, book via crookedspirepress.com/events - with guest readings by Cliff Yates and @shashtrevett.bsky.social

Submissions We are open for submissions We are open for poetry submissions for our next poetry anthology “100 poems for the 21st Century.” However you take this is up to you – the more variet…

We are open for submissions and are on a reading mission today!

Our latest anthology 100 poems on the 21st Century is going to be amazing...GET YOUR SUBS IN! #poetry #poetrycommunity

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Gig review: Amelia Coburn at Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds The Middlesbrough singer-songwriter has a magnetic stage presence in an intimate setting.

"'See Saw’ does carry the gothic-folk of The Unthanks but she also has a more commercial edge" - Amelia Coburn at Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds reviewed by @susandarlington.bsky.social for @yorkshirepost.co.uk
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Bottoms up!

#PhotoOfTheDay

Shocked and excited to be named as one of the @hedgehogpress.co.uk winners. Couldn’t have woken up to better news of such a grey and blustery day!

Gig review: Throwing Muses at Brudenell Social Club, Leeds The Rhode Island alternative rock band stay true to founder Kristin Hersh’s singular artistic vision.

"The minimal nature of these tracks, on which cello is often the lead instrument, threatens to be upended by Abong’s love of the cymbal" - @throwingmuses.bsky.social at @nathbrudenell.bsky.social review by @susandarlington.bsky.social for @yorkshirepost.co.uk
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Gig review: Throwing Muses at Brudenell Social Club, Leeds The Rhode Island alternative rock band stay true to founder Kristin Hersh’s singular artistic vision.

Throwing Muses were one of the bands that defined my teenage years. They still have it. Read my review: www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art...

Gig review: Panic Shack at The Wardrobe, Leeds The Cardiff five-piece bring their punk-infused playfulness to West Yorkshire.

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Flyer for book launch in Doncaster on 7 June.

Four weeks till this 👇🏼

@vickygwriter.bsky.social

All welcome! Free!

Simon Armitage: ‘Our pace of life is unhelpful to nature, it’s burning it up’ Exclusive: Poet laureate says new book, inspired by wildlife at Cornish garden, is a plea for humans to slow down and reflect

I can take or leave most of Simon Armitage's poetry but he talks a lot of sense in this interview and the need to slow down and reflect.

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This poetry prompt generated an impressive range of responses. Take a read and consider writing your own piece for @zoomburst.substack.com