@stuartabarnes.bsky.social
Poet (Like to the Lark, Upswell Publishing; Glasshouses, UQP). One quarter of Hell Herons (The Wreck Event) πππ³πͺ© stuartabarnes.com
My poem βRed Right Handfishβ in Cordite Poetry Reviewβs PRECARIOUS issue. Thanks to guest editor Andy Jackson & production editor Alex Creece β€οΈ 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.Β
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Weβre back!
After pestilence, after pain, after wholeness, after emptiness, after life, after death, after a long hiatus, Southerly, Australiaβs oldest literary journal, has returned with issue 80.1 βFirst, The Futureβ.
Purchase a copy of Southerly today: southerlylitmag.com.au/shop-subscri...
βOdd Wrenβs End-wordsβ contains thrilling codes and allusions, honouring, among others, Gwen Harwood
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My poem βBoundβ in the new issue of Plumwood Mountain Journal is in excellent company, starting with @stuartabarnes.bsky.socialβs bristling anagrammatic βOdd Wrenβs End-wordsβ. Thanks to guest editors Shari Lynelle and Lucy Van, and editor Amanda Lucas-Frith
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Iβve an anagrammatic poem, βOdd Wrenβs End-wordsβ, in The Braided Gift, the latest issue of Plumwood Mountain Journal. Thanks to guest editors Shari Lynelle & Lucy Van & managing editor Amanda Lucas-Frith β€οΈ
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Delighted to be a juror for the wonderful @montrealprize.bsky.social in 2026
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Read the new issue, out now.
31.10.2025 00:27 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 1This monthβs issue includes a previously unpublished poem by Dorothy Porter alongside poems by Mindy Gill and Peter Goldsworthy.
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Sylvia Plath reading
Sylvia Plath, born 27th October, 1932
27.10.2025 08:28 β π 14 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Including poems by Charmaine Papertalk Green, Ellen van Neerven, DΕΎenana Vucic and Toby Fitch
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Read the new October issue, out now.
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Lavender and Bee
Brush Pen and Coloured Pencils on A5
Reference pic by @stuartabarnes.bsky.social
#TheDrumAndPage
#PentelFude
#StaedtlerPencils
Thank you @poetsorg.bsky.social and @randallmann.bsky.social for selecting this poem for the Poem A Day feature. ππ―
18.08.2025 13:18 β π 31 π 8 π¬ 0 π 0Happy and honoured to be appointed Poetry Editor with the wonderful @austbookreview.bsky.social and to work with editor Dr Georgina Arnott
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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!
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π Find this year's selection of Poetry Day Poems across various @irishrail.bsky.social DART services! Discover all Poetry Day Poems at poetryday.ie
β³Counting 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...
A poster designed for Poetry Day Ireland 2025. The poster has a deep green background with an illustrated sun at the top and spring flowers at the bottom. There is white text just above the centre of the poster that reads: Poetry Day Ireland May Day, Thursday 1 May 2025. #PoetryDayIRL, poetryday.ie
π£ Poetry Day Ireland returns 1st May 2025 with the theme May Day!π
#MayDay symbolises renewal, hope, & abundance, while also paying homage to International Workersβ Day, a time for reflection on solidarity, unity, & collective strength.
βΉοΈ Discover #PoetryDayIRL at poetryday.ie
The poets are Gabriel Rosenstock, Othuke Umukoro, RΓ³isΓn Leggett Bohan, Enda Coyle-Greene, Rosamund Taylor, Lorna Shaughnessy, Jo Bear, Stephen de BΓΊrca, Stuart Barnes, Alan Titley, Diarmuid Johnson, & Gormfhlaith NiΜ ShiΜochaΜin NiΜ BheolaΜin.
βοΈLearn more about Poetry Day Ireland 2025 at poetryday.ie
π 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.
π Discover the #PoetryDayIRL Poems: www.poetryireland.ie/poetry-day/d...
@irishrail.bsky.social #MayDay #PublicPoetry
Glossy and delightful Labrador apparently reading Best of Australian Poems 2024
This yearβs Best of Australian Poems is a superb anthology, edited by luminaries Kate Lilley and @shastradeo.bsky.social. Iβm very happy my poem βTenderβ is part of it, and in such good company.
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A stormy blue-grey sky with a barely visible rainbow
Quiet rainbow (especially for @stuartabarnes.bsky.social πβ€οΈ)
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My first review of the year is up on my blog. I write about Stuart Barnes' latest poetry collection, Like to the Lark.
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thanks Helen β the skies are so clear here π€
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