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Tap into Poetry Edition 18 is out now, featuring works from @ronita.bsky.social @coledone.com and @youcanandyouwill.bsky.social

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Please read my poem about a dominatrix.

Teeny thing (my first bit of poetry!) in @tapintopoetry.bsky.social - tapintopoetry.wordpress.com/2026/02/01/t...

DUNGENESS For Derek. Sacrificed for sexuality Martyred naked And in Latin A shattering of silence For the Silver Jubilee Roving Slits And Dr Dee And sometime between Caravaggio and Wittgenstein I found your diaries Of cottaging shrines On Hampstead Heath Hungry Passions Al Fresco Wanking And then back to the sea To confound the impossibility Of growing in the salty On the stony bony beach Declared desolate by passers-by You fertilised Put flesh upon the skeleton Revivified As you yourself were dying You found beauty Where others voiced disgust In everything they considered "ugly" "dreadful", "sinful" I see your naughty impish dignity * 44 * And then back to the sea To confound the impossibility Of growing in the salty On the stony bony beach Declared desolate by passers-by You fertilised Put flesh upon the skeleton Revivified As you yourself were dying You found beauty Where others voiced disgust In everything they considered "ugly" "dreadful", "sinful" I see your naughty impish dignity * 44 *

Prospect Cottage

Cover of Ice Cream for A Broken Tooth

It is Derek Jarman’s birthday - he died at 52 from AIDS related illness - he left behind a vast cache of art and beauty - I wrote this on the way to Prospect Cottage #lgbtq #derekjarman #poetry

Tap into Poetry Edition 18 is out now, featuring works from @ronita.bsky.social @coledone.com and @youcanandyouwill.bsky.social

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Check out these poems from Love Poems for Michael II, by Joan McNerney! Click the link below to read some more, and see where you can buy her collection 📚

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Check out these poems from Love Poems for Michael II, by Joan McNerney! Click the link below to read some more, and see where you can buy her collection 📚

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ALSO Quick Q, do you guys prefer submitting through emails or would you prefer a Google docs form? I'm trying to make the submissions page and process more user friendly and would love any feedback ✨️

I've been through so many submissions today! We love to see it! But did you know we've updated our submissions page? 🤔 Take a look at the themed editions with spaces still available!

Edition 19: The sense of touch (Out Feb 20th)

Edition 21: Native languages and mother tongues (Out March 20th)

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I have a few spaces left in our 'poems shorter than 15 lines' edition - send us your favourite haiku, senryu, and more!

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Do you enjoy a mix of poetry and photography? Then we have the perfect collection for you! Click the link below to check out a sample of Dreams of the Return, by Alan Bern 📸

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Tap into Poetry Edition 17 is out now! Check out 15 newly published poems from poets like: @shrutidhora.bsky.social and @cspatra.bsky.social

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waning gibbous moon
in anticipation
of darkness
#vss365

The books I took vs the books I bought this weekend in York 📚

Do you enjoy a mix of poetry and photography? Then we have the perfect collection for you! Click the link below to check out a sample of Dreams of the Return, by Alan Bern 📸

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A photo taken from the second floor. It faces a courtyard and a couple balconies and patios. There are bare trees behind the apartments and heavy fog filling the sky and tree tops.

Photo taken from my balcony. Palm trees are against a very foggy sky and some apartments. A couple of the palm trees in the back are partially hidden for the thick fog.

unfinished business
haunting lingers
heavy fog

🌫️👻
#haiku #micropoetry #fog #haunting

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Got something new in here! Check it out!

Tap into Poetry Edition 17 is out now! Check out 15 newly published poems from poets like: @shrutidhora.bsky.social and @cspatra.bsky.social

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I've received 30 submissions over the past 2 days - it's been so busy! But I really truly do appreciate when a submission includes a 'Thank you for doing what you're doing', it's so incredibly sweet and makes my time spent doing all this feel all the more worthwhile 💖

Cold bird spreads its wings /
glides away from lengthening /
shadows of twilight

#haiku #poem #bird #twilight

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of course! you can email it to us via tapintopoetry@gmail.com or you can view more info on our submissions page at tapintopoetry.wordpress.com

Personally, I enjoy a range of styles and themes, I'm not drawn to something specific, but when a poem grabs me - it grabs me good :)
Edition 18 is specifically for poems with 15 lines or less to give it a shake-up from our editions being usually unthemed

Emails are all caught up with ✔️
I have some extra space in Edition 17 (out 20.01.2026) if anyone has poems looking for a good home ✨️

Or you can go for Edition 18, which is specifically for short poems!

goooood afternoon everyone, doing some editing for edition 17 today and then will be catching up on emails soon 🎉

healing
is not soft.
it cuts away
what does not
belong.

[precision]

#poetry #micropoetry

A Red Leaf, by Yuu Ikeda from Edition 16 🍁🍂

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A Red Leaf, by Yuu Ikeda from Edition 16 🍁🍂

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