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Celebrating Student Success: Maisy Hicks - Durham University

Celebrating Student Success: Maisy Hicks Recognised in National Essay Competition - www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...

The gift Sometimes the recompense arrives so far ahead of what you'll give that you will fail to recognise the reciprocity, the love that circles in the universe: this life a grace advanced, its knack to meet requital with its cause - the offering up, the giving back.

Posting this exemplary poem by an exemplary poet, Kona Macphee, is something I love to do every few years or so. The smallness of it—but the immensity. Utterly beautiful poem-making.

British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures, Durham University

The School is inviting expressions of interest from potential candidates.

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I was really pleased to have been shortlisted for a Northern Writers Debut Award for Poetry, for the second year in a row. Congratulations to all the winners!

✨️So honoured to be featured as this month's @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social #SilverBranch poet 💎

Gratitude to EIC @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social for inviting me & curating this special selection of my work.

Do take a read: includes 13 new & exclusive poems + insights on my writing ✨️

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A digital artwork featuring an excerpt from the poem A Philosophy of Light by Hannah Linden. The background is a dark gradient with golden light particles scattered like stars or sparks. At the top, the poem’s title is written: 'A Philosophy of Light.' Below, in the centre of the image, the poem excerpt reads: 'Formed into darkness an octopus squeezes around the spaces of a shipwreck." At the bottom right corner, the author’s name appears: 'Hannah Linden©'.

'A Philosophy of Light' by Hannah Linden / @hannahl1n.bsky.social explores the quiet resilience of an octopus under a bloodmoon — a meditation on adaptation, cosmic indifference, and finding home in the dark.

Read now!
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Publication day for this beautiful anthology of poems about grief. Delighted to have a poem included alongside some gorgeous writing, and looking forward to reading it all. Thanks so much to the editors for all their thought and care.

A mood board video of my latest @ninearchespress.bsky.social poetry collection, Blackbird Singing at Dusk. If you’re looking for a lyrical exploration of the working class and female body within the rural, a bit of darkness, a bit of deep time, then you’ll likely like this collection.

Inspired partly by the eco-atrocity at Sycamore Gap, and partly by my admiration for the sycamore on the canal bank just beyond my garden, I'm delighted that my poem 'Sycamore's Prayer' appears at the wonderful Atrium Poetry today. I'd be so pleased if anyone fancied reading. 🌳

Klaxon-not all gloom. Our brand new inter-uni seminar titled 'Undiscipline, Decolonise, Repair' kicks off 2nd May: Paris Book Launch of Alana Lentin's The New Racial Regime.
Online speaker series next.
Coordinators at various stages of career. Cast an eye.
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Read New Ekphrastic Poem 'Glass Bone' by Suzi Feay exclusively in After... | Poems Inspired By Other Art

Extraordinary #ekphrastic poem up now on @afterpoetry.com, as Suzi Feay writes of bone made ceramic.

' ... Glass is a fluid that will flow
Slower than marrow, DNA or any
Beam in your house of meat.'

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Here’s a new poem – the first of a set of seven exploring the ‘capital vices’ (among other things) – in the terrific new issue of @magmapoetry.bsky.social
Warmest thanks to editors @aoifelyall.bsky.social and Victoria Kennefick for taking it in all its grottiness 🩷

It's coming tomorrow! Very excited to be in the company of @wendypratt.bsky.social @rhonagreene.bsky.social @hool415.bsky.social @ings4words.bsky.social and Elisabeth Kelly to bring in Spring and new beginnings! Free and online from 7.00pm www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-beginn...

So pleased to have been longlisted for my pamphlet by @theemmapress.bsky.social! Congratulations to all those who made the shortlist - these all sound wonderful.

The NS Poem: Her Birth A new poem by Kim Moore.

Thanks to The New Statesman for publishing a brand new shiny poem
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My @ninearchespress.bsky.social collection is available with free postage if anyone would like to read it - i am so very rpud of it xx

Image description: A naked human curls in a foetal postition in a hole in the middle of numerous leaves, fruits and seeds. The picture is drawn using black ink pen and is in black and white.

My new picture 'In the Womb of the Earth' I wanted to express the importance of sheltering within art - while I'm doing it, it's safe place - how important it is to find places of shelter in nature, important to even imagine these sheltering places, imagine yourself into them. A2, inkpen.

‘Listen my soul to the glad refrain’: poetry prescriptions to beat the January blues If the dark nights and bleak days are getting you down, Poetry Pharmacy founder Deborah Alma has treatments available from Philip Larkin, Imtiaz Dharker, Edward Thomas and more

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#LiftToTheSky: The Poetry Initiative Bringing Writers Together on Bluesky - The Broken Spine On Monday, January 13th, we’re kicking off something big: #LiftToTheSky, a weekly tradition where poets lift each other higher by sharing work, celebrating

I've been lifting other writers for six years across different platforms and publications. I've never felt more invigorated! Bluesky is THE place to be if you;re a poet! Let's use it to its fullest!

#PoetsOfBluesky #PoetrySky #PoetryCommunity #BlueskyPoetry #WriterLift

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Happy Solstice everyone. 3 poems for you today: the 1st my own & one each from @johncraigwhite.bsky.social and Stephen Keeler. Yes it's the 1st day of The 12 Days of Christmas feature from Ink, Sweat and Tears. Thanks @helenivory.bsky.social & Kate & Zhara for putting this together & including mine

Thanks so much, Corinna! x

Thank you, Elly! I love them too xx

My winter solstice poem - the moon holds fast on the longest night - written two years ago, as my littlest was starting nursery.

Published in the wonderful The Dirigible Balloon, and soon to appear in their anthology, Sky Surfing: Excellent Adventures in a Poetry Balloon @northernjim.bsky.social

Beautiful poem x

A poem for the shortest day, when we have almost forgotten what light looks and feels like. I'm grateful to Damien B Donnelly for publishing this in 'The Storms Journal' in autumn 2023.

Say hi to...

@daraghfleming.bsky.social, Dion O'Reilly, @gclifford1.bsky.social, Jane Ayres, @kevingrauke.bsky.social, Laura Lewis-Waters, Marie Marchand, @pamthompson240.bsky.social, Polly Walshe, Rachel Smith, Rowan Lyster, Sharon Phillips, Simon Alderwick, T S S Fulk and @wendypratt.bsky.social.

I was honoured to be part of #Wave1 of #TheWhiskeyTree, a visionary project showcasing writing talents for the long term.

Read on & learn how you can get involved in this dynamic project pioneered by @alanparry83.bsky.social EiC of @brokenspinearts.bsky.social

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Push the Boundaries: Submit to #SelectedPoetry – Opening December 2025 - The Broken Spine The Broken Spine is accepting submissions for our #SelectedPoetry series this December 2025. We’re looking for bold, contemporary poetry that pushes

We're thrilled to announce that submissions are now OPEN for our #SelectedPoetry series—an online-only showcase celebrating boundary-pushing, thought-provoking poetry!

Join us in redefining the poetic landscape. Deadline: December 2024.

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A thrill of the year to have a poem in the new issue of @stingingfly.bsky.social 🪰