Vasiliki Albedo

Cover reveal: SARDINES A new collaborative pamphlet from me and @minorroarr.bsky.social 🐟

From @dialectwriters.bsky.social Some creative partnerships begin with a plan; others with a spark. Sardines began with something stranger & more serendipitous: a misremembered remembered Frank O'Hara poem.

‘The Stars’ by Vasiliki Albedo — Banshee Press My jelly legs are off the couch  by grace of Prozac. Four months indoors  and the neighbourhood is treason.  Despite the heat, I find myself  in the once empty lot, where my cousins  pitched the…

'My jelly legs are off the couch
by grace of Prozac. Four months indoors
and the neighbourhood is treason.'

From our sold-out issue 18 (autumn/winter 2024) -- poetry by Vasiliki Albedo ⭐

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📚 It's August, which means the #SealeyChallenge is now underway! To help you on your journey to read a book every day this month, The Poetry Society has gotten in touch with poets we've recently worked with for some recommendations.

Today's recommendation comes from Vasiliki Albedo, who was (...)

💭 To help inspire your entries for this year's National Poetry Competition, The Poetry Society will be releasing a series of prompts throughout the competition.

Today's prompt comes from Vasiliki Albedo, who was longlisted in the 2024 National Poetry Competition and commended in the 2018 (...)

thank you so much! 💕

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"And just as we know the dancing woman is dying
in the next scene, the villain doing a good deed

is dying in the next scene, and the playing kitten
is only practising to kill, we both know

what’s coming."

#TodaysPoem #poetry by Vasiliki Albedo (@minorroarr.bsky.social) tinyurl.com/ctcj2s22

thank you so much Vicki 💗🙏

Insanity

My mind blew open so wide, I couldn’t trust the sun to set

Jenny Pagdin

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Image courtesy @minorroarr.bsky.social

People who change your life:
Ted Schmidt taught highschool to my punk rock bandmates. When our band went on the road Ted gave us books on social justice and how to turn faith into action.
He has been part of my life ever since.
He is in his 80s and holds a weekly vigil on Kingston road for peace.

Apologies if the initial post was unclear; this competition is open to ALL persons who identify as female or non binary.
There is an ADDITIONAL category for emerging poets over 40 who have yet to publish a pamphlet or collection.
Any questions please email us 🍀 dillonjaxx@gmail.com

my dreams are becoming more pedestrian- I dreamt I was making pizza and arguing with my family 😑

Read 'The Bittersweet' by @minorroarr.bsky.social badlilies.uk/vasiliki-albedo

thank you so much @badlilies.bsky.social 🌸🌸

Meanwhile, by way of light relief, a cat poem, in today’s @badlilies.bsky.social Also a photo of ‘my tangerine Miranda’, clearly unaware she’s been such an inspiration.

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sorry for the typo, I was running out the door, Vicki!

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Vasiliki Albedo — Bad Lilies A poem by Vasiliki Albedo

"biting
his lip as he reels in a fish

from the cliff where we burn through
afternoons and I pray nothing catches,
for the chance to linger after sunset."

#TodaysPoem #poetry
The Bittersweet by Vasiliki Albedo (@minorroarr.bsky.social) (2025 @BadLilies.bsky.social) tinyurl.com/44zv6hd5

oh thank you so much Vicky, really appreciate your support !

that is so bizarre- but very funny. Why is Dan easier than Ben? And Morgan doesn't sound difficult at all.

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You* are amazing! ❤️

thank you so much dear Gita! ❤️❤️

the three men were not shouting over each other, the two narcissist children were shouting over Zelensky and not letting him speak

"I'm aligned with the world" quote of the century

thank you so much Elizabeth 💜

thank you so much lovely Corinna ❤️I'm very glad you liked it, means a lot X

Vasiliki Albedo — Bad Lilies A poem by Vasiliki Albedo

Beautiful poem by @minorroarr.bsky.social in the latest issue of @badlilies.bsky.social www.badlilies.uk/vasiliki-alb...

thank you so much Nora! 💗