Feisty Blue Gecko (Philippa Ramsden)

Issue No 4 of The Candyman’s Trumpet is here, filled with new work as well as some favourites. I’m delighted to have a wee poem in there. This is a really packed edition, 64 pages of poetry and treasures. Thanks to Jack Caradoc

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Ooh, a great opportunity to stretch those boundaries

I love being part of the community you have created 🦋 🦎🦉 🙏

A Brief History of Modern Art in Poetry 1. Impressionism Roses sway in softened reds, Violets swim in murky blues, Sugar sparkles in the light, Blurring into golden you. 2. Surrealism Roses are melting, Violets are too. Ceci n’est pas le sucre. Keith is a giant crab 3. Social Realism Roses are dead, Violence is rife. Don’t sugar coat This bitter life. 4. Abstract Expressionism Are and. Violets roses so. You sweet blue. Are are red is sugar 5. Pop Art Roses go BLAM! Violets go POW! Sugar is COOL! You are so WOW! 6. Conceptual Art Roses are red, Coated in blood: A deer’s severed head Drips from above

Here’s another poem for National Poetry Day. This one is called ‘A Brief History of Modern Art in Poetry’.

A wonderful home for micro fiction and short poetry - submissions currently open.

Delighted to see this great poem from @rburrows.bsky.social in October’s issue of @dreich.bsky.social
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An exciting week with @northseapoets.bsky.social 😊

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I loved this, really poignant 💙

THN's September issue—stories and poems short enough for a #coffeebreak, deep enough to linger.
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#microfiction #shortpoetry #storieswithheart #quickreads #drabbles #haiku #shortreads #flashfiction #takeabreath #poetrylovers #readersofbsky #writersofbsky 🦉❣️📖

Hello hello! Lovely to connect with you here too💙

Wholeheartedly agree, both are wonderful and way more than a poetry class. I learn and grow so much - and connect with fantastic creative souls 💙

This is a wonderful #submission opportunity for #poetry and #microfiction 💙 🦉

And yet a third #LifttotheSky for The Candyman’s Trumpet @dreich.bsky.social a new online mag curated by the supportive and generous Jack Caradoc. It’s already published great work by fantastic poets and it’s free to subscribe (and submit). Get to know it! #poetrycommunity
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Great news! A fantastic way to start the year! I look forward to reading it!

More very exciting news - this is the cover art reveal for the Wee Sparrow Poetry Press anthology "Lines of Communication". Isn't it gorgeous! Am highly chuffed to have a tiny poem in the anthology.

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This is gorgeous! Can't wait to see the anthology 💙

Where much is said in few words, the latest issue of The Hoolet’s Nook 🦉💙
#microfiction #poetry

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I wish I had known... by Philippa Ramsden that you don’t need to understand trigonometry and algorithms to get by in life that pillowcases and cotton trousers do not need to be ironed if the breeze is strong that...

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A delight to receive Issue 2, thank you so much!

Oooh - how exciting! The brand new issue of The Hoolet's Nook is live! This is a gorgeous journal where much is said in few words. I am delighted to be in such great company in this edition.

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Scotland open mics round-up 2025/26 A non-exhaustive list of Scottish open mics for writers of all kinds

.@naomieah.bsky.social has done a brilliant job compiling a handy list of writing open mics across Scotland! In a quickly-evolving scene, that's no easy feat. Read it (and consider supporting her work) here: thegoodeggproject.substack.com/p/scotland-o...

The blood moon wove its way upwards in a cloud-strewn sky, giving us glimpses of the lunar eclipse as evening fell.

#lunareclipse

Wonderful ✨

Active reading for poetry writing - Buy tickets A poetry workshop with Preston Losack

We're thrilled to be collaborating with the Leeuwarden UNESCO City of Literature to present our latest online poetry writing workshop with Preston Losack, host of Preston's Poetry Podcast. Join us on Wed 17 Sept as we dive into active reading for poetry writing: www.citizenticket.com/events/push-...

I’m intrigued by the conversation these two butterflies might be having - I think one is a peacock butterfly and the other a red admiral?

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So much insight in this poem, powerful and so concise. And so wise. It will stay with me 💙

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

The Starbeck Orion Showcases The Poetry Of Maggie Mackay Day Five Of Twenty-Five:
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Running she comes, late,
Reeling in under the last
Bronze brimmings. She sits
Among twenty whispers.

—George Mackay Brown, “Island School”
published in Carve the Runes: Selected Poems by George Mackay Brown (Polygon 2021)
#Orkney #poetry
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