Claire Miller

a cartoon character is sitting on top of a pile of skulls in a video game . ALT: a cartoon character is sitting on top of a pile of skulls in a video game .

The sweatiest I've ever been in my life playing #silksong

Current read - Glyn Maxwell's On Poetry. Lovely little paragraph here
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If you have a spare two minutes, I've made a survey about poetry and could do with just a few more responses 🙏🏻 particularly interested in hearing from people that *don't* read poetry as well as those that do!
forms.cloud.microsoft/r/m50Ud5qDWE
#booksky #poetry

Current read👌🏼
Fave poem so far is "Dear Sophie"
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Current read. Obsessed! And a nice long train ride to devour it in 👌🏼
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There's gotta be a poem in how much this marigold seed looks like a perfect torch 🔥
#poetryprompt

Current reads, with an apt cameo from Tully 🐾
#booksky #catsofbluesky

A lovely evening at the York Literary Review 2025 launch, where I'm lucky to have found a home for my poem, After life 🌱⚰️
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Loved going to some of the #nottinghampoetryfestival events over the past few days. One open mic and two workshops - ideas are buzzing 👀
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Also happy Nottingham Poetry Fest day! 🥳

My poetry/artsy craftsy shelves ☺️
What collections are missing here that I absolutely should read?
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Yep, that's what I do for fun!
(Seriously, do those things still exist...?)

Also told my partner that human men in this world evolved to have no hair beyond their heads, no belly buttons, and retractable penises, and now when I read he always asks me what "the smooth people" are up to
#booksky #scifi

Current read 👌🏼 refreshing to see a future utopian setting where humanity is left cowering rather than conquering!
#booksky #scifi

Well that's a big surprise

Guys guys it's finally happened!
A self-proclaimed non-writer has just asked me how to get into writing poetry! Imagine being given permission to talk about poetry for 15 minutes straight! What a rush!
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Can we normalise writing competitions telling entrants the outcomes? Like we've paid to enter, but for all we know you haven't even read it... It's just a quick automated email hun
#writingcommunity

Got a cheeky poem in too 🥑
#poetsofbluesky #writingcommunity #poetry #millennials

Lovely evening at the NTU Arts anthology launch yesterday! The bar was highhh
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Congrats! *Adds to list*

#poetsofbluesky - titles are the thing I second-guess the most when writing a poem (apart from the first and last lines 😂)
What are your top tips for picking one?
#writingcommunity #writingtips

Walks accessible by public transport from Nottingham Live in Nottingham but don’t drive? Discover some of the nature walks and trails you can access by public transport from the city.

Just started a mini blog series for one-day nature walks accessible via public transport from #Nottingham
I'll keep adding to it as I explore! Where else should I go? 🚂
ecoetry.co.uk/walks-access...

Love love this poem by Laboni Islam in The Rialto 96 ✨
#PoemsAbout #stardust @alanparry83.bsky.social

a group of stuffed animals are sitting at a table with coffee cups . ALT: a group of stuffed animals are sitting at a table with coffee cups .

Currently in a vicious cycle of not being able to concentrate on writing, so I burn energy with chores around the house/garden, which makes me inspired to write, but once I sit down with my laptop I'm back to step one?
Pls send help/those pills from Limitless
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Bad Betty Live last night with @lukekennard.bsky.social, Cara Thompson, Robbert van Dongen, Amy Acre and John Berkavitch. Quality👌🏼
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It's been 2 years since my biggest publication! 🧱
It's a gorgeous city garden and it's lovely seeing people taking a break there.
Pic 2 is the unabridged, non-wall-sized poem. I'll be BFFs with anyone who knows the Aldous Huxley novel influence!
#poetrycommunity #nottingham #poetry #poetsofbluesky

Like trying to write the other idea you had a while ago, but the spark died because you didn't jump onto that immediately, because you were writing the other idea...

Happy #earthday 🌍 bang on time, my lewisia has just started blooming 😍

First night out and open mic since we lost our boy. I'm amazed just how much it helped to be out listening to poetry, surrounded by our community ❤️
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My boy 💕