Claire Miller

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Current read: Home Going by Yaa Gyasi
A really good book so far. Love that each chapter is based on the descendents of the previous, and I've learned a lot on the history of slavery. Recommend!
#booksky #homegoing

PSA: if you've had Fahrenheit 451 and Brave New World on your to-read list for ages, now's the time to get stuck in! Before they feel more close to home than they already do 😅
#booksky #scifi

1st: After the rites and sandwiches by Kathy Pimlott
Devastating poetry about the unexpected grief of a loved one.
#poetry #poetsofbluesky #booksky

2nd: Makeover by Laurie Bolger
Just pure nostalgia, and great poetry!
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3rd: The Birds, The Rabbits, The Trees by Briony Collins
A journey through grief and abuse and finding solace in nature.
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Here are the top three pamphlets I've read this year and some of my favourite poems from them... 1/4
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Latest read - Landsick by Genevieve Carver 👌
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Current read - absolutely heartbreakingly excellent poetry by Kathy Pimlott
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Thanks! I'll add them to the list ☺️

Pretty post day!
#poetry #poetsofbluesky

Current read - Glyn Maxwell's On Poetry. Lovely little paragraph here
#booksky #poetsofbluesky #writing

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"
#poetry #poetsofbluesky #booksky

Current read. Obsessed! And a nice long train ride to devour it in 👌🏼
#bookssky #poetry

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 🌱⚰️
#poetsofbluesky #poetry

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!
#writingcommunity #poetsofbluesky

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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