Moira Garland

Thanks for the invite, & introduction to 5 other poets - and the audience!

Email Ofwat - the public have said NO to illegal sewage until 2040

No more Dirty Business ! The public, MPs and Environmental Groups have said NO to 14 years of illegal Thames Water sewage pollution. Email Ofwat now, so that they can't ignore us @weownit.org.uk weownit.org.uk/act-now/emai...

Look forward to our virtual meeting next Saturday 😀

Two photos, of Kim Moore and Fiona Benson. 'Go to the Poets, they will speak to thee' 25 February 2026, 7.30 pm GMT, Zoom.

This February's guest is the brilliant Fiona Benson, reading from her collection, Midden Witch. Her poems are visceral and incantatory examining witchcraft and herbalism and giving voice to the healers and outcasts from history. Our open mic theme is spells, magic and witchcraft.

Wordsworth Grasmere. Tickets £7 Bursary tickets available All poems screenshared Automatic live captions wordsworth.org.uk

Join me next Wednesday, online at another fabulous session. Always welcoming, with quality & inspiring poetry.
Also, I have an open mic spot - first on 😀

Edited out in favour of Skipton residents- fair enough 🙂

Have to commend BBC 2 and BBC World service for it's excellent international news show Global Eye #globaleye #bbcglobaleye . This is what I pay my licence fee for.

Looking forward to reading it 😀 x

Looking forward to reading, and hearing the other poets 😀📖

Yes. And shouty. And repetitive hyperbole, adding nothing to the event.

😅😅😅

The Fig Tree - Women's Poetry Special Issue 1 with Featured Poet Stephanie Bowgett

Pleased to have my 'Shame' poem in here with other strong women poets.
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Finola does it again😀

Stop Reform UK in Gorton and Denton Join Vote HOPE 2026 for campaigning sessions ahead of the by-election. No experience needed. Come along and be part of the local response.

If you think it’s important that the voters of Gorton and Denton know that Tommy Robinson is backing the Reform candidate, then sign up for our campaign today.

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"When people ask for my favourite color" by Amelia Velloff is today's 75-word #story on Paragraph Planet paragraphplanet.com #writingcommunity #amwriting #flashfiction

Help support this long-running and valuable flash fiction site. And take a look at the stories there. Maybe submit your own?

Save Our Hen Harriers! It’s time for the UK Government to license gamebird shooting in England and give Hen Harriers the protection they deserve. Contact your MP today and help stop the illegal killing of these incredible ...

I've called on the UK Government to license gamebird shooting in England and give Hen Harriers the protection they deserve.

Please help spread the word - contact your MP today and help stop the illegal killing of these incredible birds!
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Looking forward to reading this when it comes out in June.

Very excited to report that a friend and I saw a starling murmuration at RSPB Fairburn Ings this afternoon. Guided by two RSPB experts. In pouring rain. Well worth it.

"The twisting wormery of noodles" by Jennifer Reid is today's 75-word #story on Paragraph Planet paragraphplanet.com #writingcommunity #amwriting

Lovely, foggy Skipton. Great for another walk. And engaging with a BBC Look North (Yorkshire) vox pop, bigging up Skipton 😀. So my moment of fame - I might be on tonight 6.30-7 pm.
#TV

Drowning in Denial – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition As Nigel Farage’s party scraps climate schemes around the country, Nafeez Ahmed reports on new data that shows flood risk surging across the 10 councils it leads

🟨 Print Edition — Drowning in Denial

As Nigel Farage’s party scraps climate schemes around the country, Nafeez Ahmed reports on new data that shows flood risk surging across the 10 councils it leads The post Drowning in Denial appeared first on Byline Times Shop.

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Scandalous.

Tomorrow on Paragraph Planet 'the twisted wormery of noodles'. Despite early publishing setbacks, redolent of dark comedy, Jennifer Reid has a piece on this site tomorrow www.paragraphplanet.com

Counter the Sunday fog with this. Well, it is foggy in THIS neck of the woods 😁

This is my elegy to both of you. I didn't actually love you at work or at home. I got used to you both, swinging you left and right, carefully checking everything came out right though the words regularly came out wrong in places. That was my fault. You had more strength, more solidity, more heart, than laptops, or tablets. I liked the music and rhythm, even the bell, my metal keys clacking on to paper.

And here it is. Original on www.paragraphplanet.com

This Sunday 18th January 2026 my elegy will be published on Paragraph Planet. Only available on that day, & the following day.
The cat played no part. #womenswork
#nostalgia
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"The Story of Things" by Nnamani Diamond @SunshineDees is today's 75-word #story on Paragraph Planet paragraphplanet.com #writing #flashfiction

This is such a good example of compression in writing, so much in it.

Children of colour, and white, on a grand staircase

Long text: 10 creative & 10 historians' pieces in this book. Also a photo essay, part of a project with schoolchildren.

@peepaltreepress.bsky.social Essential collection. 10 creative pieces, 10 historical. Photo essay. Also schoolchildren's project. Hoping it lands with writers, readers, academics, libraries.
Thanks for my copy.
#globalmajority
#decolonisation

So here we are again, supposedly made of paper this time - actually stronger, & definitely not cheap. Available @rspb.bsky.social Leighton Moss. @rosiegarlandwriter.bsky.social