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Pushcart Prize Nominated. Cheshire Novel Prize Shortlist ‘25 Write Mentor Picturebook SL’23/LL’24 Poetry - The Dirigible Balloon, Northern Gravy, Tyger Tyger, The Toy, The Yorkshire Times, Motherhood Uncensored and BBC Upload.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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Today, it is my pleasure to #LiftToTheSky @hool415.bsky.social for his extraordinary writing that never fails to blow me away! Thank you, as ever to @brokenspinearts.bsky.social and @alanparry83.bsky.social

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Hullo. I’d like to propel skywards for my first #lifttothesky @rburrows.bsky.social My tea on Saturday was (rightly) shattered by the news flash from Rach that she had been justifiably nominated for a Pushcart. This had happened at Christmas but she only found out about it on the weekend! 🏆🏆🏆

submitted 8 hours ago • 2 comments

A #lifttothesky goes to @lozzawriting.bsky.social a fine poet and committed supporter of other members of the #poetrycommunity

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Here’s one for #FathersDay - for my father and forefathers. Originally published in @tinywrenlit.bsky.social #poetry #blueskypoets

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Found out yesterday that I was nominated for the Pushcart and Best Small Fictions in January! So that was a splendid #nationalflashfictionday! 😂 Better write something now.

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Small presses: Start thinking about June 30 like it’s a release day. Because it is. Your books. Your authors. All launching into a system that actually helps them get seen. #PIL is infrastructure. #PromoteIndieLit #BookLaunch #BlogTour #PoetryCommunity

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‘Then they picked dandelions and put them in their ears.’ The Rabbits’ Wedding by Garth Williams. #BookWormSat #bannedbooks

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Thank you @rfsmith.bsky.social for this week's #promtcombo #spectating. Here's something which is a glorious annual spectacle near my home #poetrycommunity #BlueSkyPoets

submitted 13 days ago • 9 comments

drawn to the atypical idea of a narrative epic, 1st (and very tangentially) by @davidbirch.bsky.social & then the redoubtable @alanparry83.bsky.social; but fear not, "epic" is exaggeration Not every #FierceBattle gets the attention it deserves #PoemsAbout #poem #poetry #scififri #sfpoetry #scifi

submitted 3 days ago • 8 comments

My debut novella #PeelingApples is out now with @darkwinterlitmag.bsky.social A tender, unflinching bildungsroman tracing boyhood, loss, and becoming— Order your copy: amzn.eu/d/angSgVq I’d love to hear what it stirs in you.

submitted 23 days ago • 3 comments

Yes, there are other events? This is the night the #PoemsAbout poets show up. Voices worth hearing! Work worth witnessing! #PoemsAbout #OpenMic 📅 Thursday 3rd July | 🕗 20:00–22:00 BST 🎟️ shorturl.at/ftrJJ Don’t miss the only show that matters.

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Morning Friday here’s my little “throwaway” for #PoemsAbout #fiercebattle and you @alanparry83.bsky.social @brokenspinearts.bsky.social and everyone who sails on #poetry #WritingCommunity #throwaway have a wonderful weekend everyone everywhere 🚶🏼‍♂️‍➡️

submitted 3 days ago • 5 comments

This poem represents voices and personal stories from women at a refuge where I voluntereered. For #poemsabout prompt #fiercebattle Many thanks @alanparry83.bsky.social for the opportunity to share and be part of a growing. #poetrycommunity

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For this week's #PoemsAbout #FierceBattle with thanks to @alanparry83.bsky.social @brokenspinearts.bsky.social and all those taking part. Look forward to seeing other poems.

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Hullo to #poemsabout #fiercebattle and to @alanparry83.bsky.social and thanks yet again for hosting. This was first in Dream Catcher.

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For #PoemsAbout #FierceBattle - not sure if this poem, originally published in Dreich, fits the brief but sometimes battles aren’t noisy and this poem celebrates my mother who chose to belittle an insidious enemy through love and laughter. I’m often reminded that there are no weapons more fierce.

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