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leannemodenpoet.bsky.social
Poet, community artist, theatremaker, and freelance creative type. I love cats, books, Nottingham, and open water swimming. My collection, Get Over Yourself, is out now on Burning Eye Books. https://linktr.ee/leannemodenpoet
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It’s day 22 of #28SonnetsLater and this is one of mine: The Ghosts of Indigo Tunnel: 28sonnetslater.blogspot.com/2025/02/22-i...

Lovely use of “wise/ossifies” rhyme in @andybennettpoet.bsky.social's latest sonnet for #28SonnetsLater Give it a cheeky read here: 28sonnetslater.blogspot.com/2025/02/21-s...

I can’t believe we’re at sonnet number 20 already! Here’s another gorgeous piece from Russell J Turner! 28sonnetslater.blogspot.com/2025/02/20-f...

“The time is coming, None survive the flood.” An angry poem from @fayroberts.bsky.social for yesterday’s #28SonnetsLater (named after my favourite Latin sequence) 28sonnetslater.blogspot.com/2025/02/19-d...

Today's #28SonnetsLater is one of mine and it's all about the colour blue: 28sonnetslater.blogspot.com/2025/02/18-b...

It's day 17 of #28SonnetsLater and Andy Bennett writes a lovely piece for his better half! 28sonnetslater.blogspot.com/2025/02/7-se...

Today's sonnet is from Russell J Turner and includes really good use of the word panopticon! 28sonnetslater.blogspot.com/2025/02/16-i...

Saturday's Sonnet is by Fay Roberts and it's an excellent stream of consciousness: 28sonnetslater.blogspot.com/2025/02/invi...

Today's #28SonnetsLater is one of mine. It's about gardens, undergrowth, and the colour green: 28sonnetslater.blogspot.com/2025/02/14-g...

Day 13 of #28SonnetsLater and Andy Bennett gives us the musings of a soldier: 28sonnetslater.blogspot.com/2025/02/13-s...

It may be thursdays, but in the world of #28SonnetsLater, Russell J Turner takes us through Wednesday and A Complete Unknown: 28sonnetslater.blogspot.com/2025/02/12-w...

Catching up! Day 11 of #28SonnetsLater and Fay Roberts offers us a lament: 28sonnetslater.blogspot.com/2025/02/11-l...

A spooky cosmic-horror inspired poem today for #28SonnetsLater. This one's one of mine. Let me know what you think! 28sonnetslater.blogspot.com/2025/02/10-y...

Day 9 of #28SonnetsLater and @andybennettpoet.bsky.social takes us through his teenager escapades! 28sonnetslater.blogspot.com/2025/02/9-se...

It's day 8 of #28SonnetsLater and Russell J Turner takes us through a Ruby Tuesday: 28sonnetslater.blogspot.com/2025/02/8-ru...

It's day 7 of #28SonnetsLater and today, @fayroberts.bsky.social rhymes Heartache with Cheesecake! Genius! 28sonnetslater.blogspot.com/2025/02/7-ar...

It's day 6 of #28SonnetsLater and today's is one of mine. It started off as a poem about a fox, and ended up somewhere completely different! 28sonnetslater.blogspot.com/2025/02/6-or...

It's day 5 of #28SonnetsLater and today, Andy Bennett takes us back to our school days! 28sonnetslater.blogspot.com/2025/02/5-se...

It's day four of #28SonnetsLater and Russell J Turner starts another weary week full of goregous imagery! 28sonnetslater.blogspot.com/2025/02/4-bl...

It's day three of 28 Sonnets Later and @fayroberts.bsky.social explores yearning in zir first poem of 2025: 28sonnetslater.blogspot.com/2025/02/temp...

It's day two of 28 Sonnets Later and this one is one of mine! A sonnet about the colour RED: 28sonnetslater.blogspot.com/2025/02/2-re...

And lo! It was February, and thus, 28 Sonnets Later begins anew! #AndyBennettPoet kicks things off on the first of the month with an exploration of infancy! 28sonnetslater.blogspot.com/2025/02/1-se...

If you're looking for some supportive inspiration for your writing, our next online workshop is Sunday 9th February from 6pm to 8pm for the session! We'll take a look at some published poetry & use it as a jumping off point to write our own! Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reading-wr...

First time I've EVER completed the purple one first! A good omen, perhaps? Connections Puzzle #596 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩

Just reading back over my tweets on here. I really like the word “currently” don’t I? #BigCringe

Only a few tickets left for my next online writing workshop! This one’s all about utopias/dystopias, so it should be pretty interesting! Join us on Sat 8th February from 6pm to 8pm! Tickets are £11.29 each (including fees) and you can find all the details here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reading-wr...

Excited for the next Newark Creates events on Saturday 1st March! Including Create Late at National Civil War Centre; Dr Kronovator's Fire Laboratory; Angie Mack LED Hula Hoop walkabout AND stained-glass making & Illuminated headdress workshops. Details here: www.newarkcreates.com/events/

Currently trying to wrangle a big arts council application, and I’ve got no idea what I’m doing. Does anyone actually like writing funding bids?

Gave blood yesterday, and the questionnaire they give you at the beginning always makes me feel like the most boring person in the world.

@carlanewton.bsky.social Uh oh! Look who it is!

Currently Obsessed with Letters Live - this one, read by Rob Rinder, which is a love letter from one soldier to another (1940s), is absolutely heartbreaking. Warning: you will cry! www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHXA...

I’m currently reading Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill and I love the dark brooding gothicness of it all. Wistful Victorian thriller might just be my favourite book genre!

Off to Bromley House Library to shortlist candidates for a fun new project with Nottingham City of Literature. The applications were all so good, so I suspect we’ll need PLENTY of tea and biscuits in order to confirm the winner. Wish us luck!

Just saw an advert for a jazz trio called Threeway. Methinks the'yre advertising more than they intend to, with a name like that...