Come on then cosy poetry crew! TOMORROW NIGHT at 8pm it’s #POETRYINPYJAMAS & our special guest is the brilliant Jacqueline Saphra 🥰🥰🥰

Let’s get together for a chilled evening of poems & mindful vibes in ya Pjs! 📚🌙🎟️

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#poetry #pyjamas #love

I will be reading evening poems about love, friendship and joy. Bring your chamomile tea.

Global Warming by Jane Hirshfield - Poems | Academy of American Poets … This is the poem I return to over and over again. Let us find the courage to ‘comprehend’. That is the first step. ⁦Academy of American Poets⁩ ⁦Poets for the Planet⁩ poets.org/poem/global-wa…

I have well & truly gone for it & #PoetryinPyjamas is ready to rock from now until the Summertime baby! 🌙🎟️

OMG our featured poets are GREAT!!! & you can use the code EARLYBIRD when booking into more than one sleepover evening...yes please!

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The image! The title! The poet! Katrina Naomi is a generous supporter of other poets as well as being a fabulous one herself. So buy the book!

I was there representing Poets for the Planet and we had a very energised and varied conversation. Thanks so much to Manchester Writing School and Monique Roffey for organising and hosting. Solidarity and fellowship and community are our biggest assets when combatting the climate emergency.

Enjoy a #blog post from Tamar Yoseloff introducing 'Factum', an ekphrastic poem from Belief Systems inspired by Robert Rauschenberg's 'Combines'.

Read the poem alongside the artworks and learn about the poet's exploration of form:
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With a yr-long hiatus, followed by a guest edited issue, I've felt quite detached from my baby but Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal is five yrs old today! For personal reasons, I'm thinking of this editorial & poem I wrote for Issue 8: poetrybirmingham.com/issue-8-editor…

P.S. You shd get PBLJ10 any day now. 🪲

I just contributed to Na'amod to help them build a movement of British Jews who stand for freedom and equality for all Palestinians and Israelis. Join me in making a donation today: actionnetwork.org/fundraising/bu…

Live tickets sold out I believe but online still available Poets for the Planet

Calling all writers and poets. Let's change the narrative on resistance. It's time we held this government to account. Sign the open letter here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/writ…

It’s such a pleasure discussing poetry with wonderful poets each week. All are welcome to register. #poetryheals

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If publishers asked me for my own poems as often as they asked me for endorsements of other poets’ collections I would be very happy. And my poems would be everywhere!

Beauty and tragedy from John Glenday Blackirispoetry SUBS CLOSED blackirispoetry.com/where-the-wild…

We're very pleased to have Chris Redmond representing us in this important panel exploring the role of writers in the climate space with awesome speakers like Leena Norms Jacqueline Saphra and James Miller!
It's free to attend in person and online - book here:
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Such exciting news for us! We're delighted to have been offered a more permanent London home on the 1st floor LUSH UK Spa on Oxford Street. LUSH Oxford Street
We're looking to set up a lovely team of people to work with us there! Please share far and wide!
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The latest poem in our peace chain from the beautiful Naush Sabah

We're diving into the theme of water next month in the seaside town of #Margate for #FirstFridayMargate at Marine Studios. FREE 5 April 6-9pm. Hear poetry from Jacqueline Saphra Gale Burns Claire Collison and Sue Johns and write a collaborative poem. marinestudios.co.uk/events/

Proud to be part of this rebellious bunch of thinking poets and writers - there on behalf of Poets for the Planet