Elizabeth Osmond
@bethosmond.bsky.social
Poet and Neonatologist. Pushcart nominated. Work in the Aftershock Review, IS&T, After…, Atrium, The Alchemy Spoon, Dust poetry, Intima, Black Bough and Hippocrates Anthologies.
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So proud to be in the second Aftershock Review, can’t wait to read it all. Thanks so much @maxwallis.bsky.social
#poemsabout #poetsonbluesky
#poemsabout #poetsonbluesky
It’s #worldprematurityday today so I’m sharing my poem from @hogriverpress.bsky.social #poemsabout #poetsonbluesky
November 17, 2025 at 7:52 AM
It’s #worldprematurityday today so I’m sharing my poem from @hogriverpress.bsky.social #poemsabout #poetsonbluesky
Fantastic time hearing the poets at Clifton Lit fest yesterday. Bethany Handley’s writing on ableism is so important
November 16, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Fantastic time hearing the poets at Clifton Lit fest yesterday. Bethany Handley’s writing on ableism is so important
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**CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!!**
Today, @afterpoetry.com reveals which poems it will publish throughout 2026.
Picking 17 poets from more than 130 submissions was no easy task – so well done to all who made it through selection.
Are you in? Here's where to find out ...
afterpoetry.com/index/poems/...
Today, @afterpoetry.com reveals which poems it will publish throughout 2026.
Picking 17 poets from more than 130 submissions was no easy task – so well done to all who made it through selection.
Are you in? Here's where to find out ...
afterpoetry.com/index/poems/...
All Poems | 2026 | After... Poems inspired by other art
See the full index of ekphrastic poems published by After... in 2026
www.afterpoetry.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:00 AM
**CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!!**
Today, @afterpoetry.com reveals which poems it will publish throughout 2026.
Picking 17 poets from more than 130 submissions was no easy task – so well done to all who made it through selection.
Are you in? Here's where to find out ...
afterpoetry.com/index/poems/...
Today, @afterpoetry.com reveals which poems it will publish throughout 2026.
Picking 17 poets from more than 130 submissions was no easy task – so well done to all who made it through selection.
Are you in? Here's where to find out ...
afterpoetry.com/index/poems/...
@vanessalampert.bsky.social thankyou for such an excellent set in Bristol today- I never thought I would be choked up by a poem about hamsters - and this is why I love poetry ! 🐹 😍
November 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
@vanessalampert.bsky.social thankyou for such an excellent set in Bristol today- I never thought I would be choked up by a poem about hamsters - and this is why I love poetry ! 🐹 😍
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So chuffed to have a piece in here! Thank you @dustpoetry.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 1:19 PM
So chuffed to have a piece in here! Thank you @dustpoetry.bsky.social
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I’m delighted to announce that my debut poetry collection, ‘The Way the Water Held Me’, will be published by The Emma Press in the Spring. Available to pre-order now!
📣 NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT📣 We are delighted to announce the acquisition of THE WAY THE WATER HELD ME by @catherineredford.bsky.social, a heart-wrenching debut about young widowhood
THE WAY THE WATER HELD ME is available to pre-order now
Publishing March 2026 ~ Pre-order here: buff.ly/i1HAi3Y
THE WAY THE WATER HELD ME is available to pre-order now
Publishing March 2026 ~ Pre-order here: buff.ly/i1HAi3Y
November 14, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I’m delighted to announce that my debut poetry collection, ‘The Way the Water Held Me’, will be published by The Emma Press in the Spring. Available to pre-order now!
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For this week's #PoemsAbout #Desire with thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk and all those participating.
November 14, 2025 at 7:00 AM
For this week's #PoemsAbout #Desire with thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk and all those participating.
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#PoemsAbout #Desire - back after a short break, with a short poem. Thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk at @thebrokenspine.co.uk for this week's prompt.
#poems #poetry #poetrycommunity
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#poems #poetry #poetrycommunity
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November 14, 2025 at 8:15 AM
#PoemsAbout #Desire - back after a short break, with a short poem. Thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk at @thebrokenspine.co.uk for this week's prompt.
#poems #poetry #poetrycommunity
www.davekurley.net
#poems #poetry #poetrycommunity
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Good morning #poemsabout crew, here’s a poem about someone wanting something for the #desire prompt @alanparrywriter.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Good morning #poemsabout crew, here’s a poem about someone wanting something for the #desire prompt @alanparrywriter.co.uk
Thanks @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social for a lovely open mic evening yesterday. Everyone was brilliant! 🤩 Really enjoyable featured poetry
From @paulwritespoems.bsky.social
From @paulwritespoems.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Thanks @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social for a lovely open mic evening yesterday. Everyone was brilliant! 🤩 Really enjoyable featured poetry
From @paulwritespoems.bsky.social
From @paulwritespoems.bsky.social
Proud to have my poem Belemnite in this brilliant anthology for the campaign #Givepeatachance
get a copy here and raise money! www.mklitfest.org/digginginthe...
@poetsfortheplanet.bsky.social
@clareshawpoet.bsky.social @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social @betarish.bsky.social @jessmookherjee.bsky.social
get a copy here and raise money! www.mklitfest.org/digginginthe...
@poetsfortheplanet.bsky.social
@clareshawpoet.bsky.social @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social @betarish.bsky.social @jessmookherjee.bsky.social
Digging in the Dirt: Adventures in Ecopoetry - The Anthology | MK Lit Fest 2025
Digging in the Dirt: Adventures in Ecopoetry is an anthology of original ecopoetry written in response to prompts set by Clare Shaw, Caleb Parkin, Jess Mookherjee and Rishi Dastidar during an online e...
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November 13, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Proud to have my poem Belemnite in this brilliant anthology for the campaign #Givepeatachance
get a copy here and raise money! www.mklitfest.org/digginginthe...
@poetsfortheplanet.bsky.social
@clareshawpoet.bsky.social @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social @betarish.bsky.social @jessmookherjee.bsky.social
get a copy here and raise money! www.mklitfest.org/digginginthe...
@poetsfortheplanet.bsky.social
@clareshawpoet.bsky.social @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social @betarish.bsky.social @jessmookherjee.bsky.social
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November 12, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I listened and it was beautiful! @carolinebirduk.bsky.social 😍
Tonight at 7.15 on Radio 3. Writer’s block, dry spell, fallow period, worrisome silence, that terrifying, lonely time when you *cannot* write a poem. I speak to Liz Berry, Oliver Carmichael, Hannah Copley, Marie Howe, Vanessa Kisuule and Jack Underwood! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 3 - Sunday Feature, When the Words Leave
The poet Caroline Bird explores the silences when it feels like the words have left you.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I listened and it was beautiful! @carolinebirduk.bsky.social 😍
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Tonight at 7.15 on Radio 3. Writer’s block, dry spell, fallow period, worrisome silence, that terrifying, lonely time when you *cannot* write a poem. I speak to Liz Berry, Oliver Carmichael, Hannah Copley, Marie Howe, Vanessa Kisuule and Jack Underwood! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 3 - Sunday Feature, When the Words Leave
The poet Caroline Bird explores the silences when it feels like the words have left you.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Tonight at 7.15 on Radio 3. Writer’s block, dry spell, fallow period, worrisome silence, that terrifying, lonely time when you *cannot* write a poem. I speak to Liz Berry, Oliver Carmichael, Hannah Copley, Marie Howe, Vanessa Kisuule and Jack Underwood! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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Here’s my strange little poem published by Obsessed with Pipework. Thanks @catbloke.bsky.social for including it! #poetsonbluesky
November 8, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Here’s my strange little poem published by Obsessed with Pipework. Thanks @catbloke.bsky.social for including it! #poetsonbluesky
I wrote this in the wonder that is January Writing Hours with @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social and @clareshawpoet.bsky.social - the brief was to SHOW someone something very specific
So proud to be in the second Aftershock Review, can’t wait to read it all. Thanks so much @maxwallis.bsky.social
#poemsabout #poetsonbluesky
#poemsabout #poetsonbluesky
November 8, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I wrote this in the wonder that is January Writing Hours with @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social and @clareshawpoet.bsky.social - the brief was to SHOW someone something very specific
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Www.aftershockreview.com to order. Thank you so much everyone.
November 8, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Www.aftershockreview.com to order. Thank you so much everyone.
So proud to be in the second Aftershock Review, can’t wait to read it all. Thanks so much @maxwallis.bsky.social
#poemsabout #poetsonbluesky
#poemsabout #poetsonbluesky
November 8, 2025 at 1:45 PM
So proud to be in the second Aftershock Review, can’t wait to read it all. Thanks so much @maxwallis.bsky.social
#poemsabout #poetsonbluesky
#poemsabout #poetsonbluesky
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The work of contemporary ceramics artist Pollyanna Johnson #WomensArt
November 8, 2025 at 11:55 AM
The work of contemporary ceramics artist Pollyanna Johnson #WomensArt
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Wow! This feels like it was an AGE ago ... when in fact, it's been less than a year since this appeared.
My thanks, still, to @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social, @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social, and my former BBC journalist interviewer @elcurwen.bsky.social. 🙏🏼
My thanks, still, to @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social, @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social, and my former BBC journalist interviewer @elcurwen.bsky.social. 🙏🏼
Our Christmas 2024 feature, Mark Antony Owen - a #SilverBranch special.
'their orchestra of shovels tuning up on the ice' @markantonyowen.com
www.blackboughpoetry.com/mark-antony-owen-christmas-24
'their orchestra of shovels tuning up on the ice' @markantonyowen.com
www.blackboughpoetry.com/mark-antony-owen-christmas-24
November 8, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Wow! This feels like it was an AGE ago ... when in fact, it's been less than a year since this appeared.
My thanks, still, to @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social, @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social, and my former BBC journalist interviewer @elcurwen.bsky.social. 🙏🏼
My thanks, still, to @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social, @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social, and my former BBC journalist interviewer @elcurwen.bsky.social. 🙏🏼
Thanks @catbloke.bsky.social for giving my work a home. This would have done for the #poemsabout prompt for #manequin a few weeks back:
November 8, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Thanks @catbloke.bsky.social for giving my work a home. This would have done for the #poemsabout prompt for #manequin a few weeks back:
Thankyou Obsessed with Pipework for including my poem about sweets @catbloke.bsky.social 🍫 🍬 🍭!
November 8, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Thankyou Obsessed with Pipework for including my poem about sweets @catbloke.bsky.social 🍫 🍬 🍭!
Here’s my strange little poem published by Obsessed with Pipework. Thanks @catbloke.bsky.social for including it! #poetsonbluesky
November 8, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Here’s my strange little poem published by Obsessed with Pipework. Thanks @catbloke.bsky.social for including it! #poetsonbluesky
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My contribution to this week's #poemsabout prompt #lockeddoors is very short and probably should come with a trigger warning for suicide. With thanks to @thebrokenspine.co.uk. Am not tagging anyone else due to subject matter
November 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM
My contribution to this week's #poemsabout prompt #lockeddoors is very short and probably should come with a trigger warning for suicide. With thanks to @thebrokenspine.co.uk. Am not tagging anyone else due to subject matter
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Delighted by my first Pushcart nomination from Dust Poetry magazine. Sincere thanks to @dustpoetry.bsky.social editors @catherineredford.bsky.social and @tarawheeler.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Delighted by my first Pushcart nomination from Dust Poetry magazine. Sincere thanks to @dustpoetry.bsky.social editors @catherineredford.bsky.social and @tarawheeler.bsky.social