Caspar Wort
@casparwortpoet.bsky.social
Poet, Doctoral Researcher at Loughborough University, website: https://casparwortpoet.uk/
What's better on Halloween night than to curl up with a poem...
Spooooooky poetry!!! 👻
if you're scared of poetry.
Spooooooky poetry!!! 👻
if you're scared of poetry.
Do you like poetry?
Regardless of the answer I need your help!
As part of my doctoral research @lborouniversity.bsky.social @lboroenglish.bsky.social I am collecting responses to poetry.
Just click or tap here to start or scan the QR code: forms.office.com/e/cbXmyRCYnU
Regardless of the answer I need your help!
As part of my doctoral research @lborouniversity.bsky.social @lboroenglish.bsky.social I am collecting responses to poetry.
Just click or tap here to start or scan the QR code: forms.office.com/e/cbXmyRCYnU
October 31, 2025 at 5:37 PM
What's better on Halloween night than to curl up with a poem...
Spooooooky poetry!!! 👻
if you're scared of poetry.
Spooooooky poetry!!! 👻
if you're scared of poetry.
Do you like poetry?
Regardless of the answer I need your help!
As part of my doctoral research @lborouniversity.bsky.social @lboroenglish.bsky.social I am collecting responses to poetry.
Just click or tap here to start or scan the QR code: forms.office.com/e/cbXmyRCYnU
Regardless of the answer I need your help!
As part of my doctoral research @lborouniversity.bsky.social @lboroenglish.bsky.social I am collecting responses to poetry.
Just click or tap here to start or scan the QR code: forms.office.com/e/cbXmyRCYnU
October 1, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Do you like poetry?
Regardless of the answer I need your help!
As part of my doctoral research @lborouniversity.bsky.social @lboroenglish.bsky.social I am collecting responses to poetry.
Just click or tap here to start or scan the QR code: forms.office.com/e/cbXmyRCYnU
Regardless of the answer I need your help!
As part of my doctoral research @lborouniversity.bsky.social @lboroenglish.bsky.social I am collecting responses to poetry.
Just click or tap here to start or scan the QR code: forms.office.com/e/cbXmyRCYnU
I don’t often post about politics on social media. Partly because I want my social media use to be professional or near professional. Partly because I don’t think social media is the space for reasoned and mature political debate. However, I feel I need to post about this: (1/5)
September 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I don’t often post about politics on social media. Partly because I want my social media use to be professional or near professional. Partly because I don’t think social media is the space for reasoned and mature political debate. However, I feel I need to post about this: (1/5)
It was a pleasure to be at the Loughborough University PhD awards last night with the rest of the Creative Reactions Pint of Science team 2025.
We were shortlisted for Team of The Year and it’s fantastic that we could celebrate together.
We were shortlisted for Team of The Year and it’s fantastic that we could celebrate together.
September 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
It was a pleasure to be at the Loughborough University PhD awards last night with the rest of the Creative Reactions Pint of Science team 2025.
We were shortlisted for Team of The Year and it’s fantastic that we could celebrate together.
We were shortlisted for Team of The Year and it’s fantastic that we could celebrate together.
Messed up with the link. Oops. Try this one: pintofscience.co.uk/event/co-cre...
May 19, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Messed up with the link. Oops. Try this one: pintofscience.co.uk/event/co-cre...
Today, and tickets are still available:https://pintofscience.co.uk/event/co-create-gallery-25
May 19, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Today, and tickets are still available:https://pintofscience.co.uk/event/co-create-gallery-25
What do sustainable jewelry, storybooks, memes and bell foundries have in common?
They are all featured at our Co-Create Gallery happening in just 2 weeks today!
Tickets still available: pintofscience.co.uk/event/co-cre...
@pintofscience.uk, @lborouniversity.bsky.social
They are all featured at our Co-Create Gallery happening in just 2 weeks today!
Tickets still available: pintofscience.co.uk/event/co-cre...
@pintofscience.uk, @lborouniversity.bsky.social
Co-create gallery
Step into a bold, boundary-pushing exhibition that celebrates the power of co-creation. From human ingenuity to machine-made masterpieces, this multi-facet…
pintofscience.co.uk
May 5, 2025 at 12:38 PM
What do sustainable jewelry, storybooks, memes and bell foundries have in common?
They are all featured at our Co-Create Gallery happening in just 2 weeks today!
Tickets still available: pintofscience.co.uk/event/co-cre...
@pintofscience.uk, @lborouniversity.bsky.social
They are all featured at our Co-Create Gallery happening in just 2 weeks today!
Tickets still available: pintofscience.co.uk/event/co-cre...
@pintofscience.uk, @lborouniversity.bsky.social
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There's still time to register for our fabulous hybrid symposium on Periodisation, Generations, and the Gaps Between, Wed 7 May: www.lboro.ac.uk/research/ias... @lboroenglish.bsky.social @jadefrench.bsky.social @culturalcurrents.bsky.social
April 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
There's still time to register for our fabulous hybrid symposium on Periodisation, Generations, and the Gaps Between, Wed 7 May: www.lboro.ac.uk/research/ias... @lboroenglish.bsky.social @jadefrench.bsky.social @culturalcurrents.bsky.social
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📣 Amazing PhD opportunity with Dr Hannah Young at the University of Greenwich:
‘De-colonising Maritime Greenwich: Confronting histories and legacies of empire, c. 1694-2025.’
Fully-funded!! Spread the word to prospective applicants!
#PhD #postgraduate
www.gre.ac.uk/__data/asset...
‘De-colonising Maritime Greenwich: Confronting histories and legacies of empire, c. 1694-2025.’
Fully-funded!! Spread the word to prospective applicants!
#PhD #postgraduate
www.gre.ac.uk/__data/asset...
www.gre.ac.uk
April 28, 2025 at 12:28 PM
📣 Amazing PhD opportunity with Dr Hannah Young at the University of Greenwich:
‘De-colonising Maritime Greenwich: Confronting histories and legacies of empire, c. 1694-2025.’
Fully-funded!! Spread the word to prospective applicants!
#PhD #postgraduate
www.gre.ac.uk/__data/asset...
‘De-colonising Maritime Greenwich: Confronting histories and legacies of empire, c. 1694-2025.’
Fully-funded!! Spread the word to prospective applicants!
#PhD #postgraduate
www.gre.ac.uk/__data/asset...
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Can you help?
We are urgently looking for a
GERMAN IMMIGRATION LAWYER
If you are or know one you could put us in touch with, please DM or 📧 press[at]outspokenldn.com 🙏
We are urgently looking for a
GERMAN IMMIGRATION LAWYER
If you are or know one you could put us in touch with, please DM or 📧 press[at]outspokenldn.com 🙏
April 25, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Can you help?
We are urgently looking for a
GERMAN IMMIGRATION LAWYER
If you are or know one you could put us in touch with, please DM or 📧 press[at]outspokenldn.com 🙏
We are urgently looking for a
GERMAN IMMIGRATION LAWYER
If you are or know one you could put us in touch with, please DM or 📧 press[at]outspokenldn.com 🙏
Pint of Science is coming back to Loughborough and I am delighted to be part of the Creative Reactions team again!
We have three excellent events planned;
Come along; it'll be great!
We have three excellent events planned;
Come along; it'll be great!
Where Science and Art Meet: Interactive Workshops
Where Science and Art Meet: Interactive Workshops<br />
An Evening of Creativity, Play, and Discovery<br />
<br />
Step into a dynamic evening of hands-on workshops where sc…
pintofscience.co.uk
April 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Pint of Science is coming back to Loughborough and I am delighted to be part of the Creative Reactions team again!
We have three excellent events planned;
Come along; it'll be great!
We have three excellent events planned;
Come along; it'll be great!
I’m back from Lancaster for the 20th annual @thebsls.bsky.social Conference!
Thank you for the opportunity to present my paper “Don’t Laugh: Maybe a Dog?: Lessons From the Design and Pilot Study of a Survey Analysing Reader Descriptions of Poetry’s Speakers and Addressees”
Snappy title, I know.
Thank you for the opportunity to present my paper “Don’t Laugh: Maybe a Dog?: Lessons From the Design and Pilot Study of a Survey Analysing Reader Descriptions of Poetry’s Speakers and Addressees”
Snappy title, I know.
April 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I’m back from Lancaster for the 20th annual @thebsls.bsky.social Conference!
Thank you for the opportunity to present my paper “Don’t Laugh: Maybe a Dog?: Lessons From the Design and Pilot Study of a Survey Analysing Reader Descriptions of Poetry’s Speakers and Addressees”
Snappy title, I know.
Thank you for the opportunity to present my paper “Don’t Laugh: Maybe a Dog?: Lessons From the Design and Pilot Study of a Survey Analysing Reader Descriptions of Poetry’s Speakers and Addressees”
Snappy title, I know.
Final call!
Survey closes this Saturday
Survey closes this Saturday
Well, now I've settled into bluesky a little, put up my feet, made a cup of tea, and fallen asleep by the fire I suppose I should tell them as don't know about my survey for my PhD:
forms.office.com/e/URQkTcNFZ8
Any and all responses welcome, and all you need to do is read poems. Easy.
forms.office.com/e/URQkTcNFZ8
Any and all responses welcome, and all you need to do is read poems. Easy.
February 24, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Final call!
Survey closes this Saturday
Survey closes this Saturday
Update on this: I got a response yesterday, and it was a rejection.
I’m pretty sure it was a tiered rejection, though, which always helps.
Nevertheless it’s another row of red on my submissions table.
I’m pretty sure it was a tiered rejection, though, which always helps.
Nevertheless it’s another row of red on my submissions table.
I am waiting to hear back on a poetry journal submission.
I should have expected a response by now.
I always give some extra leeway before chasing up.
I think “they must be seriously considering my work”
However, I do keep obsessively checking emails.
This happens every few months.
I should have expected a response by now.
I always give some extra leeway before chasing up.
I think “they must be seriously considering my work”
However, I do keep obsessively checking emails.
This happens every few months.
January 15, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Update on this: I got a response yesterday, and it was a rejection.
I’m pretty sure it was a tiered rejection, though, which always helps.
Nevertheless it’s another row of red on my submissions table.
I’m pretty sure it was a tiered rejection, though, which always helps.
Nevertheless it’s another row of red on my submissions table.
I had the idea to write (& post) some short poems every so often which are inspired by the title of a poetry magazine or press.
They probably won’t be my best work, but if I enjoy it I’ll keep going.
It’s a show of my appreciation for people who choose to dedicate their time to publishing poems.
They probably won’t be my best work, but if I enjoy it I’ll keep going.
It’s a show of my appreciation for people who choose to dedicate their time to publishing poems.
January 13, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I had the idea to write (& post) some short poems every so often which are inspired by the title of a poetry magazine or press.
They probably won’t be my best work, but if I enjoy it I’ll keep going.
It’s a show of my appreciation for people who choose to dedicate their time to publishing poems.
They probably won’t be my best work, but if I enjoy it I’ll keep going.
It’s a show of my appreciation for people who choose to dedicate their time to publishing poems.
Reposted by Caspar Wort
In case you missed the news last week, our live literature programme in Exeter, #QuayWords, is seeking a freelance Writer/Practitioner to work with us on developing a programme of activity for young writers aged 16-19.
Applications close at 5pm on Wednesday 29th January.
Applications close at 5pm on Wednesday 29th January.
Quay Words seeks a freelance Writer/Practitioner for activities with young writers in Spring 2025 - Literature Works
Quay Words, the live literature programme at Exeter Custom House produced by Literature Works, has exciting opportunity for a freelance Writer/Practitioner to work with the team to develop a programme...
literatureworks.org.uk
December 11, 2024 at 4:06 PM
In case you missed the news last week, our live literature programme in Exeter, #QuayWords, is seeking a freelance Writer/Practitioner to work with us on developing a programme of activity for young writers aged 16-19.
Applications close at 5pm on Wednesday 29th January.
Applications close at 5pm on Wednesday 29th January.
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If you like narrative verse, visual poetry, experimental lyric, hybrid fiction, memoir and sound poetry, then check out the Hem Press store!
Hempressbooks.com/shop
Hempressbooks.com/shop
September 21, 2023 at 9:28 AM
If you like narrative verse, visual poetry, experimental lyric, hybrid fiction, memoir and sound poetry, then check out the Hem Press store!
Hempressbooks.com/shop
Hempressbooks.com/shop
Dear Santa,
For Christmas I would like:
- A Dukla Prague away kit
- A Hippopotamus
- More responses for my reader-response poetry study. People should find it a relaxing way to start their Christmas break, and it's available here: forms.office.com/e/URQkTcNFZ8
For Christmas I would like:
- A Dukla Prague away kit
- A Hippopotamus
- More responses for my reader-response poetry study. People should find it a relaxing way to start their Christmas break, and it's available here: forms.office.com/e/URQkTcNFZ8
December 20, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Dear Santa,
For Christmas I would like:
- A Dukla Prague away kit
- A Hippopotamus
- More responses for my reader-response poetry study. People should find it a relaxing way to start their Christmas break, and it's available here: forms.office.com/e/URQkTcNFZ8
For Christmas I would like:
- A Dukla Prague away kit
- A Hippopotamus
- More responses for my reader-response poetry study. People should find it a relaxing way to start their Christmas break, and it's available here: forms.office.com/e/URQkTcNFZ8
Reposted by Caspar Wort
Increasingly tempted every day that passes to apply for funding and start producing sick as hell poetry anthologies. If anyone knows a publisher who is seeking someone to run an anthology project please let them know I am dying to pitch. 🤭
December 10, 2024 at 3:39 PM
Increasingly tempted every day that passes to apply for funding and start producing sick as hell poetry anthologies. If anyone knows a publisher who is seeking someone to run an anthology project please let them know I am dying to pitch. 🤭
Reposted by Caspar Wort
THIS STATUS IS JOY
I have confused
the letters
that were in
the poem
and which
you were busily
scribbling
for a book
Forgive me
they were a pale view
so sad
and so exact
#anagram
I have confused
the letters
that were in
the poem
and which
you were busily
scribbling
for a book
Forgive me
they were a pale view
so sad
and so exact
#anagram
December 10, 2024 at 8:26 AM
THIS STATUS IS JOY
I have confused
the letters
that were in
the poem
and which
you were busily
scribbling
for a book
Forgive me
they were a pale view
so sad
and so exact
#anagram
I have confused
the letters
that were in
the poem
and which
you were busily
scribbling
for a book
Forgive me
they were a pale view
so sad
and so exact
#anagram
I am waiting to hear back on a poetry journal submission.
I should have expected a response by now.
I always give some extra leeway before chasing up.
I think “they must be seriously considering my work”
However, I do keep obsessively checking emails.
This happens every few months.
I should have expected a response by now.
I always give some extra leeway before chasing up.
I think “they must be seriously considering my work”
However, I do keep obsessively checking emails.
This happens every few months.
December 10, 2024 at 11:03 AM
I am waiting to hear back on a poetry journal submission.
I should have expected a response by now.
I always give some extra leeway before chasing up.
I think “they must be seriously considering my work”
However, I do keep obsessively checking emails.
This happens every few months.
I should have expected a response by now.
I always give some extra leeway before chasing up.
I think “they must be seriously considering my work”
However, I do keep obsessively checking emails.
This happens every few months.
Reposted by Caspar Wort
As many of us have been saying for some time #GCSEReform #Edusky #TeamEnglish #PearsonExamBoard
www.thetimes.com/article/6507...
www.thetimes.com/article/6507...
GCSE English is too male, pale and stale, says exam board
School courses should be more diverse and include more spoken language to keep students interested, Pearson tells a government review
www.thetimes.com
December 9, 2024 at 9:58 AM
As many of us have been saying for some time #GCSEReform #Edusky #TeamEnglish #PearsonExamBoard
www.thetimes.com/article/6507...
www.thetimes.com/article/6507...
A wonderful initiative.
It's never too late to get your work out there!
@bridportprize.bsky.social brings their new Never Too Late Award for writers aged 60+ who want to get their work out there.
Accepting novels, short stories, poetry and flash fiction - find out more ⏬
https://buff.ly/41iH99A
@bridportprize.bsky.social brings their new Never Too Late Award for writers aged 60+ who want to get their work out there.
Accepting novels, short stories, poetry and flash fiction - find out more ⏬
https://buff.ly/41iH99A
December 9, 2024 at 9:47 AM
A wonderful initiative.
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We'll be at Cinema City this Sunday with all the poetic goodness.
Come say hello ☺️
Come say hello ☺️
December 4, 2024 at 1:05 PM
We'll be at Cinema City this Sunday with all the poetic goodness.
Come say hello ☺️
Come say hello ☺️
Well, now I've settled into bluesky a little, put up my feet, made a cup of tea, and fallen asleep by the fire I suppose I should tell them as don't know about my survey for my PhD:
forms.office.com/e/URQkTcNFZ8
Any and all responses welcome, and all you need to do is read poems. Easy.
forms.office.com/e/URQkTcNFZ8
Any and all responses welcome, and all you need to do is read poems. Easy.
December 1, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Well, now I've settled into bluesky a little, put up my feet, made a cup of tea, and fallen asleep by the fire I suppose I should tell them as don't know about my survey for my PhD:
forms.office.com/e/URQkTcNFZ8
Any and all responses welcome, and all you need to do is read poems. Easy.
forms.office.com/e/URQkTcNFZ8
Any and all responses welcome, and all you need to do is read poems. Easy.