Caroline Smith
@csmithpoet.bsky.social
Shortlisted for Ted Hughes Award for ‘The Immigration Handbook’(Seren). Refugee caseworker. Lives in Wembley. ‘Bycatch’ published by Nine Arches Press Oct 2025. Hawthornden Fellow 2025. CarolineSmithpoet.com
Great if you can join us!
📣TONIGHT - please sign up before 6pm for our online launch with @csmithpoet.bsky.social @troycabida.bsky.social & @jessmookherjee.bsky.social
Thursday 13th November at 7pm GMT
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Thursday 13th November at 7pm GMT
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November 13, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Great if you can join us!
Reposted by Caroline Smith
Announcing an evening of #poetry with @csmithpoet.bsky.social and Erica Hesketh - sharing moving, honest poems of family, parenting, care, love, and life's uncertainties.
At Chorleywood Library, Tue 9th December, 7pm
Hosted with Chorleywood Bookshop
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At Chorleywood Library, Tue 9th December, 7pm
Hosted with Chorleywood Bookshop
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An evening with Caroline Smith & Erica Hesketh - Chiltern Bookshops
Join us for a lyrical evening of poetry with Caroline Smith and Erica Hesketh. BYCATCH – Caroline Smith From prize-winning poet Caroline Smith, BYCATCH is a deeply...
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November 12, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Announcing an evening of #poetry with @csmithpoet.bsky.social and Erica Hesketh - sharing moving, honest poems of family, parenting, care, love, and life's uncertainties.
At Chorleywood Library, Tue 9th December, 7pm
Hosted with Chorleywood Bookshop
chilternbookshops.co.uk/event/an-eve...
At Chorleywood Library, Tue 9th December, 7pm
Hosted with Chorleywood Bookshop
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Reposted by Caroline Smith
⚡FLASH SALE - titles from earlier this year now just £7.99 each. Save 33% on these celebrated #poetry books now.
Plus FREE UK postage across the shop.
Come on in: ninearchespress.com/shop
Including books by @tomsastry.bsky.social @julwe1.bsky.social & @rosiegarlandwriter.bsky.social
Plus FREE UK postage across the shop.
Come on in: ninearchespress.com/shop
Including books by @tomsastry.bsky.social @julwe1.bsky.social & @rosiegarlandwriter.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 1:31 PM
⚡FLASH SALE - titles from earlier this year now just £7.99 each. Save 33% on these celebrated #poetry books now.
Plus FREE UK postage across the shop.
Come on in: ninearchespress.com/shop
Including books by @tomsastry.bsky.social @julwe1.bsky.social & @rosiegarlandwriter.bsky.social
Plus FREE UK postage across the shop.
Come on in: ninearchespress.com/shop
Including books by @tomsastry.bsky.social @julwe1.bsky.social & @rosiegarlandwriter.bsky.social
So looking forward to reading with my fellow poets @troycabida.bsky.social @jessmookherjee.bsky.social
I can’t wait to hear them read their work. Do join us this Thursday 13th November! 🎉@ninearchespress.bsky.social
I can’t wait to hear them read their work. Do join us this Thursday 13th November! 🎉@ninearchespress.bsky.social
Coming very soon - join us at the online launch with @csmithpoet.bsky.social @troycabida.bsky.social & @jessmookherjee.bsky.social
Thursday 13th November, 7pm
📹 Recording sent to ticket-holders in case you can't join live
🎫 Reserve your place, pay what you can
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Thursday 13th November, 7pm
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November 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
So looking forward to reading with my fellow poets @troycabida.bsky.social @jessmookherjee.bsky.social
I can’t wait to hear them read their work. Do join us this Thursday 13th November! 🎉@ninearchespress.bsky.social
I can’t wait to hear them read their work. Do join us this Thursday 13th November! 🎉@ninearchespress.bsky.social
Reposted by Caroline Smith
Join us for our next online launch with @csmithpoet.bsky.social @troycabida.bsky.social & guest poet @jessmookherjee.bsky.social
Thursday 13th November at 7pm.
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Thursday 13th November at 7pm.
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November 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Join us for our next online launch with @csmithpoet.bsky.social @troycabida.bsky.social & guest poet @jessmookherjee.bsky.social
Thursday 13th November at 7pm.
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Thursday 13th November at 7pm.
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Reposted by Caroline Smith
Always a delight to see a 5 ⭐review.
This one is for the 'profoundly moving' BYCATCH by @csmithpoet.bsky.social
Tempted?... Buy your copy here:
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This one is for the 'profoundly moving' BYCATCH by @csmithpoet.bsky.social
Tempted?... Buy your copy here:
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October 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Always a delight to see a 5 ⭐review.
This one is for the 'profoundly moving' BYCATCH by @csmithpoet.bsky.social
Tempted?... Buy your copy here:
ninearchespress.com/publications...
This one is for the 'profoundly moving' BYCATCH by @csmithpoet.bsky.social
Tempted?... Buy your copy here:
ninearchespress.com/publications...
Reposted by Caroline Smith
Sharing a stunning poem from BYCATCH by @csmithpoet.bsky.social
'A beautiful collection. Smith’s precise, unsentimental language evokes the different stages of losing a parent, all the while reminding us that heartbreak is a measure of love.'– Kamila Shamsie
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'A beautiful collection. Smith’s precise, unsentimental language evokes the different stages of losing a parent, all the while reminding us that heartbreak is a measure of love.'– Kamila Shamsie
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October 22, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Sharing a stunning poem from BYCATCH by @csmithpoet.bsky.social
'A beautiful collection. Smith’s precise, unsentimental language evokes the different stages of losing a parent, all the while reminding us that heartbreak is a measure of love.'– Kamila Shamsie
ninearchespress.com/publications...
'A beautiful collection. Smith’s precise, unsentimental language evokes the different stages of losing a parent, all the while reminding us that heartbreak is a measure of love.'– Kamila Shamsie
ninearchespress.com/publications...
Beautiful. I can feel myself there. X
My friend needed help getting the canoe up, so I had a trip out to her cabin. It was blanketed by fog. Silent. We discovered that the beaver had been busy, so we had to take down the birch near the cabin as well, with a saw and a bit of pushing.
Photo of me: Mariann Vaksvik Håvaldsrud
Photo of me: Mariann Vaksvik Håvaldsrud
October 21, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Beautiful. I can feel myself there. X
Reposted by Caroline Smith
Join us for our next online launch with @csmithpoet.bsky.social @troycabida.bsky.social & guest poet @jessmookherjee.bsky.social
Thursday 13th November at 7pm.
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Thursday 13th November at 7pm.
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October 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Join us for our next online launch with @csmithpoet.bsky.social @troycabida.bsky.social & guest poet @jessmookherjee.bsky.social
Thursday 13th November at 7pm.
📹 Recording sent to ticket-holders in case you can't join live
🎫 Reserve your place, pay what you can
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Thursday 13th November at 7pm.
📹 Recording sent to ticket-holders in case you can't join live
🎫 Reserve your place, pay what you can
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I am so delighted you are coming Sari. We read together at The Magma launch in the summer. I loved your poem then and can’t wait to read a collection by you. See you soon! 😊
I've looked forward to the launch of @csmithpoet.bsky.social's new collection, 'Bycatch', for some time. She chronicles dementia. And, I've had the pleasure of hearing Erica Hesketh online.
I'm so excited for this! There are still a few tickets left.
London: Thurs. Oct. 16 at 18:30. #poetry 👇
I'm so excited for this! There are still a few tickets left.
London: Thurs. Oct. 16 at 18:30. #poetry 👇
Join @csmithpoet.bsky.social to celebrate the publication of BYCATCH at Wembley Library, alongside poet Erica Hesketh.
Their books are beautifully moving explorations into the beginning and end of life, parenting & ageing, sadness & joy.
Thursday 16th October 6.30pm
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Their books are beautifully moving explorations into the beginning and end of life, parenting & ageing, sadness & joy.
Thursday 16th October 6.30pm
eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-in-...
October 14, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I am so delighted you are coming Sari. We read together at The Magma launch in the summer. I loved your poem then and can’t wait to read a collection by you. See you soon! 😊
Reposted by Caroline Smith
Here's a stunning #poem from freshly published BYCATCH by
@csmithpoet.bsky.social
'So much love, care, grief, and dignity is presented in this collection.' – Hitomi Grace Utsugi
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@csmithpoet.bsky.social
'So much love, care, grief, and dignity is presented in this collection.' – Hitomi Grace Utsugi
ninearchespress.com/publications...
October 14, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Here's a stunning #poem from freshly published BYCATCH by
@csmithpoet.bsky.social
'So much love, care, grief, and dignity is presented in this collection.' – Hitomi Grace Utsugi
ninearchespress.com/publications...
@csmithpoet.bsky.social
'So much love, care, grief, and dignity is presented in this collection.' – Hitomi Grace Utsugi
ninearchespress.com/publications...
Reposted by Caroline Smith
Our next online launch features @csmithpoet.bsky.social @troycabida.bsky.social & guest
@jessmookherjee.bsky.social
Join us Thursday 13th November, 7pm
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@jessmookherjee.bsky.social
Join us Thursday 13th November, 7pm
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October 11, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Our next online launch features @csmithpoet.bsky.social @troycabida.bsky.social & guest
@jessmookherjee.bsky.social
Join us Thursday 13th November, 7pm
📹 Recording sent to all ticket-holders in case you can't join live.
🎫 Reserve your place, pay what you can
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@jessmookherjee.bsky.social
Join us Thursday 13th November, 7pm
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Reposted by Caroline Smith
Publication day for BYCATCH by @csmithpoet.bsky.social
A remarkable, meditative journal of caring for ageing parents, composed throughout with striking clarity of image and compassionate observation. A beautiful, finely resonant book.
Congratulations Caroline 💚
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A remarkable, meditative journal of caring for ageing parents, composed throughout with striking clarity of image and compassionate observation. A beautiful, finely resonant book.
Congratulations Caroline 💚
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October 9, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Publication day for BYCATCH by @csmithpoet.bsky.social
A remarkable, meditative journal of caring for ageing parents, composed throughout with striking clarity of image and compassionate observation. A beautiful, finely resonant book.
Congratulations Caroline 💚
ninearchespress.com/publications...
A remarkable, meditative journal of caring for ageing parents, composed throughout with striking clarity of image and compassionate observation. A beautiful, finely resonant book.
Congratulations Caroline 💚
ninearchespress.com/publications...
Reposted by Caroline Smith
Thank you to Bernard O'Donoghue for his words about BYCATCH, out this week from @csmithpoet.bsky.social ⬇️
A compassionate, poetic chronicle of care and dementia, family, love and loss. Order your copy now: ninearchespress.com/publications...
A compassionate, poetic chronicle of care and dementia, family, love and loss. Order your copy now: ninearchespress.com/publications...
October 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Thank you to Bernard O'Donoghue for his words about BYCATCH, out this week from @csmithpoet.bsky.social ⬇️
A compassionate, poetic chronicle of care and dementia, family, love and loss. Order your copy now: ninearchespress.com/publications...
A compassionate, poetic chronicle of care and dementia, family, love and loss. Order your copy now: ninearchespress.com/publications...
Terrible train journey but worth it! Wonderful Festival! 💐
@ninearchespress.bsky.social
@ninearchespress.bsky.social
October 5, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Terrible train journey but worth it! Wonderful Festival! 💐
@ninearchespress.bsky.social
@ninearchespress.bsky.social
Reposted by Caroline Smith
Thank you Kamila Shamsie for these heartfelt words describing BYCATCH, the upcoming 'beautiful' #poetry collection by @csmithpoet.bsky.social
Order your copy now: ninearchespress.com/shop#!/Bycat...
Order your copy now: ninearchespress.com/shop#!/Bycat...
October 5, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Thank you Kamila Shamsie for these heartfelt words describing BYCATCH, the upcoming 'beautiful' #poetry collection by @csmithpoet.bsky.social
Order your copy now: ninearchespress.com/shop#!/Bycat...
Order your copy now: ninearchespress.com/shop#!/Bycat...
Happy National Poetry Day! ❤️
A poem from ‘Bycatch’ my new collection out next Thursday with @ninearchespress.bsky.social
#nationalpoetryday
#nationalpoetryday2025
A poem from ‘Bycatch’ my new collection out next Thursday with @ninearchespress.bsky.social
#nationalpoetryday
#nationalpoetryday2025
October 3, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Happy National Poetry Day! ❤️
A poem from ‘Bycatch’ my new collection out next Thursday with @ninearchespress.bsky.social
#nationalpoetryday
#nationalpoetryday2025
A poem from ‘Bycatch’ my new collection out next Thursday with @ninearchespress.bsky.social
#nationalpoetryday
#nationalpoetryday2025
I have a poem in the Canadian journal @arcpoetry.bsky.social… ‘This volume gathers voices that echo across time and space - some whispering, some roaring, some weeping, all resonant.’ ..
‘Ocean World’ will also be in my new collection Bycatch. Out on 9th Oct! with @ninearchespress.bsky.social
‘Ocean World’ will also be in my new collection Bycatch. Out on 9th Oct! with @ninearchespress.bsky.social
September 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I have a poem in the Canadian journal @arcpoetry.bsky.social… ‘This volume gathers voices that echo across time and space - some whispering, some roaring, some weeping, all resonant.’ ..
‘Ocean World’ will also be in my new collection Bycatch. Out on 9th Oct! with @ninearchespress.bsky.social
‘Ocean World’ will also be in my new collection Bycatch. Out on 9th Oct! with @ninearchespress.bsky.social
Thanks Sari for that lovely comment. I’d love you to come to the launch if you are in the UK on 16th October. ☺️
"His language has become / its own ecosystem"
Thank you for this gift of a poem on World Alzheimer's Day, @csmithpoet.bsky.social.
#poetry
#WomenWritersNet
Thank you for this gift of a poem on World Alzheimer's Day, @csmithpoet.bsky.social.
#poetry
#WomenWritersNet
On Alzheimer’s Day
My poem ‘Forest Canopy’ from my new collection, ‘Bycatch’ out on October 9th with @ninearchespress.bsky.social
‘Bycatch’ charts the process of aging, dementia and the loss of language
#alzheimersday
#alzheimersawareness
My poem ‘Forest Canopy’ from my new collection, ‘Bycatch’ out on October 9th with @ninearchespress.bsky.social
‘Bycatch’ charts the process of aging, dementia and the loss of language
#alzheimersday
#alzheimersawareness
September 21, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Thanks Sari for that lovely comment. I’d love you to come to the launch if you are in the UK on 16th October. ☺️
On Alzheimer’s Day
My poem ‘Forest Canopy’ from my new collection, ‘Bycatch’ out on October 9th with @ninearchespress.bsky.social
‘Bycatch’ charts the process of aging, dementia and the loss of language
#alzheimersday
#alzheimersawareness
My poem ‘Forest Canopy’ from my new collection, ‘Bycatch’ out on October 9th with @ninearchespress.bsky.social
‘Bycatch’ charts the process of aging, dementia and the loss of language
#alzheimersday
#alzheimersawareness
September 21, 2025 at 8:37 PM
On Alzheimer’s Day
My poem ‘Forest Canopy’ from my new collection, ‘Bycatch’ out on October 9th with @ninearchespress.bsky.social
‘Bycatch’ charts the process of aging, dementia and the loss of language
#alzheimersday
#alzheimersawareness
My poem ‘Forest Canopy’ from my new collection, ‘Bycatch’ out on October 9th with @ninearchespress.bsky.social
‘Bycatch’ charts the process of aging, dementia and the loss of language
#alzheimersday
#alzheimersawareness
Thank you 😊
Have fun!
September 12, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Thank you 😊
Thrilled if you can join us for my first Reading from BYCATCH. Delighted to be sharing the evening with poet Erica Hesketh. Thank you Brent Libraries for making possible this free community event. Hope to see you there! 😊
Join @csmithpoet.bsky.social to celebrate the publication of BYCATCH at Wembley Library, alongside poet Erica Hesketh.
Their books are beautifully moving explorations into the beginning and end of life, parenting & ageing, sadness & joy.
Thursday 16th October 6.30pm
eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-in-...
Their books are beautifully moving explorations into the beginning and end of life, parenting & ageing, sadness & joy.
Thursday 16th October 6.30pm
eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-in-...
September 12, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Thrilled if you can join us for my first Reading from BYCATCH. Delighted to be sharing the evening with poet Erica Hesketh. Thank you Brent Libraries for making possible this free community event. Hope to see you there! 😊
Reposted by Caroline Smith
Join @csmithpoet.bsky.social to celebrate the publication of BYCATCH at Wembley Library, alongside poet Erica Hesketh.
Their books are beautifully moving explorations into the beginning and end of life, parenting & ageing, sadness & joy.
Thursday 16th October 6.30pm
eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-in-...
Their books are beautifully moving explorations into the beginning and end of life, parenting & ageing, sadness & joy.
Thursday 16th October 6.30pm
eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-in-...
September 4, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Join @csmithpoet.bsky.social to celebrate the publication of BYCATCH at Wembley Library, alongside poet Erica Hesketh.
Their books are beautifully moving explorations into the beginning and end of life, parenting & ageing, sadness & joy.
Thursday 16th October 6.30pm
eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-in-...
Their books are beautifully moving explorations into the beginning and end of life, parenting & ageing, sadness & joy.
Thursday 16th October 6.30pm
eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-in-...
Reposted by Caroline Smith
Sharing a wonderful poem and blog from @csmithpoet.bsky.social as she discusses 'In Decline'.
Here dementia reveals itself, urban images are juxtaposed with 'misplaced' language, prompting questions about the notion of personhood.
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Taken from Bycatch.
Here dementia reveals itself, urban images are juxtaposed with 'misplaced' language, prompting questions about the notion of personhood.
ninearchespress.blogspot.com/2025/08/in-c...
Taken from Bycatch.
August 24, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Sharing a wonderful poem and blog from @csmithpoet.bsky.social as she discusses 'In Decline'.
Here dementia reveals itself, urban images are juxtaposed with 'misplaced' language, prompting questions about the notion of personhood.
ninearchespress.blogspot.com/2025/08/in-c...
Taken from Bycatch.
Here dementia reveals itself, urban images are juxtaposed with 'misplaced' language, prompting questions about the notion of personhood.
ninearchespress.blogspot.com/2025/08/in-c...
Taken from Bycatch.
Looking forward to my copy dropping through the letterbox! Many congratulations 👏
Publication day for The Infernal Garden by Gregory Leadbetter. Leading us into dark and verdant places of the imagination through bewitching, lyrical poems that combine precision with mystery.
'A profoundly-felt but also profoundly-thought collection'
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'A profoundly-felt but also profoundly-thought collection'
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August 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Looking forward to my copy dropping through the letterbox! Many congratulations 👏