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Dale Booton
@dalebooton.bsky.social
· Jan 10
Hello Bluesky!
Queer poet here.
Pamphlets with @polari.press and @fourteenpoems.bsky.social
You can purchase 'Walking Contagions' directly from me as it is out of stock online.
'On This Stretch of Queerland' can be purchased from me or from www.fourteenpoems.com/shop/on-this...
Queer poet here.
Pamphlets with @polari.press and @fourteenpoems.bsky.social
You can purchase 'Walking Contagions' directly from me as it is out of stock online.
'On This Stretch of Queerland' can be purchased from me or from www.fourteenpoems.com/shop/on-this...
Absolutely thrilled that I'll have a poem with @afterpoetry.com later next year.
November 16, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Absolutely thrilled that I'll have a poem with @afterpoetry.com later next year.
Absolutely thrilled to have a poem in the latest @muswellpress.bsky.social 'Queer Life, Queer Love 3' anthology.
Such an incredible LGBTQIA+ anthology with poetry, prose, and non-fiction.
Such an incredible LGBTQIA+ anthology with poetry, prose, and non-fiction.
November 15, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Absolutely thrilled to have a poem in the latest @muswellpress.bsky.social 'Queer Life, Queer Love 3' anthology.
Such an incredible LGBTQIA+ anthology with poetry, prose, and non-fiction.
Such an incredible LGBTQIA+ anthology with poetry, prose, and non-fiction.
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I have new poems OUT on iamb! 🥳
After a long hiatus, you can read me again 🫣 - if you’re that way inclined - and once again wonder “what is WRONG with this guy?!”
Special thanks to @markantonyowen.com for the love and support.
Go read and listen to the poems NOW! #poetry #iamb #poetrylovers
After a long hiatus, you can read me again 🫣 - if you’re that way inclined - and once again wonder “what is WRONG with this guy?!”
Special thanks to @markantonyowen.com for the love and support.
Go read and listen to the poems NOW! #poetry #iamb #poetrylovers
September 15, 2025 at 6:53 AM
I have new poems OUT on iamb! 🥳
After a long hiatus, you can read me again 🫣 - if you’re that way inclined - and once again wonder “what is WRONG with this guy?!”
Special thanks to @markantonyowen.com for the love and support.
Go read and listen to the poems NOW! #poetry #iamb #poetrylovers
After a long hiatus, you can read me again 🫣 - if you’re that way inclined - and once again wonder “what is WRONG with this guy?!”
Special thanks to @markantonyowen.com for the love and support.
Go read and listen to the poems NOW! #poetry #iamb #poetrylovers
Thrilled to have my poem republished in 'You're Never Too Much', edited by Charlie Castelletti and out now from First Ink!
Honoured to be part of this bold, beautiful anthology.
Honoured to be part of this bold, beautiful anthology.
September 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Thrilled to have my poem republished in 'You're Never Too Much', edited by Charlie Castelletti and out now from First Ink!
Honoured to be part of this bold, beautiful anthology.
Honoured to be part of this bold, beautiful anthology.
Absolutely thrilled to be published in the latest The North after being a runner-up in the 2024 International Book & Pamphlet Competition!
Huge thanks to the editors @poetrybusiness.bsky.social and judge @janeclarke.bsky.social - feeling very grateful. 📚✨
Huge thanks to the editors @poetrybusiness.bsky.social and judge @janeclarke.bsky.social - feeling very grateful. 📚✨
August 26, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Absolutely thrilled to be published in the latest The North after being a runner-up in the 2024 International Book & Pamphlet Competition!
Huge thanks to the editors @poetrybusiness.bsky.social and judge @janeclarke.bsky.social - feeling very grateful. 📚✨
Huge thanks to the editors @poetrybusiness.bsky.social and judge @janeclarke.bsky.social - feeling very grateful. 📚✨
Absolutely thrilled to be in the 3rd @muswellpress.bsky.social anthology of 'Queer Life, Queer Love' which you can now pre-order.
If you pre-order with @waterstones.bsky.social, you get a 25% discount with the code: SUMMER 25 from the 28-31 July!
If you pre-order with @waterstones.bsky.social, you get a 25% discount with the code: SUMMER 25 from the 28-31 July!
July 28, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Absolutely thrilled to be in the 3rd @muswellpress.bsky.social anthology of 'Queer Life, Queer Love' which you can now pre-order.
If you pre-order with @waterstones.bsky.social, you get a 25% discount with the code: SUMMER 25 from the 28-31 July!
If you pre-order with @waterstones.bsky.social, you get a 25% discount with the code: SUMMER 25 from the 28-31 July!
Reposted by Dale Booton
🚨 Calling all unapologetic voices! 🚨
Announcing September’s submission window for #Verdigris #PoetryOfDecay ✨🥂
Opulence. Ruin. Power. Style.
Send poems that shimmer and rot; luxury with teeth.
🖋️ £3 fee keeps the lights on, your tribute to independent poetry.
🔗 Submit soon: shorturl.at/O6o0U
Announcing September’s submission window for #Verdigris #PoetryOfDecay ✨🥂
Opulence. Ruin. Power. Style.
Send poems that shimmer and rot; luxury with teeth.
🖋️ £3 fee keeps the lights on, your tribute to independent poetry.
🔗 Submit soon: shorturl.at/O6o0U
Dressed to Kill, Ready to Rot: Submit to Verdigris: Poetry of Decay - The Broken Spine
Submissions Open Throughout September 2025 | Publication in 2026
shorturl.at
June 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🚨 Calling all unapologetic voices! 🚨
Announcing September’s submission window for #Verdigris #PoetryOfDecay ✨🥂
Opulence. Ruin. Power. Style.
Send poems that shimmer and rot; luxury with teeth.
🖋️ £3 fee keeps the lights on, your tribute to independent poetry.
🔗 Submit soon: shorturl.at/O6o0U
Announcing September’s submission window for #Verdigris #PoetryOfDecay ✨🥂
Opulence. Ruin. Power. Style.
Send poems that shimmer and rot; luxury with teeth.
🖋️ £3 fee keeps the lights on, your tribute to independent poetry.
🔗 Submit soon: shorturl.at/O6o0U
It's Pride Month, so why not by some fantastic queer poetry from @fourteenpoems.bsky.social
My pamphlet is on a Pride sale: www.fourteenpoems.com/shop/on-this...
My pamphlet is on a Pride sale: www.fourteenpoems.com/shop/on-this...
June 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
It's Pride Month, so why not by some fantastic queer poetry from @fourteenpoems.bsky.social
My pamphlet is on a Pride sale: www.fourteenpoems.com/shop/on-this...
My pamphlet is on a Pride sale: www.fourteenpoems.com/shop/on-this...
Thrilled to have a poem in this wonderful queer anthology from @brokenspinearts.bsky.social
June 7, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Thrilled to have a poem in this wonderful queer anthology from @brokenspinearts.bsky.social
Reposted by Dale Booton
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Buy issue one to read Dale's poem - and so many more!
#poetry
Buy issue one to read Dale's poem - and so many more!
#poetry
Issue 1, The Aftershock Review | Aftershock Review
‘NOW MORE THAN EVER WE NEED THE AFTERSHOCK REVIEW– THE PERFECT MAGAZINE FOR OUR TRAUMATIC TIMES.’ — PASCALE PETIT A bold new literary magazine for our most urgent voices. The Aftershock Review is an i...
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June 5, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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Buy issue one to read Dale's poem - and so many more!
#poetry
Buy issue one to read Dale's poem - and so many more!
#poetry
Absolutely thrilled to be a part of The Aftershock Review.
Thank you to the wonderful @maxwallis.bsky.social for believing in these poems.
Thank you to the wonderful @maxwallis.bsky.social for believing in these poems.
This Pride we’re spotlighting some of the queer poets from The Aftershock Review: Issue One. We’re starting with Dale Booton.
Dale’s poem Wide Awake doesn’t soothe. It stings.
@dalebooton.bsky.social
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#poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrybluesky
Dale’s poem Wide Awake doesn’t soothe. It stings.
@dalebooton.bsky.social
aftershockpoetry.substack.com/p/pride-2025...
#poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrybluesky
June 5, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Absolutely thrilled to be a part of The Aftershock Review.
Thank you to the wonderful @maxwallis.bsky.social for believing in these poems.
Thank you to the wonderful @maxwallis.bsky.social for believing in these poems.
Absolutely thrilled and excited to be a part of this! @brokenspinearts.bsky.social
“when he beckons me to his golden feet I wring the watery dreams of childhood”
— Dale Booton, “Ganymede”
💫 Featured in #OutSkirts, out 2 June.
#QueerPoetry #LGBTVoices #Pride
— Dale Booton, “Ganymede”
💫 Featured in #OutSkirts, out 2 June.
#QueerPoetry #LGBTVoices #Pride
May 31, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Absolutely thrilled and excited to be a part of this! @brokenspinearts.bsky.social
Thrilled to have received my contributor copy of this glorious anthology.
The Aftershock Review is an incredible anthology on the after-events of trauma, created by the wonderful @maxwallis.bsky.social
So proud to have 3 poems in it!
You can purchase it here: www.aftershockreview.com
The Aftershock Review is an incredible anthology on the after-events of trauma, created by the wonderful @maxwallis.bsky.social
So proud to have 3 poems in it!
You can purchase it here: www.aftershockreview.com
May 3, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Thrilled to have received my contributor copy of this glorious anthology.
The Aftershock Review is an incredible anthology on the after-events of trauma, created by the wonderful @maxwallis.bsky.social
So proud to have 3 poems in it!
You can purchase it here: www.aftershockreview.com
The Aftershock Review is an incredible anthology on the after-events of trauma, created by the wonderful @maxwallis.bsky.social
So proud to have 3 poems in it!
You can purchase it here: www.aftershockreview.com
Reposted by Dale Booton
Hear two commended poets in our 2024 Book & Pamphlet Competition by heading over to our Poetry Bites podcast!
Listen to James Appleby and Dale Booton introduce and read their poems here: buff.ly/42TZdrG
@dalebooton.bsky.social @interpretmagazine.bsky.social
Listen to James Appleby and Dale Booton introduce and read their poems here: buff.ly/42TZdrG
@dalebooton.bsky.social @interpretmagazine.bsky.social
March 31, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Hear two commended poets in our 2024 Book & Pamphlet Competition by heading over to our Poetry Bites podcast!
Listen to James Appleby and Dale Booton introduce and read their poems here: buff.ly/42TZdrG
@dalebooton.bsky.social @interpretmagazine.bsky.social
Listen to James Appleby and Dale Booton introduce and read their poems here: buff.ly/42TZdrG
@dalebooton.bsky.social @interpretmagazine.bsky.social
Happy second birthday to my debut @polari.press pamphlet
March 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Happy second birthday to my debut @polari.press pamphlet
Happy World Poetry Day!
The world is always better with poetry; so have a read of one today.
The world is always better with poetry; so have a read of one today.
March 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Happy World Poetry Day!
The world is always better with poetry; so have a read of one today.
The world is always better with poetry; so have a read of one today.
Was incredible to be longlisted by the marvellous @theemmapress.bsky.social
February 13, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Was incredible to be longlisted by the marvellous @theemmapress.bsky.social
Excited to be in the first issue of this - coming later this year!
If you can help out funding this incredible magazine, then please do! Every little helps.
If you can help out funding this incredible magazine, then please do! Every little helps.
Thrilled to have poems by @chenchenwrites.bsky.social, @katyevansbush.bsky.social, @dalebooton.bsky.social , @josephfasano.bsky.social in our first issue www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/aftershock...
Help fund The Aftershock Review Poetry Magazine
Raising money for the publication of The Aftershock Review and pamphlet series, promoting exceptional poetry around the aftershocks of life.
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February 13, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Excited to be in the first issue of this - coming later this year!
If you can help out funding this incredible magazine, then please do! Every little helps.
If you can help out funding this incredible magazine, then please do! Every little helps.
Reposted by Dale Booton
“I build some version of you”
It’s been one year since we published Dale Booton’s “On This Stretch of Queerland” so to celebrate, here’s one of the poems from the book.
Head to fourteenpoems.com to grab a copy of “On This Stretch of Queerland” now!
HBD Queerland!
It’s been one year since we published Dale Booton’s “On This Stretch of Queerland” so to celebrate, here’s one of the poems from the book.
Head to fourteenpoems.com to grab a copy of “On This Stretch of Queerland” now!
HBD Queerland!
February 5, 2025 at 7:11 PM
“I build some version of you”
It’s been one year since we published Dale Booton’s “On This Stretch of Queerland” so to celebrate, here’s one of the poems from the book.
Head to fourteenpoems.com to grab a copy of “On This Stretch of Queerland” now!
HBD Queerland!
It’s been one year since we published Dale Booton’s “On This Stretch of Queerland” so to celebrate, here’s one of the poems from the book.
Head to fourteenpoems.com to grab a copy of “On This Stretch of Queerland” now!
HBD Queerland!
Reposted by Dale Booton
I am 11 months sober as of yesterday. If anyone wants to buy me a 'drink' to celebrate - www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/aftershock... #sober #recovery #poetry #amsober
Help fund The Aftershock Review Poetry Magazine
Raising money for the publication of The Aftershock Review and pamphlet series, promoting exceptional poetry around the aftershocks of life.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
February 6, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I am 11 months sober as of yesterday. If anyone wants to buy me a 'drink' to celebrate - www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/aftershock... #sober #recovery #poetry #amsober
Happy first birthday to my wonderful @fourteenpoems.bsky.social pamphlet: 'On This Stretch of Queerland'.
You can purchase it from here: www.fourteenpoems.com/shop/on-this...
Or from me directly!
You can purchase it from here: www.fourteenpoems.com/shop/on-this...
Or from me directly!
On This Stretch of Queerland by Dale Booton — fourteen poems
We’re thrilled to be publishing the new pamphlet from the exciting poet Dale Booton. Dale is based in Birmingham, UK. His debut pamphlet Walking Contagions was published by Polari Press and his s...
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February 5, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Happy first birthday to my wonderful @fourteenpoems.bsky.social pamphlet: 'On This Stretch of Queerland'.
You can purchase it from here: www.fourteenpoems.com/shop/on-this...
Or from me directly!
You can purchase it from here: www.fourteenpoems.com/shop/on-this...
Or from me directly!
Excited to be reading for this tonight!
Join us on Sunday evening for our online celebration of the 2024 Book & Pamphlet Competition!
With readings from:
Caroline Bracken, Jen Feroze, Dale Booton, Kate Rutter, James Appleby, Ger Duffy & Derval Tubridy
buytickets.at/thepoetrybus...
@jenferoze.bsky.social @carolinebracken.bsky.social
With readings from:
Caroline Bracken, Jen Feroze, Dale Booton, Kate Rutter, James Appleby, Ger Duffy & Derval Tubridy
buytickets.at/thepoetrybus...
@jenferoze.bsky.social @carolinebracken.bsky.social
January 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Excited to be reading for this tonight!
Reposted by Dale Booton
January 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Reposted by Dale Booton
Dale is an outstanding writer whose poem in #OutSkirts literally made me stop and cry. His words are so powerful and important. #LiftToTheSky
Was thrilled to have been a runner-up in the 2024 International Book and Pamphlet Competition.
So excited to be reading a few of those poems on the 26th January.
So excited to be reading a few of those poems on the 26th January.
🎤 Excited for a night of poetic brilliance? Don’t miss #TheWhiskeyTree #Wave2 poet @jenferoze.bsky.social & #OutSkirts star @dalebooton.bsky.social in action! 🌟 Two incredible voices & more, one unforgettable evening.
www.tickettailor.com/events/thepo... 📚✨ #PoetryEvent #MustSeePoets
www.tickettailor.com/events/thepo... 📚✨ #PoetryEvent #MustSeePoets
January 13, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Dale is an outstanding writer whose poem in #OutSkirts literally made me stop and cry. His words are so powerful and important. #LiftToTheSky
Was thrilled to have been a runner-up in the 2024 International Book and Pamphlet Competition.
So excited to be reading a few of those poems on the 26th January.
So excited to be reading a few of those poems on the 26th January.
🎤 Excited for a night of poetic brilliance? Don’t miss #TheWhiskeyTree #Wave2 poet @jenferoze.bsky.social & #OutSkirts star @dalebooton.bsky.social in action! 🌟 Two incredible voices & more, one unforgettable evening.
www.tickettailor.com/events/thepo... 📚✨ #PoetryEvent #MustSeePoets
www.tickettailor.com/events/thepo... 📚✨ #PoetryEvent #MustSeePoets
Register – The 2024 Book & Pamphlet Competition Celebration: An online reading – YouTube
Join us as we celebrate the winners and commended poets in the 2024 International Book + Pamphlet Competition. With live readin...
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January 13, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Was thrilled to have been a runner-up in the 2024 International Book and Pamphlet Competition.
So excited to be reading a few of those poems on the 26th January.
So excited to be reading a few of those poems on the 26th January.