The Harlow Circle of Poetry
@harlowstanza.bsky.social
Official Poetry Stanza founded by Carmella de Keyser @carmellapoetry.bsky.social on World Poetry Day, March 2024 🌍 ✌🏾✌🏻✌🏿🌈
Core Values- HUMILITY, RESPECT, EQUALITY
Everyone gets equal reading time, all voices will be heard! 📢
'We Rise by Lifting Others'
Core Values- HUMILITY, RESPECT, EQUALITY
Everyone gets equal reading time, all voices will be heard! 📢
'We Rise by Lifting Others'
📣 #Poetrylovers of Harlow❕ Next meeting is 27/11/25
Optional theme is #Scapegoats ❕
Free entry, fair use policy applies.
#HarlowCircleofPoetry
#HarlowPoetry
#NationalPoetrySociety
#poetrycommunity
Optional theme is #Scapegoats ❕
Free entry, fair use policy applies.
#HarlowCircleofPoetry
#HarlowPoetry
#NationalPoetrySociety
#poetrycommunity
November 19, 2025 at 10:47 AM
📣 #Poetrylovers of Harlow❕ Next meeting is 27/11/25
Optional theme is #Scapegoats ❕
Free entry, fair use policy applies.
#HarlowCircleofPoetry
#HarlowPoetry
#NationalPoetrySociety
#poetrycommunity
Optional theme is #Scapegoats ❕
Free entry, fair use policy applies.
#HarlowCircleofPoetry
#HarlowPoetry
#NationalPoetrySociety
#poetrycommunity
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Join The Poetry Society for a very Christmassy open mic! Come and see the brilliant John Hegley perform a headline set, and get the chance to read your work at London’s most iconic poetry venue. 🎄 🎁 ❄️
Doors open at 7pm, event starts promptly at 7:30pm.
poetrysociety.org.uk/event/the-po...
Doors open at 7pm, event starts promptly at 7:30pm.
poetrysociety.org.uk/event/the-po...
November 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Join The Poetry Society for a very Christmassy open mic! Come and see the brilliant John Hegley perform a headline set, and get the chance to read your work at London’s most iconic poetry venue. 🎄 🎁 ❄️
Doors open at 7pm, event starts promptly at 7:30pm.
poetrysociety.org.uk/event/the-po...
Doors open at 7pm, event starts promptly at 7:30pm.
poetrysociety.org.uk/event/the-po...
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More tickets have been added to our annual lecture! Given this year by Diane Seuss on 10 November @ 7:00pm GMT via Zoom, the lecture will address an education in poetry from outside the borders of academia, specifically that of a poet from the rural working class.
November 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
More tickets have been added to our annual lecture! Given this year by Diane Seuss on 10 November @ 7:00pm GMT via Zoom, the lecture will address an education in poetry from outside the borders of academia, specifically that of a poet from the rural working class.
Lovely evening at #HarlowStanza Our theme was #eclipses ❕🌛 We read 3 featured poems in the 1st half, & in the 2nd, we read from our own. Featured poems sparked inspiring discussions on a variety of topics including #attachmenttheory & how #USpoetry compares to #UKpoetry
#HarlowStanza
#poetrymatters
#HarlowStanza
#poetrymatters
October 30, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Lovely evening at #HarlowStanza Our theme was #eclipses ❕🌛 We read 3 featured poems in the 1st half, & in the 2nd, we read from our own. Featured poems sparked inspiring discussions on a variety of topics including #attachmenttheory & how #USpoetry compares to #UKpoetry
#HarlowStanza
#poetrymatters
#HarlowStanza
#poetrymatters
📣 Attention Harlow Stanza ❗
Our meeting is TODAY! 🙂🙂
#poetrycommunity
#HarlowStanza
#HarlowPoetryCommunity
Our meeting is TODAY! 🙂🙂
#poetrycommunity
#HarlowStanza
#HarlowPoetryCommunity
October 30, 2025 at 9:56 AM
📣 Attention Harlow Stanza ❗
Our meeting is TODAY! 🙂🙂
#poetrycommunity
#HarlowStanza
#HarlowPoetryCommunity
Our meeting is TODAY! 🙂🙂
#poetrycommunity
#HarlowStanza
#HarlowPoetryCommunity
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The Autumn Poems on the Underground went live on London Underground and Overground trains for 4 weeks from 20th October.
Find out more at poetrysociety.org.uk
Find out more at poetrysociety.org.uk
October 24, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The Autumn Poems on the Underground went live on London Underground and Overground trains for 4 weeks from 20th October.
Find out more at poetrysociety.org.uk
Find out more at poetrysociety.org.uk
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My monthly look at Harlow, Essex, UK through our Museum Archives visits October 1963 www.yourharlow.com/2025/10/21/a...
All Our Yesterdays: A look back at the Harlow Citizen in October 1963 - Your Harlow
All Our Yesterdays – a monthly look at Harlow in years gone by. By Ian Beckett There are days, weeks, and months when some single news stories dominate the headlines and beyond. Times when enthusiasti...
www.yourharlow.com
October 21, 2025 at 10:37 AM
My monthly look at Harlow, Essex, UK through our Museum Archives visits October 1963 www.yourharlow.com/2025/10/21/a...
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Lovely day reading yesterday at Harlow Pride Festival. Was a lot of work, but worth it! So proud of @harlowstanza.bsky.social ! You were AMAZING,& the feedback we've been getting has been incredible! Thank you to Leigh, Daniel, Sue, Harlow Council, Harlow Rock School & everyone who came to watch! 🙏🏻
October 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Lovely day reading yesterday at Harlow Pride Festival. Was a lot of work, but worth it! So proud of @harlowstanza.bsky.social ! You were AMAZING,& the feedback we've been getting has been incredible! Thank you to Leigh, Daniel, Sue, Harlow Council, Harlow Rock School & everyone who came to watch! 🙏🏻
Thank you for listening to our poetry readings. We had a lovely time supporting Harlow Pride 2025! 🏳️🌈
@poetrysociety.org.uk
#HarlowCircleofPoetry
#HarlowStanza
#Pride
#CommunityMatters
#LivePoetryPerformances
#PoetryCommunity
#Oneness
@poetrysociety.org.uk
#HarlowCircleofPoetry
#HarlowStanza
#Pride
#CommunityMatters
#LivePoetryPerformances
#PoetryCommunity
#Oneness
October 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Thank you for listening to our poetry readings. We had a lovely time supporting Harlow Pride 2025! 🏳️🌈
@poetrysociety.org.uk
#HarlowCircleofPoetry
#HarlowStanza
#Pride
#CommunityMatters
#LivePoetryPerformances
#PoetryCommunity
#Oneness
@poetrysociety.org.uk
#HarlowCircleofPoetry
#HarlowStanza
#Pride
#CommunityMatters
#LivePoetryPerformances
#PoetryCommunity
#Oneness
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Our 2025 National Poetry Competition poster, as seen in Pages of Hackney, London.
The competition closes in TWO WEEKS! Have you entered your poems? 👀 📅
If you've seen a poster in your local bookshop, show us!
The competition closes in TWO WEEKS! Have you entered your poems? 👀 📅
If you've seen a poster in your local bookshop, show us!
October 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Our 2025 National Poetry Competition poster, as seen in Pages of Hackney, London.
The competition closes in TWO WEEKS! Have you entered your poems? 👀 📅
If you've seen a poster in your local bookshop, show us!
The competition closes in TWO WEEKS! Have you entered your poems? 👀 📅
If you've seen a poster in your local bookshop, show us!
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Delighted to have work in the group show ‘SEASONS’ at The Addenbrooke’s Gallery/ Hospital, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ 11 October 2025 – 31 January 2026 .
Huge thanks to Monica Perez Vega and the Small Works Gallery
www.cambridgedrawingsociety.org/.../seasons....
smallworksartgallery.com/.../seasons-...
Huge thanks to Monica Perez Vega and the Small Works Gallery
www.cambridgedrawingsociety.org/.../seasons....
smallworksartgallery.com/.../seasons-...
October 15, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Delighted to have work in the group show ‘SEASONS’ at The Addenbrooke’s Gallery/ Hospital, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ 11 October 2025 – 31 January 2026 .
Huge thanks to Monica Perez Vega and the Small Works Gallery
www.cambridgedrawingsociety.org/.../seasons....
smallworksartgallery.com/.../seasons-...
Huge thanks to Monica Perez Vega and the Small Works Gallery
www.cambridgedrawingsociety.org/.../seasons....
smallworksartgallery.com/.../seasons-...
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Taken from my poem New Furnishings first published in To Lay Sun Into A Forest from @sidhepress.bsky.social. Many thanks again ❤️
October 10, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Taken from my poem New Furnishings first published in To Lay Sun Into A Forest from @sidhepress.bsky.social. Many thanks again ❤️
Come join us and others in supporting Harlow Pride this weekend! Thank you also to @ianbharlow.bsky.social for your beautiful words!
Means so much to us!
🫶🏻
#HarlowPride
#CommunityMatters
#Oneness
Means so much to us!
🫶🏻
#HarlowPride
#CommunityMatters
#Oneness
October 15, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Come join us and others in supporting Harlow Pride this weekend! Thank you also to @ianbharlow.bsky.social for your beautiful words!
Means so much to us!
🫶🏻
#HarlowPride
#CommunityMatters
#Oneness
Means so much to us!
🫶🏻
#HarlowPride
#CommunityMatters
#Oneness
📣POETS OF HARLOW ❗
Our next meeting is on 30.10.25 & will be on the theme-ECLIPSES.
You may interpret this as you wish...🌝
Please remember that although our stanza is free to attend, we must respect the space that hosts us by buying a refreshment as they are a public cafe.
Thank you-WE CAN'T WAIT!🙂
Our next meeting is on 30.10.25 & will be on the theme-ECLIPSES.
You may interpret this as you wish...🌝
Please remember that although our stanza is free to attend, we must respect the space that hosts us by buying a refreshment as they are a public cafe.
Thank you-WE CAN'T WAIT!🙂
October 12, 2025 at 12:33 PM
📣POETS OF HARLOW ❗
Our next meeting is on 30.10.25 & will be on the theme-ECLIPSES.
You may interpret this as you wish...🌝
Please remember that although our stanza is free to attend, we must respect the space that hosts us by buying a refreshment as they are a public cafe.
Thank you-WE CAN'T WAIT!🙂
Our next meeting is on 30.10.25 & will be on the theme-ECLIPSES.
You may interpret this as you wish...🌝
Please remember that although our stanza is free to attend, we must respect the space that hosts us by buying a refreshment as they are a public cafe.
Thank you-WE CAN'T WAIT!🙂
Happy National Poetry Day 2025! 🎉
Here is WENDY COPE reading SPARED.
2001
#NationalPoetryDay
#WendyCope
#Spared
youtu.be/eF_bgmvKJrA?...
Here is WENDY COPE reading SPARED.
2001
#NationalPoetryDay
#WendyCope
#Spared
youtu.be/eF_bgmvKJrA?...
Wendy Cope poetry reading for Oxfam CD
YouTube video by BushnellMark
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October 2, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Happy National Poetry Day 2025! 🎉
Here is WENDY COPE reading SPARED.
2001
#NationalPoetryDay
#WendyCope
#Spared
youtu.be/eF_bgmvKJrA?...
Here is WENDY COPE reading SPARED.
2001
#NationalPoetryDay
#WendyCope
#Spared
youtu.be/eF_bgmvKJrA?...
Happy National Poetry Day 2025!
Here is the profound MICHAEL ROSEN reading FASCISM.
#NationalPoetryDay
#MichaelRosen
#ProfoundPoetry
#PoetryMatters
@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
youtu.be/Y_J1Htszvac?...
Here is the profound MICHAEL ROSEN reading FASCISM.
#NationalPoetryDay
#MichaelRosen
#ProfoundPoetry
#PoetryMatters
@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
youtu.be/Y_J1Htszvac?...
Fascism - Michael Rosen For Adults
YouTube video by Michael Rosen For Adults
youtu.be
October 2, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Happy National Poetry Day 2025!
Here is the profound MICHAEL ROSEN reading FASCISM.
#NationalPoetryDay
#MichaelRosen
#ProfoundPoetry
#PoetryMatters
@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
youtu.be/Y_J1Htszvac?...
Here is the profound MICHAEL ROSEN reading FASCISM.
#NationalPoetryDay
#MichaelRosen
#ProfoundPoetry
#PoetryMatters
@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
youtu.be/Y_J1Htszvac?...
Check out this multi - talented creative and Harlow community champion! 👇🏻
Inspired by the picture by Eleonor Dan, I wrote “Bang Goes Beauty” on #NationalPoetryDay 2025, for @harlowstanza.bsky.social and THE WORLD
October 2, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Check out this multi - talented creative and Harlow community champion! 👇🏻
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Happy National Poetry Day 2025! 🎉🎉🎉
Here is JOHN AGARD reading CRYBABY PRIME MINISTER
#JohnAgard
#PoetryLovers
#NationalPoetryDay
youtu.be/vc0mZrC-BJU?...
Here is JOHN AGARD reading CRYBABY PRIME MINISTER
#JohnAgard
#PoetryLovers
#NationalPoetryDay
youtu.be/vc0mZrC-BJU?...
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October 2, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Happy National Poetry Day 2025! 🎉🎉🎉
Here is JOHN AGARD reading CRYBABY PRIME MINISTER
#JohnAgard
#PoetryLovers
#NationalPoetryDay
youtu.be/vc0mZrC-BJU?...
Here is JOHN AGARD reading CRYBABY PRIME MINISTER
#JohnAgard
#PoetryLovers
#NationalPoetryDay
youtu.be/vc0mZrC-BJU?...
Happy National Poetry Day 2025!
Here is Sir Ian McKellen reading -
On Westminster Bridge, 1802, by William Wordsworth. 🎉
#NationalPoetryDay
#WilliamWordsworth
youtu.be/WSg0lwa47LY?...
Here is Sir Ian McKellen reading -
On Westminster Bridge, 1802, by William Wordsworth. 🎉
#NationalPoetryDay
#WilliamWordsworth
youtu.be/WSg0lwa47LY?...
Sir Ian McKellen reading "On Westminster Bridge", by William Wordsworth
YouTube video by MdMPoetix
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October 2, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Happy National Poetry Day 2025!
Here is Sir Ian McKellen reading -
On Westminster Bridge, 1802, by William Wordsworth. 🎉
#NationalPoetryDay
#WilliamWordsworth
youtu.be/WSg0lwa47LY?...
Here is Sir Ian McKellen reading -
On Westminster Bridge, 1802, by William Wordsworth. 🎉
#NationalPoetryDay
#WilliamWordsworth
youtu.be/WSg0lwa47LY?...
Happy National Poetry Day 2025!
How will you be celebrating? 🥳
We will be sharing both classic and contemporary poems throughout the day. Kicking off with EDITH SITWELL and STILL FALLS THE RAIN, 1940 👇🏻
youtu.be/ie8WB6aNjf8?...
How will you be celebrating? 🥳
We will be sharing both classic and contemporary poems throughout the day. Kicking off with EDITH SITWELL and STILL FALLS THE RAIN, 1940 👇🏻
youtu.be/ie8WB6aNjf8?...
Edith Sitwell reads "Still Falls the Rain"
YouTube video by Don Yorty
youtu.be
October 2, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Happy National Poetry Day 2025!
How will you be celebrating? 🥳
We will be sharing both classic and contemporary poems throughout the day. Kicking off with EDITH SITWELL and STILL FALLS THE RAIN, 1940 👇🏻
youtu.be/ie8WB6aNjf8?...
How will you be celebrating? 🥳
We will be sharing both classic and contemporary poems throughout the day. Kicking off with EDITH SITWELL and STILL FALLS THE RAIN, 1940 👇🏻
youtu.be/ie8WB6aNjf8?...
Is everyone getting excited for National Poetry Day tomorrow??
How will you be celebrating? 🥳
🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
How will you be celebrating? 🥳
🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
October 1, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Is everyone getting excited for National Poetry Day tomorrow??
How will you be celebrating? 🥳
🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
How will you be celebrating? 🥳
🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
It's the last weekend before @poetrydayuk.bsky.social. Looking forward to reading and hearing #poems at Hitchin Library next Thursday.
#poetry
#libraries
#poetry
#libraries
October 1, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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"This form of poetry gives everyone a voice"... Max Terry Fishel, one of our Poems Not Bombs regulars, speaks out on the delights of the poetry open mic in the Guardian today
September 20, 2025 at 10:08 AM
"This form of poetry gives everyone a voice"... Max Terry Fishel, one of our Poems Not Bombs regulars, speaks out on the delights of the poetry open mic in the Guardian today
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So proud that I and other members of our beautiful poetry stanza family will be performing a live acoustic set at Harlow Pride 2025!
#HarlowCircleofPoetry
#StanzasForPride
#HarlowPride
#StrongerTogether
#CommunityMatters
#BigUpHarlow
#NationalPoetrySociety
#HarlowCircleofPoetry
#StanzasForPride
#HarlowPride
#StrongerTogether
#CommunityMatters
#BigUpHarlow
#NationalPoetrySociety
September 26, 2025 at 12:37 PM
So proud that I and other members of our beautiful poetry stanza family will be performing a live acoustic set at Harlow Pride 2025!
#HarlowCircleofPoetry
#StanzasForPride
#HarlowPride
#StrongerTogether
#CommunityMatters
#BigUpHarlow
#NationalPoetrySociety
#HarlowCircleofPoetry
#StanzasForPride
#HarlowPride
#StrongerTogether
#CommunityMatters
#BigUpHarlow
#NationalPoetrySociety
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Thanks to all who came along to Past Margins into Wilds: A Malaysia-UK Poetry Showcase last night at The Poetry Cafe! We enjoyed readings from Nina Mingya Powles, Suyin du Bois, Yee Heng Yeh and L Kiew as well as poetry films from the Peat on Earth project - and delicious treats from Makan bakery!
September 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Thanks to all who came along to Past Margins into Wilds: A Malaysia-UK Poetry Showcase last night at The Poetry Cafe! We enjoyed readings from Nina Mingya Powles, Suyin du Bois, Yee Heng Yeh and L Kiew as well as poetry films from the Peat on Earth project - and delicious treats from Makan bakery!