John Field | Poor Rude Lines
@johnfield1.bsky.social
I blog about poetry at Poor Rude Lines: https://johnfield.org
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I’m a teacher, writer and critic. My blog, Poor Rude Lines, reviews contemporary poetry: johnfield.org I've reviewed the T.S. Eliot Prize short list on behalf of the T.S. Eliot Prize for 10 years. I've also written for the Forward Foundation and the Aldeburgh International Poetry Festival.
Follow this link to access the T.S. Eliot Prize resources for Vona Groarke’s Infinity Pool. (Videoed readings to follow): tseliot.com/prize/work/i...
@thegallerypress.bsky.social @tseliotprize.bsky.social #poetry #tseliotprize
@thegallerypress.bsky.social @tseliotprize.bsky.social #poetry #tseliotprize
October 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Follow this link to access the T.S. Eliot Prize resources for Vona Groarke’s Infinity Pool. (Videoed readings to follow): tseliot.com/prize/work/i...
@thegallerypress.bsky.social @tseliotprize.bsky.social #poetry #tseliotprize
@thegallerypress.bsky.social @tseliotprize.bsky.social #poetry #tseliotprize
Some words on Richard Meier's latest collection, 'After the Miracle' (link to my review in the comments) @nellnelson.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Some words on Richard Meier's latest collection, 'After the Miracle' (link to my review in the comments) @nellnelson.bsky.social
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Today, Sat 25 Oct, 2pm, at London's @southbankcentre.bsky.social: @rachaelboast.bsky.social and poets Lisa Kelly, Karthika Naïr and Daniel Sluman will be celebrating her anthology Versus Versus: 100 Poems by Deaf, Disabled and Neurodivergent Poets. In person and livestream tickets available.
Saturday 25 October, 2pm at @southbankcentre.bsky.social:
Global Crip Poetry Celebration
Rachael Boast, Lisa Kelly, Karthika Naïr and Daniel Sluman introduce Versus Versus, a new anthology by 100 deaf, disabled and neurodivergent poets from across the globe.
www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/glo...
Global Crip Poetry Celebration
Rachael Boast, Lisa Kelly, Karthika Naïr and Daniel Sluman introduce Versus Versus, a new anthology by 100 deaf, disabled and neurodivergent poets from across the globe.
www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/glo...
October 25, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Today, Sat 25 Oct, 2pm, at London's @southbankcentre.bsky.social: @rachaelboast.bsky.social and poets Lisa Kelly, Karthika Naïr and Daniel Sluman will be celebrating her anthology Versus Versus: 100 Poems by Deaf, Disabled and Neurodivergent Poets. In person and livestream tickets available.
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Today, Sunday 26 October, 7pm, at London's @southbankcentre.bsky.social: Niall Campbell and Vidyan Ravinthiran will be reading from their shortlisted collections The Island in the Sound and Avidyā at the @forwardprizes.bsky.social Ceremony. In-person and livestream tickets available.
This Sunday, 7pm, Niall Campbell & Vidyan Ravinthiran will join the other shortlisted poets to read at the @forwardprizes.bsky.social Ceremony at London's @southbankcentre.bsky.social.
Tickets to both the in-person event and the livestream here:
www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/for...
Tickets to both the in-person event and the livestream here:
www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/for...
October 26, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Today, Sunday 26 October, 7pm, at London's @southbankcentre.bsky.social: Niall Campbell and Vidyan Ravinthiran will be reading from their shortlisted collections The Island in the Sound and Avidyā at the @forwardprizes.bsky.social Ceremony. In-person and livestream tickets available.
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'a deeply moving, relevant, necessary collection of poems that meditates on identity and belonging.' - Rommi Smith, Co-Judge @forwardprizes.bsky.social
We're thrilled that Vidyan Ravinthiran's Avidyā is joint winner of the Forward Prize for Best Collection.
www.bloodaxebooks.com/news?article...
We're thrilled that Vidyan Ravinthiran's Avidyā is joint winner of the Forward Prize for Best Collection.
www.bloodaxebooks.com/news?article...
October 26, 2025 at 11:01 PM
'a deeply moving, relevant, necessary collection of poems that meditates on identity and belonging.' - Rommi Smith, Co-Judge @forwardprizes.bsky.social
We're thrilled that Vidyan Ravinthiran's Avidyā is joint winner of the Forward Prize for Best Collection.
www.bloodaxebooks.com/news?article...
We're thrilled that Vidyan Ravinthiran's Avidyā is joint winner of the Forward Prize for Best Collection.
www.bloodaxebooks.com/news?article...
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If you've been pondering doing a #PhD on #Preraphaelite literature and/or #Gothic (as Jane Morris clearly is here), do get in touch - at Birmingham City University we have funded studentships for UK applicants in English&Media; more info here www.bcu.ac.uk/research/doc... #phdfunding #doctoralstudy
October 23, 2025 at 6:24 PM
If you've been pondering doing a #PhD on #Preraphaelite literature and/or #Gothic (as Jane Morris clearly is here), do get in touch - at Birmingham City University we have funded studentships for UK applicants in English&Media; more info here www.bcu.ac.uk/research/doc... #phdfunding #doctoralstudy
Gillian Allnutt's T.S. Eliot Prize shortlisted 'Lode' is one belter of a book. Check out the resources on the Prize's website (including my review): tseliot.com/prize/shortl... @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social @tseliotprize.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Gillian Allnutt's T.S. Eliot Prize shortlisted 'Lode' is one belter of a book. Check out the resources on the Prize's website (including my review): tseliot.com/prize/shortl... @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social @tseliotprize.bsky.social
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Coming up on The Verb: poet Daniel Sluman will be talking to host Ian McMillan about @rachaelboast.bsky.social's anthology Versus Versus: 100 Poems by Deaf, Disabled & Neurodivergent Poets.
Tune in to BBC Radio 4 at 5.10pm today, 19 October, or listen later.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Tune in to BBC Radio 4 at 5.10pm today, 19 October, or listen later.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
October 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Coming up on The Verb: poet Daniel Sluman will be talking to host Ian McMillan about @rachaelboast.bsky.social's anthology Versus Versus: 100 Poems by Deaf, Disabled & Neurodivergent Poets.
Tune in to BBC Radio 4 at 5.10pm today, 19 October, or listen later.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Tune in to BBC Radio 4 at 5.10pm today, 19 October, or listen later.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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We're delighted that Gillian Allnutt has been shortlisted for the 2025 @tseliotprize.bsky.social for her tenth poetry collection Lode. Many congratulations to all ten shortlisted poets.
www.bloodaxebooks.com/news?article...
www.bloodaxebooks.com/news?article...
October 6, 2025 at 11:56 AM
We're delighted that Gillian Allnutt has been shortlisted for the 2025 @tseliotprize.bsky.social for her tenth poetry collection Lode. Many congratulations to all ten shortlisted poets.
www.bloodaxebooks.com/news?article...
www.bloodaxebooks.com/news?article...
I’ve been reading Bernard O’Donoghue’s The Anchorage: johnfield.org/2025/07/03/b... #poetry @faberbooks.bsky.social
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July 3, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I’ve been reading Bernard O’Donoghue’s The Anchorage: johnfield.org/2025/07/03/b... #poetry @faberbooks.bsky.social
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The T. S. Eliot Prize 2025 is open for submissions! Publishers can find out more information and how to submit online now: tseliot.com/prize/open-f...
June 17, 2025 at 12:42 PM
The T. S. Eliot Prize 2025 is open for submissions! Publishers can find out more information and how to submit online now: tseliot.com/prize/open-f...
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The T. S. Eliot Foundation is delighted to announce the judges for the T. S. Eliot Prize 2025. Michael Hofmann will chair and will be joined on the panel by fellow poets Patience Agbabi and Niall Campbell.
Read more now: tseliot.com/prize/catego...
Read more now: tseliot.com/prize/catego...
May 14, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The T. S. Eliot Foundation is delighted to announce the judges for the T. S. Eliot Prize 2025. Michael Hofmann will chair and will be joined on the panel by fellow poets Patience Agbabi and Niall Campbell.
Read more now: tseliot.com/prize/catego...
Read more now: tseliot.com/prize/catego...
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If you've enjoyed this poem from my second full collection, Whatever You Do, Just Don't, please do consider getting hold of the book itself. Just drop me a DM and I’ll sort out a signed copy for you! No problem to ship to the U.S., U.K., Canada or mainland Europe…
As parents, we're supposed to remember the first time we did stuff with our kids, but the last time is equally as significant, if not more.
This poem is from Whatever You Do, Just Don't (HappenStance Press, 2023), my second full collection...
This poem is from Whatever You Do, Just Don't (HappenStance Press, 2023), my second full collection...
March 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
If you've enjoyed this poem from my second full collection, Whatever You Do, Just Don't, please do consider getting hold of the book itself. Just drop me a DM and I’ll sort out a signed copy for you! No problem to ship to the U.S., U.K., Canada or mainland Europe…
I’ve been reading Camille Ralphs’ exquisitely wrought, breathtakingly beautiful ‘After You Were, I Am’: johnfield.org/2025/02/21/c... @faberbooks.bsky.social #poetry #poems
A Fragile Thing – Camille Ralphs’ After You Were, I Am
‘Easter Wings’ (Photocredit: johnfield1) After a chance remark about George Herbert, the librarian pulled a small volume from the shelf: leatherbound and plain, scruffy but serviceable.…
johnfield.org
February 22, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I’ve been reading Camille Ralphs’ exquisitely wrought, breathtakingly beautiful ‘After You Were, I Am’: johnfield.org/2025/02/21/c... @faberbooks.bsky.social #poetry #poems
Rooting through the shelves for poetry to punctuate a concert, I started rereading Bunyan’s ‘Divine Emblems’ (1724), and remembering my beloved great aunt, Monica.
#poetry
#poetry
January 15, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Rooting through the shelves for poetry to punctuate a concert, I started rereading Bunyan’s ‘Divine Emblems’ (1724), and remembering my beloved great aunt, Monica.
#poetry
#poetry
Absurdly excited and moved to hold a copy of George Herbert's 'The Temple', printed in 1633. (The book beneath it is a 1611 Bible).
January 14, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Absurdly excited and moved to hold a copy of George Herbert's 'The Temple', printed in 1633. (The book beneath it is a 1611 Bible).
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Hi everybody. We're a Madrid, Spain, based literary magazine. We publish in print and online. Right now Issue 2 is free to read and download from www.themadridreview.com
Writers, poets, readers, artists: follow us and we'll follow you. Nice to be here! #litmag #literature #writers #poets #poetry
Writers, poets, readers, artists: follow us and we'll follow you. Nice to be here! #litmag #literature #writers #poets #poetry
The Madrid Review
www.themadridreview.com
November 11, 2024 at 3:36 PM
Hi everybody. We're a Madrid, Spain, based literary magazine. We publish in print and online. Right now Issue 2 is free to read and download from www.themadridreview.com
Writers, poets, readers, artists: follow us and we'll follow you. Nice to be here! #litmag #literature #writers #poets #poetry
Writers, poets, readers, artists: follow us and we'll follow you. Nice to be here! #litmag #literature #writers #poets #poetry
'Speaking to the ghost of love through the language of immediacy': @poetrysociety.bsky.social's Young Critic, Sylvie Jane Lewis, explores Helen Farish's The Penny Dropping: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Jye...
#TSEliots
#poetry
@bloodaxebooks.bsky.social
#TSEliots
#poetry
@bloodaxebooks.bsky.social
Young Critic Sylvie Jane Lewis reviews Helen Farish's The Penny Dropping
YouTube video by The Poetry Society
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January 11, 2025 at 8:45 AM
'Speaking to the ghost of love through the language of immediacy': @poetrysociety.bsky.social's Young Critic, Sylvie Jane Lewis, explores Helen Farish's The Penny Dropping: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Jye...
#TSEliots
#poetry
@bloodaxebooks.bsky.social
#TSEliots
#poetry
@bloodaxebooks.bsky.social
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Last call for this weekend's workshop - having been prepping the handouts and finalising the poem choices, I can say I think it is going to be EPIC. Join us if you can, even just for one morning. This is POETRY.
Talk poetry this weekend! — Katy Evans-Bush
The annual TS Eliot Prize Shortlist Workshop starts tomorrow morning - and what a shortlist it is!
www.katyevansbush.com
January 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Last call for this weekend's workshop - having been prepping the handouts and finalising the poem choices, I can say I think it is going to be EPIC. Join us if you can, even just for one morning. This is POETRY.
Watch Joe Wright's review of @hannahcopley.bsky.social's TS Eliot Prize shortlisted 'Lapwing' www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bGV.... It is worth every minute of your time.
#poetry
#TSEliots
@poetrysociety.bsky.social
@livunipress.bsky.social
#poetry
#TSEliots
@poetrysociety.bsky.social
@livunipress.bsky.social
Young Critic Joe Wright reviews Hannah Copley’s ‘Lapwing’
YouTube video by T. S. Eliot Prize
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January 10, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Watch Joe Wright's review of @hannahcopley.bsky.social's TS Eliot Prize shortlisted 'Lapwing' www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bGV.... It is worth every minute of your time.
#poetry
#TSEliots
@poetrysociety.bsky.social
@livunipress.bsky.social
#poetry
#TSEliots
@poetrysociety.bsky.social
@livunipress.bsky.social
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‘To Mann the poem, like the body, is a site of transformative potential where language behaves in lateral and magical ways.’
dominicleonard.bsky.social on Eleanor Among the Saints by revrachelmann.bsky.social, for thelondonmagazine.bsky.social: thelondonmagazine.org/review-song-...
dominicleonard.bsky.social on Eleanor Among the Saints by revrachelmann.bsky.social, for thelondonmagazine.bsky.social: thelondonmagazine.org/review-song-...
Review | ‘Song is a strong thing’: On the T. S. Eliot Prize Shortlist by Dominic Leonard - The London Magazine
Dominic Leonard reviews three collections on the 2024 T. S. Eliot prize shortlist, by Rachel Mann, Hannah Copley and Raymond Antrobus.
thelondonmagazine.org
January 9, 2025 at 1:43 PM
‘To Mann the poem, like the body, is a site of transformative potential where language behaves in lateral and magical ways.’
dominicleonard.bsky.social on Eleanor Among the Saints by revrachelmann.bsky.social, for thelondonmagazine.bsky.social: thelondonmagazine.org/review-song-...
dominicleonard.bsky.social on Eleanor Among the Saints by revrachelmann.bsky.social, for thelondonmagazine.bsky.social: thelondonmagazine.org/review-song-...
Do check out Priyanka Moorjani's enriching reading of Raymond Antrobus's TS Eliot Prize shortlisted 'Signs, Music' www.youtube.com/watch?v=f984... Her website is here: poetpri.com
#poetry
#TSEliots
@picadorbooks.bsky.social
#poetry
#TSEliots
@picadorbooks.bsky.social
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January 9, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Do check out Priyanka Moorjani's enriching reading of Raymond Antrobus's TS Eliot Prize shortlisted 'Signs, Music' www.youtube.com/watch?v=f984... Her website is here: poetpri.com
#poetry
#TSEliots
@picadorbooks.bsky.social
#poetry
#TSEliots
@picadorbooks.bsky.social
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Criticism that's critical is worth reading. Enjoyed this from the excellent @dominicleonard.bsky.social - thelondonmagazine.org/review-song-...
Review | ‘Song is a strong thing’: On the T. S. Eliot Prize Shortlist by Dominic Leonard - The London Magazine
Dominic Leonard reviews three collections on the 2024 T. S. Eliot prize shortlist, by Rachel Mann, Hannah Copley and Raymond Antrobus.
thelondonmagazine.org
January 9, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Criticism that's critical is worth reading. Enjoyed this from the excellent @dominicleonard.bsky.social - thelondonmagazine.org/review-song-...
I’m a teacher, writer and critic. My blog, Poor Rude Lines, reviews contemporary poetry: johnfield.org I've reviewed the T.S. Eliot Prize short list on behalf of the T.S. Eliot Prize for 10 years. I've also written for the Forward Foundation and the Aldeburgh International Poetry Festival.
January 8, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I’m a teacher, writer and critic. My blog, Poor Rude Lines, reviews contemporary poetry: johnfield.org I've reviewed the T.S. Eliot Prize short list on behalf of the T.S. Eliot Prize for 10 years. I've also written for the Forward Foundation and the Aldeburgh International Poetry Festival.
'Top Doll', @karenmccarthywoolf.bsky.social's T.S. Eliot Prize short-listed novel-in-verse – a bravura, polyphonic exploration of obsession, mortality and an unflinching look at the history of slavery in America. My review: tseliot.com/prize/the-t-...
#poetry
#TSEliots
#poetry
#TSEliots
January 8, 2025 at 7:01 PM
'Top Doll', @karenmccarthywoolf.bsky.social's T.S. Eliot Prize short-listed novel-in-verse – a bravura, polyphonic exploration of obsession, mortality and an unflinching look at the history of slavery in America. My review: tseliot.com/prize/the-t-...
#poetry
#TSEliots
#poetry
#TSEliots