Kathryn Alderman
@kalderman.bsky.social
Poetry person, @EquityUK member, Critical & Creative Writing MA @uniofglos Insta @k_m_alderman Co-editor & Originator of Ecopoetikon https://www.ecopoetikon.org/
With thanks to @Joseph_Fasano_ for kindly sharing his poems for Gloucester Foodbank's LIGHTBOX 🙏🏻His inspiring words helping to promote our work feeding those who need our help. Sign up to read them in our newsletter ✨ gloucester.foodbank.org.uk
November 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
With thanks to @Joseph_Fasano_ for kindly sharing his poems for Gloucester Foodbank's LIGHTBOX 🙏🏻His inspiring words helping to promote our work feeding those who need our help. Sign up to read them in our newsletter ✨ gloucester.foodbank.org.uk
Tickets available here www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/poets-for-...
April 8, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Tickets available here www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/poets-for-...
☘️ Happy St Patrick's Day from the mighty River Moy and St Muredach's under a moody sky in my folk's home town, Ballina Co. Mayo. ☘️
March 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
☘️ Happy St Patrick's Day from the mighty River Moy and St Muredach's under a moody sky in my folk's home town, Ballina Co. Mayo. ☘️
Global North & Global South join voices to witness how anthropogenic climate change is impacting our world www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/internatio...
#internationalearthday #climateemergency #ecopoetry #ecopoetry #globalwarming #helenmooreecopoet #poetsfortheplanet
#internationalearthday #climateemergency #ecopoetry #ecopoetry #globalwarming #helenmooreecopoet #poetsfortheplanet
March 9, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Global North & Global South join voices to witness how anthropogenic climate change is impacting our world www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/internatio...
#internationalearthday #climateemergency #ecopoetry #ecopoetry #globalwarming #helenmooreecopoet #poetsfortheplanet
#internationalearthday #climateemergency #ecopoetry #ecopoetry #globalwarming #helenmooreecopoet #poetsfortheplanet
'England and America owe their liberty to commerce, which created a new species of power to undermine the feudal system. But let them beware of the consequences: the tyranny of wealth is still more galling and debasing than that of rank.'
Mary Wollestonecraft
#InternationalWomensDay
#IWD2025
Mary Wollestonecraft
#InternationalWomensDay
#IWD2025
March 8, 2025 at 9:26 AM
'England and America owe their liberty to commerce, which created a new species of power to undermine the feudal system. But let them beware of the consequences: the tyranny of wealth is still more galling and debasing than that of rank.'
Mary Wollestonecraft
#InternationalWomensDay
#IWD2025
Mary Wollestonecraft
#InternationalWomensDay
#IWD2025
My choice for #worldbookday25 mesmeric, insightful - I think, especially now, that we and our planet would benefit from this perspective
March 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM
My choice for #worldbookday25 mesmeric, insightful - I think, especially now, that we and our planet would benefit from this perspective
A lone bluebell blooms in the shadows, balm for troubled times 🌍🌎🌏🪻🌤️
March 2, 2025 at 12:56 PM
A lone bluebell blooms in the shadows, balm for troubled times 🌍🌎🌏🪻🌤️
Today by the field, shy Spring braves the light 💮⛅
February 26, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Today by the field, shy Spring braves the light 💮⛅
Reposted by Kathryn Alderman
Exciting opportunity to join the @changingrealities.bsky.social team at a time when the work we do together has never mattered more. Please do share widely
jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...
jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...
Jobs - The University of York
jobs.york.ac.uk
February 25, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Exciting opportunity to join the @changingrealities.bsky.social team at a time when the work we do together has never mattered more. Please do share widely
jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...
jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...
Okay so I've now broken my own record. Yet another forgotten Christmas decoration - discovered 18 February! 🌲❄️🙄
February 18, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Okay so I've now broken my own record. Yet another forgotten Christmas decoration - discovered 18 February! 🌲❄️🙄
'... what did I know of love's austere and lonely offices?' - wonderful. 😌
February 9, 2025 at 10:51 AM
'... what did I know of love's austere and lonely offices?' - wonderful. 😌
Sweet harbingers of Spring 🌱💮🐰
February 8, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Sweet harbingers of Spring 🌱💮🐰
Reposted by Kathryn Alderman
Today’s poem from the new issue is Morning News by Nina Parmenter.
Read it here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/morning...
Read it here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/morning...
Morning News by Nina Parmenter
Morning News Overnight, more people have been sunk by crueltythan I have ever met.I put them in my pocket. Grab my coat, and tethered to the nose of the dogam jolted over the stileinto the field with ...
www.dustpoetry.co.uk
February 6, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Today’s poem from the new issue is Morning News by Nina Parmenter.
Read it here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/morning...
Read it here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/morning...
Today in the field, clouds are landlocked to frosted earth ❄️☁️🌳
February 6, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Today in the field, clouds are landlocked to frosted earth ❄️☁️🌳
Okay so 31 January is my new record for finding a forgotten Christmas decoration! Anyone beat that?! ❄️🎄☺️
January 31, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Okay so 31 January is my new record for finding a forgotten Christmas decoration! Anyone beat that?! ❄️🎄☺️
23 January 2025 - when you think you've packed all the Christmas decorations and there's always one left darn it! 🌲😆
January 23, 2025 at 11:15 PM
23 January 2025 - when you think you've packed all the Christmas decorations and there's always one left darn it! 🌲😆
Reposted by Kathryn Alderman
Eek! The Big Garden Birdwatch is just around the corner! 🐦
Here's another chance to practise your spotting... did you get it right?
Sign up for the big weekend here: www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen... 👈
Here's another chance to practise your spotting... did you get it right?
Sign up for the big weekend here: www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen... 👈
January 14, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Eek! The Big Garden Birdwatch is just around the corner! 🐦
Here's another chance to practise your spotting... did you get it right?
Sign up for the big weekend here: www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen... 👈
Here's another chance to practise your spotting... did you get it right?
Sign up for the big weekend here: www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen... 👈
A wonderful ecopoem by @corinnaboard.bsky.social this '...City of grass/grass as a body; a hive mind...' just glorious 🌱✨
A few bits & bobs about me:
I like to write eco poetry. I live in Oxfordshire and grew up on a farm. My debut pamphlet “Arboreal” was published in January 2024. I have poems in various places (see my linktree above if you’d like to read them!)
Here’s my most recent one:
#poetsonbluesky #ecopoetry
I like to write eco poetry. I live in Oxfordshire and grew up on a farm. My debut pamphlet “Arboreal” was published in January 2024. I have poems in various places (see my linktree above if you’d like to read them!)
Here’s my most recent one:
#poetsonbluesky #ecopoetry
January 13, 2025 at 10:56 AM
A wonderful ecopoem by @corinnaboard.bsky.social this '...City of grass/grass as a body; a hive mind...' just glorious 🌱✨
Reposted by Kathryn Alderman
Applications for 2025 Illustrator in Residence now open at The RSL for twelve months to explore the relationship between literature and illustration. This is a paid residency of £5,000 from springtime 2025 until springtime 2026.
Please share!
Please share!
Work with us - Royal Society of Literature
Literature for Everyone The RSL team is led by an ethos of respect and compassion for each other and the communities we work with, and these values are reflected in everything we do. We believe litera...
rsliterature.org
January 7, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Applications for 2025 Illustrator in Residence now open at The RSL for twelve months to explore the relationship between literature and illustration. This is a paid residency of £5,000 from springtime 2025 until springtime 2026.
Please share!
Please share!
Afternoon sun on frosty fields - the glories of our natural world ❄️🌤️
January 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Afternoon sun on frosty fields - the glories of our natural world ❄️🌤️
Reposted by Kathryn Alderman
We're delighted to announce that our 2025 competition, judged by Jamila Gavin and Kate Potts, on the theme of Edges, is now open.
All info here gloswriters.org.uk/competition/
All info here gloswriters.org.uk/competition/
January 1, 2025 at 5:43 PM
We're delighted to announce that our 2025 competition, judged by Jamila Gavin and Kate Potts, on the theme of Edges, is now open.
All info here gloswriters.org.uk/competition/
All info here gloswriters.org.uk/competition/
I wrote this in solidarity with the great work of @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social in calling out violence against women and girls. Each year in Parliament, she names all the killed women and girls in the UK - this, and so much more. We owe her our deepest thanks...
atriumpoetry.com/2022/04/29/t...
atriumpoetry.com/2022/04/29/t...
January 8, 2025 at 11:05 AM
I wrote this in solidarity with the great work of @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social in calling out violence against women and girls. Each year in Parliament, she names all the killed women and girls in the UK - this, and so much more. We owe her our deepest thanks...
atriumpoetry.com/2022/04/29/t...
atriumpoetry.com/2022/04/29/t...
Reposted by Kathryn Alderman
These 10 not-so-common birds might not visit every garden, but they’re worth keeping an eye out for this #BigGardenBirdwatch! 🐦👀
Have you seen any of these visitors on your patch before?
Sign up for the birdiest, countiest event of the year: www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
Have you seen any of these visitors on your patch before?
Sign up for the birdiest, countiest event of the year: www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
January 6, 2025 at 11:32 AM
These 10 not-so-common birds might not visit every garden, but they’re worth keeping an eye out for this #BigGardenBirdwatch! 🐦👀
Have you seen any of these visitors on your patch before?
Sign up for the birdiest, countiest event of the year: www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
Have you seen any of these visitors on your patch before?
Sign up for the birdiest, countiest event of the year: www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
With continued hope and best wishes to all for the year ahead in 2025 🌍🌏🌎
January 1, 2025 at 9:57 AM
With continued hope and best wishes to all for the year ahead in 2025 🌍🌏🌎