Karen Jane Cannon
@karenjanecannon.bsky.social
Poet & Author. PhD’ing at Uni of Southampton (Ecopoetics of Place/Body) Novel, ‘Powder Monkey’ (W&N & Phoenix). Hamish Canham Prize 2022. Bridport shortlist 2019 & 2024. Mslexia finalist 2017. Forest Dweller. #poetry #place #nature www.karenJaneCannon.com
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On this day, November 4th 1918, a week - almost to the very hour - before the Armistice, the poet Wilfred Owen was killed in action. He was 25.
Here is my recording of one of his most famous poems.
Dulce Et Decorum Est
#warpoetry #poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky
Here is my recording of one of his most famous poems.
Dulce Et Decorum Est
#warpoetry #poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky
November 4, 2025 at 12:01 AM
On this day, November 4th 1918, a week - almost to the very hour - before the Armistice, the poet Wilfred Owen was killed in action. He was 25.
Here is my recording of one of his most famous poems.
Dulce Et Decorum Est
#warpoetry #poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky
Here is my recording of one of his most famous poems.
Dulce Et Decorum Est
#warpoetry #poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky
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🌲🌷🌲Hello, I am opening limited slots for illustration commissions as wonderful gift ideas to give to your loved ones come Yuletide Season. This includes your favourite flower/s with its own fairy.
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October 29, 2025 at 8:48 PM
🌲🌷🌲Hello, I am opening limited slots for illustration commissions as wonderful gift ideas to give to your loved ones come Yuletide Season. This includes your favourite flower/s with its own fairy.
Kindly DM or email me for details.
🌿🌷🌿Sharing of this post is much appreciated.
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Many thanks to Waterstones for including Upon A White Horse in their best travel books of 2025 list. Lovely to see @megaheid.bsky.social and @stonelands.bsky.social in there, too. www.waterstones.com/blog/the-bes...
The Best Nature & Travel Writing of 2025 | Waterstones.com Blog | Waterstones
From Robert Macfarlane to Monisha Rajesh, here is the nature and travel writing we've loved this year.
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October 29, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Many thanks to Waterstones for including Upon A White Horse in their best travel books of 2025 list. Lovely to see @megaheid.bsky.social and @stonelands.bsky.social in there, too. www.waterstones.com/blog/the-bes...
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I'm on BBC Countryfile's Plodcast www.countryfile.com/podcast
I talk about how I got into poetry, coming from a working-class background, how I write, my love of Penzance & Cornwall, & writing on difficult subjects.
#poetry #bbccountryfile #theplodcast #poetryonpodcasts
#workingclasspoet #Penzance
I talk about how I got into poetry, coming from a working-class background, how I write, my love of Penzance & Cornwall, & writing on difficult subjects.
#poetry #bbccountryfile #theplodcast #poetryonpodcasts
#workingclasspoet #Penzance
September 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I'm on BBC Countryfile's Plodcast www.countryfile.com/podcast
I talk about how I got into poetry, coming from a working-class background, how I write, my love of Penzance & Cornwall, & writing on difficult subjects.
#poetry #bbccountryfile #theplodcast #poetryonpodcasts
#workingclasspoet #Penzance
I talk about how I got into poetry, coming from a working-class background, how I write, my love of Penzance & Cornwall, & writing on difficult subjects.
#poetry #bbccountryfile #theplodcast #poetryonpodcasts
#workingclasspoet #Penzance
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Winchester Poetry Festival is approaching. online events are so important for accessibility, but they’re also costly to run & we haven’t sold many online tickets yet. Just wanted to shout that our headline events are
live-streamed and BSL interpreted! 1/3 www.winchesterpoetryfestival.org/what-s-on
live-streamed and BSL interpreted! 1/3 www.winchesterpoetryfestival.org/what-s-on
What's on - Winchester Poetry Festival events in 2025
Details of our forthcoming events and collaborations.
Winchester Poetry Festival runs 2-12th October
www.winchesterpoetryfestival.org
September 24, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Winchester Poetry Festival is approaching. online events are so important for accessibility, but they’re also costly to run & we haven’t sold many online tickets yet. Just wanted to shout that our headline events are
live-streamed and BSL interpreted! 1/3 www.winchesterpoetryfestival.org/what-s-on
live-streamed and BSL interpreted! 1/3 www.winchesterpoetryfestival.org/what-s-on
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DEADLINE EXTENDED – as there were problems with EVENTBRITE today we've extended the deadline to Tuesday 21 October, midnight (UK time).
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October 20, 2025 at 12:50 PM
DEADLINE EXTENDED – as there were problems with EVENTBRITE today we've extended the deadline to Tuesday 21 October, midnight (UK time).
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So delighted to be included here! Good luck to everyone on the longlist!! Many thanks to the lovely editors of Dithering Chaps!
We’re pleased to announce our longlist of poets under consideration for publication in May 2026!
The full list of longlisted poets is on our website: www.ditheringchaps.com/news
Our shortlist will be announced on 15th October.
Thank you to everyone who submitted - your work matters!
The full list of longlisted poets is on our website: www.ditheringchaps.com/news
Our shortlist will be announced on 15th October.
Thank you to everyone who submitted - your work matters!
October 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
So delighted to be included here! Good luck to everyone on the longlist!! Many thanks to the lovely editors of Dithering Chaps!
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Recommended!
FREE! The Kindle edition of Village', my non-fiction book is FREE today Sun 21 Sept. Next offer may be in winter! You can spend autumn with my 'witches' & shoemaker's daughters: real & cheerful village survivors. Kindle Edition readable on phone/computer! LINK IN COMMENTS!
September 21, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Recommended!
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Tomorrow at 7pm, join Moya Cannon as she reads from some of her Carcanet poems, as part of Culture Night at the Workhouse in Dunfanaghy.
For more information, see here:
dunfanaghyworkhouse.com/
For more information, see here:
dunfanaghyworkhouse.com/
OUR STORY - The Workhouse
Welcome to the Workhouse Fáilte go dtí an Teach na mBocht The Workhouse is a community heritage centre situated just South West of the village of Dunfanaghy, 250m from Holy Cross Church. The Workhouse has been a centre for heritage and cultural events for the community and a central tourist information hub for visitors since
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September 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Tomorrow at 7pm, join Moya Cannon as she reads from some of her Carcanet poems, as part of Culture Night at the Workhouse in Dunfanaghy.
For more information, see here:
dunfanaghyworkhouse.com/
For more information, see here:
dunfanaghyworkhouse.com/
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The Poetry Society is delighted to present the launch readings for the Autumn 2025 issue of The Poetry Review, edited by Wayne Holloway-Smith, with guest readers Safa Khatib (video), Matthew Dickman, Joelle Taylor, Claudine Toutoungi and Safia Elhillo (video).
Reserve your spot via our website! 🎤
Reserve your spot via our website! 🎤
September 13, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The Poetry Society is delighted to present the launch readings for the Autumn 2025 issue of The Poetry Review, edited by Wayne Holloway-Smith, with guest readers Safa Khatib (video), Matthew Dickman, Joelle Taylor, Claudine Toutoungi and Safia Elhillo (video).
Reserve your spot via our website! 🎤
Reserve your spot via our website! 🎤
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I'll be reading at #northcornwallbookfestival on Sat 27 Sept with @pascalepetit.bsky.social & running a workshop on writing from the body on Sun 28 at 10 am. Booking open now via #endelientaarts
endelienta.org.uk/whats-on/ncb...
#poetry
#batteryrocks
#danceasif
#beast
#poetryincornwall
#festival
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#poetry
#batteryrocks
#danceasif
#beast
#poetryincornwall
#festival
NCBF 2025: Poetry with Pascale Petit & Katrina Naomi - Endelienta Arts
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August 14, 2025 at 11:14 AM
I'll be reading at #northcornwallbookfestival on Sat 27 Sept with @pascalepetit.bsky.social & running a workshop on writing from the body on Sun 28 at 10 am. Booking open now via #endelientaarts
endelienta.org.uk/whats-on/ncb...
#poetry
#batteryrocks
#danceasif
#beast
#poetryincornwall
#festival
endelienta.org.uk/whats-on/ncb...
#poetry
#batteryrocks
#danceasif
#beast
#poetryincornwall
#festival
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Teachers & poet-educators, getting ready for National Poetry Day and looking for ideas? Join our poet-teacher network, Cloud Chamber, for a free online CPD session!
✨ Zoom
✨ 16 Sept, 4-5pm
✨ FREE
✨ Ideas for activities & resources on the NPD theme 'play'
bit.ly/CloudChamberPoetry
✨ Zoom
✨ 16 Sept, 4-5pm
✨ FREE
✨ Ideas for activities & resources on the NPD theme 'play'
bit.ly/CloudChamberPoetry
September 3, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Teachers & poet-educators, getting ready for National Poetry Day and looking for ideas? Join our poet-teacher network, Cloud Chamber, for a free online CPD session!
✨ Zoom
✨ 16 Sept, 4-5pm
✨ FREE
✨ Ideas for activities & resources on the NPD theme 'play'
bit.ly/CloudChamberPoetry
✨ Zoom
✨ 16 Sept, 4-5pm
✨ FREE
✨ Ideas for activities & resources on the NPD theme 'play'
bit.ly/CloudChamberPoetry
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⭐ The Poetry Society Annual Lecture/ Liverpool University Allott Lecture 2025 ⭐
Burlesque Picaresque in the Rural Midwest: My Education in Poetry with Diane Seuss
More info below...
Burlesque Picaresque in the Rural Midwest: My Education in Poetry with Diane Seuss
More info below...
September 4, 2025 at 9:01 AM
⭐ The Poetry Society Annual Lecture/ Liverpool University Allott Lecture 2025 ⭐
Burlesque Picaresque in the Rural Midwest: My Education in Poetry with Diane Seuss
More info below...
Burlesque Picaresque in the Rural Midwest: My Education in Poetry with Diane Seuss
More info below...
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We are open for proposals with Acropolis Journal Projects through September. We're also looking forward to getting back to submissions for our next issue in early 2026, stay up to date with our site:
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Poetry | Acropolis Journal
acropolis journal, poetry, artwork, magazine, zine,
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September 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM
We are open for proposals with Acropolis Journal Projects through September. We're also looking forward to getting back to submissions for our next issue in early 2026, stay up to date with our site:
acropolisjournaluk.wixsite.com/acropolisjou...
acropolisjournaluk.wixsite.com/acropolisjou...
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My review of Huw Daniels’ “Debris” (Carcanet) emmalee1.wordpress.com/2025/09/03/d...
“Debris” Daniel Huws (Carcanet) – book review
Daniel Huws Debris book cover “Debris” collects poems from Daniel Huws’ first two books, Noth (Secker, 1972) and The Quarry (Faber, 1999), alongside a substantial selection of new poems…
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September 4, 2025 at 11:21 AM
My review of Huw Daniels’ “Debris” (Carcanet) emmalee1.wordpress.com/2025/09/03/d...
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Welcome to Flight: a Literary Sampler!
We’re a literary journal, publishing four interconnected pieces in each edition.
You can learn more about us at our website: flight-literary.ghost.io
We’re a literary journal, publishing four interconnected pieces in each edition.
You can learn more about us at our website: flight-literary.ghost.io
Flight: A Literary Sampler
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July 19, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Welcome to Flight: a Literary Sampler!
We’re a literary journal, publishing four interconnected pieces in each edition.
You can learn more about us at our website: flight-literary.ghost.io
We’re a literary journal, publishing four interconnected pieces in each edition.
You can learn more about us at our website: flight-literary.ghost.io
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In two days I'm back in Cambridge and giving a talk on the species unique to Britain.
🗓️ 26 August at 6pm
I’ll share stories from the book and extra tales that didn’t make it into print, including a spotlight on Cambridge’s very own endemic buttercup! 🌼
📍 Tickets: tinyurl.com/36aamfsw
🗓️ 26 August at 6pm
I’ll share stories from the book and extra tales that didn’t make it into print, including a spotlight on Cambridge’s very own endemic buttercup! 🌼
📍 Tickets: tinyurl.com/36aamfsw
Endemic: Discover the hidden wildlife found nowhere else on Earth
In his book, Endemic, naturalist James Harding-Morris explores Britain’s rarest and most remarkable native species.
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August 24, 2025 at 6:37 PM
In two days I'm back in Cambridge and giving a talk on the species unique to Britain.
🗓️ 26 August at 6pm
I’ll share stories from the book and extra tales that didn’t make it into print, including a spotlight on Cambridge’s very own endemic buttercup! 🌼
📍 Tickets: tinyurl.com/36aamfsw
🗓️ 26 August at 6pm
I’ll share stories from the book and extra tales that didn’t make it into print, including a spotlight on Cambridge’s very own endemic buttercup! 🌼
📍 Tickets: tinyurl.com/36aamfsw
Just finished reading this. Breathtaking, devastating and deeply moving. A confluence of environment justice, philosophy and personal/physical journey, with indigenous wisdom at its heart.
Is A River Alive? is published today, 1 May.
It’s about the lives, deaths & rights of rivers—& how our fate flows with that of water & always has.
To the people, places & rivers whose ideas run through its pages, thank you so much.
I think it’s the book I’ve been learning to write all these years.
It’s about the lives, deaths & rights of rivers—& how our fate flows with that of water & always has.
To the people, places & rivers whose ideas run through its pages, thank you so much.
I think it’s the book I’ve been learning to write all these years.
August 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Just finished reading this. Breathtaking, devastating and deeply moving. A confluence of environment justice, philosophy and personal/physical journey, with indigenous wisdom at its heart.
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'a flavour or feeling builds up, almost a sculptural shape that could be a living creature, or a dance or a painting'.
Alice Oswald 🦋
Alice Oswald 🦋
August 10, 2025 at 9:10 AM
'a flavour or feeling builds up, almost a sculptural shape that could be a living creature, or a dance or a painting'.
Alice Oswald 🦋
Alice Oswald 🦋
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Forest of Imagination has not been granted Arts Council funding.
So we are calling out to the community to people interested in supporting: pls donate! It’s beautiful, life changing work, shining a light on nature, community & collective imagination. Pls share! 💚🌈
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So we are calling out to the community to people interested in supporting: pls donate! It’s beautiful, life changing work, shining a light on nature, community & collective imagination. Pls share! 💚🌈
localgiving.org/fundraising/...
July 29, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Forest of Imagination has not been granted Arts Council funding.
So we are calling out to the community to people interested in supporting: pls donate! It’s beautiful, life changing work, shining a light on nature, community & collective imagination. Pls share! 💚🌈
localgiving.org/fundraising/...
So we are calling out to the community to people interested in supporting: pls donate! It’s beautiful, life changing work, shining a light on nature, community & collective imagination. Pls share! 💚🌈
localgiving.org/fundraising/...
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🌿☕Morning🌞
Fluffy honey bee stalking this morning on the nasturtium
In ancient Egyptian mythology it was said in the Salt Magical Papyrus that honey bees were believed to be born from the tears of the Sun god, Ra
Seems apt today that we expect 31°C in Cheltenham today & lots of☀️🌞
#bloomscrolling
Fluffy honey bee stalking this morning on the nasturtium
In ancient Egyptian mythology it was said in the Salt Magical Papyrus that honey bees were believed to be born from the tears of the Sun god, Ra
Seems apt today that we expect 31°C in Cheltenham today & lots of☀️🌞
#bloomscrolling
August 12, 2025 at 6:53 AM
🌿☕Morning🌞
Fluffy honey bee stalking this morning on the nasturtium
In ancient Egyptian mythology it was said in the Salt Magical Papyrus that honey bees were believed to be born from the tears of the Sun god, Ra
Seems apt today that we expect 31°C in Cheltenham today & lots of☀️🌞
#bloomscrolling
Fluffy honey bee stalking this morning on the nasturtium
In ancient Egyptian mythology it was said in the Salt Magical Papyrus that honey bees were believed to be born from the tears of the Sun god, Ra
Seems apt today that we expect 31°C in Cheltenham today & lots of☀️🌞
#bloomscrolling
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Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers like lots of woodland, but not woodland management and forestry. Interesting implications for the remaining populations in Britain: expanding unmanaged (or lightly managed) natural native woodland seems helpful. #ukbirding #ornithology
Effect of habitat quality and quantity on the occurrence and persistence of the lesser spotted woodpecker (Dryobates minor) across two time periods | doi.org/10.1016/j.bi... | Biological Conservation | #ornithology #conservation 🪶🌎
August 12, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers like lots of woodland, but not woodland management and forestry. Interesting implications for the remaining populations in Britain: expanding unmanaged (or lightly managed) natural native woodland seems helpful. #ukbirding #ornithology
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Second wave of bluetits! I'm glad I left the rose hips in place, as they seem to be harbouring insects for the birds...
August 11, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Second wave of bluetits! I'm glad I left the rose hips in place, as they seem to be harbouring insects for the birds...
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💭 To help inspire your entries for this year's National Poetry Competition, The Poetry Society will be releasing a series of prompts throughout the competition.
Today's prompt comes from David Keplinger, who was longlisted in the 2024 National Poetry Competition. Thank you, David!
Today's prompt comes from David Keplinger, who was longlisted in the 2024 National Poetry Competition. Thank you, David!
August 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
💭 To help inspire your entries for this year's National Poetry Competition, The Poetry Society will be releasing a series of prompts throughout the competition.
Today's prompt comes from David Keplinger, who was longlisted in the 2024 National Poetry Competition. Thank you, David!
Today's prompt comes from David Keplinger, who was longlisted in the 2024 National Poetry Competition. Thank you, David!