Michelle Penn
@michpenn.bsky.social
Poet
RETABLO FOR A DOOR (shearsmanbooks, 2026)
PAPER CRUSADE (arachnepress, 2022)
SELF-PORTRAIT AS A DIVINER, FAILING (paper_swans_press, 2018)
michellepennwriter.com
RETABLO FOR A DOOR (shearsmanbooks, 2026)
PAPER CRUSADE (arachnepress, 2022)
SELF-PORTRAIT AS A DIVINER, FAILING (paper_swans_press, 2018)
michellepennwriter.com
Tonight, I'm launching my new poetry collection, Retablo for a door! The event's at 7.30 pm in the Swedenborg Hall, 20-21 Bloomsbury Way, London, WC1A 2TH. I'll be reading with @ianseedauthor.bsky.social, who's also published by the brilliant @shearsmanbooks.bsky.social. Please join us!
January 13, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Tonight, I'm launching my new poetry collection, Retablo for a door! The event's at 7.30 pm in the Swedenborg Hall, 20-21 Bloomsbury Way, London, WC1A 2TH. I'll be reading with @ianseedauthor.bsky.social, who's also published by the brilliant @shearsmanbooks.bsky.social. Please join us!
Thrilled to see Retablo for a door reviewed in The Guardian! Thank you, Jennifer Lee Tsai!
I'm looking forward to reading the books by Sean O'Brien, Matthew Rice, John F Deane and Tess Jolly. The poetry new year seems off to a good start!
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
I'm looking forward to reading the books by Sean O'Brien, Matthew Rice, John F Deane and Tess Jolly. The poetry new year seems off to a good start!
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
The best recent poetry – review roundup
The Bonfire Party by Sean O’Brien; Plastic by Matthew Rice; Retablo for a Door by Michelle Penn; Jonah and Me by John F Deane; Intimate Architecture by Tess Jolly
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January 3, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Thrilled to see Retablo for a door reviewed in The Guardian! Thank you, Jennifer Lee Tsai!
I'm looking forward to reading the books by Sean O'Brien, Matthew Rice, John F Deane and Tess Jolly. The poetry new year seems off to a good start!
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
I'm looking forward to reading the books by Sean O'Brien, Matthew Rice, John F Deane and Tess Jolly. The poetry new year seems off to a good start!
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
It's officially publication day!
A huge thank you to Tony Frazer at @shearsmanbooks.bsky.social for making this book a reality. Also big thanks to Kathryn Maris and @chrissywilliams.bsky.social for the wonderful endorsements.
www.shearsman.com/store/Michel...
A huge thank you to Tony Frazer at @shearsmanbooks.bsky.social for making this book a reality. Also big thanks to Kathryn Maris and @chrissywilliams.bsky.social for the wonderful endorsements.
www.shearsman.com/store/Michel...
January 2, 2026 at 6:10 PM
It's officially publication day!
A huge thank you to Tony Frazer at @shearsmanbooks.bsky.social for making this book a reality. Also big thanks to Kathryn Maris and @chrissywilliams.bsky.social for the wonderful endorsements.
www.shearsman.com/store/Michel...
A huge thank you to Tony Frazer at @shearsmanbooks.bsky.social for making this book a reality. Also big thanks to Kathryn Maris and @chrissywilliams.bsky.social for the wonderful endorsements.
www.shearsman.com/store/Michel...
Loving the new issue of Perverse - with special joy reading poems by @lkiew.bsky.social, Sue Burge and Jeff Sugarman! Frogs, Gandhi and New Year's Eve - brilliant stuff!
PERVERSE 9J is out today! The last section of this issue! This week features five poems by Annie Katchinska, L Kiew, CP Nield, Jeffery Sugarman and Sue Burge, on parties, adjectives, frogs and more. Read all five poems from this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-9j
December 15, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Loving the new issue of Perverse - with special joy reading poems by @lkiew.bsky.social, Sue Burge and Jeff Sugarman! Frogs, Gandhi and New Year's Eve - brilliant stuff!
Thrilled to be in such weird and wonderful company! Thanks, @chrissywilliams.bsky.social!
PERVERSE 9I is out today! This week features five poems by Dawn Sands, Sam Harvey, Charlotte Whittle, Michelle Penn and Edward Doegar, on Jean Valjean, leaf mulch, and Lush glitter. Read all five poems from this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-9i
December 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Thrilled to be in such weird and wonderful company! Thanks, @chrissywilliams.bsky.social!
Very interested in reading this and discovering more about the poetry of John Wieners. Congratulations, @marcchamberlain.bsky.social!
Looking forward very much to reading @marcchamberlain.bsky.social ‘s essay
Utter Vulnerability: Essays on the Poetry of John Wieners (eds. Michael Kindellan and Alex/Rose Cocker) now available from PULM, full of wonderful essays from the great and the good of Wieners scholarship, plus one from me on transcendence of the confessional mode.
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November 27, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Very interested in reading this and discovering more about the poetry of John Wieners. Congratulations, @marcchamberlain.bsky.social!