Karen Goodwin
@mssgoodwin.bsky.social
Poet and journalist. Poetry Editor at Sabotage Reviews. Teacher Trailblazer at The Poetry Society. She/her
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Karen Goodwin
@mssgoodwin.bsky.social
· Oct 21
Thank you @poetrysociety.org.uk for this Teacher Trailblazer award at the Foyle Young Poets ceremony. An incredible honour. Photo: MaddMann
Thanks @poetrysociety.org.uk for the new issue of Poetry Review. Featuring a fabulous new poem by @mrjohnmccullough.bsky.social
January 27, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Thanks @poetrysociety.org.uk for the new issue of Poetry Review. Featuring a fabulous new poem by @mrjohnmccullough.bsky.social
Happy January! first page of the @poetrybyheart.bsky.social calendar.
January 12, 2026 at 6:49 AM
Happy January! first page of the @poetrybyheart.bsky.social calendar.
Reposted by Karen Goodwin
Lovely BBC Radio 4 40th birthday feature on @poemsonthetube.bsky.social. With contributions from @imtiazdharker.bsky.social & @georgeszirtes.bsky.social, plus extracts from poems by Grace Nichols & the late Benjamin Zephaniah. A @radiotimes.bsky.social pick of the day.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Artworks, Poems on the Underground
A programme to mark the 40th anniversary of London's Poems on the Underground scheme.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Lovely BBC Radio 4 40th birthday feature on @poemsonthetube.bsky.social. With contributions from @imtiazdharker.bsky.social & @georgeszirtes.bsky.social, plus extracts from poems by Grace Nichols & the late Benjamin Zephaniah. A @radiotimes.bsky.social pick of the day.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Reposted by Karen Goodwin
In tribute to the late Tony Harrison, BBC Radio 4 will be rebroadcasting this 2013 feature on v., his controversial long poem. Tony Harrison read the poem in full, and writer Blake Morrison discussed the poem's impact.
Tune in at 11pm tonight, 6 Nov, or listen later.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
Tune in at 11pm tonight, 6 Nov, or listen later.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
BBC Radio 4 - Artworks, v. by Tony Harrison
The controversial poem by Tony Harrison, to mark his death.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
In tribute to the late Tony Harrison, BBC Radio 4 will be rebroadcasting this 2013 feature on v., his controversial long poem. Tony Harrison read the poem in full, and writer Blake Morrison discussed the poem's impact.
Tune in at 11pm tonight, 6 Nov, or listen later.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
Tune in at 11pm tonight, 6 Nov, or listen later.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
Excited for our first @poetrybyheart.bsky.social club today! Choosing favourite poems with students for the 2026 competition #Poetry
November 3, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Excited for our first @poetrybyheart.bsky.social club today! Choosing favourite poems with students for the 2026 competition #Poetry
Double happy birthday to two of the greats, Dylan Thomas and Sylvia Plath.
October 27, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Double happy birthday to two of the greats, Dylan Thomas and Sylvia Plath.
Thank you @poetrysociety.org.uk for this Teacher Trailblazer award at the Foyle Young Poets ceremony. An incredible honour. Photo: MaddMann
October 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Thank you @poetrysociety.org.uk for this Teacher Trailblazer award at the Foyle Young Poets ceremony. An incredible honour. Photo: MaddMann
Reposted by Karen Goodwin
The Poetry Society's #FoyleYoungPoets of the Year 2025 have been announced and here are some of the top 15 at the awards ceremony at the British Library last week. It was a wonderful day celebrating all 100 winners and commended poets in the award.
Photo by MaddMann Photography.
Photo by MaddMann Photography.
October 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
The Poetry Society's #FoyleYoungPoets of the Year 2025 have been announced and here are some of the top 15 at the awards ceremony at the British Library last week. It was a wonderful day celebrating all 100 winners and commended poets in the award.
Photo by MaddMann Photography.
Photo by MaddMann Photography.