Niall M Oliver
@nmoliverpoetry.bsky.social
I'm a husband, dad and reader & writer of poems, from Ireland. I have poems in various journals and a couple of published pamphlets. You can buy them here https://niallmoliverpoetry.bigcartel.com/
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I'm considering the move to here from X and would love to connect with both familiar and new faces from the poetry and writing community. Not sure how it works here, but if you can help me do that I'd really appreciate it.
Question for poetry people. I've been on this platform for a good while now but I've been idle. How is it going here for all things poetry? I'm still on X but I hardly see any poetry topics on it at all anymore.
November 15, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Question for poetry people. I've been on this platform for a good while now but I've been idle. How is it going here for all things poetry? I'm still on X but I hardly see any poetry topics on it at all anymore.
Lovely to see my poem in the hands of one of my favourite journals. If you have a few minutes, please take a look.
Thank you for reading and sharing today's poem - Milestone by @nmoliverpoetry.bsky.social
August 9, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Lovely to see my poem in the hands of one of my favourite journals. If you have a few minutes, please take a look.
Calling all editors (and poets)!!
February 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Calling all editors (and poets)!!
It's a real honour for me to be taking part in @Cheltpoetfest 'poetry lounge' anniversary celebrations. I hope lots of you poetry lovers can join us for an evening of poems with some very talented poets (and me).
2025 is looking good for poetry -we have some very exciting names lined up at our lounges for Feb and March - and kicking of the year - a party to celebrate 5 years of on-line events.. and look at the line up on this 😍 Thank you @zoebrooks.bsky.social
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December 30, 2024 at 9:33 PM
It's a real honour for me to be taking part in @Cheltpoetfest 'poetry lounge' anniversary celebrations. I hope lots of you poetry lovers can join us for an evening of poems with some very talented poets (and me).
An example of how Bluesky is going for me, versus X. I posted this same message at the same time on both platforms. Over 500 likes on X and only 43 on bluesky.
December 26, 2024 at 2:53 PM
An example of how Bluesky is going for me, versus X. I posted this same message at the same time on both platforms. Over 500 likes on X and only 43 on bluesky.
My time has come. I got to almost 47 years, but now I'm an official spectacle wearer. How fitting the first book I plucked from my bookcase was called 'Life Support' with a big pair of eyes on it
December 22, 2024 at 8:41 PM
My time has come. I got to almost 47 years, but now I'm an official spectacle wearer. How fitting the first book I plucked from my bookcase was called 'Life Support' with a big pair of eyes on it
Random poem from a random book on my bookcase
December 22, 2024 at 7:10 PM
Random poem from a random book on my bookcase
Random poem from a random book on my bookcase - I think we've all been there
December 19, 2024 at 9:36 PM
Random poem from a random book on my bookcase - I think we've all been there
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📣 📍hello BlueSky poets I’m a poet too, and my poems have rocked up in these places: The Poetry Review, The Rialto, Under the Radar,The Interpreter’s House, Butcher’s Dog, Stand, Poetry Salzburg Review, The North, Frogmore, Prole, Obsessed with Pipework, pamphlet with Against the Grain Press.
December 19, 2024 at 5:30 PM
📣 📍hello BlueSky poets I’m a poet too, and my poems have rocked up in these places: The Poetry Review, The Rialto, Under the Radar,The Interpreter’s House, Butcher’s Dog, Stand, Poetry Salzburg Review, The North, Frogmore, Prole, Obsessed with Pipework, pamphlet with Against the Grain Press.
Poets & writers, how is bluesky going for you? Is it better than current twitter but not as good as old twitter?
December 16, 2024 at 9:44 PM
Poets & writers, how is bluesky going for you? Is it better than current twitter but not as good as old twitter?
Did you know a book makes a perfect stocking filler? Use 20% discount code 'XMAS' to gift someone or perhaps a treat for yourself!
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December 13, 2024 at 2:59 PM
Did you know a book makes a perfect stocking filler? Use 20% discount code 'XMAS' to gift someone or perhaps a treat for yourself!
niallmoliverpoetry.bigcartel.com
niallmoliverpoetry.bigcartel.com
So poetry friends, I haven't bought any books in a while and would like to treat myself for Christmas. What's the best books you've read this year?
December 10, 2024 at 7:35 PM
So poetry friends, I haven't bought any books in a while and would like to treat myself for Christmas. What's the best books you've read this year?
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AND THE WINNER IS … REVEALED:
“A Proper Poetry Book Full Collection”
I am chuffed in extremis to be able to announce the winner and shortlisted poets are ..
“A Proper Poetry Book Full Collection”
I am chuffed in extremis to be able to announce the winner and shortlisted poets are ..
AND THE WINNER IS … REVEALED: “A Proper Poetry Book Full Collection”
Well, this was the first Full Collection Competition we have run in quite a while, and I’m pleased to say that 2025 will see a few more. However today, it is all about the results and I am mo…
buff.ly
December 2, 2024 at 6:51 AM
AND THE WINNER IS … REVEALED:
“A Proper Poetry Book Full Collection”
I am chuffed in extremis to be able to announce the winner and shortlisted poets are ..
“A Proper Poetry Book Full Collection”
I am chuffed in extremis to be able to announce the winner and shortlisted poets are ..
I feel sorry for my Christmas tree trying to outshine my collection of poetry books
December 1, 2024 at 3:11 PM
I feel sorry for my Christmas tree trying to outshine my collection of poetry books
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‘He’s Priceless’ 👑
Mo Salah painting on 91cm x 61cm canvas hand painted with acrylic.
Mo Salah painting on 91cm x 61cm canvas hand painted with acrylic.
November 26, 2024 at 12:16 PM
‘He’s Priceless’ 👑
Mo Salah painting on 91cm x 61cm canvas hand painted with acrylic.
Mo Salah painting on 91cm x 61cm canvas hand painted with acrylic.
Reposted by Niall M Oliver
Hoping to connect with fellow poets and discover new collections. Feel free to share yours with a link below!
November 22, 2024 at 9:13 PM
Hoping to connect with fellow poets and discover new collections. Feel free to share yours with a link below!
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My second post, correcting errors in first post! I’m a poet in the UK looking to build a poetry community on bsky. If you’re interested in poetry follow me and I’ll follow you.
November 22, 2024 at 4:09 PM
My second post, correcting errors in first post! I’m a poet in the UK looking to build a poetry community on bsky. If you’re interested in poetry follow me and I’ll follow you.
Anyone fall in love with a poem recently? If so can I see it?
November 23, 2024 at 4:54 PM
Anyone fall in love with a poem recently? If so can I see it?
A few of my books posted off this week to new readers, virtue of my new bluesky connections. Thank you all 👏
Discount code 'XMAS' still ongoing 👇
niallmoliverpoetry.bigcartel.com
Discount code 'XMAS' still ongoing 👇
niallmoliverpoetry.bigcartel.com
November 21, 2024 at 3:41 PM
A few of my books posted off this week to new readers, virtue of my new bluesky connections. Thank you all 👏
Discount code 'XMAS' still ongoing 👇
niallmoliverpoetry.bigcartel.com
Discount code 'XMAS' still ongoing 👇
niallmoliverpoetry.bigcartel.com
Whenever I told my mum I'd started writing poetry, she said 'wait there' and left the room, before returning with a book, saying 'this would be a good time to give you this then': A copy of Seamus Heaney's Haw Lantern, signed with a personal dedication by the great man himself, some 30yrs earlier.
November 20, 2024 at 9:23 PM
Whenever I told my mum I'd started writing poetry, she said 'wait there' and left the room, before returning with a book, saying 'this would be a good time to give you this then': A copy of Seamus Heaney's Haw Lantern, signed with a personal dedication by the great man himself, some 30yrs earlier.
Not everyone is looking forward to Christmas (by Paul Birtill)
November 20, 2024 at 2:43 PM
Not everyone is looking forward to Christmas (by Paul Birtill)
For those of you who don't already know, this is a poetry press you should definitely be following!
I've spent the last few hours, trying desperately to think of something suitably cool and profound to say about poetry and lit in this, my first Bluesky puff of cloud, but failed dismally.
So instead I'll just say
hello
to new friends and
old
and here is my favourite guitar
😳
So instead I'll just say
hello
to new friends and
old
and here is my favourite guitar
😳
November 20, 2024 at 1:00 PM
For those of you who don't already know, this is a poetry press you should definitely be following!
Not such a bad view to wake up to this morning
November 20, 2024 at 10:01 AM
Not such a bad view to wake up to this morning
Hey writers, anything keeping you awake at night? Poem by Fleur Adcock
November 18, 2024 at 8:24 PM
Hey writers, anything keeping you awake at night? Poem by Fleur Adcock
Bluesky poets & writers, ever wonder how your peers really feel when they hear you've got a poem published? Meg Cox knows...
November 17, 2024 at 7:54 PM
Bluesky poets & writers, ever wonder how your peers really feel when they hear you've got a poem published? Meg Cox knows...