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What Book Would You Buy a Poet for Xmas

… that wasn’t a poetry book? The #NorthSeaPoets had a think ...

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November 17, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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Catch up on new writing from Lesley Harrison 🌊

#amreading Everything I have not written

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November 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Join @dharmabam.bsky.social for webinars on Scansion, Space and Symbol – book the entire winter mini-series for a 3-in-1 reduced price.

🗓️ Saturdays, 29th November, 6th & 13th December
⏰ 11am-1pm BST
🎟️ £35/£25 each
⭐ 3-in-1 ticket for £90/£60

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November 13, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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– Mary Ruefle, 'Deconstruction'

#NorthSeaPoets #CommonplaceBook #PoetryCommunity #Poet #LiteraryQuotes #Poetry #Quotes #ReadMore #QuoteOfTheDay #PoetryLovers
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November 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Coming up on northseapoets.com 🌊

@dharmabam.bsky.social's winter webinars get started with the Joy of Scansion on Saturday 29th November. Get a 3-in-1 ticket for all three webinars for £90/£60 ⭐

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November 11, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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New post 📰

Everything I have not written

Lesley Harrison on the silent poem behind the poem

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November 10, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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Catch up on new writing from @kathleenjamie.bsky.social 🌊

#amreading Tam Lin at Hallowe'en

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November 7, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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– Sally Mann, Art Work: On the Creative Life

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November 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Coming up on northseapoets.com 🌊

Get your applications in for the first 1-Day Workshop: Technique and Tune Up with Kathleen Jamie is on Saturday 22nd November.

3-in-1 tickets are still available for Don Paterson's winter webinars! Book all three for £90/£60 ⭐

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November 5, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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New event! Join @kathleenjamie.bsky.social for a 1-Day Workshop 🌊

Technique and Tune Up

🗓️ Saturday 22nd November
⏰ 11am-4pm GMT (lunch break 1-2pm)
🎟️ £150 – Only six spots available!

Get all the details at buff.ly/aseYMEG

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November 4, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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New post 📰

Tam Lin at Hallowe'en

@kathleenjamie.bsky.social on women, power and the supernatural

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November 3, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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Catch up on new writing from the #NorthSeaPoets 🌊

#amreading North Sea Line Caught #2: 'Kissing on the Radio'

@dharmabam.bsky.social on a short history of fluff

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November 1, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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New event! Join @kathleenjamie.bsky.social for a 1-Day Workshop 🌊

Technique and Tune Up

🗓️ Saturday 22nd November
⏰ 11am-4pm GMT (lunch break 1-2pm)
🎟️ £150 – Only six spots available!

Apply by 6th November: buff.ly/aseYMEG

#NorthSeaPoets #PoetrySky #PoetryWorkshop
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October 31, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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And finally in Don Paterson's winter webinar mini-series is The Symbol: how to summon meaning and emotion 🌊

🗓️ Saturday 13th December
⏰ 11am-1pm GMT
🎟️ £35/£25
⭐ or book all three winter webinars for £90/£60

Book your spot: buff.ly/khfCh59

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October 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Next in Don Paterson's winter webinar mini-series is The Art of Space: how to let a poem breathe 🌊

🗓️ Saturday 6th December
⏰ 11am-1pm GMT
🎟️ £35/£25
⭐ or book all three winter webinars for £90/£60

Book your spot: buff.ly/EZ5MOj5

#NorthSeaPoets #PoetrySky
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October 29, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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The first of Don Paterson's winter webinar mini-series is The Joy of Scansion: how to know the dancer from the dance 🌊

🗓️ Saturday 29th November
⏰ 11am-1pm BST
🎟️ £35/£25
⭐ or book all three winter webinars for £90/£60

Book your spot: buff.ly/KBzjLx6

#NorthSeaPoets #PoetrySky
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October 28, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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New post 📰

North Sea Line Caught, #2: 'Kissing on the Radio'

@dharmabam.bsky.social on a short history of fluff

Read the full post: buff.ly/ibIfpzS

#NorthSeaPoets #PoetrySky
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October 27, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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Catch up on new writing from the #NorthSeaPoets 🌊

#amreading 'Kwink' - a new essay by Lesley Harrison

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October 24, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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Get caught up on all the #NorthSeaPoets news by subscribing to the Weekend Bulletin 🌊

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October 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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– Otto Jespersen, Language: Its Nature, Development and Origin

#NorthSeaPoets #CommonplaceBook #PoetryCommunity #Poet #LiteraryQuotes #Poetry #Quotes #ReadMore #QuoteOfTheDay #PoetryLovers
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October 22, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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New events on northseapoets.com 🌊

Join @dharmabam.bsky.social for webinars on Scansion, Space and Symbol – book the entire winter mini-series for a 3-in-1 reduced price.

🗓️ Saturdays, 29th November, 6th & 13th December
⏰ 11am-1pm BST
🎟️ £35/£25 each
⭐ 3-in-1 ticket for £90/£60

#NorthSeaPoets
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October 21, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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New post 📰

'Kwink' – A new essay by Lesley Harrison

Read the full post: buff.ly/QsmDwLe

#NorthSeaPoets #PoetrySky
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October 20, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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#amreading On What The Angel of History Might See – @niallpoetry.bsky.social writes a first part on private histories

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October 17, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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– Fernando Sorrentino, Seven Conversations with Jorge Luis Borges

#NorthSeaPoets #CommonplaceBook #PoetrySky
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October 16, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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Did you catch the newest North Sea Poetry Weekend Bulletin? 🌊

Make sure you're subscribed for first chance at tickets, plus reflections on poetry, poetics and the writing life that complement our online courses and events delivered straight to your inbox ✉️

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October 15, 2025 at 9:25 AM