Sarah O
@palimpsest22.bsky.social
Mainly poetry (Butcher's Dog,The Madrigal, Broken Spine, BlackBough, W Moon & counting), art, glass & (theatre) people playing. Allotment life. York with Glasgow links. UK. Not every act of kindness is part of a plan.
Website :www.sarahowriter.com
Website :www.sarahowriter.com
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Sarah O
@palimpsest22.bsky.social
· Oct 10
#PoemsAbout #ImperfectMe
Thanks @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk for nudging me into discomfort writing. Started life in @wendypratt.bsky.social workshop,been festering.
Thanks @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk for nudging me into discomfort writing. Started life in @wendypratt.bsky.social workshop,been festering.
@thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk #PoemsAbout #desire Here's one published by Green Ink in the Trespass Edition. Audio in the comments.
November 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
@thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk #PoemsAbout #desire Here's one published by Green Ink in the Trespass Edition. Audio in the comments.
Ordered a couple of times from Gail. Fabulous design. Highly recommend.
This is true.
The husband just found me having a little cry in my studio.
He’s making me a hot Vimto and I’m having a word with myself.
Have a look at my website and please repost.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
Thank you.
The husband just found me having a little cry in my studio.
He’s making me a hot Vimto and I’m having a word with myself.
Have a look at my website and please repost.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
Thank you.
November 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Ordered a couple of times from Gail. Fabulous design. Highly recommend.
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Patch of Blue – John Coburn @johncoburn.bsky.social
Patch of Blue – John Coburn
Patch of Blue . . John Coburn is an Anglo-Irish poet living in London. He has been published in A New Ulster, the Black Nore Review, the Sunday Independent and the Poet’s Yearbook Autumn Anthology…
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November 14, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Patch of Blue – John Coburn @johncoburn.bsky.social
Some gorgeous work here. Northern Girls 👌to start with.
The CBC Poetry Prize shortlist is announced today! Congratulations to these poets.
www.cbc.ca/books/litera...
www.cbc.ca/books/litera...
5 writers make the 2025 CBC Poetry Prize shortlist | CBC Books
Read the five works contending for $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts and a Banff Centre writing residency. The winner will be announced on Nov. 19, 2025.
www.cbc.ca
November 14, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Some gorgeous work here. Northern Girls 👌to start with.
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Exciting news! We're open to queries for novellas and works of collected short fiction, for our 2026-2027 publishing schedule. We want to receive strange and literary fantasy, horror, sci-fi, and weird fiction from writers living in the North of England.
Find out more: carnyxpress.co.uk/submissions
Find out more: carnyxpress.co.uk/submissions
November 1, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Exciting news! We're open to queries for novellas and works of collected short fiction, for our 2026-2027 publishing schedule. We want to receive strange and literary fantasy, horror, sci-fi, and weird fiction from writers living in the North of England.
Find out more: carnyxpress.co.uk/submissions
Find out more: carnyxpress.co.uk/submissions
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'Travellers.' (1929) Eduard Ole's painting has captured passengers on a long train journey, much as a candid photographer might do. Ole, an Estonian artist, was influenced by the work of the New Objectivity, formed during the 1920s as a reaction against expressionism.
November 11, 2025 at 8:27 AM
'Travellers.' (1929) Eduard Ole's painting has captured passengers on a long train journey, much as a candid photographer might do. Ole, an Estonian artist, was influenced by the work of the New Objectivity, formed during the 1920s as a reaction against expressionism.
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The Ladybird look
The quilted anorak, 1973.
(Did we all have one?)
Artist: Martin Aitchison
The quilted anorak, 1973.
(Did we all have one?)
Artist: Martin Aitchison
November 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The Ladybird look
The quilted anorak, 1973.
(Did we all have one?)
Artist: Martin Aitchison
The quilted anorak, 1973.
(Did we all have one?)
Artist: Martin Aitchison
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The folkloric belief that catching twelve falling leaves ensures good luck for a year = the perfect excuse to just stand here and wait long enough for twelve leaves to fall #AutumnVibes #Folklore
November 7, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The folkloric belief that catching twelve falling leaves ensures good luck for a year = the perfect excuse to just stand here and wait long enough for twelve leaves to fall #AutumnVibes #Folklore
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The holidays are coming, and we get it—budgets are stretched. But imagine a poet receiving a life-changing cash prize at the start of 2026. That’s what we’re fighting for. Let’s hit £5,000 before the year is out. 🔗 shorturl.at/G2mMo
November 7, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The holidays are coming, and we get it—budgets are stretched. But imagine a poet receiving a life-changing cash prize at the start of 2026. That’s what we’re fighting for. Let’s hit £5,000 before the year is out. 🔗 shorturl.at/G2mMo
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Join Magma contributors and editors to celebrate the online launch of Magma 93: Liberation!
Editors Isabelle Baafi @timtimtmi.bsky.social & @sohinibasak.bsky.social look forward to seeing you there!
Thu 13th Nov, 7-8pm
Reserve your free spot here: www.eventbrite.hk/e/magma-93-l...
Editors Isabelle Baafi @timtimtmi.bsky.social & @sohinibasak.bsky.social look forward to seeing you there!
Thu 13th Nov, 7-8pm
Reserve your free spot here: www.eventbrite.hk/e/magma-93-l...
November 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Join Magma contributors and editors to celebrate the online launch of Magma 93: Liberation!
Editors Isabelle Baafi @timtimtmi.bsky.social & @sohinibasak.bsky.social look forward to seeing you there!
Thu 13th Nov, 7-8pm
Reserve your free spot here: www.eventbrite.hk/e/magma-93-l...
Editors Isabelle Baafi @timtimtmi.bsky.social & @sohinibasak.bsky.social look forward to seeing you there!
Thu 13th Nov, 7-8pm
Reserve your free spot here: www.eventbrite.hk/e/magma-93-l...
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Very chuffed to have a poem featured in Black Nore Review today. Thank you, @benbanyard.bsky.social Ben.
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A dazzling love poem from Paul Brookes today. @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social
Paul Brookes – “The Drey Skin”
The Drey Skin In the drey of my skin I curl in the elbow pit of your barked limbs. I rummage for edibles in the curated grass of your longing hunger I can bury in the memory of the soil. My hard of hearing sky no longer sees the song of birds, except as distant cirrus or mares tails that brightness…
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November 6, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Very chuffed to have a poem featured in Black Nore Review today. Thank you, @benbanyard.bsky.social Ben.
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I am delighted that my #poem Devon Gothic is longlisted for the @walklistencreate.org WRITE ABOUT WALKING IN THE DARK competition. My huge thanks go to WLC & competition judges @marcellenewbold.bsky.social & Damaris West. You can read the poem in the link below 👇
#poetsonbluesky #poetrycommunity
#poetsonbluesky #poetrycommunity
Devon Gothic
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November 6, 2025 at 6:20 AM
I am delighted that my #poem Devon Gothic is longlisted for the @walklistencreate.org WRITE ABOUT WALKING IN THE DARK competition. My huge thanks go to WLC & competition judges @marcellenewbold.bsky.social & Damaris West. You can read the poem in the link below 👇
#poetsonbluesky #poetrycommunity
#poetsonbluesky #poetrycommunity
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Goodnight from Gosmer, where the villagers have chosen to burn an effigy of Thatcher the Iron Witch instead of Guy Fawkes. Goodnight from David Appleyard, walking a night filled with bonefire incense and the heady gunpowder smell of exploded fireworks. Goodnight from Hookland.
November 5, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Goodnight from Gosmer, where the villagers have chosen to burn an effigy of Thatcher the Iron Witch instead of Guy Fawkes. Goodnight from David Appleyard, walking a night filled with bonefire incense and the heady gunpowder smell of exploded fireworks. Goodnight from Hookland.
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And here's the baptism record of 'Guye Fawxe', son to Edward Fawxe. Taken from the parish register of St Michael le Belfrey which is held here at the Borthwick. He was baptised on the 16th April 1570.
Fun fact: the entry below Guy's is a little faded from all the fingers run across it!
Fun fact: the entry below Guy's is a little faded from all the fingers run across it!
November 5, 2025 at 10:10 AM
And here's the baptism record of 'Guye Fawxe', son to Edward Fawxe. Taken from the parish register of St Michael le Belfrey which is held here at the Borthwick. He was baptised on the 16th April 1570.
Fun fact: the entry below Guy's is a little faded from all the fingers run across it!
Fun fact: the entry below Guy's is a little faded from all the fingers run across it!
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COVER REVEAL: “The How In The World” by Louise Longson
Well, I have to say that it is all go in Hogland, UK at the moment, and we are going to be enjoying a poetry flood over the next few months. I am rather chuffed that surfing the wavey crest will be a quite stunning collection from Louise…
Well, I have to say that it is all go in Hogland, UK at the moment, and we are going to be enjoying a poetry flood over the next few months. I am rather chuffed that surfing the wavey crest will be a quite stunning collection from Louise…
COVER REVEAL: “The How In The World” by Louise Longson
Well, I have to say that it is all go in Hogland, UK at the moment, and we are going to be enjoying a poetry flood over the next few months. I am rather chuffed that surfing the wavey crest will be a quite stunning collection from Louise Longson who is a poet that I have long admired from afar and was so pleased to be able to publish.
www.hedgehogpress.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 5:44 AM
COVER REVEAL: “The How In The World” by Louise Longson
Well, I have to say that it is all go in Hogland, UK at the moment, and we are going to be enjoying a poetry flood over the next few months. I am rather chuffed that surfing the wavey crest will be a quite stunning collection from Louise…
Well, I have to say that it is all go in Hogland, UK at the moment, and we are going to be enjoying a poetry flood over the next few months. I am rather chuffed that surfing the wavey crest will be a quite stunning collection from Louise…
One of mine in here 🥶, such an atmospheric collection.
Fill your snow boots with winter poems. Last year’s winter anthology in hard and soft back ❄️ 📖 🕯️ ❄️
www.blackboughpoetry.com/christmas-wi...
www.blackboughpoetry.com/christmas-wi...
November 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
One of mine in here 🥶, such an atmospheric collection.
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We're absolutely delighted to announce Magma 93 'Liberation' is now published and available to buy on our website.
Edited by Isabelle Baafi @timtimtmi.bsky.social & @sohinibasak.bsky.social
#liberation #magma93
Get your hands on a copy now!
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Edited by Isabelle Baafi @timtimtmi.bsky.social & @sohinibasak.bsky.social
#liberation #magma93
Get your hands on a copy now!
magmapoetry.com/archive/magm...
November 3, 2025 at 11:01 AM
We're absolutely delighted to announce Magma 93 'Liberation' is now published and available to buy on our website.
Edited by Isabelle Baafi @timtimtmi.bsky.social & @sohinibasak.bsky.social
#liberation #magma93
Get your hands on a copy now!
magmapoetry.com/archive/magm...
Edited by Isabelle Baafi @timtimtmi.bsky.social & @sohinibasak.bsky.social
#liberation #magma93
Get your hands on a copy now!
magmapoetry.com/archive/magm...
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Opening this weekend - York Printmakers at Pyramid Gallery, 43 Stonegate, York. Various printmakers, including me, will be there in person to chat to visitors at the formal opening Sat 8th Nov 11am-2pm. Gallery is open Mon-Sat 10am-5pm.
November 3, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Opening this weekend - York Printmakers at Pyramid Gallery, 43 Stonegate, York. Various printmakers, including me, will be there in person to chat to visitors at the formal opening Sat 8th Nov 11am-2pm. Gallery is open Mon-Sat 10am-5pm.
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Stoked to have two poems in The Interpreter's House, alongside @moette.bsky.social, @poetbex.bsky.social and many other fine poets.
About...errr... homunculi, and not going quietly into vinegary distinction.
You can read both – and the rest of the issue – here theinterpretershouse.org/spires-84
About...errr... homunculi, and not going quietly into vinegary distinction.
You can read both – and the rest of the issue – here theinterpretershouse.org/spires-84
November 2, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Stoked to have two poems in The Interpreter's House, alongside @moette.bsky.social, @poetbex.bsky.social and many other fine poets.
About...errr... homunculi, and not going quietly into vinegary distinction.
You can read both – and the rest of the issue – here theinterpretershouse.org/spires-84
About...errr... homunculi, and not going quietly into vinegary distinction.
You can read both – and the rest of the issue – here theinterpretershouse.org/spires-84
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At Beverley railway station, a remarkable survivor from the golden age of the North Eastern Railway still greets travellers, a tiled map set into the wall beside the train shed exit. Made between 1900 and 1910 by Craven Dunnill & Co. of Jackfield in Shropshire, it is
November 3, 2025 at 7:29 AM
At Beverley railway station, a remarkable survivor from the golden age of the North Eastern Railway still greets travellers, a tiled map set into the wall beside the train shed exit. Made between 1900 and 1910 by Craven Dunnill & Co. of Jackfield in Shropshire, it is
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In the run up to #RemembranceSunday, have a look at some of the #poetry of #EdwardThomas. Killed in action at the battle of Arras, 1917
2.48 This is No Case of Petty Right or Wrong
Edward Thomas, love of your country and standing with both the best and the meanest of your compatriots.
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November 3, 2025 at 7:21 AM
In the run up to #RemembranceSunday, have a look at some of the #poetry of #EdwardThomas. Killed in action at the battle of Arras, 1917
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'View from a Tenement Window.' (1975) Ian Fleming was a notable artist and played an important role in the Scottish art world. He taught at Glasgow School of Art and Hospitalfield in Arbroath - famous pupils included the two Roberts: Colquhoun and MacBryde.
October 31, 2025 at 7:22 PM
'View from a Tenement Window.' (1975) Ian Fleming was a notable artist and played an important role in the Scottish art world. He taught at Glasgow School of Art and Hospitalfield in Arbroath - famous pupils included the two Roberts: Colquhoun and MacBryde.
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Yorkshire Times Poem of the Week: 'The Sick Rose' by William Blake
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Poem Of The Week: <i>The Sick Rose</i> by William Blake (1757-1827)
The Sick Rose
O rose, thou art sick!
yorkshiretimes.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Yorkshire Times Poem of the Week: 'The Sick Rose' by William Blake
yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Poem...
yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Poem...