Paul McGrane
@paulmcgrane.bsky.social
81% Welsh, 18% Irish, 100% poetry. Co-founder of ForestPoets.bsky.social, Walthamstow, and host of PoemsNotBombs.bsky.social open mic, Walthamstow & Soho. Big fan of #thefall & #LOFC https://indigodreamspublishing.com/paul-mcgrane
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October 20, 2025 at 12:50 PM
DEADLINE EXTENDED – as there were problems with EVENTBRITE today we've extended the deadline to Tuesday 21 October, midnight (UK time).
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URGENT UPDATE – due to worldwide problems with EVENTBRITE, we've extended the deadline to Tue 21 Oct, midnight.
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2025 Waltham Forest Poetry Competition: WEATHER / WHETHER
Enter the Waltham Forest Poetry Competition
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October 20, 2025 at 11:34 AM
URGENT UPDATE – due to worldwide problems with EVENTBRITE, we've extended the deadline to Tue 21 Oct, midnight.
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Today's the LAST CHANCE to enter the Waltham Forest Poetry Competition. It closes at midnight.
www.bit.ly/wfpoetrycomp
poems on the theme of WEATHER (and/or you can also send poems on the theme of WHETHER)
www.bit.ly/wfpoetrycomp
poems on the theme of WEATHER (and/or you can also send poems on the theme of WHETHER)
2025 Waltham Forest Poetry Competition: WEATHER / WHETHER
Enter the Waltham Forest Poetry Competition
www.bit.ly
October 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Today's the LAST CHANCE to enter the Waltham Forest Poetry Competition. It closes at midnight.
www.bit.ly/wfpoetrycomp
poems on the theme of WEATHER (and/or you can also send poems on the theme of WHETHER)
www.bit.ly/wfpoetrycomp
poems on the theme of WEATHER (and/or you can also send poems on the theme of WHETHER)
1️⃣ find Weather/Whether poems
2️⃣ enter the Waltham Forest Poetry Competition
3️⃣ do it by Monday
4️⃣ done!
www.bit.ly/wfpoetrycomp
2️⃣ enter the Waltham Forest Poetry Competition
3️⃣ do it by Monday
4️⃣ done!
www.bit.ly/wfpoetrycomp
October 17, 2025 at 11:56 AM
1️⃣ find Weather/Whether poems
2️⃣ enter the Waltham Forest Poetry Competition
3️⃣ do it by Monday
4️⃣ done!
www.bit.ly/wfpoetrycomp
2️⃣ enter the Waltham Forest Poetry Competition
3️⃣ do it by Monday
4️⃣ done!
www.bit.ly/wfpoetrycomp
Got a poem about Weather (and/or its soundalike Whether)?
The Waltham Forest Poetry Competition, judged by the fabulous Lorraine Mariner invites you to send poems on the theme of WEATHER/WHETHER.
Hurry though. Closing date is MONDAY 20 OCTOBER.
www.bit.ly/wfpoetrycomp
The Waltham Forest Poetry Competition, judged by the fabulous Lorraine Mariner invites you to send poems on the theme of WEATHER/WHETHER.
Hurry though. Closing date is MONDAY 20 OCTOBER.
www.bit.ly/wfpoetrycomp
2025 Waltham Forest Poetry Competition: WEATHER / WHETHER
Enter the Waltham Forest Poetry Competition
www.bit.ly
October 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Got a poem about Weather (and/or its soundalike Whether)?
The Waltham Forest Poetry Competition, judged by the fabulous Lorraine Mariner invites you to send poems on the theme of WEATHER/WHETHER.
Hurry though. Closing date is MONDAY 20 OCTOBER.
www.bit.ly/wfpoetrycomp
The Waltham Forest Poetry Competition, judged by the fabulous Lorraine Mariner invites you to send poems on the theme of WEATHER/WHETHER.
Hurry though. Closing date is MONDAY 20 OCTOBER.
www.bit.ly/wfpoetrycomp
Elizabeth Bishop, Letter to N Y
'I'd like to know / what you are doing and where you are going'
'I'd like to know / what you are doing and where you are going'
October 14, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Elizabeth Bishop, Letter to N Y
'I'd like to know / what you are doing and where you are going'
'I'd like to know / what you are doing and where you are going'
The Africa Migration Report Poetry Anthology Series is inviting poems and short prose focusing on the escalating tragedy of refugee deaths in the English Channel (La Manche). forcedmigrationandthearts.blogspot.com/2025/09/refu...
Refugees are as British as Fish and Chips - A Call for Poems
The Africa Migration Report Poetry Anthology Series invites poems and short prose focusing on the escalating tragedy of refugee deaths in th...
forcedmigrationandthearts.blogspot.com
October 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The Africa Migration Report Poetry Anthology Series is inviting poems and short prose focusing on the escalating tragedy of refugee deaths in the English Channel (La Manche). forcedmigrationandthearts.blogspot.com/2025/09/refu...
I do so enjoy a Whitman 'snog, marry, avoid' poem
your body has become not yours only nor left my body mine only
your body has become not yours only nor left my body mine only
October 9, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I do so enjoy a Whitman 'snog, marry, avoid' poem
your body has become not yours only nor left my body mine only
your body has become not yours only nor left my body mine only
The Waltham Forest Poetry Competition, judged by the fabulous Lorraine Mariner, invites you to send poems on the theme of WEATHER/WHETHER. Over £1,000 in prizes. Entry fee for adults is from £3, FREE for young poets under the age of 18. Closing date is MONDAY 20 OCTOBER.
www.bit.ly/wfpoetrycomp
www.bit.ly/wfpoetrycomp
October 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The Waltham Forest Poetry Competition, judged by the fabulous Lorraine Mariner, invites you to send poems on the theme of WEATHER/WHETHER. Over £1,000 in prizes. Entry fee for adults is from £3, FREE for young poets under the age of 18. Closing date is MONDAY 20 OCTOBER.
www.bit.ly/wfpoetrycomp
www.bit.ly/wfpoetrycomp
I cried once as a boy when I'd to leave her
Tony Harrison on the death of his mum
Tony Harrison on the death of his mum
October 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I cried once as a boy when I'd to leave her
Tony Harrison on the death of his mum
Tony Harrison on the death of his mum
You ask for a poem
I offer you a blade of grass
The late, great Brian Patten wishes you #HappyNationalPoetryDay
I offer you a blade of grass
The late, great Brian Patten wishes you #HappyNationalPoetryDay
October 2, 2025 at 7:06 AM
You ask for a poem
I offer you a blade of grass
The late, great Brian Patten wishes you #HappyNationalPoetryDay
I offer you a blade of grass
The late, great Brian Patten wishes you #HappyNationalPoetryDay
And sometimes it happens that you are loved and then you are not loved
Brian Patten
Brian Patten
September 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
And sometimes it happens that you are loved and then you are not loved
Brian Patten
Brian Patten
"This form of poetry gives everyone a voice"... Max Terry Fishel, one of our Poems Not Bombs regulars, speaks out on the delights of the poetry open mic in the Guardian today
September 20, 2025 at 10:08 AM
"This form of poetry gives everyone a voice"... Max Terry Fishel, one of our Poems Not Bombs regulars, speaks out on the delights of the poetry open mic in the Guardian today
Poems Not Bombs, Spice Of Life, Soho, Thu 21 Aug, 1.30pm, is a special feat. the velvet voice of John Hurley.
If you'd like to read, sign up with me on the day before 1.30. YOU'RE INVITED TO BRING POEMS ON AN IRISH THEME IF YOU HAVE ANY.
AIR CONDITIONING!
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If you'd like to read, sign up with me on the day before 1.30. YOU'RE INVITED TO BRING POEMS ON AN IRISH THEME IF YOU HAVE ANY.
AIR CONDITIONING!
pnbspice.eventbrite.co.uk
August 9, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Poems Not Bombs, Spice Of Life, Soho, Thu 21 Aug, 1.30pm, is a special feat. the velvet voice of John Hurley.
If you'd like to read, sign up with me on the day before 1.30. YOU'RE INVITED TO BRING POEMS ON AN IRISH THEME IF YOU HAVE ANY.
AIR CONDITIONING!
pnbspice.eventbrite.co.uk
If you'd like to read, sign up with me on the day before 1.30. YOU'RE INVITED TO BRING POEMS ON AN IRISH THEME IF YOU HAVE ANY.
AIR CONDITIONING!
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Tonight! marinerdartford.eventbrite.co.uk
Forest Poets and guests: Lorraine Mariner & Ralph Dartford
Join us for an evening of cracking poetry with Forest Poets and guests Lorraine Mariner & Ralph Dartford, plus open mic
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July 24, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Tonight! marinerdartford.eventbrite.co.uk
Thu 24 Jul, Trades Hall, Walthamstow, we present the wonderful Lorraine Mariner w/ Ralph Dartford, Tusshara Nalakumar Srilatha and Michael Shann... open mic too. Tix: £4/£2 (members) marinerdartford.eventbrite.co.uk or on the door. 7.30pm. **AIR CONDITIONING** Here's Lorraine's poem 'Thursday'
July 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Thu 24 Jul, Trades Hall, Walthamstow, we present the wonderful Lorraine Mariner w/ Ralph Dartford, Tusshara Nalakumar Srilatha and Michael Shann... open mic too. Tix: £4/£2 (members) marinerdartford.eventbrite.co.uk or on the door. 7.30pm. **AIR CONDITIONING** Here's Lorraine's poem 'Thursday'
Forest Poets (& friends) are reading at the Summer Picnic, Walthamstow, Sun 13 July - 3pm to 4pm - names so far are Alan White, Ivana Demmel, David McDade, Tusshara Nalakumar, John Stiles, Pip McDonald, & Hannah Stanislaus, and me! Give us a nod if you'd like to join us!
July 8, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Forest Poets (& friends) are reading at the Summer Picnic, Walthamstow, Sun 13 July - 3pm to 4pm - names so far are Alan White, Ivana Demmel, David McDade, Tusshara Nalakumar, John Stiles, Pip McDonald, & Hannah Stanislaus, and me! Give us a nod if you'd like to join us!
HOT🔥 poetry! Poems Not Bombs in the air con this afternoon. Spice of Life. SoHo.
June 19, 2025 at 5:23 PM
HOT🔥 poetry! Poems Not Bombs in the air con this afternoon. Spice of Life. SoHo.
LOOK! 👁 Our NEXT 'Forest Poets and guests' event is Thu 24 July, at the Trades Hall, Walthamstow, with Lorraine Mariner and Ralph Dartford, plus support from Forest Poets Tusshara Nalakumar Srilatha and Michael Shann.
TICKETS 👇
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TICKETS 👇
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June 11, 2025 at 6:57 PM
LOOK! 👁 Our NEXT 'Forest Poets and guests' event is Thu 24 July, at the Trades Hall, Walthamstow, with Lorraine Mariner and Ralph Dartford, plus support from Forest Poets Tusshara Nalakumar Srilatha and Michael Shann.
TICKETS 👇
marinerdartford.eventbrite.co.uk
TICKETS 👇
marinerdartford.eventbrite.co.uk
PROCEEDS FROM THIS EVENT GO TO LOCAL FOODBANK EAT OR HEAT - Tickets from TheFall.eventbrite.co.uk
A whole night of Fall music to Dance&ShoutAlongTo.
Walthamstow TUE 10 JUN🎉
A whole night of Fall music to Dance&ShoutAlongTo.
Walthamstow TUE 10 JUN🎉
May 22, 2025 at 7:07 PM
PROCEEDS FROM THIS EVENT GO TO LOCAL FOODBANK EAT OR HEAT - Tickets from TheFall.eventbrite.co.uk
A whole night of Fall music to Dance&ShoutAlongTo.
Walthamstow TUE 10 JUN🎉
A whole night of Fall music to Dance&ShoutAlongTo.
Walthamstow TUE 10 JUN🎉
I felt the urge to reassure him that I was like everybody else, just like everybody else.
Albert Camus, The Stranger
Albert Camus, The Stranger
May 12, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I felt the urge to reassure him that I was like everybody else, just like everybody else.
Albert Camus, The Stranger
Albert Camus, The Stranger
Just some of the tunes you'll hear at An Evening with the Fall (though not necessarily in this order), Thursday 10 June, Walthamstow Trades Hall, London
TheFall.eventbrite.co.uk
TheFall.eventbrite.co.uk
April 16, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Just some of the tunes you'll hear at An Evening with the Fall (though not necessarily in this order), Thursday 10 June, Walthamstow Trades Hall, London
TheFall.eventbrite.co.uk
TheFall.eventbrite.co.uk
TONIGHT!
Tim Wells and friends plus open mic. 7.30pm, Walthamstow Trades Hall
All for just £4/£2 Trades Hall members at TimWells.eventbrite.co.uk or on the door.
Tim Wells and friends plus open mic. 7.30pm, Walthamstow Trades Hall
All for just £4/£2 Trades Hall members at TimWells.eventbrite.co.uk or on the door.
April 10, 2025 at 8:46 AM
TONIGHT!
Tim Wells and friends plus open mic. 7.30pm, Walthamstow Trades Hall
All for just £4/£2 Trades Hall members at TimWells.eventbrite.co.uk or on the door.
Tim Wells and friends plus open mic. 7.30pm, Walthamstow Trades Hall
All for just £4/£2 Trades Hall members at TimWells.eventbrite.co.uk or on the door.
Reposted by Paul McGrane
Heather Moulson, 'Paper Boy' - Heather is the guest of Forest Poets NEXT THU 10 April, Walthamstow Trades Hall w/ Tim Wells, Heather Mary Sullivan (Poetry Bird), Ailsa Betts & Sophia Brandner
+ Poetry open mic. £4/£2 Trades Hall members timwells.eventbrite.co.uk or on the door.
+ Poetry open mic. £4/£2 Trades Hall members timwells.eventbrite.co.uk or on the door.
April 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Heather Moulson, 'Paper Boy' - Heather is the guest of Forest Poets NEXT THU 10 April, Walthamstow Trades Hall w/ Tim Wells, Heather Mary Sullivan (Poetry Bird), Ailsa Betts & Sophia Brandner
+ Poetry open mic. £4/£2 Trades Hall members timwells.eventbrite.co.uk or on the door.
+ Poetry open mic. £4/£2 Trades Hall members timwells.eventbrite.co.uk or on the door.
