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Paul
@paulwritespoems.bsky.social
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Poet, Husband, Northumbrian, Sax novice.

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Work on BBC & in Dust Poetry, Black Bough, Broken Spine Arts, Starbeck Orion, Eat The Storms Pod, A Thousand Shades Of Green & more

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Paul @paulwritespoems.bsky.social · Dec 1
It's December 1st. First off, how have we got here in the blink of a month. Time flies faster every day.

The arrival of a new month brings a new Poetic Voice to the Book Bag.

This month we have a poetry superstar sharing pieces from her debut collection which is profound and quite brilliant....
The Book Bag: Poetic Voices – December 2025
And here we are. The final month of a year, that has gone by far too fast. It feels like only yesterday, I was taking decorations down in January, however only yesterday I was putting the decorations back up for the festive season. As we're in a new month, a new Poetic Voice has arrived. And I am ecstatic that this month in The Book Bag, I am featuring the work of a poetry superstar... Sophie Dumont. I first found Sophie's poetry through the excellent Chris Campbell and became a fan instantly.
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📣 Want your poetry to appear in our next Christmas and winter anthology? Check out the following information on or call from 28th Jan to the 1st of Feb! 🎅

❄️ ⛄️ ❄️

www.blackboughpoetry.com/events
January 3, 2026 at 11:04 PM
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A final piece for 2025. I hope 2026 is prosperous and positive for you all.

#poetry #hny
December 31, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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A real honour to have a couple of pieces in this years @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social anthology

Link to buy is in OP - an excellent gift to yourself or a friend 📚🙌
blackboughpoetry.bsky.social Black Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 8d
‘A pell bludgeons mauve-lit night’

@paulwritespoems.bsky.social in our Christmas-Winter anthology.

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December 29, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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Yuletide Greetings one and all.

🙏🎅🎄🦌☃️
December 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Thoroughly enjoyed last nights #PoemsAbout Open Mic Xmas Shindig.

Now a busy day ahead. 🎄
December 21, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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So thrilled to be sharing a third piece in this month’s Book Bag: Poetic Voices feature from @sophiedumont.bsky.social exquisite debut collection Sculling

instinct of a glass eel is one of my favourites in the book

Link 🔗 shorturl.at/zHPMn

📸credit Jae Frederick

#bookSky
December 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Mega busy couple of days so will be in and out catching up with things. But for #PoemsAbout #Money this is A Flicker of Green from the #beautifullittlefools anthology published by @thebrokenspine.co.uk
The Flicker of Green Paul Short Gatsby, you were a fool for love. I admired that about you but it also fills me with disdain. Every night peering over the sound, hoping to catch a glimpse of Daisy, who was chained to the past. You said the flickers of green light gave you hope; but really it was your death-knell. The closer you reached for it, the brighter it became. Until, you ended up floating in a pool clouded with crimson and shrapnel. You should’ve remained a soldier. Fighting wars for others is always easier than fighting for unrequited love. As for your love, she appears gin-gaunt, propping up a coy smile with more of Tom’s money. Money that can’t buy him a cure for the syphilis he’s caught. I dedicate the final use of this typewriter to you Jay, in honour of your spirit. Because of you, I feel I can no longer be a man of words. I must now be a man of action. Your dearest friend, Nick
December 19, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Husky vocals 🙌
December 19, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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Sitting on poems that are submission ready? Read The Book Bag Christmas Party for details of a last minute submission opportunity 👀
December 16, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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The final weekly instalment of Book Bag of the year brings a time of celebration. Why not take a few minutes out and relax at the The Book Bag Christmas Party.

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to you all.
The Book Bag Christmas Party
Well as it’s the last weekly entry in The Book Bag of the year, I thought I’d indulge us in a Christmas Party to round off an exceptional year of poetry. So, we’ve got cocktails, a quiz, a playlist that will suit everyone plus some prompts to get stuck into. Oh and I’ve got a poem to share and other bits and pieces. Tear the clingfilm from the vol au vents, and let’s dive in. First, here’s a cocktail from the bar. A Yule Mule. In a tumbler add:A good scoop of crushed ice…
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December 14, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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3 books from The Book Bag Christmas Gift List if you’re looking for inspiration…🎅🎄

Moon Base One by Jemma L. King
Becoming Altar by @luaz.bsky.social
Motherbunnet by @lozzawriting.bsky.social

Read the Full List Here: shorturl.at/z8lgH
December 11, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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If you’re keeping up with The Book Bag: Poetic Voices, this month featuring work from @sophiedumont.bsky.social profound debut ‘Sculling’, head to shorturl.at/KF3nU now to read ‘Celandine’ a newly added piece.
December 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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🎄🎄🎄 @poetbex.bsky.social spreading poetic festive joy with a wonderful offer 🎅🎅🎅

#poetry #gifts
poetbex.bsky.social Bex Hainsworth @poetbex.bsky.social · 29d
Absolutely honoured to find Circulaire on
@paulwritespoems.bsky.social's Christmas Gift List! 🎄

If you'd like a signed copy as a stocking filler, please drop me a comment! £10 via PayPal/BACS, I'll cover p&p 🎅
paulwritespoems.bsky.social Paul @paulwritespoems.bsky.social · Nov 30
Well, here we are. The very first edition of The Book Bag Christmas List. Created in part by your recommendations. This week there's the list, opportunities, news and some festive fun and goodies. Grab yourself a drink and settle in this might take a while. Feel free to share with ...
December 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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This week in The Book Bag, Make Up My Mind by Leia Butler brings all the colour in this hybrid visual poetry collection.

A marvel of a book with wit, humour and an exploration of self and society.

Also news, opps, the playlist, plus Mrs S picks a bonus favourite piece.

Take 5 minutes out...
The Book Bag: Make Up My Mind by Leia Butler
Welcome back to The Book Bag. I hope you’ve had a poetic week. Well, what an exciting week. The Christmas Gift List went live last Sunday. If you haven’t read it yet, you can here. Feedback has been highly positive, and it could return in 2026. Let me know what you think. I was so happy to welcome December’s Poetic Voice, Sophie Dumont, who is kindly sharing work from her profound collection Sculling. Read the first part of the feature here. Also, Sculling is one of my picks in the Christmas Gift List.
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December 7, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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4 from The Book Bag Christmas Gift List, all from indie presses:

This Wilderness & Other Concerns by @martinkennedyyates.bsky.social from @thebrokenspine.co.uk

Drench Me In Silver by @saraswatinagpal.bsky.social
from @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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For #PoemsAbout #Imps here’s my quick take on the prompt. I wanted something fun for the festive season.

This is Elf & Safety

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Elf & Safety This is an urgent public service broadcast: Don’t drink too much imp ale I implore you otherwise you may end up impaled or impotent or even more sinister— impressive. You cannot act with impunity imp ale will make you impetuous and imprudent. Let this message imprint on your mind, implausible as it is. Don’t drink too much imp ale for fear of impishness, impotence and impalement. This emergency broadcast was brought to you by the Council of Elves.
December 5, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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Reading Soots & Boots and Rites &Trials (I have a poem in this excellent book) from @thebrokenspine.co.uk over the next few days. I’ve already cried at @lozzawriting.bsky.social short story. Outstanding work.
December 5, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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Have you read @lozzawriting.bsky.social book Motherbunnet yet? As recommended in The Book Bag Christmas Gift List as an excellent gift for parents…

Read the full list here:
shorturl.at/cfrWb

#poetry
December 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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What someone you love needs for Christmas is obviously my ‘strong, masculine collection filled with brooding Spanish vistas and culture.’ Asi de claro.

Ugh. Self-promo.

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paulwritespoems.bsky.social Paul @paulwritespoems.bsky.social · Nov 30
Well, here we are. The very first edition of The Book Bag Christmas List. Created in part by your recommendations. This week there's the list, opportunities, news and some festive fun and goodies. Grab yourself a drink and settle in this might take a while. Feel free to share with ...
The Book Bag Christmas Gift Guide 2025
Welcome one and all to The Book Bag Christmas Gift List 2025. How has your week been? Are you feeling festive yet? I’ve compiled this list based on reader suggestions and some personal favourites of mine to give some gift inspiration for the festive season. Another reason was to share and support your favourite poets and presses by buying books. So, to tenuously misquote one of my favourite Christmas songs, let’s step into this extensive Christmas Gift list. I’ll also drop in a festive playlist and some more festive goodies. I ho ho hope you enjoy…
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December 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Start the new year with an open mic!

Tickets 🎟️ available on the link:

5 mins per reader in a suppprtive and encouraging environment🎙️

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1975125745...
The Book Bag Open Mic Poetry Sessions: Session 2
Following Session 1's success, The Book Bag Open Mic Sessions Return - Share Roughcut Coals & Uncut Gems - in a supportive environment
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December 4, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨1 HOUR LEFT 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨
paulwritespoems.bsky.social Paul @paulwritespoems.bsky.social · Dec 1
🚨Submission Deadline Extended

✍️ Full Details here: shorturl.at/VrljC

📩 Submit Your Poetry

#poetry #poets
December 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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🚨🚨🚨FINAL CALL🚨🚨🚨
paulwritespoems.bsky.social Paul @paulwritespoems.bsky.social · Dec 1
🚨Submission Deadline Extended

✍️ Full Details here: shorturl.at/VrljC

📩 Submit Your Poetry

#poetry #poets
December 3, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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SHINE is honored to be included in this new list of book recs from @paulwritespoems.bsky.social Check out the full list here:
paulwritespoems.com/2025/11/30/t...

#poetrycommunity
The Book Bag Christmas Gift Guide 2025
Welcome one and all to The Book Bag Christmas Gift List 2025. How has your week been? Are you feeling festive yet? I’ve compiled this list based on reader suggestions and some personal favourites o…
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December 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Shine is wonderful for sharing so many diverse voices from around the world 🙌
shinepoetry.bsky.social SHINE Poetry @shinepoetry.bsky.social · Dec 2
Thanks so much for compling this fun list. SHINE is honored to be included! 🙏🎁
December 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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🚨Submission Deadline Extended

✍️ Full Details here: shorturl.at/VrljC

📩 Submit Your Poetry

#poetry #poets
December 1, 2025 at 7:01 PM