Kathy Pimlott
@pimlottkathy.bsky.social
Poeting in Seven Dials.
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one great mystery of our age is how the only way to motivate rich people to work is to give them loads of money for no reason but the only way to motivate poor people to work is to take away loads of their money for no reason
March 11, 2025 at 9:15 AM
one great mystery of our age is how the only way to motivate rich people to work is to give them loads of money for no reason but the only way to motivate poor people to work is to take away loads of their money for no reason
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This is an amazing scheme and one we should all support to keep poetry flourishing!
Help us bring Poetry to Schools!
For teenagers, poetry can be a powerful space but many secondary school libraries have a limited selection of poetry.
We donate poetry books to secondary schools & you can help us do this by donating here!
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For teenagers, poetry can be a powerful space but many secondary school libraries have a limited selection of poetry.
We donate poetry books to secondary schools & you can help us do this by donating here!
fundrazr.com/22Wg69?ref=s...
Please share this post!
Poetry Books for Secondary School Libraries
Many secondary school libraries have a very limited selection of poetry books. We try to donate over 1000 books a year to secondary school libraries - with your help!
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March 13, 2025 at 6:06 PM
This is an amazing scheme and one we should all support to keep poetry flourishing!
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CALL OUT FOR SUBMISSIONS!
Editors Isabelle Baafi @timtimtmi.bsky.social & @sohinibasak.bsky.social can't wait to receive your submissions for Magma 93: The Liberation Issue.
What does ‘liberation’ mean to you?
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More info and to submit: magmapoetry.com/call-for-sub...
Editors Isabelle Baafi @timtimtmi.bsky.social & @sohinibasak.bsky.social can't wait to receive your submissions for Magma 93: The Liberation Issue.
What does ‘liberation’ mean to you?
📷 Luizph/Pexels
More info and to submit: magmapoetry.com/call-for-sub...
March 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
CALL OUT FOR SUBMISSIONS!
Editors Isabelle Baafi @timtimtmi.bsky.social & @sohinibasak.bsky.social can't wait to receive your submissions for Magma 93: The Liberation Issue.
What does ‘liberation’ mean to you?
📷 Luizph/Pexels
More info and to submit: magmapoetry.com/call-for-sub...
Editors Isabelle Baafi @timtimtmi.bsky.social & @sohinibasak.bsky.social can't wait to receive your submissions for Magma 93: The Liberation Issue.
What does ‘liberation’ mean to you?
📷 Luizph/Pexels
More info and to submit: magmapoetry.com/call-for-sub...
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Poets working in BSL! Did you know you can enter the @forwardprizes.bsky.social for Best Single Poem - performed?
Judge Lisa Kelly has written about why she'd love to see your work in BSL limpingchicken.com/2025/03/05/l...
Deadline = 16 March
Info at forwardartsfoundation.org/forward-priz...
Judge Lisa Kelly has written about why she'd love to see your work in BSL limpingchicken.com/2025/03/05/l...
Deadline = 16 March
Info at forwardartsfoundation.org/forward-priz...
Lisa Kelly: Why BSL poets should apply to the Forward Prizes for Poetry (BSL)
To see entry guidance with BSL translation, click here. This year I’m excited to be one of the judges of the Forward Prizes for Poetry, and I’m even more excited that Deaf poets who create their po…
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March 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Poets working in BSL! Did you know you can enter the @forwardprizes.bsky.social for Best Single Poem - performed?
Judge Lisa Kelly has written about why she'd love to see your work in BSL limpingchicken.com/2025/03/05/l...
Deadline = 16 March
Info at forwardartsfoundation.org/forward-priz...
Judge Lisa Kelly has written about why she'd love to see your work in BSL limpingchicken.com/2025/03/05/l...
Deadline = 16 March
Info at forwardartsfoundation.org/forward-priz...
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I'm on the lookout for a talented reporter to come and work with the team at @bylinetimes.bsky.social as we continue to grow.
Please get in touch at adam@bylinetimes.com if you're interested
Please get in touch at adam@bylinetimes.com if you're interested
February 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I'm on the lookout for a talented reporter to come and work with the team at @bylinetimes.bsky.social as we continue to grow.
Please get in touch at adam@bylinetimes.com if you're interested
Please get in touch at adam@bylinetimes.com if you're interested
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Kate Wakeling: Send Me Your Poems! (Thoughts on Judging the Caterpillar Prize) childrenspoetrysummit.com/2025/02/13/k...
Kate Wakeling: Send Me Your Poems! (Thoughts on Judging the Caterpillar Prize)
I confess I made a strange noise when I opened the email from Rebecca at the Caterpillar Prize, asking if I might judge this year’s competition. It’s such a good prize! So many poets I admire have …
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February 15, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Kate Wakeling: Send Me Your Poems! (Thoughts on Judging the Caterpillar Prize) childrenspoetrysummit.com/2025/02/13/k...
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I've had great fun working on this with my co-ed @hexnhart.bsky.social, @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social, and the authors. You can order it here (or at the other usual places): fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/product/linc...
Link to the first launch, in Notts, below. With thanks also to the AHRC and to NTU.
Link to the first launch, in Notts, below. With thanks also to the AHRC and to NTU.
February 13, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I've had great fun working on this with my co-ed @hexnhart.bsky.social, @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social, and the authors. You can order it here (or at the other usual places): fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/product/linc...
Link to the first launch, in Notts, below. With thanks also to the AHRC and to NTU.
Link to the first launch, in Notts, below. With thanks also to the AHRC and to NTU.
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I’ve been a bit rubbish lately at sharing poetry I’ve enjoyed, so here are two books that I thought were great. Both Kathy Pimlott’s @pimlottkathy.bsky.social ‘After the Rites and Sandwiches’ from @theemmapress.bsky.social and Peter Gizzi’s ‘Fierce Elegy’ explore grief, 🧵
February 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I’ve been a bit rubbish lately at sharing poetry I’ve enjoyed, so here are two books that I thought were great. Both Kathy Pimlott’s @pimlottkathy.bsky.social ‘After the Rites and Sandwiches’ from @theemmapress.bsky.social and Peter Gizzi’s ‘Fierce Elegy’ explore grief, 🧵
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Today’s Joy poem is The Happiest ‘Happy Birthday’ Ever by Paul Stephenson.
Read it here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/the-hap...
Read it here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/the-hap...
The Happiest ‘Happy Birthday’ Ever by Paul Stephenson
The Happiest ‘Happy Birthday’ Ever for Lisa, Brecean And there would be moments,briefest interludes when the final to youfaded on the warm breeze and your earscould just make out the esses of addersin...
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January 29, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Today’s Joy poem is The Happiest ‘Happy Birthday’ Ever by Paul Stephenson.
Read it here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/the-hap...
Read it here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/the-hap...
Lovely to have this generous review on London Grip. www.facebook.com/100001010692...
London Grip
Poetry review – AFTER THE RITES AND SANDWICHES: Nicki Heinen admires Kathy Pimlott’s poetry composed in the face of grief and loss
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January 17, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Lovely to have this generous review on London Grip. www.facebook.com/100001010692...
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Hi poetry folks,
We’re new on here! Do give this a like and share so we can reach as many of you poetry lovers as possible.
Much love 🤠
We’re new on here! Do give this a like and share so we can reach as many of you poetry lovers as possible.
Much love 🤠
August 14, 2024 at 11:37 AM
Hi poetry folks,
We’re new on here! Do give this a like and share so we can reach as many of you poetry lovers as possible.
Much love 🤠
We’re new on here! Do give this a like and share so we can reach as many of you poetry lovers as possible.
Much love 🤠
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Applications for 2025 Illustrator in Residence now open at The RSL for twelve months to explore the relationship between literature and illustration. This is a paid residency of £5,000 from springtime 2025 until springtime 2026.
Please share!
Please share!
Work with us - Royal Society of Literature
Literature for Everyone The RSL team is led by an ethos of respect and compassion for each other and the communities we work with, and these values are reflected in everything we do. We believe litera...
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January 7, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Applications for 2025 Illustrator in Residence now open at The RSL for twelve months to explore the relationship between literature and illustration. This is a paid residency of £5,000 from springtime 2025 until springtime 2026.
Please share!
Please share!
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And a special edition of Poetry Please at 15.30 in which Roger McGough & Paul Farley explore poems inspired by the Shipping Forecast- Heaney, Duffy, Plath, Cope, as well as a new poem from Roger. With some guest star @bbcradio4.bsky.social readers...Producer Eliza Lomas www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Poetry Please, The Shipping Forecast: Poetry Please
Roger McGough is joined by Paul Farley, sharing poems inspired by the Shipping Forecast.
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January 1, 2025 at 8:59 AM
And a special edition of Poetry Please at 15.30 in which Roger McGough & Paul Farley explore poems inspired by the Shipping Forecast- Heaney, Duffy, Plath, Cope, as well as a new poem from Roger. With some guest star @bbcradio4.bsky.social readers...Producer Eliza Lomas www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Beautiful poems, beautifully read.
' ... I have been reading my mother backwards, standing
on the slope of my own life, looking down to that squiggly, tangled
path. She is so far ahead ... '
iambapoet.com/wave/20-pam-thompson
on the slope of my own life, looking down to that squiggly, tangled
path. She is so far ahead ... '
iambapoet.com/wave/20-pam-thompson
Pam Thompson | wave 20 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard
Hear poet Pam Thompson read poems exclusively for iamb. If you like The Poetry Archive, this poetry site is for you.
www.iambapoet.com
December 18, 2024 at 3:56 PM
Beautiful poems, beautifully read.
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Hello friends and poets. I’m
Joining Bluesky on a high - with a poem selected by @thepoetryarchive.bsky.social for their Poetry Archive Now! 2024. Congratulations to all the winners and huge thanks to the judges.
Joining Bluesky on a high - with a poem selected by @thepoetryarchive.bsky.social for their Poetry Archive Now! 2024. Congratulations to all the winners and huge thanks to the judges.
We're thrilled to unveil the Winners' Collection for Poetry Archive Now! 2024. Huge congratulations to the winners and a heartfelt thank you to all participants! 🎉 Explore the collection here:
Wordview 2022 Winners' Collection
The Wordview 2022 collection showcases our winning 2022 poets and their work that captures this extraordinary year for future reflection.
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December 13, 2024 at 4:59 PM
Hello friends and poets. I’m
Joining Bluesky on a high - with a poem selected by @thepoetryarchive.bsky.social for their Poetry Archive Now! 2024. Congratulations to all the winners and huge thanks to the judges.
Joining Bluesky on a high - with a poem selected by @thepoetryarchive.bsky.social for their Poetry Archive Now! 2024. Congratulations to all the winners and huge thanks to the judges.
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Finally, we had poet Paul Stephenson on our podcast this week to discuss writing as balm in times of grief, Oulipo restraints and the ‘uber-sincerity’ of poems.
You can listen to that here, and find all our other podcast episodes to catch up if you need: open.spotify.com/show/5PP5Vrj...
You can listen to that here, and find all our other podcast episodes to catch up if you need: open.spotify.com/show/5PP5Vrj...
The London Magazine Podcast
Podcast · The London Magazine · A monthly podcast where The London Magazine team speak to brilliant writers, poets and artists about their craft, inspirations and career so far. The London Magazine is...
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December 13, 2024 at 2:01 PM
Finally, we had poet Paul Stephenson on our podcast this week to discuss writing as balm in times of grief, Oulipo restraints and the ‘uber-sincerity’ of poems.
You can listen to that here, and find all our other podcast episodes to catch up if you need: open.spotify.com/show/5PP5Vrj...
You can listen to that here, and find all our other podcast episodes to catch up if you need: open.spotify.com/show/5PP5Vrj...
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After the Rites and Sandwiches by @pimlottkathy.bsky.social is a Book of the Year from the fantastic @burleyfisher.bsky.social! Thank you!! 🙏
And from @theemmapress.bsky.social, it's AFTER THE RITES AND SANDWICHES by @pimlottkathy.bsky.social
Cat says: poetry's immediacy lends itself well to exploring being left behind after a death… not very festive, but hopefully helpful if u need it.
Buy now: burleyfisherbooks.com/collections/...
Cat says: poetry's immediacy lends itself well to exploring being left behind after a death… not very festive, but hopefully helpful if u need it.
Buy now: burleyfisherbooks.com/collections/...
After the Rites and Sandwiches
Author: Kathy Pimlott Publisher: Emma Paperback One of our books of the year 2024! Cat says: This poetry pamphlet by Kathy Pimlott published by Emma Press deals with the grief after the sudden death ...
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December 10, 2024 at 3:13 PM
After the Rites and Sandwiches by @pimlottkathy.bsky.social is a Book of the Year from the fantastic @burleyfisher.bsky.social! Thank you!! 🙏
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My poem Essay on Craft is up for IS&T's poem of the month - do consider voting for it if you like it. My poem is at the bottom of the page - the link to vote is in the text at top of page. inksweatandtears.co.uk/november-202...
What Will You Choose as Your Pick of the Month for November 2024? | Ink Sweat and Tears
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December 8, 2024 at 6:02 PM
My poem Essay on Craft is up for IS&T's poem of the month - do consider voting for it if you like it. My poem is at the bottom of the page - the link to vote is in the text at top of page. inksweatandtears.co.uk/november-202...
Mimi reading at the London Buddhist Centre tonight - room full of love.
December 7, 2024 at 10:33 PM
Mimi reading at the London Buddhist Centre tonight - room full of love.
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Currently updating my quarterly spreadsheet of poetry journals and their submissions windows, to be sent out later in the week. If you're a poet looking to submit work, and are not already on my list, sign up here - tinyurl.com/robinsubslist
Poetry Magazines Submissions Spreadsheet
Poets! Take the hard work out of submitting to poetry magazines What poetry magazines are there? What are their web addresses? How many poems can I send? Are they open for submissions now? You̵…
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December 2, 2024 at 2:49 PM
Currently updating my quarterly spreadsheet of poetry journals and their submissions windows, to be sent out later in the week. If you're a poet looking to submit work, and are not already on my list, sign up here - tinyurl.com/robinsubslist
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I’m on this week’s episode of the brilliant fairytale podcast Grimm Reading, talking mother goose, fur slippers, Rapunzel and THE MODERN FAIRIES 🐺🌹🪰🍰🗝️🪞🐸🥂🦢🩸❄️🏰🧚♀️🥖🍎🍏
grimmreading.podbean.com
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Grimm Reading | Adam Field & Matt Hughes
Join two amateur Grimmologists round the fire to read and discuss the tales of the Brothers Grimm.
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December 1, 2024 at 1:52 PM
I’m on this week’s episode of the brilliant fairytale podcast Grimm Reading, talking mother goose, fur slippers, Rapunzel and THE MODERN FAIRIES 🐺🌹🪰🍰🗝️🪞🐸🥂🦢🩸❄️🏰🧚♀️🥖🍎🍏
grimmreading.podbean.com
grimmreading.podbean.com
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This is a 397-year-old Greenland Shark, born in 1627! It is the old living vertebrate known on the planet. In his younger days he went drinking with Charles II, Isaac Newton and JS Bach. He once told Samuel Pepys to "fuck off, diary cunt".
Don't write off the elderly, they've led quite a life.
Don't write off the elderly, they've led quite a life.
November 28, 2024 at 4:24 PM
This is a 397-year-old Greenland Shark, born in 1627! It is the old living vertebrate known on the planet. In his younger days he went drinking with Charles II, Isaac Newton and JS Bach. He once told Samuel Pepys to "fuck off, diary cunt".
Don't write off the elderly, they've led quite a life.
Don't write off the elderly, they've led quite a life.
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Did you know the Pre-Raphaelite Society runs three annual competitions? We would love you to get involved!
One for poetry, one for art and one for essays.
For more details, requirements, deadlines and prizes, check out our website here- www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/competitions/
One for poetry, one for art and one for essays.
For more details, requirements, deadlines and prizes, check out our website here- www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/competitions/
November 27, 2024 at 1:51 PM
Did you know the Pre-Raphaelite Society runs three annual competitions? We would love you to get involved!
One for poetry, one for art and one for essays.
For more details, requirements, deadlines and prizes, check out our website here- www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/competitions/
One for poetry, one for art and one for essays.
For more details, requirements, deadlines and prizes, check out our website here- www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/competitions/
This is such an unlikely subject which resulted in a wonderfully rich pamphlet.
Struck by the sense of what's reflected back from a pond in this poem from 'Ovarium' by Joanna Ingham, a pamphlet published by The Emma Press about a giant ovarian cyst.
November 27, 2024 at 11:49 AM
This is such an unlikely subject which resulted in a wonderfully rich pamphlet.