Stuart Barnes
@stuartabarnes.bsky.social
Curehead. Poet (Like to the Lark, Upswell Publishing; Glasshouses, UQP). One quarter of Hell Herons (The Wreck Event) 🏳️🌈
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We’re back!
After pestilence, after pain, after wholeness, after emptiness, after life, after death, after a long hiatus, Southerly, Australia’s oldest literary journal, has returned with issue 80.1 ‘First, The Future’.
Purchase a copy of Southerly today: southerlylitmag.com.au/shop-subscri...
After pestilence, after pain, after wholeness, after emptiness, after life, after death, after a long hiatus, Southerly, Australia’s oldest literary journal, has returned with issue 80.1 ‘First, The Future’.
Purchase a copy of Southerly today: southerlylitmag.com.au/shop-subscri...
November 17, 2025 at 4:27 AM
We’re back!
After pestilence, after pain, after wholeness, after emptiness, after life, after death, after a long hiatus, Southerly, Australia’s oldest literary journal, has returned with issue 80.1 ‘First, The Future’.
Purchase a copy of Southerly today: southerlylitmag.com.au/shop-subscri...
After pestilence, after pain, after wholeness, after emptiness, after life, after death, after a long hiatus, Southerly, Australia’s oldest literary journal, has returned with issue 80.1 ‘First, The Future’.
Purchase a copy of Southerly today: southerlylitmag.com.au/shop-subscri...
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‘Odd Wren’s End-words’ contains thrilling codes and allusions, honouring, among others, Gwen Harwood
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Odd Wren’s End-words - Plumwood Mountain
'Odd Wren’s End-words' by Stuart Barnes.
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November 15, 2025 at 11:02 PM
‘Odd Wren’s End-words’ contains thrilling codes and allusions, honouring, among others, Gwen Harwood
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My poem ‘Bound’ in the new issue of Plumwood Mountain Journal is in excellent company, starting with @stuartabarnes.bsky.social’s bristling anagrammatic ‘Odd Wren’s End-words’. Thanks to guest editors Shari Lynelle and Lucy Van, and editor Amanda Lucas-Frith
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Bound - Plumwood Mountain
'Bound' by Felicity Plunkett.
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November 15, 2025 at 10:59 PM
My poem ‘Bound’ in the new issue of Plumwood Mountain Journal is in excellent company, starting with @stuartabarnes.bsky.social’s bristling anagrammatic ‘Odd Wren’s End-words’. Thanks to guest editors Shari Lynelle and Lucy Van, and editor Amanda Lucas-Frith
plumwoodmountain.com/poem/bound/
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I’ve an anagrammatic poem, ‘Odd Wren’s End-words’, in The Braided Gift, the latest issue of Plumwood Mountain Journal. Thanks to guest editors Shari Lynelle & Lucy Van & managing editor Amanda Lucas-Frith ❤️
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Odd Wren’s End-words - Plumwood Mountain
'Odd Wren’s End-words' by Stuart Barnes.
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November 12, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I’ve an anagrammatic poem, ‘Odd Wren’s End-words’, in The Braided Gift, the latest issue of Plumwood Mountain Journal. Thanks to guest editors Shari Lynelle & Lucy Van & managing editor Amanda Lucas-Frith ❤️
plumwoodmountain.com/poem/odd-wre...
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Delighted to be a juror for the wonderful @montrealprize.bsky.social in 2026
ANNOUNCING THE FIRST JURY MEMBER OF THE 2026 MONTREAL POETRY PRIZE
FELICITY PLUNKETT
Felicity Plunkett is an award-winning poet and critic living in Sydney, Australia. Follow her @felicity-plunkett.bsky.social !
#poetry #PoetryPrize #poet #poem #englishpoetry #poetrycommunity
FELICITY PLUNKETT
Felicity Plunkett is an award-winning poet and critic living in Sydney, Australia. Follow her @felicity-plunkett.bsky.social !
#poetry #PoetryPrize #poet #poem #englishpoetry #poetrycommunity
November 11, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Delighted to be a juror for the wonderful @montrealprize.bsky.social in 2026
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Read the new issue, out now.
October 31, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Read the new issue, out now.
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This month’s issue includes a previously unpublished poem by Dorothy Porter alongside poems by Mindy Gill and Peter Goldsworthy.
November 5, 2025 at 7:43 AM
This month’s issue includes a previously unpublished poem by Dorothy Porter alongside poems by Mindy Gill and Peter Goldsworthy.
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Sylvia Plath, born 27th October, 1932
October 27, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Sylvia Plath, born 27th October, 1932
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Including poems by Charmaine Papertalk Green, Ellen van Neerven, Dženana Vucic and Toby Fitch
October 3, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Including poems by Charmaine Papertalk Green, Ellen van Neerven, Dženana Vucic and Toby Fitch
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Read the new October issue, out now.
October 1, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Read the new October issue, out now.
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Lavender and Bee
Brush Pen and Coloured Pencils on A5
Reference pic by @stuartabarnes.bsky.social
#TheDrumAndPage
#PentelFude
#StaedtlerPencils
Brush Pen and Coloured Pencils on A5
Reference pic by @stuartabarnes.bsky.social
#TheDrumAndPage
#PentelFude
#StaedtlerPencils
September 3, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Lavender and Bee
Brush Pen and Coloured Pencils on A5
Reference pic by @stuartabarnes.bsky.social
#TheDrumAndPage
#PentelFude
#StaedtlerPencils
Brush Pen and Coloured Pencils on A5
Reference pic by @stuartabarnes.bsky.social
#TheDrumAndPage
#PentelFude
#StaedtlerPencils
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Thank you @poetsorg.bsky.social and @randallmann.bsky.social for selecting this poem for the Poem A Day feature. 💖🐯
August 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Thank you @poetsorg.bsky.social and @randallmann.bsky.social for selecting this poem for the Poem A Day feature. 💖🐯
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Happy and honoured to be appointed Poetry Editor with the wonderful @austbookreview.bsky.social and to work with editor Dr Georgina Arnott
ABR is delighted to announce the appointment of Felicity Plunkett as its new Poetry Editor.
July 24, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Happy and honoured to be appointed Poetry Editor with the wonderful @austbookreview.bsky.social and to work with editor Dr Georgina Arnott
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After what has been, in layman's terms, a fornicatory disaster of a day, I needed to ground myself, which means a return to the simple things that give me joy. In this case, drawing flowers.
This image was based on a photo by @stuartabarnes.bsky.social
#TheDrumAndPage
#ContinuousLineDrawing
This image was based on a photo by @stuartabarnes.bsky.social
#TheDrumAndPage
#ContinuousLineDrawing
July 17, 2025 at 8:58 AM
After what has been, in layman's terms, a fornicatory disaster of a day, I needed to ground myself, which means a return to the simple things that give me joy. In this case, drawing flowers.
This image was based on a photo by @stuartabarnes.bsky.social
#TheDrumAndPage
#ContinuousLineDrawing
This image was based on a photo by @stuartabarnes.bsky.social
#TheDrumAndPage
#ContinuousLineDrawing
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This Friday, May 2nd, is Bandcamp Friday. From midnight to midnight PST, we'll once again waive our revenue share, ensuring more money goes directly to artists. Mark your calendars and get those wishlists ready!
April 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
This Friday, May 2nd, is Bandcamp Friday. From midnight to midnight PST, we'll once again waive our revenue share, ensuring more money goes directly to artists. Mark your calendars and get those wishlists ready!
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🚃 Find this year's selection of Poetry Day Poems across various @irishrail.bsky.social DART services! Discover all Poetry Day Poems at poetryday.ie
⏳Counting Down: 8 Days to go! Poetry Day Ireland 2025 takes place on Thursday 1st May 2025.
#PoetryDayIRL #MayDay
⏳Counting Down: 8 Days to go! Poetry Day Ireland 2025 takes place on Thursday 1st May 2025.
#PoetryDayIRL #MayDay
April 23, 2025 at 7:15 AM
🚃 Find this year's selection of Poetry Day Poems across various @irishrail.bsky.social DART services! Discover all Poetry Day Poems at poetryday.ie
⏳Counting Down: 8 Days to go! Poetry Day Ireland 2025 takes place on Thursday 1st May 2025.
#PoetryDayIRL #MayDay
⏳Counting Down: 8 Days to go! Poetry Day Ireland 2025 takes place on Thursday 1st May 2025.
#PoetryDayIRL #MayDay
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Duplex by Stuart Barnes
The Australian poet's book Like to the Lark (Upswell Publishing, 2023), awarded the 2023 Wesley Michel Wright Prize in Poetry & shortlisted for the 2024 Australian Literature Society Gold Medal. Duplex was originally published in Modron Magazine (2024).
#PoetryDayIRL
The Australian poet's book Like to the Lark (Upswell Publishing, 2023), awarded the 2023 Wesley Michel Wright Prize in Poetry & shortlisted for the 2024 Australian Literature Society Gold Medal. Duplex was originally published in Modron Magazine (2024).
#PoetryDayIRL
April 23, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Duplex by Stuart Barnes
The Australian poet's book Like to the Lark (Upswell Publishing, 2023), awarded the 2023 Wesley Michel Wright Prize in Poetry & shortlisted for the 2024 Australian Literature Society Gold Medal. Duplex was originally published in Modron Magazine (2024).
#PoetryDayIRL
The Australian poet's book Like to the Lark (Upswell Publishing, 2023), awarded the 2023 Wesley Michel Wright Prize in Poetry & shortlisted for the 2024 Australian Literature Society Gold Medal. Duplex was originally published in Modron Magazine (2024).
#PoetryDayIRL
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Poetry Ireland's Poet in Residence Anne Tannam welcomes @rte.ie to this year's Poetry Day Ireland celebrations.
"Poetry lovers of the world, unite! Go on, spread a little poetry, spread a little hope."
Read Anne's full article here: www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
"Poetry lovers of the world, unite! Go on, spread a little poetry, spread a little hope."
Read Anne's full article here: www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
Why do we turn to poetry? A poem for Ireland this May Day
Poet in Residence with Poetry Ireland Anne Tannam welcomes us to this year's Poetry Day Ireland celebrations...
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April 18, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Poetry Ireland's Poet in Residence Anne Tannam welcomes @rte.ie to this year's Poetry Day Ireland celebrations.
"Poetry lovers of the world, unite! Go on, spread a little poetry, spread a little hope."
Read Anne's full article here: www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
"Poetry lovers of the world, unite! Go on, spread a little poetry, spread a little hope."
Read Anne's full article here: www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
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📣 Poetry Day Ireland returns 1st May 2025 with the theme May Day!🎉
#MayDay symbolises renewal, hope, & abundance, while also paying homage to International Workers’ Day, a time for reflection on solidarity, unity, & collective strength.
ℹ️ Discover #PoetryDayIRL at poetryday.ie
#MayDay symbolises renewal, hope, & abundance, while also paying homage to International Workers’ Day, a time for reflection on solidarity, unity, & collective strength.
ℹ️ Discover #PoetryDayIRL at poetryday.ie
March 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
📣 Poetry Day Ireland returns 1st May 2025 with the theme May Day!🎉
#MayDay symbolises renewal, hope, & abundance, while also paying homage to International Workers’ Day, a time for reflection on solidarity, unity, & collective strength.
ℹ️ Discover #PoetryDayIRL at poetryday.ie
#MayDay symbolises renewal, hope, & abundance, while also paying homage to International Workers’ Day, a time for reflection on solidarity, unity, & collective strength.
ℹ️ Discover #PoetryDayIRL at poetryday.ie
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The poets are Gabriel Rosenstock, Othuke Umukoro, Róisín Leggett Bohan, Enda Coyle-Greene, Rosamund Taylor, Lorna Shaughnessy, Jo Bear, Stephen de Búrca, Stuart Barnes, Alan Titley, Diarmuid Johnson, & Gormfhlaith Ní Shíocháin Ní Bheoláin.
✏️Learn more about Poetry Day Ireland 2025 at poetryday.ie
✏️Learn more about Poetry Day Ireland 2025 at poetryday.ie
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April 1, 2025 at 12:42 PM
The poets are Gabriel Rosenstock, Othuke Umukoro, Róisín Leggett Bohan, Enda Coyle-Greene, Rosamund Taylor, Lorna Shaughnessy, Jo Bear, Stephen de Búrca, Stuart Barnes, Alan Titley, Diarmuid Johnson, & Gormfhlaith Ní Shíocháin Ní Bheoláin.
✏️Learn more about Poetry Day Ireland 2025 at poetryday.ie
✏️Learn more about Poetry Day Ireland 2025 at poetryday.ie
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🎉 Poetry Ireland is delighted to announce 12 poems will feature across the Irish Rail network and in libraries nationwide to celebrate Poetry Day Ireland on 1st May 2025.
🌞 Discover the #PoetryDayIRL Poems: www.poetryireland.ie/poetry-day/d...
@irishrail.bsky.social #MayDay #PublicPoetry
🌞 Discover the #PoetryDayIRL Poems: www.poetryireland.ie/poetry-day/d...
@irishrail.bsky.social #MayDay #PublicPoetry
April 1, 2025 at 12:42 PM
🎉 Poetry Ireland is delighted to announce 12 poems will feature across the Irish Rail network and in libraries nationwide to celebrate Poetry Day Ireland on 1st May 2025.
🌞 Discover the #PoetryDayIRL Poems: www.poetryireland.ie/poetry-day/d...
@irishrail.bsky.social #MayDay #PublicPoetry
🌞 Discover the #PoetryDayIRL Poems: www.poetryireland.ie/poetry-day/d...
@irishrail.bsky.social #MayDay #PublicPoetry
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This year’s Best of Australian Poems is a superb anthology, edited by luminaries Kate Lilley and @shastradeo.bsky.social. I’m very happy my poem ‘Tender’ is part of it, and in such good company.
December 17, 2024 at 1:58 AM
This year’s Best of Australian Poems is a superb anthology, edited by luminaries Kate Lilley and @shastradeo.bsky.social. I’m very happy my poem ‘Tender’ is part of it, and in such good company.
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Quiet rainbow (especially for @stuartabarnes.bsky.social 🌈❤️)
December 4, 2024 at 6:00 AM
Quiet rainbow (especially for @stuartabarnes.bsky.social 🌈❤️)
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My first review of the year is up on my blog. I write about Stuart Barnes' latest poetry collection, Like to the Lark.
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My laughter doesn’t go unvoiced: Like to the Lark by Stuart Barnes
It has been six years since I first read Australian poet Stuart Barnes’ debut poetry collection, Glasshouses. I don’t know how many times I have recommended the book in the meantime—whenever som...
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January 12, 2024 at 8:24 AM
My first review of the year is up on my blog. I write about Stuart Barnes' latest poetry collection, Like to the Lark.
roughghosts.com/2024/01/12/m...
roughghosts.com/2024/01/12/m...