Victoria Spires
@victoriaspires.bsky.social
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BotN & Pushcart nominated. Shortlisted/commended in various comps including Ledbury, Rialto (Third). Winner Alpine Fellowship Poetry Prize.
Pamphlet available from Salo Press:
https://www.salopress.com/store/soi-meme/
BotN & Pushcart nominated. Shortlisted/commended in various comps including Ledbury, Rialto (Third). Winner Alpine Fellowship Poetry Prize.
Pamphlet available from Salo Press:
https://www.salopress.com/store/soi-meme/
I won this gorgeous print from @galiamelon.bsky.social in her giveaway 😍 Title poem from her brilliant collection out with Dunlin Press
November 30, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I won this gorgeous print from @galiamelon.bsky.social in her giveaway 😍 Title poem from her brilliant collection out with Dunlin Press
Super grateful to the @madridlitmag.bsky.social for choosing a poem of mine for their stunning new issue, which is out now ❤️
November 29, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Super grateful to the @madridlitmag.bsky.social for choosing a poem of mine for their stunning new issue, which is out now ❤️
Reposted by Victoria Spires
Our Christmas & Winter anthology will be available this weekend!
Featuring work by @fiddes.bsky.social @jahshabby.bsky.social @vikkicwrites.bsky.social @victoriaspires.bsky.social @paulwritespoems.bsky.social @helenlaycock.bsky.social @annachorlton.bsky.social @alayanabeth.bsky.social and more!
Featuring work by @fiddes.bsky.social @jahshabby.bsky.social @vikkicwrites.bsky.social @victoriaspires.bsky.social @paulwritespoems.bsky.social @helenlaycock.bsky.social @annachorlton.bsky.social @alayanabeth.bsky.social and more!
November 29, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Our Christmas & Winter anthology will be available this weekend!
Featuring work by @fiddes.bsky.social @jahshabby.bsky.social @vikkicwrites.bsky.social @victoriaspires.bsky.social @paulwritespoems.bsky.social @helenlaycock.bsky.social @annachorlton.bsky.social @alayanabeth.bsky.social and more!
Featuring work by @fiddes.bsky.social @jahshabby.bsky.social @vikkicwrites.bsky.social @victoriaspires.bsky.social @paulwritespoems.bsky.social @helenlaycock.bsky.social @annachorlton.bsky.social @alayanabeth.bsky.social and more!
November 28, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Great starter pack here from Paul, thanks Paul for including the #PromptCombo crew in here! 🙏🏼
This starter pack for the #poetrycommunity of #PoetsonBlueSky associated with #Prompts includes @victoriaspires.bsky.social @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social @rfsmith.bsky.social @dragonslayerma.bsky.social @hool415.bsky.social @derickijohnson.bsky.social & many more. Please follow & repost if you can
November 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Great starter pack here from Paul, thanks Paul for including the #PromptCombo crew in here! 🙏🏼
Reposted by Victoria Spires
This week in the poetry blogs w/ @shawnalemay.bsky.social @robmclennan.bsky.social @wendypratt.bsky.social @hanvanderhart.bsky.social @richardjnewman.bsky.social @pearlpoet.bsky.social @billymills.bsky.social @kent-nj.bsky.social @salenagodden.bsky.social
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Poetry Blog Digest 2025, Week 47
A personal selection of posts from the Poetry Blogging Network and beyond.
www.vianegativa.us
November 25, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I'm a bit late to the party, but the host for #promptcombo this week is @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social with this intriguing prompt #OnRoofs... all welcome to contribute as ever ☺️
Thank you @dragonslayerma.bsky.social for last week's stormer. All are welcome to contribute to this week's. I am the host. Please use hashtags ##promptcombo #OnRoofs and tag me @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social:
November 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I'm a bit late to the party, but the host for #promptcombo this week is @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social with this intriguing prompt #OnRoofs... all welcome to contribute as ever ☺️
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New issue goes live tomorrow!
November 21, 2025 at 12:07 PM
New issue goes live tomorrow!
Two more for #worldphilosophyday ☺️
Thank you for these, @victoriaspires.bsky.social - here are a couple of mine, with particular apologies to Ludwig Wittgenstein, who would have furiously refuted this once-fashionable take on his great book (for him, the metaphysics was where it was at) - no doubt Hegel would also be wincing....🥰
November 20, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Two more for #worldphilosophyday ☺️
Apparently, it's #worldphilosophyday, so here are two poems in a (very) occasional series I cooked up with @johnadlam.bsky.social 😁
With deep apologies and great affection to the two philosophers in question.
Open to commissions for other philosophical works 🙃
With deep apologies and great affection to the two philosophers in question.
Open to commissions for other philosophical works 🙃
November 20, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Apparently, it's #worldphilosophyday, so here are two poems in a (very) occasional series I cooked up with @johnadlam.bsky.social 😁
With deep apologies and great affection to the two philosophers in question.
Open to commissions for other philosophical works 🙃
With deep apologies and great affection to the two philosophers in question.
Open to commissions for other philosophical works 🙃
Brilliance from @gclifford1.bsky.social
Hi @dragonslayerma.bskyb.social
Thank you so much for hosting
#PromptCombo this week. #NorthStar
Here's my poem 'Obvious Constellations' from my Seren collection, The Hitting Game
@victoriaspires.bsky.social @hool415.bsky.social @rfsmith.bsky.social @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social
Thank you so much for hosting
#PromptCombo this week. #NorthStar
Here's my poem 'Obvious Constellations' from my Seren collection, The Hitting Game
@victoriaspires.bsky.social @hool415.bsky.social @rfsmith.bsky.social @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Brilliance from @gclifford1.bsky.social
Latest review is up on my Substack, These Expectant Rooms.
Today featuring Circulaire by @poetbex.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/victoria...
Thanks for reading! x
Today featuring Circulaire by @poetbex.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/victoria...
Thanks for reading! x
November 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Latest review is up on my Substack, These Expectant Rooms.
Today featuring Circulaire by @poetbex.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/victoria...
Thanks for reading! x
Today featuring Circulaire by @poetbex.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/victoria...
Thanks for reading! x
Morning #promptcombo #poemsabout crews, save the date for another night of quality poetry I'm hosting in Jan. Readers to be revealed soon, but they are all incredible talents who you won't want to miss.
Would love to see some of you there ☺️
Would love to see some of you there ☺️
November 18, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Morning #promptcombo #poemsabout crews, save the date for another night of quality poetry I'm hosting in Jan. Readers to be revealed soon, but they are all incredible talents who you won't want to miss.
Would love to see some of you there ☺️
Would love to see some of you there ☺️
Reposted by Victoria Spires
Poetry sandwiches, the long churn of time, & more with @vanopticon.bsky.social @jamesmcconachie1.bsky.social @victoriaspires.bsky.social @velveteenrabbi.bsky.social @garybarwin.bsky.social @thepoetslizard.bsky.social @lesleymwheeler.bsky.social 2/3
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Poetry Blog Digest 2025, Week 46
A personal selection of posts from the Poetry Blogging Network and beyond.
www.vianegativa.us
November 17, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Poetry sandwiches, the long churn of time, & more with @vanopticon.bsky.social @jamesmcconachie1.bsky.social @victoriaspires.bsky.social @velveteenrabbi.bsky.social @garybarwin.bsky.social @thepoetslizard.bsky.social @lesleymwheeler.bsky.social 2/3
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@dragonslayerma.bsky.social for this week's #promptcombo #northstar, I present you with a (slightly cheating) beau présent poem about Kochab, one of the two 'guardians of the pole' that were once believed to be the true north star. It's also the second brightest star in Ursa Minor ✴️
November 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
@dragonslayerma.bsky.social for this week's #promptcombo #northstar, I present you with a (slightly cheating) beau présent poem about Kochab, one of the two 'guardians of the pole' that were once believed to be the true north star. It's also the second brightest star in Ursa Minor ✴️
Reposted by Victoria Spires
I’m delighted to have six #poems featured on the brilliant @zoomburst.substack.com’s Sixty Odd Poets site. And I’m deeply flattered by his wonderful line drawing. The link to the feature is in the post below👇(Do check out the other poets in Mike’s excellent series)
#poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky
#poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky
This morning #SixtyOdd Poets is proud to present a selection of the #poetry of Paul Connolly. Pour yourself a brew and take some time to read, mark and inwardly digest these six fine poems.
87. Paul Connolly
Internationally published poet with a marvellous reading voice.
sixtyoddpoets.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:13 AM
I’m delighted to have six #poems featured on the brilliant @zoomburst.substack.com’s Sixty Odd Poets site. And I’m deeply flattered by his wonderful line drawing. The link to the feature is in the post below👇(Do check out the other poets in Mike’s excellent series)
#poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky
#poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky
The lovely @dragonslayerma.bsky.social is your #PromptCombo host this week. You have until Friday to share something on the theme of #NorthStar ✴️
Enormously pleased to host
#PromptCombo this week. Theme is #NorthStar
Here's my poem 'Navigating a Wilderness' to kick us off.
Tag me & use the hastags to get involved, open till Friday!
@victoriaspires.bsky.social @hool415.bsky.social @rfsmith.bsky.social @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social
#PromptCombo this week. Theme is #NorthStar
Here's my poem 'Navigating a Wilderness' to kick us off.
Tag me & use the hastags to get involved, open till Friday!
@victoriaspires.bsky.social @hool415.bsky.social @rfsmith.bsky.social @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 9:01 AM
The lovely @dragonslayerma.bsky.social is your #PromptCombo host this week. You have until Friday to share something on the theme of #NorthStar ✴️
Season, just about holding sway
November 16, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Season, just about holding sway
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Congratulations to these fantastic poets, for getting one of After...'s covered spots for next year 🥳
**CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!!**
Today, @afterpoetry.com reveals which poems it will publish throughout 2026.
Picking 17 poets from more than 130 submissions was no easy task – so well done to all who made it through selection.
Are you in? Here's where to find out ...
afterpoetry.com/index/poems/...
Today, @afterpoetry.com reveals which poems it will publish throughout 2026.
Picking 17 poets from more than 130 submissions was no easy task – so well done to all who made it through selection.
Are you in? Here's where to find out ...
afterpoetry.com/index/poems/...
All Poems | 2026 | After... Poems inspired by other art
See the full index of ekphrastic poems published by After... in 2026
www.afterpoetry.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Congratulations to these fantastic poets, for getting one of After...'s covered spots for next year 🥳
Hi #poetrycommunity 👋🏼 😌
I've written an essay in response to another (very good) essay. I'd love you to have a read and let me know if you agree? Disagree? Don't know?
open.substack.com/pub/victoria...
I've written an essay in response to another (very good) essay. I'd love you to have a read and let me know if you agree? Disagree? Don't know?
open.substack.com/pub/victoria...
November 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Hi #poetrycommunity 👋🏼 😌
I've written an essay in response to another (very good) essay. I'd love you to have a read and let me know if you agree? Disagree? Don't know?
open.substack.com/pub/victoria...
I've written an essay in response to another (very good) essay. I'd love you to have a read and let me know if you agree? Disagree? Don't know?
open.substack.com/pub/victoria...
Love this by @hareontherun.bsky.social in Lines of Communication too ❤️
November 14, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Love this by @hareontherun.bsky.social in Lines of Communication too ❤️
What a beautiful anthology from The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press, curated and co-edited by @marcellenewbold.bsky.social and Bronwen Evans. I was delighted to have a poem chosen alongside many wonderful poets.
Find out more about it here: www.theweesparrowpoetrypress.com/lines-of-com...
Find out more about it here: www.theweesparrowpoetrypress.com/lines-of-com...
November 12, 2025 at 9:46 PM
What a beautiful anthology from The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press, curated and co-edited by @marcellenewbold.bsky.social and Bronwen Evans. I was delighted to have a poem chosen alongside many wonderful poets.
Find out more about it here: www.theweesparrowpoetrypress.com/lines-of-com...
Find out more about it here: www.theweesparrowpoetrypress.com/lines-of-com...
My review of @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social in @davebonta.bsky.social 's Poetry Blog Digest
From Devil's Hole to the sunflower's eye with poets @victoriaspires.bsky.social @grantclauser.bsky.social @mariapopova.bsky.social @jillpearlman.bsky.social @kristybowen.bsky.social @roguestrands.bsky.social @matriches.bsky.social 4/4 www.vianegativa.us/2025/11/poet...
Poetry Blog Digest 2025, Week 45
A personal selection of posts from the Poetry Blogging Network and beyond.
www.vianegativa.us
November 11, 2025 at 7:01 AM
My review of @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social in @davebonta.bsky.social 's Poetry Blog Digest
Brilliant Book Bag open mic tonight, warmly hosted by @paulwritespoems.bsky.social. Please do another one in the new year, Paul! 😁
November 9, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Brilliant Book Bag open mic tonight, warmly hosted by @paulwritespoems.bsky.social. Please do another one in the new year, Paul! 😁