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Anna Shelton
@annashelton.bsky.social
Mum of 3, teacher, writer, editor. My pamphlet was longlisted in the Disabled Poets Prize 2025. Poems in @AfterPoetry @PropelMagazine @Covenpoetry @streetcakemag @SidhePress Performed my song Black Fen Club Blues at the Cambridge Folk Festival.
What a night at the 50th anniversary of the Cambridge Poetry Festival!
July 13, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Creative genius middle son spent the day in London practising graffiti stencil art. It reads, ‘To the future, You’re Welcome, from us.’ Love seeing his tag signature out in the world. ❤️🙌
July 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
It’s safe to say we smashed it at last night’s CB1 poetry reading! A phenomenal evening sharing poems workshopped in our Cambridge Seminar group with Stav Poleg. Absolutely loved reading alongside my fabulous friends. 🙌👏😘
June 2, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Delighted to be a Spotlighted Poet this Sunday at CB1 poetry alongside my fabulous Cambridge feedback group. Come along to watch or sign up for the open mic!
May 30, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Brilliant evening at the Magma competition Reading last night. Popped to the poetry library to read Grassroots issue first, filled with stunning poems, like this one by Lianne O Hara. 💔
May 29, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Hilarious evening catching up with the fabulous Laurie Bolger & Harry Baker. Haven’t laughed that much since I last saw Harry. These two ought to be available on prescription. Like a comedy-poetry pill. My HRT does a great job, but an evening with Harry & Laurie fills your poetry soul. ❤️😘🙌
May 18, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Wonderful to meet @pascalepetit.bsky.social this week at Cam Lit Fest. I’m still processing the brilliant discussion that followed a phenomenal set of readings from Pascale and Gwyneth. 👌🙌👏👏👏❤️
April 26, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Made it into the garden for the sunny Spring equinox. Began this mesmerising book by @pascalepetit.bsky.social read every snatched second this afternoon, carried it in my hand -my thumb as bookmark- during the school run. Literally couldn’t put it down. Absolutely stunning. #BrokenLegBookClub
March 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Wow, what an evening! CB1 Poetry with the inspirational @carrieetter.bsky.social ❤️ Such a moving performance thanks Carrie! My first time reading at an Open Mic in my home town. Loved it.❤️
March 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Really looking forward to hearing the wonderful @ruthpadel.bsky.social
read from her brilliant collection ‘Girl’ this evening. Us open miccers will be reading poems of girlhood too. #GoToThePoets ❤️
Book tickets here: www.trybooking.com/uk/events/la...
February 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
We laid him to rest next to Dad, in a grove of Birch trees. The drizzle stopped as the final poem was read and the sun came out. Yesterday I returned to larks singing a hymn above him. Goodbye Martin.❤️
February 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
One day at a time. 💔 #grief
February 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Proud to say my pamphlet has been longlisted for the Disabled Poets Prize 2025.
January 28, 2025 at 10:05 PM
What a wonderful Christmas gift to open this email today. 🎄❤️👏#GivePeatAChance Support the book of bogs here www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/give-peat-...
December 25, 2024 at 12:18 PM
‘Shame must change sides.’ Gisèle’s husband only got 20 yrs, for over a decade of the most horrific sexual abuse. Most of her attackers also got less than the prosecution requested. Is it any wonder most women don’t report? #shamemustchangesides Beautiful embroidery care of Victoria Villanova ❤️
December 19, 2024 at 1:28 PM
Only 14 days to go! I’m so excited! Get your ticket here! #BlueSkyPoets www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/january-wr...
December 18, 2024 at 6:11 PM
Can’t wait to read at tonight’s Open Mic before Hannah Lowe’s reading - online for Wordsworth Grasmere. #BlueskyPoets #GoToThePoets
December 11, 2024 at 12:28 PM
Took my current #BrokenLegBookClub read into the garden ❄️ Beautiful book by @wendypratt.bsky.social 🙌 Wonderful to hear Wendy read some of her new poetry yesterday. #theghostlake
November 29, 2024 at 6:43 PM
Wonderful to hear the brilliant Grace Reid perform at the Winter Fire reading yesterday.👏❤️💋 Thanks to host @miriamo77.bsky.social #BrokenDuckPoets #BlueskyPoets
November 28, 2024 at 9:17 PM
Today’s Broken Leg Book club read: the stunning White Cloud Over Purple by @jpseabright.bsky.social I love how this poem Cold Dark Matter explodes sentences like splinters across the page. ❤️ #16daysofactivismagainstgenderbasedviolence
November 25, 2024 at 7:43 PM
38 days until Poetry Heaven! 🙌 What are you waiting for? Get your ticket here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/january-wr... #JanuaryWritingHours
November 24, 2024 at 10:23 AM
Today’s Broken Leg Book Club read: Susie Wilson’s brilliant pamphlet - well deserved winner of the Disabled Poets Prize. ❤️🙌 @concordmoose.bsky.social
#BlueSkyPoets
November 20, 2024 at 10:26 AM
Mourning moon. Time to write of light in the darkness. 🌕 #moon
November 15, 2024 at 9:35 PM
Today’s read. Poems of witness & heartbreak by @alisonphipps.bsky.social @sidhepress.bsky.social 💔🙌🍁 #Gaza
November 13, 2024 at 5:51 PM
My attempts to edit a poem this week are like the Hokey Cokey. Put something in, take something out, in out in out shake it all about… 🤦‍♀️😂 #editing
November 12, 2024 at 9:53 PM