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Dr Patrick Wright
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Poet/Writer | Lecturer, English Literature and Creative Writing @OpenUniversity | SFHEA | Nullaby and Full Sight of Her @EyewearBooks | Exit Strategy @brokensleep | www.patrickwright.co.uk
Many thanks to Betsy Thomas for the wonderful review of Exit Strategy in Mortality journal @ouliterature.bsky.social @openthanatology.bsky.social @ouhealtharts.bsky.social
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November 22, 2025 at 9:48 AM
November 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Excited to have poems included in Selected Poetry: Autumn 2025

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October 27, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Delighted to have a poem in the next issue of Southword
October 21, 2025 at 9:07 AM
I also have two poems in this new anthology edited by Charlotte Cosgrove. The quality of these books - inside and out - is so good. Find it on Amazon.
September 29, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Delighted to have a poem included in this excellent anthology - well worth a look:

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September 29, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Pleased to see copies of Exit Strategy today @chorltonbookshop.bsky.social These are now signed copies should anyone want one. Thanks for your support. @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social
August 19, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Pleased to have a review of Exit Strategy in Dream Catcher (51) @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social
August 13, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Pleased to have a poem and accompanying exploded essay in the latest issue of The Madrigal - X: Discursion now available to order:
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August 4, 2025 at 9:45 AM
July 30, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Thank you @magma It was a joy and honour to read my poem at the launch event for Issue 92
July 17, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Magma 92: Ownership is now out and includes one of my recent poems:

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June 30, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Pleased to have a new poem in The Amphibian issue 8 - available now:
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June 15, 2025 at 8:22 PM
‘Exit Strategy explores how a surviving partner might navigate an afterlife, one that has to adjust to a major loss, while trying to make sense of that loss and respond to bereavement.’ Many thanks @emmalee1.bsky.social @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social
June 15, 2025 at 7:51 PM
So grateful for the reviews and endorsements for Exit Strategy. Thank you to everyone for the kind words and for reading the book with such care and attention. Available now @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social
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June 1, 2025 at 8:11 PM
May 25, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Guest poet at acaciapublications.co.uk/2025/04/06/a...

Many thanks to Fokkina McDonnell

Anselm Kiefer's art as inspiration.
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April 6, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Originally published in @dustpoetry.bsky.social
February 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Exit Strategy moves through the cycles of loss - capturing the shifts between denial, anger, acceptance, and the quiet moments in between. Grief is not a straight path, but a series of overlapping states. Out now through @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social

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February 20, 2025 at 10:48 PM
This poem was recently published in The Four Faced Liar:
February 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I'm thrilled to announce that I will be reading from my forthcoming collection, Exit Strategy, at the Broken Sleep January launch event (on the 29th of January). You can book your spot here:

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January 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Another poem from my forthcoming collection, #ExitStrategy, published by @brokensleep #poetry #poetrycommunity

Pre-orders available now:

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December 5, 2024 at 2:13 PM
November 28, 2024 at 10:15 AM