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heatherwastie.bsky.social
Thoroughly enjoyed reading @emmapurshouse.bsky.social new #poetry collection which includes this prizewinning piece vimeo.com/695494894 I love Emma’s performance of it. The book cover artwork by Keith Turley is stunning too. @poetrysociety.org.uk
October 17, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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emmapurshouse.bsky.social
Quite a busy few days coming up. Willenhall Writers' and Shrewsbury Festival of Literature Poetry Slam on Saturday, @pandemonialists.bsky.social regular night 'Yes, We Cant' on Sunday. And my new collection launch in Wolverhampton next Tuesday (9th September).
Poster advertising Emma Purshouse poetry book launch event on 9th September at 7.30pm at Lych Gate Tavern in Wolverhampton. £5 entry. Poster advertising a Writers' Group in Willenhall. 6th September 10 til 12 in the Pavilion in Willenhall Memorial Park. For more info poetsprattlerspandemonialists@gmail.com Poster advertising Rob Barratt and Jane Salmons at The Great Western pub in Wolverhampton. Sunday 7th September 2025 at 7.30pm. Email poetsprattlerspandemonialists@gmail.com for open mic slot or more info.
September 1, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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pandemonialists.bsky.social
A reminder that #MidlandsFringe is getting closer... 😎
pandemonialists.bsky.social poets and prattlers @pandemonialists.bsky.social · Jul 12
We'll post all the info about our fifteen Fringe shows soon. In the meantime, you can read up about everything that's happening at #MidlandsFringe by heading over to our website: bit.ly/midlandsfrin... Our sincere thanks to @artscouncilengland.bsky.social for supporting this using public money.
Midlands Fringe 2025
In the tradition of the Edinburgh Free Fringe, the Midlands Fringe is putting on 15 events where the audience is invited to turn up and pay-as-they-feel. Each of the cafe/pub venues seats about 40 p...
bit.ly
July 15, 2025 at 2:48 PM
azpotts.bsky.social
I don't remember Queen as much from the day. The idea that we were all talking about it Monday at school... My memory of it was Quo, Costello, Bono. Nik Kershaw too. Howard Jones nailed his slot.
gralefrit.bsky.social Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · Jul 12
Everyone says Queen won Live Aid, but in a minute, Bowie’s going to do Hello Spaceboy, log onto the internet and invent the wheelie suitcase, and I bet you don’t remember that.
July 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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northernjim.bsky.social
dirigibleballoon.org
#PoetryForChildren #DirigibleBalloon 🎈
June 28, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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bigstevepoet.bsky.social
Four weeks today, you really should be heading to Wolverhampton for some of the best Fringe shows around! 😎
pandemonialists.bsky.social poets and prattlers @pandemonialists.bsky.social · Jun 29
In today's thread, we'll be looking at Sunday 27th July, the final day of the first ever #MidlandsFringe. On this day we have six Fringe shows, all of them upstairs in the Lych Gate Tavern in Wolverhampton city centre. Make yourself comfortable, and we'll tell you about them all.... 😊
A colourful poster, with pink/orange boxes on a yellow background. Text reads "Midlands Fringe, Wolverhampton city centre, 25th-27th July. 15 Fringe shows, 2 headline comedy shows, 4 venues. Supported using public funding by Arts Council England."
June 29, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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northernjim.bsky.social
Poetry submission window opens this Sunday June 1st for two weeks ... no theme.
#PoetryForChildren #DirigibleBalloon
(please don't send work before this date ... cheers JH)
May 28, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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northernjim.bsky.social
dirigibleballoon.org/poem/June-Submission-Window
May 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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pandemonialists.bsky.social
Do you have a 40-50 minute one-person Fringe show that you'd like to share with an audience up to 40 people? Are you in shouting distance of Wolverhampton? Are you available on the weekend of 25th-27th July? If so apply to
@pandemonialists.bsky.social
Midlands Fringe forms.gle/s1cZFMPfRhcW...
forms.gle
May 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
azpotts.bsky.social
Off to see @lordshortcake.bsky.social tonight in Walsall. Looking forward to it. Do I need a sleeping bag?
May 24, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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davethepitt.bsky.social
If you're stuck for something to do this bank holiday weekend why don't you write a poem and enter it for the Ironbridge Poetry Comp. It closes on Monday.

pandemonialists.co.uk/ironbridge-p...
Ironbridge Poetry Competition 2025 – Poets, Prattlers and Pandemonialists
pandemonialists.co.uk
May 24, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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pandemonialists.bsky.social
We've some VERY exciting news to share with you all... 😎

pandemonialists.substack.com/p/midlands-f...
White text on orange background. Text reads... Midlands Fringe This is exciting We’d like to think we’ve got a pretty good track record when it comes to having cracking ideas and putting them into practice. Yes We Cant is one (more about that later). PASTA is another...
May 17, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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davethepitt.bsky.social
Today is one of those days I wish I was neurotypical. I wish I could explain myself, or more accurately, didn't have to explain myself.

#LivingWithAutism #Autism
May 17, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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emmapurshouse.bsky.social
I had a lovely time in Ely. What a great bunch they are at Fen Speak. I loved the open mic performances. It was also great to bump into @robinince.bsky.social on the high street earlier in the day :) I hope your book signing and performance went well, Robin.
May 17, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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jarproject.bsky.social
Thank you to everyone who has donated to our urgent appeal this week - we're blown away by your support. We saw this post written by one of the amazing young people with #JIA who is part of our community and it really brought home the importance of why we have to do this www.jarproject.org/itappeal
May 16, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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voicespoetry.bsky.social
Voices also works hard to be a welcoming, safe space where anybody and everybody can be heard and felt valued.
We stand with PPP on their stance of inclusivity and acceptance.
pandemonialists.bsky.social poets and prattlers @pandemonialists.bsky.social · Apr 23
An important message from PPP.
An image of the trans flag with text superimposed. Text reads: It’s hugely important to us that PPP events are always a safe space for everyone. This means PASTA, Yes We Cant, our poetry slams and any workshops we run will continue to be places which are trans-friendly and trans-inclusive. Thank you.
April 25, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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davethepitt.bsky.social
1. Be
2. Born
3. To
4. Rich
5. Parents
Screenshot of BBC news headline. A woman looks into an estate agents window and the headline reads "five ways for first-time buys to get on the housing ladder."
April 21, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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davethepitt.bsky.social
Today is a terrible day. Human rights have taken a step backwards. Today's poem had to be for all trans and non-binary people.

You're seen, respected and loved.

open.substack.com/pub/davethep...
Today is a Day
A terrible day.
open.substack.com
April 17, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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bigstevepoet.bsky.social
Here’s something beautiful.
emmapurshouse.bsky.social Emma Purshouse @emmapurshouse.bsky.social · Apr 18
Really enjoyed working on the Voices Weaving project. I had to weave together words and ideas that choir members gave me to create a performance poem. Then Michael Betteridge took it composed a song for the choir to sing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID8cOEY3EbE
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1wOZDisP0o
Emma Purshouse: The Hum of the Hive
YouTube video by Voices Weaving
www.youtube.com
April 18, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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bigstevepoet.bsky.social
Thanks to @yorkshirebylines.co.uk for publishing my poem 'Things I lost...' 🙏
yorkshirebylines.co.uk Yorkshire Bylines @yorkshirebylines.co.uk · Apr 7
Things I lost

things I lost over the course of 2024 (an incomplete list, some items may be missing)

A poem, by Steve Pottinger
@bigstevepoet.bsky.social
Things I lost
things I lost over the course of 2024 (an incomplete list, some items may be missing)
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
April 8, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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pandemonialists.bsky.social
We wrote a Substack about the return of Yes We Cant. Have a read...
pandemonialists.substack.com/p/yes-we-can...
An orange square with white text. Text reads: (title) Yes We Cant. More like Yes We Did. Back in the Real World. It's Monday morning, the sun is shining, Spring is in the air, and we are happily basking in the glow of last night's Yes We Cant. A Yes We Cant held in an actual physical space! We've...
April 8, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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northernjim.bsky.social
Our children's poetry anthology is called
Sky Surfing: Adventures in a Poetry Balloon.
It is available to order via our website
dirigibleballoon.org/shop
Funds generated from sales are donated to
Juvenile Arthritis Research.
Thank you!
JH x
#PoetryForChildren
#JAResearch🎈
April 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM
azpotts.bsky.social
Just been to watch ... Earnest? At the Wolverhampton Grand. Such a great idea for a show, really well done with a great cast (established and borrowed). Really, really enjoyed it. Go see it. You could be in it...
sayitagainsorry.bsky.social Say It Again, Sorry? @sayitagainsorry.bsky.social · Nov 21
Hello Bluesky!
We're interactive theatre co
Say It Again, Sorry?
🎭
Our show ...Earnest? has been to #edfringe and on a UK tour, and we're now gearing up to go on the road again in 2025.

Adore love meeting new people along the way, and getting to play w audiences is our favourite thing.
February 22, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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northernjim.bsky.social
The hardback copies of Sky Surfing have arrived. I am sooo pleased with them. After a day in the library tomorrow, I'll let folks (who are interested) know how they can get their hands on one. They won't be appearing on the DB webshop; a different arrangement will be put in place.
#PoetryForChildren
January 31, 2025 at 7:42 PM
azpotts.bsky.social
Deactivated X. Not really contributing much to my life I figured.
January 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM