Mehmet Izbudak
@baudelairescat.bsky.social
Urban Minotaur @LiveCanon. Poet & playwright. Translates. Dabbles in art. Too lazy to write a novel. Malika's Poetry Kitchen & Tideway Poets.
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Tickets (free!) going fast for this exciting event on Sunday afternoon 3pm 16th November at Oxford Blackwell's, Broad Street. Book now to avoid disappointment - link in post below! Come along and say hello!
Not one but two Guild members are speaking at Oxford's @blackwells.bsky.social! Join poets Susie Campbell (Wastelands, Guillemot Press, 2025) and @drlauravarnam.bsky.social (Grendel’s Mother Bites Back, Primers 7, 2024) for 'Reweaving the Poem' on Sunday 16th November.
Susie Campbell with Laura Varnam REWEAVING THE POEM
Professor Kate McLoughlin introduces an afternoon of poetry performance and conversation with Susie Campbell and Laura Varnam
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October 30, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Tickets (free!) going fast for this exciting event on Sunday afternoon 3pm 16th November at Oxford Blackwell's, Broad Street. Book now to avoid disappointment - link in post below! Come along and say hello!
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'Dostoevsky's death mask at the Russian Museum of Málaga', by Nazaret Ranea, published in Issue Four of And Other Poems.
August 27, 2024 at 1:29 PM
'Dostoevsky's death mask at the Russian Museum of Málaga', by Nazaret Ranea, published in Issue Four of And Other Poems.
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⏱️ Time is ticking...
The deadline for PRIMERS entries is midnight Tuesday 9th September BST
Read the full criteria and how to enter here: ninearchespress.com/primers
UK poets looking for mentoring and publishing, don't miss out!
The deadline for PRIMERS entries is midnight Tuesday 9th September BST
Read the full criteria and how to enter here: ninearchespress.com/primers
UK poets looking for mentoring and publishing, don't miss out!
September 5, 2025 at 9:01 AM
⏱️ Time is ticking...
The deadline for PRIMERS entries is midnight Tuesday 9th September BST
Read the full criteria and how to enter here: ninearchespress.com/primers
UK poets looking for mentoring and publishing, don't miss out!
The deadline for PRIMERS entries is midnight Tuesday 9th September BST
Read the full criteria and how to enter here: ninearchespress.com/primers
UK poets looking for mentoring and publishing, don't miss out!
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Ozzy Osbourne, the frontman of Black Sabbath, died today, at 76. Osbourne—along with half of the musicians in Led Zeppelin and the key members of Judas Priest—was raised in the bombed-out ruins of the British Midlands. Read more: nyer.cm/iCI3UFJ
July 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Ozzy Osbourne, the frontman of Black Sabbath, died today, at 76. Osbourne—along with half of the musicians in Led Zeppelin and the key members of Judas Priest—was raised in the bombed-out ruins of the British Midlands. Read more: nyer.cm/iCI3UFJ
ANUSHKA IZBUDAK
Showcase 2025 - 1st & 2nd August - The Forum, Norwich
Exhibiting Artist Profile
Anushka Izbudak can't remember a time when she wasn't creating art. She describes the acts of drawing and painting as "more like a need than a choice."
Showcase 2025 - 1st & 2nd August - The Forum, Norwich
Exhibiting Artist Profile
Anushka Izbudak can't remember a time when she wasn't creating art. She describes the acts of drawing and painting as "more like a need than a choice."
July 20, 2025 at 10:42 PM
ANUSHKA IZBUDAK
Showcase 2025 - 1st & 2nd August - The Forum, Norwich
Exhibiting Artist Profile
Anushka Izbudak can't remember a time when she wasn't creating art. She describes the acts of drawing and painting as "more like a need than a choice."
Showcase 2025 - 1st & 2nd August - The Forum, Norwich
Exhibiting Artist Profile
Anushka Izbudak can't remember a time when she wasn't creating art. She describes the acts of drawing and painting as "more like a need than a choice."
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9th July #otd in 1932 the wonderful photographer Shirley Baker was born in Kersal, Salford. Celebrated for her social documentary street photographs, especially of working-class, inner-city areas of Manchester and Salford. She died in 2014.
July 9, 2025 at 7:11 AM
9th July #otd in 1932 the wonderful photographer Shirley Baker was born in Kersal, Salford. Celebrated for her social documentary street photographs, especially of working-class, inner-city areas of Manchester and Salford. She died in 2014.
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#PoemsAbout #FierceBattle
Once visibility was reduced
waves crashed
a citadel of anguish
rolled over my life
left chaos and pain in her wake
Now my sea state has changed
foam does not fill my head
I am no longer sprayed across existence
The surface is smooth
calm
the treatment has worked
Once visibility was reduced
waves crashed
a citadel of anguish
rolled over my life
left chaos and pain in her wake
Now my sea state has changed
foam does not fill my head
I am no longer sprayed across existence
The surface is smooth
calm
the treatment has worked
June 13, 2025 at 10:25 AM
#PoemsAbout #FierceBattle
Once visibility was reduced
waves crashed
a citadel of anguish
rolled over my life
left chaos and pain in her wake
Now my sea state has changed
foam does not fill my head
I am no longer sprayed across existence
The surface is smooth
calm
the treatment has worked
Once visibility was reduced
waves crashed
a citadel of anguish
rolled over my life
left chaos and pain in her wake
Now my sea state has changed
foam does not fill my head
I am no longer sprayed across existence
The surface is smooth
calm
the treatment has worked
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Come through! Me and Mathura are cooking up something fun for you all...
London people!
Join us for a trip to @europeanpoetryfest.bsky.social on 30 June to see some Estonian poetry.
Want to come? Just DM or email contact@saloneurope.org or see you there
Join us for a trip to @europeanpoetryfest.bsky.social on 30 June to see some Estonian poetry.
Want to come? Just DM or email contact@saloneurope.org or see you there
June 13, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Come through! Me and Mathura are cooking up something fun for you all...
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Every movement reveals us.
Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays
Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays
June 13, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Every movement reveals us.
Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays
Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays
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Channel and Caduceus magazines
I'm delighted to have a poem in Channel's 12th issue, with its exquisite cover by Angela Duffy and a lithesome array of fine poetry and prose. Highlights for me include stunning work by Patrick Deeley, Mai Ishikawa, Catriona Lane, Rhona McAdam and Niamh Twomey. In…
I'm delighted to have a poem in Channel's 12th issue, with its exquisite cover by Angela Duffy and a lithesome array of fine poetry and prose. Highlights for me include stunning work by Patrick Deeley, Mai Ishikawa, Catriona Lane, Rhona McAdam and Niamh Twomey. In…
Channel and Caduceus magazines
I'm delighted to have a poem in Channel's 12th issue, with its exquisite cover by Angela Duffy and a lithesome array of fine poetry and prose. Highlights for me include stunning work by Patrick Deeley, Mai Ishikawa, Catriona Lane, Rhona McAdam and Niamh Twomey. In Notes from the Editors, Cassia Gaden Gilmartin explains that "Channel is born, in part, from the conviction that there is no absolute divide between the political and the aesthetic.
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June 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Channel and Caduceus magazines
I'm delighted to have a poem in Channel's 12th issue, with its exquisite cover by Angela Duffy and a lithesome array of fine poetry and prose. Highlights for me include stunning work by Patrick Deeley, Mai Ishikawa, Catriona Lane, Rhona McAdam and Niamh Twomey. In…
I'm delighted to have a poem in Channel's 12th issue, with its exquisite cover by Angela Duffy and a lithesome array of fine poetry and prose. Highlights for me include stunning work by Patrick Deeley, Mai Ishikawa, Catriona Lane, Rhona McAdam and Niamh Twomey. In…
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Palewell Press (who have recently published pamphlets from both Sophia Argyris and myself) are open for submissions until 30th June. palewellpress.co.uk/submissions-...
#poetry #ukpoetry #writing
#poetry #ukpoetry #writing
Submissions FAQ - PALEWELL PRESS
Submissions, Publication FAQ
palewellpress.co.uk
June 4, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Palewell Press (who have recently published pamphlets from both Sophia Argyris and myself) are open for submissions until 30th June. palewellpress.co.uk/submissions-...
#poetry #ukpoetry #writing
#poetry #ukpoetry #writing
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The first five months of 2025 and we’ve already sold 70% of the books we sold in ALL of 2024 — which was our biggest year to date.
Thank you to everyone who’s bought, backed, shared, stocked, and shouted about our work. We see you. We appreciate you.
So much more to come. 📚🖤
Thank you to everyone who’s bought, backed, shared, stocked, and shouted about our work. We see you. We appreciate you.
So much more to come. 📚🖤
a man with a beard is flying through the air with his arms in the air and the words `` feel like this '' written below him
ALT: a man with a beard is flying through the air with his arms in the air and the words `` feel like this '' written below him
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June 4, 2025 at 7:15 AM
The first five months of 2025 and we’ve already sold 70% of the books we sold in ALL of 2024 — which was our biggest year to date.
Thank you to everyone who’s bought, backed, shared, stocked, and shouted about our work. We see you. We appreciate you.
So much more to come. 📚🖤
Thank you to everyone who’s bought, backed, shared, stocked, and shouted about our work. We see you. We appreciate you.
So much more to come. 📚🖤
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I suspect like most GPs Azra has seen very few cases of Foetal Alcohol Syndrome and every case will be slightly different depending on the damage caused. A specialist will know what to look for and then advise Alice and Chris what to do next. Alice needs to stop making it all about her #TheArchers
June 2, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I suspect like most GPs Azra has seen very few cases of Foetal Alcohol Syndrome and every case will be slightly different depending on the damage caused. A specialist will know what to look for and then advise Alice and Chris what to do next. Alice needs to stop making it all about her #TheArchers
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Satie was sentenced to fines and 8 days gaol for these letters to a reviewer of 'Parade', though in the end the fines were paid by by the Princesse de Polignac and his sentence suspended. Photo by Mike Templeton.
June 3, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Satie was sentenced to fines and 8 days gaol for these letters to a reviewer of 'Parade', though in the end the fines were paid by by the Princesse de Polignac and his sentence suspended. Photo by Mike Templeton.
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‘Chic’ is dead, says Vogue. Is it time to revive ‘jazzy’, ‘snazzy’ and ‘swish’? | Emma Beddington
‘Chic’ is dead, says Vogue. Is it time to revive ‘jazzy’, ‘snazzy’ and ‘swish’? | Emma Beddington
The word has lost all meaning, we are told, writes Emma Beddington. Could my favourite dad-jectives replace it?
www.theguardian.com
June 2, 2025 at 10:18 AM
‘Chic’ is dead, says Vogue. Is it time to revive ‘jazzy’, ‘snazzy’ and ‘swish’? | Emma Beddington
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#StarterPackSunday I'm reposting 3 #PoetryCommunity packs. This 1st (FULL) starter pack includes fine poets like @petitecreature1.bsky.social & @saccharinequeen.bsky.social & publishers/supporters like @brokenspinearts.bsky.social @poetrysociety.bsky.social & many more. Please follow/repost #booksky
THE POETRY COMMUNITY
Join the conversation
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June 1, 2025 at 12:23 PM
#StarterPackSunday I'm reposting 3 #PoetryCommunity packs. This 1st (FULL) starter pack includes fine poets like @petitecreature1.bsky.social & @saccharinequeen.bsky.social & publishers/supporters like @brokenspinearts.bsky.social @poetrysociety.bsky.social & many more. Please follow/repost #booksky
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Les pays africains au défi de la réécriture de leur histoire
Les pays africains au défi de la réécriture de leur histoire
Comment décoloniser le récit national ? L’ambition remonte aux indépendances, mais le projet connaît un nouveau souffle, agité par des courants qui se proclament souverainistes mais aussi porté par un besoin plus profond de réappropriation.
www.lemonde.fr
June 2, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Les pays africains au défi de la réécriture de leur histoire
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Désiré Doué, un surdoué qui entre dans la cour des très grands
Désiré Doué, un surdoué qui entre dans la cour des très grands
Désiré Doué, 19 ans, a offert au PSG sa première Ligue des champions avec une prestation étincelante face à l’Inter Milan (5-0). Auteur d’un doublé et d’une passe décisive, l’ancien Rennais a éclaboussé la finale de son talent, entrant dans l’histoire comme le plus jeune joueur impliqué sur trois buts en finale.
f24.my
May 31, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Désiré Doué, un surdoué qui entre dans la cour des très grands
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This is brilliant:
Found poem and accidental haiku created from rejection email...#3
#tinypoems #foundpoems #rejectionemails #foragedpoems #blueskypoetry #poetry
#tinypoems #foundpoems #rejectionemails #foragedpoems #blueskypoetry #poetry
May 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
This is brilliant:
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C'mon guys, his name sounds like a superhero who can change into different kinds of vehicles!
How many Swedish poets does it take to change a light bulb?
Only one, but when you turn it off it must look like a tablet dissolving in a glass of darkness.
Only one, but when you turn it off it must look like a tablet dissolving in a glass of darkness.
May 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
C'mon guys, his name sounds like a superhero who can change into different kinds of vehicles!
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Entries for the 2025 LIVE CANON INTERNATIONAL SINGLE POEM COMPETITION are now open!
We want you to submit your best work for the chance to be performed, published & to win £1000.
Enter here: livecanon.submittable.com/submit/32663...
DEADLINE: 11.59 pm Sunday 8 June
#poetrycompetition
We want you to submit your best work for the chance to be performed, published & to win £1000.
Enter here: livecanon.submittable.com/submit/32663...
DEADLINE: 11.59 pm Sunday 8 June
#poetrycompetition
May 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM