Beth Davies
@bethdaviespoet.bsky.social
Sheffield Poet Laureate 2024-6. The Pretence of Understanding published 2023 by The Poetry Business. Librarian by day. Appreciator of pretty skies and dogs in little coats.
Thank you for coming and for buying my book! Glad you had a good time 😊
October 28, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Thank you for coming and for buying my book! Glad you had a good time 😊
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June 2, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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It's the poet equivalent of someone saying a weird phrase and someone else saying that it sounds like a band name, or that you could put it on a mug or a t-shirt. All the time people are saying combinations of words that could be given that kind of emphasis.
February 20, 2025 at 11:26 AM
It's the poet equivalent of someone saying a weird phrase and someone else saying that it sounds like a band name, or that you could put it on a mug or a t-shirt. All the time people are saying combinations of words that could be given that kind of emphasis.
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Ah, everyone has a 'poetry voice', what matters is that you make it YOURS.
February 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Ah, everyone has a 'poetry voice', what matters is that you make it YOURS.
Wise words Jay!
February 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Wise words Jay!
Even if I've never fully moved away from my default 'Poetry Voice' when performing my work, that way of experimenting with other ways of performing a poem definitely made a real impact on me. There is an infinite number of voices and intonations and tones in which poetry can be shared.
February 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Even if I've never fully moved away from my default 'Poetry Voice' when performing my work, that way of experimenting with other ways of performing a poem definitely made a real impact on me. There is an infinite number of voices and intonations and tones in which poetry can be shared.
Wrote a poem inspired by an article about a 9 year-old winning the European Seagull Impersonation Championships. Now I'm writing about Florence Shufflebottom, who has both an incredible name and a wild lifestory - sharpshooter and snake charmer who ran a bingo hall after retiring from the circus.
February 2, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Wrote a poem inspired by an article about a 9 year-old winning the European Seagull Impersonation Championships. Now I'm writing about Florence Shufflebottom, who has both an incredible name and a wild lifestory - sharpshooter and snake charmer who ran a bingo hall after retiring from the circus.
In order to get written, the poems must be more interesting than a divorced dad desperately trying to get his young daughter to tell him what she's done since he last saw her, or two men having an intense theological debate involving a deeply questionable analogy between alcohol and abortion.
January 30, 2025 at 6:48 PM
In order to get written, the poems must be more interesting than a divorced dad desperately trying to get his young daughter to tell him what she's done since he last saw her, or two men having an intense theological debate involving a deeply questionable analogy between alcohol and abortion.
Whether it's for a poem, a letter, a work email, or a crossword clue, you can bet I'll be going to thesaurus dot com. I have been known to look things up in a thesaurus when writing a text to a friend. I used thesaurus dot com when writing this post about thesaurus dot com.
January 30, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Whether it's for a poem, a letter, a work email, or a crossword clue, you can bet I'll be going to thesaurus dot com. I have been known to look things up in a thesaurus when writing a text to a friend. I used thesaurus dot com when writing this post about thesaurus dot com.