Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana
@corrintachibana.bsky.social
Author of ‘Sing me down from the dark’ (SALT; 2022).
Worked in higher ed. in U.K. and Japan. Poems in P.N. Review, The North, MAGMA, Poetry Wales, The Interpreter’s House & The Madrid Review.
Lover of Things Japanese and proud mother of teenager.
Worked in higher ed. in U.K. and Japan. Poems in P.N. Review, The North, MAGMA, Poetry Wales, The Interpreter’s House & The Madrid Review.
Lover of Things Japanese and proud mother of teenager.
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Delighted by my first Pushcart nomination from Dust Poetry magazine. Sincere thanks to @dustpoetry.bsky.social editors @catherineredford.bsky.social and @tarawheeler.bsky.social
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Absolutely delighted to hear that The art of cutting and stitching has been shortlisted for the Ink Sweat & Tears 'Pick of the Month' for October 2025. I find voting things slightly awkward. But do check out the shortlist and enjoy all the poems, then vote if you feel so inclined.
November 16, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Absolutely delighted to hear that The art of cutting and stitching has been shortlisted for the Ink Sweat & Tears 'Pick of the Month' for October 2025. I find voting things slightly awkward. But do check out the shortlist and enjoy all the poems, then vote if you feel so inclined.
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Thrilled to have a new poem I wrote about ostracization within Dust Poetry's
DEAR WORLD edition releasing on 22.11.25 Thank you to the editors Tara Wheeler & Catherine Redford✨ Looking forward to reading all the poems arising from this thought-provoking theme!
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#DearWorld
#DustPoetry
#BravePoetry
DEAR WORLD edition releasing on 22.11.25 Thank you to the editors Tara Wheeler & Catherine Redford✨ Looking forward to reading all the poems arising from this thought-provoking theme!
🌐
#DearWorld
#DustPoetry
#BravePoetry
Issue 15 ‘Dear World’ will go live on 22.11.25 ✨
We can’t wait to share these brilliant poems and the artwork with you! 🌏
Thank you so much to everyone who submitted for this issue, you should now have a response, so do let us know if you haven’t 💚
We can’t wait to share these brilliant poems and the artwork with you! 🌏
Thank you so much to everyone who submitted for this issue, you should now have a response, so do let us know if you haven’t 💚
November 6, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Thrilled to have a new poem I wrote about ostracization within Dust Poetry's
DEAR WORLD edition releasing on 22.11.25 Thank you to the editors Tara Wheeler & Catherine Redford✨ Looking forward to reading all the poems arising from this thought-provoking theme!
🌐
#DearWorld
#DustPoetry
#BravePoetry
DEAR WORLD edition releasing on 22.11.25 Thank you to the editors Tara Wheeler & Catherine Redford✨ Looking forward to reading all the poems arising from this thought-provoking theme!
🌐
#DearWorld
#DustPoetry
#BravePoetry
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This was such a lovely surprise!Thank you to @catherineredford.bsky.social & @tarawheeler.bsky.social for this vote of confidence 🤩
November 8, 2025 at 12:20 PM
This was such a lovely surprise!Thank you to @catherineredford.bsky.social & @tarawheeler.bsky.social for this vote of confidence 🤩
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I’m delighted to announce that my debut poetry collection, ‘The Way the Water Held Me’, will be published by The Emma Press in the Spring. Available to pre-order now!
📣 NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT📣 We are delighted to announce the acquisition of THE WAY THE WATER HELD ME by @catherineredford.bsky.social, a heart-wrenching debut about young widowhood
THE WAY THE WATER HELD ME is available to pre-order now
Publishing March 2026 ~ Pre-order here: buff.ly/i1HAi3Y
THE WAY THE WATER HELD ME is available to pre-order now
Publishing March 2026 ~ Pre-order here: buff.ly/i1HAi3Y
November 14, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I’m delighted to announce that my debut poetry collection, ‘The Way the Water Held Me’, will be published by The Emma Press in the Spring. Available to pre-order now!
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SOME NEWS: Huge congratulations to our brilliant Co-Editor @catherineredford.bsky.social, whose debut poetry collection ‘The Way the Water Held Me’ will be published in March by @theemmapress.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 11:24 AM
SOME NEWS: Huge congratulations to our brilliant Co-Editor @catherineredford.bsky.social, whose debut poetry collection ‘The Way the Water Held Me’ will be published in March by @theemmapress.bsky.social
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I have found this whole episode incredibly distressing and isolating, so I'm grateful to see Rory Waterman's analysis shine a light on both the poetry and the poison. Whatever your views, we need a more courteous and humane public discourse, from and for all parties. Please.
My comment, for @pnreview.bsky.social, on the Len Pennie & Sarah Doyle affair - or Canongagegate, as I like to think of it. Honourable mentions: @naush.bsky.social, @thetimes.com.
Feel free to share, to attack me with your little jelly pitchforks, or to ignore.
www.pnreview.co.uk/archive/rema...
Feel free to share, to attack me with your little jelly pitchforks, or to ignore.
www.pnreview.co.uk/archive/rema...
PN Review Print and Online Poetry Magazine - Remarkable Coincidences - Rory Waterman - PN Review 286
One of the outstanding poetry journals of our time.
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November 7, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I have found this whole episode incredibly distressing and isolating, so I'm grateful to see Rory Waterman's analysis shine a light on both the poetry and the poison. Whatever your views, we need a more courteous and humane public discourse, from and for all parties. Please.
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Oh! This is nice - thank you so much @atriumpoetry.bsky.social for featuring my collection!
Featured Publication – The Mayday Diaries by Robin Houghton @robinhoughton.bsky.social
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Featured Publication – The Mayday Diaries by Robin Houghton
Our featured publication for Autumn is The Mayday Diaries by Robin Houghton, published by Pindrop Press. ‘Robin Houghton is a poet who really notices things – silly and deadly serious, quotid…
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November 9, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Oh! This is nice - thank you so much @atriumpoetry.bsky.social for featuring my collection!
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The Emma Press has acquired a ’heart-wrenching’ debut poetry collection about young widowhood by Catherine Redford, entitled The Way the Water Held Me, scheduled for March 2026 👇 #BookSky
The Emma Press signs debut poetry collection about young widowhood
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November 13, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The Emma Press has acquired a ’heart-wrenching’ debut poetry collection about young widowhood by Catherine Redford, entitled The Way the Water Held Me, scheduled for March 2026 👇 #BookSky
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A little bit of news I'd like to share - my new poetry pamphlet, 'How To Shape Our Mouths' will be published by Black Cat Poetry Press in 2026. Black Cat are one of my favourite indie poetry presses, so I'm delighted to be joining their author list! Thanks so much to Satya, Catherine and Ophira 🐈⬛❤️
January 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
A little bit of news I'd like to share - my new poetry pamphlet, 'How To Shape Our Mouths' will be published by Black Cat Poetry Press in 2026. Black Cat are one of my favourite indie poetry presses, so I'm delighted to be joining their author list! Thanks so much to Satya, Catherine and Ophira 🐈⬛❤️
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Looking forward, as always, to teaching for The Poetry Business on January 5th:
buytickets.at/thepoetrybus...
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Buy tickets – Online Workshop: “Akemashite Omedetou! New Year Haiku & more” with Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana – Zoom
Online Workshop: “Akemashite Omedetou! New Year Haiku & more” with Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana – Zoom, Mon 5 Jan 2026 - Akemashite Omedetou!
New Year Haiku & more
This Japan-themed workshop will ge...
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November 5, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Looking forward, as always, to teaching for The Poetry Business on January 5th:
buytickets.at/thepoetrybus...
buytickets.at/thepoetrybus...
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“I don’t know who I am at this moment, nor the man
at my side. Suspended here like an exclamation mark
that doesn’t have to fall towards a full stop, I curve into
the wild escape[...]”
Sarah James
https://indigodreamspublishing.com/sarah-james / https://www.sarah-james.co.uk/?page_id=17191
at my side. Suspended here like an exclamation mark
that doesn’t have to fall towards a full stop, I curve into
the wild escape[...]”
Sarah James
https://indigodreamspublishing.com/sarah-james / https://www.sarah-james.co.uk/?page_id=17191
November 9, 2025 at 8:50 AM
“I don’t know who I am at this moment, nor the man
at my side. Suspended here like an exclamation mark
that doesn’t have to fall towards a full stop, I curve into
the wild escape[...]”
Sarah James
https://indigodreamspublishing.com/sarah-james / https://www.sarah-james.co.uk/?page_id=17191
at my side. Suspended here like an exclamation mark
that doesn’t have to fall towards a full stop, I curve into
the wild escape[...]”
Sarah James
https://indigodreamspublishing.com/sarah-james / https://www.sarah-james.co.uk/?page_id=17191
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In the latest episode of The Two-Way Poetry Podcast I talk to Helen Angell about T S Eliot’s early poem ‘Preludes’ and how this influenced her approach to writing ‘Mancunian Way’. @longbarrowpress.bsky.social @petegreensolo.com @drjomaher.bsky.social
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Helen Angell on T S Eliot's poem 'Preludes' and on her own poem 'Mancunian Way' | The Two-Way Poetry Podcast
In this episode, I talk to Helen Angell about T S Eliot's early poem 'Preludes', and her own architecturally-inspired poem 'Mancunian Way.'
Helen discusses where and when she first encountered Eliot's...
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November 9, 2025 at 8:39 AM
In the latest episode of The Two-Way Poetry Podcast I talk to Helen Angell about T S Eliot’s early poem ‘Preludes’ and how this influenced her approach to writing ‘Mancunian Way’. @longbarrowpress.bsky.social @petegreensolo.com @drjomaher.bsky.social
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So excited to be longlisted for @walklistencreate.org #Walking #InTheDark competition & in great company with:
@sarahraybould.bsky.social @alicestainer.bsky.social @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social @jenratcliffe.bsky.social @elizafevwrites.bsky.social @pdevonald.bsky.social @lauratheis.bsky.social
@sarahraybould.bsky.social @alicestainer.bsky.social @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social @jenratcliffe.bsky.social @elizafevwrites.bsky.social @pdevonald.bsky.social @lauratheis.bsky.social
Long list of our #Walking #InTheDark competition announced - terrific poems and stories beautifully penned - read them here wlc.zone/ark
November 6, 2025 at 12:57 PM
So excited to be longlisted for @walklistencreate.org #Walking #InTheDark competition & in great company with:
@sarahraybould.bsky.social @alicestainer.bsky.social @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social @jenratcliffe.bsky.social @elizafevwrites.bsky.social @pdevonald.bsky.social @lauratheis.bsky.social
@sarahraybould.bsky.social @alicestainer.bsky.social @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social @jenratcliffe.bsky.social @elizafevwrites.bsky.social @pdevonald.bsky.social @lauratheis.bsky.social
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Delighted by my first Pushcart nomination from Dust Poetry magazine. Sincere thanks to @dustpoetry.bsky.social editors @catherineredford.bsky.social and @tarawheeler.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Delighted by my first Pushcart nomination from Dust Poetry magazine. Sincere thanks to @dustpoetry.bsky.social editors @catherineredford.bsky.social and @tarawheeler.bsky.social
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Very happy that @dustpoetry.bsky.social believes in this poem! You can read it here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/so-many...
November 6, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Very happy that @dustpoetry.bsky.social believes in this poem! You can read it here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/so-many...
Delighted by my first Pushcart nomination from Dust Poetry magazine. Sincere thanks to @dustpoetry.bsky.social editors @catherineredford.bsky.social and @tarawheeler.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Delighted by my first Pushcart nomination from Dust Poetry magazine. Sincere thanks to @dustpoetry.bsky.social editors @catherineredford.bsky.social and @tarawheeler.bsky.social
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We are over the brightest super moon to announce our Pushcart nominations for this year:
✨Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana ‘Izakaya'
✨Stephen Boyce ‘The Road to Duffus’
✨Anna Fernandes ‘Past Nest’
✨Thea Smiley ‘Flint’
✨Hannah McCann ‘So many amoebas'
✨Alice Stainer ‘Nostos’
Congratulations all! 🥳🌟
✨Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana ‘Izakaya'
✨Stephen Boyce ‘The Road to Duffus’
✨Anna Fernandes ‘Past Nest’
✨Thea Smiley ‘Flint’
✨Hannah McCann ‘So many amoebas'
✨Alice Stainer ‘Nostos’
Congratulations all! 🥳🌟
November 6, 2025 at 12:24 PM
We are over the brightest super moon to announce our Pushcart nominations for this year:
✨Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana ‘Izakaya'
✨Stephen Boyce ‘The Road to Duffus’
✨Anna Fernandes ‘Past Nest’
✨Thea Smiley ‘Flint’
✨Hannah McCann ‘So many amoebas'
✨Alice Stainer ‘Nostos’
Congratulations all! 🥳🌟
✨Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana ‘Izakaya'
✨Stephen Boyce ‘The Road to Duffus’
✨Anna Fernandes ‘Past Nest’
✨Thea Smiley ‘Flint’
✨Hannah McCann ‘So many amoebas'
✨Alice Stainer ‘Nostos’
Congratulations all! 🥳🌟
Looking forward, as always, to teaching for The Poetry Business on January 5th:
buytickets.at/thepoetrybus...
buytickets.at/thepoetrybus...
Buy tickets – Online Workshop: “Akemashite Omedetou! New Year Haiku & more” with Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana – Zoom
Online Workshop: “Akemashite Omedetou! New Year Haiku & more” with Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana – Zoom, Mon 5 Jan 2026 - Akemashite Omedetou!
New Year Haiku & more
This Japan-themed workshop will ge...
buytickets.at
November 5, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Looking forward, as always, to teaching for The Poetry Business on January 5th:
buytickets.at/thepoetrybus...
buytickets.at/thepoetrybus...
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Taking a course on Japanese literary/poetic forms right now with @corrintachibana.bsky.social. The current session is about zuihitsu, an essay form I feel attracted to but also find challenging to do well. Really enjoyed this one by Ellora Sutton janeaustens.house/news/a-zuihi...
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A Zuihitsu on Various Walks | Jane Austen's House
Visit Jane Austen's House - the Hampshire cottage at which Jane Austen lived and penned her novels, including the timeless Pride and Prejudice.
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October 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Taking a course on Japanese literary/poetic forms right now with @corrintachibana.bsky.social. The current session is about zuihitsu, an essay form I feel attracted to but also find challenging to do well. Really enjoyed this one by Ellora Sutton janeaustens.house/news/a-zuihi...
#writingcommunity
#writingcommunity
Had such a lot of fun talking to Chris. Looking forward to hearing your chats with other guests on your new series, Chris!
The third series of The Two-Way Poetry Podcast is now available - the first programme just out featuring Al McClimens. Other guests include @thehalt.bsky.social @corrintachibana.bsky.social Geraldine Monk, Cliff Forshaw, Steve Sawyer and Helen Angell
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The Two-Way Poetry Podcast | Chris Jones
In each episode Chris Jones invites a poet to introduce a poem by an author who has influenced his, her or their own approach to writing. The poet discusses the importance of this work, and goes on t...
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October 18, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Had such a lot of fun talking to Chris. Looking forward to hearing your chats with other guests on your new series, Chris!