I went to @greenbeltfestival.bsky.social yesterday to facilitate a workshop on Poetry and Hope, expecting 6 people to turn up. In the end, 76 wonderful poets came to share their skill. I loved every minute & hope they did too!

Many thanks to the wonderful organisers and volunteers.🌿

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I'll be hosting a workshop on Poetry and Hope on the 21st August at 1.30pm in the Village Hall. Look forward to seeing you there.

Delighted to have won the Southword Subscriber's Prize with my poem 'Overproof Jamaican Rum' about legacies. 🌿

Delighted to be the Inaugural Poet-in-the-Community for Cork City Libraries.

We're going to celebrate with a poetry party with open mic on the 26th June. More details below. Hope to see you there! 🌿

Delighted to have been invited to a symposium @exeter.ac.uk to share a paper about my poetry. Wish me luck as I code switch between poetry and prose. 🌿

When a government constantly goes after people on benefits you know something's wrong. Sharing this poem from @poetryscotland.bsky.social again especially for @Keir_Starmer.

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Jamie Foxx says on Graham Norton that Quentin Tarantino ordered him to 'act like a slave' for the film 'Django Unchained'. How the audience laughed!

But what does a slave act like? Perhaps my poetry collection offers a few thoughts.

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Here I am filming the course 'Jane Eyre & the Foreigners' @massolit.bsky.social with the wonderful Amber Perry who took the pic of my front cover for 'Write On!' .
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The course looks at xenophobia & racism in Charlotte Bronte's 'classic' novel. More details soon.

#Poetry, Passion and Power: Here's an article about the way words can connect us through history and a shared sense of identity. Hope it says something to you. 🌿

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My #poem 'English Fields' got an unexpectedly lovely response on the other platform so posting here as well. Hope it speaks to you. 🌿

Introducing my #poetry collections to this platform: Here's 'Caribbean Service' from 'Her Lost Language', a #poem for the #Black women who worked in the #NHS after WW2. Also pub. in 'Part of the Story that Started Before Me'. Two possible last minute Xmas gifts?

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Write On! is my first magazine cover with an article by Eithne Cullen. Read here: pentoprint.org/product/see-...

My collection 'Resurrection of a Black Man' contains 3 prizewinning poems. 'Essential reading'. Moniza Alvi

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Introducing my 2nd poetry collection to this platform: 'Map of a Plantation' won the Poetry Book Awards & is on the syllabus at Manchester Metropolitan University. It contains 3 prize winning poems.

Here's 'A Gentlewoman' published in @dustpoetry.bsky.social
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If you're looking for a #poetry collection Xmas gift that challenges narrow prejudices by presenting #Black #men as complex, beautiful, powerful and in need of healing then 'Resurrection of a Black Man' might be a good place to start. Reader comments welcome.

'Essential reading' - Moniza Ali

A woman I don't know, serving behind a till in my local Tesco, asked me if I was a #poet. Now that's a level of recognition I never expected to have!

If there's any Tesco management watching, I'd be happy for you to stock my #poetry collections in every one of your branches! 🌿

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Introducing my 3 #poetry collections to this platform, starting with my my debut, 'Her Lost Language, joint winner of the Geoff Stevens Prize. The #poem 'Caribbean Service' is dedicated to the #Back nurses who came to work in the NHS after the 2nd World War. Any reader comments welcome. 🌿

Introducing myself to this platform by sharing details of my 3 poetry collections, starting with 'Her Lost Language' - joint winner of the Geoff Stevens Prize. This book was a game-changing as it introduced me to Indigo Dreams Publishing. Hope you like the poem 'Black Men Should Wear Colour'.