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JLM Morton
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Poet / Writer
She / Her / Dr
#PoetryReview #Rialto #PBLJ #Magma etc| Winner Geoffrey Dearmer & Laurie Lee Prizes | Highly Commended @forwardprizes | RED HANDED @brokensleepbooks | Rep'd www.rcwlitagency.com | Chaotic good 💫 |www.jlmmorton.com
A new hybrid eco/essay/poem commissioned for the latest Poetry Birmingham. With thanks to editor Paul Robert and Naush Sabah for the invitation and all the hard work that goes on behind the scenes.

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Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal – Issue 11.5 – JLM Morton – Wonder As Liberation Practice — Poetry Birmingham
Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal – Issue 11.5 – JLM Morton – Wonder As Liberation Practice
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November 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
REPEATING PATTERNS ⚡️ a new poem in @poetry_london something to brighten the day - hard to imagine that steamy spot when it's so wet and dark here! Poems, eh? Nothing for months then three come along at once. W massive heartwarm thanks to editor @niallcpoetry surely one of the nicest folk in poetry🙏
November 12, 2025 at 11:43 AM
AFTER THE BURIAL × a new poem in Issue 2 of @aftershockpoetry in memory of my cousin, who took his own life earlier this year. With thanks to Max Wallis - loving the energy and urgency of Aftershock. So many poetry heroes in this issue, a proper banger 💥
November 10, 2025 at 9:19 AM
November 9, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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Featuring the amazing tutors: 🪻🌜

Sarah Wardle, Jess Traynor (@jesstraynor.bsky.social), Carrie Etter (@carrieetter.bsky.social), JLM Morton (@jlmmorton.bsky.social), Samatar Elmi, Jenny Wong (@jenwithwords.bsky.social)
November 6, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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Our Spring Term is now live & we’ve got a whole host of brilliant tutors & poetry courses lined up, so be sure to book promptly to avoid disappointment. Our handy Quick Course Guide is linked in bio, where you’ll find everything you’ll need to know…

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Spring 2026 – Quick Course Guide • Poetry School
Check out our Quick Course Guide for the Spring 2026 term which will help you pick a course to take at the Poetry School.
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November 6, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Poetic Mapping workshop - booking open now 👇 Blending creative cartography with lyrical writing, participants will create personal or collective ‘maps’ – of neighbourhoods, childhood places, imagined futures, or inner worlds – using poetry as compass.

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Online Writing Workshop: Poetic Mapping with JLM Morton – The Poetry Society
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October 28, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Tonight at Gloucester Cathedral, I'm looking forward to reading some of Ivor Gurney's incredibly moving war poems + some new work of my own, noticing how contemporary war poems shift and echo work written more than a century ago, how alike we still are.

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An evening of Remembrance Poetry
Join us for an evening of remembrance poetry
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October 15, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I had fun writing this for Elsewhere Journal, sharing my love of Sierra Leone and my longing for Rajasthan 💘

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Five Questions for... JLM Morton — Elsewhere: A Journal of Place
We continue our series of occasional short interviews with contributors and friends of Elsewhere with five questions for JLM Morton, who we featured in our Trespass issue.  What does home mean ...
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September 30, 2025 at 5:34 PM
on attunement
Living Matter: a sentient collaboration
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September 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Are you a reader or writer or perhaps work with a cultural organisation in Gloucester city? We are scoping out what's on offer in the city and would love you to complete our survey if you have a moment. Links below. www.dialect.org.uk/coursesworks...
Surveys for Writers and Readers in Gloucester (GUST Collaboration) — Dialect
A survey of what’s currently available for readers and writers in Gloucester, to build and develop future literary opportunities in the city
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September 8, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Juliette Morton; The first of 12 poets from Gloucestershire photographed in Stroud this last weekend. @jlmmorton.bsky.social
July 21, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Brilliant way to end a bonkers term - 2 poems in the latest Under the Radar, a journal I've longed to be in 💚 Much gratitude to editors Jane Commane and Matt Merritt whose care for the work and professionalism is second to none and whose dedication keeps the wheels of poetryland turning. Thank you 🙏
July 18, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Lost Mythos on the road this weekend 🙌🏽 Ledbury Fringe Saturday, Totnes Fringe Sunday. Come say hi! 🌞
July 13, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Poets at Priddy Festival 🧡
Sean Borodale, Philip Rush, Alyson Hallet & Yrs Truly
July 12, 2025 at 1:55 PM
On writing about chronic illness and walking and THAT book 🦶🏼🦶🏼🦶🏼🦶🏼🦶🏼🦶🏼🦶🏼🦶🏼🦶🏼🦶🏼

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Tenderfoot
or, on irresolute, non-cathartic narrative choices
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July 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Writer's block
and other mixed metaphors
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July 4, 2025 at 1:35 PM
SEVEN SPRINGS 💦 on the bunfight over the source of Britain's longest river... and rave and care and trespass... an extract from 'Tenderfoot' on Caught By the River 🎣
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#creativenonfiction
#riverchurn
#tenderfoot
#grief
#cancer
#care
#rave
#righttoroam

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June 14, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Aberystwyth Poetry Festival last weekend, a gem!
June 11, 2025 at 8:41 PM