Kelly Louise Marshall
@kellyloumarshall.bsky.social
Poet. Writer. Internationally published. MA Creative Writing. BA (Hons) English Lit & Creative Writing. Founder of 'Poetry & Purpose'. Meditation Teacher. Mum to furry children. Lives by the ocean. Buys too many books. kellylouisemarshall.substack.com
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Kelly Louise Marshall (@kellylouisemarshall)
Just a little updated reshare about why I created this Poetry & Purpose community and magazine here on Substack. Although only six months in, it continues to grow, evolve and inspire me every day. I ...
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A reshare about why I created 'Poetry & Purpose Community & Magazine'. Although only six months in, it continues to grow, evolve, and inspire me every day. If you would love to be part of an online community that serves your poetry, creativity & wellbeing come join us.
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A nature inspired poem and piece - 'My New Friend, Wren' #birds #naturepoem #poet #artist #booksky #writer
My New Friend,Wren
A Bird or Messenger?
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November 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
My Piece for My Poetry & Purpose Community this week was cosmically inspired.
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#poet #writer #artist #art #booksky
Kelly Louise Marshall (@kellylouisemarshall)
A cosmically inspired piece and poetry prompts this week, in my ‘Poetry & Purpose’ paid membership option.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
'The Place Where Love Lives' - my new poem and piece.
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The Place Where Love Lives
A Poem for when we feel lost in the darkness
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November 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM
What would the perfect work / life balance look like for you as a writer and creative being?
#artist #art #writer #poet
#artist #art #writer #poet
Kelly Louise Marshall (@kellylouisemarshall)
What would the perfect work / life balance look like for you as a writer and creative being?
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November 6, 2025 at 4:41 PM
On the final Friday of each month members of my Poetry & Purpose Community, receive a ‘Long Weekend of Writing Sanctuary’, where they get three days of poems, poetry & journaling prompts, music, videos, images, and all sorts of loveliness to create their own little writing sanctuary at home.
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Otherworldly - October's Long Weekend of Writing Sanctuary
Discovering new worlds within this world
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October 31, 2025 at 3:37 PM
On the final Friday of each month members of my Poetry & Purpose Community, receive a ‘Long Weekend of Writing Sanctuary’, where they get three days of poems, poetry & journaling prompts, music, videos, images, and all sorts of loveliness to create their own little writing sanctuary at home.
#poet
#poet
Submit your poems for the second edition of 'Poetry & Purpose Magazine'.
#art #poetry #artist #booksky
#art #poetry #artist #booksky
Kelly Louise Marshall (@kellylouisemarshall)
Poets of Substack, submit your poems to the second issue of ‘Poetry & Purpose Magazine’ which showcases poetry from poets across the world and Substack, and will be published in January 2026. Submiss...
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October 30, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Reposted by Kelly Louise Marshall
A reshare about why I created 'Poetry & Purpose Community & Magazine'. Although only six months in, it continues to grow, evolve, and inspire me every day. If you would love to be part of an online community that serves your poetry, creativity & wellbeing come join us.
substack.com/@kellylouise...
substack.com/@kellylouise...
Kelly Louise Marshall (@kellylouisemarshall)
Just a little updated reshare about why I created this Poetry & Purpose community and magazine here on Substack. Although only six months in, it continues to grow, evolve and inspire me every day. I ...
substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 1:48 PM
A reshare about why I created 'Poetry & Purpose Community & Magazine'. Although only six months in, it continues to grow, evolve, and inspire me every day. If you would love to be part of an online community that serves your poetry, creativity & wellbeing come join us.
substack.com/@kellylouise...
substack.com/@kellylouise...
Discussing how to balance our wellbeing & creativity as the seasons change in my latest video. open.substack.com/pub/kellylou...
#art #writer #artist #poet #wellbeing #creativity
#art #writer #artist #poet #wellbeing #creativity
Balancing Our Wellbeing & Creativity
as the seasons change
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October 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Discussing how to balance our wellbeing & creativity as the seasons change in my latest video. open.substack.com/pub/kellylou...
#art #writer #artist #poet #wellbeing #creativity
#art #writer #artist #poet #wellbeing #creativity
Poem, personal essay and writing prompts. open.substack.com/pub/kellylou...
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#art #poetry #poet #writer #artist
Poetry On Prescription
Can our words and poems act as medicine?
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October 24, 2025 at 12:41 PM
A reshare about why I created 'Poetry & Purpose Community & Magazine'. Although only six months in, it continues to grow, evolve, and inspire me every day. If you would love to be part of an online community that serves your poetry, creativity & wellbeing come join us.
substack.com/@kellylouise...
substack.com/@kellylouise...
Kelly Louise Marshall (@kellylouisemarshall)
Just a little updated reshare about why I created this Poetry & Purpose community and magazine here on Substack. Although only six months in, it continues to grow, evolve and inspire me every day. I ...
substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:44 PM
A reshare about why I created 'Poetry & Purpose Community & Magazine'. Although only six months in, it continues to grow, evolve, and inspire me every day. If you would love to be part of an online community that serves your poetry, creativity & wellbeing come join us.
substack.com/@kellylouise...
substack.com/@kellylouise...
Kelly Louise Marshall (@kellylouisemarshall)
Just a little updated reshare about why I created this Poetry & Purpose community and magazine here on Substack. Although only six months in, it continues to grow, evolve and inspire me every day. I ...
substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 1:48 PM
A reshare about why I created 'Poetry & Purpose Community & Magazine'. Although only six months in, it continues to grow, evolve, and inspire me every day. If you would love to be part of an online community that serves your poetry, creativity & wellbeing come join us.
substack.com/@kellylouise...
substack.com/@kellylouise...
'There is the mud, and there is the lotus that grows out of the mud. We need the mud in order to make the lotus.' – Thich Nhat Hanh
A poem & piece on awakening. open.substack.com/pub/kellylou...
#poet #writer #artist #art #booksky
A poem & piece on awakening. open.substack.com/pub/kellylou...
#poet #writer #artist #art #booksky
Awakening
'There is the mud, and there is the lotus that grows out of the mud. We need the mud in order to make the lotus.' – Thich Nhat Hanh
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October 16, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Reposted by Kelly Louise Marshall
Featuring poems from around the world - the first edition of 'Poetry & Purpose Magazine is here! #art #artist #poetry #poet #booksky
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Kelly Louise Marshall (@kellylouisemarshall)
It’s here! The very first issue of ‘Poetry & Purpose Magazine’, featuring poems from poets of Substack. Enjoy!! xx
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October 8, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Talking about how creativity can help our wellbeing in my latest essay. open.substack.com/pub/kellylou...
#artist #art #writer #poet #booksky
#artist #art #writer #poet #booksky
Flourishing Through Creativity
How The Act of Writing Can Help Us To Thrive
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October 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Featuring poems from around the world - the first edition of 'Poetry & Purpose Magazine is here! #art #artist #poetry #poet #booksky
substack.com/@kellylouise...
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Kelly Louise Marshall (@kellylouisemarshall)
It’s here! The very first issue of ‘Poetry & Purpose Magazine’, featuring poems from poets of Substack. Enjoy!! xx
substack.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Reposted by Kelly Louise Marshall
Featuring poems from around the world - the first edition of 'Poetry & Purpose Magazine is here! #art #artist #poetry #poet #booksky
substack.com/@kellylouise...
substack.com/@kellylouise...
Kelly Louise Marshall (@kellylouisemarshall)
It’s here! The very first issue of ‘Poetry & Purpose Magazine’, featuring poems from poets of Substack. Enjoy!! xx
substack.com
October 6, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Featuring poems from around the world - the first edition of 'Poetry & Purpose Magazine is here! #art #artist #poetry #poet #booksky
substack.com/@kellylouise...
substack.com/@kellylouise...
Kelly Louise Marshall (@kellylouisemarshall)
It’s here! The very first issue of ‘Poetry & Purpose Magazine’, featuring poems from poets of Substack. Enjoy!! xx
substack.com
October 6, 2025 at 11:52 AM
How past and present can make awesome art when they come together, in my latest piece.
#art #artist #poetry #poet #writer #booksky
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#art #artist #poetry #poet #writer #booksky
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Kelly Louise Marshall (@kellylouisemarshall)
How past and present forge to make great poetry. In my latest piece.
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October 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
A poem I wrote back in 2023 for the brilliant Jane Goodall, who passed away yesterday.
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A Poem for Jane Goodall
'Without hope, all is lost' - Jane Goodall
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October 2, 2025 at 11:03 AM
In the Poetry & Purpose Community I send out a 'Long Weekend of Writing Sanctuary Newsletter' so everyone can create their own writing sanctuary at home. Also they get a weekly newsletter, poems, writing prompts, twice yearly workshops, & quarterly magazine.
kellylouisemarshall.substack.com
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September 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
In the Poetry & Purpose Community I send out a 'Long Weekend of Writing Sanctuary Newsletter' so everyone can create their own writing sanctuary at home. Also they get a weekly newsletter, poems, writing prompts, twice yearly workshops, & quarterly magazine.
kellylouisemarshall.substack.com
kellylouisemarshall.substack.com
Reposted by Kelly Louise Marshall
The Poetry of John Lennon
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#artist #art #poetry #music #johnlennon #thebeatles
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The Poetry of John Lennon
Here's Johnny! Lennon's 1971 anthem 'Imagine' examined here by Kelly Louise Marshall, editor of Poetry & Purpose Magazine.
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September 22, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The Poetry of John Lennon
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#artist #art #poetry #music #johnlennon #thebeatles
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#artist #art #poetry #music #johnlennon #thebeatles
My latest essay, about how music and poetry intersect in the life of a poet. #art #music #poetry #artist #writer #poet #mayaangelou #booksy kellylouisemarshall.substack.com/p/poetry-and...
Poetry & Music - Two Intersecting Worlds
'Music was my refuge. I would crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness. - Maya Angelou (I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, 1969, Random House)
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September 19, 2025 at 1:47 PM
My latest essay, about how music and poetry intersect in the life of a poet. #art #music #poetry #artist #writer #poet #mayaangelou #booksy kellylouisemarshall.substack.com/p/poetry-and...