Laura McKee
@lauramckee.bsky.social
She/her
poetry: The Poetry Review, fourteen poems, Propel.
A winner in Cafe Writers Competition, Guernsey Lit. Shortlisted in Bridport, Rialto Nature & Place. Pamphlet take care of your hooves darling Against the Grain Press.
Wild flowers and photography.
poetry: The Poetry Review, fourteen poems, Propel.
A winner in Cafe Writers Competition, Guernsey Lit. Shortlisted in Bridport, Rialto Nature & Place. Pamphlet take care of your hooves darling Against the Grain Press.
Wild flowers and photography.
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3 Cornered Leek and Thrift from Polperro, Cornwall today for #wildflowerhour
Allium triquetrum
Armeria maritima
Allium triquetrum
Armeria maritima
November 16, 2025 at 8:17 PM
3 Cornered Leek and Thrift from Polperro, Cornwall today for #wildflowerhour
Allium triquetrum
Armeria maritima
Allium triquetrum
Armeria maritima
Holly on rainy day heathland for #WildflowerHour
November 16, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Holly on rainy day heathland for #WildflowerHour
Haven’t seen this before but think it’s Shaggy Soldier (classic silly wildflower name lol). #WildflowerHour
November 16, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Haven’t seen this before but think it’s Shaggy Soldier (classic silly wildflower name lol). #WildflowerHour
One or two little flowers seen of red dead nettle #WildflowerHour
November 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM
One or two little flowers seen of red dead nettle #WildflowerHour
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Closes today. Don't miss out!
The 2026 International Book & Pamphlet Competition and the 2026 New Poets Prize are closing for entries TOMORROW!
Enter your poems for a chance to have your pamphlet published by Smith|Doorstop 📚
Deadline 16 November 2025
Enter on our website: poetrybusiness.co.uk/competitions/
Enter your poems for a chance to have your pamphlet published by Smith|Doorstop 📚
Deadline 16 November 2025
Enter on our website: poetrybusiness.co.uk/competitions/
November 16, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Closes today. Don't miss out!
Not a gravestone but a delightful little tribute stone to William Morris found today after a little bit of searching involving fog, rain, mud, pavementless roads, and clambering over railings. I was about to give up and was strolling on wistfully, pretending I had a big beard, when I found it!
November 15, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Not a gravestone but a delightful little tribute stone to William Morris found today after a little bit of searching involving fog, rain, mud, pavementless roads, and clambering over railings. I was about to give up and was strolling on wistfully, pretending I had a big beard, when I found it!
Wouldn’t the starting point for a defamation claim be oh idk having a good character to be defamed?
November 15, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Wouldn’t the starting point for a defamation claim be oh idk having a good character to be defamed?
Shall I compare me to a foggy day.
November 15, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Shall I compare me to a foggy day.
Flowers outside the library in the constant rains of Storm Claudia today. 💕
November 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Flowers outside the library in the constant rains of Storm Claudia today. 💕
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🖼️ The Wind, Christina Rossetti.
November 14, 2025 at 9:34 AM
🖼️ The Wind, Christina Rossetti.
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The recording of the online book launch held for The Banquet by Stav Poleg, hosted by Leo Boix, is up on our YouTube now! Click below to watch: ⬇️
youtu.be/KcCojwSJBLw
youtu.be/KcCojwSJBLw
Stav Poleg: The Banquet Book Launch
YouTube video by Carcanet Press
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November 13, 2025 at 10:54 AM
The recording of the online book launch held for The Banquet by Stav Poleg, hosted by Leo Boix, is up on our YouTube now! Click below to watch: ⬇️
youtu.be/KcCojwSJBLw
youtu.be/KcCojwSJBLw
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'My jelly legs are off the couch
by grace of Prozac. Four months indoors
and the neighbourhood is treason.'
From our sold-out issue 18 (autumn/winter 2024) -- poetry by Vasiliki Albedo ⭐
@minorroarr.bsky.social
bansheepress.org/read/the-sta...
by grace of Prozac. Four months indoors
and the neighbourhood is treason.'
From our sold-out issue 18 (autumn/winter 2024) -- poetry by Vasiliki Albedo ⭐
@minorroarr.bsky.social
bansheepress.org/read/the-sta...
‘The Stars’ by Vasiliki Albedo — Banshee Press
My jelly legs are off the couch by grace of Prozac. Four months indoors and the neighbourhood is treason. Despite the heat, I find myself in the once empty lot, where my cousins pitched the…
bansheepress.org
November 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
'My jelly legs are off the couch
by grace of Prozac. Four months indoors
and the neighbourhood is treason.'
From our sold-out issue 18 (autumn/winter 2024) -- poetry by Vasiliki Albedo ⭐
@minorroarr.bsky.social
bansheepress.org/read/the-sta...
by grace of Prozac. Four months indoors
and the neighbourhood is treason.'
From our sold-out issue 18 (autumn/winter 2024) -- poetry by Vasiliki Albedo ⭐
@minorroarr.bsky.social
bansheepress.org/read/the-sta...
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Patch of Blue – John Coburn @johncoburn.bsky.social
Patch of Blue – John Coburn
Patch of Blue . . John Coburn is an Anglo-Irish poet living in London. He has been published in A New Ulster, the Black Nore Review, the Sunday Independent and the Poet’s Yearbook Autumn Anthology…
atriumpoetry.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Patch of Blue – John Coburn @johncoburn.bsky.social
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Andy Humphrey's poem is resplendent in sensuous autumnal description and dark fairytale transformation.
Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/andy-humphrey/
#InkSweatandTears #Poetry #Autumn
Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/andy-humphrey/
#InkSweatandTears #Poetry #Autumn
November 14, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Andy Humphrey's poem is resplendent in sensuous autumnal description and dark fairytale transformation.
Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/andy-humphrey/
#InkSweatandTears #Poetry #Autumn
Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/andy-humphrey/
#InkSweatandTears #Poetry #Autumn
In one of life's odd coincidences I was researching 18th / 19th Century LGBTQ women poets for a Poetry School course and decided to write a poem for Amy Levy who I had only then stumbled across for the first time.
November 13, 2025 at 2:42 PM
In one of life's odd coincidences I was researching 18th / 19th Century LGBTQ women poets for a Poetry School course and decided to write a poem for Amy Levy who I had only then stumbled across for the first time.
Reposted by Laura McKee
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I think Snakeskin Poetry Magazine is the longest running online poetry magazine in the world. The December edition (out on Dec 1st) will celebrate its 30-year anniversary. I suspect to be considered for this edition you’d need to submit in the next week or so.
November 13, 2025 at 10:19 AM
I think Snakeskin Poetry Magazine is the longest running online poetry magazine in the world. The December edition (out on Dec 1st) will celebrate its 30-year anniversary. I suspect to be considered for this edition you’d need to submit in the next week or so.
I just love that this happened on a miniature railway.
November 13, 2025 at 10:19 AM
I just love that this happened on a miniature railway.
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snakeskinpoetry.co.uk is celebrating its 30-year anniversary in Dec. Submit a poem. George (Editor) wants to celebrate poets he's published and new ones. @matthewepaul.bsky.social @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social @roguestrands.bsky.social @lauramckee.bsky.social @matriches.bsky.social
This site is marginally nicer when viewed with a browser that can handle frames.
snakeskinpoetry.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 10:11 AM
snakeskinpoetry.co.uk is celebrating its 30-year anniversary in Dec. Submit a poem. George (Editor) wants to celebrate poets he's published and new ones. @matthewepaul.bsky.social @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social @roguestrands.bsky.social @lauramckee.bsky.social @matriches.bsky.social
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Francesca Albanese: Why I'm accusing 63 nations of complicity in the Gaza genocide - https://www.middleeasteye.net/video/francesca-albanese-why-63-nations-complicit-gaza-genocide
Francesca Albanese: Why I'm accusing 63 nations of complicity in the Gaza genocide
The UN’s top expert on Palestine accuses UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer of ‘enabling genocide’ in Gaza and calls out Germany and Italy for blocking EU action on Israel
www.middleeasteye.net
November 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Francesca Albanese: Why I'm accusing 63 nations of complicity in the Gaza genocide - https://www.middleeasteye.net/video/francesca-albanese-why-63-nations-complicit-gaza-genocide
Any good poetry magazines in print still going strong?
November 12, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Any good poetry magazines in print still going strong?