Margaret Royall
@meggiepoet.bsky.social
Poet, author, tutor, 7 books, cat lover, visiting art galleries and museums, choir, bookclub, countryside, photography, Indian food, Francophile, travel
Pretty bookmark design for my forthcoming poetry pamphlet Hemlock & Honey, painted by my dear artist friend Marian Williamson
May 17, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Pretty bookmark design for my forthcoming poetry pamphlet Hemlock & Honey, painted by my dear artist friend Marian Williamson
My clematis round the cottage door is now in full bloom, a wonderful sight!
May 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
My clematis round the cottage door is now in full bloom, a wonderful sight!
Visit to Southwell to the Archbishop’s Palace and gardens recently. First real sunshine and blue sky.
April 21, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Visit to Southwell to the Archbishop’s Palace and gardens recently. First real sunshine and blue sky.
Lovely catch with daughter at the weekend, great to send time together again in Southwell!
April 7, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Lovely catch with daughter at the weekend, great to send time together again in Southwell!
📚Pre orders coming soon! My latest pamphlet Hemlock & Honey from #HedgehogPress is on its way. Discord & harmony, trauma and recovery, life’s peaks and troughs.
Watch this space.
Watch this space.
March 23, 2025 at 10:15 AM
📚Pre orders coming soon! My latest pamphlet Hemlock & Honey from #HedgehogPress is on its way. Discord & harmony, trauma and recovery, life’s peaks and troughs.
Watch this space.
Watch this space.
Lunch with friends from uni days in the opulence of the George at Stamford in the beautiful Garden Room yesterday. Great catch up, great food.
March 19, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Lunch with friends from uni days in the opulence of the George at Stamford in the beautiful Garden Room yesterday. Great catch up, great food.
Courtyard glory to come. Collage photo of clematis in bloom, bluebells and wildflowers from a few years back. Looking forward to April/May’s bounty
March 14, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Courtyard glory to come. Collage photo of clematis in bloom, bluebells and wildflowers from a few years back. Looking forward to April/May’s bounty
My very 1st poetry collection from 2017, published independently under pen name Jessica de Guyat ( old family names ). Available on Amazon, Kindle edition
currently £1.99
currently £1.99
March 13, 2025 at 10:47 AM
My very 1st poetry collection from 2017, published independently under pen name Jessica de Guyat ( old family names ). Available on Amazon, Kindle edition
currently £1.99
currently £1.99
My @TopTweetTuesday offering yesterday
March 12, 2025 at 1:14 PM
My @TopTweetTuesday offering yesterday
Sunny day at Easton Walled Gardens yesterday. Captured a photo of a sleepy bee on a flower. Spring is on the way at last!
March 3, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Sunny day at Easton Walled Gardens yesterday. Captured a photo of a sleepy bee on a flower. Spring is on the way at last!
Mother and son time. Delicious French food with my son recently in La Parisienne Bistrot, Southwell. He enjoyed his bouillabaisse and my tartiflette savoyarde was similarly delicious. Preparing for our trip to Limoux, France in June.
February 27, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Mother and son time. Delicious French food with my son recently in La Parisienne Bistrot, Southwell. He enjoyed his bouillabaisse and my tartiflette savoyarde was similarly delicious. Preparing for our trip to Limoux, France in June.
Snowdrop glory in local churchyard yesterday along with poems, photos, myths and anecdotes along the trail. Tea and cake in church was very welcome in the bitter cold too!
February 17, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Snowdrop glory in local churchyard yesterday along with poems, photos, myths and anecdotes along the trail. Tea and cake in church was very welcome in the bitter cold too!
📚An endorsement of my new poetry pamphlet from #HedgehogPress, Hemlock and Honey. Pre-orders announced soon. Read more on my website
Margaretroyall.com/hemlock-and-honey
Margaretroyall.com/hemlock-and-honey
February 11, 2025 at 12:18 PM
📚An endorsement of my new poetry pamphlet from #HedgehogPress, Hemlock and Honey. Pre-orders announced soon. Read more on my website
Margaretroyall.com/hemlock-and-honey
Margaretroyall.com/hemlock-and-honey
📚 Looking forward to pre-orders opening for my new pamphlet ‘Hemlock & Honey’ from #HedgehogPress
The theme is Discord and Harmony and contains a number of ( modern) sonnets as well as free verse and poetic prose. Here is a taster to whet the appetite!
📚
margaretroyall.com/hemlock-and-...
The theme is Discord and Harmony and contains a number of ( modern) sonnets as well as free verse and poetic prose. Here is a taster to whet the appetite!
📚
margaretroyall.com/hemlock-and-...
February 9, 2025 at 12:42 PM
📚 Looking forward to pre-orders opening for my new pamphlet ‘Hemlock & Honey’ from #HedgehogPress
The theme is Discord and Harmony and contains a number of ( modern) sonnets as well as free verse and poetic prose. Here is a taster to whet the appetite!
📚
margaretroyall.com/hemlock-and-...
The theme is Discord and Harmony and contains a number of ( modern) sonnets as well as free verse and poetic prose. Here is a taster to whet the appetite!
📚
margaretroyall.com/hemlock-and-...
First snowdrops appearing. Hope that spring is on its way
February 4, 2025 at 12:11 PM
First snowdrops appearing. Hope that spring is on its way
It’s February, the Celtic quarter-point festival of Imbolc, St Brigid, Candlemas, return of the light. Snowdrops are appearing, the days are getting longer. Here’s one of my poems for Spring.
February 3, 2025 at 12:43 PM
It’s February, the Celtic quarter-point festival of Imbolc, St Brigid, Candlemas, return of the light. Snowdrops are appearing, the days are getting longer. Here’s one of my poems for Spring.
📚 New release! Delighted to showcase my new poetry book with its mystical cover. ‘Hemlock and Honey’ due out
in March (from HedgehogPress)
in March (from HedgehogPress)
February 1, 2025 at 11:06 AM
📚 New release! Delighted to showcase my new poetry book with its mystical cover. ‘Hemlock and Honey’ due out
in March (from HedgehogPress)
in March (from HedgehogPress)
📚 Yay! cover reveal for my forthcoming pamphlet Hemlock and Honey from #HedgehogPoetryPress, due out in March. More info to follow
January 26, 2025 at 10:49 AM
📚 Yay! cover reveal for my forthcoming pamphlet Hemlock and Honey from #HedgehogPoetryPress, due out in March. More info to follow
Looking forward to my 12th visit to beautiful Iona in May for the annual Creative Writing retreat with Angela Locke. I shall be teaching some afternoon classes again in this magical place. Can’t wait!
January 25, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Looking forward to my 12th visit to beautiful Iona in May for the annual Creative Writing retreat with Angela Locke. I shall be teaching some afternoon classes again in this magical place. Can’t wait!
My @TopTweetTuesday poem this week. Fond childhood memories to my great aunts 2-up-2down cottage, now a Tesco’s!
January 23, 2025 at 11:14 AM
My @TopTweetTuesday poem this week. Fond childhood memories to my great aunts 2-up-2down cottage, now a Tesco’s!
📚What a beautiful anthology from my local Writers Live group plus a Lincoln group,just out this week. I am delighted to have 3 poems in here. I have copies to sell, if anyone is interested - £5 plus p&p. Please DM me for details
January 16, 2025 at 11:49 AM
📚What a beautiful anthology from my local Writers Live group plus a Lincoln group,just out this week. I am delighted to have 3 poems in here. I have copies to sell, if anyone is interested - £5 plus p&p. Please DM me for details
Great open mic evening last night with the Black Bough community.
Talented poets read amazing work. I read 2 poems from my recently published books on the theme of Myth. Here is another mythical one published by Indigo Dreams entitled ‘Penelope returns’
Talented poets read amazing work. I read 2 poems from my recently published books on the theme of Myth. Here is another mythical one published by Indigo Dreams entitled ‘Penelope returns’
January 13, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Great open mic evening last night with the Black Bough community.
Talented poets read amazing work. I read 2 poems from my recently published books on the theme of Myth. Here is another mythical one published by Indigo Dreams entitled ‘Penelope returns’
Talented poets read amazing work. I read 2 poems from my recently published books on the theme of Myth. Here is another mythical one published by Indigo Dreams entitled ‘Penelope returns’
A gift of alstromera with my latest poetry books alongside. Prepping for my stint as host @TopTweetTuesday this week. I’ll be reading & reviewing your #imagistic
Poems on Myth. Wish me luck, it’s quite a marathon!
Poems on Myth. Wish me luck, it’s quite a marathon!
January 12, 2025 at 12:36 PM
A gift of alstromera with my latest poetry books alongside. Prepping for my stint as host @TopTweetTuesday this week. I’ll be reading & reviewing your #imagistic
Poems on Myth. Wish me luck, it’s quite a marathon!
Poems on Myth. Wish me luck, it’s quite a marathon!
📚Prepping to host @TopTweetTuesday next week,Tues 14th. The theme for your imagistic poems is Myths. Please visit the site for full brief. I shall be reading & reviewing. Good luck, everyone! Wish me luck too. These sessions require great stamina and lots of coffee along the way!
January 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
📚Prepping to host @TopTweetTuesday next week,Tues 14th. The theme for your imagistic poems is Myths. Please visit the site for full brief. I shall be reading & reviewing. Good luck, everyone! Wish me luck too. These sessions require great stamina and lots of coffee along the way!
An acrostic poem for January
January 7, 2025 at 12:22 PM
An acrostic poem for January