Olga Dermott-Bond
@olgapoet.bsky.social
Poet - debut full collection ‘Frieze’ out now with Nine Arches Press. Managing editor of Irish poetry journal Dodging the Rain.
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So pleased you enjoyed this gem, James, and thank you for reading @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social @olgapoet.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday
‘I eventually pretended I could see the solitary wild thing, just so we could at last drive on, trundling through dust and grandeur of the Masai Mara in our rusty van.’
A superbly written micro from @olgapoet.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social 🐆
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A superbly written micro from @olgapoet.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social 🐆
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MicroMonday #31
Hidden Leopard by Olga Dermott-Bond Driving back from work today I remembered a time, long ago, I couldn’t see the leopard right in front of me. I was a student backpacker, unprepared for saf…
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November 14, 2025 at 11:16 AM
So pleased you enjoyed this gem, James, and thank you for reading @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social @olgapoet.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday
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This is superb, Olga! 👏
November 11, 2025 at 6:36 PM
This is superb, Olga! 👏
My Monday had been brightened by this! Thank you to @fictivedream.bsky.social #fkashfiction #microfiction #amwriting @ninearchespress.bsky.social
ICYMI today we're thrilled to be featuring Hidden Leopard by Olga Dermott-Bond @olgapoet.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/11/10/m...
November 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
My Monday had been brightened by this! Thank you to @fictivedream.bsky.social #fkashfiction #microfiction #amwriting @ninearchespress.bsky.social
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"How did we ever sleep with just a tender sliver of cloth between our warm sweet breathing and the jaws on the other side?" Hidden Leopard by Olga Dermott-Bond @olgapoet.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/11/10/m...
November 10, 2025 at 11:21 AM
"How did we ever sleep with just a tender sliver of cloth between our warm sweet breathing and the jaws on the other side?" Hidden Leopard by Olga Dermott-Bond @olgapoet.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/11/10/m...
‘We barter with the dark / to borrow an hour’ @ninearchespress.bsky.social would recommend this stunning collection by Gregory Leadbetter that takes me to a beautiful liminal space 🍁🍂🍁🍂 #poetry #time #autumn
October 26, 2025 at 6:46 AM
‘We barter with the dark / to borrow an hour’ @ninearchespress.bsky.social would recommend this stunning collection by Gregory Leadbetter that takes me to a beautiful liminal space 🍁🍂🍁🍂 #poetry #time #autumn
Sharing some poetic inspiration for this year’s National poetry competition 📚
October 18, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Sharing some poetic inspiration for this year’s National poetry competition 📚
Delighted to be taking part in the twin cities poetry night! 💚#poetry #ireland #coventry #community @ninearchespress.bsky.social
August 6, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Delighted to be taking part in the twin cities poetry night! 💚#poetry #ireland #coventry #community @ninearchespress.bsky.social
Exceptional collection by Natalie Whittaker -The Point Is You Are Alive 💚@brokensleepbooks.bsky.social
July 31, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Exceptional collection by Natalie Whittaker -The Point Is You Are Alive 💚@brokensleepbooks.bsky.social
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Heartfelt thanks to @poetrypharmacy.bsky.social for choosing a gorgeous array of Nine Arches poets to fill the pages of these beautiful anthologies, with poems by @isobeldixon.bsky.social @olgapoet.bsky.social @wendypratt.bsky.social @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social @tomsastry.bsky.social & others 🧡
June 25, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Heartfelt thanks to @poetrypharmacy.bsky.social for choosing a gorgeous array of Nine Arches poets to fill the pages of these beautiful anthologies, with poems by @isobeldixon.bsky.social @olgapoet.bsky.social @wendypratt.bsky.social @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social @tomsastry.bsky.social & others 🧡
A delight to be guest poet at Ver poets last Friday, with Sue Wallace - Shaddad, reading from my collection Frieze, along with many new poems! @ninearchespress.bsky.social #poetry #poetrycommunity #reading
June 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
A delight to be guest poet at Ver poets last Friday, with Sue Wallace - Shaddad, reading from my collection Frieze, along with many new poems! @ninearchespress.bsky.social #poetry #poetrycommunity #reading
www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/06/june... I haven’t written flash fiction for a while so really lovely to be on such a prestigious long list! #flashfiction #competition #amwriting
June 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM
www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/06/june... I haven’t written flash fiction for a while so really lovely to be on such a prestigious long list! #flashfiction #competition #amwriting
June 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/06/june... I haven’t written flash fiction for a while so really lovely to be on such a prestigious long list! #flashfiction #competition #amwriting
A bit is seasonal cheer… thanks to the wonderful @candlestickpress.bsky.social !
The results are in! Congratulations to all the winners and shortlisted poets in our Christmas Tree competition: www.candlestickpress.co.uk/competitions/
June 11, 2025 at 10:10 AM
A bit is seasonal cheer… thanks to the wonderful @candlestickpress.bsky.social !
Floating on air today, after being part of the Strokestown Festival and winning the International poetry competition judged by Jane Clarke! Congratulations to all shortlisted poets and thanks to organisers! 💚☘️ #poetry #Ireland #writingcommunity #competition
May 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Floating on air today, after being part of the Strokestown Festival and winning the International poetry competition judged by Jane Clarke! Congratulations to all shortlisted poets and thanks to organisers! 💚☘️ #poetry #Ireland #writingcommunity #competition
So pleased to be part of the launch of this beautiful anthology! X this evening
New! Ten Poems for Wellbeing, edited by Vanessa Lampert - thoughtful poems offering moments of pleasure in uncomplicated things: www.candlestickpress.co.uk/pamphlet/ten...
April 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
So pleased to be part of the launch of this beautiful anthology! X this evening
Lovely to visit the wonderful poetry pharmacy in Oxford Street yesterday: beautiful cafe, books and poetry medicine! #poetry #cafe #london #books @poetrypharmacy.bsky.social
April 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Lovely to visit the wonderful poetry pharmacy in Oxford Street yesterday: beautiful cafe, books and poetry medicine! #poetry #cafe #london #books @poetrypharmacy.bsky.social
So delighted to be part of this very special anthology x
#PublicationDay! #ToLaySunIntoAForest Congratulations to all involved in this stunning anthology of poems. ❤️
#PublicationDay! #ToLaySunIntoAForest is out today. Please find out how to order this book here: sidhe-press.eu/books/to-lay... #Poems #Grief #CNF #Loss
All proceeds go to The Sameer Project, please share!
All proceeds go to The Sameer Project, please share!
April 22, 2025 at 9:13 AM
So delighted to be part of this very special anthology x
Just got my tickets for the wonderful Welshpool poetry festival! Can’t wait! The friendliest festival in Wales and the World, organised by the wonderful Pat Edwards ❤️ #poetry #festival #wales #poetrycommunity @poetrypharmacy.bsky.social
April 17, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Just got my tickets for the wonderful Welshpool poetry festival! Can’t wait! The friendliest festival in Wales and the World, organised by the wonderful Pat Edwards ❤️ #poetry #festival #wales #poetrycommunity @poetrypharmacy.bsky.social
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For this weekend only, I've decided that #SycamoreSunday should be a thing – and if that's your thing, you might enjoy my poem 'Sycamore's Prayer', just published by the marvellous @atriumpoetry.bsky.social. 🌱🙏🌿 Here it is, in case you missed it the first time:
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Sycamore’s Prayer – Sarah Doyle
Sycamore’s Prayer .. .. Sarah Doyle is the Pre-Raphaelite Society’s Poet-in-Residence. She is widely published and has won several poetry competitions, being placed in many more. Sarah’s second pam…
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April 13, 2025 at 10:05 AM
For this weekend only, I've decided that #SycamoreSunday should be a thing – and if that's your thing, you might enjoy my poem 'Sycamore's Prayer', just published by the marvellous @atriumpoetry.bsky.social. 🌱🙏🌿 Here it is, in case you missed it the first time:
atriumpoetry.com/2025/04/11/s...
atriumpoetry.com/2025/04/11/s...
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Come along and join me! @coffinworks.bsky.social @writingwestmids.bsky.social #poetry #workshop #writingcommunity
April 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Come along and join me! @coffinworks.bsky.social @writingwestmids.bsky.social #poetry #workshop #writingcommunity
Delighted to be part of the wholesome poetry revolution, led by the wondrous @poetrypharmacy.bsky.social - what a thrill to be included in this beautiful anthology ‘becoming’ 🧡🧡🧡
April 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Delighted to be part of the wholesome poetry revolution, led by the wondrous @poetrypharmacy.bsky.social - what a thrill to be included in this beautiful anthology ‘becoming’ 🧡🧡🧡
☘️Absolutely delighted to be one of shortlisted poets in this year’s Strokestown International Poetry Prize. Looking forward to being part of the Festival💚 ☘️ #poetry #competition #writing #ireland #festival
April 5, 2025 at 8:39 AM
☘️Absolutely delighted to be one of shortlisted poets in this year’s Strokestown International Poetry Prize. Looking forward to being part of the Festival💚 ☘️ #poetry #competition #writing #ireland #festival
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On Collecting Every Whisker Lost by Every Cat in the World – Laura Strickland @l-strickland.bsky.social
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On Collecting Every Whisker Lost by Every Cat in the World – Laura Strickland
On Collecting Every Whisker Lost by Every Cat in the World .. .. Laura Strickland is a carer from Yorkshire. Her work has appeared in The North, Ink, Sweat and Tears, Dreamcatcher, Northern Gravy, …
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April 4, 2025 at 7:05 AM
On Collecting Every Whisker Lost by Every Cat in the World – Laura Strickland @l-strickland.bsky.social
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Hurray for Ian McMillan and his stalwart support - here he shares a favourite poem, chosen from Life expectancy begins to fall by @tomsastry.bsky.social
Pick up your copy of these poems of 'hope in impossible times':
ninearchespress.com/publications...
Pick up your copy of these poems of 'hope in impossible times':
ninearchespress.com/publications...
April 2, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Hurray for Ian McMillan and his stalwart support - here he shares a favourite poem, chosen from Life expectancy begins to fall by @tomsastry.bsky.social
Pick up your copy of these poems of 'hope in impossible times':
ninearchespress.com/publications...
Pick up your copy of these poems of 'hope in impossible times':
ninearchespress.com/publications...
Come along and join me! @coffinworks.bsky.social @writingwestmids.bsky.social #poetry #workshop #writingcommunity
April 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Come along and join me! @coffinworks.bsky.social @writingwestmids.bsky.social #poetry #workshop #writingcommunity