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.
‘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
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 7:12 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
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
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
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
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
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
Loving this poem in the Poetry Review by Caroline Smith ❤️ @poetrysociety.bsky.social @ninearchespress.bsky.social
March 30, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Loving this poem in the Poetry Review by Caroline Smith ❤️ @poetrysociety.bsky.social @ninearchespress.bsky.social
the-coffin-works.arttickets.org.uk/the-coffin-w... delighted to be leading a creative writing workshop next month at the wonderful coffin works in Birmingham! #poetry #creative #museum
March 22, 2025 at 12:38 PM
the-coffin-works.arttickets.org.uk/the-coffin-w... delighted to be leading a creative writing workshop next month at the wonderful coffin works in Birmingham! #poetry #creative #museum
Delighted to have a poem about my old school bus in this anthology ‘Poetry in Motion’ #bus #publictransoort #poetry #university #schooldays
March 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Delighted to have a poem about my old school bus in this anthology ‘Poetry in Motion’ #bus #publictransoort #poetry #university #schooldays
Delightful morning sharing poems from ‘Frieze’ in Cannock library 🫖🍰📖 #poetry #libraries
March 8, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Delightful morning sharing poems from ‘Frieze’ in Cannock library 🫖🍰📖 #poetry #libraries
Delighted to have a poem in Gutter alongside so many amazing writers. #poetry #scotland #poetrycommunity #magazine #writing
February 15, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Delighted to have a poem in Gutter alongside so many amazing writers. #poetry #scotland #poetrycommunity #magazine #writing
January 27, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Frosty here, so have spent all day in bed editing poems. Need to lie down now… #poems #poetrycommunity
January 11, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Frosty here, so have spent all day in bed editing poems. Need to lie down now… #poems #poetrycommunity
As poet in residence at the Coffin Works Museum it was great to start the new year with a trip to my wee writing room! #poetry #museum #poetrycommunity #history #Victorians
January 4, 2025 at 7:50 AM
As poet in residence at the Coffin Works Museum it was great to start the new year with a trip to my wee writing room! #poetry #museum #poetrycommunity #history #Victorians
You can watch me read my unusually cheerful poem ‘On falling in love with the world of washing Facebook group’ here - inspired by the theme of togetherness. www.instagram.com/reel/DDyu2vV...
December 20, 2024 at 8:21 AM
You can watch me read my unusually cheerful poem ‘On falling in love with the world of washing Facebook group’ here - inspired by the theme of togetherness. www.instagram.com/reel/DDyu2vV...
Delighted to have my poem ‘Break Out Room’ included in this beautiful volume of Gypsophilia. #poetry #poetrycommunity gypsophilazine.com/v3-i5-cybern...
December 6, 2024 at 7:09 AM
Delighted to have my poem ‘Break Out Room’ included in this beautiful volume of Gypsophilia. #poetry #poetrycommunity gypsophilazine.com/v3-i5-cybern...
An inspiring day of poetry and togetherness at Southwark Cathedral yesterday- poetry as a source of light in these dark days. Thanks to the esteemed judges for choosing my poem as highly commended. #poetry #togetherness
December 1, 2024 at 7:46 AM
An inspiring day of poetry and togetherness at Southwark Cathedral yesterday- poetry as a source of light in these dark days. Thanks to the esteemed judges for choosing my poem as highly commended. #poetry #togetherness
Many delights of folk art at Compton Verney this afternoon. Special suffragette exhibition too, with beautiful artefacts #art #inspiration #museum #poetry
November 24, 2024 at 5:25 PM
Many delights of folk art at Compton Verney this afternoon. Special suffragette exhibition too, with beautiful artefacts #art #inspiration #museum #poetry
You can submit your Xmas poems now! dodgingtherain.com/2018/12/06/d...
November 21, 2024 at 9:07 AM
You can submit your Xmas poems now! dodgingtherain.com/2018/12/06/d...