Lucy Heuschen (she/her)
@petitecreature1.bsky.social
Poet ~ Nominated for Pushcart and Forwards (Best 1st Collection) ~ Pamphlets with Hedgehog & The Broken Spine ~ Commended in Poetry Society Stanza Comp 2024 ~ First Collection "Daughter of Fire" out now with Yaffle Press! ~ www.lucyheuschen.co.uk
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Welcome to the personal website of the poet Lucy Heuschen!
www.lucyheuschen.co.uk
My personal poetry website has a fresh new look and info about my forthcoming debut collection! Signed copies of Daughter of Fire available here from 13th April! #PoetsOnBluesky #PoetrySky www.lucyheuschen.co.uk
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There are many, but my personal, current faves are Gavin Yuan Gao's At the Altar of Touch and @petitecreature1.bsky.social 's Daughter of Fire
🚨🚨🚨The Final Countdown🚨🚨🚨
Support Poets, Presses, Give Gift Ideas to Fellow Poetics.
What collections/anthologies/pamphlets, chapbooks/zines would you recommend as a Christmas Gift?
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Support Poets, Presses, Give Gift Ideas to Fellow Poetics.
What collections/anthologies/pamphlets, chapbooks/zines would you recommend as a Christmas Gift?
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November 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
There are many, but my personal, current faves are Gavin Yuan Gao's At the Altar of Touch and @petitecreature1.bsky.social 's Daughter of Fire
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Send me your poems !
Be brave with your words, see what happens… 💕
Be brave with your words, see what happens… 💕
November 19, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Send me your poems !
Be brave with your words, see what happens… 💕
Be brave with your words, see what happens… 💕
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🎁 Christmas is coming, and if you need gift inspiration, how about a ticket to our WARS OF THE ROSES online course, which runs in January. A few hundred joined us earlier this year our Tudors course so we are expecting this one to sell fast once we begin properly promoting.
November 4, 2025 at 4:59 PM
🎁 Christmas is coming, and if you need gift inspiration, how about a ticket to our WARS OF THE ROSES online course, which runs in January. A few hundred joined us earlier this year our Tudors course so we are expecting this one to sell fast once we begin properly promoting.
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⏬️ In Brighton and Coventry this week. Go see it! ⏬️
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Theatre play that's being presented across some UK towns.
In Aug 1976, a group of migrant workers led by Jayaben Desai walked out of the Grunwick Film Processing Lab near Willesden, London.
Standing up to #racism, low pay and workers rights. Big impact on social change.
Theatre play that's being presented across some UK towns.
In Aug 1976, a group of migrant workers led by Jayaben Desai walked out of the Grunwick Film Processing Lab near Willesden, London.
Standing up to #racism, low pay and workers rights. Big impact on social change.
'We Are The Lions, Mr Manager' - sound bites from writer Neil Gore and actress Rukmin Sircar
YouTube video by curvetheatre
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November 3, 2025 at 9:04 PM
⏬️ In Brighton and Coventry this week. Go see it! ⏬️
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Delighted to have a poem in the new issue of The Interpreter's House alongside @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social and @moette.bsky.social!
My piece 'Fourpence', narrated by the women of Whitechapel during the time of Jack the Ripper, can be read here:
theinterpretershouse.org/hainsworth-84
My piece 'Fourpence', narrated by the women of Whitechapel during the time of Jack the Ripper, can be read here:
theinterpretershouse.org/hainsworth-84
Hainsworth 84 — The Interpreter's House
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November 2, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Delighted to have a poem in the new issue of The Interpreter's House alongside @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social and @moette.bsky.social!
My piece 'Fourpence', narrated by the women of Whitechapel during the time of Jack the Ripper, can be read here:
theinterpretershouse.org/hainsworth-84
My piece 'Fourpence', narrated by the women of Whitechapel during the time of Jack the Ripper, can be read here:
theinterpretershouse.org/hainsworth-84
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Tonnie Richmond explores the tainted love of one of our greatest writers today.
Tonnie Richmond – “Sonnet for Emma”
Sonnet for Emma I’m reading Thomas Hardy’s poems once more, the ones he wrote about his long-dead wife, regretting all the little cruelties and barbs that he inflicted on her, all her life. For after all that time, a new wife wed, there still resided in his core a hole, a nagging hunger, unrequited love for Emma, lodged forever in his soul.
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November 3, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Tonnie Richmond explores the tainted love of one of our greatest writers today.
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🔥 Launch Day 🔥
Trilogy: wife:widow:witch by @katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social — fierce, feminine, & fateful.
Out now.
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#PoetryCommunity #BookLaunch #NewPoetry
Trilogy: wife:widow:witch by @katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social — fierce, feminine, & fateful.
Out now.
amzn.eu/d/6Vi9RPW
#PoetryCommunity #BookLaunch #NewPoetry
Trilogy: wife:widow:witch
Buy Trilogy: wife:widow:witch by Jenkins, Katie, Parry, Alan (ISBN: 9798270645670) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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October 31, 2025 at 7:38 AM
🔥 Launch Day 🔥
Trilogy: wife:widow:witch by @katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social — fierce, feminine, & fateful.
Out now.
amzn.eu/d/6Vi9RPW
#PoetryCommunity #BookLaunch #NewPoetry
Trilogy: wife:widow:witch by @katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social — fierce, feminine, & fateful.
Out now.
amzn.eu/d/6Vi9RPW
#PoetryCommunity #BookLaunch #NewPoetry
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If you have an hour to spare on Saturday 25 Oct why not treat your ears to some of the best poetry going?
@hool415.bsky.social @meggiepoet.bsky.social
@saraswatinagpal.bsky.social @spiropoetry.bsky.social
@jahshabby.bsky.social & Katrina Moinet, Zooming free! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/last-satur...
@hool415.bsky.social @meggiepoet.bsky.social
@saraswatinagpal.bsky.social @spiropoetry.bsky.social
@jahshabby.bsky.social & Katrina Moinet, Zooming free! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/last-satur...
Last Saturday Poets : October
The Last Saturday Poetry salon is joined by Katrina Moinet, Margaret Royall, Barnaby Harsent, Saraswati Nagpal, Julian Cason and Sue Spiers
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October 22, 2025 at 6:53 AM
If you have an hour to spare on Saturday 25 Oct why not treat your ears to some of the best poetry going?
@hool415.bsky.social @meggiepoet.bsky.social
@saraswatinagpal.bsky.social @spiropoetry.bsky.social
@jahshabby.bsky.social & Katrina Moinet, Zooming free! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/last-satur...
@hool415.bsky.social @meggiepoet.bsky.social
@saraswatinagpal.bsky.social @spiropoetry.bsky.social
@jahshabby.bsky.social & Katrina Moinet, Zooming free! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/last-satur...
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We are getting ready for our Nov.8 #NotJustPretty zoom. Are You? Our features creatively face glass ceilings. #OpenMic priority: women who haven't yet read in this series @thebrokenspine.co.uk All welcome to listen. Info: bit.ly/499kkJk #WomenSupportWomen #WomenSpeakUp #WomenSpeakOut #CanYouHearUs
October 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
We are getting ready for our Nov.8 #NotJustPretty zoom. Are You? Our features creatively face glass ceilings. #OpenMic priority: women who haven't yet read in this series @thebrokenspine.co.uk All welcome to listen. Info: bit.ly/499kkJk #WomenSupportWomen #WomenSpeakUp #WomenSpeakOut #CanYouHearUs
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Flash UK Kindle sale for The Process of Poetry!
Just 2.99 for a book 37 readers have rated as 4.5 stars?!
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Just 2.99 for a book 37 readers have rated as 4.5 stars?!
www.amazon.co.uk/Process-Poet...
October 7, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Flash UK Kindle sale for The Process of Poetry!
Just 2.99 for a book 37 readers have rated as 4.5 stars?!
www.amazon.co.uk/Process-Poet...
Just 2.99 for a book 37 readers have rated as 4.5 stars?!
www.amazon.co.uk/Process-Poet...
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And this! Thank you @afterpoetry.com @markantonyowen.com again 😌❤️
**PUSHCART PRIZE NOMINEES ANNOUNCED**
Please join @afterpoetry.com in congratulating K Roberts, @corinnaboard.bsky.social, Suzi Feay, @arainbowpoet.bsky.social, Matt Cariello and @victoriaspires.bsky.social on their nominations for the next edition of the @pushcartprize.bsky.social.
Please join @afterpoetry.com in congratulating K Roberts, @corinnaboard.bsky.social, Suzi Feay, @arainbowpoet.bsky.social, Matt Cariello and @victoriaspires.bsky.social on their nominations for the next edition of the @pushcartprize.bsky.social.
October 6, 2025 at 6:01 AM
And this! Thank you @afterpoetry.com @markantonyowen.com again 😌❤️
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How many ways are there to say both WOW and thank you??? Being on these pages is an honor++++. More grateful than you will ever know. 🌩️🌨️⚡ bsky.app/profile/eatt...
October 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
How many ways are there to say both WOW and thank you??? Being on these pages is an honor++++. More grateful than you will ever know. 🌩️🌨️⚡ bsky.app/profile/eatt...
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I am honoured to be among those reading for this @thebrokenspine.co.uk event later this evening eventbrite.co.uk/e/notjustpre... a 90-minute online literary arts open mic amplifying women’s voices in poetry, performance & film. #poetrycommunity
#NotJustPretty: A Literary Arts Open Mic & Showcase
A 90-minute online literary arts open mic amplifying women’s voices in poetry, performance & film. Nine slots still open.
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October 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I am honoured to be among those reading for this @thebrokenspine.co.uk event later this evening eventbrite.co.uk/e/notjustpre... a 90-minute online literary arts open mic amplifying women’s voices in poetry, performance & film. #poetrycommunity
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Congratulations to Advanced Poetry Workshop alumni Lucy Heuschen whose debut poetry collection came out recently. Lucy was a student of John McCullough
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September 16, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Congratulations to Advanced Poetry Workshop alumni Lucy Heuschen whose debut poetry collection came out recently. Lucy was a student of John McCullough
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bit.ly/47Gpqw8
Tonight!
Seriously, we are on the countdown for this launch of #NotJustPretty, a 3-part #zoom gathering I host for #WomenPoetsArtistsWriters who break through stereotypes to reclaim themselves. 🌟🌟🌟
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October 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Tonight!
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Congratulations are also in order for our runners-up, Nairn Kennedy and Jack Houston, as well as our commended poets, Corinna Board, Lucy Heuschen, Katharina Goda, Sam Phipps, Leah Larwood, Will Kemp, Suzanna Fitzpatrick, C.I. Marshall, Di Slaney, and Jacquie Shanahan!
October 2, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Congratulations are also in order for our runners-up, Nairn Kennedy and Jack Houston, as well as our commended poets, Corinna Board, Lucy Heuschen, Katharina Goda, Sam Phipps, Leah Larwood, Will Kemp, Suzanna Fitzpatrick, C.I. Marshall, Di Slaney, and Jacquie Shanahan!
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Self promo plug to say if you’re interested in this & wanna invite me to your dept, esp if your city is nice - then invite me!! I am a good value seminar guest 😅
Our History Research Seminar @uninorthampton.bsky.social kicks off next Wed 1 Oct with a talk by me on my new project 'Medievalism, gender and politicised nostalgia in the British extreme right, 1962 – 1982'. It will be at 12pm UK time and on Teams. Email rachel.moss @ northampton.ac.uk for a link.
October 4, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Self promo plug to say if you’re interested in this & wanna invite me to your dept, esp if your city is nice - then invite me!! I am a good value seminar guest 😅
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New podcast episode! @ewoodacre.bsky.social interviews Professor Nwando Achebe and Lydia Amoah, discussing the distinctive features of African queenship, including :
royal women from across African history from ancient Egypt and Kush to the recent death of the Asantehemaa in Ghana.
royal women from across African history from ancient Egypt and Kush to the recent death of the Asantehemaa in Ghana.
October 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
New podcast episode! @ewoodacre.bsky.social interviews Professor Nwando Achebe and Lydia Amoah, discussing the distinctive features of African queenship, including :
royal women from across African history from ancient Egypt and Kush to the recent death of the Asantehemaa in Ghana.
royal women from across African history from ancient Egypt and Kush to the recent death of the Asantehemaa in Ghana.
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This #NotJustPretty zoom launch feaures #RustyRose @petitecreature1.bsky.social @jenwithwords.bsky.social and 12 dynamic #OpenMicPoets. Lucky, lucky us! Tune in to hear and see #powerful #poems and #Poetryfilms. Will be amazing 💜 bsky.app/profile/theb...
October 3, 2025 at 6:25 PM
This #NotJustPretty zoom launch feaures #RustyRose @petitecreature1.bsky.social @jenwithwords.bsky.social and 12 dynamic #OpenMicPoets. Lucky, lucky us! Tune in to hear and see #powerful #poems and #Poetryfilms. Will be amazing 💜 bsky.app/profile/theb...
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Beyond thrilled to win 2nd prize at The Canterbury Poet of the Year tonight! Congratulations to Lucy Crispin 1st prize for her stunning poem! Thanks to all the judges! 🙏
October 2, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Beyond thrilled to win 2nd prize at The Canterbury Poet of the Year tonight! Congratulations to Lucy Crispin 1st prize for her stunning poem! Thanks to all the judges! 🙏
The @poetrysociety.org.uk Stanza Comp 2025 results are in & I'm honoured to be commended for the second year in a row! Judge Jonathan Edwards has chosen beautiful poems that play with the theme of "play". 💗Congratulations to Marilyn, Nairn, Jack and all the commended poets too! #NationalPoetryDay
October 2, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The @poetrysociety.org.uk Stanza Comp 2025 results are in & I'm honoured to be commended for the second year in a row! Judge Jonathan Edwards has chosen beautiful poems that play with the theme of "play". 💗Congratulations to Marilyn, Nairn, Jack and all the commended poets too! #NationalPoetryDay
Come along to our #NotJustPretty reading on Saturday led by @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social @thebrokenspine.co.uk. Among poems of women of history, legend, myth and fantasy, I will read my commended poem from @poetrysociety.org.uk's Stanza Competition, just announced today on #NationalPoetryDay. 🍿💗
#NotJustPretty — we don’t platform women to show them. We publish them to hear them.
Poetry. Art. Defiance.
Read it: thebrokenspine.co.uk...
@karenpgonzalez.bsky.social
@jenwithwords.bsky.social
@petitecreature1.bsky.social
Poetry. Art. Defiance.
Read it: thebrokenspine.co.uk...
@karenpgonzalez.bsky.social
@jenwithwords.bsky.social
@petitecreature1.bsky.social
#NotJustPretty: Meet the Artists Leading the Charge - The Broken Spine
On October 4, 2025, we’ll be launching #NotJustPretty — a new series that celebrates artists who identify as women. For us, this project is about refusing to
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October 2, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Come along to our #NotJustPretty reading on Saturday led by @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social @thebrokenspine.co.uk. Among poems of women of history, legend, myth and fantasy, I will read my commended poem from @poetrysociety.org.uk's Stanza Competition, just announced today on #NationalPoetryDay. 🍿💗
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As one window shuts (@iambapoet.com), another opens – and this one's for the whole of October.
If you have an 'after' or #ekphrastic poem that's looking for a home, that home could be @afterpoetry.com.
So go on. Send it in.
afterpoetry.com/submit
If you have an 'after' or #ekphrastic poem that's looking for a home, that home could be @afterpoetry.com.
So go on. Send it in.
afterpoetry.com/submit
October 1, 2025 at 8:19 AM
As one window shuts (@iambapoet.com), another opens – and this one's for the whole of October.
If you have an 'after' or #ekphrastic poem that's looking for a home, that home could be @afterpoetry.com.
So go on. Send it in.
afterpoetry.com/submit
If you have an 'after' or #ekphrastic poem that's looking for a home, that home could be @afterpoetry.com.
So go on. Send it in.
afterpoetry.com/submit
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We are delighted to share the Call for Papers for our Spring Seminar Series 2026:
September 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
We are delighted to share the Call for Papers for our Spring Seminar Series 2026:
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One week from today!! Saturday, October 4th @ 8pm GMT.
Join me along with feature poets Rusty Rose, @petitecreature1.bsky.social and our wonderful host @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social for the first of a @thebrokenspine.co.uk special Zoom Series #NotJustPretty!!
Join me along with feature poets Rusty Rose, @petitecreature1.bsky.social and our wonderful host @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social for the first of a @thebrokenspine.co.uk special Zoom Series #NotJustPretty!!
September 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
One week from today!! Saturday, October 4th @ 8pm GMT.
Join me along with feature poets Rusty Rose, @petitecreature1.bsky.social and our wonderful host @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social for the first of a @thebrokenspine.co.uk special Zoom Series #NotJustPretty!!
Join me along with feature poets Rusty Rose, @petitecreature1.bsky.social and our wonderful host @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social for the first of a @thebrokenspine.co.uk special Zoom Series #NotJustPretty!!