Sue Spiers
@spiropoetry.bsky.social
I work with Winchester Poetry Festival, Open University Poetry Society and Winchester Muse - a spoken word event in Winchester. I write poetry and sometimes it gets published. https://www.spiropoetry.com/ Hedgehog Press Pushcart nominated Dandarabilla.
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Thsnk you for reading and sharing today's poem - Mezzotint by Julie Hogg
November 11, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Thsnk you for reading and sharing today's poem - Mezzotint by Julie Hogg
A Creature poem in a digital issue of Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal with stunning contributors of essay and poetry including the glorious Clare Shaw, Sophia Argyris and Bex Hainsworth
Thank you Paul Robert for editing and Richard Nichols for photos
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Thank you Paul Robert for editing and Richard Nichols for photos
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PBLJ 11.5 – guest-edited by Paul Robert — Poetry Birmingham
PBLJ 11.5 – guest-edited by Paul Robert
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November 10, 2025 at 10:06 AM
A Creature poem in a digital issue of Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal with stunning contributors of essay and poetry including the glorious Clare Shaw, Sophia Argyris and Bex Hainsworth
Thank you Paul Robert for editing and Richard Nichols for photos
poetrybirmingham.com/current-issue
Thank you Paul Robert for editing and Richard Nichols for photos
poetrybirmingham.com/current-issue
Julia Deakin picked a couple of poems...thank you.
October 31, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Julia Deakin picked a couple of poems...thank you.
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These are brilliant, welcoming open mic events for the #poetrycommunity hosted with warmth, wit and discerning by @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social Sign up below 👇
Join us at the next Black Bough #openmic -Wed 12th November, 7PM!
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October 30, 2025 at 10:28 AM
These are brilliant, welcoming open mic events for the #poetrycommunity hosted with warmth, wit and discerning by @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social Sign up below 👇
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Submit to the Driftwood Annual Anthology: Use the link in our bio to submit your best short story or poem for a chance to be published and get paid! #callforsubmissions #writersky
October 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Submit to the Driftwood Annual Anthology: Use the link in our bio to submit your best short story or poem for a chance to be published and get paid! #callforsubmissions #writersky
www.eventbrite.co.uk/.../last-sat.... I'm reading some poems, an AI appreciation and 3 from my collection De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
with readings from Julian Cason, Margaret Royall, Saraswati Nagpal, Andy Breckenridge, Barnaby Harsent, Katrina Moinet and Louise Longson.
with readings from Julian Cason, Margaret Royall, Saraswati Nagpal, Andy Breckenridge, Barnaby Harsent, Katrina Moinet and Louise Longson.
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October 25, 2025 at 9:22 AM
www.eventbrite.co.uk/.../last-sat.... I'm reading some poems, an AI appreciation and 3 from my collection De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
with readings from Julian Cason, Margaret Royall, Saraswati Nagpal, Andy Breckenridge, Barnaby Harsent, Katrina Moinet and Louise Longson.
with readings from Julian Cason, Margaret Royall, Saraswati Nagpal, Andy Breckenridge, Barnaby Harsent, Katrina Moinet and Louise Longson.
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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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Join me and Wonderpoets @hool415.bsky.social @meggiepoet.bsky.social @saraswatinagpal.bsky.social @spiropoetry.bsky.social @jahshabby.bsky.social and Katrina Moinet for a #LastSaturday of amazing poetry - online and free 25 October from 7.00pm 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 15, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Join me and Wonderpoets @hool415.bsky.social @meggiepoet.bsky.social @saraswatinagpal.bsky.social @spiropoetry.bsky.social @jahshabby.bsky.social and Katrina Moinet for a #LastSaturday of amazing poetry - online and free 25 October from 7.00pm www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/last-satur...
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Super poetic Sunday morning, reading over the proof hard copy of The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press’ 5th anthology, that I’ve edited with the lovely Bronwen @wennieevans.bsky.social. It’s a beautiful collection of poems -out very very soon!
October 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Super poetic Sunday morning, reading over the proof hard copy of The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press’ 5th anthology, that I’ve edited with the lovely Bronwen @wennieevans.bsky.social. It’s a beautiful collection of poems -out very very soon!
Grest headline readings at Winchester Poetry Festival and dancers opening the festival to Tagore inspired music.
October 11, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Grest headline readings at Winchester Poetry Festival and dancers opening the festival to Tagore inspired music.
www.ditheringchaps.com/news Delighted to be on this longlist with Paisley Horizon, two of the poems in the collection have just been accepted by Pennine Press, and four are due in the next issue of Stand magazine.
News — Dithering Chaps
News and plans for future publications
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October 8, 2025 at 1:20 PM
www.ditheringchaps.com/news Delighted to be on this longlist with Paisley Horizon, two of the poems in the collection have just been accepted by Pennine Press, and four are due in the next issue of Stand magazine.
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Thank you for sharing today's poem - A Celebration by Roy Marshall
October 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Thank you for sharing today's poem - A Celebration by Roy Marshall
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A lovely evening, thank you @louisepoetical.bsky.social
My mahoosive thanks to these lovely poets with whom it was a pleasure beyond pleasures to spend 90 minutes last night #LastSaturdayPoets. Loved it. Let's do it again! Lxx
September 28, 2025 at 1:12 PM
A lovely evening, thank you @louisepoetical.bsky.social
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My pleasure today to welcome Frank McMahon to my website to reflect on a poem from his latest outstanding collection.
September 20, 2025 at 8:30 AM
My pleasure today to welcome Frank McMahon to my website to reflect on a poem from his latest outstanding collection.
www.winchesterpoetryfestival.org/wpf25friday Come along for this free event, stay for the headliners (I'll be reading with the Winchester Muse team)
The ARC - Performance Hall
£12 in person / £6 online
Friday Headline
Diane Seuss, Mona Arshi, Luke Kennard
Friday 10th October
8.30 - 10pm
The ARC - Performance Hall
£12 in person / £6 online
Friday Headline
Diane Seuss, Mona Arshi, Luke Kennard
Friday 10th October
8.30 - 10pm
September 19, 2025 at 9:48 AM
www.winchesterpoetryfestival.org/wpf25friday Come along for this free event, stay for the headliners (I'll be reading with the Winchester Muse team)
The ARC - Performance Hall
£12 in person / £6 online
Friday Headline
Diane Seuss, Mona Arshi, Luke Kennard
Friday 10th October
8.30 - 10pm
The ARC - Performance Hall
£12 in person / £6 online
Friday Headline
Diane Seuss, Mona Arshi, Luke Kennard
Friday 10th October
8.30 - 10pm
September 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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🚨 The Keats-Shelley Prizes 2025-26 are now open! Celebrate 200 years of Mary Shelley’s 'The Last Man'. Free to enter.
Prizes include £1,000, with winners announced in April 2026. Details & submissions 👉 www.keats-shelley.org
(Photo credit: Hayley Madden)
Prizes include £1,000, with winners announced in April 2026. Details & submissions 👉 www.keats-shelley.org
(Photo credit: Hayley Madden)
Keats-Shelley Memorial Association
Founded in 1903, we maintain and support the Keats-Shelley House at 26 Piazza di Spagna, Rome, where the English poet John Keats died in 1821. As part of our ongoing committment to poetry lovers, we…
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September 17, 2025 at 10:40 AM
🚨 The Keats-Shelley Prizes 2025-26 are now open! Celebrate 200 years of Mary Shelley’s 'The Last Man'. Free to enter.
Prizes include £1,000, with winners announced in April 2026. Details & submissions 👉 www.keats-shelley.org
(Photo credit: Hayley Madden)
Prizes include £1,000, with winners announced in April 2026. Details & submissions 👉 www.keats-shelley.org
(Photo credit: Hayley Madden)
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Cover art reveal from The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press for their ‘Lines of Communication’ anthology edited by me, and Bronwen Evans.
Artwork by the lovely Bronwen. We are currently typesetting, so won’t be long!
@wennieevans.bsky.social
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Artwork by the lovely Bronwen. We are currently typesetting, so won’t be long!
@wennieevans.bsky.social
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September 16, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Cover art reveal from The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press for their ‘Lines of Communication’ anthology edited by me, and Bronwen Evans.
Artwork by the lovely Bronwen. We are currently typesetting, so won’t be long!
@wennieevans.bsky.social
www.instagram.com/the_weesparr...
Artwork by the lovely Bronwen. We are currently typesetting, so won’t be long!
@wennieevans.bsky.social
www.instagram.com/the_weesparr...
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In Sue Spiers' 'Compline', the speaker explores the beauty, spiritual nature and rituals of nature itself. @spiropoetry.bsky.social
Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/sue-spiers-5/
#InkSweatandTears #PoetryCommunity #Submission
Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/sue-spiers-5/
#InkSweatandTears #PoetryCommunity #Submission
September 13, 2025 at 9:30 AM
In Sue Spiers' 'Compline', the speaker explores the beauty, spiritual nature and rituals of nature itself. @spiropoetry.bsky.social
Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/sue-spiers-5/
#InkSweatandTears #PoetryCommunity #Submission
Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/sue-spiers-5/
#InkSweatandTears #PoetryCommunity #Submission
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Highlights of the Yorkshire Branch of Butterfly Conservation’s Members’ Day – Matthew Paul @matthewepaul.bsky.social
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Highlights of the Yorkshire Branch of Butterfly Conservation’s Members’ Day – Matthew Paul
Highlights of the Yorkshire Branch of Butterfly Conservation’s Members’ Day . . Matthew Paul hails from South London and lives in South Yorkshire. His second collection, The Last Corinthians, is pu…
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September 12, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Highlights of the Yorkshire Branch of Butterfly Conservation’s Members’ Day – Matthew Paul @matthewepaul.bsky.social
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'Three dreams of distress' up on atriumpoetry.com today. What I can remember of a night filled with fitful images. How disconnected!
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September 5, 2025 at 6:52 AM
'Three dreams of distress' up on atriumpoetry.com today. What I can remember of a night filled with fitful images. How disconnected!
I have some exciting news, an acceptance from a dream magazine...will tell you later when the edition is available.
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September 3, 2025 at 6:33 AM
I have some exciting news, an acceptance from a dream magazine...will tell you later when the edition is available.
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So delighted to be part of the next issue with so many talented poets, out on September the first.
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August 23, 2025 at 8:14 AM
So delighted to be part of the next issue with so many talented poets, out on September the first.
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#TheCandyman’sTrumpet #poetry
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thehighwindowpress.com/category/poe... two poems in the Autumn issue, great edition of the magazine.
Poetry – The High Window
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August 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
thehighwindowpress.com/category/poe... two poems in the Autumn issue, great edition of the magazine.
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Send us your poems!
Submissions now open for Dust’s next issue ‘Dear World’ 💚
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Submissions now open for Dust’s next issue ‘Dear World’ 💚
www.dustpoetry.co.uk/submissions
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August 20, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Send us your poems!
Submissions now open for Dust’s next issue ‘Dear World’ 💚
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Submissions now open for Dust’s next issue ‘Dear World’ 💚
www.dustpoetry.co.uk/submissions