Tara Wheeler
@tarawheeler.bsky.social
Co-Editor at Dust Poetry, writer, researcher, mother of two small people. She/her 🪴
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I’m delighted to announce that my debut poetry collection, ‘The Way the Water Held Me’, will be published by The Emma Press in the Spring. Available to pre-order now!
📣 NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT📣 We are delighted to announce the acquisition of THE WAY THE WATER HELD ME by @catherineredford.bsky.social, a heart-wrenching debut about young widowhood
THE WAY THE WATER HELD ME is available to pre-order now
Publishing March 2026 ~ Pre-order here: buff.ly/i1HAi3Y
THE WAY THE WATER HELD ME is available to pre-order now
Publishing March 2026 ~ Pre-order here: buff.ly/i1HAi3Y
November 14, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I’m delighted to announce that my debut poetry collection, ‘The Way the Water Held Me’, will be published by The Emma Press in the Spring. Available to pre-order now!
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Pre order a copy and read three poems from the collection below!
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The Way the Water Held Me - The Emma Press
A moving debut poetry collection exploring love, loss, and the resilience of the human heart.
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November 14, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Pre order a copy and read three poems from the collection below!
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“Across poems of heartbreak and honesty, memory and mourning – and through unlikely companionship with a widowed Mary Shelley – Catherine Redford’s debut collection is visceral, profound and alive with what it is to be human, to have lost and to find ways to continue to love.”
November 14, 2025 at 11:24 AM
“Across poems of heartbreak and honesty, memory and mourning – and through unlikely companionship with a widowed Mary Shelley – Catherine Redford’s debut collection is visceral, profound and alive with what it is to be human, to have lost and to find ways to continue to love.”
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SOME NEWS: Huge congratulations to our brilliant Co-Editor @catherineredford.bsky.social, whose debut poetry collection ‘The Way the Water Held Me’ will be published in March by @theemmapress.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 11:24 AM
SOME NEWS: Huge congratulations to our brilliant Co-Editor @catherineredford.bsky.social, whose debut poetry collection ‘The Way the Water Held Me’ will be published in March by @theemmapress.bsky.social
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The Emma Press has acquired a ’heart-wrenching’ debut poetry collection about young widowhood by Catherine Redford, entitled The Way the Water Held Me, scheduled for March 2026 👇 #BookSky
The Emma Press signs debut poetry collection about young widowhood
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November 13, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The Emma Press has acquired a ’heart-wrenching’ debut poetry collection about young widowhood by Catherine Redford, entitled The Way the Water Held Me, scheduled for March 2026 👇 #BookSky
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Delighted by my first Pushcart nomination from Dust Poetry magazine. Sincere thanks to @dustpoetry.bsky.social editors @catherineredford.bsky.social and @tarawheeler.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Delighted by my first Pushcart nomination from Dust Poetry magazine. Sincere thanks to @dustpoetry.bsky.social editors @catherineredford.bsky.social and @tarawheeler.bsky.social
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This was such a lovely surprise!Thank you to @catherineredford.bsky.social & @tarawheeler.bsky.social for this vote of confidence 🤩
November 8, 2025 at 12:20 PM
This was such a lovely surprise!Thank you to @catherineredford.bsky.social & @tarawheeler.bsky.social for this vote of confidence 🤩
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✨Happy National Poetry Day!✨
We’re working our way through submissions for the next issue, which is out next month. In the meantime, you can read every single issue of Dust for free here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk
We’re working our way through submissions for the next issue, which is out next month. In the meantime, you can read every single issue of Dust for free here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk
October 2, 2025 at 9:08 AM
✨Happy National Poetry Day!✨
We’re working our way through submissions for the next issue, which is out next month. In the meantime, you can read every single issue of Dust for free here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk
We’re working our way through submissions for the next issue, which is out next month. In the meantime, you can read every single issue of Dust for free here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk
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Congratulations to our Best of the Net nominated poets this year! 💖✨
Delighted✨ to announce✨ Dust’s ✨Best of the Net✨ nominations:
Paul Short, Laundry Day
Amy L. King, Fade
Laura Theis, Do You Really Think I Look Like An Old Crone?
Ryan O’Neill, LDR
Holly Magill, Cheese in a budget hotel room
Antonia Kearton, Sanico
Congratulations to the nominees! 🥳✨
Paul Short, Laundry Day
Amy L. King, Fade
Laura Theis, Do You Really Think I Look Like An Old Crone?
Ryan O’Neill, LDR
Holly Magill, Cheese in a budget hotel room
Antonia Kearton, Sanico
Congratulations to the nominees! 🥳✨
October 1, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Congratulations to our Best of the Net nominated poets this year! 💖✨
Congratulations to our Best of the Net nominated poets this year! 💖✨
Delighted✨ to announce✨ Dust’s ✨Best of the Net✨ nominations:
Paul Short, Laundry Day
Amy L. King, Fade
Laura Theis, Do You Really Think I Look Like An Old Crone?
Ryan O’Neill, LDR
Holly Magill, Cheese in a budget hotel room
Antonia Kearton, Sanico
Congratulations to the nominees! 🥳✨
Paul Short, Laundry Day
Amy L. King, Fade
Laura Theis, Do You Really Think I Look Like An Old Crone?
Ryan O’Neill, LDR
Holly Magill, Cheese in a budget hotel room
Antonia Kearton, Sanico
Congratulations to the nominees! 🥳✨
October 1, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Congratulations to our Best of the Net nominated poets this year! 💖✨
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Delighted✨ to announce✨ Dust’s ✨Best of the Net✨ nominations:
Paul Short, Laundry Day
Amy L. King, Fade
Laura Theis, Do You Really Think I Look Like An Old Crone?
Ryan O’Neill, LDR
Holly Magill, Cheese in a budget hotel room
Antonia Kearton, Sanico
Congratulations to the nominees! 🥳✨
Paul Short, Laundry Day
Amy L. King, Fade
Laura Theis, Do You Really Think I Look Like An Old Crone?
Ryan O’Neill, LDR
Holly Magill, Cheese in a budget hotel room
Antonia Kearton, Sanico
Congratulations to the nominees! 🥳✨
October 1, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Delighted✨ to announce✨ Dust’s ✨Best of the Net✨ nominations:
Paul Short, Laundry Day
Amy L. King, Fade
Laura Theis, Do You Really Think I Look Like An Old Crone?
Ryan O’Neill, LDR
Holly Magill, Cheese in a budget hotel room
Antonia Kearton, Sanico
Congratulations to the nominees! 🥳✨
Paul Short, Laundry Day
Amy L. King, Fade
Laura Theis, Do You Really Think I Look Like An Old Crone?
Ryan O’Neill, LDR
Holly Magill, Cheese in a budget hotel room
Antonia Kearton, Sanico
Congratulations to the nominees! 🥳✨
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SOME NEWS: Dust will open for submissions 20th August - 20th September.
This will be for our fifteenth issue which will have the title and theme ‘Dear World’.
We can’t wait to read your poems 💛
(Poems sent before 20.08.25 won’t be read)
This will be for our fifteenth issue which will have the title and theme ‘Dear World’.
We can’t wait to read your poems 💛
(Poems sent before 20.08.25 won’t be read)
August 6, 2025 at 6:34 PM
SOME NEWS: Dust will open for submissions 20th August - 20th September.
This will be for our fifteenth issue which will have the title and theme ‘Dear World’.
We can’t wait to read your poems 💛
(Poems sent before 20.08.25 won’t be read)
This will be for our fifteenth issue which will have the title and theme ‘Dear World’.
We can’t wait to read your poems 💛
(Poems sent before 20.08.25 won’t be read)
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“Grass explodes from the lawnmower
& the bluejay twinning himself in the birdbath
dreams of feathery heavens
as the green hose spritzes tuberoses”
Today’s poem is Stolen Earrings by Rob McClure: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/stolen-...
& the bluejay twinning himself in the birdbath
dreams of feathery heavens
as the green hose spritzes tuberoses”
Today’s poem is Stolen Earrings by Rob McClure: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/stolen-...
Stolen Earrings by Rob McClure
Stolen Earrings Grass explodes from the lawnmower& the bluejay twinning himself in the birdbathdreams of feathery heavensas the green hose spritzes tuberosessmell buttery under an eyelid slice of sun....
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July 25, 2025 at 10:40 AM
“Grass explodes from the lawnmower
& the bluejay twinning himself in the birdbath
dreams of feathery heavens
as the green hose spritzes tuberoses”
Today’s poem is Stolen Earrings by Rob McClure: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/stolen-...
& the bluejay twinning himself in the birdbath
dreams of feathery heavens
as the green hose spritzes tuberoses”
Today’s poem is Stolen Earrings by Rob McClure: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/stolen-...
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And here lies a remnant of drop and
swing a piece of soul fossilised
and here a breath of life congealed
on ruby lips chandelier and marble steps
Today’s poem is Roulette by Scott Elder.
Read it here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/roulett...
swing a piece of soul fossilised
and here a breath of life congealed
on ruby lips chandelier and marble steps
Today’s poem is Roulette by Scott Elder.
Read it here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/roulett...
Roulette by Scott Elder
Roulette And here lies a remnant of drop andswing a piece of soul fossilised and here a breath of life congealedon ruby lips chandelier and marble steps flick and spin a creature in bi...
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July 19, 2025 at 9:02 AM
And here lies a remnant of drop and
swing a piece of soul fossilised
and here a breath of life congealed
on ruby lips chandelier and marble steps
Today’s poem is Roulette by Scott Elder.
Read it here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/roulett...
swing a piece of soul fossilised
and here a breath of life congealed
on ruby lips chandelier and marble steps
Today’s poem is Roulette by Scott Elder.
Read it here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/roulett...
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Sharing this again because ... Oh, just read it. It speaks for itself.
“It’s cold at the moment.
I’m used to it. Would you be?
You never lived
outside me”
Today’s poem is Dear by Sam Szanto: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/dear-by...
I’m used to it. Would you be?
You never lived
outside me”
Today’s poem is Dear by Sam Szanto: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/dear-by...
Dear by Sam Szanto
Dear What’s it like there?I imagine youplaying tennis with Auntie Helen,learning Hungarian from your grandma,going to the café with Sarah: colafor you and whisky for her (a double,she doesn’t have...
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July 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Sharing this again because ... Oh, just read it. It speaks for itself.
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Beautiful poem.
“It’s cold at the moment.
I’m used to it. Would you be?
You never lived
outside me”
Today’s poem is Dear by Sam Szanto: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/dear-by...
I’m used to it. Would you be?
You never lived
outside me”
Today’s poem is Dear by Sam Szanto: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/dear-by...
Dear by Sam Szanto
Dear What’s it like there?I imagine youplaying tennis with Auntie Helen,learning Hungarian from your grandma,going to the café with Sarah: colafor you and whisky for her (a double,she doesn’t have...
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July 12, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Beautiful poem.
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“Return to the field your forefathers leased. / Small body, what a beautiful life lived”
Today’s poem is Vignettes in Spring by Lisa Sammoh.
Read it here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/vignett...
Today’s poem is Vignettes in Spring by Lisa Sammoh.
Read it here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/vignett...
Vignettes in Spring by Lisa Sammoh
Vignettes in Spring Return to the field your forefathers leased.Small body, what a beautiful life lived. Our ground, still browning, cradles hands andfeet of our mothers and once daughters too.Beneath...
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July 12, 2025 at 11:43 AM
“Return to the field your forefathers leased. / Small body, what a beautiful life lived”
Today’s poem is Vignettes in Spring by Lisa Sammoh.
Read it here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/vignett...
Today’s poem is Vignettes in Spring by Lisa Sammoh.
Read it here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/vignett...
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“Who doesn’t desire to run towards the sun / one carmine evening made of enough-is-enough”
Today’s poem is Imitation of the Eye by Özge Lena.
www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/imitati...
Today’s poem is Imitation of the Eye by Özge Lena.
www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/imitati...
Imitation of the Eye by Özge Lena
Imitation of the Eye Who doesn’t desire to run towards the sunone carmine evening made of enough-is-enough, and leave the normality of life they know behind?Who doesn’t want to grow sudden wings to f...
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July 14, 2025 at 10:17 AM
“Who doesn’t desire to run towards the sun / one carmine evening made of enough-is-enough”
Today’s poem is Imitation of the Eye by Özge Lena.
www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/imitati...
Today’s poem is Imitation of the Eye by Özge Lena.
www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/imitati...
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“It’s cold at the moment.
I’m used to it. Would you be?
You never lived
outside me”
Today’s poem is Dear by Sam Szanto: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/dear-by...
I’m used to it. Would you be?
You never lived
outside me”
Today’s poem is Dear by Sam Szanto: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/dear-by...
Dear by Sam Szanto
Dear What’s it like there?I imagine youplaying tennis with Auntie Helen,learning Hungarian from your grandma,going to the café with Sarah: colafor you and whisky for her (a double,she doesn’t have...
www.dustpoetry.co.uk
July 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
“It’s cold at the moment.
I’m used to it. Would you be?
You never lived
outside me”
Today’s poem is Dear by Sam Szanto: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/dear-by...
I’m used to it. Would you be?
You never lived
outside me”
Today’s poem is Dear by Sam Szanto: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/dear-by...
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Poems for a hot day! 🌊
Our new issue is full of water. Dive in at the link below:
Our new issue is full of water. Dive in at the link below:
Issue 14 of Dust Poetry is now live ✨
And you can read it all here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/issues/categ...
And you can read it all here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/issues/categ...
Issue 14
www.dustpoetry.co.uk
June 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Poems for a hot day! 🌊
Our new issue is full of water. Dive in at the link below:
Our new issue is full of water. Dive in at the link below:
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Thank you, dear ones, for making a spot for my poem & for your kindness to me.
“When at last we invent it, the Time Machine / won’t have any flash—not forward, not back—“
Today’s poem is Time Machine by Jane Zwart.
Read it here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/the-tim...
Today’s poem is Time Machine by Jane Zwart.
Read it here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/the-tim...
The Time Machine by Jane Zwart
The Time Machine When at last we invent it, the time machinewon’t have any flash—not forward, not back— but this will be only one disappointmentamong many: that an hour will be as leaden as ever; that...
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July 5, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Thank you, dear ones, for making a spot for my poem & for your kindness to me.
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“When at last we invent it, the Time Machine / won’t have any flash—not forward, not back—“
Today’s poem is Time Machine by Jane Zwart.
Read it here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/the-tim...
Today’s poem is Time Machine by Jane Zwart.
Read it here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/the-tim...
The Time Machine by Jane Zwart
The Time Machine When at last we invent it, the time machinewon’t have any flash—not forward, not back— but this will be only one disappointmentamong many: that an hour will be as leaden as ever; that...
www.dustpoetry.co.uk
July 5, 2025 at 7:53 AM
“When at last we invent it, the Time Machine / won’t have any flash—not forward, not back—“
Today’s poem is Time Machine by Jane Zwart.
Read it here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/the-tim...
Today’s poem is Time Machine by Jane Zwart.
Read it here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/the-tim...