Yes, yes, nonet! Take a look at our Insta poetry calendar - you're very welcome to join in!
Seasonal greetings! And if you haven't done so already, why not check out our poetry advent calendar on Instagram? We are at day 13 after having got off to a great start. It is proving a great opportunity to share some of the many poems written by the poets on our blog pages this year. Some of our bloggers have already responded to our challenge to write a reverse-word nonet. So if you haven't had a chance yet there is still ...
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A native Gaelic speaker from the isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides has been appointed as Scotland’s new Makar, its national poet. Academic, writer a...
6th Dec 2024 2:30 pm
A tribute to Benjamin Zephaniah was screened on BBC4 on Saturday night to mark the first anniversary of the poet’s death. Dread Poets Society, a high-...
8th Dec 2024 9:33 am
This year’s Poetry Society poem to celebrate welcoming the Trafalgar Square Christmas tree was performed by three pupils from the St Vincent’s Catholi...
6th Dec 2024 3:52 pm
Calling all Write Out Loud Gig Guide users! One of the very useful features of our Gig Guide is the way it automatically updates regular events each m...
8th Dec 2024 10:49 am
The Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, quoted a couple of words from the poet Philip Larkin in his speech at the Lord Mayor’s Banquet on Monday night. ...
3rd Dec 2024 8:42 pm
Kit Fan will be judging the £1,000 Kent & Sussex Poetry Society open poetry competition. The deadline is 31 January 2025. More details
30th Nov 2024 12:00 am
Wendy Pratt will be judging the £300 Shepton Mallet Snowdrop festival poetry competition. The theme is 'Treasures of nature'. The deadline is 6 Januar...
30th Nov 2024 12:00 am
Helen Mort will be judging the 2025 Rialto Nature and Place poetry competition. First prize is £1,000, and the deadline is 1 April 2025. More details
...11th Dec 2024 10:43 pm
The £1,000 Keats-Shelley prizes for essays and poems have opened for entries. The theme for this year’s prizes is ‘Exile’, to mark the bicentenary of ...
30th Nov 2024 8:00 pm
Roger McGough will be judging the £250 Arts Richmond poetry prize. The theme is 'Changes'. The deadline is 17 January 2025. More details
30th Nov 2024 7:48 pm
These are poems that you have to take time to, make time to read. I began by leafing through this Bloodaxe anthology – subtitled “Nourishing Poems of ...
26th Nov 2024 12:56 pm
An important aspect of the poetry of Audrey Ardern-Jones is its humanity. Perhaps it is a failure of mine, to perceive it that often in the poems of o...
3rd Dec 2024 3:52 pm
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