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This erasure poem is the third-prize winner of the Young Poets Network Erasure Poetry Challenge in 2021. It uses as its source text page 252 of One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez (Penguin Books, 1972).
Drowning My Heart in Dementia
by Tara Awate
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Poet, writer & artist @victoriaadukwei joins us this season! She'll host 'Re-tuning,' a workshop on Tue 12 October (7.15-9am) that uses poetry & music to build an autumnal vocabulary and guide us towards ideas to keep us aglow during the darker months. write-and-shine.com/this-season Retweeted by The Poetry Society
Poem of the week: Thames by John Challis theguardian.com/books/booksblo… Retweeted by The Poetry Society
Of course, we're not launching just one anthology today... Happy Publication Day to POEMS OF THE DECADE 2011-2020: AN ANTHOLOGY OF THE FORWARD BOOKS OF POETRY Retweeted by The Poetry Society
Want to publish in better magazines or publish a collection? Come along to @Carrie_Etter's Poets & Publishers panel with @PoetryBrum and Pallina Press ed @naushsabah and @OffordRoadBooks ed @mj_sprackland on Sat, 23 Oct, 2-3 p.m. UK time! Book now: bigpoetryweekend.com/2021-full-prog… Pls RT! Retweeted by The Poetry Society
SUNDAY DISCUSSION: The most important thing political poetry can do is... (as always, please do discuss as well as vote and also use the comments to vote for none of the above) Retweeted by The Poetry Society
Join #poets @MissLizBerry & @EmilieLaurenxx on a Twilight Poetry Walk next Friday 24th, 18.30 meeting at Anglican Chapel, close to Main Gate, London Rd Cemetery. Free but limited tkts coventry2021.co.uk/what-s-on/bbc-… Retweeted by The Poetry Society
First launch of the autumn is on zoom on Wednesday (22nd) for @EmilyRose_Poet 's fantastic debut collection #TheDewPoint. Link in thread for signing up. 😍 twitter.com/EmilyRose_Poet… Retweeted by The Poetry Society
Date you mustn’t miss: inaugural monthly reading of @reddoorpoets with guests: Sunday 26 Sept 6-7pm on zoom featuring Gillie Robic, @lesleyksharpe , @MaryMulhol, @roy_mcfarlane, @Gail_McConnell_ and @JaneBurn11. Eventbrite link to follow. Retweeted by The Poetry Society
It's deadline day for August challenge #4! Submit letter-poems before midnight tonight (19 September) to win poetry books, publication and more: bit.ly/augchall4-21 Retweeted by The Poetry Society
Visit the NBF website to learn about the ten titles on the 2021 #NBAwards Longlist for Poetry. nationalbook.org/2021-national-… Retweeted by The Poetry Society