Rosie Johnston @rojohumanwriter.bsky.social Writer, mentor, poet published in UK, Ireland & USA living by the sea in UK. New non-fiction soon from Colorful Crow, USA. Five published poetry books since 2010: latest 'Safe Ground', Mica Press 2025. Reviews for londongrip.com
rosiejohnstonwrites.com
Dr Laura Varnam @drlauravarnam.bsky.social Tutor in English Lit at Univ, Oxford. Medievalist. Poet. She/her. Co-founder @guildmedmak. Church as Sacred Space (2018). Encountering Margery Kempe (2021). Primers Volume Seven: Grendel’s Mother Bites Back (2024). Next books on Du Maurier, and Beowulf.
Ella B. Winters @ella-b-winters.bsky.social Writer, research, social worker, lecturer, eternal student, working on my PhD.
Artemesia Arts shortlist; Forward prize nominated; Pushcart prizes nominated x2
Todd Allen Fischer - Actor/Director/Writer @toddallenfischer.bsky.social I have ADHD and went to college for 6 years for a 4 year degree, so I can do a lot of things really well. #performer @characterconnectionco. #Actor #Author #Director #Teacher #Maker #Cosplayer #VoiceoverArtist #MakeupArtist #Science #poet
Matthew McIntyre @radiophonicpop.bsky.social Used to be on Twitter, as was, with the same handle, but wasn't sure if it was a good use of my time - so deleted, pre-Elon.
UK, work in IT, used to do theatre, dabble in music. Here to read until such time as I have something that might be worth saying.
Lawrence Schimel @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social Reader.
Multilingual author & literary translator. Kidlit. Poetry. SF/F/H. Comics. 🌈
He/él
I’ve translated: Maggie Nelson, Danez Smith, George Takei, Juan Villoro, Carmen Boullosa, Trifonia Melibea Obono, Koleka Putuma, etc.
Sascha Akhtar @akhtarsascha.bsky.social Writer migrated from twitter. Sort of too over social media to really put time in ..but trying! I promise!
Sasha Dugdale @sashadugdale.bsky.social Poet and translator in a bad time for Lyrik
Lover of lurchers and other thieving dogs
The Strongbox, Carcanet, 2024
Bad Lilies @badlilies.bsky.social A digital poetry journal, edited by @kathryngray.bsky.social and @andrewjamesneilson.bsky.social Enjoy our blooms! badlilies.uk
Will Humphrey @willhumphrey.bsky.social Marketing Strategy bod in Consultancy. Ex Advertising/Comms person. APG tutor. Stoke fan/music lover/punner/husband/father. My views don't represent my employer's.
Sarah Wallis @wordweave.bsky.social Poet Seabird Island @boatsagainstmag
UK: https://rb.gy/tra0bq / US: https://rb.gy/9hlhwt
http://sarahwallis.net/
www.iambapoet.com/wave/23-sarah-wallis
UNESCO Poet in Res, Skara 🇸🇪
2026: Gutter, Stand, Full Mood
Talah Reed @talahreed.bsky.social Songwriter. Currently finishing my second album … and accidentally too many side projects.
Apple Music 🎧: https://music.apple.com/de/artist/talah-reed/1808051386
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Ver Poets @verpoets.bsky.social We are a St Albans based poetry society, founded in 1966, with a national and international membership; we are also a Poetry Society stanza group.
Stephen Claughton @stephenclaughton.bsky.social Writes and reviews poetry. Chairs Ver Poets. stephenclaughton.com
Mark Stewart @markstewart2001.bsky.social Writer, Editor ("Odyssey" magazine), Architect of "The Metaphor Equation." https://markdestewart.wixsite.com/the-metaphor-equatio Learning to live with cancer.
Stephen Paul Wren @moleculesunlimited.bsky.social Poet. PINE/NEEDLES out Sept ‘26. BOtN nominated. Director of Molecules Unlimited. Leads Wren research group. University of Cambridge PhD. AFC.
Ink Sweat & Tears @inksweatandtears.co.uk Online poetry magazine posting daily. We publish & review poetry, prose, filmpoems, word & image and print publish as IS&T Press. Editing internships. Posts by Sabine Wilson-Patrick & Kate Birch.
BlueSky Poetry @blueskypoetry.bsky.social A "respectful" space for poets to share work and connect with a vibrant community. All styles of poetry are celebrated. Use #BlueSkyPoetry and #SkyPoet to join a conversation, and tag us at @blueskypoetry.bsky.social for a chance to be featured.
Mariah Whelan @mwhelanwrites.bsky.social Poet, Teacher & Editor at @poetrybyheart.bsky.social
Bill Herbert @billherbert.bsky.social Visitor, scriever, ex-prof/-makar/-you name it, loser. Still seeking your poems for endlessly subdividing online/print projects: Ghost Furniture Catalogue; New Boots and Pantisocracies (Art Sonnet Chain); New Gude & Godlie Ballatis (Dundee Renga), etc.
Louise Crossley @candidepeel.bsky.social Part-time soothsayer, some time poet, full-time woke.
Heather Wastie @heatherwastie.bsky.social Poet, singer songwriter, keyboard & accordion player, actor, Worcestershire Poet Laureate 2015/16 https://wastiesspace.co.uk/ https://linktr.ee/heatherwastie
williamwyld.bsky.social @williamwyld.bsky.social Poet, visual artist and carpenter. Buy my book from Little Betty Press! https://badbettypress.com/product/the-butterfly-bush-william-wyld/
Dana.Ranga @danaranga.bsky.social I'm a poet / Ich bin ein Dichter
#poetrycommunity
#lyrik
Poems:
"Cosmos!", "Wasserbuch", "Hauthaus", "Stop", "Genesis 51-52"
http://www.danaranga.com
https://www.suhrkamp.de
https://www.matthes-seitz-berlin.de
Danielle McMahon @dehm000.bsky.social EIC @the-engine-idling.bsky.social
https://www.d-mcmahon-writes.net
author of 4 poetry chapbooks & 2 microchaps
latest: rowhouse song (Ghost City Press '25) | irl (Stanchion '26)
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Emory 🩶 @emory-f8.bsky.social I write dark Victorian fiction and specialize in the long 19th century.
She/Her 🏳️🌈🇪🇸✡️ (I'm always kind)
#writer #historian #Lesbian #sapphic #wlw #Hispanic #feminist #goth #vampires #jpop #bibliophile
NO DMs | Terfs & Narcissists DNI
Joshua Seigal - 'YAPPING AWAY' out now! @joshuaseigal.bsky.social Poet/Performer/Author. Winner - People’s Book Prize & Laugh Out Loud Award (twice). Books by Bloomsbury, HarperCollins etc. MA Writing & Education. Loves lemurs. Website: www.joshuaseigal.co.uk
Kaspa Thompson @kaspalita.bsky.social Buddhist Minister, IFS Psychotherapist (http://www.kaspathompson.co.uk) writing at http://kaspa.substack.com
Jennifer Sarha @necverbum.bsky.social Independent scholar, sort of writing a novel. Interests: translation, historiography, toutes les révolutions. She/they. Suomalainen.
Blue Villa @bluevilla.org Literary mag 📖
Est. 2023 🏙️
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Discord.gg/xVkWr5BJjk 👾
It’s a privilege to study sonder. 📖
jerry simcock @jerrysimcock.bsky.social Painting , writing, gardening, nature loving, wilding, zen. East Lothian, Scotland. #MDANT
Novel, Giselle and Mr Memphis available from www.vagabondvoices.co.uk
www.jerrysimcock.com for art, writing etc
Jonathan Potts @uccellolirico.bsky.social I post mainly about politics, especially immigration and asylum, and the arts, especially music and sometimes poetry. Ex-civil service and volsec. HO Asylum Director 1996-2000, plus ça change.
Elizabeth Kate Switaj @ekswitaj.bsky.social http://www.elizabethkateswitaj.net/
📚The Articulations, Kernpunkt Press http://www.kernpunktpress.com/store/p43/articulationsamouroboros.html
📚The Bringers of Fruit, 11:11 Press https://1111press.com/the-bringers-of-fruit
🇲🇭Majuro, Marshall Islands
Deborah Kay Kelly @dkkelly.bsky.social Confusion is a good sign, it means you are about to learn something.
Poetry in journals listed on website. DeborahKayKelly.com
Nicki Stephens @nicki2910.bsky.social Psychotherapist. Interested in: politics, psychology, philosophy and environmental issues. Cake lover
“ It is hard to tell which is worse; the wide diffusion of things that are not true, or the suppression of things that are true “
Harriett Martineau
Affective Old Truant @effectivealtruist.bsky.social I'm an effective altruist mainly reading and boosting posts, but occasionally I'll muse and doodle about #EffectiveAltruism. I take a balanced approach, so will highlight under-represented views—my opinions will no doubt become apparent :)
Nev @alphukit.bsky.social Outdoors and all things nature type of guy.
I love camping, hiking, foraging and travelling anywhere, anytime.
Marc Chamberlain @marcchamberlain.bsky.social Poets | Anniversaries | Poems
www.marcchamberlain.net
Matthew Fox @mattfoxwriter.bsky.social THE LOVELY DARK is nominated for the Kirkus Prize 2026 | Kirkus ★ | Financial Times Best Children's Books '23 | Barnes & Noble Children's Book Award Shortlist '24 | No AI |🌱
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Matterist Books @matteristbooks.bsky.social Book recs, reviews, and news. Supporting independent booksellers as a Bookshop affiliate. Thanks for helping us help local bookstores. 🙏🏼 #BooksMatter
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Eleanor Holmes | Eliot North @eleanorholmes.bsky.social Previously @eliot_north on Twitter/X. ND mum-doctor-writer of poetry & prose. Living in Valencian Country, working as NHS GP Weston-super-mare.
#Moth Hybrid Mini-Book Ethel Zine - second edition 🚀 July 2026
Pubs below 👇
https://linktr.ee/eleanorholmes
Cindy Ana 🇳🇿 @kakapowhakatoi.bsky.social Would rather write than talk. Sometimes I don’t read skeets properly, especially pre-coffee. Rāmere is my favourite day. Work can be found in Broken Spine Arts, takahē, Voicemail Poems
Special mention in Given Words 2025
Julia @chiaroscuro1897.bsky.social Poet | Writer | Freelance Art Historian
UK https://juliabiggs1.wixsite.com/juliabiggs
Pamphlet available from Salò Press: https://www.salopress.com/store/nasty-objects-julia-biggs/
roger waldron @throwawayreg.bsky.social a throwaway poet
lives in Sheffield
has never been a lover of slip-on-shoes
writes poetry for people who don’t read poetry
his pamphlet “My C&A Years” published by Dreich
my best review
“My husband loves this but he doesn’t know anything about poetry”
Ronan Murphy @ronanmurphymusic.com Jazz singer | Poet |
New single IDLE MOMENTS out now |
Album THE TEMPLE SESSIONS
ronanmurphymusic.com
Poetry collection forthcoming in 2026 |
With THE BROKEN SPINE
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
Barbara Stocker 💙📚 @bluebirdbhs.bsky.social Activist Democrat Missourian living in Virginia @piperformissouri.bsky.social @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social @fpwellman.bsky.social @iquitcigs.bsky.social @stegenmodem.bsky.social Team Site
Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social I was a New Face of 1984 in Harper’s and Queen magazine
Kelly @kellykayy.bsky.social Bibliophile. Howler. Oreo snob. Perfect mix of a lady and a pervert. Future stay at home dog mom. Go Bills. She/her.
Betty Stanton @fadingbetty.bsky.social EdD, MFA, poet, author, speech & debate coach, director, teacher, editor, rpg nerd, game designer, bad at social media, located in Oklahoma
Callum Laing @callumlaing.bsky.social I help ambitious people raise capital, get board seats, take companies public. Let's get more entrepreneurs and builders on bsky!
Author of 4 best selling business books
Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social Writing about nature, science, history & sexual violence. Multiple books, multiple mischief.
Latest: TANGLED IN VOW & BESEECH (poems)
Next: LEARNING TO SPAR (memoir)
EiC Wandering Aengus & Trail to Table. Here for lit community & Caturday
She/They/Dr/Bruh
Paul Sweeney @paulsweeneypoet.bsky.social Poet. Limerick. Ireland.
Background image by Susan Forrest Castle.
@judithbolyard.bsky.social @judithbolyard.bsky.social PNW Science teacher living in Thailand 💙💙💙
Archaeology Vegetarian Travel
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John Darwin @johndarwinpoet.bsky.social Published poet, winner of best spoken word show Greater Manchester Fringe 2021. Turkophile, atheist and aesthete. Host of Crooked Posts, Prestwich.
MUFCUM
Victoria Spires @victoriaspires.bsky.social linktr.ee/victoriaspires
BotN, Pushcart & Forward nominated. Shortlisted/commended in various comps: Winner Alpine Fellowship Poetry Prize
Finalist Mslexia Women's Comp
Seeking publisher for new work.
Ken @msbsongs.bsky.social Musician, retired teacher, creating and producing songs and sharing them. The name of my group is MRS SMITH'S BASEMENT. I hope you will give us a listen. 
Poets for the Planet @poetsfortheplanet.bsky.social A community of kindred poets, performers, artists and creative activists raising their voices to engage with climate emergency. https://poetsfortheplanet.org.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/poets4theplanet
Image credit: Henny Beaumont
@matil97.bsky.social @matil97.bsky.social I work as a markup and fashion designer from the United Kingdom, living in Dubai 🇦🇪 🇴🇲 🇸🇦
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Dr M. I. Matthews-Schlinzig @whatisaletter.bsky.social poet, human, dog lover
academic & literary editing/translation, and writing (ENG/GER)
MSt & DPhil (University of Oxford)
Instagram: schicketanz_books
http://patreon.com/whatisaletter
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
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Book tour inquiries: contact@book-shelfie.com
tyrell haberkorn @turtelista.bsky.social Plaenert-Bascom Prof of SEAsian Studies at UW-Madison | Coordinates @jsealab.bsky.social | translation, dissent, political prisoners and carcerality in Thailand | recent book: Dictatorship on Trial: Coups and the Future of Justice in Thailand (Stanford UP)
Judith Trustman ☘️ @mcgrathauthor.bsky.social Author, ex barrister (family law), Irish. Poetry Pharm aficionado, occasional journo Irish press. Likes critical thinking & folk music, not usually at the same time.
🔗www.judithtrustmanauthor.com/shop
#books #writer
Rob Gotobed @robgotobed.bsky.social Stand-up philosopher, scribe, bongo drummer and professional time-traveller. (Once dated Anne Boleyn)
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Apple: http://bit.ly/3K6WdB9
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2992620/
PaulAJoyce v2.0 @pauljoyce07.bsky.social I write about silent film and theatre when I’m not publishing, cycling, walking or listening. Also Liverpool Football Club.
ithankyouarthur.blogspot.com
Rebecca Goss @gosspoems.bsky.social More on Instagram @gosspoems
Poet & mentor. Books with Carcanet Press. Poet-in-Residence for CW+, the official charity for Chelsea & Westminster Hospitals. Writing for Life Fellow with the Royal Literary Fund.
Deborah @deborahzafer.bsky.social Reading, writing, rabbits 🐇 ✡️
Director of European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social
London
www.deborahzafer.com
https://substack.com/@deborahzafer
Ross Wilcock @rosswilcockmedia.bsky.social Gay/ disabled Scottish poet, writer and activist. 🏳️🌈🏴 open mics 2 times a month. 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
Alan Beattie @alanbeattie.bsky.social FT opiner. "Sinecured oaf", “mutton-headed fellow”-two satisfied readers. Globalisation/trade/econ/snark. Cestrian, Londoner, Brit, European. RT≠👍 Views own. alan.beattie@ft.com. Sign up to my FT Trade Secrets newsletter https://www.ft.com/trade-secrets.
Original Poems @originalpoems.bsky.social Original Poems is a free poetry resource listing thousands of open source poems.
Daily Submittable Deadlines @submittabledaily.bsky.social Best writing and poetry festivals to submit to each day on submittable.
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T Arnson @sirscribblesalot.bsky.social Writer-Producer ✍️
Here to check-out other creatives 🎭
Sharing my stories ✉️ Growing subscribers 📈
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Acropolis Journal @acropolisjournal.bsky.social Acropolis Journal | Home for temples, ruins, darkness and myth | Online Poetry & Art Journal | Projects | EIC Louise Mather |
https://acropolisjournaluk.wixsite.com/acropolisjournal
Elizabeth Fletcher @esfletcher.bsky.social writer, yoga therapist, Bowie fan | asst cnf editor Pithead Chapel | Best Microfiction nom | Pushcart Prize nom | BOTN nom | wigleaf LL | stage NED | ope
Writing: www.esfletcher.com
🔵 Blue Man in Red OK 💙 @bluemaninredok.bsky.social Living behind enemy lines in deep RED Oklahoma!
Save AMERICA by not supporting Trump & the spineless GOP
Protect MEDICARE, MEDICAID and SOCIAL SECURITY!
Protect our First Amendment right of Free Speech!
LOVE AMERICA - HATE THIS ADMINISTRATION!
Nazaret Ranea @nazaretranea.bsky.social Poet. Scotland’s Next Generation Young Makar. My debut collection, Nettles, is out now! 🇪🇸🏴
nazaretranea.com | https://www.instagram.com/nazareterreese?igsh=MWdyNmNpNHcxcjVwNg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
In Three Poems @inthreepoems.bsky.social Each episode is a conversation in three poems with a different guest poet, examining how poems connect us and how they communicate with each other.
inthreepoems.com
Hosted by @davidjbauman.bsky.social
Amith Hegde @amithhegde.bsky.social Seeker, Learner, Creator, #Poet, #Writer|
#Entrepreneur #Strategist, #Leadership, #Consulting, Innovation, #Branding | Into Social & Environmental Causes
Nicola Vulpe @nicolavulpe.bsky.social Poet, writer, sometime thinker, indignado
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Max @paisleystars.bsky.social Commercial wildlife photographer. Probably north of you (they/them)
Ann Tigone @anntigone.bsky.social Poet. Dramatic but lazy. Wistfully nonchalant. Passionately disinterested in oxymorons.
Trevor Warner @trevor1953.bsky.social Asquithian Liberal, Wykehamist, Balliolian, Classicist and European.
A Francophile, Germanophile, Austrophile and a Venetophile.
Archaeology, Art, Books, History, Music, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Science.
Paul McMahon @paulmcmahonpoet.bsky.social Poet, musician. https://www.paul-mcmahon.com/
Lisa @lisadellaporta.bsky.social Deep Woods of Philly | Sometimes Writer | Spoonie Crew | Accidental Startupper | Words in New Letters, Wild Roof Journal, etc.| NO DMs
https://linktr.ee/lisadellaporta
Elizabeth Ezra @elizabethezra.bsky.social Californian Edinburgher. Former academic; now writing novels and poetry. Kelpies Prize winner; Bridport Poetry Prize Highly Commended, etc
Finished Creatures Poetry Magazine @finishedpoetry.bsky.social Independent, printed poetry magazine: ecopoetry and the environment; climate justice and politics; beauty and daring.
Issue nine - trespass - just published
Please see website for order details.
finishedcreatures.co.uk- M Left the BlueSky @mumsy777.bsky.social
FWC Indivisible @fwcindivisible.bsky.social FWC is a multi-state Indivisible Group and a grassroots operation providing messaging and social media content inspired by our progressive allies.
https://indivisible.org
Gulf Got Talents - UAE's Top Modeling and Casting Agency @gulfgottalents.bsky.social Gulf Got Talent is one stop marketplace platform to find and hire models, actors, musicians, photographers, dancers, singers, and entertainers in the UAE. We connect Brands and companies with over 10,000 top professionals for events, shows, and promotions.
Rachel Carney @createdtoread.bsky.social Cardiff based Poet, Writer, Academic 'Octopus Mind' (Seren Books) - a Guardian Best Poetry Book of 2023 https://linktr.ee/createdtoread Teach creative writing, writing on/around ekphrasis, neurodiversity, creativity, climate crisis, art
Go4Know @go4know.com 🔥 Blog by Dariusz Majgier. AI, fun facts, science & brilliant ideas:
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Sandy McIntosh @sandymcintosh.bsky.social Author of twelve volumes of poetry, a Chinese cookbook, and three computer software programs.
https://sandymcintosh.info
Kathleen O'Grady 🇨🇦 @kathleenogradyca.bsky.social Founder & CEO, QUOI Media Group Inc. www.quoimedia.com
Ottawa Valley girl and #cdnpoli enthusiast
Affiliate assistant professor, Concordia University, Montreal
Caroline Smith @csmithpoet.bsky.social Shortlisted for Ted Hughes Award for ‘The Immigration Handbook’(Seren). Refugee caseworker. Lives in Wembley. ‘Bycatch’ published by Nine Arches Press Oct 2025. Hawthornden Fellow. http://www.carolinesmithpoet.com
Lucy Lepchani @lucylepchani.bsky.social Adult Education tutor, writer, poet.
Gardening, ethnobotany, community radio, etcetera.
Devon, UK.
Fox and Star Books @foxandstarbooks.bsky.social We publish poetry and fiction chapbooks by UK debut authors with an emphasis on global majority writers. Founder/editor: @carrieetter.bsky.social; co-editor: Kaycee Hill Website: https://foxandstarbooks.org
AllyChicago @allychicago.bsky.social “Ally, from Chicaaago” 💥 💥 💥 💥
City dweller, devoted Cubs fan, GSD lover
Music runs through my veins & always in my ears 🎧
Degrees in Political Science, Journalism & 25+ years in Finance
Defender of Democracy and the United States Constitution 💙
Susan Muth @susiemuth.bsky.social Poet | MFA from @mason__cw | Executive Editor @offseasonmag | jigsaw puzzler | she/her
Wallace Heatherly @wallaceheatherly.bsky.social Writing and doodling