Jennifer Cooke @jenniferacooke.bsky.social 📚 Prof of Contemporary Literature & Theory.
🐈⬛ Poet, Londoner, ashtangi, beleaguered cat-feeder.
📕 Author of Contemporary Feminist Life-Writing: The New Audacity.
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.
Matthew Stewart @roguestrands.bsky.social Weaving ways through poetry. Second full collection, ‘Whatever You Do, Just Don’t’, a Poetry Society Book of the Year 2023, available from HappenStance Press.
Lori Jones @lorijonespoetry.bsky.social Dreamer. Artist. Poet.
(she/her)
My debut poetry collection, The Sweetening, is available now.
https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params=tNc4PEbsbvaXfnA9b8WVRq1j2CfnRZBZCDjCL053p8L
Any Pascual | indie author & poet @anyespiritual.bsky.social My new book “Verses till midnight” out now!
I write cozy poetry books for deep feelers.
Indie Bestseller Author. Highly Sensitive Poet ✝️🌷🇪🇸
Autora, poeta Altamente Sensible.
Un abrazo de Luz ✨
Okay with DMs about writing.
https://linktr.ee/AnyPascual
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
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
Sarah Warden @sarahwarden.bsky.social Poet. Socialist.
"Fight like there is no night so dark that liberty cannot light it."
#poetsonbluesky #NoKings
http://sarahwarden.substack.com
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
Survivors' Poetry 🎤📚🌈 @survivors-poetry.bsky.social Survivors’ Poetry was founded in 1991 by poets with first-hand experience of the mental health system. We host monthly live open mic meetings 2nd Tuesdays of the month at The Harrison in King's Cross and 4th Tuesdays via Zoom https://survivorspoetry.co.uk/
Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social Poet, New York Times bestselling author of Paleolithic Era novels, nonfiction writer, award-winning screenwriter.
https://marymackey.com/
J. C. Jones @thejcjones.bsky.social Author of the best selling Louisa Moss detective series.
Ex-nightclub boss and, due to carelessness, owner of only half a lung.
Poems and Limericks daily.
Based in Hereford, UK.
National Association for Poetry Therapy @poetry-therapy.bsky.social Promoting growth & healing through language, symbol, and story. #poetry #expressivearts
Learn more about us at https://poetrytherapy.org/
We also publish the Journal of Poetry Therapy quarterly —> https://poetrytherapy.org/Journal-of-Poetry-Therapy
Forgotten Poets @forgottenpoets.bsky.social ❖ #ForgottenPoets & #ForgottenPrints ❖ Pre-1930s poetry & art ❖ Edited by Dick Whyte #dwpoems ❖ https://forgottenpoets.substack.com
❖ Poetry New Zealand ❖
#PoetryAotearoa
❖ Forgotten Press ❖
https://linktr.ee/forgottenpoets
Paul Connolly @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social Writer
Poetry: Debut collection due Spring ‘27
(Broken Sleep Books)
Forward Prize/BOTN nominee
100+ poems in Agenda, Stand, Poetry Salzburg, Chiron Review, IS&T etc & on BBC
Charles Causley & Bridport shortlists
Prose: Orwell Prize/Bridport Novel longlists
Alison Brackenbury @abrackenbury.bsky.social Poet & broadcaster. New non-fiction prose book, 'Village', OUT!
Witches and wheelbarrows: women's history in my village, 1841-1971: cheerful survival!
To buy, search for
ALISON BRACKENBURY VILLAGE AMAZON
Nick Montfort @docmofo.bsky.social Computational & experimental poet, teacher, curator, editor, researcher. Faculty at MIT & UiB. Lab/studio: The Trope Tank. Micropress: Bad Quarto
Festival for Poetry @poetryfestival.bsky.social Daily Poetry Deadlines
Submit for a free posting.
Submit for a poetry reading video.
Submit for your poetry to be made into a film.
https://festivalforpoetry.com
@markwynne20.bsky.social @markwynne20.bsky.social 
Dust Poetry @dustpoetry.bsky.social Just poetry. Digital UK-based poetry magazine.
New, international and marginalised poets always welcome.
Edited by Catherine Redford and Tara Wheeler
http://dustpoetry.co.uk
Alan Humm @alanhumm.bsky.social Editor of the online arts journal One Hand Clapping. Novelist, poet, teacher and father but not necessarily in that order. You can find my writing here: https://www.alanhummswriting.com/
Daily Submittable Deadlines @submittabledaily.bsky.social Best writing and poetry festivals to submit to each day on submittable.
https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/projects
And Other Poems @andotherpoems.bsky.social Poetry magazine edited by Tom Bailey and Laurie Ogden.
www.andotherpoems.com
Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social Green Party Leader (England & Wales)
London Assembly Member.
🏳️🌈
Promoted by Elfrede Brambley-Cranshaw on behalf of the Green Party of England and Wales. c/I po box 78066, London. SE16 9GQ
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
Starter Packs @mystarterpacks.bsky.social Lots of starter packs
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
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
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
Phil Wood @blaurock.bsky.social Writer| Political Theology, history, poetry| Birder, Anabaptist-Mennonite, rejoiner, Marxist, Green| Trees should count as FB friends.
Ysolda @ysoldaknits.bsky.social Scottish designer creating knitting patterns for accessories & sweaters in an extensive size inclusive range. Queer + AuDHD
Mary Beth Defer @shewordcrafts.bsky.social Writer, mother, friend, and passionate learner. I wish you peace, health, and joy. Passionate about haiku, my family, kindness, the water, and the natural world.
Guy Thomas @guywrites.bsky.social Writer 📚 Photography 📸 Hiker ⛰️ Nature 🌳 Mindfulness 🙏 Veteran 🫡
Cardinals Baseball ⚾️
Cornishman living in Hampshire
Hannah Flynn @hannahflynn-poetry.bsky.social 🩷💜💙 Poet | 🧬 Science Editor
Liminal bodies
Political as personal
Salt Books @saltpublishing.com If you’re reading this, you’re in the right place.
Beautiful books you won't forget. Available in all good bookshops.
Jonathan Everitt @jonathaneveritt.bsky.social freelance writer | poet | Bennington MFA '20 | Rochester, N.Y.
jonathaneveritt.com
DrNaturegirl @drnaturegirl.debbiemross.co.uk Poet, author, artist, baker, photographer. Keen gardner/veg grower, advocate for nature & the underdog. All year open water swimmer, thalassophile. Social & environmental justice NOW. Daily photo from Scotland.NOT a naturist!
https://linktr.ee/Debhandmade
Martyn Crucefix @mcrucefix.bsky.social Poet, blogger on poetry, translator. See my website https://martyncrucefix.com/ + Editor of Young Poets Page Acumen Poetry magazine https://acumen-poetry.co.uk/young-poets/
Hedgehog Poetry Press @hedgehogpress.co.uk Hedgehog is a teeny one-man-band of a poetry press nobody knows about - shhh!
www.hedgehogpress.co.uk
Clare O'Brien @clareobrien.bsky.social Writer. Retired music industry person.
2025 Poet in Residence, Inverewe Garden, Scotland.
Poetry chapbooks 'Breathing Out Becomes White And Snowfall' & 'Who Am I Supposed To Be Driving?' & novelette 'Airloc' out now.
Links: clarevobrien.weebly.com
Vikki C. @vikkicwrites.bsky.social
IN THE BLUEPRINT OF HER IRIS 2nd edition (IceFloe Press 2026)
WHERE SANDS RUN FINEST (DarkWinter Press 2024)
Bridport Prize 2025 shortlist.
Pushcart, Forward Prize, BOTN, Best Spiritual Lit nominee
Guest Editor: IceFloe Press
linktr.ee/vikki_c._author
D. A. Powell @dapowell.bsky.social Poet. Shelley Memorial Award, National Book Critics Circle Award, Guggenheim Fellow, NEA Fellow. Books available through @graywolfpress.bsky.social.
Poetry, Sex, Cinema, Music, Food, Politics. 🏳️🌈
http://poets.org/poet/d-powell
Erik Kennedy @erikkennedy.com Poet behind beloved classics like 'Sick Power Trip' (2025) and 'Another Beautiful Day Indoors' (2022), @thwupbooks.bsky.social. Leading voice of millennial vegan socialist cat-fancying indie pop kids.
📍 Ōtautahi Christchurch
http://www.erikkennedy.com
Sadie Maskery @saccharinequeen.bsky.social Functions adequately.
Short story collection, 'Overboard', published by Acid Bath Publishing.
May contain smut.
Ben Morgan @benjlmorgan.bsky.social Medea in Corinth - 2nd edition 2025 from Poetry Salzburg
poetrysalzburg.com/medea.htm
https://www.instagram.com/benmorganwriter/
https://benmorganwriter.wordpress.com/
Rae Howells @raehowells.bsky.social Journalist & poet. Shortlisted Wales Book of the Year 2023.
✍🏻 Poet in residence at Llanelli Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust
📚 Books: 🐝 The Language of Bees 🌿This Common Uncommon (Parthian)
📌 Project Manager NUJ Training Wales
🏴 Cymraes
Sean Bates @seanjbates.bsky.social writer/poet/educator
https://substack.com/@seanjbates
https://linktr.ee/seanbateswrites
poems in:
Paddler Press
Emerge Literary Journal
Stone Canoe
Rising Phoenix Review
"What Saves Us"anthology ed. Martín Espada https://tinyurl.com/44yksnmp
Lucy Coats @lucycoatswriter.bsky.social Writer/Poet/Myth witch. Classical Association Prize 2017. Latin Programme Poetry Prize 2022. Bridport Poetry Shortlist 2024. Holy rage Feminist/Animist. 🐝 🐍
Lover of owls & goddesses.
ADHD/ND & ME\CFS🥄
Free 🇵🇸
💗💙💜
Threads: @lucywriter
Web: lucycoats.com
Annest Gwilym @annestgwilym.bsky.social Poet, nature lover, Cymraes. 🏴 Widely published, nominated/winner of writing awards/prizes. Author of four poetry books. My fourth - Contemplation of Roses - is now available from Lapwing Publications on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0HG7ZY1Z4
Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social Poet. #ReadMorePoetry Collections: Crown of Eggshell, In the Shadow of Gods @BookWormSat w/ Signe Maene. Literature, art, myth, folklore, the gothic. Left wing. 🇪🇺 She/her 🌈🏳️⚧️ Ally https://linktr.ee/rachel_deering
https://ko-fi.com/kofisupporter68929
SeaGoatScreamsPoetry(Ankh Spice) @seagoatscreams.bsky.social A bit earnest
Poet, runner, sea, goat
Fae-wed
BotN/Pushcart/FwdPrize nom
PoetryArchive PAN winner
Mastheads: IceFloe/BarrenMag/Sídhe
#SkyPoem foundergoblin
He/him
https://tinyurl.com/GoatPoems
The Water Engine: https://bit.ly/2Zpbtl4
MrYrjö @mryrjo.bsky.social Retired IT professional. Retired from being single, 60s, poet and thinker.
Anti-Fascist.
Collects vinyl yet unable to find the time to listen.
Poetry South @poetrysouth.bsky.social An annual international poetry magazine published by the low-residency MFA at Mississippi University for Women.
Read free back issues, subscribe, or submit your poems at http://www.poetrysouth.com
Rosanna McGlone @rosannamcglone.bsky.social Writer. Journalist. Mother. Amazon no. 1: The Process of Poetry. The Making of a Poem. 100 + features and author interviews in The Guardian, The Independent, The Weekend Australian, SMH and Salon.com.
PoetessOProinntigh @poetessoprunty.bsky.social Artist. Poetess ©. Interests include, but are not limited to, literature, art, history, mythology, folklore, archaeology, photography, vintage, fine arts, etc...
"Never let'em determine your worth - only you can do that." OProinntigh
Helen Evans @helen-evans.bsky.social Poet, and facilitator of "Poems for the Path Ahead". Published by Mariscat Press, and HappenStance Press. www.helenevans.co.uk
Ulrica Hume @uhume.bsky.social Author of An Uncertain Age and House of Miracles. Labyrinth guide.
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www.ulricahume.com
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Read story: https://psalteryandlyre.org/2025/10/13/call-us-not-weeds/
The Bridport Prize @bridportprize.bsky.social 📝 Worldwide creative writing comp
📝 Over £20K prize pot
📝 Alumni inc Kate Atkinson
📝 Honorary Patron Kit de Waal
📝 Raises funds for Bridport Arts Centre
The views of contributors do not reflect the views of The Bridport Prize.
bridportprize.org.uk
Emma Harding @emmaharding.bsky.social Writer | audio maker | poetry pusher. Editor Drama, Arts & Classical Music, BBC Audio Wales & West of England. Debut novel: The Berliners/Friedrichstrasse 19 https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/emma-harding/the-berliners/9781529376203/
takahē magazine @takahemagazine.bsky.social Aotearoa’s longest-running independent journal of poetry, fiction, art, comics, and culture in review. Since 1989. https://linktr.ee/takahemagazine
Jim Lawrence @jimzovich.bsky.social Wordslayer, guitar strangler, art botherer, armchair psychogeographer. Amanuensis to anarchist philosopher Crofton Wingwalker.
It is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of The Archers.
Southampton, UK.
Niamh Hollis-Locke @niamhvh-l.bsky.social Poet, writer, editor, too many hobbies-haver, etc. Shortlisted Ginkgo Prize, Heroines Prize. Writing a book (very slowly).
UK born, Aotearoa-based, holder of slightly too many English degrees. Enjoys a good walk.
https://linktr.ee/nh_l
Eunoia Review @eunoiareview.bsky.social Online literary journal publishing new writing daily since October 2010. Edited by Ian Chung. Typically 24-hour turnaround for responses.🇸🇬
https://eunoiareview.wordpress.com
Jose Padua @josefpadua.bsky.social Writer, poet, author of A Short History of Monsters, winner of the Miller Williams Poetry Prize. https://linktr.ee/josepaduawriter
Andi Leigh @andileighwrites.bsky.social Poet, novelist, short story writer, & visual artist.
💛🤍💜🖤 🌻 🖤🩶🤍💜
EIC: @oatleafpoetry.bsky.social
andileighwrites.com
A s p e n🕊️©️(AspenBrave®️™️) @aspenbrave.bsky.social #BraveWrite|#Author|#Poet|#Screenwriter|#vss365|#tanka|#haiku|#PoetsOfBlueSky|
Images: Mine-Stock-Pinterest|🚫DM|©️
AKA: @Write2Fite on Twitter
Katherine E. Young @katherineeyoung.bsky.social Poet Laureate emerita, Arlington, VA. Winner (w/ Akram Aylisli), 2026 EBRD Literature Prize. Translator of Akram Aylisli (fiction), Anna Starobinets (memoir), & Russian-language poets from Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine. https://katherine-young-poet.com/
andre/a losi, poetry & art @scrivolosi.bsky.social Queer poet & mixed media artist. Works focus on natural and urban spaces, presence and loss. Love free libraries, independent bookshops and good decaf.
©️poetry, photos and artwork mine.
No AI or DMs please.
Fiftywords @fiftywords.bsky.social Thinks too much and tries to make sense of the world’s chaos, beauty, and commas; mostly through poetry.
Green Ink Poetry @greeninkpress.bsky.social Independent Poetry Press | Celebrating Wild Weather, Deep Roots, And Green Hearts | http://linktr.ee/GreenInkPoetry | Submissions Open
🍯honey bee🐝 @po3try.bsky.social curiosity swims in the deep place
#cats #disability #scienx #noai
Michael Broussard @michaelbroussard.myatproto.social Playwright, poet, storyteller, and performing artist. Democratic Socialist. He/Him/They/Them.
Patreon.com/MichaelBroussardArts
https://ko-fi.com/MichaelBroussardArts
michaelbroussardarts.com
Eve Castle @evecastle.bsky.social I write poems & short stories. Published. Retired to Colorado ‘24. TX escapee. #Resist
I’m writing/submitting. Also on Medium now. Be kind, especially to yourself #SafeSpace
Host #TankaThursday #TankaPoem prompt since Jun‘19 #poetry #haiku #tankapoem
Lucy Heuschen (she/her) @petitecreature1.bsky.social Pushcart & Jerwood Prize-nominated poet ~ Pamphlets with Hedgehog & The Broken Spine ~ Commended in Poetry Society Stanza Comp 2024 & 2025 ~ First Collection "Daughter of Fire" Yaffle Press 2025 ~ www.lucyheuschen.co.uk ~ IG: LucyHeuschenPoetry
EarthtoKara @themixedindigenous.bsky.social | Poet | Storyteller | Photographer |🏳️🌈
🦋🔮✨🌱☀️📚✨♌️🎨
Ex-Tech Writer \ Intuitive Healer \ Non-Religious Ordained Minister
🩷🧡💜
Ya no por nada.
Todo para ti.
✨♥️🇲🇽
#resist
#BLM
Síodhna @siodhna.bsky.social #Dublin based #poet #nature lover. Writes on Substack under @theseainme. Here's my about page https://theseainme.substack.com/about
I like to write about the things people don't talk about through the intimacy of #poetry
Rod Carlos Rodriguez @rodcrodriguezpoet.bsky.social Award-winning poet/author of five books of poetry. I love art photography, spending time with my family, and fighting fascists with every breath I take.
Michele Grieve @michelegrieve.bsky.social Poet & Writer
Pushcart Prize Nominee 2025
Tree Woman walking
the Druidic path
Reiki Master Teacher
Landscape 📸
ING @the_nature_connection_101
www.soultopage.co.uk
www.thenatureconnection.co.uk
Logan @llbbl.blog La 🐝 Bull. Dev+SecOps · Python, Go, TypeScript · Building open source tools in Austin · llbbl.blog
C. Oulens @owlnsquirrels1111.bsky.social Poet, thinker, dreamer, scribbler… in ascending order
For my recent posts: #Oulens
Winner, 3rd Annual Poe-it Like Poe Poetry Contest 2025 by sixdegreesofpoe
Dan Vera @danvera.com Washington, DC —poet| poetry foundation bit.ly/40tituc , editor, literary historian, 📚: Speaking Wiri Wiri (Red Hen) & co-editor, Imaniman: Poets at the (Gloria) Anzaldúan Borderlands (Aunt Lute). Quilt & watercolor. danvera.com
Jesse Lee Kercheval @jesselkercheval.bsky.social Poet, writer, translator (UY poetry), comics. Pitt Poetry Series, Fieldmouse Press, etc. Editor, Wisconsin Poetry Series, UW Press. Emerita CW Prof, UW-Madison, Rep Gail Hochman. Graphic memoir FRENCH GIRL, WaPo 10 Best Graphic Novel 2024
Peter Lilly Poetry @plpoetry.bsky.social Pushcart & BoTN nominated Poet
1st collection: "An Array of Vapour" with TSL Pubs:
https://tslbooks.uk/product/an-array-of-vapour-peter-lilly/
2nd: "A Handful of Prayers" with Wipf & Stock.
https://wipfandstock.com/9798385204373/a-handful-of-prayers
Anna Chen @annachen.bsky.social London-born writer, historian, poet & broadcaster.
Orwell Prize shortlisted. Ted speaker.
BBC presenter & writer back when it was good.
https://www.annachen.co.uk/home/about-anna-chen/
Anne McMaster @annierose25.bsky.social Poetry. Films. Photographs. Plays. Novels. Images my own unless a repost. Writing in English/Ulster-Scots. I chase words and the light. Available on tour, in books and on BBC Radio/TV. New work autumn 2025. Never too many cats.
Kristin Houlihan, Writer @kristinwrites.bsky.social Poet, Wife, Mom, LongCovid/MECFS. Looking to connect and learning to advocate. EIC, Poetry @epistemiclit.Bsky.social, @nimblewitlit.bsky.social. Micropoetry chapbook Lift the Mask available widely. www.kristinhoulihan.com
Susie Campbell @susiecampbell.bsky.social Makes poetry in multi-modes. Tenter (2020), Enclosures (2021), The Sleeping Place (2023), wastelands (forthcoming, Guillemot Press, 2025)
Amanda L. Ball • Author • Poet @echoendlessmind.bsky.social #IndieAuthor | #Poet | #Writer | #BookSky | #PoetrySky | #Feminist | 🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱
Word Weaver | My words are my art. ✍️
Author of poetic feminist and witchy, whimsical and macabre fairytales for adults.
-The Book Witch-
https://digitalmedleys.com
J.S. Watts @j-s-watts.bsky.social Writer (poet, novelist, short story writer and sometime reviewer) amateur photographer and very amateur musician. Website: https://www.jswatts.co.uk/
Strandvogel @strandvogel.united-for-democracy.com Poet, author, neurodivergent, progressive, humanist, Dutch lady fighting for democracy, goal: unite US #BlueCrew with #European #resistance #UnitedforDemocracy
Martina Dalton @martinadalton.bsky.social Poet | First collection, ‘Midnight at the Saltmarsh’, published by The Gallery Press, May 2026
V. Walker | Poet | Author @vwalker-author.bsky.social the fragile humans we are - out now! | Poet ✍🏻 indie author 📚 Romance lover ❤️🩹
https://linktr.ee/vwalkerauthor