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My friend sent me a message that said you’ve been strong all year so don’t finish strong, finish rested. Sharing because I’m sure I’m not the only one who needed to hear this.

Holding aloft a single flame. An end of year poem, first published in the 2022/23 winter issue of 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘰𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 ✨

After 10 years of thinking...5 years of research...1 year of writing, I have FINALLY completed the draft manuscript of my book on the gentrification of Hackney. "From Hackney, With Love: An Intimate History of Gentrification" will be out in May 2025

#MissingPerson #appeal Please help locate 70 year old Anthony, who often goes by his nickname REGGIE. #missing from the #LadbrokeGrove area. Family, Friends and police are concerned for his welfare. Please contact police as guided on the attached image with any information.

friendly reminder to collect your favorite poems into a personal file and sprinkle some of your poems in there, part of growing as an artist is learning your work belongs among the work you love

Has anyone ever come into your life and you feel like them being in your life is evidence that God loves you? Because yeah.

Sadly Susan Wicks will not be joining us. We look forward to welcoming her later in the year. But we still have the joys of Jemilea Wisdom-Baako MA,

Jean-Paul Sartre, damn

‼️ Submission opportunity ‼️ At Poetry London, we're always on the lookout for great essays about poetry. If you have a work in progress or an idea you'd like to pitch, we'd love to hear from you! You can reach us at [email protected]. poetrylondon.co.uk/submissions/

Come and write with us this weekend… turn your anxieties into poems…

We are thrilled to announce the appointment of the Bush Theatre’s next Artistic Director, Taio Lawson. Taio is currently the Genesis Fellow and Associate Director at the Young Vic and was previously Associate Director of Kiln Theatre. Read more: bushtheatre.co.uk/bushgreen/new-…

This event is going to stunning - wonderful readers, great charities - all in celebration of our brilliant founder Kathryn Bevis eventbrite.co.uk/e/celebrating-…

IG: @aeduann_maahes 🌙🌴 Alfonso Ribeiro dancing as a child (1984), this is the best you will see today.

So sad to hear the news of Alex Wheatle passing. His book East of Acre Lane that I studied in Eng Lit in College and his visit to us truly inspired me as a writer. It was the first time I read a story about South London, it shaped my writing. RIP

Remember when I told y’all my chapbook won New Delta Review ‘s contest? Wrote this for the eldest daughters. The fast tailed girls. The ones who became their mommas lil friends. For the ones with FINE mommas. Those who grew up with their mommas.

Blurb Alert!! Old selfie for the algo. My chapbook, BLOOD-FLEX on Black Mother Daughter relationships debuts on Mother’s Day and here’s what one of my favorite writers has to say about it 🥹 pre order link below

#GiveawayAlert: we're giving away copies of the monumental, luminous, utterly unforgettable #CollectedPoems by Mimi Khalvati from Jhalak Poetry Prize shortlist. For a chance to win, RT + reply to this tweet by 5 pm tomorrow (UK only). #jhalakprize25 #giveaway #JhalakShowcase

The Chancellor is currently reviewing all public spending from scratch so join me in signing the Campaign for the Arts petition to remind the Government that the arts make our lives happier and our communities stronger. Invest in them. campaignforthearts.org/petitions/spen…

My call for an independent inquiry into the UK's role in Gaza has passed its 1st reading in Parliament. We will establish the truth over the UK’s complicity in genocide - and we will bring about justice for the Palestinian people.