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What an absolutely wonderful evening! We feel so lucky to publish such wonderful poets, and it was a joy to hear so many of you read and witness all the first, second, third and many meetings between you all xxx

We've been on a summer break! But what better way to return than with a spotlight on this ferociously brilliant poem by Matthew M C Smith. Read it in full: blackirispoetry.com/the-roots-retu… #poetrycommunity #poetrytwitter

Also, we will be opening our next submission window on Monday 9 September. It will be a themed issue. Watch this space for more information and revised submission guidelines xxx

Submissions for our themed edition on sex and relationships are now open! Read our special guidelines for this issue here! #poetrycommunity #poetrytwitter PS if you’re on a mobile, we’re always prettier in landscape x blackirispoetry.com/sex-and-relati…

Also, our submissions did open yesterday, but we forgot to turn our out of office off! So if you sent on 9th Sept or today and got a message saying submissions are closed, ignore it! Your poems will be read x

Delighted with the quantity and quality of submissions for our sex and relationships edition. One day left to submit! #poetrycommunity #poetrytwitter

We've started posting the first few poems from our #poetryofbreakingnews project over on Insta. Come over to insta for a cup of tea and some breathwork to read them - they're great. Featuring @jsaphra Barbara Barnes, Ben Verinder Katrina Moinet | Portrait of a Young Girl Falling And many more coming soon.

We've got some amazing poems on our insta for our #poetryofbreakingnews project. Here's a wonderful one by @jsaphra . We're huge fans of Jacqueline's work - if you don't own Velvel's Violin, you really should buy it. And follow us on instagram (blackirispoetry) for more poems

#poetryofbreakingnews is still happening on our Insta (blackirispoetry). We've got some great poems there already. And we're still open for submissions! #poetrycommunity #poetrytwitter

Hi all, sorry if you’re waiting for a response from us on your submission. We were overwhelmed by the number this time around, and it’s taking us longer than usual to get through them.

Just to let you know we’re making some changes to the Black Iris website over the next few days to sort out a few things and prep for issue 3. We’ll let you know when we’re up and running again #poetrytwitter

STATUS!

Get ready for issue 3! Out on Saturday 18 January. This issue is our first themed edition, and this year’s theme is sex and relationships. #poetrycommunity #poetrytwitter

Preview of the cover art for our sex and relationships issue, coming Sat 18 January. Big thanks to Maja Trolle for this beautiful illustration! #poetrycommunity #poetrytwitter