
Catherine Olver
@the_wordwoods
Poet & ecocritic writing nature & LGBTQ+ lives in childrenโs lit.๐๐ณ๐ท๐๐๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐๐ Please find me on Insta @the_wordwoods Bsky @thewordwoods; no longer here.
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'Could haiku poetry written more recently contain a trace of the changes wrought by our warming climate?' PhD Creative Writing candidate Paul Chambers & Dr Dr Jasmin Kirkbride consider the question in a new piece for The Conversation @bristol_writing theconversation.com/haiku-has-captโฆ

Thanks, Poetry Foundation for inspiring my next #pridemonthread with June Jordanโs stunning โPoem for Harukoโ - mailchi.mp/poetryfoundatiโฆ

A poem in the latest issue of Little Thoughts Press for #pride. Lovely to see Twitter pals Mark Bird (DreamBeastPoems) The Klangaroo Out Now! Linda Middleton ๐๐๐ฟ Josie De Falco ๐ฟ, Delia Black and Stephanie Lupo Henson ๐ in there too ๐ #childrenspoetry #poems4kids #poem #poetry




My poem โSee-Sawโ made it into the toy box! The Toy - Submissions closed So Iโm in suitably high spirits. Looking forward to reading all the other toysโฆ ๐งธ


Nothing like curling up in the laundry basket with a good book! For pre-orders go to: โฆOtter-Barry Booksโฉ



๐ณ๏ธโ๐ To celebrate #Pride2024, hereโs some new #sapphicpoetry of mine for children, published by the wonderful The Dirigible Balloon ๐ ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ : dirigibleballoon.org/poem/Two-Mums



How better to finish my month of #readwithpride than this joyful Arthurian romp with witty, pitch-perfect repartee from Lex Croucher ? Arthur is drawn to Gwenโs brother and Gwen to a lady knight, so it all gets gloriously gay. #sapphicbooks #achilleanbooks







