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Caroline Smith @csmithpoet.bsky.social · 2d

I am so delighted you are coming Sari. We read together at The Magma launch in the summer. I loved your poem then and can’t wait to read a collection by you. See you soon! 😊

Sari C. Cunningham @saricunningham.bsky.social · 2d

I've looked forward to the launch of @csmithpoet.bsky.social's new collection, 'Bycatch', for some time. She chronicles dementia. And, I've had the pleasure of hearing Erica Hesketh online.

I'm so excited for this! There are still a few tickets left.

London: Thurs. Oct. 16 at 18:30. #poetry 👇

Nine Arches Press @ninearchespress.bsky.social · Sep 4

Join @csmithpoet.bsky.social to celebrate the publication of BYCATCH at Wembley Library, alongside poet Erica Hesketh.
Their books are beautifully moving explorations into the beginning and end of life, parenting & ageing, sadness & joy.
Thursday 16th October 6.30pm
eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-in-...

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Nine Arches Press @ninearchespress.bsky.social · 2d

Here's a stunning #poem from freshly published BYCATCH by
@csmithpoet.bsky.social

'So much love, care, grief, and dignity is presented in this collection.' – Hitomi Grace Utsugi

ninearchespress.com/publications...

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Nine Arches Press @ninearchespress.bsky.social · 5d

Our next online launch features @csmithpoet.bsky.social @troycabida.bsky.social & guest
@jessmookherjee.bsky.social
Join us Thursday 13th November, 7pm
📹 Recording sent to all ticket-holders in case you can't join live.
🎫 Reserve your place, pay what you can
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-lau...

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Nine Arches Press @ninearchespress.bsky.social · 7d

Publication day for BYCATCH by @csmithpoet.bsky.social
A remarkable, meditative journal of caring for ageing parents, composed throughout with striking clarity of image and compassionate observation. A beautiful, finely resonant book.
Congratulations Caroline 💚
ninearchespress.com/publications...

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Nine Arches Press @ninearchespress.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you to Bernard O'Donoghue for his words about BYCATCH, out this week from @csmithpoet.bsky.social ⬇️

A compassionate, poetic chronicle of care and dementia, family, love and loss. Order your copy now: ninearchespress.com/publications...

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Caroline Smith @csmithpoet.bsky.social · 10d

Terrible train journey but worth it! Wonderful Festival! 💐
@ninearchespress.bsky.social

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Nine Arches Press @ninearchespress.bsky.social · 11d

Thank you Kamila Shamsie for these heartfelt words describing BYCATCH, the upcoming 'beautiful' #poetry collection by @csmithpoet.bsky.social
Order your copy now: ninearchespress.com/shop#!/Bycat...

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Caroline Smith @csmithpoet.bsky.social · 13d

Happy National Poetry Day! ❤️
A poem from ‘Bycatch’ my new collection out next Thursday with @ninearchespress.bsky.social
#nationalpoetryday
#nationalpoetryday2025

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Caroline Smith @csmithpoet.bsky.social · 18d

I have a poem in the Canadian journal @arcpoetry.bsky.social… ‘This volume gathers voices that echo across time and space - some whispering, some roaring, some weeping, all resonant.’ ..
‘Ocean World’ will also be in my new collection Bycatch. Out on 9th Oct! with @ninearchespress.bsky.social

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Caroline Smith @csmithpoet.bsky.social · 24d

Thanks Sari for that lovely comment. I’d love you to come to the launch if you are in the UK on 16th October. ☺️

Sari C. Cunningham @saricunningham.bsky.social · 24d

"His language has become / its own ecosystem"

Thank you for this gift of a poem on World Alzheimer's Day, @csmithpoet.bsky.social.

#poetry
#WomenWritersNet

Caroline Smith @csmithpoet.bsky.social · 24d

On Alzheimer’s Day

My poem ‘Forest Canopy’ from my new collection, ‘Bycatch’ out on October 9th with @ninearchespress.bsky.social
‘Bycatch’ charts the process of aging, dementia and the loss of language
#alzheimersday
#alzheimersawareness

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Caroline Smith @csmithpoet.bsky.social · 24d

On Alzheimer’s Day

My poem ‘Forest Canopy’ from my new collection, ‘Bycatch’ out on October 9th with @ninearchespress.bsky.social
‘Bycatch’ charts the process of aging, dementia and the loss of language
#alzheimersday
#alzheimersawareness

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Caroline Smith @csmithpoet.bsky.social · Sep 12

Thank you 😊

Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social · Sep 12

Have fun!

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Caroline Smith @csmithpoet.bsky.social · Sep 12

Thrilled if you can join us for my first Reading from BYCATCH. Delighted to be sharing the evening with poet Erica Hesketh. Thank you Brent Libraries for making possible this free community event. Hope to see you there! 😊

Nine Arches Press @ninearchespress.bsky.social · Sep 4

Join @csmithpoet.bsky.social to celebrate the publication of BYCATCH at Wembley Library, alongside poet Erica Hesketh.
Their books are beautifully moving explorations into the beginning and end of life, parenting & ageing, sadness & joy.
Thursday 16th October 6.30pm
eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-in-...

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Nine Arches Press @ninearchespress.bsky.social · Sep 4

Join @csmithpoet.bsky.social to celebrate the publication of BYCATCH at Wembley Library, alongside poet Erica Hesketh.
Their books are beautifully moving explorations into the beginning and end of life, parenting & ageing, sadness & joy.
Thursday 16th October 6.30pm
eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-in-...

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Nine Arches Press @ninearchespress.bsky.social · Aug 24

Sharing a wonderful poem and blog from @csmithpoet.bsky.social as she discusses 'In Decline'.
Here dementia reveals itself, urban images are juxtaposed with 'misplaced' language, prompting questions about the notion of personhood.
ninearchespress.blogspot.com/2025/08/in-c...
Taken from Bycatch.

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Caroline Smith @csmithpoet.bsky.social · Aug 14

Looking forward to my copy dropping through the letterbox! Many congratulations 👏

Nine Arches Press @ninearchespress.bsky.social · Aug 14

Publication day for The Infernal Garden by Gregory Leadbetter. Leading us into dark and verdant places of the imagination through bewitching, lyrical poems that combine precision with mystery.
'A profoundly-felt but also profoundly-thought collection'
ninearchespress.com/publications...

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Nine Arches Press @ninearchespress.bsky.social · Aug 12

Sharing a wonderful poem and blog from @csmithpoet.bsky.social as she discusses 'In Decline'.
Here dementia reveals itself, urban images are juxtaposed with 'misplaced' language, prompting questions about the notion of personhood.
ninearchespress.blogspot.com/2025/08/in-c...
Taken from Bycatch.

In Conversation - Caroline Smith

On writing 'In Decline' Bycatch by Caroline Smith is a striking and compassionate book of poetry that charts the faltering years of a lif...

ninearchespress.blogspot.com

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Caroline Smith @csmithpoet.bsky.social · Aug 7

That’s very kind of you Julian ☺️

Julian Day @julianday.bsky.social · Aug 7

👏👏

Caroline Smith @csmithpoet.bsky.social · Aug 7

Thanks sari ☺️

Sari C. Cunningham @saricunningham.bsky.social · Aug 7

Congratulations!

Caroline Smith @csmithpoet.bsky.social · Aug 7

My poem Chrism that won 2nd prize in Indigo Spring Poetry Competition! Now published in Reach Poetry.

Thank you judge @vickygwriter.bsky.social & @indigodreamspub.bsky.social

It is just one of the poems in my new collection Bycatch forthcoming in October with @ninearchespress.bsky.social

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Caroline Smith @csmithpoet.bsky.social · Aug 1

A beautiful poem like this one by Malene Engelund will linger with me for days. Another great edition of @poetrylondon.bsky.social

Caroline Smith @csmithpoet.bsky.social · Jul 25

My new book, ‘Bycatch’ is out in October.
But you can pre-order it now with free postage! 😊

Nine Arches Press @ninearchespress.bsky.social · Jul 25

Our next trio of titles are out in August, September & October. You can pre-order each now using the (limited) FREEUK discount code at checkout.

Enjoy free UK postage on the best kind of post 📚

New books by Gregory Leadbetter, Chris McCabe & @csmithpoet.bsky.social
ninearchespress.com/shop

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Nine Arches Press @ninearchespress.bsky.social · Jul 24

Publication day for In the Hollow of the Wave by Nina Mingya Powles. A beautiful book of #poetry and collage, weaving threads and textures of stories and memories, full of creation and vivid colour - inviting and exciting.
Congratulations Nina🩷
ninearchespress.com/publications...

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Caroline Smith @csmithpoet.bsky.social · Jul 22

Ha! Thank you Lucy. I’ll never forget that month - which enabled me to finish this book! 😊

Lucy (Lee) Jones @lucy-jones-books.bsky.social · Jul 22

I was lucky enough to share my Hawthornden fellowship with Caroline Smith whose poetry moved me deeply. Check out her new publication 👇 She is also the best person to ever have around in a crisis as we learned !

Caroline Smith @csmithpoet.bsky.social · Jul 22

Publication Day feels all the closer! Very excited to reveal the cover of my new collection, ‘Bycatch’ 🎉

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Caroline Smith @csmithpoet.bsky.social · Jul 22

Publication Day feels all the closer! Very excited to reveal the cover of my new collection, ‘Bycatch’ 🎉

Nine Arches Press @ninearchespress.bsky.social · Jul 22

Sharing the stunning cover of BYCATCH by @csmithpoet.bsky.social now available to pre-order.
As dementia destroys language and personhood Bycatch builds a narrative to recreate the life and experiences caught in its net.
ninearchespress.com/publications...
Artwork: Fishers of Men by Elizabeth Morris

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