Jayne Stanton
@jaynestanton.bsky.social
A passion for poetry; books and reading; lifelong learning.
I love walking in nature, small island retreats, music, knitting. And cats.
I love walking in nature, small island retreats, music, knitting. And cats.
Looking forward to reading with fellow Poetry Space prize-winners. Do join us online on Friday at 7pm. Zoom details in the link below:
www.poetryspace.co.uk/2025/12/poet...
www.poetryspace.co.uk/2025/12/poet...
Poetry pamphlet launch online 12th December – featuring the poets...
Friday 12th December - we are having an online launch for the pamphlets that received Poetry Space Prize 2024, judged by Patricia Brody. The poets are Jayne Stanton, Dorothy Baird, Marion Horton and D...
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December 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Looking forward to reading with fellow Poetry Space prize-winners. Do join us online on Friday at 7pm. Zoom details in the link below:
www.poetryspace.co.uk/2025/12/poet...
www.poetryspace.co.uk/2025/12/poet...
The launch of my Poetry Space pamphlet, Have they marked you with arrows?, online via Zoom on Thurs 30th Oct, 7-8 pm.
If you'd like to join us, message me for the link.
If you'd like to join us, message me for the link.
October 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The launch of my Poetry Space pamphlet, Have they marked you with arrows?, online via Zoom on Thurs 30th Oct, 7-8 pm.
If you'd like to join us, message me for the link.
If you'd like to join us, message me for the link.
My pamphlet, "Have they marked you with arrows?" (Poetry Space) is featured on Creative Writing at Leicester University:
creativewritingatleicester.blogspot.com/2025/08/jayn...
creativewritingatleicester.blogspot.com/2025/08/jayn...
Jayne Stanton, "Have they marked you with arrows?"
Jayne Stanton ’s poems have appeared in print and online at Anthropocene , Ink, Sweat & Tears , London Grip , Pennine Platform , Skylight...
creativewritingatleicester.blogspot.com
August 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
My pamphlet, "Have they marked you with arrows?" (Poetry Space) is featured on Creative Writing at Leicester University:
creativewritingatleicester.blogspot.com/2025/08/jayn...
creativewritingatleicester.blogspot.com/2025/08/jayn...
Proof copy of my pamphlet, forthcoming from Poetry Space 🎉
July 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Proof copy of my pamphlet, forthcoming from Poetry Space 🎉
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💰💰💰The theme of this month's Open Mic & Practical Chat is Money!
Join us on June 22 as we discuss how to make a living as a professional poet.
Sign up for the open mic, or just come along & enjoy a good old chat with other women poets!
www.tickettailor.com/events/rebec... #poetry #openmic
Join us on June 22 as we discuss how to make a living as a professional poet.
Sign up for the open mic, or just come along & enjoy a good old chat with other women poets!
www.tickettailor.com/events/rebec... #poetry #openmic
June 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
💰💰💰The theme of this month's Open Mic & Practical Chat is Money!
Join us on June 22 as we discuss how to make a living as a professional poet.
Sign up for the open mic, or just come along & enjoy a good old chat with other women poets!
www.tickettailor.com/events/rebec... #poetry #openmic
Join us on June 22 as we discuss how to make a living as a professional poet.
Sign up for the open mic, or just come along & enjoy a good old chat with other women poets!
www.tickettailor.com/events/rebec... #poetry #openmic
@mayacpopa.bsky.social 's reading and conversation at Ledbury Poetry Festival. Wow!
ledburypoetry.org.uk/podcast/12-p...
ledburypoetry.org.uk/podcast/12-p...
12. Poetry and conversation with Maya C. Popa and Matthew Hollis - Ledbury Poetry
Maya C. Popa is a Romanian-American writer, academic, and editor whose books include American Faith and, newly released to rapturous acclaim, Wound is the Origin of Wonder.
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July 5, 2025 at 12:45 PM
@mayacpopa.bsky.social 's reading and conversation at Ledbury Poetry Festival. Wow!
ledburypoetry.org.uk/podcast/12-p...
ledburypoetry.org.uk/podcast/12-p...
Wow! Maya C Popa's reading and poetry conversation - this alone was worth the cost of my livestream ticket for Ledbury Poetry Festival 2025.
July 5, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Wow! Maya C Popa's reading and poetry conversation - this alone was worth the cost of my livestream ticket for Ledbury Poetry Festival 2025.
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Stanzas are groups run voluntarily by Poetry Society members — some Stanzas meet to give feedback on each other’s poems in progress, some are poetry reading groups, some run impromptu open mic sessions. poetrysociety.org.uk/membership/p...
Poetry Society Stanzas – The Poetry Society
Stanzas are groups run voluntarily by Poetry Society members, and take a variety of forms. Some Stanzas meet to give feedback on each other’s poems in progress, some are poetry reading groups, some…
poetrysociety.org.uk
July 5, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Stanzas are groups run voluntarily by Poetry Society members — some Stanzas meet to give feedback on each other’s poems in progress, some are poetry reading groups, some run impromptu open mic sessions. poetrysociety.org.uk/membership/p...
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Our books are well-constructed, good and useful things, and if you buy one, it will enable us to make more. Recent titles include Steve Ely's 'Eely', Angelina D'Roza's 'The Blue Hour', and Rob Hindle's 'Sapo'. You can order them here:
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
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November 17, 2024 at 11:32 AM
Our books are well-constructed, good and useful things, and if you buy one, it will enable us to make more. Recent titles include Steve Ely's 'Eely', Angelina D'Roza's 'The Blue Hour', and Rob Hindle's 'Sapo'. You can order them here:
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
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Some rather wonderful poems to read and enjoy here.
OUT NOW. Issue Twenty-One: Long-limbed Darlings badlilies.uk/issue-twenty-1
Issue twenty-one — Bad Lilies
badlilies.uk
July 5, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Some rather wonderful poems to read and enjoy here.
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Tickled to be featured on the Best American Poetry blog with this poem: blog.bestamericanpoetry.com/the_best_ame...
A.E. Stallings: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
______________________________________________________________________ Empathy My love, I’m grateful tonight Our listing bed isn’t a raft Precariously adrift As we dodge the coast guard light, And cla...
blog.bestamericanpoetry.com
June 23, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Tickled to be featured on the Best American Poetry blog with this poem: blog.bestamericanpoetry.com/the_best_ame...
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The moon is broken, and the sky is cracked. But we can still make something beautiful, together. Come on up to the house. <3
New Thimble issue just dropped. Big thanks to our volunteer staff, readers, and contributors.
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New Thimble issue just dropped. Big thanks to our volunteer staff, readers, and contributors.
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March 31, 2025 at 12:35 PM
The moon is broken, and the sky is cracked. But we can still make something beautiful, together. Come on up to the house. <3
New Thimble issue just dropped. Big thanks to our volunteer staff, readers, and contributors.
www.thimblelitmag.com
thimblelitmag.square.site/product/thim...
New Thimble issue just dropped. Big thanks to our volunteer staff, readers, and contributors.
www.thimblelitmag.com
thimblelitmag.square.site/product/thim...
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TLM is open! Online / print / no fee / no payment / poetry / art / short prose. (I'm the EIC, co-founder, and managing editor. But you can just call me the HBIC.)
www.thimblelitmag.com/submissions/
www.thimblelitmag.com/submissions/
Submissions
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February 4, 2025 at 9:28 PM
TLM is open! Online / print / no fee / no payment / poetry / art / short prose. (I'm the EIC, co-founder, and managing editor. But you can just call me the HBIC.)
www.thimblelitmag.com/submissions/
www.thimblelitmag.com/submissions/
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Over 150 calls for submissions of poetry, fiction, flash, non-fiction, art, photography & more - competitions, literary journals, residencies, bursaries etc - open or with deadlines in February 2025. Best of luck & pls share! www.thisiswordbox.com/wordbox-blog...
February 12, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Over 150 calls for submissions of poetry, fiction, flash, non-fiction, art, photography & more - competitions, literary journals, residencies, bursaries etc - open or with deadlines in February 2025. Best of luck & pls share! www.thisiswordbox.com/wordbox-blog...
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I've started compiling starter packs of UK Poets. I've just finished the first one... alphabetically listed from A to J (1st names)... will start another list from there on.
go.bsky.app/DgHRkcK
go.bsky.app/DgHRkcK
November 22, 2024 at 3:17 PM
I've started compiling starter packs of UK Poets. I've just finished the first one... alphabetically listed from A to J (1st names)... will start another list from there on.
go.bsky.app/DgHRkcK
go.bsky.app/DgHRkcK
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ONLINE POETRY READING coming up! Featuring Tiffany Atkinson, Rachael Boast, Katy Evans-Bush & Adam Horovitz
4 Dec at 8pm London time - it's free, but book here:
@tiffanya.bsky.social
@rachaelboast.bsky.social
@adamhorovitz.bsky.social
#PoetsOnBluesky
Wooo! 🎉
4 Dec at 8pm London time - it's free, but book here:
@tiffanya.bsky.social
@rachaelboast.bsky.social
@adamhorovitz.bsky.social
#PoetsOnBluesky
Wooo! 🎉
Select tickets – Four Poets: Atkinson, Boast, Evans-Bush & Horovitz – Zoom
Join us for an evening of poetry, just when we need it most. Celebrating new pamphlets by Rachael Boast (TIMESLIPS, Clutag Pres...
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November 17, 2024 at 5:29 PM