Luke Bateman
@lukebateman.bsky.social
Walks fells and writes daft essays about real and imaginary worlds ☀️ 🍂 📚 limpetbay.substack.com
Happy World Poetry Day! Here’s a fave from Ada Limón
October 2, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Happy World Poetry Day! Here’s a fave from Ada Limón
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you busy? the monolith from 2001 A Space Odyssey is here. it wants us to—yeah, beat each other to death with bones
March 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
you busy? the monolith from 2001 A Space Odyssey is here. it wants us to—yeah, beat each other to death with bones
Was tweaking my paper for this symposium just this morning. So excited to see what everyone has come up with.
Booking is now open for a free full-day symposium on the work of 20th-century Cumbrian poet, playwright and topographical writer, Norman Nicholson, on Sat 27 Sept at the University of Cumbria’s Ambleside campus. See here for further details and guidance on booking your place: www.normannicholson.org
September 12, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Was tweaking my paper for this symposium just this morning. So excited to see what everyone has come up with.
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thank you to our editorial team, submitters, and our 62 glorious contributors for this stunning anthology!
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January 31, 2024 at 4:01 PM
thank you to our editorial team, submitters, and our 62 glorious contributors for this stunning anthology!
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I’m in this new anthology from @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social!
‘Ginnel’ has been brewing since my first term in Oxford, and it’s finally out, *here* and *now*!
So, head through the ginnel, enter the garden, and graze among these incredible poems - I dare y’!
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‘Ginnel’ has been brewing since my first term in Oxford, and it’s finally out, *here* and *now*!
So, head through the ginnel, enter the garden, and graze among these incredible poems - I dare y’!
fifthwheelpress.com/secrets-in-t...
secrets in the garden — fifth wheel press
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January 31, 2024 at 8:28 PM
I’m in this new anthology from @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social!
‘Ginnel’ has been brewing since my first term in Oxford, and it’s finally out, *here* and *now*!
So, head through the ginnel, enter the garden, and graze among these incredible poems - I dare y’!
fifthwheelpress.com/secrets-in-t...
‘Ginnel’ has been brewing since my first term in Oxford, and it’s finally out, *here* and *now*!
So, head through the ginnel, enter the garden, and graze among these incredible poems - I dare y’!
fifthwheelpress.com/secrets-in-t...
In November, I started a new job at an educational publishers, where I was told about a new GCSE poetry anthology called Worlds and Lives. Naturally, I went to see what 15-16 year olds are being given as their introduction to the world of poetry. Here’s one by George Eliot.
January 5, 2024 at 7:09 AM
In November, I started a new job at an educational publishers, where I was told about a new GCSE poetry anthology called Worlds and Lives. Naturally, I went to see what 15-16 year olds are being given as their introduction to the world of poetry. Here’s one by George Eliot.
In October, I dipped into Smart Devices by Carol Rumens, one of many poetry books available using the National Poetry Library’s free ebook service (check it out!!) I especially enjoyed this poem, Jasper by Tony Conran.
January 3, 2024 at 9:59 PM
In October, I dipped into Smart Devices by Carol Rumens, one of many poetry books available using the National Poetry Library’s free ebook service (check it out!!) I especially enjoyed this poem, Jasper by Tony Conran.
In September, I followed Poets.org’s poem of the day. It’s a great source for a wide range of voices - including phenomenal pieces like Breakfast by Minnie Bruce Pratt.
January 2, 2024 at 11:13 PM
In September, I followed Poets.org’s poem of the day. It’s a great source for a wide range of voices - including phenomenal pieces like Breakfast by Minnie Bruce Pratt.
Reposted by Luke Bateman
"they sent for
the priest
when I needed God Herself"
- from 'The Vanishing Song'
the priest
when I needed God Herself"
- from 'The Vanishing Song'
January 2, 2024 at 10:45 PM
"they sent for
the priest
when I needed God Herself"
- from 'The Vanishing Song'
the priest
when I needed God Herself"
- from 'The Vanishing Song'
In August, I changed it up again and read the Summer 2023 micro-chaps from Ghost City Press. So many highlights, but I especially loved Fast Dogs/Slow Rabbits by Kelli Simpson, and its haunting, otherworldly perspective on our world of creatures…
January 2, 2024 at 11:04 PM
In August, I changed it up again and read the Summer 2023 micro-chaps from Ghost City Press. So many highlights, but I especially loved Fast Dogs/Slow Rabbits by Kelli Simpson, and its haunting, otherworldly perspective on our world of creatures…
In July, I bought a cache of POETRY Magazine at half price (thanks Blackwells!) This issue of translations and adaptations of existing poems was my favourite; here’s Stephanie Burt’s Prayer to Artemis, which I read on a bus to the Isle of Iona.
December 31, 2023 at 7:09 PM
In July, I bought a cache of POETRY Magazine at half price (thanks Blackwells!) This issue of translations and adaptations of existing poems was my favourite; here’s Stephanie Burt’s Prayer to Artemis, which I read on a bus to the Isle of Iona.
In June, up to my eyes in magic stones, cyborg theory and more-than-human ecologies, I turned to Being Human. This wondrous poem by Mark Doty has been in my head ever since.
December 30, 2023 at 4:41 PM
In June, up to my eyes in magic stones, cyborg theory and more-than-human ecologies, I turned to Being Human. This wondrous poem by Mark Doty has been in my head ever since.
In May, I dipped a toe into this wonderful book of sea poems (thanks @paxmb.bsky.social !) Here’s a poem by William Carlos Williams that really caught my imagination.
December 30, 2023 at 9:58 AM
In May, I dipped a toe into this wonderful book of sea poems (thanks @paxmb.bsky.social !) Here’s a poem by William Carlos Williams that really caught my imagination.
In April, I read the boldest and best of new poems (or at least what featured in the Forward Prize). Holly Hopkins’ ‘Telephone Girls’ grabbed me and did not let go.
December 30, 2023 at 9:57 AM
In April, I read the boldest and best of new poems (or at least what featured in the Forward Prize). Holly Hopkins’ ‘Telephone Girls’ grabbed me and did not let go.
I haven’t stopped thinking about this incredible poem by Fiona Benson since I read it in March. The precision of the language, the violent technicality… wow
December 27, 2023 at 6:03 PM
I haven’t stopped thinking about this incredible poem by Fiona Benson since I read it in March. The precision of the language, the violent technicality… wow
February’s anthology was Poetry Unbound. Every poem here captured a unique and yet universal voice, and the accompanying essays guided me in developing my own language to describe the poems that move me. I can’t recommend enough.
December 26, 2023 at 11:03 PM
February’s anthology was Poetry Unbound. Every poem here captured a unique and yet universal voice, and the accompanying essays guided me in developing my own language to describe the poems that move me. I can’t recommend enough.
This year, I read a poetry anthology every month. So, here are my twelve favourite poems from twelve different anthologies over the twelve days of Christmas. Day One - January’s Ecco Anthology of International Poetry with Nina Cassian’s seductive, vital ‘Temptation’
December 25, 2023 at 4:45 PM
This year, I read a poetry anthology every month. So, here are my twelve favourite poems from twelve different anthologies over the twelve days of Christmas. Day One - January’s Ecco Anthology of International Poetry with Nina Cassian’s seductive, vital ‘Temptation’
Delighted to have three new #poems with Coporeal Lit - here’s a sneak peek of ‘Mother Beard’, click the link for more
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November 9, 2023 at 6:53 AM
Delighted to have three new #poems with Coporeal Lit - here’s a sneak peek of ‘Mother Beard’, click the link for more
#poetry
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#NaNoWriMo Day 1: 512 words. A sure start!
November 1, 2023 at 10:33 PM
#NaNoWriMo Day 1: 512 words. A sure start!
The double treat of a favourite poetry magazine opening a themed submission call: the prompt to write something to an intriguing theme, and the promise of great poems to read on that theme in a few months.
October 31, 2023 at 6:53 AM
The double treat of a favourite poetry magazine opening a themed submission call: the prompt to write something to an intriguing theme, and the promise of great poems to read on that theme in a few months.
Fab read - if Victorian ghosts come from gas lamps, 21st century ghosts haunt from the metaverse?
Jeanette Winterson on ghosts for #spookyseason in The Paris Review. www.theparisreview.org/blog/2023/10...
October 24, 2023 at 6:52 PM
Fab read - if Victorian ghosts come from gas lamps, 21st century ghosts haunt from the metaverse?
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⭐⭐ GIVEAWAY ⭐⭐
Hi folks, I'm giving away a copy of my two poetry pamphlets, Primers and Dionysia. They're mostly about myth, magic and grief, Alexander the Great and the Green Children of Woolpit.
To enter:
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I'll choose the winner at random next Friday! (I'll ship worldwide).
Hi folks, I'm giving away a copy of my two poetry pamphlets, Primers and Dionysia. They're mostly about myth, magic and grief, Alexander the Great and the Green Children of Woolpit.
To enter:
+ Follow me
+ Repost
I'll choose the winner at random next Friday! (I'll ship worldwide).
October 13, 2023 at 9:44 AM
⭐⭐ GIVEAWAY ⭐⭐
Hi folks, I'm giving away a copy of my two poetry pamphlets, Primers and Dionysia. They're mostly about myth, magic and grief, Alexander the Great and the Green Children of Woolpit.
To enter:
+ Follow me
+ Repost
I'll choose the winner at random next Friday! (I'll ship worldwide).
Hi folks, I'm giving away a copy of my two poetry pamphlets, Primers and Dionysia. They're mostly about myth, magic and grief, Alexander the Great and the Green Children of Woolpit.
To enter:
+ Follow me
+ Repost
I'll choose the winner at random next Friday! (I'll ship worldwide).
Reposted by Luke Bateman
Wow, a whole year since @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social published ‘My Darling Swims in the Shallows.’ Still love this poem, and the goblin it’s about.
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October 13, 2023 at 12:01 PM
Wow, a whole year since @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social published ‘My Darling Swims in the Shallows.’ Still love this poem, and the goblin it’s about.
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Every twenty pages of ‘Radical Wordsworth’, the narrative pauses for another of Coleridge’s whacky hijinks…
Like the time he, a man who could not ride a horse, joined a cavalry under the name ‘Silas Tomkyn Cumberbatch’
Ahh #poets
Like the time he, a man who could not ride a horse, joined a cavalry under the name ‘Silas Tomkyn Cumberbatch’
Ahh #poets
October 5, 2023 at 9:25 PM
Every twenty pages of ‘Radical Wordsworth’, the narrative pauses for another of Coleridge’s whacky hijinks…
Like the time he, a man who could not ride a horse, joined a cavalry under the name ‘Silas Tomkyn Cumberbatch’
Ahh #poets
Like the time he, a man who could not ride a horse, joined a cavalry under the name ‘Silas Tomkyn Cumberbatch’
Ahh #poets