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Pascale Petit 🌿🐅🌱🐆🌿🦜
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BEAST April 2025 (Bloodaxe),’Tiger Girl’ shortlisted Forward Prize, ‘Mama Amazonica’ won Ondaatje & Laurel prizes. 1st novel ‘My Hummingbird Father’ from Salt 2024 http://www.pascalepetit.co.uk
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Excited to share the striking cover of PAIN SONGS by Daniel Sluman. Lyrical, confessional poems exploring the experience of chronic pain & disability, fertility & pregnancy, the ways the body & the world interact & intersect.
Ready to pre-order now, out in May.
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February 10, 2026 at 10:17 AM
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A big thank you @betarish.bsky.social for a very encouraging review of Beast in Under the Radar Issue 36! The flight issue looks ♥️ and can be ordered here:
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February 7, 2026 at 8:42 AM
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Reviews of Rachael Boast's Versus Versus anthology and of recent poetry collections by @jesstraynor.bsky.social and @pascalepetit.bsky.social feature in Issue 36 of Under the Radar. With thanks to reviewers @julwe1.bsky.social, @jennywcreative.bsky.social, @betarish.bsky.social.
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Thank you National Poetry Library for choosing Under the Radar as your Magazine of the Month - to mark this lovely accolade we're offering new (or returning) readers 10% off a digital or print subscription: type UTR10% at the checkout:
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February 2, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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A poem Salt Bride from my ninth collection, Beast, published by @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social last April, inspired by the sculpture Salt Bride by Sigalit Landau. Thank you to everyone who has reviewed and read and who invited me to their venues and festivals — it took five years to write.
February 1, 2026 at 10:09 AM
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Me being utterly astonished at the beauty of the work in Zain Rishi’s pamphlet Noon published by The Emma Press. It’s well worth reading.
January 29, 2026 at 5:25 PM
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For anyone fighting depression this January
#mamaamazonica
January 22, 2026 at 8:27 AM
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Poetry is the closest grief has to expression in language. Without it, we would be reduced to a single, unending cry of inexpressible hurt. With it, we exercise our prerogative to be human, in conversation with a grief that would otherwise destroy us.
– Ilyse Kusnetz
January 18, 2026 at 8:23 AM
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Creative power is magical – time stops when in the throes of writing a poem. Afterwards I stop and glance at the clock – an hour passed in a frozen second. What does the process do to the mind? Are there pockets of eternity in its fabric?
January 9, 2026 at 8:02 AM
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writing poems is a form of resistance and protest. Being quiet, listening and looking at the natural world and channeling it is a protest against anti-spiritual forces and noise. Perceiving Earth as one being is a protest against war.
January 8, 2026 at 6:29 AM
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When you feel desperate and hopeless try to write a poem. It doesn’t have to be good, because you’ll try it again until one line is alive enough to keep you alive.
January 5, 2026 at 1:11 AM
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Happy New Year to all! Let’s hope for the best for 2026, here is a hopeful poem from Beast.
January 1, 2026 at 8:45 AM
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A photo of me wearing one of my hats, late twenties, by Ron Serlin.
Photo of me aged late twenties wearing one of the hats I used to make. Photo by Ron Serlin.
December 29, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Today is my 72nd birthday! I made it so far, a miracle! Spent the morning at Perranporth Beach, with a wild wind and sea – elemental.
December 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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On Saturday 20 December I’ll be 72, it was a year spent doing lots of readings for Beast, 9th collection @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social Also lots of teaching & mentoring.Now working on 10th collection. I love this review by @mabjones.bsky.social in Buzz magazine which totally gets the spirit of Beast
December 18, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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🕰️ With the year coming to an end, we asked a selection of our contributors to give us their favourite poetry books and pamphlets of 2025.

Next is Pascale Petit's pick: That Broke into Shining Crystals by Richard Scott (Faber). Thank you, Pascale!
Pascale Petit recommends That Broke into Shining Crystals by Richard Scott and says: This book takes dark material and transmutes it into crystalline flowers and gemstone purity, packed with the shocked light of Rimbaud's Les Illuminations.
December 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Aristotle’s Lantern - Twenty-Four Digressions on Light
John Glenday turns his mind towards the solstice
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December 13, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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Beast is only £10 reduced from £12.99 – might make a Christmas present?

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Buy Beast by Petit, Pascale (ISBN: 9781780377377) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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December 12, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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It’s so encouraging that Beast is on the Bloodaxe bestsellers list, 5th for now but for three months it was 3rd! After the blockbusters Benjamin Zephaniah & Staying Alive, which I was very shocked to see. Have now been overtaken by the stupendous Versus Versus & Mahmoud Darwish & in glorious company
December 2, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Delighted to be a tutor for this exciting new course from @outspokenpress.bsky.social
outspokenpress.bsky.social Out-Spoken Press @outspokenpress.bsky.social · Nov 26
January - Grief with @no1emily.bsky.social & @pascalepetit.bsky.social

February - Parents with @carolinebirduk.bsky.social & Jack Underwood

March: Eros with @kimaddonizio.bsky.social & Oluwaseun Olayiwola

April: Resistance with Joelle Taylor & @aanaxagorou.bsky.social
GRIEF Consider the different ways poems can help get between the feelings of grief and loss and look at how to ensure a poem remains artful while also true to its emotional life and sensibility. Both Emily Berry and Pascale Petit have written extensively on the theme of grief using metaphor, allegory and anecdote and will be guiding poets through a range of tips and prompts aimed at enhancing their skillset and thinking around the kind of poetry they want to write. 6-27 JANUARY 2026 TUTORS: PASCALE PETIT, EMILY BERRY WORKSHOPS: TUES 7-9PM UK HYPERFOCUS grief: outspokenldn.com/hyperfocus HYPERFOCUS - parents How do you write about a problematic parents)? How best could you navigate a complex upbringing? How do you handle the sheer awe and panic of being a new parent? How do you write about the loss of a parent? In this second segment of Hyperfocus, join poets Caroline Bird and Jack Underwood as they look at ways we can write poems that draw from the multilayered experiences of having parents and being a parent. 3-24 FEBRUARY 2026 TUTORS: CAROLINE BIRD JACK UNDERWOOD WORKSHOPS: TUES 7-9PM UK PARENTS outspokenldn.com/hyperfocus EROS Love, desire, lust, eros and longing are all part of March's Hyperfocus. Participants will be looking at what makes an erotic poem... erotic. How does one write erotica without sounding crass or twee, how can we express notions of longing or desire for another person and not make the poem feel like it's over-reaching or performative and if we are to write sex how much does that involve the body. How do sexuality, ability and gender impact the way we write into these themes? 3-24 MARCH 2026 TUTORS: KIM ADDONIZIO OLUWASEUN OLAYIWOLA WORKSHOPS: TUES 7-9PM UK HYPERFOCUS eros outspokenldn.com/hyperfocus HYPERFCCUS resistance 7-28 APRIL 2026 TUTORS: JOELLE TAYLOR ANTHONY ANAXAGOROU WORKSHOPS: TUES 7-9PM UK Writing poems that talk truth to power or address the state of the nation can often be tricky to navigate. Either a poem is so direct it ends up feeling didactic or it's so subtle it doesn't have the push and bite it needs to make its case. Over the course of the four weeks participants will explore what it means to write a poem that is concerned with the world, injustice, oppression, trauma and witness. RESISTANCE outspokenldn.com/hyperfocus
November 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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January - Grief with @no1emily.bsky.social & @pascalepetit.bsky.social

February - Parents with @carolinebirduk.bsky.social & Jack Underwood

March: Eros with @kimaddonizio.bsky.social & Oluwaseun Olayiwola

April: Resistance with Joelle Taylor & @aanaxagorou.bsky.social
GRIEF Consider the different ways poems can help get between the feelings of grief and loss and look at how to ensure a poem remains artful while also true to its emotional life and sensibility. Both Emily Berry and Pascale Petit have written extensively on the theme of grief using metaphor, allegory and anecdote and will be guiding poets through a range of tips and prompts aimed at enhancing their skillset and thinking around the kind of poetry they want to write. 6-27 JANUARY 2026 TUTORS: PASCALE PETIT, EMILY BERRY WORKSHOPS: TUES 7-9PM UK HYPERFOCUS grief: outspokenldn.com/hyperfocus HYPERFOCUS - parents How do you write about a problematic parents)? How best could you navigate a complex upbringing? How do you handle the sheer awe and panic of being a new parent? How do you write about the loss of a parent? In this second segment of Hyperfocus, join poets Caroline Bird and Jack Underwood as they look at ways we can write poems that draw from the multilayered experiences of having parents and being a parent. 3-24 FEBRUARY 2026 TUTORS: CAROLINE BIRD JACK UNDERWOOD WORKSHOPS: TUES 7-9PM UK PARENTS outspokenldn.com/hyperfocus EROS Love, desire, lust, eros and longing are all part of March's Hyperfocus. Participants will be looking at what makes an erotic poem... erotic. How does one write erotica without sounding crass or twee, how can we express notions of longing or desire for another person and not make the poem feel like it's over-reaching or performative and if we are to write sex how much does that involve the body. How do sexuality, ability and gender impact the way we write into these themes? 3-24 MARCH 2026 TUTORS: KIM ADDONIZIO OLUWASEUN OLAYIWOLA WORKSHOPS: TUES 7-9PM UK HYPERFOCUS eros outspokenldn.com/hyperfocus HYPERFCCUS resistance 7-28 APRIL 2026 TUTORS: JOELLE TAYLOR ANTHONY ANAXAGOROU WORKSHOPS: TUES 7-9PM UK Writing poems that talk truth to power or address the state of the nation can often be tricky to navigate. Either a poem is so direct it ends up feeling didactic or it's so subtle it doesn't have the push and bite it needs to make its case. Over the course of the four weeks participants will explore what it means to write a poem that is concerned with the world, injustice, oppression, trauma and witness. RESISTANCE outspokenldn.com/hyperfocus
November 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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I’ll be reading with the amazing Fiona Benson at Push the Boat Out, Edinburgh, 11am on Sunday 23rd November, this weekend.

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The Mythic and the Familiar: Fiona Benson and Pascale Petit - 2025 Push The Boat Out Festival
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November 18, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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Butterflies of the Peruvian Amazon:
bluemarks, heliconia, eighty eight, a doctor (large blue) and day flying Urania moths (green ones)
November 16, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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We're delighted to offer a warm programme of comforting events as the air turns colder — from the art of #sourdough #baking and the #healing #wisdom of #animals to gatherings of #poetry, #food and shared #creativity. We invite you to join us here in #Hartland > conta.cc/3J9jUIF
Introduction to sourdough bread baking Sunday 23 November • 9am to 4.30pm The Resurgence Centre Want to learn how to make delicious, healthy sourdough? This course, which is suitable for baking novices, is an introduction to the sourdough process, including maintaining starters, types of flour, tools and equipment, mixing, folding, fermenting, shaping and baking. You will gain a basic understanding of the sourdough process and the knowledge to bake a simple loaf and to experiment at home. The course will be taught by Simon Leworthy, head baker at an artisan micro-bakery based in Hartland. Baked By Si 'The H'artisan bakery' specialises in long-proofed, cold-fermented sourdough breads made using the finest organic flours available from around the world. Buy a ticket > https://www.resurgencevents.org Animals and healing Friday 14 November • 7—8.30pm The Resurgence Centre An evening with poet Pascale Petit and author Jay Griffiths. Shamans have always said that it is the animals who heal us. Pascale Petit’s work demonstrates poetry as a kind of shamanism, allowing author and reader to shapeshift in the imagination, and the animals are the constant medicine in her work. Jay Griffiths’ new book encompasses how animals heal the society as well as the psyche, electrifying our minds and vitalising our cultures. Together Jay and Pascale will create an event that shows, through both personal experience and their writing, that animals are our healers. They will be discussing their experiences, reading from their work, and opening up the conversation to the audience. Buy a ticket > resurgenceevents.org PLANT NEESH pop-up supper club Saturday 29 November • 6—9.30pm The Resurgence Centre September's pop-up was a beautiful occasion celebrating food, art and people, and this one promises to be pretty much the same. Bring friends and meet new people and enjoy the stunning art from our Layers of Reality exhibition whilst enjoying a plant-based menu throughout the evening. Canapés and drink on arrival, and delicious mains and dessert to follow. These evenings really are a collective and gathering of people and good food in the heart of Hartland. Buy a ticket > https://www.resurgenceevents.org/events Layers of Reality exhibition Open weekends, including Fridays, 28 November - Sunday 14 December 10am - 3pm #Free admission: Resurgence Centre, Fore Street, Hartland, EX39 6AB Layers of Reality invites visitors to experience the natural world through the eyes of five artists: Astrid Lans, Mel Turner, Lydia Jane Duncan, Rae Chi and Angelique Medland. Each artist explores colour, pattern and form as a way of expressing the living intelligence of Nature. With folkloric paintings, intricate ink drawings, ceramics and Nature-inspired prints, this free exhibition OpenRice Hong Kongs a threshold into wonder and invites reflection on our place within the great web of life. Find out more > https://resurgenceevents.org/LayersofReality
November 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Poets reading @ptbopoetry.bsky.social in Edinburgh 22-23 Nove include @pascalepetit.bsky.social, @marjorielotfi.bsky.social, @jesstraynor.bsky.social, plus an online event with Vidyan Ravinthiran & Arundhathi Subramaniam. There's special event for @rachaelboast.bsky.social's Versus Versus anthology.
November 10, 2025 at 8:46 AM