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Sarah Doyle

@poetsarahdoyle.bsky.social

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Poet, reader, mentor, workshop leader. Pre-Raphaelite Society Poet-in-Residence. Widely published, inc. pamphlets: Something so wild and new in this feeling (2021) and (m)othersongs (2023), V. Press. Kindness always. More at: sarahdoyle.co.uk

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Sarah Doyle @poetsarahdoyle.bsky.social · 1d

Wow, Julia, how fabulous! Richly deserved, many congratulations. I hope it's really fruitful for you. x

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Sarah Doyle @poetsarahdoyle.bsky.social · 3d

For #WorldMenopauseDay: my poem 'Sea Gooseberries', which was highly commended in the 2022 Ginkgo Prize and is included in my V. Press pamphlet '(m)othersongs'. The poem merges ecological fragility with body crisis, and was inspired by witnessing a mass beaching in Norfolk.

$Sea Gooseberries by Sarah Doyle The tideline wears you like a broken necklace, sun-glittered gems strewn along its foamy contours. Plump glass marbles: stranded, stilled, alien as fallen moons. How vulnerable you seem in your naked transparency, insides on show, sand refracted through the bright lenses of your bodies. Displaced pearls sent airwards, the vagaries of navigation exiling you beyond the salt-safety of submergence. Your exposure is exquisite, for all its tragedy. You look to me like I imagine ovaries might when they outlive their use – flawless crystal ornaments, slow-fired and vestigial in death. Half gentle, half frantic, I cradle your sparkling ovoids in my palms, return you to your fold of sea: fearful you have already atrophied in the late-summer glare, hoping furiously time has not run out for you as it has for me. (c) Sarah Doyle$

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Sarah Doyle @poetsarahdoyle.bsky.social · 7d

Two stunning poems celebrating women in STEM. ✨

David Morley @profdavidmorley.bsky.social · 7d

Today is Ada Lovelace Day, a celebration of women in science, technology, engineering and maths. I’m proud to share my poem 'Ada Lovelace' and a sonnet to Caroline Herschel, published in the London Review of Books.
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David Morley · From ‘Seven Women Scientists’

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Sarah Doyle @poetsarahdoyle.bsky.social · 7d

Wow, these are amazing! The sonnet (in all its wonderful variations) is my favourite form, and these are so vibrant and beautifully constructed. I particularly love astronomical poetry, so was more drawn to that initially, but that final clever line of the Lovelace poem is 🔥. Thank you for sharing.

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Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 7d

Can you make our Skychat this week? We’re talking about women writers and mindset. Can you join us? @arleneandrews.bsky.social @sunisamara11.bsky.social @poetsarahdoyle.bsky.social @louiseduckling.bsky.social @jolloyds.bsky.social @heathertweed.bsky.social @nicolawriting.bsky.social

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Dust Poetry @dustpoetry.bsky.social · Sep 20

This sounds brilliant! 🪴💚🩶

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Sarah Doyle @poetsarahdoyle.bsky.social · Sep 20

That is immensely kind, thank you so much! ☺️

Sarah Doyle @poetsarahdoyle.bsky.social · Sep 18

Oof, 'plump and feral as a grass-fed lamb'... what a treat to lose myself in the vivid, embodied world of this gorgeously green-woody poem. Thanks so much for sharing, Shivanee. 💚

Sarah Doyle @poetsarahdoyle.bsky.social · Sep 13

I was delighted to endorse Sue Burge's brilliant new Yaffle Press collection, and am honoured to be guest-reading at her Zoom launch of 'watch it slowly fade'. Please join us on Sunday 14th September at 7pm! 📚💻🎤 All welcome, just contact Sue via the link in the poster. 💚🐝💛

Image is a photo of a bee stranded on sand. Text reeds:

watch it slowly fade, Sue Burge

Zoom launch

Sunday 14th September, 7pm - 9pm

Special guest readers:
Dee Allen
Sarah Doyle
John Glenday
Elżbieta Wójcik-Leese

Open mic slots

Contact Sue for Zoom link or to book open mic slot:

burgesue@yahoo.com

Sarah Doyle @poetsarahdoyle.bsky.social · Sep 4

Many thanks indeed, Peter; that's very generous of you. I hope you're having a great week. 😊

Sarah Doyle @poetsarahdoyle.bsky.social · Sep 4

It's so atmospheric and immersive, isn't it? A really magical and special place. 🪦🩶

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Sarah Doyle @poetsarahdoyle.bsky.social · Aug 30

A stunning poem, Catherine. So imaginative, and brilliantly controlled. x

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Sarah Doyle @poetsarahdoyle.bsky.social · Aug 26

That's really generous, Judi, thank you, but I am okay. I hope you have a lovely week ahead. x

Sarah Doyle @poetsarahdoyle.bsky.social · Aug 26

That's very kind, Tara, thank you so much. x

Sarah Doyle @poetsarahdoyle.bsky.social · Aug 26

That is immensely kind of you, Julian. Thank you so much. I hope you have a lovely week ahead, full of the things that bring you happiness. 😊

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Sarah Doyle @poetsarahdoyle.bsky.social · Aug 25

Ooh, fab. I hope you enjoy creating with thread again! x 🪡🧵🧶

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Sarah Doyle @poetsarahdoyle.bsky.social · Aug 25

Oh, that's really kind, Sue, thank you. Music is a lovely way of lifting our spirits, isn't it? x

Sarah Doyle @poetsarahdoyle.bsky.social · Aug 25

You are the crochet queen, so I'm sure you're a star crafter in numerous ways! 🤩

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Sarah Doyle @poetsarahdoyle.bsky.social · Aug 25

Thank you so much, lovely Beth. x

Sarah Doyle @poetsarahdoyle.bsky.social · Aug 25

Gratefully received, lovely Laura! Thank you so much. x

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Sarah Doyle @poetsarahdoyle.bsky.social · Aug 25

Thank you so much, lovely Julia. You are always unfailingly kind. x

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Sarah Doyle @poetsarahdoyle.bsky.social · Aug 25

Life has been quite tough lately, and I'm often sad or stressed at the moment. However, I managed to find some small pockets of peace over the long weekend, and made these little pumpkins from air dry clay! I find crafting very soothing. What uplifting activities help you to ease your stress? x

Five small ceramic pumpkins. One is blue/teal, one is orange, one is light green with dark green markings, one is pale yellow with green markings, one is cream/white with apricot-coloured markings. All are suspended on different shades of ribbon.

Five small ceramic pumpkins after the first coat of watercolour paints. From left to right, green/orange/blue/yellow/cream.

Five little ceramic pumpkins on a glass cutting board, surrounded by wooden clay-working tools. The clay is various shades of mottled grey as it starts to dry.

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Sarah Doyle @poetsarahdoyle.bsky.social · Aug 19

In May I had the lovely honour of winning 1st prize in the inaugural Kathryn Bevis Memorial Poetry Prize. I'll be reading my poem at the Zoom launch of @thealchemyspoon.bsky.social on Friday 29th August and I'd love to see any poet chums there if you're free. xx

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The Launch of Issue 16 of The Alchemy Spoon

Join us for the virtual celebration of the release of Issue 16 of The Alchemy Spoon - a night filled with poetry, art, and creativity!

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Zaynub Zaman @zzaman.bsky.social · Aug 16

Want to read more about Rossetti and other Pre-Raphs? Become a member today at www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/memberships

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Zaynub Zaman @zzaman.bsky.social · Aug 16

Cloaked in cascading bronze chiffon, the Summer Issue of the PRS Review/PRSUS Newsletter is out now! Crammed with essays that’ll whisk you away to 13thC Florence and marvels closer to home, astonishing art, poetry, architecture, book & exhibition reviews, opinion pieces and more! 💎

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