The Harlow Circle of Poetry
@harlowstanza.bsky.social
Official Poetry Stanza founded by Carmella de Keyser @carmellapoetry.bsky.social on World Poetry Day, March 2024 🌍 ✌🏾✌🏻✌🏿🌈
Core Values- HUMILITY, RESPECT, EQUALITY
Everyone gets equal reading time, all voices will be heard! 📢
'We Rise by Lifting Others'
Core Values- HUMILITY, RESPECT, EQUALITY
Everyone gets equal reading time, all voices will be heard! 📢
'We Rise by Lifting Others'
That's a wrap! 🎉
Happy holidays from the #HarlowCircleofPoetry ❄️
See you in the New Year! 🎊
#harlowpoetry
#harlowstanza
#essexpoetry
Happy holidays from the #HarlowCircleofPoetry ❄️
See you in the New Year! 🎊
#harlowpoetry
#harlowstanza
#essexpoetry
December 12, 2025 at 11:33 AM
That's a wrap! 🎉
Happy holidays from the #HarlowCircleofPoetry ❄️
See you in the New Year! 🎊
#harlowpoetry
#harlowstanza
#essexpoetry
Happy holidays from the #HarlowCircleofPoetry ❄️
See you in the New Year! 🎊
#harlowpoetry
#harlowstanza
#essexpoetry
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I have become interested in the #waterford recently, a four line #poem of 8,4,4 and 8 syllables, rhyming ABBA. See @waterfordrhyme.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I have become interested in the #waterford recently, a four line #poem of 8,4,4 and 8 syllables, rhyming ABBA. See @waterfordrhyme.bsky.social
📣 Gentle reminder we are meeting today and we can't wait to hear your poems! 🙂
#harlowpoetry
#harlowpoets
#harlowstanza
#harlowcircleofpoetry
#harlowpoetry
#harlowpoets
#harlowstanza
#harlowcircleofpoetry
December 11, 2025 at 12:25 PM
📣 Gentle reminder we are meeting today and we can't wait to hear your poems! 🙂
#harlowpoetry
#harlowpoets
#harlowstanza
#harlowcircleofpoetry
#harlowpoetry
#harlowpoets
#harlowstanza
#harlowcircleofpoetry
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A huge thank you to @carmellapoetry.bsky.social and @harlowstanza.bsky.social for reading my poem Scapegoat at the wonderful @HarlowStanza. Really means a lot to me. Huge thanks to all the poets involved @poetrysociety.org.uk
Theme was #scapegoats with readings of Robert Graves and Sylvia Plath
Theme was #scapegoats with readings of Robert Graves and Sylvia Plath
December 10, 2025 at 9:51 AM
A huge thank you to @carmellapoetry.bsky.social and @harlowstanza.bsky.social for reading my poem Scapegoat at the wonderful @HarlowStanza. Really means a lot to me. Huge thanks to all the poets involved @poetrysociety.org.uk
Theme was #scapegoats with readings of Robert Graves and Sylvia Plath
Theme was #scapegoats with readings of Robert Graves and Sylvia Plath
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Thank you to all who came to our AGM & celebratory readings last night! We were so pleased to be joined by members in the Poetry Cafe and online via Zoom to reflect on a busy 2024-25.
Special thanks to Sarah Howe, AV Bridgwood, Marilyn Longstaff & Leena Tageldin, who read their work after the AGM!
Special thanks to Sarah Howe, AV Bridgwood, Marilyn Longstaff & Leena Tageldin, who read their work after the AGM!
November 26, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Thank you to all who came to our AGM & celebratory readings last night! We were so pleased to be joined by members in the Poetry Cafe and online via Zoom to reflect on a busy 2024-25.
Special thanks to Sarah Howe, AV Bridgwood, Marilyn Longstaff & Leena Tageldin, who read their work after the AGM!
Special thanks to Sarah Howe, AV Bridgwood, Marilyn Longstaff & Leena Tageldin, who read their work after the AGM!
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A busy week for so many of our Stanzas - brilliant to see so much going on! Thanks to all the reps making this happen
Excellent #poetry #workshop tonight with @poetryid.bsky.social - the N. Herts stanza of @poetrysociety.org.uk
The theme was 'something returning from the past', and brilliant work was produced.
The theme was 'something returning from the past', and brilliant work was produced.
November 28, 2025 at 10:11 AM
A busy week for so many of our Stanzas - brilliant to see so much going on! Thanks to all the reps making this happen
Harlow Stanza unite! @tomspoems.bsky.social reads a unique and mysterious poem inspired by the theme of SCAPEGOATS. Next months theme will be REFLECTIONS! ⭐
November 28, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Harlow Stanza unite! @tomspoems.bsky.social reads a unique and mysterious poem inspired by the theme of SCAPEGOATS. Next months theme will be REFLECTIONS! ⭐
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Excellent #poetry #workshop tonight with @poetryid.bsky.social - the N. Herts stanza of @poetrysociety.org.uk
The theme was 'something returning from the past', and brilliant work was produced.
The theme was 'something returning from the past', and brilliant work was produced.
November 27, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Excellent #poetry #workshop tonight with @poetryid.bsky.social - the N. Herts stanza of @poetrysociety.org.uk
The theme was 'something returning from the past', and brilliant work was produced.
The theme was 'something returning from the past', and brilliant work was produced.
Fab eve @ Harlow Stanza! Thanks to all the poets for sharing their work! @poetrysociety.org.uk
Theme was #scapegoats & we read Robert Graves, Sylvia Plath, Chrystos, @pdevonald.bsky.social & also top readings from @tomspoems.bsky.social @ianbharlow.bsky.social Bex, Tom, Laurie, Tashaney & Howard.🐐⭐
Theme was #scapegoats & we read Robert Graves, Sylvia Plath, Chrystos, @pdevonald.bsky.social & also top readings from @tomspoems.bsky.social @ianbharlow.bsky.social Bex, Tom, Laurie, Tashaney & Howard.🐐⭐
November 28, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Fab eve @ Harlow Stanza! Thanks to all the poets for sharing their work! @poetrysociety.org.uk
Theme was #scapegoats & we read Robert Graves, Sylvia Plath, Chrystos, @pdevonald.bsky.social & also top readings from @tomspoems.bsky.social @ianbharlow.bsky.social Bex, Tom, Laurie, Tashaney & Howard.🐐⭐
Theme was #scapegoats & we read Robert Graves, Sylvia Plath, Chrystos, @pdevonald.bsky.social & also top readings from @tomspoems.bsky.social @ianbharlow.bsky.social Bex, Tom, Laurie, Tashaney & Howard.🐐⭐
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My @harlowstanza.bsky.social November submission. Amazing contributions from other members of the group.
November 28, 2025 at 8:52 AM
My @harlowstanza.bsky.social November submission. Amazing contributions from other members of the group.
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Remembrance Day 2025:
I have always believed the importance of Remembrance Day is the legacy we leave for the next generation. The baton of “never again” passed on with love and hope, however fragile that might be.
This is the poem my 17 year old daughter Emily Beckett wrote.
We Will Remember Them.
I have always believed the importance of Remembrance Day is the legacy we leave for the next generation. The baton of “never again” passed on with love and hope, however fragile that might be.
This is the poem my 17 year old daughter Emily Beckett wrote.
We Will Remember Them.
November 11, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Remembrance Day 2025:
I have always believed the importance of Remembrance Day is the legacy we leave for the next generation. The baton of “never again” passed on with love and hope, however fragile that might be.
This is the poem my 17 year old daughter Emily Beckett wrote.
We Will Remember Them.
I have always believed the importance of Remembrance Day is the legacy we leave for the next generation. The baton of “never again” passed on with love and hope, however fragile that might be.
This is the poem my 17 year old daughter Emily Beckett wrote.
We Will Remember Them.
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My monthly blog for YourHarlow looking at events in our town in November 1989.
www.yourharlow.com/2025/11/12/a...
www.yourharlow.com/2025/11/12/a...
All Our Yesterdays – a look at Harlow in years gone by: 1989: Cossor shock-200 jobs to go - Your Harlow
All Our Yesterdays – a monthly look at Harlow in years gone by. By Ian Beckett LAST month’s local news history blog began with the words: “There are days, weeks, and months when some single news stori...
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November 12, 2025 at 10:48 AM
My monthly blog for YourHarlow looking at events in our town in November 1989.
www.yourharlow.com/2025/11/12/a...
www.yourharlow.com/2025/11/12/a...
November 27, 2025 at 8:01 AM
📣 #Poetrylovers of Harlow❕ Next meeting is 27/11/25
Optional theme is #Scapegoats ❕
Free entry, fair use policy applies.
#HarlowCircleofPoetry
#HarlowPoetry
#NationalPoetrySociety
#poetrycommunity
Optional theme is #Scapegoats ❕
Free entry, fair use policy applies.
#HarlowCircleofPoetry
#HarlowPoetry
#NationalPoetrySociety
#poetrycommunity
November 19, 2025 at 10:47 AM
📣 #Poetrylovers of Harlow❕ Next meeting is 27/11/25
Optional theme is #Scapegoats ❕
Free entry, fair use policy applies.
#HarlowCircleofPoetry
#HarlowPoetry
#NationalPoetrySociety
#poetrycommunity
Optional theme is #Scapegoats ❕
Free entry, fair use policy applies.
#HarlowCircleofPoetry
#HarlowPoetry
#NationalPoetrySociety
#poetrycommunity
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Join The Poetry Society for a very Christmassy open mic! Come and see the brilliant John Hegley perform a headline set, and get the chance to read your work at London’s most iconic poetry venue. 🎄 🎁 ❄️
Doors open at 7pm, event starts promptly at 7:30pm.
poetrysociety.org.uk/event/the-po...
Doors open at 7pm, event starts promptly at 7:30pm.
poetrysociety.org.uk/event/the-po...
November 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Join The Poetry Society for a very Christmassy open mic! Come and see the brilliant John Hegley perform a headline set, and get the chance to read your work at London’s most iconic poetry venue. 🎄 🎁 ❄️
Doors open at 7pm, event starts promptly at 7:30pm.
poetrysociety.org.uk/event/the-po...
Doors open at 7pm, event starts promptly at 7:30pm.
poetrysociety.org.uk/event/the-po...
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More tickets have been added to our annual lecture! Given this year by Diane Seuss on 10 November @ 7:00pm GMT via Zoom, the lecture will address an education in poetry from outside the borders of academia, specifically that of a poet from the rural working class.
November 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
More tickets have been added to our annual lecture! Given this year by Diane Seuss on 10 November @ 7:00pm GMT via Zoom, the lecture will address an education in poetry from outside the borders of academia, specifically that of a poet from the rural working class.
Lovely evening at #HarlowStanza Our theme was #eclipses ❕🌛 We read 3 featured poems in the 1st half, & in the 2nd, we read from our own. Featured poems sparked inspiring discussions on a variety of topics including #attachmenttheory & how #USpoetry compares to #UKpoetry
#HarlowStanza
#poetrymatters
#HarlowStanza
#poetrymatters
October 30, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Lovely evening at #HarlowStanza Our theme was #eclipses ❕🌛 We read 3 featured poems in the 1st half, & in the 2nd, we read from our own. Featured poems sparked inspiring discussions on a variety of topics including #attachmenttheory & how #USpoetry compares to #UKpoetry
#HarlowStanza
#poetrymatters
#HarlowStanza
#poetrymatters
📣 Attention Harlow Stanza ❗
Our meeting is TODAY! 🙂🙂
#poetrycommunity
#HarlowStanza
#HarlowPoetryCommunity
Our meeting is TODAY! 🙂🙂
#poetrycommunity
#HarlowStanza
#HarlowPoetryCommunity
October 30, 2025 at 9:56 AM
📣 Attention Harlow Stanza ❗
Our meeting is TODAY! 🙂🙂
#poetrycommunity
#HarlowStanza
#HarlowPoetryCommunity
Our meeting is TODAY! 🙂🙂
#poetrycommunity
#HarlowStanza
#HarlowPoetryCommunity
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The Autumn Poems on the Underground went live on London Underground and Overground trains for 4 weeks from 20th October.
Find out more at poetrysociety.org.uk
Find out more at poetrysociety.org.uk
October 24, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The Autumn Poems on the Underground went live on London Underground and Overground trains for 4 weeks from 20th October.
Find out more at poetrysociety.org.uk
Find out more at poetrysociety.org.uk
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My monthly look at Harlow, Essex, UK through our Museum Archives visits October 1963 www.yourharlow.com/2025/10/21/a...
All Our Yesterdays: A look back at the Harlow Citizen in October 1963 - Your Harlow
All Our Yesterdays – a monthly look at Harlow in years gone by. By Ian Beckett There are days, weeks, and months when some single news stories dominate the headlines and beyond. Times when enthusiasti...
www.yourharlow.com
October 21, 2025 at 10:37 AM
My monthly look at Harlow, Essex, UK through our Museum Archives visits October 1963 www.yourharlow.com/2025/10/21/a...
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Lovely day reading yesterday at Harlow Pride Festival. Was a lot of work, but worth it! So proud of @harlowstanza.bsky.social ! You were AMAZING,& the feedback we've been getting has been incredible! Thank you to Leigh, Daniel, Sue, Harlow Council, Harlow Rock School & everyone who came to watch! 🙏🏻
October 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Lovely day reading yesterday at Harlow Pride Festival. Was a lot of work, but worth it! So proud of @harlowstanza.bsky.social ! You were AMAZING,& the feedback we've been getting has been incredible! Thank you to Leigh, Daniel, Sue, Harlow Council, Harlow Rock School & everyone who came to watch! 🙏🏻
Thank you for listening to our poetry readings. We had a lovely time supporting Harlow Pride 2025! 🏳️🌈
@poetrysociety.org.uk
#HarlowCircleofPoetry
#HarlowStanza
#Pride
#CommunityMatters
#LivePoetryPerformances
#PoetryCommunity
#Oneness
@poetrysociety.org.uk
#HarlowCircleofPoetry
#HarlowStanza
#Pride
#CommunityMatters
#LivePoetryPerformances
#PoetryCommunity
#Oneness
October 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Thank you for listening to our poetry readings. We had a lovely time supporting Harlow Pride 2025! 🏳️🌈
@poetrysociety.org.uk
#HarlowCircleofPoetry
#HarlowStanza
#Pride
#CommunityMatters
#LivePoetryPerformances
#PoetryCommunity
#Oneness
@poetrysociety.org.uk
#HarlowCircleofPoetry
#HarlowStanza
#Pride
#CommunityMatters
#LivePoetryPerformances
#PoetryCommunity
#Oneness
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Our 2025 National Poetry Competition poster, as seen in Pages of Hackney, London.
The competition closes in TWO WEEKS! Have you entered your poems? 👀 📅
If you've seen a poster in your local bookshop, show us!
The competition closes in TWO WEEKS! Have you entered your poems? 👀 📅
If you've seen a poster in your local bookshop, show us!
October 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Our 2025 National Poetry Competition poster, as seen in Pages of Hackney, London.
The competition closes in TWO WEEKS! Have you entered your poems? 👀 📅
If you've seen a poster in your local bookshop, show us!
The competition closes in TWO WEEKS! Have you entered your poems? 👀 📅
If you've seen a poster in your local bookshop, show us!
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Delighted to have work in the group show ‘SEASONS’ at The Addenbrooke’s Gallery/ Hospital, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ 11 October 2025 – 31 January 2026 .
Huge thanks to Monica Perez Vega and the Small Works Gallery
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Huge thanks to Monica Perez Vega and the Small Works Gallery
www.cambridgedrawingsociety.org/.../seasons....
smallworksartgallery.com/.../seasons-...
October 15, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Delighted to have work in the group show ‘SEASONS’ at The Addenbrooke’s Gallery/ Hospital, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ 11 October 2025 – 31 January 2026 .
Huge thanks to Monica Perez Vega and the Small Works Gallery
www.cambridgedrawingsociety.org/.../seasons....
smallworksartgallery.com/.../seasons-...
Huge thanks to Monica Perez Vega and the Small Works Gallery
www.cambridgedrawingsociety.org/.../seasons....
smallworksartgallery.com/.../seasons-...