Sarah Wallis
@wordweave.bsky.social
Poet Seabird Island @boatsagainstmag
UK: https://rb.gy/tra0bq / US: https://rb.gy/9hlhwt
www.iambapoet.com/wave/23-sarah-wallis
Frazzled Lit BOTN Nom - https://tinyurl.com/mry5pw8d
UNESCO Fellowship Writer in Res, Skara Library, Gothenburg, Sweden
UK: https://rb.gy/tra0bq / US: https://rb.gy/9hlhwt
www.iambapoet.com/wave/23-sarah-wallis
Frazzled Lit BOTN Nom - https://tinyurl.com/mry5pw8d
UNESCO Fellowship Writer in Res, Skara Library, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Sarah Wallis
@wordweave.bsky.social
· Dec 31
Iona in Lacrimis
The saints are crying in the wind, can't you hear them?Only the cries of the wing borne sing out,oystercatcher, skylark, ploverand corncrake. This too may be an answer.The saints are letting their tea...
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk
So lovely to be included in the Best Scottish poems list by the Scottish Poetry Library, go have a look and a listen, the recording is at page end -
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/iona-in...
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/iona-in...
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"Maggie ended up with Gouda. She didn’t choose him. He didn’t choose her."
Flash Fiction: Gouda was a Scottish Fold by Brendan Gillen
jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/f...
Flash Fiction: Gouda was a Scottish Fold by Brendan Gillen
jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/f...
Flash Fiction: Gouda was a Scottish Fold by Brendan Gillen
An expensive, sought-after breed, which Maggie only knew because she took a photo of the animal’s smushed face and uploaded it to Google. Maggie ended up with Gouda. She didn’t choose him. He didn’…
jmwwblog.wordpress.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
"Maggie ended up with Gouda. She didn’t choose him. He didn’t choose her."
Flash Fiction: Gouda was a Scottish Fold by Brendan Gillen
jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/f...
Flash Fiction: Gouda was a Scottish Fold by Brendan Gillen
jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/f...
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New guest post 📰
Glacier – Garry MacKenzie writes on his new long poem
Read the full post: buff.ly/VdmjNVJ
#NorthSeaPoets #PoetrySky
Glacier – Garry MacKenzie writes on his new long poem
Read the full post: buff.ly/VdmjNVJ
#NorthSeaPoets #PoetrySky
November 24, 2025 at 10:25 AM
New guest post 📰
Glacier – Garry MacKenzie writes on his new long poem
Read the full post: buff.ly/VdmjNVJ
#NorthSeaPoets #PoetrySky
Glacier – Garry MacKenzie writes on his new long poem
Read the full post: buff.ly/VdmjNVJ
#NorthSeaPoets #PoetrySky
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A lot of people should be ashamed, having behaved disgracefully.
Congratulations, @poetsarahdoyle.bsky.social. This shows immense character:
www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...
I also wrote about this, for PNR:
www.pnreview.co.uk/archive/rema...
But read Sarah's if you only have time for one.
Congratulations, @poetsarahdoyle.bsky.social. This shows immense character:
www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...
I also wrote about this, for PNR:
www.pnreview.co.uk/archive/rema...
But read Sarah's if you only have time for one.
I was the other poet in the Len Pennie row: here’s my story
Sarah Doyle’s poem Laika won high praise but when she queried similarities to it with the poem Good Girl she was caught up in a storm of accusation, denial and online vitriol
www.thetimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:42 AM
A lot of people should be ashamed, having behaved disgracefully.
Congratulations, @poetsarahdoyle.bsky.social. This shows immense character:
www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...
I also wrote about this, for PNR:
www.pnreview.co.uk/archive/rema...
But read Sarah's if you only have time for one.
Congratulations, @poetsarahdoyle.bsky.social. This shows immense character:
www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...
I also wrote about this, for PNR:
www.pnreview.co.uk/archive/rema...
But read Sarah's if you only have time for one.
It's been amazing to be in #Skara 🇸🇪 on residency & have work published this month too, thanks so much to both
@dustpoetry.bsky.social - www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/breakfa...
&
@fullhouselitmag.bsky.social -
www.fullhouseliterary.com/issue-2-2025...
@dustpoetry.bsky.social - www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/breakfa...
&
@fullhouselitmag.bsky.social -
www.fullhouseliterary.com/issue-2-2025...
Breakfast TV by Sarah Wallis
Breakfast TV I would swear my soulsmells like cheese on toast,the buttered kindand roasted under the grill in Hadestime, that melt on sizzlethe Worcester sauce, and always cursedto be an empty or mis...
www.dustpoetry.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
It's been amazing to be in #Skara 🇸🇪 on residency & have work published this month too, thanks so much to both
@dustpoetry.bsky.social - www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/breakfa...
&
@fullhouselitmag.bsky.social -
www.fullhouseliterary.com/issue-2-2025...
@dustpoetry.bsky.social - www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/breakfa...
&
@fullhouselitmag.bsky.social -
www.fullhouseliterary.com/issue-2-2025...
Cannot believe it's my final week in #Skara on my Swedish residency, what a whirlwind, and I have x10 new pieces of work to show for it, plus a lot of thinking done about WIP...
Putting up the Tree in the Library, at #Skara had to bring a bit of Scotland with me!
November 24, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Cannot believe it's my final week in #Skara on my Swedish residency, what a whirlwind, and I have x10 new pieces of work to show for it, plus a lot of thinking done about WIP...
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The Dirigible Balloon poetry submission window will open on Monday December 1st and close on Sunday December 14th.
The guidelines are on the website. This is an open call with no theme. We're looking for poems to entertain and intrigue children. We are a global poetry platform.
#PoetryForChildren 🎈
The guidelines are on the website. This is an open call with no theme. We're looking for poems to entertain and intrigue children. We are a global poetry platform.
#PoetryForChildren 🎈
a colorful hot air balloon flies over a mountain range at sunset
ALT: a colorful hot air balloon flies over a mountain range at sunset
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:28 AM
The Dirigible Balloon poetry submission window will open on Monday December 1st and close on Sunday December 14th.
The guidelines are on the website. This is an open call with no theme. We're looking for poems to entertain and intrigue children. We are a global poetry platform.
#PoetryForChildren 🎈
The guidelines are on the website. This is an open call with no theme. We're looking for poems to entertain and intrigue children. We are a global poetry platform.
#PoetryForChildren 🎈
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‘Her ellipsis is a modernism of its own: the pause of someone caught between analog warmth and digital brevity.’
Madeline Cash on ellipses, from Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway to her mother’s text messages.
granta.com/connecting-t...
Madeline Cash on ellipses, from Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway to her mother’s text messages.
granta.com/connecting-t...
Connecting the Dots | Madeline Cash | Granta
‘There’s an extensive online discourse on the Baby Boomer generation’s penchant for ellipses. “OK . . .” “Thanks . . .” “See you next week . . .”’
granta.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
‘Her ellipsis is a modernism of its own: the pause of someone caught between analog warmth and digital brevity.’
Madeline Cash on ellipses, from Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway to her mother’s text messages.
granta.com/connecting-t...
Madeline Cash on ellipses, from Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway to her mother’s text messages.
granta.com/connecting-t...
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MY NAME IS❗A poem I wrote about otherization, has found a home in the beautiful new issue of DUST POETRY. It forms part of a collection of 30 poems entitled DEAR WORLD... 🌍
Thank you to editors Tara Wheeler & Catherine Redford.✌🏼
#DearWorld
#Projection
#Otherization
dustpoetry.co.uk/post/my-name-i…
Thank you to editors Tara Wheeler & Catherine Redford.✌🏼
#DearWorld
#Projection
#Otherization
dustpoetry.co.uk/post/my-name-i…
November 22, 2025 at 9:56 AM
MY NAME IS❗A poem I wrote about otherization, has found a home in the beautiful new issue of DUST POETRY. It forms part of a collection of 30 poems entitled DEAR WORLD... 🌍
Thank you to editors Tara Wheeler & Catherine Redford.✌🏼
#DearWorld
#Projection
#Otherization
dustpoetry.co.uk/post/my-name-i…
Thank you to editors Tara Wheeler & Catherine Redford.✌🏼
#DearWorld
#Projection
#Otherization
dustpoetry.co.uk/post/my-name-i…
@rburrows.bsky.social hope this works! photo from my skillingtryck (chapbook in Swedish) Poet Seabird Island
November 22, 2025 at 12:48 PM
@rburrows.bsky.social hope this works! photo from my skillingtryck (chapbook in Swedish) Poet Seabird Island
@monikarusvai.bsky.social @aehillam.bsky.social hi both! Just sending a link to @dustpoetry.bsky.social which published Breakfast TV today -
www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/breakfa...
You can access the rest of the journal from there too, have a good w/end!
www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/breakfa...
You can access the rest of the journal from there too, have a good w/end!
Breakfast TV by Sarah Wallis
Breakfast TV I would swear my soulsmells like cheese on toast,the buttered kindand roasted under the grill in Hadestime, that melt on sizzlethe Worcester sauce, and always cursedto be an empty or mis...
www.dustpoetry.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 12:06 PM
@monikarusvai.bsky.social @aehillam.bsky.social hi both! Just sending a link to @dustpoetry.bsky.social which published Breakfast TV today -
www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/breakfa...
You can access the rest of the journal from there too, have a good w/end!
www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/breakfa...
You can access the rest of the journal from there too, have a good w/end!
That is a stunning cover by Molly Lemon, love it, can't wait to dive in and spend time with these pieces, the new issue of Dust, out now!
Our NEW ISSUE featuring 30 remarkable new poems and stunning cover art by printmaker Molly Lemon is LIVE.
You can read it all here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/issues/categ...
We hope you enjoy this issue and look forward to hearing what you think 🧡✨
You can read it all here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/issues/categ...
We hope you enjoy this issue and look forward to hearing what you think 🧡✨
Issue 15, Dear World
www.dustpoetry.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 10:51 AM
That is a stunning cover by Molly Lemon, love it, can't wait to dive in and spend time with these pieces, the new issue of Dust, out now!
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November 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Writing is a kind of revenge against circumstance too: bad luck, loss, pain. If you make something out of it, then you've no longer been bested by these events.
— Louise Glück
— Louise Glück
November 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Writing is a kind of revenge against circumstance too: bad luck, loss, pain. If you make something out of it, then you've no longer been bested by these events.
— Louise Glück
— Louise Glück
Went to Skovde today, found a stationery (!) dept within a bookshop, with an English Language section of books! Some good stuff too but a lot of it I already have at home #Skara trip.
November 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Went to Skovde today, found a stationery (!) dept within a bookshop, with an English Language section of books! Some good stuff too but a lot of it I already have at home #Skara trip.
That arrived fast! @dustpoetry.bsky.social Dear World issue out tomorrow, with a little breakfast from me...
November 21, 2025 at 6:55 PM
That arrived fast! @dustpoetry.bsky.social Dear World issue out tomorrow, with a little breakfast from me...
@monikarusvai.bsky.social Hej Monika, thought you might like to know I wrote my first Sweden Orfeo poem, the Skara magic is definitely working! xx
November 21, 2025 at 6:53 PM
@monikarusvai.bsky.social Hej Monika, thought you might like to know I wrote my first Sweden Orfeo poem, the Skara magic is definitely working! xx
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This really made me smile, laugh and feel ready for Christmas. What wonderful poems @attielime.bsky.social @tinytreebooks.bsky.social. If children (and adults) read anything this Christmas/winter, make sure it’s this. Recommend! ❄️❄️❄️
November 20, 2025 at 9:27 AM
This really made me smile, laugh and feel ready for Christmas. What wonderful poems @attielime.bsky.social @tinytreebooks.bsky.social. If children (and adults) read anything this Christmas/winter, make sure it’s this. Recommend! ❄️❄️❄️
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Poets! Take the hard work out of submitting to poetry magazines. Subscribe to my list of over 200 (mostly) UK & Ireland publications: when they're open, what to send & more. All for free and updated quarterly. robinhoughtonpoetry.co.uk/poetry-magaz...
Poetry Magazines Submissions Spreadsheet
Poets! Take the hard work out of submitting to poetry magazines What poetry magazines are there? What are their web addresses? How many poems can I send? Are they open for submissions now? You̵…
robinhoughtonpoetry.co.uk
September 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Poets! Take the hard work out of submitting to poetry magazines. Subscribe to my list of over 200 (mostly) UK & Ireland publications: when they're open, what to send & more. All for free and updated quarterly. robinhoughtonpoetry.co.uk/poetry-magaz...
Performance today at #Skara bibliotek, doing Medusa Retold, Iona in Lacrimis and a new piece, A Ghazal for Skara, because they seem to be in conversation with each other, and each place is not easy to get to, you have to really want to get there!
November 19, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Performance today at #Skara bibliotek, doing Medusa Retold, Iona in Lacrimis and a new piece, A Ghazal for Skara, because they seem to be in conversation with each other, and each place is not easy to get to, you have to really want to get there!
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I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
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Pray for us this weird bare place -
we are screaming
O sky count us not as nothing
O sea count us not as nothing
we are screaming
O sky count us not as nothing
O sea count us not as nothing
November 18, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Pray for us this weird bare place -
we are screaming
O sky count us not as nothing
O sea count us not as nothing
we are screaming
O sky count us not as nothing
O sea count us not as nothing
obsessed wi' this 3D map, last night watched a freeze creep ovr it - gave me ideas for new pieces a magical map that can foretell the weather, perhaps Cassandra like it is ignored & something terrible befalls the townspeople... or it's an Oracle &they believe everything it tells them.. #Skara
November 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
obsessed wi' this 3D map, last night watched a freeze creep ovr it - gave me ideas for new pieces a magical map that can foretell the weather, perhaps Cassandra like it is ignored & something terrible befalls the townspeople... or it's an Oracle &they believe everything it tells them.. #Skara
Being on my #Skara trip at the minute has it seems meant a return to form, actual form, with ideas for sonnets and ghazals, perhaps the setting demands a more formal approach, surrounded by libraries and cathedrals oh my
November 18, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Being on my #Skara trip at the minute has it seems meant a return to form, actual form, with ideas for sonnets and ghazals, perhaps the setting demands a more formal approach, surrounded by libraries and cathedrals oh my