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November 16, 2025 at 11:07 AM

Mike O’Brien

@zoomburst.substack.com

Coming in late November... The tenth volume of Sixty Odd Poets - The Last Half Dozen... and the promise of a rebirth for the #SixtyOdd Press next year. #Poetry for all!

The cover of the forthcoming tenth volume of Sixty Odd Poets - the Last half Dozen Featuring Susan Darlington, Jim Murdoch, Neil Roystone, Eleanor Cantor, James Lee Jobe and Steve Williams.

November 12, 2025 at 7:37 AM

Rachel Burrows

@rburrows.bsky.social

Here’s a small poem for #smallpoemsunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social from Sixty Odd Poets open.substack.com/pub/sixtyodd... @zoomburst.substack.com #poetry

November 2, 2025 at 4:28 PM

Mike O’Brien

@zoomburst.substack.com

here's a frame from the Classic or Codswallop game we played at the #SixtyOdd Poetry and Palaver event last Sunday. Are you familiar with the music of the Inkspots? with the #poetry of Longfellow? Can you tell the difference?

October 29, 2025 at 7:42 AM

Dave Kurley

@badvibrations62.bsky.social

Naa then! Thanks to @zoomburst.substack.com , I’m pleased to announce that come Sunday, I’ll be no. 75 of the SixtyOdd poets - a good half dozen of my poems will be on display on Mike’s Substack page. I hope you like them!

sixtyoddpoets.substack.com/p/75-dave-ku...

Multi talented Yorkshire poet, currently based in Portugal

June 16, 2025 at 6:52 PM

Dave Kurley

@badvibrations62.bsky.social

So, this has dropped. No. 75 of #SixtyOdd. Have a look when you’ve got a min. Let us know what you think. Quite excited.

#poems #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetsofbluesky

sixtyoddpoets.substack.com/p/75-dave-ku...

Multi talented Yorkshire poet, currently based in Portugal

June 22, 2025 at 10:13 AM

Mike O’Brien

@zoomburst.substack.com

Dave Kurley @badvibrations62.bsky.social brings his brand of insightful observational nostalgia to #SixtyOdd Poets this morning. Expect to be amused, intrigued and entertained.

Multi talented Yorkshire poet, currently based in Portugal

Spoken word poetry host and performer, writing on themes including mental health and creativity.

June 22, 2025 at 6:53 AM

Sarah O

@palimpsest22.bsky.social

@brokenspinearts.bsky.social @alanparry83.bsky.social #Spectacle #PoemsAbout One recently published in #SixtyOdd. No popcorn required.

Hilde's Hut. Text only. A poem about a shed burning down by Sarah O'Grady. Full poem on Sixty Odd substack.

June 6, 2025 at 11:34 AM

Mike O’Brien

@zoomburst.substack.com

Very active in the Poetry Scene in and around North Lincolnshire, Amy Garratt writes honest heartfelt #poetry. Her feature on #SixtyOdd poets last year was really well received.

42. Amy Garratt

November 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM

Mike O’Brien

@zoomburst.substack.com

Dave Kurley
@badvibrations62.bsky.social
brings his brand of insightful observational nostalgia to #SixtyOdd Poets. Expect to be amused, intrigued and entertained. #poetry

Multi talented Yorkshire poet, currently based in Portugal

substack.com

June 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM

Rachel Burrows

@rburrows.bsky.social

A tiny little oddity called Moving On for #smallpoemsunday - which can be found, with some others of mine, over here! #sixtyoddpoets @zoomburst.substack.com open.substack.com/pub/sixtyodd... #poetry #blueskypoets

August 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM

Mike O’Brien

@zoomburst.substack.com

Peter White, the only poet ever to travel to a #sixtyodd launch by aeroplane. A magnificent fellow, who writes magnificent #poetry with thought and feeling.

sixtyoddpoets.substack.com/p/45-peter-w...

45. Peter White

A poet who bridges the gaps between Derbyshire, Devon and Delhi, between the realms of life and death, and between playfulness and profundity.

Science Fiction, Weird Tales, Secrets of the Unknown and Time Travelling Paradoxes

November 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM

Dave Kurley

@badvibrations62.bsky.social

A couple of weird tales of mine in here, along with some others Sci-Fi stuff. Pitcher Plant and Boat Trip are down to me - thanks to @zoomburst.substack.com for including them!

#poets #poems #scifi #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetsofbluesky

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Amazing Stories

Multi-talented purveyor of poetry and champion of the arts

July 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM

Mike O’Brien

@zoomburst.substack.com

My recent visit to the Colony Room Green in Mayfair to read along with The Poets of Esnoid was masterminded by David Hutchinson. David also read that night, and here is a link to some of his excellent #poetry on #SixtyOdd.

40. David Hutchinson

Some seasonal ghostly poetry from subscribers to Sixty Odd Poets

October 22, 2025 at 7:17 AM

Mike O’Brien

@zoomburst.substack.com

A #SixtyOdd #poetry special in preparation for hallowe’en🎃

All Hallows Eve

Promoting Independent Literature #1

October 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM

Peter J Donnelly

@pj-donnelly.bsky.social

Thank you @zoomburst.substack.com for this review of my book Solving the Puzzle in Sixty Odd Poets:

open.substack.com/pub/sixtyodd...

A selection from some fabulous independently produced poetry collections.

Promoting Independent Literature #1

August 17, 2025 at 10:13 AM

Danielle McMahon

@dehm000.bsky.social

Hey a review for my micro-chap rowhouse song! 🥹

open.substack.com/pub/sixtyodd...

A selection from some fabulous independently produced poetry collections.

Guitar playing poet who is also a chorister.

August 17, 2025 at 6:33 PM

Mike O’Brien

@zoomburst.substack.com

The ninth edition of #SixtyOdd Poets is out today. You can get it from Amazon, but even better, you can get it from me and meet the people who wrote the #poetry at the launch in Mexborough next Sunday afternoon (you do know where Mexborough is don't you?)

The cover of Sixty Odd Poets Soixante Neuf - the ninth in the sixty odd poets series, all available internationally on Amazon.

September 20, 2025 at 7:39 AM

Mike O’Brien

@zoomburst.substack.com

With #poetry on topics as diverse as trees, stamp collecting and becoming a satsuma, Peter Fereday becomes the 86th poet to be admitted to the Order of the #SixtyOdd. A worthy addition to its ranks.

86. Peter Fereday

Heartfelt poetry and comedy from a performer and writer with a love of chip shop food

November 2, 2025 at 11:15 AM

Mike O’Brien

@zoomburst.substack.com

Its Sunday. Its time for some #sixtyodd #poetry this week, for your joy and delight there are six fine pieces by Helen Rice

81. Helen Rice

What I did in my Summer Holidays

August 24, 2025 at 10:11 AM

Mike O’Brien

@zoomburst.substack.com

It's 1st September, my birthday and the first official day of my retirement from teaching, but I couldn't help setting a traditional teacher's essay style prompt for yesterday's #sixtyodd poets page. Some great responses to be found here. also a fab night at the Fox Gallery for #poetry and palaver

The old favourite school essay title for the imminent month of September

The first transatlantic member of the sixty odd - for whom victory is in the doing.

September 1, 2025 at 8:53 AM

Mike O’Brien

@zoomburst.substack.com

I had the pleasure of an online chat with Rich Moore the other night. He's in San Fransisco - but its amazing what you can do with computers these days. At some point the chat may become a podcast. But for now, I recommend taking a look at his sublime #poetry. He graced #sixtyodd poets last year.

24. Rich Moore

open.substack.com/pub/sixtyodd...

June 24, 2025 at 6:28 AM

Dave Kurley

@badvibrations62.bsky.social

87. Paul Connolly

Internationally published poet with a marvellous reading voice.

Veteran of the poetry wars, poet and translator of poetry.

November 17, 2025 at 2:40 PM

Mike O’Brien

@zoomburst.substack.com

Peter J King, the multilingual warrior of #poetry is this week's inductee to the Order of the #sixtyodd with a marvellous collection of six poems.

83. Peter J King