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Nottingham, England
Joined August 2009
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A thread of some of my beautiful poetry book reviews:
link.medium.com/xm4MaG7UZyb
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I want to give a SPECIAL MENTION to @MatthewMCSmith who has contributed so many wonderful poems since he initiated #fragmentsfriday but as host has never given himself a placing.
So here is a top tier spot for your brilliant #poetry, with huge thanks, too, for all you do for us.
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Helen Laycock DOES like it, Jide!
Such a wonderful sense of movement and communion between nature, echoing beautifully the opening quote.
Love the ‘arms of glee’.
For my #fragmentsfriday this week, after a long absence, I'm sharing a work in progress, "Reading Mary Oliver Like Scripture".
Hope @helen_laycock likes it.
Hello @MatthewMCSmith @blackboughpoems
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Do you prefer your books to be hardbacks or paperbacks? And why?📚📖
0%Hard Backs 📕
100%Paper Backs 📑
4 votes • 21 hours
Nonsense
It is not difficult to prove a writer used AI or not. Anyone who has done the difficult work without use of AI will have evidence - scrap books, drafts, notes, mind maps, flowcharts, photos, videos, etc. The fact that little to no effort is used by publications like The Atlantic to verify these and other claims is telling. Anyone who is accused thus can have a goldmine of evidence to produce in a rebuttal.
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There is always taste when it comes to poetry. Most poets seem to have been pretty venomous when they didn’t like or understand the work of others. Men who imagine they are dealing in big ideas and profundity have often been dismissive of poems about the quotidian.
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Poetry is how I remember what I felt before I had the language for it.
Happy Weekend, Creatives💚✊🏾
#arts #poetry #creatives #chisomokoronkwo
Come rain, come sunshine...just come with a book
It’s official! Summer’s out, and we’re creeping into the cooler, cosier months. Our reading has started to transition too, so we have a little question for you…
Do you prefer summer or autumn reading?☀️🌻🍁🕯️
#summer #Autumn2026 #books #readers
0%Relaxing in a sun lounger
0%Cosying up with a blanket
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It’s Black History Month! Get settled in for posts EVERY WEEK celebrating culture and community💛💙
#blackhistorymonth #africanlit
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Glad to announce that my debut collection of stories will be published by the amazing @masobebooks! 🙏
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I'm elated to announce that my debut full-length poetry book, "Exi(s)t," was selected as the winner by @aefoxx for The South Broadway Press 2026 Ponderosa Poetry Prize.
I'm grateful to the judge and to the Press.
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THE WORKOVER STARTS NOW.
This November, LABAF 2026 returns to bring writers, artists, readers, thinkers, creators and culture-makers together for a week of imagination, expression and transformation.
📚 Lagos Book & Art Festival 2026
📅 November 16–22, 2026
Three Poems by Jide Badmus || The Bala Selection - Konya Shamsrumi share.google/soYwxjKPKe9lEAl…
How do you keep naming someone you blocked in your tweets? Sort out your mental health, abeg.
No be me you wan use do cheap publicity.
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We just announced the shortlist of the Arole Agarawu Poetry Prize. Congratulations to all the poets that made the shortlist.
aroleagarawufoundation.com/a…
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We still publish fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual art at Libretto. We're currently accepting submissions for Issue 16.
There was a time—between 2019 and 2021—when every literary magazine on this list was publishing fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual art regularly.
Now, alas.
doeklitmag.com/the-doek-list…
