Summer arrives with its usual swagger: everything loud and bright and hot. For something cooler, dive into the latest wave of @iamb.uk. You'll find 45 poems by 15 poets β written and read by their authors. Enough to see you through the driest season.
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Hear the poets of wave 26 of literary poetry journal iamb read their poems for summer 2026 .
The Bloomsday Festival is here! On 11-16 June 2026, we have more than 130 events throughout Dublin.
To see the full programme for this yearβs festival, check out bloomsdayfestival.ie
Today, we are all Dubliners.
#bloomsday #bloomsdayfestival
Poetry doesn't need more branding, networking, gatekeeping or performance.
In this new piece, @alanparrywriter.co.uk reflects on why poetry still matters, the value of paying attention, and why ordinary lives remain the raw material of great writing.
thebrokenspine.co.uk/2026/06/07/n...
I didn't come to poetry because I wanted a profile, a brand, or a place within a literary scene. Like many people, I came to it because I was trying to make
Dear Friends and Interested Parties! Mapless will be released sometime in July and I hope this work will bring goodness to the lives of all who read it.
This Wednesday 10th June, you are cordially invited to the online Zoom launch of βShored Fragmentsβ.
Get booking, get inspired by our poems
in response to Eliotβs The Waste Land.
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The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN)
Discover who's joining special guest poet @robinince.bsky.social in wave twenty-six of @iamb.uk from June 15th onwards.
Huge congratulations to all the poets who made the cut! π₯³
Delighted to be included in this T.S. Eliot themed anthology, and thoroughly enjoyed hearing everyone read their poems last night!!
@clareobrien.bsky.social at our βShored Fragmentsβ launch last night. #spokenword #eliot #poetry
Clare O'Brien
Congrats to the 15 poets of wave twenty-six: Alex Smith, Anna Maughan, Caroline Stancer, Clare Best, Deborah Gaudin, Elizabeth Osmond, Frances Klein, Francesca Leader, Jonathon Medeiros, Kate Vanhinsbergh, Lauren Parker, Rachel Burrows, Robin Ince, Victoria Moul and Zain Rishi.
