Poet, Flash-er, Artist, autodidact, bloody-absent-minded optimist. Nibbled into current shape in Zambian pupation. Celebrations on my website
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Dear Dave & Mick- I'm overjoyed and more than a little verklempt. Thank you so much for this honour amongst such deserving poems. Thank you for maintaining this contest as a voice for poets everywhere, and best of luck in the future.
The 20th #Welsh #Poetry Competition - international, English language poetry contest results are out now! And the winner is Canadian #poet Kerry Rawlinson for her poem 'Kokanee, Spawning'. Judge Mick Evans picked 20 fabulous poems & mentioned a lot more... welshpoetry.co.uk
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The Welsh Poetry Competition has now concluded after twenty successful years. Thank you to everyone who supported it. The website will continue with blog posts welshpoetry.co.uk but please follow
@davelewiswriter for future writing news including the Maya Poetry Book Awards
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Our next SpokenWord 11 October is writer/artist Kerry Rawlinson live from Canada. A 'mental nomad & bloody-minded optimist' her poetry wanders barefoot through dislocation & belonging unveiling the musicality & brutality of the world. Join us & @kerryrawli bit.ly/4sIRJ4R
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Sickening travesty against the indigenous peoples of Great Britain
Grant Pre-Trial Bail for Danny Tommo Pending His 2027 Trial - Sign the Petition! c.org/Px6YKzL8K8
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Wow!🤩 just got the most wonderful surprise!!! Thank you so much @MatthewMCSmith @blackboughpoems it’s such an honour to be nominated with these wonderful poets. Never expected this in a million years. Huge thanks and celebrations and congratulations to all. Thank you 🙏🥰🎉🥳
The Silver Branch series - 'Best of the Net' #poetry nominations:
@jakkybeefive
@Rhona_Greene
@helen_laycock
@Glenn_A_Barker
Kate Vanhinsbergh
Victoria Spires
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I am delighted to announce Stone Circle's 2027 Best of the Net nominees. Links to their poems are here: stonecirclereview.com/awards…
Please take a moment to enjoy their work again. And please join me in congratulating them and wishing them the best of luck. #BotN #BestOfTheNet
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New poem by Lisa Marie Oliver. Read "Aurora Borealis" and more at the link in our bio.
#celebratewonder #ecotheo #ecotheoreview #etr #ecotheocollective #poetry #lisamarieoliver
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Demand CBC News remove Basem Boshra from his position - Sign the Petition! c.org/BqDHMvTPHN
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Ice Floe received a Circular from The Department of Visual Paradox.... Welcome this exclusive entry in the Dis/enchantment/Anomie/Spectacle project @IcefloeP @pauldwoodford
Department of Visual Paradox and Pataphysical Research: Circular No. 73Γ icefloepress.net/2026/09/07/…
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Excited to share that my poem will be published in The North (UK)!
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Keanu Reeves a fêté ses 62 ans le 2 septembre 2026.
Sandra Bullock, sa partenaire dans le film Speed, dit de lui :
« Son père l’a abandonné lorsqu’il avait trois ans, sa fille est morte à l’âge de huit mois, sa compagne est décédée dans un accident de voiture, son meilleur ami a succombé à une overdose… Et malgré tout cela, il n’a jamais perdu sa lumière, son monde ne s’est jamais effondré.
Lors du tournage de The Lake House, il a surpris une conversation entre deux assistants : une femme en pleurs expliquait qu’elle risquait de perdre sa maison si elle ne payait pas 20 000 dollars. Keanu a aussitôt transféré l’argent sur son compte.
Avec les gains de la trilogie Matrix, il a offert plusieurs millions de dollars à l’équipe des effets spéciaux, qu’il considérait comme les véritables héros du film.
Refusant de recourir aux cascadeurs sauf pour les scènes les plus dangereuses, il a remercié chacun de ces “héros” en leur offrant une moto Harley-Davidson.
Aujourd’hui encore, il se déplace en métro ou en bus quand c’est plus pratique, sans jamais éprouver de honte.
De nombreux hôpitaux affirment avoir reçu des dizaines de millions de dollars de sa part. Pour certains films, il a accepté de renoncer à 90 % de son salaire afin de permettre à la production d’embaucher d’autres acteurs.
En 1997, un paparazzi l’a surpris assis dans la rue à côté d’un sans-abri, partageant son petit-déjeuner et écoutant son histoire.
Tout ce que nous savons de Keanu Reeves, ce n’est pas lui qui nous l’a dit, mais les personnes qui ont bénéficié de son aide et de sa générosité. Il n’a jamais cherché à en parler.
Malgré toutes les épreuves qu’il a traversées, il aurait pu adopter une vision sombre et désespérée de la vie. Mais non : il a choisi de rester un homme bon, dans un monde qui ne l’est pas toujours. »
Plus qu’un acteur talentueux, Keanu Reeves est un véritable modèle d’humilité et de générosité ❤️🙏
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Green Party of Canada leader Elizabeth May is petitioning to have a world-renowned wildlife artist's work shown at the National Gallery of Canada—an honour never extended to the 96-year-old Salt Spring Island artist.
cheknews.ca/extraordinary-el…
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“Without my children, I’d have written with less fervor; I wouldn’t understand life in the same way.” —Louise Erdrich theparisreview.org/interview…
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William H. Gass
ALT After Some Lines of Goethe Calm covers the peaks. Among the treetops a breath hangs like a leaf. In the deep woods birdsong sleeps. At the foot of hills slopes find their peace. Be patient. Wait. Soon, you too, will cease.
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