Author: The Ghost Lake
Poet: Blackbird Singing at Dusk
Editor: Spelt Magazine
We have something old and interesting to show you today. This is the Geneva Bible or Breeches Bible. It dates to 1607!

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Author: The Ghost Lake
Poet: Blackbird Singing at Dusk
Editor: Spelt Magazine
We have something old and interesting to show you today. This is the Geneva Bible or Breeches Bible. It dates to 1607!
This week in the poetry blogs with @wendypratt.bsky.social @robmclennan.bsky.social @clareshawpoet.bsky.social @richardjnewman.bsky.social @carolee.bsky.social @matthewepaul.bsky.social @zinagomezliss.bsky.social @sallythomasnc.bsky.social 1/3
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Blues on the moor in today's @theguardian.com country diary by Mark Cocker.
The Brontë nano molecules are amongst us
Poor shieldbugs! The below-the-line commenters this morning don't seem to be big fans...
It was a lot of leaps and bounds frogging trains die to delays, but now home with cat and wine and all is well. It was a genuine joy to meet you, Nic, I hope we’ll stay in touch xx
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This month we’re leaning into change and finding the mirror in the landscape
It’s fab isn’t it. I’m so pleased you liked it!
I have also accidentally been the recipient of an email not meant for me, that was about me. Awful. Xxx
ESSENTIAL READ this morning, because it’s superbly written and I 100% agree with every word…
Hello 👋 let me tell you about the worst review I ever had.
Delighted to be part of the poetry support crew for @internetofwords.com at the virtual launch of Forest Management 🥳 Get your ticket & join us on Friday 9th Oct 🥳
How come existential doom from AI is sexy, and existential doom from global warming isn’t?
“The starlings in this picture are at the halfway stage between their juvenile and adult plumage” Artist: CF Tunnicliffe Writer: EL Grant Watson ‘What to Look for in Autumn’ (1960)
Fascinating. Grim.
Certainly is grim!
This week I’m zooming in on a 1499 woodcut of the battle of Dornach
“The trouble with you, Spode, is that just because you have succeeded in inducing a handful of half-wits to disfigure the London scene by going about in black shorts, you think you’re someone. You hear them shouting “Heil, Spode!” and you imagine it is the Voice of the People.” Bertie Wooster
So last year LIVES OF THE FEMALE POETS came out, my first collection in eight years, and I worked really hard on getting back into the poetry scene. Teaching three residential courses, two online, lots of one-off workshops, mentoring, reviewing regularly, writing a poetry substack… 1/3