Emma Woodford

Blue and white watercolour painting with Poets for the Planet in large letters painted across the centre

If you haven't heard of Poets for the Planet until now please take a look at our website for more information about who we are and what we do. Our artwork was created by the wonderful Henny Beaumont. #poetrysky #nationalpoetryday poetsfortheplanet.org.uk

Starting in a month!

A brand new Novel Accountability Group - let us NAG you and may this be the year you finaly write. That. Book.

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#amwriting #booksky #novelwriting

18 to 20 Sept 2025, on the island of Lopud, a special literary festival takes place - the Book Bridge festival. Immerse yourself in breathtaking nature, transformative conversations and memorable dinners. We could not recommend it more - see the glimpses of last year and join us: bit.ly/3ZyYhX3

Kier Starmer, the man who made Labour the right wing populist vote. He doesn't deserve to be a member of the Labour party.

I live here and I don't know why there are Wales fans in Brussels today...

Thank you Matilda! Looking forward to seeing you later 😀

What's up? Poetry! The Resilient Poets of Brussels are coming together for the first time under the @wordcraft-bxl.bsky.social umbrella to bring you an night of resilience, frivolity and beautiful words. Come and join us! May 24th, www.wordcraft-collective.eu/courses

Where's Cardinal Wallo

In one week! Let @emmaineurope.bsky.social guide you through Plath's power and imagery - I attended Emma's first Plath workshop and had the most inspiring time. Highly recommend.

And African, most of Asia and South America...

I'm looking forward to hosting this workshop on April 26th. See you there...

Here's one for the participants of our retreat last weekend. A place to submit what you wrote in @emmaineurope.bsky.social's nature poetry workshop!🌳🪻📚

We a wonderful time at our first ever writers retreat. Thank you to all participants for your enthusiasm, and for the great conversations and many laughs! And the weather gods deserve a thanks too of course. 📚☀️

This is PACK TWO of a series of three starter packs of members of the wonderful #poetrycommunity: supporters of poetry, specialist journals, competitions. But above all #POETS. (It's full.) Please follow the great people inside and repost the pack if you can #booksky #poetry

📢STARTING NOW
Europe: Strength through crisis with António Costa, President of the European Council

EPC's Thought Leadership Forum kicks off at 14.00
With opening remarks by Herman Van Rompuy and followed by a Q&A with Brigid Laffan

Follow the livestream:
audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/ebs/live/1

Together we are powerful Together we are powerful

TOGETHER WE ARE POWERFUL In a world filled with division and discrimination, a group of change makers came together for this @epc-official.bsky.social publication on allyship and equality #IWD www.epc.eu/en/Publicati...
@joannamaycock.bsky.social @president.europarl.europa.eu

European Poets for the Planet Candle Write 22 March, 19:30-20:30 Virtual gathering of the Poets for the Planet for an hour of inspiration before we switch off for Candle Write

For #EarthHour join the Wordcraft Collective and Poets for the Planet for online inspiration ahead of writing by candle light. Hosted by @emmaineurope.bsky.social

The European edition (CET) of the event is taking place at 19:30-20:30 CET on 22 March.

Sign up: tinyurl.com/3zs3hnff

#Poetry

Europe must go higher Europe must go higher

📢 To the Point | Europe must go higher
✍ By Emma Woodford

Equality is at the heart of the EU’s mandate. Discover why Europe must rise above short-term compromises to safeguard its core values.

Read here👉 epc.eu/en/publicati...

#Equality #EU #HumanRights

Poem by Ilya Kaminsky https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/91413/we-lived-happily-during-the-war

We Lived Happily During the War

Ilya Kaminsky

Tomorrow is #LiftToTheSky! 🌟
Get ready to tag @brokenspinearts.bsky.social and the poet/press who inspires you.

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A quote, review, or why a poem moved you.

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#PoetsOfBlueSky #PoetrySky #PoetryCommunity

Happy to read my tribute to environmental defender Homero Gomez Gonzales in @allegropoetry.bsky.social today. Grab your copy here www.allegropoetry.org/p/issue-34-m...

We should be thanking HIM and the brave Ukrainian people since they are fighting for OUR security.

Ukraine is Europe!
We stand by Ukraine.

We will step up our support to Ukraine so that they can continue to fight back the agressor.

Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.

Munich 1938. Munich 2025. Appeasement. Naivety. Only Trump is no Neville Chamberlain. And the US appears in no mood to "backstop"

The power of personal story. Thursdays 13/3, 20/3, 27/3 and 3/4 18:30-21:00 4-week oral storytelling course

Did you know that we don't only offer writing courses but an oral storytelling course as well? 🎤✨

Read more and sign up
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Never going to stop shouting about this. You need to buy trans books now. Especially in hardcopy or DRM free formats.

Don't say "it'll never happen." Look around. It's already happening.

This is dystopian already

Belgium to form government after seven months of negotiations The coalition government will be led by the conservative New Flemish Alliance party’s Bart De Wever

It's official, one more European country forms a right to far right government, don't be fooled by the inclusion of Vooruit, the apparently socialist party, their leader has made many racist statements in the recent past www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...