Caroline Bird
@CarolineBirdUK
Poet & playwright. 7th poetry collection, Ambush at Still Lake, out from Carcanet: https://shorturl.at/JXYCR. Winner of Forward Prize for Best Collection 2020
My poem about having absolutely no idea what is going on or what to do or how to behave in the world or what anything means
“The elegies began writing themselves.” A poem by Mary Biddinger.
‘we need a backward miracle’ - a sonnet by Kay Ryan
This arrived today. Poems by Palestinians. A publishing initiative by Alice Oswald, Robert Macfarlane, Zaffar Kunial and Max Porter. (My favourite poets and writers) A poem by 17 year old Saleh in Gaza.
This always reminds me of Wallace Stevens' statement that "A poem is a meteor" in 'Adagia', similarly existing by virtue of its self-annihilation.
‘The strange Whoever who goes under the name of "I" in my poems - Fanny Howe
Beloved, visionary Fanny Howe, a beacon of ferocity, honesty & integrity—a fighter in all senses of the term—has moved on. Read her. The powerful voice does not depart. It only grows louder…. 1940-2025 A Hymn | The Poetry Foundation poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine…
.@HelenaKennedyKC: ".. where you force people.. into a concentration camp..." Interviewer: "You use the words concentration camp, do you mean that, because our understanding of concentration camps is surely very different from this" "Why?"
—Kim Addonizio, Eating Together
—Li-Young Lee, Eating Together
Looks quite swish, if I do say so myself ‘Something New: Alternative Poems for Alternative Weddings,’ edited by me and @rachelnalong. Out now! shorturl.at/VKsPJ
“Poetry’s about what can’t be said. And I think that language emerges out of what could not be said. Out of this desire to utter something, to express something inexpressible … the consonants are the attempts to break it, to control it, to do something with it.” - W.S. Merwin
Wonderful to see this engagement with my third collection MOUTH @ChattoBooks ( published 17th July) @observer book of the month🙏🏽🙏🏽
"I will not accept your innocence." Ah, this poem by @FadyJoudah
‘John Kellogg created the cornflake to counteract desire’ #morning
Gray Davidson Carroll
All I do anymore / In my poems is show off ... Uncollected Denis Johnson banger from the Winter 2011 issue of @pshares
Samuel Barnett joins the cast for the world premiere of The Last Stand of Mrs. Mary Whitehouse. Samuel completes the casting for Caroline’s Bird’s brand new play, and will take on a multitude of roles alongside Maxine Peake.
🎭 CAST ANNOUNCEMENT 🎭 @NottmPlayhouse has announced that Tony and Olivier-nominated Samuel Barnett completes the casting for the world premiere of Caroline Bird’s The Last Stand of Mrs. Mary Whitehouse, alongside the previously announced Maxine Peake. westendbestfriend.co.uk/news/final-cas…
Up next are the Eric Gregory Awards. These awards are given for a collection by poets under the age of 30. Congratulations to our 2025 Eric Gregory Award winners listed below: #SoAwards