Vanessa Napolitano
@Moette
former Angeleno back in native Yorkshire. Poetry nerd. Running nerd. Student Support Manager. Opinions my own. She/her. New Nothern Poet '25 @thewordupnorth
‘Plumes of watersmoke and spirit’ On #sharingSaturday Jen Feroze @jenlareine from our winter anthology ‘22/ ‘23. ❄️ Share your own poetic inspirations using the top hashtag.
Evenings like these fully remind me why I love poetry so much. What amazing poets!
A fantastic evening courtesy of the brilliant Salò Press poets @KaranJCChambers, Laia Sales Merino, @_WendyCaitlin, @galiamelon & @vic_spires (beautifully hosted by @Moette)! 🤩 Such a perfect showcase of compelling female voices.
A fantastic evening courtesy of the brilliant Salò Press poets @KaranJCChambers, Laia Sales Merino, @_WendyCaitlin, @galiamelon & @vic_spires (beautifully hosted by @Moette)! 🤩 Such a perfect showcase of compelling female voices.
Another review for @TopTweetTuesday is for Down River with Li Po by Karen Pierce Gonzalez Immerse yourself in some calm… paulwritespoems.com/2025/06/29/the…
Will also say this @TopTweetTuesday is a good time to boost hosting this wonderful line up of poets on Friday including @vic_spires @_WendyCaitlin

This @TopTweetTuesday I am running about the moors (really!) but here are some poetry books I'm loving!


i don’t get to publish the poet laureate every day so will celebrate by retweeting simon kindly gifted this pretty poem to Anthropocene after a reading in derby. thank you to simon for his generosity 💙💜
Today on Anthropocene new poetry by Simon Armitage 🍎🍒♠️🍐 anthropocenepoetry.org/post/folk-song…
On #sharingsaturday ‘Your nectared throat a quickening’ @VWC_Writes from her #SilverBranch series feature. blackboughpoetry.com/about-1-1
On #sharingsaturday ‘Shadows’ by @IvorDaniel from his #SilverBranch feature. Rest in poetry, Ivor. ♥️ blackboughpoetry.com/ivor-daniel-ma…
‘The forest is unshaven land’ Julian Cason @hool415 from his #SilverBranch series feature on #sharingsaturday blackboughpoetry.com/february-2025-…
On #sharingsaturday @MarkAntonyOwen’s ‘Conkers’ from his #SilverBranch feature. blackboughpoetry.com/mark-antony-ow…
All in-stock books are still buy 2 get 1 free. Poetry, prose, novellas, short story collections, memoir, horror, humor—Pick your pleasure and use code BOGOBOOKS at checkout. 🖤🤍
I'm mildly desperate for orders of Issue 19 of the magazine. I've lowered the price & made it available from wherever books are ordered to make it more accessible, but it's not working. @FBereaud curated a superb 5th anniversary issue. Please give it a try stanchionzine.com/product-page/s…
Thank you to @TheLondonMag for publishing this poem, inspired by the Merchant Adventurer's Hall in York
'Dieu Nous Donne Bonne Adventure', a poem by Victoria Spires from our June / July 2025 issue. thelondonmagazine.org/subscription/
You guys. I managed to make another book!! Test copies are here a full month early (yay me) and they are god damn spectacular. Pre-order the book by itself or as part of the Breakdown Bundle, complete a jazzy felt pennant and a PDF of First Kicking, Then Not emailed on pub day.
This week has in The Book Bag I’m looking at ‘Modern Poetry’ by Diane Seuss. Pubd by @GraywolfPress in USA & @FitzcarraldoEds in 🇬🇧. Lots of other news too. Including details on a @vic_spires event hosted by @Moette - the BLF anthology, a reading by @AlanParry83 and more
'exacting language and emotional intelligence' Our July book of the month Sophia Argyris's 'Heronless', reviewed by Victoria Spires @vic_spires blackboughpoetry.com/book-reviews-m…
I was one of the winners of Rhubarb Writers' Wandering Words Competition and my poem 'Parkin' (first published in @frazzledlitmag) is now part of a poetry trail running throughout July! If you're ever in Saltaire, you can see my poem in the window of Salts Village Bakery 🥐