Rachel Curzon
@Rachel__Curzon
Enjoys looking things up, writing things down, and Oxford commas. Pamphlet available here, if you like that kind of thing: http://faber.co.uk/author/rachel
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From Mary Oliver's essay, Of Power and Time. Masterful and a deep comfort.
Challenge accepted.
Manchester Art Gallery part of scheme encouraging children to be as loud as they wish. Art Fund initiative at more than 20 museums and galleries across UK. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
The Forward Prize for Best Collection – We’re proud to reveal the #ForwardPrizes 2025 shortlist for Best Collection! Five powerful books from some of the most compelling voices in poetry today. 👏 Congrats to the poets & publishers! 🔗 Full list: buff.ly/SS35YlZ
Here’s my wee sparkles of time woven poem - it fits in my hand, as do the others in this work-in-progress series. Prints of this cutie are available now from @Gregchthomas at Oo Press 🤍
'We have to assume it's something to do with the people living here having bigger feet'
Mystery over 'unusually large' Roman shoes dug up at the Magna Roman Fort in Northumberland. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
Beyond chuffed to be amongst this fine crowd. With huge thanks to @thewordupnorth. Can't wait to get going!
*Drumroll please*... We are delighted to announce this year's cohort of New Northern Poets! Keep an eye on our socials to track their journeys as New Northern Poets, and find out more about this year's group here: buff.ly/x40pEXw
I have an online poetry reading coming up on the 25th September with @LimeSquarePoets where I'll be reading poems from my debut @brokensleep collection New Famous Phrases. There are open mic slots available, so do come along, as I would love to hear your poems! RSVP link below.
Helen Bain's debut on #SylviaPlath and #TedHughes - titled 'The Daffodil Days' - will be published in spring 2026: "It's the story of a town, with a portrait of this enigmatic couple refracted through the rich inner lives of a community..." thebookseller.com/rights/bloomsb…
We're open for submissions for Issue 5 of The Marrow. We're looking for poems that make us think, that stay with us, that transform something in their readers. Submit up to three poems here after reading our guidelines: themarropowetry.com/submissions #subsopen #poetrysubs #submitpoetry
Larkin' about instead of washing up. I like this one a lot.
I love people. I love my family, my children.. but inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that's where you renew your springs that never dry up. Pearl S. Buck, born June 26 1892
Re-reading Hugo Williams (I Knew the Bride, 2014), and just finding it so starkly powerful. Something about that way he approaches his vulnerabilities, maybe? Wryly, without flinching.
Huge congrats, everyone! 🥳
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
Remember that time the Romantic poet Robert Southey wrote a grammar to teach his young son Ancient Greek declensions, in rhyming English verse? Fair enough if you don't: it has never been published. But here we give the remarkable manuscript in full! antigonejournal.com/2023/07/robert…