@warer

poet: fourteen poems (issue 13) | Impossible Archetype (issue 16) | Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal (issue 11) | co-founder of Queer Poetry Collective

 London, England
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Joined February 2009
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Super honoured to be included in this great issue of @PoetryBrum, alongside incredible poets, with my poem ‘Kingdom’ 🦡 Reading through it, it is a real treasure of great work and labour of love from the team there.
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Great time reading at The Writing Shed this week 🎙️ thanks for the warm vibes
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New headshots? 📸 Hayley Madden for @PoetrySociety
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Great time reading last week @PoetrySociety Stanza Bonanza for LGBTQ+ History Month
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So excited for this! QPC @VervePoetryFest! Here’s the science bit 🧬 Find us (me & @emraylot) in the Atrium, at the event, or slide into our DMs 🥷 to sign up. ❤️‍🔥 Join our Workshop WhatsApp group (message for details) & you’ll be able to share your poem with the group.
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💫 Read your poem at the workshop, and get 4-5 minutes of live feedback from the group (depending on numbers). Feedback is asked to be constructive and supportive 🙏 🪼 Meet with fellow queer poets ahead of the Big Gay Poetry Night! @biggaypoetrynight 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
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The workshop is free to attend and included in any all access pass, there’s no need to register for tickets anywhere, just slide into our DMs or find us there so we can take your name down. If you have any questions at all, please just ask! 💚
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2025, let’s get this started… ✨
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Details to come…
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2024 was about firsts; publications, friendships, the launch of a collective. It’s been a journey. Thanks to @fourteenpoems for my first poem published - what a total honour ✨ & 🙏 @dogwithoutlegs for my poem in Impossible Archetype - I’ve loved & respected the journal for years
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& to Em for asking me to help launch Queer Poetry Collective and all the poets that took part incl. @kandacesiobhan Gayathiri @blkdorothy Richard Scott & Peter Scalpello - and thanks to all those who came along and raised funds for @TheCommonPress More to come…
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James Merrill began this beautiful poem in December 1994 and completed it in a hospital bed in February 1995, shortly before he died from an AIDS-related illness. It appeared in Poetry magazine later the same year.
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Queer Poetry Collective ✨ at @TheCommonPress this week was epic. Such an amazing vibe! Thanks @blkdorothy & @p_scalpello for being our guest poets, and to all the open mic audience. All ticket sales went to Common Press. Queer poetry for queer causes ✊
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Our Stanza group The Queer Poetry Collective's next event looks exciting!
Emily Taylor@emwrote10 Nov 2024
The Queer Poetry Collective is BACK with another @TheCommonPress event! All proceeds go to keeping this space alive💃🏻✨🍂 Following the amazing Shanay Neusum-James and @p_scalpello, we have our first open mic! Excited for this one, reg link below 👇 outsavvy.com/event/23625/que…
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We're BACK for a night of LGBTQIA+ poetry & community! Join us @TheCommonPress on 26 November — all ticket sales donated to the fundraiser. We'll have readings from @blkdorothy & @p_scalpello & then…OPEN MIC — make sure to bring your beautiful poems. Queer Poetry Collective 💜
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Link to the event here outsavvy.com/event/23625/que…

QUEER POETRY COLLECTIVE Common Press Poetry Night Takeover Tickets - London - OutSavvy

We're BACK for a night of queer poetry and community. Join us as Queer Poetry Collective takes on Poetry Night at The Common Press bookshop on 26 November — with all ticket sales donated to The...

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The Queer Poetry Collective is BACK with another @TheCommonPress event! All proceeds go to keeping this space alive💃🏻✨🍂 Following the amazing Shanay Neusum-James and @p_scalpello, we have our first open mic! Excited for this one, reg link below 👇 outsavvy.com/event/23625/que…
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The TLS@TheTLS24 Oct 2024
'Need it be that serious? Yes, / he said, the waves moaning how they’re / moon-trained all year regardless of season' 'Coast' by Oluwaseun Olayiwola (@itsamule) the-tls.co.uk/literature/ori…

Coast

Calm, he said, in another languageI had become proficient in pretendingI understood. The beach was stillthe beach: picturesque, coldthis time of year when

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Fab launch this week for Queer Poetry Collective with readings from @iamrichardscott @kandacesiobhan & Gayathiri. Ticket sales were for @TheCommonPress & so much fun meeting fellow poets & poetry lovers. 🙏 @emwrote for doing this together. And to everyone who came!
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