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Dr Pam Thompson

@fierydes

Poet/Lecturer. PhD Creative Writing. Collection 'Strange Fashion' Pindrop Press 2017. Hawthornden Fellow.

Joined March 2007
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‘Finding your way around ekphrasis’- workshop I’m leading for The Poetry Business on August 13th. It would be lovely to see some friends there. buytickets.at/thepoetrybusin…


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"To read Mark Goodwin’s poems of rock & grass & sky & the body-mind moving through them is to enter deep place: living, uncontainable– an event not a landscape."—Gerrie Fellows Out now, @kramawoodgin's At! Excerpts pictured. Read more/pick up yours here: shearsman.com/store/Mark-Goo…

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Join us tomorrow at @anthonyburgess for free event with @Carcanet's Sinéad Morrissey, @JonathanCape's Charlotte Shevchenko Knight @McrWritingSchl and @NineArchesPress' Tim Tim Cheng. Music from Becky Langan @shevchenkonight Shares greatly appreciated 😀 wp.me/p1O6so-14m

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Really looking forward to reading with the fabulous @John_BHarvey on Sunday!

Final (?) reminder, this coming Sunday 27th, 7.30, at Torriano Meeting House, Kentish Town @TorrianoEvents I'm reading alongside @TamarYoseloff Expect poems about Rauschenberg (her) and sitting in cafés / listening to Keith Jarrett etc. (me)

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feels impossible not to share this eternal poem every time I see it


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I’m the judge for this year’s Café Writers open poetry competition. Deadline: Nov 30. Full details here: cafewriters.co.uk/home/poetry-co…

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I was a winner in the @poetrybusiness International Book & Pamphlet Competition in 2020, and it was one of the greatest experiences of my life. This year it’s judged by poetry goddess @kimmoorepoet and it closes next month! Get your entries in 😁 poetrybusiness.co.uk/competitions/t…


📣The 39th Poetry Business International Book & Pamphlet Competition is now open! 📣 Judged by Kim Moore, this is a great opportunity to have your pamphlet published by a renowned poetry press. Deadline: 30 November 2024 shorturl.at/8eWrV @poetrybusiness @kimmoore


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Here I get to talk about my poetry hero with Chris Jones.

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For the latest episode of The Two-Way Poetry Podcast, I talk to @TowersKatharine about Elizabeth Bishop’s influence on her writing & in particular Katharine’s new poem ‘Elizabeth Bishop’s Sad Epitaph’. What can we say about solitude as a creative force? twowaypoetry.podbean.com



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Winning a Polari Prize for @Carcanet's Hard Drive would be a superb recognition of @stephenson_pj's moving debut collection. bit.ly/4hlK8nB


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Hi, friends. I am writing a paper about poetry collections that are astronomy/astrophysics/star-centric. I am using A Treatise on Stars by Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, Life on Mars by Tracy K. Smith, and Faithful and Virtuous Night by Louise Glück. Any others?


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SUBMISSIONS CALL: We are open for submissions of poetry pamphlets (up to 40 pages). Email: Include a short biography, brief synopsis, & poetic influences. Subject Line: Poetry pamphlet Submission - [Name], [Title] Full details & guidelines: brokensleepbooks.com/submissions

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Thank you @stevewh16944270 for choosing this poem which highlights the challenges of encouraging captive pandas to procreate. Really appreciate your insightful and thoughtful analysis! From my collection The Hawthorn Bride indigodreamspublishing.com/victoria-gateh… #indigopoets @IndigoDreamsPub

For the latest episode of The Two-Way Poetry Podcast, I talk to @TowersKatharine about Elizabeth Bishop’s influence on her writing & in particular Katharine’s new poem ‘Elizabeth Bishop’s Sad Epitaph’. What can we say about solitude as a creative force? twowaypoetry.podbean.com



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I’ve always admired writers who can articulate their practice in thoughtful & intricate ways. This week in The Two-Way Poetry Podcast I talk to Mark Pullinger about Sparrow in Winter by Shinkichi Takahashi & his own poems Magus & Untitled @JodieClarkLing twowaypoetry.podbean.com


This will be great

For the latest episode of The Two-Way Poetry Podcast, I talk to @TowersKatharine about Elizabeth Bishop’s influence on her writing & in particular Katharine’s new poem ‘Elizabeth Bishop’s Sad Epitaph’. What can we say about solitude as a creative force? twowaypoetry.podbean.com



I’m looking forward to running this workshop next Wednesday- it would be lovely to see you there.

📸WORKSHOP NEXT WEEK📸 'The Capture: Poetry and Photography' with Pam Thompson (@fierydes) Wed 2nd Oct, 11am In this workshop we’ll look at poems which feature photography and work with these and actual photos, your own and those taken by other people. buytickets.at/thepoetrybusin…

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Please support this great publisher of wonderful poets like Mark Goodwin, Peter Riley, Nancy Gaffield, and Matthew Clegg.

Our books will last a lifetime, and you can pick up any 3 of them for £32 until Friday. Offer includes collections by Steve Ely, Angelina D'Roza, Rob Hindle, Peter Riley, Nancy Gaffield, Mark Goodwin, Matthew Clegg, Fay Musselwhite, Chris Jones, and more longbarrowpress.com/current-public…

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I'm running this workshop on Wednesday 2nd October 11-12.30 - it would be lovely to see you there.

Pam Thompson @fierydes will be running a new online workshop: 'The Capture: Poetry and Photography', next Wednesday, 2 October 11am - 12:30pm. Pam is a wonderful poet & a great teacher, so I highly recommend checking it out. 😊 tickettailor.com/events/thepoet…



I have some new poems in the fabulous Litter. Thank you Alan Baker. @LeafePress

"tell me about the forest of doppelgangers the pierced segmented moon" Four new poems by @fierydes Pam Thompson: littermagazine.com/2024/09/pam-th…



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