Poets Starter pack Part 1
Here's some poets I found on Bluesky. Obviously not comprehensive!
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@writeforwellbeing.bsky.social
@mfrancispoet.bsky.social
Poet, novelist and professor emeritus in creative writing at Aberystwyth University. Latest novel, Nocturne with Gaslamps out now from Neem Tree Press.
@bernp.bsky.social
Poet, novelist, Reviewer, published in over one hundred journals magazines, including Wild Court, The York Literary Review, Aesthetica Magazine . Husband, father, hankering after peace in a protected planet www.abookatberntime.uk
@chrisemery.me
WELCOME! AKA Chris Hamilton-Emery, I’m a poet and publisher at @saltpublishing.com. I was born in Manchester, UK, and have published four collections of poetry – a new book, ‘Wonder’, is forthcoming from Salt 🥳. Website: www.chrisemery.me
@jobratten.bsky.social
Poet person. London. CLIMACTERIC (2022). PhD St Andrews. Work in lots of places and in progress. jobratten.co.uk
@ianglasspoetry.bsky.social
Sometime poet. Pamphlet 'About Leaving' published by V-Press.
@chadpie.bsky.social
Poet, teacher and co-host of Rise Up! Northern Writers’ Award: Debut Poet. York, UK Some words: https://poetrysociety.org.uk/poems/scorpion 🦂
@tessafoley.bsky.social
Poet. New collection available from Live Canon https://www.livecanon.co.uk/store/product/try-to-find-me-tessa-foley
@katyevansbush.bsky.social
Poet, blogger, freelance editor, UK. I mean there's a lot more obviously. Politics, movies, silly jokes, knitting, the end of the world, etc. My latest book is Joe Hill Makes His Way into the Castle (CB Editions) & I write at katyevansbush.substack.com
@helenivory.bsky.social
Poet, artist. Cholmondeley Award winner. Sixth Bloodaxe collection, 'Constructing a Witch' is a PBS Winter Recommendation. I make collage and shadowboxes from broken things. I shout poems at the moon about the dark.
@clareshawpoet.bsky.social
Poet. I love moss, mudlarking and broken things. Proud to be Northern, non-binary and neurodivergent.
@deemclachlan.bsky.social
Poet and author for hire or loan. Won some prizes. Account is stuff from a small town in NE Scotland. Hoping to kickstart #HaikuAltText & #PoemAltText She/Her https://dawnmclachlan.com/dawnmclachlan-author/Blog%20Post%20Title%20One-pdlbl
@suzylevinson.bsky.social
Children's Author + Poet 🦁 ANIMALS IN PANTS (Abrams) 🦖 DINOS THAT DRIVE (Tundra Books '25) Rep: Rachel Orr, Prospect Agency 😎👍 www.suzylevinson.com
@deborahharvey.bsky.social
Bristolian. Letters after my name include MA ADHD INFP-T POET. 6th collection, 'Love the Albatross', pub by Indigo Dreams Publishing. She/her https://theleapingword.com https://indigodreamspublishing.com/deborah-harvey
@attielime.bsky.social
Children's Poet. Blue Jelly and Strawberries out now! Mum. Ex-teacher. Notebooks. Tea. East Midlands now, Northumberland then. Schools. Events. Groups. Workshops. www.attielime.co.uk @attielime everywhere Marie Little writes the grown-up stuff
@robertschechter.bsky.social
Children's Poet. Author of THE RED EAR BLOWS ITS NOSE: Poems for Children and Others (Word Galaxy 2023). Starred reviews in Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, and School Library Journal. Common Sense Media Selection. Bank Street Selection.
@lizpoet.bsky.social
I'm a children's poet, I love writing animal and shape poems, and the children's poetry world! National Poetry Day Ambassador. Assistance Dog Owner. Book reader. Coffee drinker. Friend. Between Bristol and Bath.
@lucycoatswriter.bsky.social
Writer/Poet/Myth witch. Classical Association Prize 2017. Latin Programme Poetry Prize 2022. Bridport Poetry Shortlist 2024. Holy rage Feminist/Animist. 🐝 🐍 Lover of owls & goddesses. ADHD/ND & ME\CFS🥄 Free 🇵🇸 💗💙💜 Threads: @lucywriter Web: lucycoats.com
@madelynfpoetry.bsky.social
Books👇🏾♡ 📚THE SYLVIA PLATH IN ME 📚THOUGHTS IN WATER FEELINGS ON SAND Poetry shop ⬇️ madelynfischerpoetry.org
@elleunchained.bsky.social
Bestselling poet and also worst selling poet. Human. Heretic. Broad. Lover of soup. Feminism and emotional healing.
@ancpoet.bsky.social
7.9.19 | poet published in the london magazine, the notre dame review, door is a jar, etc. | nominated best microfiction | reader for black fox lit ✨ read here: https://www.anothernewcalligraphy.com/anc071.html https://amandanicolecorbin.com/
@garrymaddog.bsky.social
An almost poet. If it can’t be said simply, it simply can’t be said. #haiku
@llbbl.blog
Full-time Tech. Part-time Goblin. Aspiring Poet. ┌( ͝° ͜ʖ͡°)=ε 🐈 🎮 📚 ♥w♥ Thrends. Link In My Bio: https://logan.smmall.cloud/
@bardymum.bsky.social
Poet, mainly for children (more fun!) but I occasionally adult… Winner of YorkMix Poems for Children '21. Kids’ collection out now: Why did my brain make me say it? School visits in Watford, St Albans, London & further afield www.sarahziman.co.uk
@paulalight.bsky.social
🐱crazy cat lady | coastal SoCal | fiction & poetry | board games | arts & crafts | happily single | devoted mom/grandma | vote 💙 🚫maga 🚫crypto 🚫porn 🚫d/m Buy my books! 📚 https://www.amazon.com/stores/Paula%20Light/author/B00HYNELPG/allbooks
@bren81.bsky.social
Left of center, author, poet, lover of life and supporting ppl. https://linktr.ee/BrendanWright Written 2 books on amz & B&N Darvel & Grim Off We Go Adventuring And a poetry site More to come.
@emotionalcouture.bsky.social
Producer, playwright, director, dad, poet, pedagogue, peacenik, pissant. https://linktr.ee/CiaranMyers
@carmenbarefield.bsky.social
Writer | Poet | The Watering Hole and Roots. Wounds. Words. Fellow carmenbarefield.com/link-in-bio
@aishatonu.bsky.social
Poet, cat lover, eater of cheese. Books: La Petite Mort (Finishing Line), What Magick May Not Alter (Madville), Daughter of the Wheel and Moon (Red Mare), Amo e Canto (Sow's Ear). My novel: https://www.wattpad.com/story/369677900-a-duke-for-lady-ellen
@leepottspoet.bsky.social
EIC of Stone Circle Review (stonecirclereview.bsky.social) | Poems in various places | Pushcart & BotN Nominee. New chapbook, We'll Miss the Stars in the Morning: https://tinyurl.com/wellmissthestars leepotts.net
@sarahali.bsky.social
poet & author of Theophanies (Alice James Books, 2024) • poetry editor of West Branch • more at sarahgali.com 🍃
@jr-placitas.bsky.social
Poet in NM, retired English prof, editor, Poetry Playhouse Publications, author, Tubbables. Blue Team! 🇺🇦! No DMs. Spoutible: JRPlacitasPoet Website: https://www.poetryplayhouse.com/
@yaliesaweda.bsky.social
🇸🇱 X 🇺🇸. Oaklander. Poet Laureate of Cincinnati. Winner of 22-23 Jake Adam York Prize. BESAYDOO (Milkweed Editions, 2024). PRE-ORDER: http://bit.ly/3LupPVN Photo by JP Leong
@ladyonawire.bsky.social
Shannon Lynette is an author, poet, and editor. She’s also the owner of Lady Chaos Press, a small independent press. ❤️🔪🖤 Read more about her sh!t at www.ladyonawire.com
@dapowell.bsky.social
Poet. Shelley Memorial Award, National Book Critics Circle Award, Guggenheim Fellow, NEA Fellow. Books available through @graywolfpress.bsky.social. Poetry, Sex, Music, Food, Politics. 🏳️🌈 http://poets.org/poet/d-powell
@davidholper.bsky.social
Inaugural Poet Laureate for Eureka, CA, 2019-2021. Author of the novel The Church of the Very Last Chance. Poetry: Language Lessons: A Linguistic Hejira; The Bridge; 64 Questions. https://www.davidholper.com
@ardenna-crossing.bsky.social
www.richardaustinwriter.com
@thatlauraruby.bsky.social
Novelist, poet, teacher, unrepentant cat-lover, cancer patient, two-time National Book Award Finalist. Bone Gap, Thirteen Doorways, etc. Made of bees. @thatlauraruby on most socials. www.lauraruby.com
@whitlynnrioross.bsky.social
writer, author of Birthmarks (Wipf & Stock), poetry editor at Fare Forward she/her https://www.whitneyrioross.com
@hiramlarew.bsky.social
Poet. Newest collection, "This Much Very," was published in 2025 by Alien Buddha Press. Founder of Poetry X Hunger -- bringing a world of poets to the anti-hunger cause. HiramLarewPoetry.com and PoetryXHunger.com
@gracew-writer.bsky.social
Poet. Mother. Artist. Teacher. 🏳️🌈 Work in Atlanta Review, Hayden's Ferry Review, Adroit Journal, The Offing, Salmagundi, Copper Nickel, and elsewhere. Instructor for Lighthouse Denver. MFA & Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies certificate from UH.
@wmorrow.bsky.social
Poet. Former print journalist. I teach writing at Ohio State. Westonmorrow.com
@rachelmoreagain.bsky.social
Poet | Editor | Prof | 2024 Iowa Artist Fellow work in 2024 Best New Poets, Shenandoah, JAMA, Beloit Poetry Journal, Alaska Quarterly Review
@erinaube.bsky.social
Lit and Comp Teacher | Former Attorney | Teach for America 2017 Alumna | Proud Mommy and Wife | Sometimes Poet
@michaelpittard.bsky.social
UNCG English lecturer/PhD student. Focus in rhetorics of nostalgia & declinism. Pushcart Prize & Best of the Net nominated poet. Warren Wilson College alum.
@poetsarahdoyle.bsky.social
Poet, reader, mentor, workshop leader. Pre-Raphaelite Society Poet-in-Residence. Widely published, inc. pamphlets: Something so wild and new in this feeling (2021) and (m)othersongs (2023), V. Press. Kindness always. More at: sarahdoyle.co.uk
@toddedillard.bsky.social
“Ways We Vanish” from Okay Donkey, “Ragnarök at the Father Daughter Dance” from Variant, poetry editor of The Boiler, poems in Threepenny, Southern Review, APR, HAD, etc.
@ninaparmenter.bsky.social
Poet, performer, wage slave, dog slave, mum. Lover-not-Fighter-in-Chief at Trowbridge Poetry Stanza. Collection ‘Split, Twist, Apocalypse’, Indigo Dreams Publishing, 2022.
@rwilliamparmenter.com
Indie-author | Poet | Artist | Dad | Atheist | Humanist | I say ‘awesome’ a lot | he/him ; 💛🩵🩷💜💙🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ https://lnk.bio/rwilliamparmenter
@echoendlessmind.bsky.social
#IndieAuthor | #Poet | #Writer | #BookSky | #PoetrySky | #Feminist | 🐱🐶 Word Weaver | My words are my art. ✍️ Author: Storm of Enchanted Dreams & Wicked Dreams Goodnight Please comment publicly if you want to DM. https://linktr.ee/digitalmedleysllc
@susanrich-poet18.bsky.social
Poet, Editor, Alchemist --- lover of visual art --- especially that of Leonora Carrington and Remedios Varo. Proud cat lover and bird watcher. Author of 6 books of poetry, most recently BLUE ATLAS, Red Hen Press, 2024.
@vwalker-author.bsky.social
the fragile humans we are - out now! | Poet ✍🏻 indie author 📚 Romance lover ❤️🩹 https://linktr.ee/vwalkerauthor
@poetryod.bsky.social
2021 UK Poetry Slam Champion 🏆 Poet • Editor • Mentor • Event Organiser House of O’Driscoll ✨✌️ 🏳️🌈♿️🥄☘️🇮🇪⚔️📝🇬🇧🍉
@jackbedell.bsky.social
Louisiana Poet Laureate 2017-19. Books from Mercer University Press. Work included in Best Microfiction and Best Spiritual Lit. EIC: @louisianalit.bsky.social www.jackbbedell.com
@adamclay.bsky.social
Poet and Professor at Louisiana State University. Most recent book is Circle Back (Milkweed Editions, 2024).
@paulwritespoems.bsky.social
Poet, Writer, Husband, Northumbrian. Trying to play Sax 🎷 Work in Black Bough Poetry, Broken Spine Arts, Starbeck Orion, Flight Of The Dragonfly, Dark Poets Club and more Previously appeared on Eat The Storms podcast https://paulwritespoems.com
@seanjbates.bsky.social
writer/poet/educator UMassAmherst MFA alum three poems a week: https://substack.com/@seanjbates poems in: Stone Canoe Rising Phoenix Review "What Saves Us: Poems of Empathy and Outrage in the Age of Trump", Curbstone Books. https://tinyurl.com/44yksnmp
@halljames.bsky.social
Poet. Would-Be Novelist. Tech Writer. Mom Type. Cat Lady. #kpop #kdramas #coffee Please, no DMs (unless you're an agent, and what are the chances of that?). #amquerying #hatehasnohomehere website: https://nancyhalljames.wordpress.co
@limeyrick.bsky.social
There once was a poet on BlueSky Who summoned the nerve to ask you why The world's such a mess And how should we express Our pain and disdain for this coup guy?
@michaeldechane.bsky.social
Poet. Jungian dream worker. Head Cook. Spoon carver. Author of The Long Invisible (2024, Wildhouse Publishing). #poet #poetry #author #writer #jung #jungian #dream #woodcarving
@softlywild.bsky.social
Poet; writer; imagination is everything. 💫 Lover of shapes left over from cutting out shapes; the sea; humming and the rain.
@sagetaylorkingsley.bsky.social
Mystic Nature Protest POET w spice. EDITOR+GHOSTWRITER 70 books Award-winning LoA~Self-Love~Mother Wound Healer~Best-selling Author. Lover of books, democracy, nature, dogs, life! TONS of poetry is at: https://sagepoetess.substack.com CFS Warrior-No DMs
@coastalpoet.bsky.social
Coastal poet, shorebird, Evie by the sea. Current thoughts: ‘We are each other's magnitude & bond.’ (Gwendolyn Brooks) | ‘Move intentionally & build things.' jenevievecarlyn.com
@ravenbranhard.bsky.social
He/Him Pro🏳️🌈 Social Democrat Poetry, Art, Music. All My Original Work. © Applies.
@jeremyspringsteed.bsky.social
Poet, barista, cafe manager, Cure fanatic, lover of post punk,wacky anarchist living in late stage capitalism.
@carolinejohnstone.bsky.social
Poet (Hedgehog Press) & author (dare to be happier). Poet in Residence at Dundonald Castle, & general Twitter magpie🧐Scotland and NI
@natalieiswriting.bsky.social
Poems in The Poetry Review, The Moth, Banshee, The Rialto, New Welsh Review, SAND journal, Mslexia🍄 Poetry Editor: Fragmented Voices🩶
@joeypoetry.bsky.social
I rip life into its letters, punctuation, and white noise to spell out ransom poems that demand your joy at my groans. Happy Place is available in print, ebook, and audio: https://www.scorchedfeathers.com/happy-place/ #poetry #joeypoetry
@lauralminor.bsky.social
2024 Silver Medal Florida Book Awards, Poetry 🥈 Book 2: Bright Life, Animal Heart, winner of the 2023 Minds on Fire Open Book Prize, out now!, conduit.org Book 1: Flowers as Mind Control, winner of The 2020 John Ciardi Prize, at uapress.com
@gentleanne.bsky.social
Writer, poet and human being. Occasionally long listed and competition winner.
@davidrosenthalpoet.bsky.social
Poet and Teacher (he/him) Berkeley, CA (Ohlone territory) You can read some poems here: https://davidrosenthal.weebly.com/
@jarodkanderson.bsky.social
Writer, poet, creator of The CryptoNaturalist Podcast. Memoir: Something in the Woods Loves You Novel about strange creatures in the Catskill mountains is forthcoming from Ballantine Books in early 2026. https://linktr.ee/jarodkanderson
@kitshankara.bsky.social
Outsider | MTB Yogi | Poet | Palliateur https://linktr.ee/chrisra1ph #Haiku book: https://bit.ly/chrisralphlake #OncSky #PallOnc https://bit.ly/goscai Trail Lynx #BikeSky #Yoga: https://bit.ly/traillynx #NHL Draft https://www.upsidehockey.com
@antithesiz.bsky.social
She/her 🏳️⚧️ writer and artist. Creator of The Xenolex, a queer and feminist rebrand for the English language. Do you want to know more? ⬇️ https://linktr.ee/jade_ellipsis
@benedictan.bsky.social
Poet| Debut ‘24 Black Cat Poetry| Guardian reading, tofu eating member of wokerati, citizen of the world/nowhere, middle class woman of a certain age, liberal woman over 50. Poems linked: https://linktr.ee/benedictanorell
@ianduhig.bsky.social
'An Arbitrary Light Bulb' the Poetry Book Society Winter 2024 Choice: "some of the most moving, restrained, memorable and technically adroit poetry of our times" --- TLS, 3/25
@trishaleighpoetry.bsky.social
Awarded Poet and Artist. Gothic, romantic, nature, confessional Poet. Favorites-Plath, Poe, Sam Hurley, Laurie Lee, Woolf, Keats, Yeats, and more. Find me at https://linktr.ee/trishaleighpoetry 🚫DMs
@amandagorman.bsky.social
Poet, Activist and Model. Advocate for gender justice, racial equality, and the environment. https://amandagormanbooks.com/
@corinnaboard.bsky.social
EAL teacher. Tree lover. Likes to write poems. She/her. https://linktr.ee/parole_de_reveuse
@alecfinlay.bsky.social
artist and poet; ecological remediation and human recuperation; landscape, tea, limit and creativity; lives by the sea in Edinburgh; mostly sharing a daily poem here.
@dbodepudi.bsky.social
Poet. Novelist. Mum. Teacher. Comino Poet in Residence. PhD-ing at Man Met-the poetics of Language Loss and Identity. Interested in Postcolonial research from a British diasporic POV.
@angelaarnold777.bsky.social
Poet, artist & creative gardener. Collection In Between (our inner landscapes/relationships). Lefty, Quaker, environmental campaigner, worrier for our future.
@amaleenadamle.bsky.social
Associate Prof in French, Durham University. Poet, in Acropolis, Atrium, After, Dust, Dreich, IceFloePress, Indigo Dreams, Ink, Sweat & Tears, others. Editor at Paragraph, EUP.
@poetkellycm.bsky.social
Poet & Visual Artist in Northern California | author of "Shade of Blue Trees" @twosylviaspress | https://linktr.ee/poetkellycm | she/her www.kellycressiomoeller.com 🖋️🎨🎼🎶🌲🌌⚡️♒️🧘🏻♀️🕯️☕️ 🎯❤️🔥
@marcialynnpaul.bsky.social
#spokenword #poet | #author | #writer | pursuant #screenwriter | #writingcommunity, #vss365 supporter | ✍️🏾 = ©️ | 🚫 DMs 📘 Link: https://tinyurl.com/3wk74ft8 ✍️🏾 Link: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vp6eiabnl42h5dxostaouebq/feed/aaamxqv2zfjxw
@rsthomaspoet.bsky.social
famous Welsh poet in English language 1913-2000 “…catching this / one truth by surprise / that there is everything to look forward to…” #RSThomas #poetry #barddoniaeth 📍 yng Nghymru, wrth gwrs facebook.com/groups/RSThomas/
@poetmarcuswicker.bsky.social
Maybe the Saddest Thing & Silencer @eccobooks. Harvard @RadInstitute Fellow. @uofmemphis MFA Prof. @NEAarts Fellow. Poet. Boxing fanatic. Human as all get-out.
@poetrywithlinda.bsky.social
poetry, nature, writing, reading, art, culture, languages, photography, travelling 🎨🖌️🖼️ Let's also be friends on Substack:@poetrywithlinda
@poetguygabe.bsky.social
Live on my sailboat. Navigating beautiful challenges. There's a time to hold on and a time to let go. Navy vet my posts https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:3p3lavk3p47dauzx5lioteun/feed/aaael34z6nm2q Host #7syllablesentence Created @blueskyrelay.bsky.social
@murielvieux.bsky.social
#TheAmericanHaitianPoet #RaisingTheBoy BlackWoman Allergic Diabetic Dyslexic LONER YOU will be uncomfortable! I don't do 100% Agreements. Paypal.me/murielvieux - to help haiti.
@poetrygal.bsky.social
Immersed in verse. The occasional picture postcard. A glimmer of a broken heart. Poetic licence. I share all kinds of poetry, writing and lyrics - including my own. Images all mine taken on iPhone 15 Pro 📲