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[Bridgette James @BeesPoems]

I'm desperately seeking an essay/flash fiction to open the next edition of Penned in Rage Journal, due out June 30th. Ten quid for flexing your wrist muscles. Thank you.
Please submit here: https://t.co/ttSjfhLf5m @izom_chisom

[Bridgette James @BeesPoems]

2026  Poetry Winners' Outsider Anthology
Alphabetical List of 52 Poets in Collection
https://t.co/ttSjfhLf5m
Please note that the WINNING POEM (to be revealed on Sunday) opens the collection. The WINNER'S photo is on the blurb. I hope that clarifies any issue.

Query: am I the winner?
Answer: You would've BEEN NOTIFIED if you were.

Thank you.

A bathroom is a logical place to hide by Linda Sparks

A Spiritless Eureka by Toluwanimi Hannah Ajayi

A stranger inside a familiar face by Ann Nziku

A Stranger Under My Skin Rachael Ajisafe

Alone and Happy by Joanita Richter

and they said: Be Like the Porcupine by Hyginus O. Ekwuaz

Audience of My Own by Benjamin N. Amakobe

Beloved Country by Zizipho Godana

Bohemian by Audrey Neema

Buy a Casket for Dorcas by Chiamaka Ogiji

Chasing dreams by Chiemeziem Everest Udochukwu

Close, but aloof by Celestine Kenechukwu Onah

Coronach on Easter by Adegoke Adeola

Gaps, spaces and fences by Isah Qulsum

Grasping Steam by Victoria Amune

Homeland: Together We Sit and She Tells Me a Story by Nailah Tataa

Horseback by Ethan Bramwell

Hymn for a Headless Silhouette by Imole Olusanya

I am a foreigner in my body by Neo Samunzala

I arrived early, as always by Magauta Nicole Sapho

I came here dyed with loss by Blessing Ojo

I hold God through my mother's hands by Henry Opeyemi

In Search of Another Ending by Abdul Samad Jimoh

Invasive outsider’s aroma by Jive Lubbungu

Invocation by Taofeek Ayeyemi

Journey of Truth by Mariam Yussuff

Lágbájá by Babajide Olusanua

Margins by Damilola Oyedeji

My Illusions & The Truth by George Zulu

Numbers, From the Outside by Ishaq Isa El-Qassi

Olamichayin Akulijele by Ocheni Kazeem Oneshojo

Queer by Tshegofatjo Makhafola

Raw/Rou by Yuwinn A. Kraukamp

Scarf of Stigma by Phyllis Oniopusaziba Akpoti

Spectator at the Border of Massacre by Michael Excel Chinagorom

Stranger Danger by Edinam Denoo

The beauty salon by Kauser Parveen

The Etymology of Homesickness by Janine Milne

The Free Man by Chidebelu Emmanuel Nnazoba

The Girl Who Asked for a Pen by Halima Raji

the origin of silence by Ajise Vincent

This Poet is a Banker by Terry Egharavba

The Monster Home Made by Mosimiloluwa Dorcas Kupoluyi

The priest's litany by Alabi Miracle Mezabo

Theophany by Marvinci Bobbylex-Oduali

This Goliath Was a Victim by Nas Jolaade

Veil of deceit by Jonathan Ampofo

Water Jugs by Ukachukwu Victor Ikechukwu

We are Tired of Burying by Victoria Kerubo

What Privilege by Brett Anderson

When I Was Alone by Oratilwe Mahlangu

Wounded by Mercedes Ovis
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[Loukia Louka Borrell 🇺🇲🇨🇾 @LoukiaBorrell]

I will be taking care of my friend and may not be on X as much in the coming days, so I want to wish our #writingcommunity: Creativity. Courage. Commitment. Clarity. Confidence. Write the hard stuff. Just give us what you've got. @sanjeevpoems3 @sreelekha001 @gopallahiri @Kushalpoe @ronita_c @BhaumikJayanta @drsunilsharma @w_v_sutra @petedevonald @susanlleary @sam_szanto @pinkyandrexa @fahmidangroup @CarmellaPoetry @djck_live @AlliumJournal @jacarpress @DitheringChaps @theislandwriter @AlexRettie @PaulDragonwolf1 @chillsubs @JulianD86666247 @PoemTrees @SteverinoD @zindaily @ImogenForster2 @ScottLaudati

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@LoukiaBorrell Thank you, @LoukiaBorrell - we feel very lucky to have had the opportunity to bring Tom's work to a wider audience.

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We're so looking forward to meeting up with Tom McLaughlin next month to begin the publication process.
Here he is, reading from his poem, Complex regional.
His collection, "In Rooms of Falling Rain" is coming soon to https://t.co/yqwf60lMqf
#poetry #ditheringchaps

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Here's the brilliant Jamie Truscott, working on the cover of our forthcoming publication, "Gestating Creatures" by Bridgette James.

We meet up with Jamie twice for each publication, once to discuss the mood boards we prepare for them, and then again to fine tune the design.

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We're so looking forward to meeting up with Tom McLaughlin next month to begin the process of creating his collection in print.

Here he is, reading from his poem, Complex regional.

His collection, "In Rooms of Falling Rain" is coming soon to https://t.co/OQ6zvl1UmU

[🍂 @Lovandfear]

In english we say : I love you

But Dostoevsky said : I do not ask for your love in return. To love you is enough. To have known you, to have felt alive in your presence-that is my greatest joy, and I will carry it with me always. You cannot imagine how much happiness you've brought into my life. You came like a light in my darkness, a warmth in my cold solitude, and for that, I will always be grateful. Even if it was but for a single moment, I have known what it is to love and be loved, and that moment will be mine forever, untouchable by time or sorrow.

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@stephenRB4 Agreed, my friend!

[Bridgette James @BeesPoems]

Did you know I’m in the middle of building an African Traditional Language Poem Repository? It’ll house 🏠 all the poems written in local languages submitted in this year’s competition. I intend to make an open call for a traditional-poem submission as part of a regular call whenever Penned in Rage opens.
#BunyanUmMarsoos #Blogs
https://t.co/ttSjfhLf5m

[The Sting @TheStingisBack]

Bobby Ewing’s infamous return to Dallas, 40 years ago today, is a masterclass in TV secrecy. They shot it without telling CBS execs, fed the press fake storylines, smuggled Patrick Duffy onto set under a blanket, then added the scene less than an hour before the show aired

[Bridgette James @BeesPoems]

Call for Submission: Essay
I'm looking for an essay of up to a thousand words for the upcoming edition of Penned in Rage. Preferably on Queerness and popular discourse or the othering of people with disabilities. Payment $10 USD *if published. Submit online at https://t.co/ttSjfhLf5m #saturdaykitchen #Eurovisión2026 #writingcommunity

[Dionne Warwick @dionnewarwick]

Wasn’t putting my purse on the ground for anything or anyone.

[Bridgette James @BeesPoems]

Thanks to ALL the hardworking competition judges, I can now reveal the fabulous shortlisted entries heading to @ChinuaEzenwa
https://t.co/3XgC3AKi8W
#voteTory #Eurovisión2026 #Nigeria #SouthAfrica

[Uche Nduka @UcheNdukaPoet]

Body mind spirit become one when a poem is being written.

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[todd dillard @toddedillard]

if you don't know how to end a poem you can just write BANG