Maria Taylor

Poet & Reviewer: 'Dressing for the Afterlife' & 'Melanchrini,' Nine Arches Press; 'Instructions for Making Me,' HappenStance

[Maria Taylor @MariaTaylor_]

Really pleased to have The Guardian Poem of the Week. @guardian @NineArchesPress It's just a lovely antidote to start rounding off the strangeness of 2020! https://t.co/lOiINdItsB

[Jonathan Taylor @crystalclearjt]

Looking forward to this with @timrelf @dislaney @MariaTaylor_ at Waterstones in Market Harborough @PoetrySociety @cwaleicester @EverybodyReview @PoetryDayUK

[timrelf @timrelf]

Am really looking forward to taking part in a poetry reading and discussion in Market Harborough @Waterstones on the evening of Thursday October 2, with @dislaney @MariaTaylor_ and @crystalclearjt. Please come along if you're nearby. https://t.co/Ygj3bOEMHr

[Nine Arches Press @NineArchesPress]

Our heartfelt thanks to @emergencypoet for choosing a gorgeous array of Nine Arches poets to fill the pages of these beautiful anthologies, with poems by @isobeldixon @jennywcreative @olgadermott @MariaTaylor_ @DeanAtta @rozgoddard & others.
Offering comfort and inspiration.

[Maria Taylor @MariaTaylor_]

@roguestrands @Nell_Nelson @TheFridayPoem Sorry I missed this, not Twittering. (or is it X-ing?) as much these days.

[Maria Taylor @MariaTaylor_]

@matriches I see what you did there!

[Maria Taylor @MariaTaylor_]

@matriches What???

[Maria Taylor @MariaTaylor_]

Thank you @LeafePress

[Leafe Press @LeafePress]

"The last flight to Nicosia in ’74." A new poem from @MariaTaylor_ - "‘Before the Fighting’, Mother said, ‘the Airport Sparkled’"

https://t.co/RKci1nOGu0

[Maria Taylor @MariaTaylor_]

Yesterday I overheard a teenage boy say to his friend 'Don't tell them I'm a Muslim, I'll get hate.' This is what we've come to in '24.

[Maria Taylor @MariaTaylor_]

Just popping on here to share a recommendation of this excellent powerful collection by Rachel Mann. @Carcanet

[Maria Taylor @MariaTaylor_]

@KostyaTsolakis Excellent!

[Maria Taylor @MariaTaylor_]

@WordSparks @jennywcreative @kazbel @crystalclearjt @Julwe1 @NineArchesPress A pleasure xx

[Maria Taylor @MariaTaylor_]

New issue of Under the Radar, which along with great poetry & short fiction, features my review of books by Sue Dymoke, Rachel Mann & Jean Atkin. Fab reviews also by @jennywcreative @kazbel @crystalclearjt & @Julwe1 @NineArchesPress

[Jonathan Taylor @crystalclearjt]

My review of "Contraflow: Lines of English news, 1922-2022" ed. John Greening and Kevin Gardner @renardpress is in the excellent new issue of "Under the Radar Magazine" from @NineArchesPress #bookreview @cwaleicester @EverybodyReview @PoetrySociety @MariaTaylor_

[Maria Taylor @MariaTaylor_]

@NineArchesPress @pratibhacastle Thanks.

[Maria Taylor @MariaTaylor_]

@no1_Josephine I don't think so, but I'll buy you coffee and chocolate anyway 'cause you're fab.

[Maria Taylor @MariaTaylor_]

@BeckyCullen @DrJoanneDixon @jennywcreative @kazbel @crystalclearjt @Julwe1 @NineArchesPress I'll send you a message, Becky.

[Maria Taylor @MariaTaylor_]

@no1_Josephine That would be lovely xx

[Maria Taylor @MariaTaylor_]

@no1_Josephine Yeah, me too!

[Maria Taylor @MariaTaylor_]

@NineArchesPress The little rambling roses crept over the neighbours fence, and I didn't trim them - just wrapped them round the tree!

[Maria Taylor @MariaTaylor_]

In other news my daughter has announced Jude Bellingham as my future son-in-law.