Durham University Poetry Society

Celebrating and sharing poetry in Durham and the North. Workshops, performances, open mics and kind words | [email protected]

[Durham University Poetry Society @PoetryDurham]

Happy New Year all! Please enjoy the latest issue of our journal, @TheGentian! An excellent first issue edited by the lovely Liv💜

[The Gentian @TheGentian]

Issue 16, our first issue of 24' is live! ☂️ Check it out
https://t.co/nm2jxC7rPx

[Durham University Poetry Society @PoetryDurham]

Slam of the North brings together the best performance poets from five northern universities to compete over one exciting evening! For 1 night only, we are bringing together the best performance poets from 5 northern universities to compete in a spectacular celebration of poetry!

[Young Poets Network @youngpoetsnet]

Aged 18-25 and based in the UK or Ireland? Apply to the Young Critics Scheme by 18 August!

We're teaming up with @tseliotprize to give 10 young people the chance to gain the skills to kickstart their careers as critics.

Find out more and apply: https://t.co/PvjJhnLSbU

[Kym Deyn 🔮 @shortestwitch]

Doing some maths for the Braag this morning, and realising we've sold just over 400 books since we began last September! What an achievement! Huge thanks to everyone that has supported the Braag over the last not-quite-year 💚💚💚

[The Braag | Press & Journal @TheBraag]

Just another ten days left to submit! Can you help us get the word out? 💚💀💚 We pay our writers, we get our books into bookshops, we do our best as an indie publisher 💚 We love weird writing, and we'd love to read yours!

[Liv Aldridge @liv_aldridge]

Final Issue as Editor

[The Gentian @TheGentian]

Check out the 18th Gentian, my final issue as editor.

‘The poems in this issue feature archives, whisking winds and totemic birds on streets. Their landscapes are melty and solemn.’
Featuring
@tompickardpoet
@stevieronnie
Theodore Forcer
Will Cordeiro
https://t.co/dm8EpO7rWB

[Durham University Poetry Society @PoetryDurham]

Open mic 5-7pm with @DU____Arts at the Oriental Museum! Still time to come along 💙🌟 https://t.co/j69e2vnqSm

[Durham University Poetry Society @PoetryDurham]

Events with @DU____Arts this month!

Come along to our ‘Living Objects’ workshop on the 24th: https://t.co/w6OBQuH5zS

And our @TheGentian print launch on the 31st https://t.co/FsCPfVN3hR

[Durham University Poetry Society @PoetryDurham]

Submissions are still open for Issue 18 of The Gentian! 💜 #poetry

[The Gentian @TheGentian]

Submissions have now opened for Issue 18.

*Closing on may 17th Midnight*

Info here:
https://t.co/RMXVKrCu4r

The theme pays tribute to the historic poetry readings held at Newcastle's Morden Tower.

There will be a special print edition and a launch in Durham on May 31st.

[Liv Aldridge @liv_aldridge]

I'm excited for this one.

[The Gentian @TheGentian]

Submissions have now opened for Issue 18.

*Closing on may 17th Midnight*

Info here:
https://t.co/RMXVKrCu4r

The theme pays tribute to the historic poetry readings held at Newcastle's Morden Tower.

There will be a special print edition and a launch in Durham on May 31st.

[Durham University Poetry Society @PoetryDurham]

Read issue 17 of The Gentian now! A wonderful issue full of careful and gorgeous poems and photographs. Thank you Liv and Elliot for all of your work on this issue and to all of those who’s writing is featured ❤️

[The Gentian @TheGentian]

Finally! Issue 17 of the Gentian, on the theme *Found Things* Guest edited by Elliot Burrin is up on our site!

Without giving too much away, this is an issue where great photojournalism meets great poetry...

Check it out below

https://t.co/LnmAGHkFtb

[Molly Knox🪴🏳️‍🌈 (she/they) @Mollykmoon28]

Love you all with my whole heart ❤️

[Theodore Forcer (they/them) @theodorepoet]

absolutely adore this team <3

[f.j.cookie @fjcookie1]

💗💗

[Durham University Poetry Society @PoetryDurham]

Our lovely lovely team of competing & non competing poets at @Uni_Slam 2024. So so proud of their hard work and care for each other & other teams over the weekend so far <3 been a fab opportunity for them all to hear & perform some awesome poetry & network with fab poets :)

[The Gentian @TheGentian]

Submissions of poetry and photography OPEN responding to the theme 'Found Things'.

This issue will be guest-edited by the brilliant

@elliotburrin

To submit and check out our submissions call, follow
the link below:

https://t.co/RMXVKrCu4r

Can't wait to read your work!

[Durham University Poetry Society @PoetryDurham]

Open mic on the 18th of Jan at the Su! 🍃🪄🧚 bring your weirdest and most wonderful poems to start 2024 off right

Signup here:
https://t.co/LlBTtwA2CW

[The Gentian @TheGentian]

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[Molly Knox🪴🏳️‍🌈 (she/they) @Mollykmoon28]

my poem ‘didn’t know we’d have to do this’ in this issue of @TheGentian https://t.co/DpZjaIRYt4 🔌🍃

so wonderful to start the year off with a piece included alongside so many thoughtfully crafted + beautiful poems