Clare Proctor

Teacher and Poet. First pamphlet out with Litfest and Wayleave Press.

[Clare Proctor @almostasif]

We are not hard set -
every day, erosion;
every day, growth.

#haiku #haikuchallenge

[Clare Proctor @almostasif]

Am beginning the long overdue migration to bluesky. Same details. Hope to find my Twitter poetry friends there or elsewhere.

[Clare Proctor @almostasif]

https://t.co/2imjpI0pbO

[Lancaster Litfest @Litfest]

Welcome to Litfest 2025!

Today, we’re delighted to launch the full programme for our 46th Lancaster Literature Festival —‘The World Into Words’. https://t.co/uqJ9TvsqyR

This year there are over 50 ways to get involved inc. activities, co-creation opportunities and workshops!

[Clare Proctor @almostasif]

@ffinlaysonart My mum loves him so much. Thank you!

[Clare Proctor @almostasif]

The Poems I Have Not Written https://t.co/0wwxJTCugj

[Susan L. Leary @susanlleary]

Amiri Baraka ♥️

[Susan L. Leary @susanlleary]

Diane Seuss ♥️

[Alice White @poetalicewhite]

Many thanks to @ex_puritan and guest editor @Puneet_Dutt for giving this poem a home.

[matthew leger @lightumbreIla]

John Ashbery ~

Fifty years have passed
since I started living in those dark towns
I was telling you about.
Well, not much has changed.

[Clare Proctor @almostasif]

Brilliant poem for difficult days by @Nettie31

[Atrium Poetry @AtriumPoetry]

.On days like these – Jeanette Burton @Nettie31

https://t.co/4qE49jJQXP

[Christina Thatcher @writetoempower]

‘You didn’t teach me how to be beautiful’ — Anne Champion

#mypoetrybookshelf

[Dr. Maya C. Popa @MayaCPopa]

To be lonely like "wood, with a gift for burning":

[Clare Proctor @almostasif]

Really enjoying this new collection by @RaymondAntrobus , its exploration of family/parenthood/self and its journeying beyond (‘Everything/ is a piece of some larger and endless/ subject’)

[Lancaster Litfest @Litfest]

We are DELIGHTED to announce our shortlist of readers for the Litfest & Wayleave Press Poetry Pamphlet Competition!

You can book to attend the shortlist reading MC'd by Eoghan Walls at 2pm on 18/10 here! https://t.co/Mr2wNAPAQa

[Lancaster Litfest @Litfest]

@RBilkau @CanningDavid @IlsePedler Congratulations to Maria Isakova Bennett, @RBilkau, @CanningDavid, Duncan Darbishire, Isobel Dixon, @IlsePedler @almostasif, Terry Quinn, @ruthtaaffe and Barry Wilson!

[Clare Proctor @almostasif]

Would be great to see some familiar faces at this event, either in person or online. Am reading with the brilliant Ilse Pedler and Anne Banks. https://t.co/LOthGVMKc8

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

A poem by Megan Fernandes. https://t.co/CieOKNZ9Q8

[Dr. Maya C. Popa @MayaCPopa]

A reminder that Mary Oliver also wrote this:

[Clare Proctor @almostasif]

@stu_mcpherson_ @poetrywales current submission window is for innovative poetry

[Regina Rosenfeld @ReginaRosenfeld]

Louise Glück: