R.C. Thomas

Writer and illustrator. Plymouth Laureate of Words 2025-27.

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[R.C. Thomas @rcthomasthings]

Friday 10th April at The Wilful Beer, Mutley Plain, Doors at 7pm

Kick off SOUND Poetry Festival in style with a showcase of local poets who will muse on their connections to the city and the sea.

Get your ticket: https://t.co/E8V2H3ZUKX

#Plymouth #plymouthevents #plymouthuk

[R.C. Thomas @rcthomasthings]

One week left to submit your audio on the theme of 'hygge' to be played on international internet radio. Any form of creative writing, published or unpublished. Guidelines and more about the theme here:

https://t.co/AzD3ul1cy8

#writerslift #WritingCommunity #submissions

[Hifsa Ashraf @hifsays]

Honored to be featured in the December's Laureate of Words show on FC Radio, Plymouth, UK, where I read (pre-recorded) poems by myself, Jacob D. Salzer, and Nicholas Klacsanzky from our collaborative poetry book Beyond Emptiness.
Thanks! @rcthomasthings

https://t.co/kjAdn2lJdo

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@Romancemona I play both published and unpublished submissions.

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If you missed last Friday's Laureate of Words Show, catch up here:

https://t.co/84kJPChGHj

#creativewriting from around the world on the theme of life writing, autobiographical music, and poetry from my special guest, #poet Rachel Gippetti.

#WritingCommunity #radio #writers

[MarkZero @MarkgZero]

Proud to have these delightful #micropoems - I guess they are #senryu - at smols, many thanks to editor Roberta Jacobson. Btw one of them was inspired by George Floyd. #GeorgeFloyd
https://t.co/igZAcw7FjP

[Ad-Libby @AdLibby1]

Enjoyed reading the latest Haiku Dialogue from the prompt-enlightenment and beyond or music and the spiritual path. Thank you to Editor Deborah Karl-Brandt for including mine. #haiku #Mindfulness

[Bhawana @Effulgent_Zeal]

old journal
blank pages after
the self-discovery

Cattails, Oct 2023

Honored that this poem of mine is included in the Google Classroom course as part of Haiku for Healing initiative of The Haiku Foundation.

Thank you dear editor Geethanjali Rajan.
https://t.co/W2XKiDm5Ha

[R.C. Thomas @rcthomasthings]

@JulesJumping Great to be included in an anthology alongside you!

[Jumping Jules Poetry @JulesJumping]

My poem Not Yet has been published in The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press new anthology Lines of Communication and I’m thrilled. I recommend. It’s a great read. Thank you 🧡

[R.C. Thomas @rcthomasthings]

A new poem in Wayfarer Magazine's digital edition about a mole!

https://t.co/D8MfVVaIQL

#poetry #poems #WritingCommunity #writerslift

[R.C. Thomas @rcthomasthings]

A new haiku in the new anthology from the British Haiku Society.

#haiku #poetry #WritingCommunity #writerslift #writer

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Fancy your #creativewriting played on the radio? November's theme is 'life writing' for #nationallifewritingmonth. All forms of creative writing, it just has to be autobiographical. Find out how to submit and listen here:

https://t.co/AzD3ul1cy8

#writerslift #WritingCommunity

[Hifsa Ashraf @hifsays]

Many thanks to Luci and Joe for including one of my haiku in Autumn 2025 edition of Wales Haiku Journal.

https://t.co/5xrkYKwsbt

#haiku #poetry #micropoetry #WritingCommunity

[Nazaret Ranea @NazaretRanea]

✨ My second poetry zine is here! ✨

My Women is my most special collection to date.

In it, I use poetry to explore my relationships with the women in my life and the very experience of being one.

Available to order and ship anywhere in the world! https://t.co/wcHH5M71f9

[FreshOutMag @FreshoutMag]

#haiku by new contributor, M. R. Pelletier. M. R. Pelletier lives in Kansas, but his haiku #poetry travels the world. #poetrylovers #marmots #poetrycommunity #kansas #micropoetry

[R.C. Thomas @rcthomasthings]

Haiga fun POP today. Thanks to The Village Hub for taking me along. Thanks to those who got involved, including @TakeAPart, Plymouth Scrapstore, @TimebankSW, Spindl and Mindful Art Club.

Stay up-to-date with where I might be next:

https://t.co/7O3ztYExrJ

[FreshOutMag @FreshoutMag]

#digitalhaiga by regular contributor, John Hawkhead of Bradford-upon-Avon, UK. (IG: @ haikuhawk) #poetry #haiga #art #digitalart #ink #mind #poetrycommunity #england #micropoetry #toad #poetrylovers #haiku #uk #senryu #photographylovers #artlovers

[Hifsa Ashraf @hifsays]

Honoured to be featured in the first Laureate of Words Show on https://t.co/eBWd8TjroP. alongside some wonderful poets, where we shared audio recordings of our poems/literary work.Thanks Richard Thomas & FC Radio team for the honour!
Show recording link!

https://t.co/KSOCLWVkMg

[R.C. Thomas @rcthomasthings]

If you missed last night's Laureate of Words Show, you can catch up on Mixcloud. Creative writing from around the world, music that doesn't make the mainstream, and my special guest: #fiction writer and journalist, William Telford:

https://t.co/3x0Rz9G4YY

#writerslift #writing