Ruth Beddow

‘The Thought Sits With Me’ available from @nine_pens | she/her

[Ruth Beddow @ruthbeddow]

New dates for Cheaper Than Therapy: a sociable night for writers of all genres @FourThievesPub.

Come as you are - leave inspired by prompts, deep chats & fresh voices. £5 tickets/ 241 early bird!

Please share with London writers in need of a boost. 🫶🏼

https://t.co/bQ3v4jOLFO

[Ruth Beddow @ruthbeddow]

Keen to share your writing out loud, but not sure where to begin? 😵‍💫 Join us next Weds 26th Feb for a sociable, wholesome & cathartic night @FourThievesPub — all genres and experience levels welcome!

Tickets from £2, plus a handful on the door: https://t.co/fEiKgj8WLM

[Ruth Beddow @ruthbeddow]

Looking for an alternative to pricey London writing courses? Join our supportive & inspiring #poetry cult! 😍 https://t.co/KPET01g7Tg

21 Nov — Poetry in the City @ Four Thieves 🌃

26 Nov — Poetry After Dark @ Queen of the South🌛

2 Dec — Finding Your Voice @ Morocco Bound 🎤

[Ruth Beddow @ruthbeddow]

I have two seasonal, sociable poetry workshops coming up — all levels welcome! Please share with London folk 🫶🏼

Wednesday 30th October — Gothic Poetry @FourThievesPub🥀 https://t.co/GkrdVHNTMP

Monday 4th November — Poetry Sparks @BookshopBound 🎇
https://t.co/nJZCfAFGrG

[Ruth Beddow @ruthbeddow]

Excited to share that my sell-out #poetryworkshop is expanding! Super proud of the supportive community I’ve built so far … but there’s still room for newbies🥳

Join me @FourThievesPub, unlock your inner poet & please spread the word #poetrycommunity 🙏🏼 https://t.co/5pniLwU1Z0

[Robert Selby @RESelby]

Looking forward to reading with @roguestrands, @matriches, @lorrainemariner, @ruthbeddow and @JohnMcCullough_ in September. Come along to The Devereux - entry's free.

[Ruth Beddow @ruthbeddow]

Looking to meet fellow poets and hear exciting new work in a welcoming space? We’re launching our anthology “Slow Progress” on Friday 30th August, 5:30pm onwards @BookshopBound 🐌

Come join us and find out more about our #poetrycommunity

https://t.co/PB6f0TRGDV

[Ruth Beddow @ruthbeddow]

🍃Tonight @StMargaretsLDN 🍃 Join me for a poetry workshop in the garden, 6:30pm onwards. Tickets are just £3 - https://t.co/tFBSFDDnOw

#poetrycommunity

[Gill Shaw @gillshawwrites]

Chuffed to have a poem commended in the E. H. P. Barnard Spring Poetry Prize 🌸 Big thanks to @TFNeill and judge @ruthbeddow 🌟 I wrote the poem after visiting the beautiful @BeitSitti in Amman, Jordan 💙
You can read the winning and commended poems here: https://t.co/pZKmHGDSIx

[The Passionfruit Review @Passionfruitlit]

Ruth Beddow (@ruthbeddow), 'Roe v Wade is overturned in Tennessee'

https://t.co/2gvT2qoGSS

[Ruth Beddow @ruthbeddow]

One more day to go! Submit your poems on the theme of travel - far, wide, close to home, in your mind - by tomorrow 23:59 🏃🏽‍♀️💨

https://t.co/kaB5s8X9AW

[The E.H.P. Barnard Spring Poetry Prize @EHPBarnardPrize]

Sometimes a poem takes no time at all. Craft a poem on 'Travel' by the end of March https://t.co/z7977gFmv7

[Ruth Beddow @ruthbeddow]

Looking for a last minute Thursday night plan? Join me tomorrow @peoplestavern for a social poetry writing/ editing/ nattering workshop, 7-9pm, with an opportunity for individual feedback🍸✍🏼 #poetrylondon #poetrycommunity

https://t.co/yupPkcmOlD

[Ruth Beddow @ruthbeddow]

Very excited to be judging this year’s E.H.P Barnard Spring Poetry Prize - get your poems in on the theme of 🚀🚴🏻‍♀️🚎 by 31st March, and please spread the word! I can’t wait to read them ✨

#poetrytwitter #competition

[The E.H.P. Barnard Spring Poetry Prize @EHPBarnardPrize]

We're enjoying reading your poems! Some lovely ones so far. Get creative on the theme of 'TRAVEL' at https://t.co/pCyxdkQ4E8

[Ruth Beddow @ruthbeddow]

Looking for a sociable, supportive and affordable #writingcommunity in East London? Join my new #poetry workshops at the @peoplestavern! We kick off Weds 6th March (7-9pm) with odes, interrogations, eulogies, love letters and everything in between…

https://t.co/0ffLCMDsU0

[Ruth Beddow @ruthbeddow]

In other news…. you can now find me battling imposter syndrome and sharing my work on Instagram @ruthbpoetry - where I’ll be much more active than I am here! 🔄

#poetrycommunity

[Ruth Beddow @ruthbeddow]

Only a few tickets left for Monday’s poetry workshop at Morocco Bound, on poetry in translation…🌍

Creating an affordable and inclusive space for London writers was really important to me, so drop-in tickets are £7; the full series only £35.💸

https://t.co/BMYeK9WD7v

[Charlotte Baldwin @GypsyRosePoetry]

Now Elizabeth’s pamphlet is out, I’ve finally completed my set of the @nine_pens class of 22/23 poetry books! So happy to be part of this beautiful tapestry 🥰🌈
@AliceWickenden
@NadiallLines
@ruthbeddow
@jem_face
@HelenVAnderson
@eadaoinlynch
@BenVerinder
@EMCWritesPoetry

[Nine Pens Press @nine_pens]

'The Thought Sits With Me' by @ruthbeddow is Ruth Beddow’s debut pamphlet. Exploring what it means to dwell, daydream and obsess, the collection charts the various rupture points and upheavals of youth.

[Ruth Beddow @ruthbeddow]

Poems about bodies? 🫁👁️🫀👣
Male, female, non-conforming, bodily functions, exercise, sex, illness, injury?

[Ruth Beddow @ruthbeddow]

Thanks for the mention, Mat! 😊