carolinebirduk.bsky.social
Poet & playwright. 7th poetry collection, Ambush at Still Lake, out from Carcanet: https://shorturl.at/JXYCR. Winner of Forward Prize for Best Collection 2020 www.carolinebird.co.uk
👤 Joined on 15 November 2024
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@carolinebirduk.bsky.socialEveryone (including me) always highlights the lines, "Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. / Just keep going. No feeling is final." But today I keep going back to the later lines, "Nearby is the country they call life. / You will know it by its seriousness."
Show Postone of the greats by one of the greats: Brigit Pegeen Kelly’s “The Leaving”
Show PostJust occasionally, you come across a new poem from a young poet that reassures you all is well with the future of poetry. Dean Browne, from his debut Picador collection ‘After Party’
Show PostHuge congratulations to all the wonderful creatives, casts, crew and producers we have worked with on these productions, and to our brilliant staff for all they do to earn us a nomination as the UK’s Most Welcoming Theatre. Congratulations to our fellow nominees. #UKTAwards
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