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Ruth Taaffe

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English teacher, poet, Author of ‘Unearthed’.

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Joined March 2011
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Very good of you to catch it in your net. Thank you @clapping_one
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Repeating one word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences, and a different word or phrase at the end—as in ‘For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost...’—is called SYMPLOCE.
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Whatever else you read this summer, be sure to read all 45 poems by the 15 poets of @iambapoet's tenth wave – or let them read their words to you. There's even a @SoundCloud playlist (ideal for stretching out, eyes shut, in the sun). #iamb #waveten #poetry iambapoet.com/wave-ten
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Little over a week left til wave ten of @iambapoet drops ... #iamb #waveten #poetry
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With the big reveal of the 14 poets joining @penelopeshuttle in wave ten of @iambapoet just three hours away, it's cheeky game time. Take a look at this image, and see how many of these poets you can name. And yes, you CAN shout out your answers! See you at midnight (BST).
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free submissions open in 2 weeks we are open for the month of February RT's appreciated! 💙💙💙
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I love both Tiffany Atkinson poems in the latest Poetry Review. Imagine writing this opening line.
Boom The under-fifteens’ district windsurf rally for example. What kind of thing was that. To make it the self a small flight at the mercy of. Having fixed a sling of rope and carabiners. Having hooked your narrow breastbone to the boom. To bend the spine against the chop then duck the offshore punch and. BOOM where the heart goes. As your storm-sail whips around the headland. Tiny father on the shingle leaping. And the dog too almost clean out of his dogsuit. BOOM says Mr Jenkins at the boathouse with his clammy hi-five. Boom you think. The property of bang and its hypotenuse. What sheer triangulation of white pebbles on the sand. Not that but how the eye slips shine between them. BOOM. A glory to be swallowed whole a lifetime. Lean out you and I so into look! what whooping light. Goes boom goes boom goes BOOM and.

ALT Boom The under-fifteens’ district windsurf rally for example. What kind of thing was that. To make it the self a small flight at the mercy of. Having fixed a sling of rope and carabiners. Having hooked your narrow breastbone to the boom. To bend the spine against the chop then duck the offshore punch and. BOOM where the heart goes. As your storm-sail whips around the headland. Tiny father on the shingle leaping. And the dog too almost clean out of his dogsuit. BOOM says Mr Jenkins at the boathouse with his clammy hi-five. Boom you think. The property of bang and its hypotenuse. What sheer triangulation of white pebbles on the sand. Not that but how the eye slips shine between them. BOOM. A glory to be swallowed whole a lifetime. Lean out you and I so into look! what whooping light. Goes boom goes boom goes BOOM and.

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‘A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year’ is an anagram of ‘may many a red wreath carry happiness’.
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Anna Teresa@AnnaSlater8 Dec 2021
Thank you, @haranapoetry ! ❤️ So happy to be part of Issue 9. #poetrytwitter #poetrylovers #crew902
harana poetry (@haranapoetry) profile pictureharana poetry@haranapoetry8 Dec 2021
... & issue 9 is LIVE! ☄️☃️🎄🌟 With new poems by @storyvilled @roulamariadib @ChristiJasutan @LenaOzge Suha Kudsieh @hesketherica @diokollias @wpagdatoon @ali_mn_aljamri @changmingyuan @dimaisipnasagot Harriet Jae @AliSeegar @AnnaSlater & Sunra Rainz 9⃣✨ haranapoetry.com/
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the room next door - Boris Johnson at the CBI
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Now just 60 followers away from 4,000. If that figure is reached by August 31st, the name of the special guest poet for December's wave eight will be revealed early. Please RT!
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The online launch of my new poetry pamphlet ‘Unearthed’ - published by @DandWpublishing - is August 24th. Me plus guest reader @AnnaSlater sharing our words. Message me with your email address if you’d like to be there.
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Billy Bragg@billybragg19 Jul 2021
"Freedom is merely privilege extended unless enjoyed by one and all". For public-facing workers, those in badly ventilated workspaces, NHS staff and the 3.7 million who are highly vulnerable - this is what solidarity looks like #IWillBeYourShield
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Poems by Anna Teresa Slater theliterarynest.org/issues/v…
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Anna Teresa@AnnaSlater17 Jun 2021
My piece 'To the Poem Trying to Crawl Out of the Boy at the Back of the Room' is in this issue. Thanks a bunch @PorcupineLit ❤️ #TeacherLife #writingcommunity #poetrylovers #crew902
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Anna Teresa@AnnaSlater15 Jun 2021
My copy finally arrived from the other side of the world and it's beautiful. Thanks @Channel_LitMag 😍#WritingCommunity #poetrycommunity #Crew902
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The Foyle (@youngpoetsnet) Young Poets of the Year Award, the biggest poetry competition for 11-17 year olds in the world, is FREE and open for submissions! Prizes include membership of @PoetrySociety, a course with us, & much, much more! Closes 31st July lght.ly/b1dh35n
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