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Through the King's Speech, the UK govt has just a announced: More austerity, Cuts in public spending, Cuts in welfare, Forcing the sick/disabled to work. Attack on worker rights. More prison sentences, Waiting to see more details. It is is repression as usual


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Suella Braverman does not speak for me. RT if you agree.


Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I do! #MyTwitterAnniversary

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morphrog24 is live! This edition has some great poems by Jenny Hockey, Ian Corcos, David Olsen, Pauline Rowe, Yuan Hongri, Joe Balaz, Calvin Liu and prose by Ian C. Smith. The issue is dedicated to Martin Kay who died tragically aged 56 in September. #morphrog24 #creativity


The bicycle was invented in 1839 and is still a zero-emission technology, so we don’t need to re-invent the wheel at #COP26. @mariacaulfield as my MP please support action to deliver safe cycling networks. #ThisMachineFightsClimateChange @WeAreCyclingUK bit.ly/3BdM2jO


From the Economist magazine

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Check out the call for submissions from @morphrog which now includes visual and audio content as well as poems #morphrog #poetry #metaphor #translations

Reminder: morphog submission window is open. For issue 23 we welcome visual and audio content as well as poems. For submission guidelines please go to morphrog.com and scroll down. #poetry #frogmore #submit



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#cfs 31 days left to submit for the 34th Frogmore Poetry Prize 2020. Deadline 31 May. Adjudicator @mariajastrz will read all entries. #poetryprize #poetry #callforsubmissions Details here: frogmorepress.co.uk/frogmore-poetr…


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morphrog20 has just launched. I can't believe we have been around for 10 years! morphrog - poetry in the extreme. @morphrog @FrogmorePress #poetry morphrog.com


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And we'll be launching morphrog.eu in the spring with the goal of keeping our close links with European poetry despite the government's best efforts to isolate us on Blighty Island @eunity @LewesEUnity

morphrog20 has just launched. I can't believe we have been around for 10 years! morphrog - poetry in the extreme. @morphrog @FrogmorePress #poetry morphrog.com



Today's word from the Arabic تثقيف tath-qeef polyscriptum.com/?p=53


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First picture of the launch of Pale Fire - New Writing on the Moon in Lewes tonight. There were rose moons, midsummer moons, moon mothers, cinnabar moons, night pearls, sestinas, sonnets, and even a flirtatious moon... More pics soon.

FrogmorePress's tweet image. First picture of the launch of Pale Fire - New Writing on the Moon in Lewes tonight. There were rose moons, midsummer moons, moon mothers, cinnabar moons, night pearls, sestinas, sonnets, and even a flirtatious moon... More pics soon.

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Jonathan Edwards is shortlisted for the Forward Prize for best single poem! We are very proud about this, as he was shortlisted for the Frogmore Prize by Janet Sutherland @JanetSu70160442 last year and his poem (‘Bridge’) was published in number 92 of The Frogmore Papers.

⭐Liz Berry ⭐Mary Jean Chan ⭐ Jonathan Edwards ⭐ Parwana Fayyaz ⭐ Holly Pester @MissLizBerry @maryjean_chan @ParwanaFayyaz @hollypesty @wildcourtpoetry @PoetrySociety @PN_Review @PN_Review @GrantaMag



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shocked that out of the 44 results when searching who the "most famous person in history" was into google, only ONE was a woman. @EverydaySexism Sort it out @Google


Sign and RT please!

I’ve signed this petition to revoke A50 and deal with the consequences afterwards - referendum, election, whatever. I have no idea whether these things do any good but after May’s astonishingly irresponsible speech this evening I’ll give anything a go. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/2415…



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