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Lines of migration

@LinesMigration

A poetry translation project that aims to bring together poets and poems, that engage with nature and place - Matt Howard.

 Norwich, England
linesofmigration.co.uk
Joined June 2019
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Bloodaxe Books@BloodaxeBooks12 Aug 2025
Huge congratulations to Matt Howard, winner of the poetry category of the ASLE-UKI Book Prize 2025 for his second collection #Broadlands. Well done to all the shortlisted authors, including @YvonneReddick, who was shortlisted for her debut #BurningSeason. bloodaxebooks.com/news?artic…
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Bloodaxe Books@BloodaxeBooks2 Jan 2025
Poet and environmentalist Matt Howard (@LinesMigration) reads and introduces eight poems from his second collection #Broadlands on this special Christmas edition of the @tedhughessoc podcast. With thanks to @GowarMick. shows.acast.com/the-ted-hugh…
Matt Howard reads poems from his collection 'Broadlands' | The Ted...

Matt Howard reads poems from his collection 'Broadlands' | The Ted...

On the life and work of Ted Hughes

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Booking is open for our January poetry workshops led by two of this year's New Northern Poets, Claire Lynn and Mike Farren. Write poetry inspired by artwork with Claire Lynn and develop your own poetry of place with Mike Farren ✍️ 18 & 22 Jan, book now: buff.ly/48HFxrz
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Poets have long used their craft to reframe issues, convey emotion ...

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Ahead of the Summit weekend at @YSPsculpture, poets Matt Howard and John Whale share their climate poems inspired by conversations with Priestley researchers 🌍📚 Watch the videos below 👇 youtube.com/playlist?list=PL… Or read all of our climate poems here 👇 climate.leeds.ac.uk/climate-…
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Summit: A Poetry School Festival on ecopoetry, nature, & climate writing, featuring top ecological writers & thinkers. Join us for performances, workshops & more!   19 Oct: Yorkshire Sculpture Park 20 Oct: University of Leeds Poetry Centre Book tickets: poetryschool.com/summit-a-po…
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Poets have long used their craft to reframe issues, convey emotion and share ideas, and climate change is an increasing feature of poetry worldwide 🌍📜 This #NationalPoetryDay we’re highlighting the work of Leeds poets inspired by conversations with our climate researchers 👇
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Bloodaxe Books@BloodaxeBooks23 Sep 2024
Many congratulations to all the poets with poems Highly Commended by @ForwardPrizes, including Irish poets @katiedon5, #KerryHardie & @PoetLyall, plus Matt Howard (@LinesMigration) & @pascalepoet (for a poem published in @ModronMagazine).
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The poets in The Forward Book of Poetry 2025 revealed! Congratulations to everyone featured, all of them shortlisted or with poems Highly Commended in the Forward Prizes for Poetry! forwardartsfoundation.org/bo…
Sara Abou Rashed · Amy Acre · Sanah Ahsan · Vasiliki Albedo · Rachael Allen · Nasim Rebecca Asl · Khairani Barokka · Kathryn Bevis · Eva Bourke · Madailín Burnhope · John Burnside · Toby Campion · CAConrad · Derek Chan · Victoria Chang · Sabeen Chaudhry · Gillian Clarke · Jasmine Cooray · Hannah Copley · Armen Davoudian · Kwame Dawes · Patrick Deeley · Olga Dermott-Bond · Katie Donovan · Carrie Etter · Eve Esfandiari-Denney · Katy Evans-Bush · Ella Frears · Harry Josephine Giles · Kerry Hardie · Seán Hewitt · Gustav Parker Hibbett · Tammy Lai-Ming Ho · Matt Howard · Rebecca Hurst · Ishion Hutchinson · Leyla Josephine · Fady Joudah Jackie Kay · Lisa Kelly · Victoria Kennefick · Leilah King · Alyson Kissner · Charlotte Shevchenko Knight · Tife Kusoro · Hannah Lavery · Fran Lock · Marjorie Lotfi · Amelia Loulli · Aoife Lyall · Oksana Maksymchuk · Mícheál McCann · Paula Meehan Kelly Michels · JLM Morton · Travis Mossotti · Katrina Naomi · Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin · Cindy Juyoung Ok · Oluwase

ALT Sara Abou Rashed · Amy Acre · Sanah Ahsan · Vasiliki Albedo · Rachael Allen · Nasim Rebecca Asl · Khairani Barokka · Kathryn Bevis · Eva Bourke · Madailín Burnhope · John Burnside · Toby Campion · CAConrad · Derek Chan · Victoria Chang · Sabeen Chaudhry · Gillian Clarke · Jasmine Cooray · Hannah Copley · Armen Davoudian · Kwame Dawes · Patrick Deeley · Olga Dermott-Bond · Katie Donovan · Carrie Etter · Eve Esfandiari-Denney · Katy Evans-Bush · Ella Frears · Harry Josephine Giles · Kerry Hardie · Seán Hewitt · Gustav Parker Hibbett · Tammy Lai-Ming Ho · Matt Howard · Rebecca Hurst · Ishion Hutchinson · Leyla Josephine · Fady Joudah Jackie Kay · Lisa Kelly · Victoria Kennefick · Leilah King · Alyson Kissner · Charlotte Shevchenko Knight · Tife Kusoro · Hannah Lavery · Fran Lock · Marjorie Lotfi · Amelia Loulli · Aoife Lyall · Oksana Maksymchuk · Mícheál McCann · Paula Meehan Kelly Michels · JLM Morton · Travis Mossotti · Katrina Naomi · Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin · Cindy Juyoung Ok · Oluwase

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Steve Rowland@Bull_of_the_Bog15 Aug 2024
The quiet of my early morning session photographing Spoonbills @RSPBFrampton was rudely and fortuitously interrupted when the shout went up "Hobby!". I managed to grab this shot as the falcon flew away with a Sandmartin in it's talons. @boston_lincs
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Bloodaxe Books@BloodaxeBooks19 Jul 2024
July news: shorturl.at/AWYb0 @marjorielotfi on @ForwardPrizes shortlist; @Idharker on @bbcworldservice; @LinesMigration @guardian Poem of the Week; @CommaJane on @PlanetPoem; @katiedon5 on @theshakingbog; Awards & Honours: @nellivory, @JessicaTraynor6 & @poetclare
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Mark Cocker@MarkCocker217 Jul 2024
An important and nuanced reflection on nature's right to our absence and our silence. theecologist.org/2024/jul/16…
A right to roam – but for whom?

A right to roam – but for whom?

As awareness of animal sentience grows the moral and practical case for limiting public access to wild habitats needs to be made.

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Join us for an evening of poetry featuring @RialtoPoetry Nature and Place Competition winners reading their prize winning poems and a headline reading from this year’s judge, @ZaffarKunial Book free tix here: cambridgeconservation.org/th…
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Mon 12 Aug 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM: Online Workshop: 'Nature and eco-poetry' with Matt Howard tickettailor.com/events/thep…
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Bloodaxe Books@BloodaxeBooks1 Jul 2024
'an exceptional contribution to the ecopoetry genre, and to poetry itself.' - Carol Rumens, on Matt Howard's just-published second collection #Broadlands. 'Marbled Orb Weaver' is Carol Rumens' @guardian Poem of the Week . @LinesMigration @GuardianBooks theguardian.com/books/articl…
Poem of the week: Marbled Orb Weaver by Matt Howard

Poem of the week: Marbled Orb Weaver by Matt Howard

A spider’s hard web-building work is destroyed by the poet’s scythe

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We have a nightmare , dreaming hasn’t worked . . . But it doesn’t have to be like this , we can restore nature now , we must restore nature now . Nature doesn’t have a voice but we do , nature can’t act but we must . Please RT
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Bloodaxe Books@BloodaxeBooks27 Jun 2024
Today is publication day for these new collections: Broadlands by #MattHoward, Poems 2026-2024 by #JHPrynne & Rhizodont by #KatrinaPorteous Find out more about these books and order copies on our website here: bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/new_ti…
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Bloodaxe Books@BloodaxeBooks25 Jun 2024
Our free June online launch event with #MattHoward (@LinesMigration) and #KatrinaPorteous is tomorrow at 7pm BST on our YouTube channel! (And available afterwards at the same link) Register here for a reminder email: buytickets.at/bloodaxebooks/…
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Register – Launch reading by Matt Howard and Katrina Porteous – YouTube

Launch reading by Matt Howard and Katrina Porteous – YouTube, Wed 26 Jun 2024 - Join Bloodaxe for this launch reading by Matt Howard and Katrina Porteous, celebrating the publication of their new...

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Join us live on YouTube on Wed 26 June, 7pm BST, when we'll be celebrating the publication of Matt Howard's Broadlands and Katrina Porteous's Rhizodont - two powerful new poetry collections coming soon from Bloodaxe. bloodaxebooks.com/events?art…
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Jonathan Cape@JonathanCape13 Jun 2024
It takes a whole universe to make one small black bird. ONE MIDSUMMER'S DAY by 'one of our greatest living naturalists' (Spectator) @MarkCocker2 is out today in paperback!
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📢 Calling all northern poets! Applications are now open for Word Up North & @UniLeedsPoetry's New Northern Poets 2024 programme. ✍️ You'll receive mentoring, commissions, opportunities to build your profile and network & more! 👉 Apply by 30 June: tinyurl.com/aupv6d8y
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