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Thrilled to be highly commended in this year’s @ForwardPrizes! Big thanks to Forward, the judges, and my ‘Blood Sugar, Sex, Magic’ publishers @VervePoetryPres
The anthology: faber.co.uk/product/978057…
Blood Sugar, Sex, Magic: vervepoetrypress.com/product/sarah-…
Happy National Poetry Day!

A crisp sunlit day here today, almost like I ordered the ideal weather for today’s Sometimes I Smile poem, poem biography, discussion point and prompt.
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It’s Not Personal But…or Getting All Confessional, Subjectivity and the Rejected (Reworked) Manuscript – some tricks & challenges when writing me(moir): moresarah.substack.com/p/its-not-pers…

And the countdown is on to Wirral Poetry Festival next weekend! Lots of other small joys and news too. More here sarah-james.co.uk/?p=18366.
Pix including scenes from my poetryfilms on at Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight, next Saturday (3 Oct) as part of the festival.

Sometimes I smile (19): Wired Flesh – poem, poem bio, discussion points & writing prompts.
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It’s hard to believe that the boys of this poem are now grown up, one with a child!