Kelly Davis
@KellyDavisPoet
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I am a poet, writer and editor, living in Maryport on the West Cumbrian coast.
West Cumbria
Joined October 2022
On Saturday 13th September, from 2pm, @KellyDavisPoet is reading from The Lost Art of Ironing at Windermere Library. It's the first in a series of events hosted by the Lake District Holocaust Project entitled 'Memory / Place / Ghost'.
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I've called on the UK government to step up to its legal and moral obligation to stop ALL arms sales to Israel. This is crucial to help ensure a permanent ceasefire. #StopArmingIsrael
oxfam.org.uk
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‘This is one of the longest running literary awards. It was a joy to join founder #HunterDavies to build its legacy, I love this award and hope it continues. Cofounder Vicky Robinson starts our evening…and introduces our new patron….1/2
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‘My thanks goes to the river that didn’t sweep me away, the river Brathay. And to all my fellow poets.’ @KerryDarbishire’s River Talk, published by @hedgehogpoetry is the winner of the @WordsworthGras Prize for Literature and Poetry 2025
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The shortlist is out! See the shortlist here 👉 https://t.co/QQN08VXjDE Book tickets here 👉 https://t.co/j8rgDVdZFY Congratulations to everybody that has been included! 📕📗📘📙 #LBOY #LakelandBookAwards
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Our 2025 Longlist has been announced! Congratulations to all those included and commiserations to those that missed out! You can see the longlist and book your tickets for the awards here 👉 https://t.co/QQN08VXjDE 📕📗📘📙 #LBOY #LakelandBookOfTheYear
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Auditions return this autumn. Seven days of opportunity (Sep 20th-27th) for emerging and established poets to bag one of 99 places available in iamb in 2026/27. Put September 1st in your diaries – that's when you'll be able to see all the details at https://t.co/X9FIL4Bf3W.
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Want a place in iamb in 2028/29? Audition from Sept 20th to 26th 2027.
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I'm very proud to be part of iambapoet, Wave 21. Thanks so much to @MarkAntonyOwen for curating this wonderful selection of poetry by contemporary poets. 🙏
Crocuses yawn, sparrows nest, daffodils trumpet the sun. Spring has returned. With her, she brings a basket of 45 poems – some delicate, some fierce, all of them rich in colour. Sit where you're comfortable, and reach in, to wave twenty-one of @iambapoet. https://t.co/Qt3Heek1Qa
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https://t.co/HhFaKRBKRo So looking forward to reading alongside Cumbrian poets tomorrow! Would love to see you there. Circle Gallery 5pm.
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Still some tickets available for this!
Cumbrian poet #HelenFarish will be reading from her @tseliotprize shortlisted fourth poetry book The Penny Dropping at the @WBTWKeswick festival on Friday 14 March, 3pm, @tbtlake. https://t.co/6aeU1fiDSe
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Had a wonderful time reading with @KerryDarbishire at #MaryportLitFest yesterday!
Sunday @Maryportlitfest saw Heather Maling talk on her fathers WW2 escape from Yugoslavia, Mike Townend on being a rock-climbing medic, Penn Allen on the lost gardens of Loughrigg, Mike Smith on his book the Drovers Dog and poetry readings by Kerry Darbishire & Kelly Davis.
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Meet the cohort of wave 21 – Andrea Small, Bob Perkins, Fred Schmalz, Gillian Craig Spiller, Jane Robinson, Joe Williams, Kelly Davis, Maggie Mackay, Marie Little, Mark Carson, Moira Walsh, Perry Gasteiger, Robin Helweg-Larsen, S Reeson & Theresa Donnelly. https://t.co/Qt3HeekzFI
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Read 45 poems from 15 emerging and established poets – and hear their authors read them too. Welcome to wave 21 of iamb.
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Busy planning my poetry workshop for this year's @WBTWKeswick to be held @tbtlake in Keswick on Sunday 16th March. Tickets still available but don't leave it too late to book...
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