𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫... 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭
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Read an exclusive new #ekphrastic or ‘after’ poem each new and full moon.
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'Out of Nowhere' by David Rutherford | After...
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From David Rutherford's #ekphrastic poem 'Out of Nowhere':
'Because the woods are coming for me
with their disco lights. Because I am feeling
myself beginning to fizz theatrical, to gesture
a demand for a kind of quenching'
afterpoetry.com/poem/sep-11...
'Because the woods are coming for me
with their disco lights. Because I am feeling
myself beginning to fizz theatrical, to gesture
a demand for a kind of quenching'
afterpoetry.com/poem/sep-11...
From David Rutherford's #ekphrastic poem 'Out of Nowhere':
'Because the woods are coming for me
with their disco lights. Because I am feeling
myself beginning to fizz theatrical, to gesture
a demand for a kind of quenching'
afterpoetry.com/poem/sep-11...
'Because the woods are coming for me
with their disco lights. Because I am feeling
myself beginning to fizz theatrical, to gesture
a demand for a kind of quenching'
afterpoetry.com/poem/sep-11...
'Out of Nowhere' by David Rutherford | After...
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September 11, 2026 at 8:05 PM
From David Rutherford's #ekphrastic poem 'Out of Nowhere':
'Because the woods are coming for me
with their disco lights. Because I am feeling
myself beginning to fizz theatrical, to gesture
a demand for a kind of quenching'
afterpoetry.com/poem/sep-11...
'Because the woods are coming for me
with their disco lights. Because I am feeling
myself beginning to fizz theatrical, to gesture
a demand for a kind of quenching'
afterpoetry.com/poem/sep-11...
From John Adlam's #ekphrastic poem 'Still Life':
' ... liquid on cold grey bone,
a porcelain dish of pears
like opaleye and bluefish
rippling, an aquarium
of myrtle and viridian ... '
afterpoetry.com/poem/aug-28...
' ... liquid on cold grey bone,
a porcelain dish of pears
like opaleye and bluefish
rippling, an aquarium
of myrtle and viridian ... '
afterpoetry.com/poem/aug-28...
'Still Life' by John Adlam | After...
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August 28, 2026 at 8:05 PM
From John Adlam's #ekphrastic poem 'Still Life':
' ... liquid on cold grey bone,
a porcelain dish of pears
like opaleye and bluefish
rippling, an aquarium
of myrtle and viridian ... '
afterpoetry.com/poem/aug-28...
' ... liquid on cold grey bone,
a porcelain dish of pears
like opaleye and bluefish
rippling, an aquarium
of myrtle and viridian ... '
afterpoetry.com/poem/aug-28...
From Mary Mulholland's #ekphrastic poem 'The girl I saw in Avilés':
' ... Her tight red brocade
reveals every bulge of a prematurely buxom body
that could pass for twenty-six, not six.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/aug-12...
' ... Her tight red brocade
reveals every bulge of a prematurely buxom body
that could pass for twenty-six, not six.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/aug-12...
'The girl I saw in Avilés' by Mary Mulholland | After...
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August 12, 2026 at 8:05 PM
From Mary Mulholland's #ekphrastic poem 'The girl I saw in Avilés':
' ... Her tight red brocade
reveals every bulge of a prematurely buxom body
that could pass for twenty-six, not six.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/aug-12...
' ... Her tight red brocade
reveals every bulge of a prematurely buxom body
that could pass for twenty-six, not six.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/aug-12...
From Devjani Bodepudi's #ekphrastic poem 'Reaching':
'If I could concertina you into a crescent moon
pressing red and blue flowers into your palms
weave you loosely into my hair, I would.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/jul-29...
'If I could concertina you into a crescent moon
pressing red and blue flowers into your palms
weave you loosely into my hair, I would.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/jul-29...
'Reaching' by Devjani Bodepudi | After...
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July 29, 2026 at 8:05 PM
From Devjani Bodepudi's #ekphrastic poem 'Reaching':
'If I could concertina you into a crescent moon
pressing red and blue flowers into your palms
weave you loosely into my hair, I would.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/jul-29...
'If I could concertina you into a crescent moon
pressing red and blue flowers into your palms
weave you loosely into my hair, I would.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/jul-29...
From Elizabeth Fevyer's #ekphrastic poem 'Seule':
'And all the while an ecstasy of white.
Re-virginised, but for the smoked-out
chimneys of her legs, spread wide beneath
the cyanide contour of her hand.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/jul-14...
'And all the while an ecstasy of white.
Re-virginised, but for the smoked-out
chimneys of her legs, spread wide beneath
the cyanide contour of her hand.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/jul-14...
'Seule' by Elizabeth Fevyer | After...
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July 14, 2026 at 8:05 PM
From Elizabeth Fevyer's #ekphrastic poem 'Seule':
'And all the while an ecstasy of white.
Re-virginised, but for the smoked-out
chimneys of her legs, spread wide beneath
the cyanide contour of her hand.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/jul-14...
'And all the while an ecstasy of white.
Re-virginised, but for the smoked-out
chimneys of her legs, spread wide beneath
the cyanide contour of her hand.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/jul-14...
Delighted to announce @afterpoetry.com's six nominees for @sundresspub.bsky.social's Best of the Net 2027.
Congratulations to Ennis Rook Bashe, Rebekah Wolman, Victoria Spires, Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad, Kate Vanhinsbergh and Barnaby Harsent! 🥳
Congratulations to Ennis Rook Bashe, Rebekah Wolman, Victoria Spires, Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad, Kate Vanhinsbergh and Barnaby Harsent! 🥳
July 1, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Delighted to announce @afterpoetry.com's six nominees for @sundresspub.bsky.social's Best of the Net 2027.
Congratulations to Ennis Rook Bashe, Rebekah Wolman, Victoria Spires, Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad, Kate Vanhinsbergh and Barnaby Harsent! 🥳
Congratulations to Ennis Rook Bashe, Rebekah Wolman, Victoria Spires, Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad, Kate Vanhinsbergh and Barnaby Harsent! 🥳
From Barnaby Harsent's #ekphrastic poem 'From, to':
'A body braced against itself –
hinge and tension shaped by grain.
While further down, skin recedes
into a curtain’s darkest folds ... '
afterpoetry.com/poem/jun-29...
'A body braced against itself –
hinge and tension shaped by grain.
While further down, skin recedes
into a curtain’s darkest folds ... '
afterpoetry.com/poem/jun-29...
'From, to' by Barnaby Harsent | After...
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June 29, 2026 at 8:05 PM
From Barnaby Harsent's #ekphrastic poem 'From, to':
'A body braced against itself –
hinge and tension shaped by grain.
While further down, skin recedes
into a curtain’s darkest folds ... '
afterpoetry.com/poem/jun-29...
'A body braced against itself –
hinge and tension shaped by grain.
While further down, skin recedes
into a curtain’s darkest folds ... '
afterpoetry.com/poem/jun-29...
From Zelda Cahill-Patten's #ekphrastic poem 'Flowers of Edo':
'In the Edo of Hiroshige’s boyhood,
they named the fires edo no hana.
All over the city, ash flowered.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/jun-14...
'In the Edo of Hiroshige’s boyhood,
they named the fires edo no hana.
All over the city, ash flowered.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/jun-14...
'Flowers of Edo' by Zelda Cahill-Patten | After...
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June 15, 2026 at 8:05 PM
From Zelda Cahill-Patten's #ekphrastic poem 'Flowers of Edo':
'In the Edo of Hiroshige’s boyhood,
they named the fires edo no hana.
All over the city, ash flowered.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/jun-14...
'In the Edo of Hiroshige’s boyhood,
they named the fires edo no hana.
All over the city, ash flowered.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/jun-14...
From Sarah Raybould's #ekphrastic poem 'Her Poppy Earrings':
'Her earrings are a poppy field are a battlefield, are drops of blood
in trenches roll out to sea, are a pricked finger in a fairy tale ... '
afterpoetry.com/poem/may-31...
'Her earrings are a poppy field are a battlefield, are drops of blood
in trenches roll out to sea, are a pricked finger in a fairy tale ... '
afterpoetry.com/poem/may-31...
'Her Poppy Earrings' by Sarah Raybould | After...
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May 31, 2026 at 8:05 PM
From Sarah Raybould's #ekphrastic poem 'Her Poppy Earrings':
'Her earrings are a poppy field are a battlefield, are drops of blood
in trenches roll out to sea, are a pricked finger in a fairy tale ... '
afterpoetry.com/poem/may-31...
'Her earrings are a poppy field are a battlefield, are drops of blood
in trenches roll out to sea, are a pricked finger in a fairy tale ... '
afterpoetry.com/poem/may-31...
Reposted by 𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫... 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭
When I launched my first online poetry journal @iamb.uk in February 2020, I included myself among its initial 20 poets. I've so far resisted the temptation to feature my own work in my second journal @afterpoetry.com. That changes tomorrow, with the publication of this tribute to poet Kathryn Bevis.
May 15, 2026 at 2:35 PM
When I launched my first online poetry journal @iamb.uk in February 2020, I included myself among its initial 20 poets. I've so far resisted the temptation to feature my own work in my second journal @afterpoetry.com. That changes tomorrow, with the publication of this tribute to poet Kathryn Bevis.
From #ekphrastic poem 'Fly' by @markantonyowen.com, in tribute to the late Kathryn Bevis:
'We find you not in IT IS but WE ARE –
see you, always, in the hearthome.
Wherever there is loverise, YOU ARE.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/may-16...
'We find you not in IT IS but WE ARE –
see you, always, in the hearthome.
Wherever there is loverise, YOU ARE.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/may-16...
'Fly' by Mark Antony Owen | After...
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May 16, 2026 at 8:05 PM
From #ekphrastic poem 'Fly' by @markantonyowen.com, in tribute to the late Kathryn Bevis:
'We find you not in IT IS but WE ARE –
see you, always, in the hearthome.
Wherever there is loverise, YOU ARE.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/may-16...
'We find you not in IT IS but WE ARE –
see you, always, in the hearthome.
Wherever there is loverise, YOU ARE.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/may-16...
From Sarah Doyle's #ekphrastic poem, 'The Bacchanal of the Andrians':
'Ribald, lathered, blotto-hearted,
bladdered, adrenalin-thrilled.
Old habits of abstinence, cast
aside, for insatiable infractions.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/may-01...
'Ribald, lathered, blotto-hearted,
bladdered, adrenalin-thrilled.
Old habits of abstinence, cast
aside, for insatiable infractions.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/may-01...
'The Bacchanal of the Andrians' by Sarah Doyle | After...
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May 1, 2026 at 8:05 PM
From Sarah Doyle's #ekphrastic poem, 'The Bacchanal of the Andrians':
'Ribald, lathered, blotto-hearted,
bladdered, adrenalin-thrilled.
Old habits of abstinence, cast
aside, for insatiable infractions.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/may-01...
'Ribald, lathered, blotto-hearted,
bladdered, adrenalin-thrilled.
Old habits of abstinence, cast
aside, for insatiable infractions.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/may-01...
From Kate Vanhinsbergh's #ekphrastic poem, 'Brief Visit to a Barcelona Sex Castle':
' ... this whole castle clings
to the glottal step of the gy,
the glassy-eyed fantasy
of fucking some sugar junkie ... '
afterpoetry.com/poem/apr-17...
' ... this whole castle clings
to the glottal step of the gy,
the glassy-eyed fantasy
of fucking some sugar junkie ... '
afterpoetry.com/poem/apr-17...
'Brief Visit to a Barcelona Sex Castle' by Kate Vanhinsbergh | After...
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April 17, 2026 at 8:05 PM
From Kate Vanhinsbergh's #ekphrastic poem, 'Brief Visit to a Barcelona Sex Castle':
' ... this whole castle clings
to the glottal step of the gy,
the glassy-eyed fantasy
of fucking some sugar junkie ... '
afterpoetry.com/poem/apr-17...
' ... this whole castle clings
to the glottal step of the gy,
the glassy-eyed fantasy
of fucking some sugar junkie ... '
afterpoetry.com/poem/apr-17...
From Leia Butler's #ekphrastic poem, '1000-1' ...
'We are swapping secrets,
In the leaves,
In the trunks,
In the petals,
//
(There are 754 pieces left)'
afterpoetry.com/poem/apr-02...
'We are swapping secrets,
In the leaves,
In the trunks,
In the petals,
//
(There are 754 pieces left)'
afterpoetry.com/poem/apr-02...
'1000-1' by Leia Butler | After...
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April 2, 2026 at 8:05 PM
From Leia Butler's #ekphrastic poem, '1000-1' ...
'We are swapping secrets,
In the leaves,
In the trunks,
In the petals,
//
(There are 754 pieces left)'
afterpoetry.com/poem/apr-02...
'We are swapping secrets,
In the leaves,
In the trunks,
In the petals,
//
(There are 754 pieces left)'
afterpoetry.com/poem/apr-02...
From Winifred Mok’s #ekphrastic poem, ‘Lisa’:
‘I try to sit still. I imagine my own hand at oil painting, curves of his face, the sfumato of sunlight through glass.’
afterpoetry.com/poem/mar-19...
‘I try to sit still. I imagine my own hand at oil painting, curves of his face, the sfumato of sunlight through glass.’
afterpoetry.com/poem/mar-19...
March 19, 2026 at 9:05 PM
From Winifred Mok’s #ekphrastic poem, ‘Lisa’:
‘I try to sit still. I imagine my own hand at oil painting, curves of his face, the sfumato of sunlight through glass.’
afterpoetry.com/poem/mar-19...
‘I try to sit still. I imagine my own hand at oil painting, curves of his face, the sfumato of sunlight through glass.’
afterpoetry.com/poem/mar-19...
From Fokkina McDonnell's #ekphrastic poem, 'The Avid Reader':
'We see the middle-aged man
carrying a hat, smoking a pipe,
because Graham inhabits him.
All artists are obsessives:
these giant light boxes,
demanding our devotion.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/mar-03...
'We see the middle-aged man
carrying a hat, smoking a pipe,
because Graham inhabits him.
All artists are obsessives:
these giant light boxes,
demanding our devotion.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/mar-03...
'Canada is as far away as bibles are' by Fokkina McDonnell | After...
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March 3, 2026 at 9:05 PM
From Fokkina McDonnell's #ekphrastic poem, 'The Avid Reader':
'We see the middle-aged man
carrying a hat, smoking a pipe,
because Graham inhabits him.
All artists are obsessives:
these giant light boxes,
demanding our devotion.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/mar-03...
'We see the middle-aged man
carrying a hat, smoking a pipe,
because Graham inhabits him.
All artists are obsessives:
these giant light boxes,
demanding our devotion.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/mar-03...
From Susan Trofimow's #ekphrastic poem 'The Lion in the Room':
'Almost too late, the light arrived –
coming from a window I couldn’t see.
The lion had drawn himself closer,
and with him the scent of cream.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/feb-17...
'Almost too late, the light arrived –
coming from a window I couldn’t see.
The lion had drawn himself closer,
and with him the scent of cream.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/feb-17...
'The Lion in the Room' by Susan Trofimow | After...
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February 17, 2026 at 9:05 PM
From Susan Trofimow's #ekphrastic poem 'The Lion in the Room':
'Almost too late, the light arrived –
coming from a window I couldn’t see.
The lion had drawn himself closer,
and with him the scent of cream.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/feb-17...
'Almost too late, the light arrived –
coming from a window I couldn’t see.
The lion had drawn himself closer,
and with him the scent of cream.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/feb-17...
From Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad's #ekphrastic poem 'Paper tiger':
'The café scene I am starring in is comical in hindsight.
Coffee with a paper tiger.
Quills, flaming arrows, stones, catapult into the air.
A bouquet of hummingbirds discolours the sun.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/feb-01...
'The café scene I am starring in is comical in hindsight.
Coffee with a paper tiger.
Quills, flaming arrows, stones, catapult into the air.
A bouquet of hummingbirds discolours the sun.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/feb-01...
February 1, 2026 at 9:05 PM
From Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad's #ekphrastic poem 'Paper tiger':
'The café scene I am starring in is comical in hindsight.
Coffee with a paper tiger.
Quills, flaming arrows, stones, catapult into the air.
A bouquet of hummingbirds discolours the sun.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/feb-01...
'The café scene I am starring in is comical in hindsight.
Coffee with a paper tiger.
Quills, flaming arrows, stones, catapult into the air.
A bouquet of hummingbirds discolours the sun.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/feb-01...
On the day nominations open for The Forward Prizes 2026, @afterpoetry.com is delighted to announce its three nominees in the Best Single Poem (Written) category.
Best of luck to @philvernon.bsky.social, @hareontherun.bsky.social and @victoriaspires.bsky.social. 🥳
Best of luck to @philvernon.bsky.social, @hareontherun.bsky.social and @victoriaspires.bsky.social. 🥳
January 19, 2026 at 4:45 PM
On the day nominations open for The Forward Prizes 2026, @afterpoetry.com is delighted to announce its three nominees in the Best Single Poem (Written) category.
Best of luck to @philvernon.bsky.social, @hareontherun.bsky.social and @victoriaspires.bsky.social. 🥳
Best of luck to @philvernon.bsky.social, @hareontherun.bsky.social and @victoriaspires.bsky.social. 🥳
From Hannah Linden's #ekphrastic poem 'Office':
'Again, a woman creeps towards
a man with his pants around his ankles
and even then he wants to be magnified
to a hundred times his own size.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/jan-18...
'Again, a woman creeps towards
a man with his pants around his ankles
and even then he wants to be magnified
to a hundred times his own size.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/jan-18...
'Office' by Hannah Linden | After...
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January 18, 2026 at 9:05 PM
From Hannah Linden's #ekphrastic poem 'Office':
'Again, a woman creeps towards
a man with his pants around his ankles
and even then he wants to be magnified
to a hundred times his own size.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/jan-18...
'Again, a woman creeps towards
a man with his pants around his ankles
and even then he wants to be magnified
to a hundred times his own size.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/jan-18...
A new feature comes to @afterpoetry.com: an A-Z poet finder! If you know a particular poet has appeared in the journal but can't recall in which year, this page will help you. All 100 poets (so far) are now searchable alphabetically by first name.
afterpoetry.com/a-z
afterpoetry.com/a-z
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January 6, 2026 at 9:45 AM
A new feature comes to @afterpoetry.com: an A-Z poet finder! If you know a particular poet has appeared in the journal but can't recall in which year, this page will help you. All 100 poets (so far) are now searchable alphabetically by first name.
afterpoetry.com/a-z
afterpoetry.com/a-z
Celebrating the 100th #ekphrastic poem on After...
'I am a knife. I cut meat.
I am in a painting. I cut space.
The form was dreamt before the fact.
Mirror image, mirror act.
Grooved in your life-line
I lie in your hand;
I am a sign in your mind ... '
afterpoetry.com/poem/jan-03...
'I am a knife. I cut meat.
I am in a painting. I cut space.
The form was dreamt before the fact.
Mirror image, mirror act.
Grooved in your life-line
I lie in your hand;
I am a sign in your mind ... '
afterpoetry.com/poem/jan-03...
'The Cut' by Suzi Feay | After...
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January 3, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Celebrating the 100th #ekphrastic poem on After...
'I am a knife. I cut meat.
I am in a painting. I cut space.
The form was dreamt before the fact.
Mirror image, mirror act.
Grooved in your life-line
I lie in your hand;
I am a sign in your mind ... '
afterpoetry.com/poem/jan-03...
'I am a knife. I cut meat.
I am in a painting. I cut space.
The form was dreamt before the fact.
Mirror image, mirror act.
Grooved in your life-line
I lie in your hand;
I am a sign in your mind ... '
afterpoetry.com/poem/jan-03...
Final #ekphrastic poem of 2025, and a second consecutive outing for poetry inspired by the work of Frank Auerbach.
'For two years he has worked her
rich in black and white,
scraped her back to canvas,
ghost and bone.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/dec-20...
'For two years he has worked her
rich in black and white,
scraped her back to canvas,
ghost and bone.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/dec-20...
December 20, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Final #ekphrastic poem of 2025, and a second consecutive outing for poetry inspired by the work of Frank Auerbach.
'For two years he has worked her
rich in black and white,
scraped her back to canvas,
ghost and bone.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/dec-20...
'For two years he has worked her
rich in black and white,
scraped her back to canvas,
ghost and bone.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/dec-20...