𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅
@iamb.uk
Poetry. Seen and heard. Four times a year. Enjoy new and previously published work from established and emerging talent.
Every poem read by its author. iamb.uk
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Every poem read by its author. iamb.uk
iamb.uk/index/wave/25
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wave twenty-seven | autumn 2026 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard
Hear the poets of wave 27 of literary poetry journal iamb read their poems for autumn 2026 .
www.iamb.uk
That time of year again. You close the curtains earlier each evening. You want something warm, nourishing. Wave twenty-seven of @iamb.uk has got you. Make a nest on the sofa, pull the blankets around you, and settle down with 45 poems read by their authors.
iamb.uk/index/wave/27
iamb.uk/index/wave/27
That time of year again. You close the curtains earlier each evening. You want something warm, nourishing. Wave twenty-seven of @iamb.uk has got you. Make a nest on the sofa, pull the blankets around you, and settle down with 45 poems read by their authors.
iamb.uk/index/wave/27
iamb.uk/index/wave/27
wave twenty-seven | autumn 2026 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard
Hear the poets of wave 27 of literary poetry journal iamb read their poems for autumn 2026 .
www.iamb.uk
September 14, 2026 at 11:05 PM
That time of year again. You close the curtains earlier each evening. You want something warm, nourishing. Wave twenty-seven of @iamb.uk has got you. Make a nest on the sofa, pull the blankets around you, and settle down with 45 poems read by their authors.
iamb.uk/index/wave/27
iamb.uk/index/wave/27
Reposted by 𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅
Thank you to @markantonyowen.com for choosing to include me alongside wonderful poets for the latest @iamb.uk wave of #poetry. I very much look forward to reading everyone's contributions. #PoetryCommunity
Meet the poets of wave twenty-seven: Anna Shelton, Benedicta Norell, Chloe Victoria Gorman, Elizabeth Cook, Em Gray, Francesca L Rolle, John Adlam, McLord Selasi Azelekor, Nathaniel Calhoun, Niamh Hollis-Locke, Paul Connolly, Rachel Hosein Nisbet, Rosie Barrett, Simon Maddrell and Tracie Renee.
September 1, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Thank you to @markantonyowen.com for choosing to include me alongside wonderful poets for the latest @iamb.uk wave of #poetry. I very much look forward to reading everyone's contributions. #PoetryCommunity
Reposted by 𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅
A joy to be part of the upcoming wave twenty-seven, and amongst so many lovely folk. With big thanks and awe-for-all-the-care-and-diligence to @markantonyowen.com
Meet the poets of wave twenty-seven: Anna Shelton, Benedicta Norell, Chloe Victoria Gorman, Elizabeth Cook, Em Gray, Francesca L Rolle, John Adlam, McLord Selasi Azelekor, Nathaniel Calhoun, Niamh Hollis-Locke, Paul Connolly, Rachel Hosein Nisbet, Rosie Barrett, Simon Maddrell and Tracie Renee.
September 1, 2026 at 11:05 AM
A joy to be part of the upcoming wave twenty-seven, and amongst so many lovely folk. With big thanks and awe-for-all-the-care-and-diligence to @markantonyowen.com
Reposted by 𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅
I can’t wait! Congratulations everyone 🙌
Meet the poets of wave twenty-seven: Anna Shelton, Benedicta Norell, Chloe Victoria Gorman, Elizabeth Cook, Em Gray, Francesca L Rolle, John Adlam, McLord Selasi Azelekor, Nathaniel Calhoun, Niamh Hollis-Locke, Paul Connolly, Rachel Hosein Nisbet, Rosie Barrett, Simon Maddrell and Tracie Renee.
September 1, 2026 at 8:38 AM
I can’t wait! Congratulations everyone 🙌
Reposted by 𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅
SO exciting to be swimming in such company ❤️
Meet the poets of wave twenty-seven: Anna Shelton, Benedicta Norell, Chloe Victoria Gorman, Elizabeth Cook, Em Gray, Francesca L Rolle, John Adlam, McLord Selasi Azelekor, Nathaniel Calhoun, Niamh Hollis-Locke, Paul Connolly, Rachel Hosein Nisbet, Rosie Barrett, Simon Maddrell and Tracie Renee.
September 1, 2026 at 6:42 AM
SO exciting to be swimming in such company ❤️
Reposted by 𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅
Delighted & grateful to @markantonyowen.com to be in this @iamb.uk wave with dear friends @benedictan.bsky.social @francesca-laura.bsky.social @johnadlam.bsky.social @simonmaddrell.bsky.social @em-words.bsky.social @niamhvh-l.bsky.social @tracierenee.bsky.social & other fine poets #poetrycommunity
Meet the poets of wave twenty-seven: Anna Shelton, Benedicta Norell, Chloe Victoria Gorman, Elizabeth Cook, Em Gray, Francesca L Rolle, John Adlam, McLord Selasi Azelekor, Nathaniel Calhoun, Niamh Hollis-Locke, Paul Connolly, Rachel Hosein Nisbet, Rosie Barrett, Simon Maddrell and Tracie Renee.
August 31, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Delighted & grateful to @markantonyowen.com to be in this @iamb.uk wave with dear friends @benedictan.bsky.social @francesca-laura.bsky.social @johnadlam.bsky.social @simonmaddrell.bsky.social @em-words.bsky.social @niamhvh-l.bsky.social @tracierenee.bsky.social & other fine poets #poetrycommunity
Meet the poets of wave twenty-seven: Anna Shelton, Benedicta Norell, Chloe Victoria Gorman, Elizabeth Cook, Em Gray, Francesca L Rolle, John Adlam, McLord Selasi Azelekor, Nathaniel Calhoun, Niamh Hollis-Locke, Paul Connolly, Rachel Hosein Nisbet, Rosie Barrett, Simon Maddrell and Tracie Renee.
August 31, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Meet the poets of wave twenty-seven: Anna Shelton, Benedicta Norell, Chloe Victoria Gorman, Elizabeth Cook, Em Gray, Francesca L Rolle, John Adlam, McLord Selasi Azelekor, Nathaniel Calhoun, Niamh Hollis-Locke, Paul Connolly, Rachel Hosein Nisbet, Rosie Barrett, Simon Maddrell and Tracie Renee.
Whisper it, but @iamb.uk is going through a rebrand – the first one for several years. You'll see changes happening on the site over the coming days. There's even a new, more sophisticated logo. You like?
July 24, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Whisper it, but @iamb.uk is going through a rebrand – the first one for several years. You'll see changes happening on the site over the coming days. There's even a new, more sophisticated logo. You like?
Calling those poets slated to appear in wave twenty-seven of @iamb.uk who've not yet sent in their submission. If you need a little more time – perhaps because of the #ukheatwave – let @markantonyowen.com know as soon as you can. ❤️
Bit concerned by the number of poets still to send in their completed submissions for wave twenty-seven of @iamb.uk yet from whom I've so far heard nothing. The deadline is three days away – and with eight subs currently outstanding, I can see myself reaching for the reserves list fairly soon. 😕
July 12, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Calling those poets slated to appear in wave twenty-seven of @iamb.uk who've not yet sent in their submission. If you need a little more time – perhaps because of the #ukheatwave – let @markantonyowen.com know as soon as you can. ❤️
Delighted to announce @iamb.uk's five nominees for @sundresspub.bsky.social's Best of the Net 2027.
Congratulations to Barnaby Harsent, Victoria Spires, Laura Warner, HLR and Zain Rishi! 🥳
Congratulations to Barnaby Harsent, Victoria Spires, Laura Warner, HLR and Zain Rishi! 🥳
July 1, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Delighted to announce @iamb.uk's five nominees for @sundresspub.bsky.social's Best of the Net 2027.
Congratulations to Barnaby Harsent, Victoria Spires, Laura Warner, HLR and Zain Rishi! 🥳
Congratulations to Barnaby Harsent, Victoria Spires, Laura Warner, HLR and Zain Rishi! 🥳
Summer arrives with its usual swagger: everything loud and bright and hot. For something cooler, dive into the latest wave of @iamb.uk. You'll find 45 poems by 15 poets – written and read by their authors. Enough to see you through the driest season.
iamb.uk/index/wave/26
iamb.uk/index/wave/26
wave twenty-six | summer 2026 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard
Hear the poets of wave 26 of literary poetry journal iamb read their poems for summer 2026 .
www.iamb.uk
June 14, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Summer arrives with its usual swagger: everything loud and bright and hot. For something cooler, dive into the latest wave of @iamb.uk. You'll find 45 poems by 15 poets – written and read by their authors. Enough to see you through the driest season.
iamb.uk/index/wave/26
iamb.uk/index/wave/26
Congrats to the 15 poets of wave twenty-six: Alex Smith, Anna Maughan, Caroline Stancer, Clare Best, Deborah Gaudin, Elizabeth Osmond, Frances Klein, Francesca Leader, Jonathon Medeiros, Kate Vanhinsbergh, Lauren Parker, Rachel Burrows, Robin Ince, Victoria Moul and Zain Rishi.
June 1, 2026 at 6:15 AM
Congrats to the 15 poets of wave twenty-six: Alex Smith, Anna Maughan, Caroline Stancer, Clare Best, Deborah Gaudin, Elizabeth Osmond, Frances Klein, Francesca Leader, Jonathon Medeiros, Kate Vanhinsbergh, Lauren Parker, Rachel Burrows, Robin Ince, Victoria Moul and Zain Rishi.
'I am comma after comma
refusing to end
on the untuned
organ
in the cathedral
of your orgasm.'
iamb.uk/wave/25-ali...
refusing to end
on the untuned
organ
in the cathedral
of your orgasm.'
iamb.uk/wave/25-ali...
Alina Ştefănescu | wave 25 | spring 2026 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard
Hear poet Alina Ştefănescu read poems for wave 25 of literary poetry journal iamb.
www.iamb.uk
March 22, 2026 at 9:00 PM
'I am comma after comma
refusing to end
on the untuned
organ
in the cathedral
of your orgasm.'
iamb.uk/wave/25-ali...
refusing to end
on the untuned
organ
in the cathedral
of your orgasm.'
iamb.uk/wave/25-ali...
'I wonder if the stars have named us too,
with names that last far longer than our own –
and echo, gently, mid that great unknown.'
iamb.uk/wave/25-ant...
with names that last far longer than our own –
and echo, gently, mid that great unknown.'
iamb.uk/wave/25-ant...
Anthony Etherin | wave 25 | spring 2026 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard
Hear poet Anthony Etherin read poems for wave 25 of literary poetry journal iamb.
www.iamb.uk
March 22, 2026 at 8:00 PM
'I wonder if the stars have named us too,
with names that last far longer than our own –
and echo, gently, mid that great unknown.'
iamb.uk/wave/25-ant...
with names that last far longer than our own –
and echo, gently, mid that great unknown.'
iamb.uk/wave/25-ant...
'Nothing good ever came from being the first one in. More people have walked on the moon than have won from the number one position, remember that.'
iamb.uk/wave/25-col...
iamb.uk/wave/25-col...
Colin Bancroft | wave 25 | spring 2026 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard
Hear poet Colin Bancroft read poems for wave 25 of literary poetry journal iamb.
www.iamb.uk
March 22, 2026 at 7:00 PM
'Nothing good ever came from being the first one in. More people have walked on the moon than have won from the number one position, remember that.'
iamb.uk/wave/25-col...
iamb.uk/wave/25-col...
'In the tidal mud below lay bottles and shoes,
reminders of when we too were wild,
our wanton lives unborn.'
iamb.uk/wave/25-eli...
reminders of when we too were wild,
our wanton lives unborn.'
iamb.uk/wave/25-eli...
Elizabeth Loudon | wave 25 | spring 2026 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard
Hear poet Elizabeth Loudon read poems for wave 25 of literary poetry journal iamb.
www.iamb.uk
March 22, 2026 at 6:00 PM
'In the tidal mud below lay bottles and shoes,
reminders of when we too were wild,
our wanton lives unborn.'
iamb.uk/wave/25-eli...
reminders of when we too were wild,
our wanton lives unborn.'
iamb.uk/wave/25-eli...
'Your dreams will always cast you a tide
of enigmas, soaked in the ambiguity
of Pythian prophecies ... '
iamb.uk/wave/25-gle...
of enigmas, soaked in the ambiguity
of Pythian prophecies ... '
iamb.uk/wave/25-gle...
Glenn Barker | wave 25 | spring 2026 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard
Hear poet Glenn Barker read poems for wave 25 of literary poetry journal iamb.
www.iamb.uk
March 22, 2026 at 5:00 PM
'Your dreams will always cast you a tide
of enigmas, soaked in the ambiguity
of Pythian prophecies ... '
iamb.uk/wave/25-gle...
of enigmas, soaked in the ambiguity
of Pythian prophecies ... '
iamb.uk/wave/25-gle...
'Casual sex has left you just as empty and upset as the failed relationships you somehow kept with wonderful (incredibly patient) men.'
iamb.uk/wave/25-hlr
iamb.uk/wave/25-hlr
HLR | wave 25 | spring 2026 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard
Hear poet HLR read poems for wave 25 of literary poetry journal iamb.
www.iamb.uk
March 22, 2026 at 4:00 PM
'Casual sex has left you just as empty and upset as the failed relationships you somehow kept with wonderful (incredibly patient) men.'
iamb.uk/wave/25-hlr
iamb.uk/wave/25-hlr
'You have been to places like this, I know,
But did you visit these monuments?
Or did you dream your Dartmoor stones?'
iamb.uk/wave/25-jim...
But did you visit these monuments?
Or did you dream your Dartmoor stones?'
iamb.uk/wave/25-jim...
Jim Lloyd | wave 25 | spring 2026 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard
Hear poet Jim Lloyd read poems for wave 25 of literary poetry journal iamb.
www.iamb.uk
March 22, 2026 at 3:00 PM
'You have been to places like this, I know,
But did you visit these monuments?
Or did you dream your Dartmoor stones?'
iamb.uk/wave/25-jim...
But did you visit these monuments?
Or did you dream your Dartmoor stones?'
iamb.uk/wave/25-jim...
'On a cellular level it happens every second
Fragments of the body
are let go to make survival possible.'
iamb.uk/wave/25-kar...
Fragments of the body
are let go to make survival possible.'
iamb.uk/wave/25-kar...
Karen Havelin | wave 25 | spring 2026 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard
Hear poet Karen Havelin read poems for wave 25 of literary poetry journal iamb.
www.iamb.uk
March 22, 2026 at 2:00 PM
'On a cellular level it happens every second
Fragments of the body
are let go to make survival possible.'
iamb.uk/wave/25-kar...
Fragments of the body
are let go to make survival possible.'
iamb.uk/wave/25-kar...
'The bow is lifted and 𝄐 | Coasting down from her peak | the violin reaches perfect cadence.'
iamb.uk/wave/25-lis...
iamb.uk/wave/25-lis...
Lisa J Coates | wave 25 | spring 2026 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard
Hear poet Lisa J Coates read poems for wave 25 of literary poetry journal iamb.
www.iamb.uk
March 22, 2026 at 1:00 PM
'The bow is lifted and 𝄐 | Coasting down from her peak | the violin reaches perfect cadence.'
iamb.uk/wave/25-lis...
iamb.uk/wave/25-lis...
'I recite the rules by rote
by heart, by practise, practise, practise
by trial and by error, so quietly
the hum of my voice is a vaporous elegy ... '
iamb.uk/wave/25-lou...
by heart, by practise, practise, practise
by trial and by error, so quietly
the hum of my voice is a vaporous elegy ... '
iamb.uk/wave/25-lou...
Louise Machen | wave 25 | spring 2026 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard
Hear poet Louise Machen read poems for wave 25 of literary poetry journal iamb.
www.iamb.uk
March 22, 2026 at 12:00 PM
'I recite the rules by rote
by heart, by practise, practise, practise
by trial and by error, so quietly
the hum of my voice is a vaporous elegy ... '
iamb.uk/wave/25-lou...
by heart, by practise, practise, practise
by trial and by error, so quietly
the hum of my voice is a vaporous elegy ... '
iamb.uk/wave/25-lou...
'The floor was slick with bile and mother begged for Jesus
who showed up naked, body of criss-crossed scars
that wouldn’t heal ... '
iamb.uk/wave/25-sar...
who showed up naked, body of criss-crossed scars
that wouldn’t heal ... '
iamb.uk/wave/25-sar...
Sarah Frideswide | wave 25 | spring 2026 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard
Hear poet Sarah Frideswide read poems for wave 25 of literary poetry journal iamb.
www.iamb.uk
March 22, 2026 at 11:00 AM
'The floor was slick with bile and mother begged for Jesus
who showed up naked, body of criss-crossed scars
that wouldn’t heal ... '
iamb.uk/wave/25-sar...
who showed up naked, body of criss-crossed scars
that wouldn’t heal ... '
iamb.uk/wave/25-sar...
' ... her / smile / is a poised river
enduring down the pleats of corduroy hills
and her heart is cracked porcelain ... '
iamb.uk/wave/25-sar...
enduring down the pleats of corduroy hills
and her heart is cracked porcelain ... '
iamb.uk/wave/25-sar...
Sarah Raybould | wave 25 | spring 2026 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard
Hear poet Sarah Raybould read poems for wave 25 of literary poetry journal iamb.
www.iamb.uk
March 22, 2026 at 10:00 AM
' ... her / smile / is a poised river
enduring down the pleats of corduroy hills
and her heart is cracked porcelain ... '
iamb.uk/wave/25-sar...
enduring down the pleats of corduroy hills
and her heart is cracked porcelain ... '
iamb.uk/wave/25-sar...