Poet, author, tutor, 7 books, cat lover, visiting art galleries and museums, choir, bookclub, countryside, photography, Indian food, Francophile, travelhttps://bsky.app/profile/meggiepoet.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/meggiepoet.bsky.social/post/3mc5z2fbv7s2kDelighted that my new collection from #HedgehogPress is now out and orders for Hemlock & Honey are now ready to go. Please see my website to read more about it and how to get a signed copy. £10 in UK inc p&p. Ask for EU & other locations https://margaretroyall.com/hemlock-and-honey/11 Jan 2026 17:04 +0000at://did:plc:itthsfbpouodmiilgbyitcgi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mc5z2fbv7s2khttps://bsky.app/profile/meggiepoet.bsky.social/post/3lpebjvka2s23Pretty bookmark design for my forthcoming poetry pamphlet Hemlock & Honey, painted by my dear artist friend Marian Williamson17 May 2025 09:53 +0000at://did:plc:itthsfbpouodmiilgbyitcgi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpebjvka2s23https://bsky.app/profile/meggiepoet.bsky.social/post/3logr2oetl22lMy clematis round the cottage door is now in full bloom, a wonderful sight!05 May 2025 16:11 +0000at://did:plc:itthsfbpouodmiilgbyitcgi/app.bsky.feed.post/3logr2oetl22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/meggiepoet.bsky.social/post/3lncsdiff5c2iVisit to Southwell to the Archbishop’s Palace and gardens recently. First real sunshine and blue sky.21 Apr 2025 08:58 +0000at://did:plc:itthsfbpouodmiilgbyitcgi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lncsdiff5c2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/meggiepoet.bsky.social/post/3lmp77cyaik2aThrilled to be asked to read at this event. Do come and join us on zoom, it’s free to attend [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Apr 2025 13:55 +0000at://did:plc:itthsfbpouodmiilgbyitcgi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmp77cyaik2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/meggiepoet.bsky.social/post/3lm7vqqfcfc2iLovely catch with daughter at the weekend, great to send time together again in Southwell!07 Apr 2025 11:56 +0000at://did:plc:itthsfbpouodmiilgbyitcgi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lm7vqqfcfc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/meggiepoet.bsky.social/post/3lkzz3iqccs2m📚Pre orders coming soon! My latest pamphlet Hemlock & Honey from #HedgehogPress is on its way. Discord & harmony, trauma and recovery, life’s peaks and troughs. Watch this space.23 Mar 2025 10:15 +0000at://did:plc:itthsfbpouodmiilgbyitcgi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkzz3iqccs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/meggiepoet.bsky.social/post/3lkq2ma6ttk2vLunch with friends from uni days in the opulence of the George at Stamford in the beautiful Garden Room yesterday. Great catch up, great food.19 Mar 2025 11:15 +0000at://did:plc:itthsfbpouodmiilgbyitcgi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkq2ma6ttk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/meggiepoet.bsky.social/post/3lkda6stoec2dCourtyard glory to come. Collage photo of clematis in bloom, bluebells and wildflowers from a few years back. Looking forward to April/May’s bounty14 Mar 2025 08:50 +0000at://did:plc:itthsfbpouodmiilgbyitcgi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkda6stoec2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/meggiepoet.bsky.social/post/3lkawafziik2xMy very 1st poetry collection from 2017, published independently under pen name Jessica de Guyat ( old family names ). Available on Amazon, Kindle edition currently £1.9913 Mar 2025 10:47 +0000at://did:plc:itthsfbpouodmiilgbyitcgi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkawafziik2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/meggiepoet.bsky.social/post/3lk6ny54rwk2eMy @TopTweetTuesday offering yesterday12 Mar 2025 13:14 +0000at://did:plc:itthsfbpouodmiilgbyitcgi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk6ny54rwk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/meggiepoet.bsky.social/post/3ljhtws4jgc2lSunny day at Easton Walled Gardens yesterday. Captured a photo of a sleepy bee on a flower. Spring is on the way at last!03 Mar 2025 11:29 +0000at://did:plc:itthsfbpouodmiilgbyitcgi/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljhtws4jgc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/meggiepoet.bsky.social/post/3lj6a5w5f7s2jMother and son time. Delicious French food with my son recently in La Parisienne Bistrot, Southwell. He enjoyed his bouillabaisse and my tartiflette savoyarde was similarly delicious. Preparing for our trip to Limoux, France in June.27 Feb 2025 15:41 +0000at://did:plc:itthsfbpouodmiilgbyitcgi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj6a5w5f7s2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/meggiepoet.bsky.social/post/3liehte6b7k2dSnowdrop glory in local churchyard yesterday along with poems, photos, myths and anecdotes along the trail. Tea and cake in church was very welcome in the bitter cold too!17 Feb 2025 09:50 +0000at://did:plc:itthsfbpouodmiilgbyitcgi/app.bsky.feed.post/3liehte6b7k2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/meggiepoet.bsky.social/post/3lhvncuvk222h📚An endorsement of my new poetry pamphlet from #HedgehogPress, Hemlock and Honey. Pre-orders announced soon. Read more on my website Margaretroyall.com/hemlock-and-honey11 Feb 2025 12:18 +0000at://did:plc:itthsfbpouodmiilgbyitcgi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhvncuvk222hhttps://bsky.app/profile/meggiepoet.bsky.social/post/3lhqnqtzq6s2g📚 Looking forward to pre-orders opening for my new pamphlet ‘Hemlock & Honey’ from #HedgehogPress The theme is Discord and Harmony and contains a number of ( modern) sonnets as well as free verse and poetic prose. Here is a taster to whet the appetite! 📚 https://margaretroyall.com/hemlock-and-honey/09 Feb 2025 12:42 +0000at://did:plc:itthsfbpouodmiilgbyitcgi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhqnqtzq6s2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/meggiepoet.bsky.social/post/3lhdzoc5igk27First snowdrops appearing. Hope that spring is on its way04 Feb 2025 12:11 +0000at://did:plc:itthsfbpouodmiilgbyitcgi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhdzoc5igk27https://bsky.app/profile/meggiepoet.bsky.social/post/3lhbkyjroo22sIt’s February, the Celtic quarter-point festival of Imbolc, St Brigid, Candlemas, return of the light. Snowdrops are appearing, the days are getting longer. Here’s one of my poems for Spring.03 Feb 2025 12:43 +0000at://did:plc:itthsfbpouodmiilgbyitcgi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhbkyjroo22shttps://bsky.app/profile/meggiepoet.bsky.social/post/3lh4en76zcc2f📚 New release! Delighted to showcase my new poetry book with its mystical cover. ‘Hemlock and Honey’ due out in March (from HedgehogPress)01 Feb 2025 11:06 +0000at://did:plc:itthsfbpouodmiilgbyitcgi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh4en76zcc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/meggiepoet.bsky.social/post/3lgnauzmzec22📚 Yay! cover reveal for my forthcoming pamphlet Hemlock and Honey from #HedgehogPoetryPress, due out in March. More info to follow26 Jan 2025 10:49 +0000at://did:plc:itthsfbpouodmiilgbyitcgi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgnauzmzec22https://bsky.app/profile/meggiepoet.bsky.social/post/3lgko2ygom22sLooking forward to my 12th visit to beautiful Iona in May for the annual Creative Writing retreat with Angela Locke. I shall be teaching some afternoon classes again in this magical place. Can’t wait!25 Jan 2025 10:07 +0000at://did:plc:itthsfbpouodmiilgbyitcgi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgko2ygom22shttps://bsky.app/profile/meggiepoet.bsky.social/post/3lgfqvlww5k2xMy @TopTweetTuesday poem this week. Fond childhood memories to my great aunts 2-up-2down cottage, now a Tesco’s!23 Jan 2025 11:14 +0000at://did:plc:itthsfbpouodmiilgbyitcgi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgfqvlww5k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/meggiepoet.bsky.social/post/3lg6hbysjo22xOnly 7 days to go before Mark at Hedgehog Press will be revealing the cover for my new pamphlet Hemlock and Honey. Pre-orders will be open next month. Excitement mounts!20 Jan 2025 13:33 +0000at://did:plc:itthsfbpouodmiilgbyitcgi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg6hbysjo22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/meggiepoet.bsky.social/post/3lfu7lpearc2s📚What a beautiful anthology from my local Writers Live group plus a Lincoln group,just out this week. I am delighted to have 3 poems in here. I have copies to sell, if anyone is interested - £5 plus p&p. Please DM me for details16 Jan 2025 11:49 +0000at://did:plc:itthsfbpouodmiilgbyitcgi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfu7lpearc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/meggiepoet.bsky.social/post/3lfrhnveqlc2hRecovering today from my hosting stint on @TopTweetTuesday yesterday, quite a marathon! Some amazing poems posted, such well-honed craft. Thanks to all who participated with the theme of Myth. https://media.tenor.com/hSWvOZZw8fIAAAAC/friends-page.gif?hh=498&ww=49815 Jan 2025 09:35 +0000at://did:plc:itthsfbpouodmiilgbyitcgi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfrhnveqlc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/meggiepoet.bsky.social/post/3lfmfc7onus2gGreat open mic evening last night with the Black Bough community. Talented poets read amazing work. I read 2 poems from my recently published books on the theme of Myth. Here is another mythical one published by Indigo Dreams entitled ‘Penelope returns’13 Jan 2025 09:10 +0000at://did:plc:itthsfbpouodmiilgbyitcgi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfmfc7onus2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/meggiepoet.bsky.social/post/3lfkad4jupc2eA gift of alstromera with my latest poetry books alongside. Prepping for my stint as host @TopTweetTuesday this week. I’ll be reading & reviewing your #imagistic Poems on Myth. Wish me luck, it’s quite a marathon!12 Jan 2025 12:36 +0000at://did:plc:itthsfbpouodmiilgbyitcgi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfkad4jupc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/meggiepoet.bsky.social/post/3lfi2jy7in227📚Prepping to host @TopTweetTuesday next week,Tues 14th. The theme for your imagistic poems is Myths. Please visit the site for full brief. I shall be reading & reviewing. Good luck, everyone! Wish me luck too. These sessions require great stamina and lots of coffee along the way!11 Jan 2025 15:47 +0000at://did:plc:itthsfbpouodmiilgbyitcgi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfi2jy7in227https://bsky.app/profile/meggiepoet.bsky.social/post/3lfcqj7hb5k25📚 BOOK NEWS! Delighted due for publication last October by Impspired but shelved due to the sad death of its editor WILL now be published in Spring by the wonderful Hedgehogpress More details to follow 📚 # newpublication #poetry https://media.tenor.com/6ob7EEQS-5IAAAAC/fighting-kang-dan-i.gif?hh=280&ww=49809 Jan 2025 13:04 +0000at://did:plc:itthsfbpouodmiilgbyitcgi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfcqj7hb5k25https://bsky.app/profile/meggiepoet.bsky.social/post/3lf5n7gdvdk2nAn acrostic poem for January07 Jan 2025 12:22 +0000at://did:plc:itthsfbpouodmiilgbyitcgi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf5n7gdvdk2n