An extraordinary fortnightly
Suffolk Poetry Society newsletter
for extraordinary times.
Submissions to Ripples are welcome via ripples@suffolkpoetrysociety.org.uk
Please limit your submissions to just one of the sections each month.
All poetry submissions will be moderated anonymously.
Comments, offers of help, fresh ideas – also welcome
Click here for Full Submission Guidelines
Favourite Poem
David Constantine’s poem ‘New Year Behind the Asylum’ is chosen by Rob Lock. Click here
If you have a favourite poem you’d like to share and tell us why you like it, please send a copy of your favourite poem along with your comments (max 500 words) as a document attachment (Word.DOCX preferred) to ripples@suffolkpoetrysociety.org.uk
Members’ Poems
Click here to read poems from Suffolk Poetry Society members, plus a ‘Ripple of Laughter’.
If you would like to share your poems here, please send one poem in duplicate as a document attachment (Word.DOCX preferred) ripples@suffolkpoetrysociety.org.uk. Put your name at the top of one copy and leave the second copy blank so it can be sent anonymously to the referees.
Full submission guidelines here
Bagatelle
A section for whatever Ripples readers want to share with / or challenge other readers.
A suitably seasonal bagatelle. The constraint here is that each line of the poem grows by one letter per line. Click here
If you would like to submit a short article please submit up to 500 words as a document attachment (Word.DOCX preferred) about an aspect of your life in poetry or other creative writing or your experience of life as a creative writer in the time of covid-19 to ripples@suffolkpoetrysociety.org.uk