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  1. May 5

    "fights with savage horses / maligned in music halls" 's new blog post and poem on Waterlines:

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  2. Apr 20 Islington, London

    You just got to love

    8:47 AM - 20 Apr 2016 · Details
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  3. Apr 16

    Have you spotted these unusual noticed popping up at the canalside? Here's why...

    3:10 AM - 16 Apr 2016 · Details
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  4. Apr 16 Nottingham, England

    The poem | Canal & River Trust via

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  5. Apr 14

    Clifford the dog says

    5:12 AM - 14 Apr 2016 · Details
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  6. Apr 14

    At Newbury Lock with Canal River Trust and Banjo Cycles - come and see!

    6:41 AM - 14 Apr 2016 · Details
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  7. Apr 14

    Poetry on the towpath from Canal Laureate. Visit to read full poem

    7:45 AM - 14 Apr 2016 · Details
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  8. Apr 14

    We liked talking to this space sharer today!

    8:17 AM - 14 Apr 2016 · Details
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  9. Apr 14

    That temporary paint really is temporary so let's try and collect the set of Kennards before the geese lick them off the towpaths

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  10. Apr 14

    Found another! poem

    4:18 AM - 14 Apr 2016 · Details
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  11. Apr 14

    A pleasure to find on the shining towpath

    4:07 AM - 14 Apr 2016 · Details
  12. Apr 13

    Not often you can pick up and 'obey' a poem - by on my walk at yesterday

    3:55 AM - 13 Apr 2016 · Details
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  14. Apr 13

    Our Canal Laureate has written a new poem as part of 's . Read more at:

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  15. Apr 12

    is helping us with a new poem about having good manners

    8:26 AM - 12 Apr 2016 · Details
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  16. Apr 11

    Keep your eyes peeled whilst out along the canal in for a poem by aimed at tackling towpath troubles

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    Apr 11

    Nice pic Yes new temporary poem for the towpath by . Where did you find this one?

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  19. Apr 8

    Congratulations on book launch week , new poetry collection Bearings out now!

    2:17 AM - 8 Apr 2016 · Details
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  21. Apr 6

    See exciting new voices in poetry for only a fiver! Foyle Young Poets showcase on 24 April...

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  22. Apr 6 Fazeley, England

    We are with Derek Crawley, volunteers & volunteers learning about hedgehog surveys

    3:08 AM - 6 Apr 2016 · Details
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  23. Apr 6

    "the quality of the litter seemed to come from another era" latest blog at

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  24. Apr 5

    "God’s promise not to flood the world again / is a dispersion of light through the study window / of a climate-change-denier’s poem."

  25. Apr 5

    Read the new poem and blog post by on Waterlines!

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  26. Apr 5

    New blog from Luke Kennard coming soon on . Check in every month for new poem and digressions

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  28. Mar 26

    Uncover fascinating canal history at Craigmarloch Stables

    4:10 AM - 26 Mar 2016 · Details
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  29. Mar 9

    Read Canal Laureate 's new blog post and poem 'The Water Replies' here:

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  30. Feb 23

    I love Luke Kennard's tap of tears in his new prose poem inspired by Indian canals

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  31. Feb 13

    "a canal was created to run the population’s tears over the border." New poem from

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  32. Feb 10

    Luke Kennard is inspired by the canals of India in his latest post on Waterlines:

  33. Feb 9

    Forward Prizes are open for submissions: Best Collection, Best First Collection, and Best Single Poem. Enter here

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  35. Jan 22

    "You wake, and know. / The boat is still as bones / and you, its red heart beating". Read Jo Bell's poem 'Frozen In'

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  36. Jan 14

    "We cut a ragged path under my captaincy." Read Luke Kennard's poem 'Steering Someone Else's Boat':

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  37. Jan 14

    Poetry in : writer/translator of World Bookshelf 2015 poll winner read extracts from winning collection!

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  38. Waterlines followed , , and 45 others
    • East End Canal Fest
      @EECanalFest

      Come and celebrate 200 years of the Regent's Canal on Sunday 26th June 11-5pm! @ Mile End Art Pavilion & canalside. A free fun day for all!

    • Seraphima
      @seraphimaAM

      Writer. Programme Director at the National Association of Writers in Education. PhD student at Goldsmiths, University of London. All views my own.

  39. Jan 13

    Sarah Howe wins T S Eliot Prize

  40. Jan 6

    ‘But I hate learning,’ I wailed. ‘I like things like drinking, and smoking.’ welcome inside the head of Luke Kennard

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  41. Jan 6

    Luke Kennard shares his first thoughts as Canal Laureate:

  42. Jan 6

    It's time for the first quiz of the year! Do you know where this is?

    2:35 AM - 6 Jan 2016 · Details
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  43. Jan 5

    "To take a home between your finger and your thumb.." (Captain) describes his first time at the tiller on the blog

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  44. Jan 5

    Read as meets & on Canal Laureate blog

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  45. Jan 5

    'Steering someone else's boat' - read Canal Laureate Luke Kennard at

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  46. 9 Dec 2015

    just read Jo's 'Spirit Level' & loved it. Really look forward to Luke's reign over the watery high & byways.

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  47. 8 Dec 2015

    Congratulations to new Canal Laureate Can't wait to follow the adventures!

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  48. 8 Dec 2015

    For the people of Cumbria, here's a poem Jo Bell wrote last year for the a West Country floods: River Steel

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  49. 7 Dec 2015

    If any system of transport deserves a poet laureate, it's the canal network. Congrats to new Canal Laureate

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  50. 7 Dec 2015

    After a fantastic reign as Canal Laureate the wonderful hands over to smashing as 2016 Canal Laureate.

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