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Indie Poetry Please, February 2025: Love

Switching up my newsletter day to the first Sunday of the month… so check your inboxes, reader members and subscribers. 

It’s been bumper!

Today is also our callout for this month’s Indie Poetry Please, February 2025. The theme this month is … what else… LOVE!

Not just couple love but love of a child, pet, town, even yourself. 

Poetry and love have gone together for centuries so celebrate what you love in words.

Any form and limited only by the length of an Instagram comment (2200 characters)

How to Enter Indie Poetry Please

Entry is free and couldn’t be easier (prize details below).

To submit:
– Follow @ornaross.author on Instagram if you don’t already
– Post your poem in the comments box. Don't forget to use the hashtag #indiepoetryplease
– Read through the poems and *like* the ones you like
– Tag your readers and poet friends and invite them to join in and *like* your post

PRIZES: The winning monthly poem will be announced and featured on my Instagram account, blog, poetry patron feed, and monthly newsletter.

The winner also receives a copy of my most recent poetry ebook; and ebook of my Alliance of Independent Authors guide for poets who want to publish and sell books: Creative Self-Publishing

And the winner of the “Poem of the Year” will win a cash prize of £500.

I very much look forward to reading and sharing your poems. The October post can be found here on Instagram.

And further submission details are here.

I'll be sharing my own sonnet to St Valentine in the comments on Instagram and looking forward to reading your love poems.