On 21st December 2011 a shy, middle-aged man from Scotland crept nervously into the dVerse Poets Pub, dropped a link into Mr Linky for the first time and then snuck quietly out again, stopping only long enough to leave a comment and then read a few of the poems that others had posted before he’d plucked up enough courage to add his to the list. Four people followed him out, read his poem and left comments on his blog –

and from that moment I was hooked.

Now, just 15 months later, it is my pleasure to welcome you – one and all – to the pub for Open Link Night 83. I don’t know exactly what we’ll be serving up tonight – that depends entirely on what you choose to bring – but I do know there’ll be poetry, and lots of it. Most likely there’ll be responses to…

Hello there writers of WordPress.

We are still looking for submissions for our next anthology, “Western Haiku: A Collection.” This is to be released in March, so submissions are open for a little while longer (we’ll accept them until the end of this month, to give us time to edit and compile the content).

So, if you are a writer looking to get a wider audience for your poetry, submit your best Haiku and Western Haiku to us at dagdapublishing@hotmail.co.uk

We look forward to reading your poetry, and helping you that little bit in your writing career.