I’m a poet, broadcaster and sailor. Welcome.

This is where you can find my poetry blog, including featured poets, and some of my own work.

My poems have been Forward Prize and Pushcart Prize-nominated. I’m winner of the Molecules Unlimited Prize and active on BlueSky and Insta as @elcurwen.

BOOKS: Permanence published Dec 2025 by Atomic Bohemian, a collaboration on microplastics with Stephen Paul Wren. Come to our in-person launch in Exeter, January 17th. Book here: https://www.atomicbohemian.com/product-page/permanence-lesley-curwen-stephen-paul-wren

Rescue Lines published July 2024 by Hedgehog Poetry Press

Sticky with Miles published in 2024 by Dreich

Invisible Continents published 2023 by Nine Pens

Praise for the books:

Gwyneth Lewis: ‘devastating, forensic’

Rishi Dastidar ‘gripping, unapologetically direct’

Greta Stoddart ‘poignant and hart-hitting’

Dr Chris Laoutaris: ‘soaring, incisive, executed with daring grace’