Wild Women, the new anthology by Mor Poets
We’re thrilled to announce that on June 19th 2026, we will be publishing Wild Women, the gorgeous and thrilling new anthology by Mor Poets!
Wild Women celebrates those women who, flawed but unbowed, rise from life’s wreckage and carry its stories in their bones.
This poetry walks the cliffs of Cornwall with salt in its hair and defiance in its stride. These voices cannot be ignored: here is survival, solidarity, and the strength of women’s shared stories.
From the all-female Mor Poets collective comes this hard-hitting, generous and tender anthology written from the front line of their lived experience. These poems, as diverse and wide-ranging as the poets themselves, move through birth and motherhood, heartbreak and healing, disbelief and anger, and the quieter ache of loss and grief. Anchored in Cornwall’s own rugged and enduring landscape, these words challenge silencing and shame; speaking truth above all.
Ella Walsworth-Bell set up the Mor Poets as a women’s poetry collective within Cornwall. As a child, Ella washed up in Falmouth after crossing the Atlantic in a sailing boat with her parents. She works as a speech therapist for the NHS and prioritizes inclusivity to maintain diversity both at work and within writing networks. Members of the Mor Poets are also involved within Cornwall Writers and Falmouth Poetry Group; many are well-published themselves in magazines and anthologies.
Morvoren: the poetry of sea swimming (2021) is an anthology giving voice to women sea swimmers of Cornwall, including photographic images. Mordardh: surf poetry (2022) is an anthology supported by Arts Council England that also included workshops and live events. Mordros: sound of the sea (2023) was supported by FEAST and incorporates children’s writing – this was shortlisted for a Holyer an Gof award. Mordros also toured with Carn to Cove as a theatre production incorporating poetry from all three books and starring Fi Read, Kate Barden, Hannah Temme and Ella Walsworth-Bell. The Mor Poets shared their words at Creative Scilly, Penzance Litfest, Looe Festival of Words, Falmouth Fringe and St Ives Festival. They have featured on BBC Spotlight, Radio Cornwall and in their own regular slot on CHBN community radio.
Wild Women is due to be published by Inkfish in June 2026 and is an anthology created to showcase poetry authored by women poets in Cornwall – this includes poems by Ella Frears, Sue Wallace-Shaddad, Sue Johns, Ulrike Duran Bravo, Christiana Symmons, Angela Stoner, Morag Smith, Megan Chapman, and Abigail Ottley.
