Poetry
“Sophie Dumont masters the luminous narrative-as-lyric, deeply personal in tone and founded in the sort of articulation which ensures it travels way beyond itself to make its wider grasp.”
– Tim Liardet
Yarrow – Dust Magazine, 2025
To Kayak – Propel Magazine, 2023
Index of Exeter Quay / From the blue door, I beckon – Commissioned by Quay Words, 2022
Notes address to the person who received my ex’s heart – Magma 83, Summer 2022
Ghost Grandad – Magma 83, 2022
The summer I spoke in quizzes – Magma 83, 2022
Swells – Ink Sweat and Tears, 2021
We Keep our Chlamydia in a Bell Jar, Banshee 12, 2021
Three‑Second Storm – Neon 53, 2021
On Pigeons – Neon 53, 2021 (Nominated for the Forward Prize)
Sculling – The Rialto 96, 2021
Notes on Hung Road – Horses of a Different Colour anthology, 2021 (Brian Dempsey Memorial Prize)
Typographer in the Basement – Horses of a Different Colour anthology, 2021
Trevose Head Lighthouse – The Great Margin, 2020
Adolescence – The Interpreter’s House
“ A warm cloud of linguistic magic, Sophie cast a wonder-spell. We enjoyed a truly special set with laughter, thought-provoking angles and a rare, raw honesty.”
– Chris Vox, Bristol Tonic
