I'm starting to suspect getting the inner thoughts of hundreds of people beamed directly into my eyes every day is not good for my ability to focus

Half the week I’m an education leader for an immersive history education charity, and the other half I’m supposed to be writing poetry, and it’s just occurred to me that I am not managing the transition between these two things very well

He gets it

there are so many funny things about this, but an underrated one is that ‘such ingratitude’ is something fourteen year old boys say in Roblox chat boxes because they think it sounds withering

This will be a great opportunity!

My collagen supplement subscription just asked if I wanted to pause my Father’s Day emails, so what stage of capitalism is that

Whomst among us, etc etc

Ok, in an effort to use Bluesky in a more positive way than just trawling awful news, I’m going to start posting as well as reading: hello! I’m a poet and charity educator; I love a Lord of the Rings meme and a sharp cheese.

So very thrilled and grateful to be nominated for a Forward by the lovely people at @dustpoetry.bsky.social! And huge congrats to the other nominees ❤️

Sometimes I think Mary must have thought: *what* silent night??

Hello Bluesky! Can’t wait to begin the process of deactivating from The Other Place 😍