The new season begins this Sunday. Everyone is welcome. Tickets and details: tomhirons.com/feral-angels Enthusiasm and a love of poetry are the only requirements.

UNTIL THE CLIFF A work-in-progress. The image is true, but the language isn't quite there yet. The image is one that sustains me at the moment, so I'm hoping it might offer something to you, too.

Words are failing me, so I lean on words I've already written. Words I wish were no longer relevant. This one is from MOLOK - available now.

I want to do with language whatever cannot ever be done by AI, because *that’s* where the real poetry lives. Not all of you are going to agree with this. That’s OK by me. But, please don't send me AI-generated poetry in the style of Tom Hirons. I will block you faster than you can say ‘Endtimes.’

DID YOU KNOW I offer poetry mentoring, online and in-person? You can book a 20 minute no-obligation call to find out if working with me (one-off or in an ongoing way) is a good fit. I'm really pretty good and I love the work. Take a leap and book a call. tomhirons.com/work-with-me

THINGS I WANT. THINGS I NEED. This is the last piece in MOLOK. Wishing you well from the late summer and praying that you and your loved ones are safe and healthy and that your people, whoever they are, are strengthening in resilience as the times turn tighter. feralangels.com/books/poetry...

WIELDING THE GREEN KNIFE The Poetry Pharmacy, Shropshire 8/9 November 2025 This is a rare chance to get the intensive offering that Rozi and I have been honing for several years now. Take the risk and join us. Genuine sliding scale. tomhirons.com/events/wield... #poetry #workshop #shropshire

On Friday, we launched MOLOK at the Moor Imagination Collective in Buckfastleigh Thanks for coming along, or for being on the livestream. It was a good thing, and we recorded it. Here's a snippet - the rest is here: youtube.com/live/F8oWGOa...

Excited to have received my copy of MOLOK by @hironstom.bsky.social Tom Hirons! You can get your copy from feralangels.com

I'm just back from a week in a field without a phone, but I have a BOOK LAUNCH for MOLOK tomorrow - FRIDAY 15TH - in Buckfastleigh. I'd love to see you there - in person or via the livestream Tickets by donation + yes, you can just come along on the night tomhirons.com/molok-tickets

WRITING G̸E̸N̸O̸C̸I̸D̸E̸ I might post this one every day now until the bright day comes. Keep shouting, keep screaming, keep protesting, keep intervening, keep helping where you can and not accepting bullshit from liars and apologists. From MOLOK: feralangels.com/books/molok

I'd almost forgotten the joy of listening to Nirvana very, very loudly on headphones whilst working... www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkcJ...

A THOUSAND THIN VERSES FALL FROM THE SKY From MOLOK. If the times are bringing you to breaking point or beyond, then this one is for you. The book is out now, in print and pdf form, and the launch (in-person and online) is 15th August. Links: linktr.ee/bearspeaksto... #poetry #molok #tomhirons

MOLOK has arrived!! I'm pretty delighted with how it looks. To celebrate, I've just listed the e-book version, which I finished this morning. The launch is on 15th August - you can join me live in Buckfastleigh or via livestream. See linktr.ee/bearspeaksto... for all the links.

Someone didn't like the flag sticker on my car. Luckily my car's a bit of a state and I've ordered a new sticker, but still... How rude! Also, today's my 1 year anniversary of not-smoking-or-drinking, so I'm rather proud of that. I'm celebrating by ditching my smartphone at last.

MOLOK - the launch! 15th AUGUST Buckfastleigh, Devon You can join me IN-PERSON, or via LIVESTREAM, at the wonderful Moor Imagination Collective. Tickets are £2-£25 and all proceeds go to the Sameer Project. I'd love to see you there. tomhirons.com/molok-tickets

Another from MOLOK - this is a reworking of a poem I posted a few months ago, tightened up and focused more sharply. MOLOK is at the printers and I can't wait to show it to you. Pre-order at feralangels.com/books/molok

I posted this as an insta story yesterday and it seemed to strike a chord, so here it is again. I’m loving seeing the outpouring of love and appreciation for Andrea’s life and work. We’re a weird bunch, poets. But, we touch people’s souls.

Quick heads-up in case you're not aware that there's a Feral Angels’ Poetry Café tonight. It's an open session - bring along a poem that's doing it for you right now and we'll see where we go. It's good craic and fairly useful for poetry, too. Link: tomhirons.com/bear-mountai...

CAN YOU HEAR THE THUNDER? I wrote (spoke) this short piece in the car yesterday morning after dropping the boys at school. The way we all perceive differently the depth of the metacrisis (or remain unaware of it completely) is on my mind.

TWO UNIVERSES (A SPELL-BREAKING POEM) I wanted to post something urgent and angry today. But, a calmer head prevails as the day unfolds, and so I'll save that piece for another day. This one is a reminder, also from MOLOK. Get your pre-orders in today: feralangels.com/books/molok

HERE’S HOW WE LIE I think this is one of the strongest pieces in MOLOK. I wrote it two days after the assassination of the Palestinian scholar and poet Refaat Alareer. Pre-order MOLOK today and you’ll get a special (pleasant) surprise in your copy. feralangels.com/books/molok

THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW [from MOLOK, part 2.] What are you, between idiocy and the infinite? Who knows, but become it. What do you love? This, you should know. TURN TO IT. feralangels.com/books/molok

Here’s another piece from my new collection. IMPATIENT SAINTS from part 1 of MOLOK. Words are inadequate, but mostly all I've got these days. Pre-orders are open and very much appreciated at feralangels.com/books/molok

Yesterday, I went to the woods and recorded (as in spoke-into-being) two new poems for the next collection, sitting on a cairn overlooking a wide slice of Devon. A butterfly repeatedly visited me while I was speaking, to listen to what I was saying. It said it was mostly shite.

For Joanna Macy. 2 slides. With prayers for her passing. #joannamacy #workthatreconnects

WRITING POETRY IN TIMES. LIKE. THESE. From MOLOK. If you like this kind of language, pre-order MOLOK so I can do more of it. For the sake of the blue flowers and so that Molok hears at least one loud voice, however clumsy, raised against him. feralangels.com/books/molok #poetry

MOLOK - AVAILABLE NOW FOR PRE-ORDER Twenty-one poems for a time of devouring feralangels.com/books/molok On my website it says: I have heard all the terrible news, but I am still in love with this life. It’s as true now as it ever was. Thanks for your continuing support.

Sustain yourselves, ourselves, one another. Madness loves isolation. Group together and howl in the streets and at the sun. Don’t give up; don’t give in. Win or lose, keep your souls alive.

Beauty in the Ruins - a workshop Creating work that carries power and grace in collapse-times July 3rd, 7pm – 9pm BST (UTC +01:00) The Moor Imagination Centre, Buckfastleigh, Devon £10 – £25 sliding scale Booking page at dandelion.events/e/s2hvb

TOMORROW Sunday 22nd June, 6pm BST (UTC+1) My annual what-do-I-know-about-poetry-anyway workshop. Sliding scale, online, recorded I'd love to see you there! tomhirons.com/events/ropes...

Today I finished putting the last touches to MOLOK. Here's the front cover mock-up, featuring fabulous artwork by Eska Marsh. I'm putting these poems out because to remain silent would require some kind of death of my soul. The book should be out in about three weeks.

I’m in the I’M-IN-DANGER-OF-GOING-MAD stage of editing this collection now. The words are just drifting around in front of me and I hate almost all the poems. I want it to disappear without a trace, so that I can get on with the next book. Which probably means it’s almost done.

This piece from MOLOK [which I'm hoping to finish editing today] is based respectfully on Seamus Heaney’s DIGGING, from Death of a Naturalist (Faber and Faber, 1966) I was going to post this yesterday, but I didn't want to spend time on social media.

DID YOU MISS TICKETS FOR JOSH AND ME? DO YOU LIVE FAR AWAY FROM DEVON? Live tickets sold out in 24 hours... But, livestream tickets are now available! By donation! Join us on Friday 20th, even from afar. dandelion.events/e/powerofsma...

I’m so relieved that those aboard haven’t been harmed, and pray for their continued safety and release. I feared that Netanyahu would use the opportunity to show his disdain for the international community.

SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN FOR CLARION #6 Even as we're reading the submissions for Clarion #5, time demands that we open the submissions for Clarion #6. For this issue, we are experimenting with another loose theme, namely RAGE. See clarionpoetry.com/submissions for all the info and to submit work.

Well. This sold out in 24 hours... Sorry about that, if you were hoping to come and didn't get a place. But, we're going to livestream it. The details are still to be worked out, but stay tuned and follow the Moor Imagination Collective for updates... www.moorimagination.org/newsletter-s...

WITH JOSH SCHREI of The Emerald podcast Live at the Moor Imagination Centre in Buckfastleigh, Devon 20th June Tickets are going to go faster than free ayahuasca at an Instagram influencer's convention, so get in fast! Seriously. Find out more: dandelion.events/e/t6sze

A very first draft. I don't imagine this’ll get seen by many people, in all honesty, but it’s what I was writing this morning.

BETWEEN THE ANNOUNCEMENT AND THE FACT Draft layout in ‘Molok’ I'm still tinkering with it and the ******* goes on...

This November, me and Rozi Hilton at the Poetry Pharmacy. We want to put a fire under your poetry and ask: What will you have to say when you stop curating it so tightly? Link to book tickets and find out more: tomhirons.com/events/wield...

This one's for the second part of MOLOK. I'm still tinkering with it, to be honest. It's hard to know what to write, and yet we do. I'm posting this simply in the hope that someone grappling in the thorns of it all gets some relief. Love to you all. There's lots afoot.

Psst. There's ONE PLACE opened up on the Mead of Poetry wilderness fast in September in Devon. We'll be giving it to the first suitable applicant, so get your poet-skates on... All the info is on my website: tomhirons.com/events/the-m...

I'm reposting this one, which I'm in the middle of editing for the next collection, MOLOK. It's still in-progress, but it's how I feel every day right now. What force can end this horror?

Each year, I host a one-off pay-what-you-like three-hour online workshop exploring the very best of what I think this poetry-writing malarkey is all about, and particularly what I’ve learned in the past year and what I’m currently working with. Find out more at tomhirons.com/events/ropes...

One from a couple of mornings ago. Part of a sequence that's working me hard at the moment. ps don't miss the online poetry café on Monday.

Everything is urgent and everything's important. And if you don't stop sometimes, you *will* go mad. One hour in my hammock in the woods, five minutes from town. Heaven.

Happy Beltane, all. Or Samhuinn, if you're in the southern hemisphere. Either way, I hope you get to go a bit wild in the ways that wild makes sense to you. This interview with Wyrd Wessex came out yesterday. It feels relevant to the day. www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6F5...