thinking back to when I used to write poetry maybe clumsily, but with a real, untameable passion. every image, every sensation, was brand new. every line was a portal, even if just back to myself. the poems are possibly better now, but sometimes they feel empty, lacking in vigour, lacking in life.

I've written a little bit about grief [spoiler, it's lonely and unbearable] in this kind of fragmentary short piece about waves. open.substack.com/pub/elsewher...

We stand in solidarity with our trans siblings and are united in our anger at the Supreme Court ruling & EHRC update. Trans, non-binary and intersex people are facing exclusion from basic aspects of public life. Please read this thread that contains recommendations and calls to action.

I will never, ever understand people who put alignment with institutions and literary organisations before Gaza. Who trade silence for opportunity. Who publish so many words in their books but, when it comes down to it, truly say nothing at all.

BREAKING: An Israeli airstrike on a school-turned-shelter has killed at least 25 Palestinians, mostly women and children, Gaza's Health Ministry said. The school was hit three times while people slept, setting their belongings ablaze, they added.

It was a great and timely reminder that our published work is out in the world making essential connections, even if we don't see it. Amazing to think of those books travelling to Finland. Also to see my poetry being taught in good company with @alycia.bsky.social and @reshmaruia.bsky.social.

have an exciting meeting about my manuscript in progress next week - and suddenly everything about it feels real 🌱

trying to simultaneously (re)read 4 books at a time because I can't choose where to begin

Megathread of pro-trans petitions on Parliament’s petition website. If Labour suddenly gets hit with debates for a bunch of pro-trans petitions, maybe they’ll realise this issue isn’t going away and they’ve fucked up. I’ll add more as I find them. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

No transphobic court ruling, no bigot in charge of NHS, no billionaire media can indefinitely hold back the fierce tides of love and joy and courage that is queer community and solidarity. These are the desperate gasps of a dying era, one we will survive. Love & solidarity, today and every day 🏳️‍⚧️

The Supreme Court sided with FWS. But it didn’t hear from a single trans person. This ruling sets a dangerous precedent and erases trans women from protections. It puts trans rights back 20 years. We won't stop fighting for trans rights 🏳️‍⚧️

Every climate justice writer belongs in their union. The Society of Authors claims to be committed to sustainability. But climate justice is about more than sustainable sources of paper – it’s about power. In calling for individual authors to hold their publishers to account, the SoA is… [1]

Please donate what you can 🫶🏽

growing up is realising that the better your activism & organising & advocacy work is for your CV, the less effective it is at changing the status quo of systemic oppression

Landscapes and journeys both real & imagined, legends & the truest of true stories, unfurl in the poems of #AnuLakhan (The Proper Care of Knives) and @alycia.bsky.social (Another Way to Split Water). Hosted by @novelniche.bsky.social & supported by the British Council. #bocas2025 #alwayscominghome

There's sooo much I want to do and replying to endless emails is not one of them 😭

What creative instruments does nature give us, to shape and reflect on the world we inhabit? Guide your environmentally informed writing to its next level with @jallenpaisant.bsky.social and @alycia.bsky.social Pirmohamed: bocaslitfest.com/events/this-... #bocas2025 @britishcouncil.bsky.social

I have a new poem up in @anthro-poetry.bsky.social 💙 Inspired by the work of Sara Ahmed, 'Encounters' reflects on the doubling, dividing, stretching, and contracting of migrant bodies as they move from place to place, room to room, stanza to stanza. www.anthropocenepoetry.org/post/encount...

It's wrong to send Americans to an overseas megaprison. It's wrong to send non-Americans to an oversea megaprison. It's wrong whether they committed a crime or not. It's wrong whether they have been sentenced for a crime or not. Cruel and unusual punishment is wrong. Concentration camps are wrong.

“In some photographs I am a silhouette and only make out the vague curvature of my questions.”

“In some dreams I lay my subject across the garden. We face one another. I hand her my rivers. New women sprout with wet hair.” 🩵

I have a new poem up in @anthro-poetry.bsky.social 💙 Inspired by the work of Sara Ahmed, 'Encounters' reflects on the doubling, dividing, stretching, and contracting of migrant bodies as they move from place to place, room to room, stanza to stanza. www.anthropocenepoetry.org/post/encount...

Today on Anthropocene new poetry by @alycia.bsky.social ☔️🪞

Speak up, act now, organize in community; your voice is powerful, our collective voices are powerful. 📢

The Society of Authors needs to change. But it won’t without you. Join – or rejoin – as a Full Member by Wednesday 30th April to vote in this year’s Management Committee elections. Writers, translators & illustrators face huge challenges right now… (1/5)

Trying to write down everything, as much as possible. Our narratives and stories are so important, especially right now as histories, experiences, and resistances are being scrubbed and overwritten.

storygraph is so cute and I love it.

I have never felt so excited about writing poetry as I do when collaborating with other artists and poets. Honestly, coming back to the page on my own this morning after working on a collaboration is actually a struggle.

'A river passing through a landscape catches the world and gives it back redoubled' – Olivia Laing

with aid not getting in and with ongoing bombardment again, eSims continue to be a crucial lifeline. if you are like me and can’t go to in-person things too often, please consider supporting our work directly: #ConnectingGaza bit.ly/eSimsRUs

when you have zero time to write, but your mind can only think about poetry

Are there any protests planned for this horrifying, immoral assault on disabled people's rights & lives? I hope the non-disabled will be coming out in force! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

This is a remarkable change: since Covid, an additional 5 million Americans report having a disability. (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

on ‘Tax abuse by corporations and wealthy elites. HMRC admits that it has failed to collect over £500bn in taxes since 2010. Other economic models estimate it to be closer to around £1,400bn. This does not include taxes lost due to profit shifting by large corporations or money stashed in tax havens

this morning, it feels like the essay I'm working on exists beneath a hard carapace I can't and will never puncture. it feels like I'll never break through.

my latest newsletter is about rivers, time, tenderness, and Seville I'm playing around with Ghost.io and testing out if it's right for me. this is my first post there 🌊💙 elsewheres.ghost.io/rivering/

This is gna be gorgeous bc of the amazing editorial team & bc of *your* brilliant work. Open call centring marginalised & previously unpublished writers. Send a seed 🌱

essential listening, Omar El Akkad on Gaza & Palestine, Western imperialism & neoliberal centrism, literary prizes among other things ~ @davidnaimon.bsky.social’s BTC a collective life raft as we try to think & feel our way though it all, feel less alone tinhouse.com/podcast/omar...

‘Given away’ doing a lot of work here. Suggest: stolen. As in, two of my books have already been stolen to train the models used to build these systems. I was not consulted, credited or paid.

CALL FOR POETRY SUBMISSIONS! Seed/Spore/Rhizome: Ecopoetics of Community and Justice - a new anthology with fieldnotes collective, edited by @pairedaeza.bsky.social, Jessica J. Lee, @alycia.bsky.social & Nina Mingya Powles. Deadline 30/04/25. Guidelines here: www.silverpress.org/blogs/news/c...

very glad to have a new poem in TPQ @tupelopress.bsky.social, especially right now when this amazing press is taking a firm and public stance against the appalling new NEA guidelines. if you enjoyed reading this poem/issue, consider making a donation 🫶🏽 www.tupeloquarterly.com/poetry/alyci...

why do I take 1200 words to say something as simple as “I love the mountains” 🥲

being a poet/nonfiction writer is wild because why do we voluntarily put ourselves in hugely vulnerable positions … all the time?

so we’re all on @thestorygraph.com right? cause it’s always been cute & actively getting better 😘

In amazing company on LitHub's Most Anticipated Books of 2025. lithub.com/lit-hubs-mos...

Microsoft just put up the price of your subscription without your consent. Mine rose from £79.99 per year to over £100. The extra is because they've strapped their 'AI copilot' in to every program. You can refuse this increase and these features. Instructions below.

honestly have noticed Ecosia getting better and better, and suggest using it as your search engine over google

Now with alt text.