On #SuicidePreventionDay, here’s my poem ‘The Signal Box’. Twice in my life I’ve been to that darkest place of suicidal thoughts; it affects so many, and still kills far too many. But suicide is preventable— with caring interventions and reduced mental health stigma. Talking saves lives.

In 'Simulacra', Ferguson / @honorius.bsky.social looks at and subtly challenges the idea of normalcy, painting a picture of what it's like to be trapped in 'the machine'. Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/martin-fergu... #InkSweatandTears #PoetryCommunity #Submission

Many thanks to Helen Ivory and Kate Birch for publishing 'Simulacrum' in the legendary webzine 'Ink Sweat & Tears' today. inksweatandtears.co.uk/martin-fergu...

O'Connor's speaker in 'The Piano' outlines the weight of grief and loss, but also the importance that the objects can have in preserving relationships and what happens when those touchstones are lost. inksweatandtears.co.uk/mark-oconnor/

Many thanks to Angela T. Carr for posting ...

Many thanks to Max Ekstrom and Keeley Schell for publishing two of my poems in 'The Pierian' today ... thepierian.org

A DREAM MISTAKING A PERSON FOR WHAT HE HAS COME TO REPRESENT, by Peter Samson (First published in Issue 20 of The Wide Skirt, 1993).

Signed copies of DREICH Prize winning classic pamphlet 'Stone Age Howl' now available, Direct Message me via for details

Many thanks to poet Matthew Stewart for showcasing my poem 'Fugitives' in Rogue Strands today. Rogue Strands: A poem from Martin Ferguson's Stone Age Howl: roguestrands.blogspot.com/2025/03/a-po...