Selima Hill was in conversation with @nathanielking.bsky.social for this two-part @poetrylondon.bsky.social online exclusive. In this rare interview, Selima discussed her poetry, and her recent experience of being presented with The King's Gold Medal for Poetry. poetrylondon.co.uk/openreach-pa...

Fungi experts is this Scarlet elf cup or something else?

Hard to know for which of us the struggle was realest, the bee trying to land on the delicate snowdrops which immediately boinged him down to ground level or myself trying to bend to get his photo with aching ribs after days of a horrible cough!

Petition to replace main stream media with Lady Whistledown. All scoundrels will immediately have to leave the ton rather than be offered a Guardian Opinion slot.

Beach Finds #Withernsea

Today is National Umbrella day ‘The Ladybird ABC, 1959’ Artist: G Robinson

Looks like a rose. 🌹

Is Tim Allan resigning because he looks too much like Andrew M-W or because he wants to spend more time with his transphobia.

Lots of crocuses around our poor Surrey soils, this one from "old Surrey", a Richmond cemetery for #WildflowerHour ... Has a somewhat Spencer'esque "Resurrection at Cookham" feel to it?

First blossom buds (cherry plum?) for #WildflowerHour

Snowdrops out in abundance this week around the Whitby area 🤍💚 Found these snowdrops at Runswick Bay on a very wet and windy day (surprised camera got them in focus)! #WildflowerHour

Purple (early or woodland) crocus in rain for #WildflowerHour

Common chickweed for #WildflowerHour

Rocket, wall or perennial or annual or space ;) #WildflowerHour

Deep blue birdeye speedwell and passing blue cars on a hill. #WildflowerHour

Dovesfoot cranesbill for #WildflowerHour

Mouse ear cress / Thale Cress for #WildflowerHour

Pink daisy (club, I'm gonna keep on dancin' at the pink daisy club) for #WildflowerHour

As a child, I read LORD OF THE FLIES: never doubting that it reflected actual human nature. Turns out it actually didn't. www.theguardian.com/books/2020/m...

Today’s two genders: Intoning rain. on. me. in best Lady Gaga voice and neatly and frenetically segueing into whatever I think Ariana Grande is singing.

Found Nemo.

Wordle 1,694 2/6 🥈 ⬜🟨🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Maybe if the prime minister resigns the weather gets better? That can be his last patriotic act for us.

God I’m missing Strictly.

In giving poetry feedback I asked someone if they were a stanza short of a sestina and immediately realised it sounded like a poetic insult version of sandwich short of a picnic.

🖼️ Józef Wilkoń

“I cannot tell you. It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in language that is chiefly made by men to express theirs.” —Far from the madding crowd, Thomas Hardy

Asterisks are my favorite fallen stars. *This poem was found after the poet's death on the back of an envelope from Helen Vender, November 28, 1981.

Just caught up that this joy happened. Mary Tyler Moore statue in Minneapolis.

We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”

I saw my first butterfly of the year today, possibly a peacock, flying somewhere over the bus stop. (Judy Garland early drafts).

That moment when you can hold your very first poetry collection in your hand! Available from Culture Matters at www.culturematters.org.uk/cm-publicati... @asls.org.uk @byleaveswelive.bsky.social #poetry #books

TIL that the wordes to the theme song of *Fraggle Rock* were written by the renouned poet Dennis Lee of Canada. Lee ys the original source of the sayinge (slightlye chaungid from hys wordinge) "Worke as if you live in the earlye dayes of a bettir nation."

Jill McDonald in Puffin Post absolutely rinsing the poets & I include myself in those being absolutely beautifully bodied here

If you love poetry and are in or near Bedford I am reading at Ouse Muse tomorrow (3 Feb) The venue is the Eagle Bookshop, readings start at at 8 p.m. #poetry #UKpoets

👀 #poetry #submissions

A magical, bitter-sweet love poem from David Hanlon today. @vespertine4.bsky.social

Beach Finds #Kilnsea

Picked up a copy of Vogue because I saw myself on the cover.

Reading all your poems today wearing Joni Mitchell’s gold beret.

More sweet violets appearing. #WildflowerHour

First seen lesser celandine, peeking through its fingers at the world. #WildflowerHour

The purple crocuses are showing up! Possibly woodland crocus. #WildflowerHour

Instructions on my current Poetry School course resonating deeply.

Sad to hear about Catherine O’Hara, I adored her in Beetlejuice. I was also a fan of Mary Margaret O’Hara and never knew until now they were sisters.

Little grey wagtail (with yellow bum) at the end of my run today. I usually see these on the river but this was in an alleyway. Seemed to be checking out the piles of wet leaves.

Black Sunflower, Bianca Stone. —“I’ll continue to do my best. Nevertheless, I hear you can drown in two inches of water”. poets.org/poem/black-s...

*submits poems with cover letter* For what you are about to receive may the Lord make you truly grateful.