Read 𝑆𝑖𝑛𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐸𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑚𝑦, an #essay by 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞-𝐄𝐯𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐫 in the Spring issue bit.ly/AmsterdamReview #nonfiction #writingcommunity

Read my new translation of 𝐼𝑧𝑚𝑖𝑟, 𝑇ℎ𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑂'𝐶𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑘 by 𝐓𝗼𝐦𝗮𝐬 𝐓𝗿𝐚𝗻𝐬𝘁𝐫𝗼̈𝐦𝗲𝐫, from his book 𝐻𝑒𝑚𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑎̊ 𝑣𝑎̈𝑔𝑒𝑛 (𝑆𝑒𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑎𝑦). hataaliinotes.substack.com/p/izmir-three-oclock #poetry #translation #Swedish #Transtromer

We sacrifice what’s real—natural world, sentient animals, our health, our climate—to uphold a contrived paradigm that equates meat with wellness and prosperity. More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #veganism #animalethics

"I am steady at its thick edge like an olympic diver." A poem by 𝐌𝐢𝐫𝐣𝐚𝐦 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐡 in the Spring issue bit.ly/AmsterdamReview #poetry #poetrycommunity

Why look after some but slaughter the others? Continuing to kill and eat animals when there are alternatives isn’t a collective need—it’s an individual choice. See it for what it is. More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics

"Perhaps he had heard the story too, / and at the time, thought it was true; / the blinding heat of the torch / in the talons of an ancestor." A poem by 𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐬 in the Spring issue bit.ly/AmsterdamReview #poetry #poetrycommunity

Someone 🐓 Not a resource, not a means to an end, an individual who deserves to live free of unnecessary harm & exploitation Challenge22.com (‘Why don't vegans eat backyard eggs?’ 🥚 www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YFz...)

‘Every purchase is a #vote - not just for the product, but for the lie that surrounds it’ 🎯 [When we buy animal products, we don’t just pay for suffering & destruction. We pay for the machinery of concealment that ensures no one ever has to see what they’re paying for] #AgGag #AgGagLaws #Pignorant

"It is a curious thing, that in observing animals closely, one sometimes feels as if they are attending to us with an intelligence parallel to our own, though built on different lines." - Charles Darwin More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics

A lovely surprise to find a review of Beast in the summer issue of @poetrylondon.bsky.social by Freya Jackson, you can read it online too with the link below here.

Read my new translation of 𝑆𝑖𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑎 by 𝐓𝗼𝐦𝗮𝐬 𝐓𝗿𝐚𝗻𝐬𝘁𝐫𝗼̈𝐦𝗲𝐫, from his book 𝐻𝑒𝑚𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑎̊ 𝑣𝑎̈𝑔𝑒𝑛 (𝑆𝑒𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑎𝑦). hataaliinotes.substack.com/p/siesta #poetry #translation #Swedish #Transtromer

"A cow is someone" 🐄🤗 Pls #DitchDairy 🙏 Pls #GoVegan 🌱

Every time we see a meat ad, it asks us not only to BUY, but to KILL. MEAT is a linguistic shield. Replace it with BODIES. More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #veganism #animalethics

"It takes a short afternoon / to drown with you in decades of / superstitious junk" A poem by 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐲 𝐒𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐡 @abarnabyms.bsky.social in the Spring issue bit.ly/AmsterdamReview #poetry #poetrycommunity

We need another concept of animals—they are “gifted with extensions of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear” (Henry Beston). More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics

Read my new translation of 𝐶𝑎𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑠 by 𝐓𝗼𝐦𝗮𝐬 𝐓𝗿𝐚𝗻𝐬𝘁𝐫𝗼̈𝐦𝗲𝐫, from his book 𝐻𝑒𝑚𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑎̊ 𝑣𝑎̈𝑔𝑒𝑛 (𝑆𝑒𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑎𝑦). hataaliinotes.substack.com/p/caprichos #poetry #translation #Swedish #Transtromer

"Each animal is surrounded by its own bubble of significance, its own world full of colors and tones we shall never perceive. To enter it is impossible, yet it exists as fully as our own." - Jakob von Uexküll More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics

Read 𝐹𝑢𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑅𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑠, an #essay by 𝐑𝐚𝐮́𝐥 𝐙𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚 (transl. 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐁𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 @kebishop.bsky.social) in the Spring issue. Zurita is widely regarded as one of the most significant contemporary writers from South America. bit.ly/AmsterdamReview #nonfiction #poetry #writingcommunity

Poetry Please @BBCSounds Gwyneth Lewis, former National Poet of Wales, joins Roger McGough with her selection of listener requests from Edward Thomas & Alun Lewis to Kathryn Bevis & Kathleen Jamie. Produced by Ellie Richold #poetry www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Read my new translation of 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐹𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑇𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 by 𝐓𝗼𝐦𝗮𝐬 𝐓𝗿𝐚𝗻𝐬𝘁𝐫𝗼̈𝐦𝗲𝐫, from his book 𝐻𝑒𝑚𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑎̊ 𝑣𝑎̈𝑔𝑒𝑛 (𝑆𝑒𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑎𝑦). hataaliinotes.substack.com/p/the-four-temperaments #poetry #translation #Swedish #Transtromer

When will we stop kidding ourselves? Anthropocentrism makes the world a living hell. "Discover how our love for animal products took over our food system, pushing our ecosystems to the verge of collapse for the profit of a handful of corporations." www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IZ8... #veganism

"Why the artist laughed / when his cunning brush drew peek-a-boo lobes / over the springs of generation" A poem by 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐄𝐯𝐚𝐬 in the Spring issue bit.ly/AmsterdamReview #poetry #poetrycommunity

Personal choice ends where another’s suffering begins—if it involves harming others, it’s no longer “personal.” See it for what it is. More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics

Romanticists, Modernists, enjoyers of mysticism & magic in the arts! I'm giving a free online lecture with the @blakesociety.bsky.social on "William Blake's Mysticism", based on my recent book of the same name. Weds 15th July 7:30-9pm GMT. Register here ➡️ blakesociety.org/product/blak...

"What I really needed / was a different kind of brush, one that / could cover the cracks in my memory." A poem by 𝐉.𝐑. 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞 in the Spring issue bit.ly/AmsterdamReview #poetry #poetrycommunity

"Man is not the center of things. The animals too are envoys of the divine, voices of the universal mind." - Ralph Waldo Emerson More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics

Read my new translation of 𝑊𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑆𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑒 by 𝐓𝗼𝐦𝗮𝐬 𝐓𝗿𝐚𝗻𝐬𝘁𝐫𝗼̈𝐦𝗲𝐫, from his book 𝐻𝑒𝑚𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑎̊ 𝑣𝑎̈𝑔𝑒𝑛 (𝑆𝑒𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑎𝑦). hataaliinotes.substack.com/p/weather-scene #poetry #translation #Swedish #Transtromer

"No supporting cast, no greater effect with the collective. Alone, he can bring an unsuspecting gathering to debilitating mirth, elicit laughter from the most determined glum." Two poems by 𝐊𝐞𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐲𝐧𝐞𝐫 in the Spring issue bit.ly/AmsterdamReview #poetry #poetrycommunity

FARM ANIMALS = LIFE. Other lives are for living too. Is it possible we are so desensitized and detached from reality and the natural world that we need to be 𝑡𝑜𝑙𝑑 KILLING is BAD? More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics

On a winter night, an aspiring writer meets a stranger who claims to be a time-traveler. The conversation brings up impossible truths and questions of destiny, memory, and meaning. Read a short story by 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐧 in the Spring issue bit.ly/AmsterdamReview #writingcommunity #fiction

"The essential quality of animals is that they live purely by the great purposiveness of life itself; they have not a double consciousness, as we have. They are at one with the invisible vital law." - DH Lawrence More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics

"I thought / this is what precedes / sudden disaster: / our second brain that cannot / talk, hears the ticking" A poem by 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐋𝐲𝐧𝐧 in the Spring issue bit.ly/AmsterdamReview #poetry #poetrycommunity

Read my new translation of 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑀𝑎𝑛 𝑊ℎ𝑜 𝑊𝑜𝑘𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑆𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑂𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑅𝑜𝑜𝑓𝑡𝑜𝑝𝑠 by 𝐓𝗼𝐦𝗮𝐬 𝐓𝗿𝐚𝗻𝐬𝘁𝐫𝗼̈𝐦𝗲𝐫, from his book 𝐻𝑒𝑚𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑎̊ 𝑣𝑎̈𝑔𝑒𝑛 (𝑆𝑒𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑎𝑦). hataaliinotes.substack.com/p/the-man-who-woke-to-singing-over #poetry #translation #Swedish #Transtromer

Does 𝑳𝑰𝑽𝑬 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙩 really mean 𝑲𝑰𝑳𝑳 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙙𝙖𝙮 (aka eat chicken every day) like KFC wants you to believe? See it for what it is. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDT1... More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics

"probing the silence ● crossing the sound of silence ● vanishing ● dark and thought ● thought and fire ● (dense) ● it's night above Rome [above you]" A poem by 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐨 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢 in the Spring issue bit.ly/AmsterdamReview #poetry #poetrycommunity

Do we not have a moral obligation to make kinder choices when modern society allows us the privilege of doing just that? #FriendsNotFood

"A single man, with a single love, / woke up alone on the outer rim / of a churning, barely lit galaxy, / and fired up a search engine." A poem by 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐬𝐨𝐧 in the Spring issue bit.ly/AmsterdamReview #poetry #poetrycommunity

STOP FACTORY FARMING! Until we all learn the true meaning of LIFE and DEATH, innocent animals will continue to be tortured and slaughtered for PROFIT—the sole remaining purpose of meat. More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics

Read my new translation of 𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑆𝑤𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝐻𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑠 by 𝐓𝗼𝐦𝗮𝐬 𝐓𝗿𝐚𝗻𝐬𝘁𝐫𝗼̈𝐦𝗲𝐫, from his book 𝐻𝑒𝑚𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑎̊ 𝑣𝑎̈𝑔𝑒𝑛 (𝑆𝑒𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑎𝑦). hataaliinotes.substack.com/p/solitary-swedish-houses #poetry #translation #Swedish #Transtromer

"I'll not see two of these winters / With their hours of frozen dark / Calling me out of the mousehole." A poem by 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧 𝐈𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐞 in the Spring issue bit.ly/AmsterdamReview #poetry #poetrycommunity

We need another concept of animals—they are “gifted with extensions of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear” (Henry Beston). More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics

Read an #essay by 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐨 in the Spring issue bit.ly/AmsterdamReview #nonfiction #philosophy #writingcommunity

STOP FACTORY FARMING! We sacrifice everything that’s real, the natural world, sentient animals, our health, our climate, to uphold a contrived paradigm that equates meat with wellness and prosperity. More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics

Read 𝐻𝑎𝑟𝑣𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐷𝑎𝑟𝑘, an in-depth #interview with 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐙𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐭 @janezwart.bsky.social. Jane is speaking to 𝐖.𝐉. 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 @wjherbertpoet.bsky.social about her new poetry collection 𝑂𝑑𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑡 & 𝑂𝑙𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑡 & 𝑆𝑎𝑑𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑡 & 𝐵𝑒𝑠𝑡. bit.ly/AmsterdamReview #poetry #writingcommunity

"The animal is not beneath us, but beside us; its path through time runs parallel to ours, only differing in the music by which it moves." - Eliseo Reclus Animals aren’t just a part of nature, they 𝒂𝒓𝒆 nature. More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics

"A fish’s opercle bone, / delicate shield for a soft comb of gills, / a trap door for water to / sieve into breath, the connector of self / to everything else." Two poems by 𝐊𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐒𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐨𝐧 in the Spring issue bit.ly/AmsterdamReview #poetry #poetrycommunity

Slaughtering animals for meat isn’t a collective need—it’s an individual choice. Evolution doesn’t imply violence any more than tradition implies killing. More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics

"Hearth at the edge of the barren / heath. Heart in the flames, licking / his lips..." A poem by 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐊𝐧𝐢𝐫𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 in the Spring issue bit.ly/AmsterdamReview #poetry #poetrycommunity

So grateful to the editors of @aboutplacejournal.bsky.social for publishing two of my poems: 𝐴𝑝𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑎 and 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑅𝑜𝑎𝑑 𝐶𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑚𝑎. Read in their excellent new issue 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝑩𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝑼𝒔: aboutplacejournal.org/issues/the-g... #poetry #poetrycommunity