happy to be on this excellent podcast talking about Lives of the Female Poets @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social with @gregorykearns.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/0rMp...

Another brilliant episode of The Poems We Made Along The Way ⭐

Great episode of The Poems We Made Along The Way even if I do say so myself. Loved talking to Clare about her book and I hope you enjoy listening to it.

This week The Poems We Made Along The Way series 5 began with an interview with George Szirtes. We spoke about translation, form and the exact moment George realised that he realised he wanted to write poems. Check it out linktr.ee/thepoemswemade

can't wait to read your poems. Send me your bangers, both quiet and noisy!

Who is “we” here

A portion of every dollar spent on Harry Potter merchandise goes to anti-transgender campaigns.

The AI industry wants us to believe AI superintelligence is the real threat from generative AI. But that narrative was crafted to distract from the many ways genAI is being used to tear our societies apart, as we saw this week when a deepfake video rocked the Irish election. It must be reined in.

Hi All. My online creative writing workshop based on Jorie Graham's magisterial and magnificent 'To 2040' runs at 7.00 on Wednesday 15th October. Three places left. More information and booking details here. www.eventbrite.com/e/poetry-as-...

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

A poem from this week’s guest on The Poems We Made Along The Way. Always worth checking out a poem from Mary Jean Chan.

We are thrilled to be able to reveal this year's T.S. Eliot Prize shortlist! Our judges have chosen ten books "of great range, suggestiveness and power; from Entebbe to Manitoba... there is something here for everyone." Find out more now: tseliot.com/prize/news/

The last episode of this series of The Poems We Made Along The Way is with the excellent Mary Jean Chan. We spoke about book structure, the intersections of queer poetry and line breaks. Check out the conversation wherever podcasts can be heard. Linktr.ee/thepoemswemade

Versus Versus: 100 Poems by Deaf, Disabled & Neurodivergent Poets (ed. @rachaelboast.bsky.social) is a @poetrydayuk.bsky.social Book Group recommendation for #NationalPoetryDay this year. forwardartsfoundation.org/national-poe...

My friend Sarah Clancy is currently in IOF captivity, kidnapped last night when her boat, part of the Global Sumud Flotilla, was illegally intercepted in international waters. Some boats are still sailing. Do what you can - wherever you are - to amplify & protest. 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸 @freedomflotilla.bsky.social

Don’t forget to check out this weeks episode with Erica Hesketh

Today’s episode of The Poems We Made Along The Way is a conversation with the wonderful Erica Hesketh. We spoke about translation, using poetic forms and her debut collection In The Lily Room. Check it out wherever good podcasts can be heard.

If you haven’t checked it out yet, I had a wonderful conversation with Rishi which you can eavesdrop on, wherever you find your podcasts.

Check out Mat’s blog here. Invested interested as some very nice words are said about The Poems We Made Along The Way.

It’s a beautiful day for a new episode of The Poems We Made Along The Way. In this episode I spoke to @betarish.bsky.social about the death of rhetoric, writing humourously, and the relationship between poetry and advertising. Make sure you check it out.

Disabled people of colour say last weekend’s “horrific” far-right protest in London has left them feeling terrified and unsafe. www.disabilitynewsservice.com/disabled-peo...

Don’t forget to check out the new episode of The Poems We Made Along The Way

Where can I hear a conversation with the brilliant Lewis Buxton about sonnets, mini cheddars and how to build an audience I hear you cry! Coincidentally you can now check out the new episode of The Poems We Made Along The Way where I talk to Lewis Buxton about all these things and more.

A first reading for #HotelAmour on 27th September and in such great company at the Anthony Burgess Foundation. Free and no need to book! More information here poetsandplayers.co

Where can I hear a conversation with the brilliant Lewis Buxton about sonnets, mini cheddars and how to build an audience I hear you cry! Coincidentally you can now check out the new episode of The Poems We Made Along The Way where I talk to Lewis Buxton about all these things and more.

Reminder that my new poetry collection (my SEVENTH because I apparently cannot take a hint) is available from Picador www.panmacmillan.com/authors/luke...

Please spread the word, friends. I really hope this scholarship reaches and serves writers who would not otherwise have access to instruction and community. (Form is on our IG, @consciouswriters)

Today’s episode of The Poems We Made Along The Way is a conversation with the wonderful @katiescribbles.bsky.social We spoke about traveling to the Antarctica, favourite libraries and mentoring young writers through @thewritingsquad.bsky.social Find the podcast on your platform of choice.

My debut pamphlet with @fourteenpoems.bsky.social is out very soon! I’m so happy (and impressed at how many I can hold in each hand) link here www.fourteenpoems.com/shop/mango-s...

Today’s episode of The Poems We Made Along The Way is a conversation with the wonderful @katiescribbles.bsky.social We spoke about traveling to the Antarctica, favourite libraries and mentoring young writers through @thewritingsquad.bsky.social Find the podcast on your platform of choice.

i struggle to find any ethical justification for using AI-generated imagery in any circumstances, even if it’s for critique of AI or art projects supposed to make you question it

Your remind that this weeks episode I interviewed Luke Kennard. Let me know what you think of it.

This is not the AI boom creating a new type of work, this is a classic example of managers using automation to deskill old ones. Creative workers who once made a higher wage creating original art and writing are now paid in piecework to edit automated output. Bosses are using AI to cut labor costs.

Thanks Gregory. Here's the link to Sunday's (7th) launch at 2pm www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-rea...

Enjoyed reading and reviewing this book. Recommend buying the book. I also hear there is a launch event in Liverpool on Sunday. Sounds like a great way to spend an afternoon.

To celebrate the first of September we have a new episode of The Poems We Made Along The Way. I speak to @lukekennard.bsky.social about the similarity between sitcoms and Christian liturgy, outrunning your inner critic and his forthcoming book The Book of Jonah. linktr.ee/thepoemswemade

Sorry to sound like a stuck record here but the answer is incredibly simple: *bc Labour don't want to*

To celebrate the first of September we have a new episode of The Poems We Made Along The Way. I speak to @lukekennard.bsky.social about the similarity between sitcoms and Christian liturgy, outrunning your inner critic and his forthcoming book The Book of Jonah. linktr.ee/thepoemswemade

I’m challenging myself to do a close read of a poem everyday in September. What are poems (preferably less than a page) that are inspiring awe, obsession, joyful bafflement? Can be poems from any time period etc.

I’m challenging myself to do a close read of a poem everyday in September. What are poems (preferably less than a page) that are inspiring awe, obsession, joyful bafflement? Can be poems from any time period etc.

On today’s bank holiday edition of The Poems We Made Along The Way I spoke to Deryn Rees-Jones about Paris syndrome, writing poetry projects as fractals and Rosi Braidotti’s Posthuman Feminism. Let me know what you think: linktr.ee/thepoemswemade

Standing up for the smallest of minorities is important because when you accept the premise that one group are expendable because small or ‘insignificant’, you have accepted the idea of the expendability of human life in general, and the enemy will use your acquiescence to pick off yet more.

The UK government will evacuate nine of the 40+ students in Gaza with scholarship at UK universities. My PhD student Shaimaa isn't included. We must now make sure they help the other students - email your MP today. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

For those interested in a poetry podcast

Important thread

On today’s episode of The Poems We Made Along The Way I talk to Anthony Anaxagorou about being a mentor, knowing too much about the poem before you write it and cinematic maximalism. Check it out wherever good podcasts are heard.

Powerful words here that draw 'explicit links' between the genocide and apartheid in Palestine, and the roll-back of disabled people’s rights in the UK. By Lyla Adwan-Kamara (formerly of Merton CIL) and Aman Ahluwalia-Hinrichs for the Canary. www.thecanary.co/long-read/20...

It can also be found on other podcasting platforms including Apple Podcasts the link for which is this: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Today’s episode of The Poems We Made Along The Way I talk to the wonderful Daniel Sluman. We cover negative space, writing mood boards and the poetics of disability. This episode can be found on Spotify here: open.spotify.com/episode/2LWB...

Check out Helen Tookey’s new project! (You can also check out our conversation on The Poems We Made Along The Way podcast)