Our friend, poet and activist @sarahmaintains.bsky.social has been illegally detained by the IDF and is being held in an Israeli jail. There are reports of mistreatment and human rights violations. Please keep pressure on the Irish government and embassy to secure the release of Sarah and others. 🇵🇸🇮🇪

Big thanks to everyone who joined me for the Dublin launch of New Arcana @gutterbookshop.bsky.social It's such a big leap of faith putting a book out into the world & I'm so grateful for the friends who helped me celebrate ✨️ @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social

I know I won't be the only one waking up in tears to this news today. So authentically himself that there really was no one like him. A beautiful man who intrigued, schooled and inspired us all. I'm heartbroken for him & for those who loved him. He will be so missed. www.rte.ie/news/2025/10...

@bansheepress.bsky.social open for book submissions from 1-15 Oct 👇 (Pl read the sub guidelines.) bansheepress.org/read/banshee...

Thinking of Sarah Clancy tonight, illegally detained, kidnapped. Sarah, (I know you’ll say that the focus shouldn’t be on you but still…) you’re a legend. @sarahmaintains.bsky.social

Thinking of Sarah Clancy, always so good at capturing small bytes of humanity, ever moreso now as she's literally sticking up for humanity, while most of us nod off. A great person, hugely kind. 🙏

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

Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill International Poetry Exchange! Join Galician poet Masha Alvarez and Irish poet Karl Parkinson for an evening of shared voices, translations, and cross-cultural dialogue. 📅 25 September 2025 🕕 6:00–7:00pm 📍 Instituto Cervantes Dublin 🎟 Free link on bio

David Lynch sitting at office desk being interviewed. On the shelf there is a vinyl copy of Take My Breath Away by Berlin. Is this real or did I dream it?

A little unboxing video of my new collection New Arcana from @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social with a big shout out to @lisasterle.bsky.social for her amazing cover art. 🔮🃏✨️ Launch info coming soon!

I haven’t seen the new Ice Cube Amazon War of the Worlds film but the trailer isn’t very promising.

Caught in a nightmare of a financial scandal, I'm facing the loss of my home. I'm desperate for a fresh start and need your support. I'm almost at my target, and every little bit counts—please consider sharing and/or donating. Thank you. www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-av...

Day one of my 48 hour Hunger Strike in support of the Sameer Project. Please share and support if you can. More info on Insta. chuffed.org/project/help...

Support independent Irish bookshops

Excerpt from ‘Famine Haibun’, you can read the rest of it in issue 9 of @tolkajournal.bsky.social

First look: the gorgeous cover of FILLY, Rosamund Taylor's stunning novel-in-verse, coming from Banshee Press in October 2025. Cover photography by Oana Stoian, with design by Jack Smyth ✨ @rosamundtaylor.bsky.social @jackflag.bsky.social

I Don’t ♥️ Huckabee.

I don't share much personal info on here but caught in a nightmare I didn't create, I'm now facing the loss of my home after years of fighting for justice. Your support can help me reclaim my life and move on. Please share and donate if you can. gofund.me/29937d78

👁️👁️ ‘Bones of Anonymous Children’, excavations at Tuam. Free to read now. open.substack.com/pub/letthede...

Guadalajara

👁️👁️ ‘Bones of Anonymous Children’, excavations at Tuam. Free to read now. open.substack.com/pub/letthede...

Hi London friends, I will be reading at the @poetrylondon.bsky.social summer launch this Thursday - come along and say hi! I'll be reading at few poems from New Arcana so you'll get a little sneak preview 🔮☀️ @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social

As excavation begins at the Tuam Site, thinking of all those affected directly and indirectly Resharing this article I wrote some time ago www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... The Institutions’ past and resources on teaching it is now also included on the National Curriculum

👁️ A few versions of the anonymous 9th century blackbird poem, including one of my own, for your reading pleasure. Free as usual. open.substack.com/pub/letthede...

👁️ A few versions of the anonymous 9th century blackbird poem, including one of my own, for your reading pleasure. Free as usual. open.substack.com/pub/letthede...

interesting verb

🇲🇽 2: 1 🇺🇸 CONCACAF Gold Cup 👊 🏆

MEXICO BEAT THE USMNT AND ARE BACK-TO-BACK GOLD CUP CHAMPIONS 🏆

To celebrate the publication of her debut novel, Use the Words You Have, we've published Kimberly Campanello's 'Tachyphylaxis' (Tolka Issue Seven) on our website. Free for all to read here: www.tolkajournal.org/read-online/...

Funny, i can think of one that happens every year.

Our donations button is working again if you can spare Abridged a penny or two. All of our magazines and projects are free but we do have costs. You can donate (or get some back issues) here: www.abridged.zone/obtaining-ab... Thanks!

Sally Rooney in The Guardian Israel kills innocent Palestinians. Activists spray-paint a plane. Guess which the UK government calls terrorism | www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

👁️🗣️free to read my version of William Lamport’s (¿Zorro?) 4th psalm. open.substack.com/pub/letthede...

Lovely to see New Arcana in the @thebookseller.com 🔮✨️ Very excited to get this one out into the world! News on launches & festival appearances coming soon - get in touch if you'd like to book a reading this autumn 🍂 @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social

👁️🗣️free to read my version of William Lamport’s (¿Zorro?) 4th psalm. open.substack.com/pub/letthede...

🐸 Overview of Mexican haiku in new issue of Frogpond. www.hsa-haiku.org/frogpond/202...

To celebrate 100 years of Ulysses and 100 years of Nosferatu I had Dall.e make this back in 2022. Haven’t used it since. Happy Bloomsday.

👁️ Amergin screening tomorrow, Friday 13th at 3pm as part of the @bloomsdayfilmfest.bsky.social @jonathanbrennanart.bsky.social Tickets available here: www.bloomsdayfestival.ie/event/blooms...

👁️🏝️You can read about Clipperton Island and a poem of mine etc. here in this new Substack post. Free as always. open.substack.com/pub/letthede...

👁️🏝️You can read about Clipperton Island and a poem of mine etc. here in this new Substack post. Free as always. open.substack.com/pub/letthede...

Delighted that ‘Amergin’ has been awarded the top ‘Director’s Choice’ award at the International Poetry Film Festival, Los Angeles 2025! See the film for yourself in Dublin as part of Bloomsday Film Festival - 13 June, 3pm: @bloomsdayfilmfest.bsky.social ! @dylanbrennan.bsky.social

Delighted that ‘Amergin’ has been selected for this year’s @bloomsdayfilmfest.bsky.social ! @dylanbrennan.bsky.social

Copán Ruinas, Honduras.

Thinking of Paul Durcan today and what we’ve lost with his passing.

Tim MacGabhann’s ‘The Black Pool: A Memoir of Forgetting’ goes into and under the surface of memory in a powerfully charged narrative that’s raw and fine, agonising and funny, sobering and unforgettable. @sceptrebooks.bsky.social.

Submissions for Tolka Issue Ten are now open, and will close at midnight on Wednesday 21 May 🌼 www.tolkajournal.org/submit

New episode of The Glimpse! @gphibbett.bsky.social chats with Seán Hewitt about about metamorphosis poems, trusting the rhythm of the body, and more. They read their poem “Joni Mitchell dresses up as me" and @donikakelly.bsky.social's "Love Poem: Chimera." Listen now! www.brinkerhoffpoetr...

New Substack up now, free to read as always. If you know what that animal is/was, please let me know. letthedead.substack.com/p/amergin?r=...