Happy spring equinox to those of us in the north! This day always makes me think of this poem by e.e. cummings

Such a joy to have a couple of poems selected for this beauty. Thank you editor Carole Baldock for your kind patience.

A huge thank you to these fantastic people & poets @johnkenny13.bsky.social @jumpingjulespoetry.bsky.social @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social @ings4words.bsky.social @pdevonald.bsky.social @peterthabitjones.bsky.social @samszanto.bsky.social for launching Chasms @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social with me!🙏🏼❤️

"As a study of footballers at the lower end of the professional game, these twelve poems are unique, and must be among the very best ever to be written about the beautiful game..." wildcourt.co.uk/measured-eco...

Rogue Strands on Richard Meier's After the Miracle... "In these poems, apparently simple words portray a maelstrom of life events. They provide a lesson in how to meet intense experience head-on, and turn it into art..." roguestrands.blogspot.com/2025/10/rich...

Don't miss this amazing FREE poetry event in London in October with @roguestrands.bsky.social @hannahcopley.bsky.social @jonathandavidson.bsky.social @fionalarkin.bsky.social @matriches.bsky.social at The Devereux Pub in Temple. #poetry #reading #london

Please do share the news of this free event...!

Who said there's no poetry to be found at a car boot sale?! I have a new poem in this week's issue of The Spectator...

Arresting the poets are we? Not a good look.

The emotional significance of objects sends ripples through our lives, which is why this is often my final poem when I give a reading. It's taken from my second full collection, Whatever You Don't, Just Don't. If you fancy a signed copy, drop me a DM and I'll sort one out for you...

Anyone got a book to promote? I have space on my blog for a couple of interviews - check out samszanto.com/blog and get in touch if interested #writingcommunity

It was a summer evening after a day of Andalusian sun just like today, all set in the counterpoint of the cool Atlantic Ocean, menories that were captured forever...

🔆 #LiftToTheSky 🔆 @brokenspinearts.bsky.social Please may I highlight Paul Ings for his uniquely observational collection-ONE WEEK ONE SPAN OF HUMAN LIFE @ings4words.bsky.social & Julie Stevens for her candid &powerful collection FOREST GIRL @jumpingjulespoetry.bsky.social Two fantastic poets! 👆💥🙌

I'm so honoured to have my poem 'Dear' included in this beautiful edition of Dust Poetry @dustpoetry.bsky.social 💗 www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/dear-by...

This poem might have a seemingly satisfying, neat and circular ending, but it then opens out beyond its modest limits to invite the reader to consider their own stories.

'One Week, One Span, of Human Life'. By Paul Ings. I had to get this - such an intriguing title and I'm looking forward to reading it soon.🩶 @ings4words.bsky.social #mustread

Here's the second part of my visit to the Poetry Bath podcast, just out today...! www.buzzsprout.com/2257615/epis...

And like this, this reservoir walled with stone and thistle reflecting ourselves back to ourselves, or how shame sits at the centre of things, like the first cuckoo in spring. 'The Blue Hour' Angelina D'Roza Out now from Longbarrow Press longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...

A fable-like book written by a Czech during Soviet times. The main character is someone whose job is to pulp and destroy books, but who also rescues books and lines his apartment with them. Comic, surreal, scatalogical. Relevant for our age of book bans. 💙📚💙📚🖋️📚🖋️💙 #booksky

Poetry comes alive when it's shared. That's why I'm so excited by my upcoming events in the next few days in Faversham, Chichester and Cowden Pound, by letting my poems change in so many different ways as they cease to belong to me and find their readers...

It's coming tomorrow! Very excited to be in the company of @wendypratt.bsky.social @rhonagreene.bsky.social @hool415.bsky.social @ings4words.bsky.social and Elisabeth Kelly to bring in Spring and new beginnings! Free and online from 7.00pm www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-beginn...

Just over a week to go before I am joined by these wondrous, thunderous poetry voices @wendypratt.bsky.social @rhonagreene.bsky.social @hool415.bsky.social @ings4words.bsky.social and Elisabeth Kelly - free, online event Saturday 22 February at 7.00pm www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-beginn...

Next Thursday, tickets still available! You are very welcome to join us, even if you can´t donate to the hospice right now.❤️ #Poetry #Hospice #Fundraiser #Remembrance #SidhePress #AlwaysFire #TheCrowGods #PoetryCommunity

Two weeks to go and I'm already over-excited to be reading with these fabulous poets! Online, free and unleashed! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-beginn...

Look at the loveliness of these poets around me, then get a ticket to hear them read their astoundingly wonderful words www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-beginn... massive thanks to @wendypratt.bsky.social @rhonagreene.bsky.social @hool415.bsky.social @ings4words.bsky.social & Elisabeth Kelly for doing it.

99% of U.K. poetry exists beyond social media. This is especially true outside the big cities, at readings above pubs or in arts centres in provincial towns, where people attend and buy books through a pure love of the genre. These people are my readers.

A brilliant book, so glad to be in possession of it at last. A worthy winner. Congratulations @louisepoetical.bsky.social

A poetry collection you all need

Just a few copies of this little stocking filler left 😁 Let me know if you'd like to buy one!

Ukrainian boxing icon Wladimir Klitschko accused American podcaster Joe Rogan of spreading Russian propaganda on his show — and dared Rogan to invite him on for a chat.

I wrote the following short article for the Madrid Review, @madridlitmag.bsky.social, discussing how life in Spain has affected my poetry and how identity is at the core of all poetry. This article, plus three of my poems, is in Issue Two. Download it in full via this link: themadridreview.com

It's here! ballerinibookpress.ch/product/thes... I have 30 copies to sign and send directly to you, or you can order via the link (unsigned or link to signed at bottom). DM me for details if you would like one directly from me.

Taken from my second full collection, Whatever You Do, Just Don't (HappenStance Press, 2023), this poem speaks of making a fresh start... ...the building's lost stories finding a voice again, blending old plots with new...

Delighted to have this poem featured in the @dreich.bsky.social 100 series (I'm in 100 C). It arrived through my door today and will be treasured, thanks Jack! You can read about and buy chapbooks from the series here: hybriddreich.co.uk/dreich-100th/ #poem #poems #poetry 1/2

I was the guest for the Madrid Review podcast last week. Grace Caplan was the interviewer with all sorts of challenging questions on belonging and estrangement in my poetry. You can have a listen via Spotify... open.spotify.com/episode/0MRH...

Thanks for all the new follows here. Catching up with following back. Please bear with me! I’ll be posting photos again tomorrow but for now have a wee Sunday poem. I wrote it for a @brokenspinearts.bsky.social challenge earlier in the year and think it has potential #poetry #poem #blueskypoetry

Greetings all. Here for the poetry. If you are too I'm glad to meet you.