'They'll chisel fucking poet when they do you and that, yer cunt, 's a crude four-letter word.' 💔

Breaking up with Dan for saying 'the sort of shit you listen to, Britpop where the guy can't sing... PULP!'

Perk of being a dual income no kids person over 30 and not in London, brands are desperate for your cash and have no single clue how to speak to you. It's hilarious. It's joy. It's fodder.

Enjoyed speaking to the Swansea & District Writers' Circle last night. It is impossible to look good in a mid chat photo especially when you've spent six hours in the car that day 🚗 📚

Significant Wow spotted at The Bookshop By The Sea in Aberystwyth ❤️ 🌊 📚

Do I know anyone who knows an East Mids based poet who might be interested in reading with me at an Alfreton event?

Do I know anyone who knows an East Mids based poet who might be interested in reading with me at an Alfreton event?

Who wrote the line Gilmore Girls where Paris says she is an Anglophile and then references Neil Kinnock? Have they been held accountable for their crimes??

Went to the East Midlands to see old friends and came back with a current affairs poem.

Went to the East Midlands to see old friends and came back with a current affairs poem.

Looking forward to speaking to the Swansea and District Writers' Circle in September 🍂 swanseawriters.co.uk/september-20...

Fully thought Corbyn was sporting a dangly earring in this photo and honestly I'm here for it.

I maintain my anti-yarn-bombing stance but these lil guys, right by the rec that is the main inspiration for this poem, really did have me on the ropes for a moment.

Looking forward to speaking to the Swansea and District Writers' Circle in September 🍂 swanseawriters.co.uk/september-20...

26 year advance praise for Significant Wow. Buy your copy now, it's what Mrs Walls would want. emilycotterill.com/product/sign...

Answered the phone right at the end of Helter Skelter, so when I hung up Ringo Starr screamed 'FINGERS' at me...

If John Boyne doesn't believe in the T then *he* should have withdrawn from the longlist for an LGB**T**Q+ prize and then none of this would have happened to him?

I haven't done this yet but I think it's becoming increasingly important that I do.

Google AI serving up a piss take of the French is a hell of a thing 🧄

Have just typed up a poem about nicking glasses from pubs. Really tempted to name it Kiss The Alderman after one of Bob Mortimer's iconic beers. It's this kind of channelling really-quite-old-now internet content that's going to help poetry re-enter the mainstream right?

Discovered some early masterpieces 🎨

Please say their lawyer is like a little hedgehog in a suit with a briefcase

Popping over to LinkedIn for my daily dose of analytically redundant arguments from the 'woe is me' side of the private school VAT debate.

I'd neglected to do an update and so the shop on my website wasn't working. I know that's the only reason you hadn't bought 5 copies of Significant Wow directly from me and HOORAY because now it is fixed and you can do just that 🎊 On you go ⤵️ emilycotterill.com/product/sign...

It's low on the list of reasons that Amazon are awful but the fact that *they" invented their *own" event called Prime *DAY* and it's now 4 days long or whatever drives me up the wall.

Being in Cardiff the past few days one thing has become very clear to me: the real winner in this Oasis situation is whoever owns Adidas. Like DAMN.

I know it's not the point but this new party chat has reminded me of the world's most pathetic Nandos and I thank them for that lol

Thinking about the time in Year 1 that a boy called George claimed to have finished all his maths in about 10 minutes by copying all the sums from the board and insisting we didn't have to write in the answers.

The Daily Telegraph: here’s Britain’s answer to Rage Against The Machine 9 months later: We regret to inform you that Britain’s answer to Rage Against The Machine are political

Gazpacho is one of the main revenge dishes.

The way random Americans on talking head documentaries just completely randomly start chatting about Jesus always blows my mind. Absolutely chaotic.

Only 1500 John Major Toby Jugs were ever made. Make sure you hurry to the UK parliament shop

It's a resounding 'yikes' from the Whovians.

I really want to get some poetry readings lined up in England this year but honestly I don't know how to achieve that so I am posting into the void. If you want some poems read hit me up??

Came across a lovely thing.

I really want to get some poetry readings lined up in England this year but honestly I don't know how to achieve that so I am posting into the void. If you want some poems read hit me up??

Really into the fact that this push news notification has arrived from the Financial Times. Absolutely correct and on brand behaviour.

🥰Happy Independent Bookshop Week! Buy ANY book 14-15 June, and you could win a £250 Bookshop.org digital gift card! #IndieBookshopWeek Every sale supports independent bookshops 🥳 uk.bookshop.org/lists/win-a-...

This week’s Friday Poem is ‘For the Drag Queen Who Lives in My Building’ by @emilycotterill.bsky.social from her collection ‘Significant Wow’ www.serenbooks.com/2025/06/frid...

Just chopped up a dust sheet, that used to be a duvet cover, to make packing material, for some second hand photo frames. What I'm saying lads is the planet is saved ♻️

A fun night reading at Abergavenny's Poetry Upstairs which is in fact no longer up any stairs at all. Did mess up the intonation of this poem though and made it sound like I used to masturbate to the idea of the death of David Bowie.

Reminder that this starter pack of Welsh writers is brimful of talented people to follow! (Drop me a line if I've missed you off 🙏🏼🖋️) go.bsky.app/7L23QS7 #WelshWriters #Writers

If you buy both my books at once I'll give you a discount because I am a Cool Guy 😎 emilycotterill.com/product/sign...

My dad has brought me a old of boxes from his loft. Treasures within include my first ever rejection slip courtesy of @poetrybusiness.bsky.social No hard feelings though, they published my debut pamphlet in 2019 📚 🐜 emilycotterill.com/product/the-...

I've been thinking about how to post about poetry and Pride month and then #poemsabout #spectacle came along. This isn't the most inherently LGBT+ poem in Significant Wow but it's certainly about the excellence of being a spectacle 🏳️‍🌈

I can't make this and frankly I'm furious about it. You should go in my place.

Will I ever listen to the first Arctic Monkeys album and not laugh at Dan thinking the line was 'you cunted and that on a Sunday'? No, definitely not.

Just Googled 'Argos gold jewellery necklace doll' in the name of poetry, just in case anyone thought I might become serious now I've published a collection. This story needs to be told.