Oh, sounds great fun. (Wish I could make it!)

happy pride month! please share isaac's gofundme and donate if you're able!

I woke up at 4.30am on Tuesday with racing anxious,self-hating thoughts-I longed to step out of my brain.Then I heard Steve the blackbird-his beautiful tweet patterns quietened & slowed my thoughts. Research shows that birdsong is more effective than meditation apps at alleviating stress. Sound UP🎵:

Oh, heart-breaking little poem by Andrea Cohen

The UK government can stop this, but they’re failing to act, so we have to build enough pressure to force them to step up and save UK wildlife. It only takes 2 minutes. Thanks! act.gp/4u7mKQt

Hercules Carrying the Erymanthean Boar https://clevelandart.org/art/1981.223

Blossoming Chestnut Branches, Vincent van Gogh 1890

What a fabulous sonnet here by Richard Jones

Old Sarum, with the outline of the old cathedral. Sunrise; looking Eastwards.

Appalling ...

The Zoo Boys

Far From the Madingley Road

"They're all waiting for you but first here's a booth where ... " Enjoying this sonnet by Dean Young.

Just received the inaugural issue of Stoat Poetry. It's a generous helping of poems and art, and I'm honoured to be in it.

I shall definitely get to this - looking forward to seeing your work, also John Piper, Patrick Heron etc...

I was delighted to discover by chance yesterday that a print of mine is on show in Clare Hall's current exhibition, 'Infinite Variations': www.clarehall.cam.ac.uk/events/clare...

" ... we have eaten god in his entirety .." Actual brilliant and funny poem wins prize. Dillon Jaxx @jaxxi.bsky.social You can read it here (if you scroll down a long way): ahc.leeds.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

Submissions for the 2026 Barbellion Prize are open! The Barbellion Prize celebrates & promotes writing that represents the experience of chronic illness & disability. Subs open 2nd April-1st September, 2026. Judges: Penny Pepper, Dr David Bolt & Letty McHugh. Full details: barbellionprize.org

The Pedants' Revolt - no idea who did this or where I first saw it, but I still smile every time I see it in my photos

Transphobes do not represent the overwhelming majority of women. The @nionwomen.bsky.social petition is to show this. They now need only just over 4,000 more signatures to make it to 100,000. If you don’t want to be used as an excuse to take away trans people’s human rights, please sign & share

very sad and ... blood-boiling ...

Can't stop thinking about this Raymond Carver poem

PSA @weslpress.bsky.social is now accepting applications for its Cardinal Poetry Prize, for poets over 40 who have not published a poetry book. www.weslpress.org/the-cardinal...

Pause for a moment, and read... • Kathleen Jamie •

Edward Thomas's melancholy poem, its bitter fragrances... ".... No garden appears, no path, no hoar-green bush Of Lad's-love, or Old Man, no child beside, Neither father nor mother, nor any playmate; Only an avenue, dark, nameless, without end." www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57210/...

This painting by the artist Adriaen Coorte, made in 1699, shows a simple bunch of dramatically lit asparagus, on a stone shelf. Still life paintings of food, often called Vanitas, were a common theme in Dutch art in the 17th century and alluded to moral themes such as the brevity of life.

The Night, The Porch ~ Mark Strand

If you have a moment, read about Betty, imprisoned for wearing a t-shirt, in desperate need of medical care for cancer that's eating away the bone of her arm. Then sign the petition to the King of Morocco for her release! One small good action for a Sunday. secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...

The letter from Bill and Hillary Clinton to James Comer explaining their refusal to testify in his Epstein investigation is really remarkable, not like any letter of this genre I've seen. It's signed by them, not a lawyer, and the arguments are not legal ones. Reprinted from their X account:

Funding NHS facilities with private finance a breach of manifesto, Labour MPs say. Govt paid £6 for £1 PFI investment. Private equity profiteering from NHS contracts. Public money buys less. Govt reviving PFI, handing NHS to private equity. Govt can borrow, create money, do QE, tax the rich.

The C13th chapel (with roots reaching back to the C6th) sits cockled onto the rocks of St. Govan's Head, Pembrokeshire in Wales - a beacon of continuity amidst centuries of shifting tides.

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Excellent

UK Deputy PM David Lammy: JD Vance agrees that sexualised AI images on X are ‘unacceptable’. Why does the UK govt need US approval to know what is wrong? Is the UK a sovereign state or not? Must take action against platforms profiting from exploitation and abuse.

Have you seen how Vodafone destroyed the lives of these people?! It’s shocking and it’s the next Post Office Scandal in the making, unless we act now. Pls help these people fighting the corporate giant. Sign and share their petition👇🙏 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

The intense gaze in 'Madame Canals,' (1905) is the most remarkable feature of Picasso’s markedly classical portrait - it is a composition inspired by traditional Spanish portraits and evokes the typology of figures in Picasso’s previous works, characterised by their slenderness.

I'm running the 2026 TCS London Marathon dressed as a badger to raise money for Norfolk Wildlife Trust, the oldest of @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social – celebrating its 100th birthday this year. Please have a laugh at me and help save wildlife! 2026tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/backtheba...

That IS a cake ...

🚨 Nigel Farage’s Reform UK just opened the floodgates to dark money in our politics by becoming the first UK party to accept untraceable crypto donations. Join me and sign the petition to stop shady crypto donations flooding our politics: 38d.gs/xvqe

According to J. Carmichael Watson, the #Gaelic poet Màiri nighean Alasdair Ruaidh (Mary MacLeod, c.1615–c.1707), was buried face-down at her own request: “She directed that she should be placed face downward in the grave – ‘beul nam breug a chur foidhpe’” (with her lying mouth down) #WyrdWednesday

Oh, wonderful

🖼️ Eva Melhuish

Someone amazing just sent £50 so we are now only £266 away! www.gofundme.com/f/bee-afford...

Oh, these pieces by Alina Stefanescu are great ...

Looks great!

❛ For / assuming there is / such a secret, yes / for that / most of all. Denise Levertov, who died #OTD in 1997.

Oh! I must try this ... This is like my dreams (not the wings though - not needed) (nor the halo - ditto)

Looking for a last minute gift you don't have to post? We're hosting a POETRY SPA at Bantock House #Wolverhampton Sat 21 February 2026 With guest @lkiew.bsky.social & host Roz Goddard Ticket includes mindful reading, workshop, #poetry discussion, book & cake! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-spa...

I was saddened to learn of the recent death of Richard Meier, winner of the inaugural Picador Poetry Prize in 2010. He was the author of three collections - his most recent ‘After the Miracle’ came out this year: happenstancepress.com/index.php/co... A fine man and a fine poet. #Poetry