Family day out at the tattooist’s 🖤 Three of us. One studio. No overthinking, rather meaning made permanent. At Amethyst Ink, tattooed by Z. Clean lines. Solid trust. No bullshit. Memory. Mischief. Love. Ink well spent.

Also featuring @katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social!!!

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I have opened this with immediate effect, submit people! Those waiting on responses ought to get them this week, for past calls.

So, just read that there are other An American Tail movies that were straight to video releases, and I am now desperate to see them! Also, kind of fancy a Fievel tattoo 😂😂😂

Didn’t expect to be swooning over Kelly Jones in leather or adding Geronimo to the shag playlist — but here we are. Came for the nostalgia, left a sweaty, grinning mess. My review’s live at The Broken Spine: 🔗 thebrokenspine.co.uk/2025/12/17/s...

Gig review: Still Crazee After All These Years: Slade, Dave Hill, and the Politics of Joy thebrokenspine.co.uk/2025/12/15/s...

'Everyday when I′m away And there's been a few Every land I need a hand To help me come through.' Slade were a lot of fun, review incoming. vm.tiktok.com/ZNRFLrDPB/

Tonight’s writing session spat this out, With a Lover (after Joan Armatrading). A poem about saying anything, doing anything, & meaning it. Dropping it here before I overthink it.

Guestlist for Slade tomorrow, & Stereophonics on Tuesday sorted! #Exciting open.spotify.com/track/3ODxqN...

Thank you so much. I think I've just about taken it in! Been on cloud 9! Still am.

Email saying I've had a poem accepted by Purple Ink Press, I don't even recall sending it out. Good times!

Thank you so much to @alanparrywriter.co.uk, @thebrokenspine.co.uk, for choosing my novella-in-flash as one of the three winners in the Summer 2025 Competition. I've been working on The Knack of Gaining Entry for years and have never given up on it. Now it has found a perfect home. I'm thrilled.

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Still taking this in! Thrilled and honoured beyond belief. Congratulations to @lozzawriting.bsky.social and @belrimmer.bsky.social , and massive thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk . It's an absolute privilege, and a dream come true. So grateful 🙏 #poetry #poetrycommunity

This is the kind of stuff that excites sad lil editors like me! It's why I continue doing what I do. Wait till y'all read this work!

Nile Rogers is playing the pub two minutes from my workplace next August! Of course I'm going to that! #LetsDance #CestChic

And dance... open.spotify.com/track/2pH6l6...

BBC investigation into abuse of footballers online found that 'managers were targeted more than players, with 82% of abusive posts made on X' - the place is a shithole - but yeah, stay & be a cog in the wheel! Or leave & do something great? I celebrated 12 months gone on 13.11.25. Take a stand!

Well, this is almost too much!

Speaking plainly, my biggest lie... 'I'm fine.' I'm really not. I'm trying to carry on, but feel like I am losing grip of any progress I'd made. This cannot end too soon.

youtu.be/0GHMl9_7WAI?... Fell in love to this song!

I'm kinda sickened by voyeurism dressed up as virtue. Please, FFS, don't borrow other people's trauma for your own ends.

Finally giving in today and seeking medical help. En route to A & E with latest MH crisis.

Today marks a dozen years since I heard of my Mother's passing. Gee whizz!

Last week was fire. This week? Ashes. #PoemsAbout #NoFuture starts Friday. Write ruin, hopelessness, rage. The end of days or just Tuesday. Don’t post early—fade into the feed. Tag #PoemsAbout. Use Alt Text. Sign up for Saturday prompts: shorturl.at/0Xm7A

Here's Louie, pre and post trim this week.

Reasons to write happier poetry: editing wouldn't be so goddamn harrowing. #ThisPoeticLife #poetry #writing

On Thursday, one of my trickiest students spent her break singing this while I strummed it on guitar. A small moment, but it cut through all the noise and reminded me why the work matters. #MagicTeachingMoment youtu.be/vf4ZXBzbAio?...

Mrs P and I last night ahead of an impromptu Friday night out.

This is the full text of #IWant — a poem from my WIP #FuckMeLikeGraffiti, which dives headfirst into the sexual self. It’s about love, lust, and the edges of intimacy. You can hear me read it over on TikTok. #PoemsAbout #Desire #Sexuality #AltLit #SpokenWord #IndiePoet #PoetryCommunity

Too long for me to post the text really, this is my #PoemsAbout #Desire I read my poem, I Want, here. vm.tiktok.com/ZNdENbt9c/

Daughter made a batch of double chocolate cookies! Nice to come home to.

Thank you to all who made tonight’s first Book Bag Open Mic Session. Absolutely stellar poetry throughout with incredible support and encouragement 🙏. @gillbarr.bsky.social @alanparrywriter.co.uk @helenlaycock.bsky.social @jahshabby.bsky.social @markantonyowen.com @victoriaspires.bsky.social

Last week burned bright. This week: #Desire — ache, hunger, want, undoing. What pulls you toward the flame? New theme begins Friday. Don’t post early. Use Alt Text. Tag #PoemsAbout to be found. For Saturday prompts: shorturl.at/0Xm7A

Am still about, but lurking in the corners. Had some fresh ink done today, and it means a heck of a lot right now! #Recovery

Today was a bad, bad day. I didn't think I'd get through, but I have. Just.

Three poems written for @thetoypress.bsky.social #wordoftheweek and #PoemsAbout prompts on #BBCUpload @chrisarnoldinc.bsky.social this week! Thanks everyone! 😊

Good work sells good work. #CraftOverClout Forget the prize circuits — publish boldly & let real readers do the talking. @katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social's #Trilogy #WifeWidowWitch is proof that integrity & impact will succeed.

I heartily reccomend @alanparrywriter.co.uk's poetry writing workshops for @thebrokenspine.co.uk This afternoon has been super enlightening and useful and generated 2 rather surprising poems for me!!

Cannot recall feeling this healthy physically, 7st 3lb down from Jan 2024, when I had my heart scare. I still want to lose the same again. Working hard to do it. Not easy when suffering so much with mental health at the same time. #WeightlossJourney

Man, maybe take a quick glance at my recent posts on this platform. #Dickhead

I am wearing Monday socks on a Thursday, and I do not give two fucks.

400g of frozen berries for lunch with two tbsp of maple syrup and some mixed spice. I'm such a child.

Kurt Vile is the bollocks!

I've been doing my TikToks.. vm.tiktok.com/ZNdcvqBfM/

dad / daughter / dog

This past week nearly ended me. Last Wednesday was close — the fourth time in a few weeks I’ve felt that way. I’m starting to reach back out, but I’ve had nothing left. Right now it’s just about staying alive, keeping close, & trying to find my way back. ❤️‍🩹

Just love Twin Temple! Got into these quite heavy a few years back and am am digging back in this week. open.spotify.com/track/3Ip8cD...