Pre-birthday mochas @ Wogan Coffee Roasters this morning with my lovely sis. Happy birthday for Sunday Rachael! xx

Just waiting for my letterbox to clank with some 'incoming'. Bag and travel awaits.

'And with the eschaton of closing time they say a great gleam of softest light will fall. And our children's faceless children will form a circle around us, holding hands. And they will watch us all, opaque-eyed, sinking together, one by one, bubbling down.' @acidbathpublishing.bsky.social

NIGHT TERRORS: An #Anthology of the Drunk & Debaucherous @acidbathpublishing.bsky.social's 5th anthology is a literary orgy of hedonistic pleasures & morning-after penance. Have you bought your copy yet? 🖤 acidbathpublishing.com/product/nigh...

I am reminded that 201 years ago yesterday, 16 July 1824, Lord Byron was buried within his family vault. I felt proud to have honoured Byron on the bicentenary of his death last year with this poem. gothickeatspress.com/byron-collection/o-light-she-was-the-universe-paul-atten-ash

Sharing a recently published piece – 'An Unbroken Tale of Dull Sadness' – as part of the 'Poets' Walk' project, written in response to themes inspired by Coleridge's 'The Eolian Harp'. For all those caught in lasting desolation & swept along in the tragic dance. 🖤 bristolbooks.org/shop/poets-walk

I've struggled with my mental health/well-being for most of my life. Talking therapy has helped in the past but recently things have been incredibly difficult for me. Since starting SSRIs in June I can honestly say that I feel a sense of calm & happiness that I've never experienced before.

Disruptive Verse is a night of poetry, prose and spoken word performance, focused on climate and social justice. We invite poets, writers and speakers who work to promote a liveable future for all. 💚

Been going through difficult times, staying offline as much as possible, and looking to blue skies. Bristol Summer Vibes.

Delighted to have been invited to read at the next Disruptive Verse in Bristol! 💚 Disruptive Verse hdfst.uk/e129045 Disruptive Verse is a night of poetry, prose and spoken word that brings together writers and artists for a powerful evening of performance centred around climate and social justice.

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Happy birthday Mum. I miss you so much. xx

Part II of 'This Sweven Ends', an ode to deep time, to England, to my daughter. I've always loved this image that I captured of the 'Bodach', up on the Mendips. Come to know the bodach perhaps as nature's ancient magus, whispering some dark wisdom unto thee. www.ambientreceiver.org/paul-atten-ash

Part I of 'This Sweven Ends', an ode to deep time, to England, to my son. I've always loved this image that I captured of him 'downy-masked and cocooned', up on White Horse Hill. 'We are late Cretaceous' – we are not outside of nature; we are nature. www.ambientreceiver.org/paul-atten-ash

Delighted to share my deep time two-part poem 'This Sweven Ends' with you all, published in Journal of Creative Ecologies Ambient Receiver iss.2 spring/summer 2025 – with my deepest gratitude to Managing Editor Andrew Hykel Mears for believing in my work. 🖤 www.ambientreceiver.org/paul-atten-ash

The latest Under the Radar is available in a digital edition, arriving straight to your in-box for just £6.99. We've introduced a new DIGITAL subscription. Details about your options: t.co/Wni3tAlON7 PLUS #poetry submissions are now open ninearchespress.com/magazine

As a born & bred West Midlander (Worcesterian), I am so happy to share my two poems published in @poetrybrum.bsky.social Issue 11 – Spring 2025. The PBLJ Spring 2025 issue comprises over 200 pages of poems, essays, interviews, & reviews edited by Naush Sabah. poetrybirmingham.com/store/p/issu...

'Necro Scene' Poetry film by Paul atten Ash Filmed & directed by Amélie Nash vimeo.com/1081429868

So very grateful to Sunday Mornings At The River editor Rebecca Rijsdijk for publishing my poem 'Necro Scene' in the 'Capitalism is a Death Cult' anthology 🖤 Substack: sundaymorningsattheriver.substack.com/p/capitalism... Amazon: amazon.co.uk/dp/9083389340

#EarthDay @earthdayorg.bsky.social

An offering for Earth Day. www.ghostlightlit.com/read.html

Enjoy our feature on Paul atten Ash @northseanavigator.bsky.social - his thoughts, his poetry & art!

We're thrilled to feature the award-winning Paul atten Ash @northseanavigator.bsky.social enjoy an interview with the poet & his creative work at thewingedmoon.substack.com/p/alchemy-of...

Sharing my interview for @thewingedmoon.bsky.social on Substack! 🖤 thewingedmoon.substack.com/p/alchemy-of... 'we hope you’ll enjoy his eloquent responses to our many questions, interspersed with his poetry and art which we are delighted to share with you. settle in for this … fascinating read!'

My 'Poetry Scotland' Issue 109 (Spring 2025) contributor copy has arrived! This piece is part of my 'Marginalia at the Edge of …' quartet: the Avon, the Severn, the Thames, and the Wye. With thanks to the co-editors at Poetry Scotland for showcasing my work. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 poetryscotland.com

A wondrous few days filming & editing new film poem 'Necro Scene' with my daughter. Coming soon! #filmpoem #poetryfilm

Parent/carer friends! FREE session in Bristol this evening to discuss how using the zones of regulation can help support your child with their feelings and emotions. ♥️ Thurs 3rd April at 6:45PM St Annes House, Brislington, BS4 4AB bit.ly/bpcinfosessi...

'Nearly everywhere the political order is reconstituting itself as a form of organization for death.'

Utterly thrilled to share that my two-part poem 'This Sweven Ends' ('I. Mons Albi Equi, Uffington' & 'II. Meyn Dyppa, West Mendip Way') has been accepted for publication in the forthcoming Ambient Receiver #2. 💚 ambientreceiver.org #poet #poets #poem #poetry #ecopoetry #journal #creativeecologies

Honoured that my poem 'Necro Scene' has been selected for publication in the forthcoming Sunday Mornings at the River anthology 'Capitalism is a Death Cult'. 🖤 Stay powerful kids! 🙌🏻 #Necrocene #poem #poetry #poet #poets

Mum, I look at this beautiful photo of you every day and tell you how much I love you. Missing you so very much. xx

Such a magical evening! Thanks so much Louise! @louisepoetical.bsky.social ✨

'HEAR! HEAR! (Chancellor's Spring Statement 26.03.25)' after Edvard Munch's 'Anxiety' (1894) @northseanavigator.bsky.social

'Dagger Sonnet' after Carleton Watkins, ‘Three Brothers, Yosemite Valley’ (1872–75) Paul atten Ash #promptcombo #aura With thanks to @rfsmith.bsky.social for the prompt. 🙏🏻 📷 www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/108E2Z #poetsofsky #blueskypoets #poetrycommunity #poems #poetry #writingcommunity

Just received an acceptance from the co-editors at @poetryscotland.bsky.social 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 for my poem 'Marginalia at the Edge of the Wye'. Woo hoo!! poetryscotland.com

Congratulations, Paul! @northseanavigator.bsky.social

Paul and Olga, both of your poems are so perfectly crafted, every word in its place for emotional impact.

Terribly pleased that @northseanavigator.bsky.social is coming to join us on 29 March for our Smoke and Mirrors readings! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/last-satur... It's going to be a magical night!

Thank you to everyone who shared their wonderful work with us for February's writing competition. We are delighted to announce that the winner is Paul atten Ash @northseanavigator.bsky.social for his poem “Portrait of my Daughter as a Harpy”. Read this issue at: open.substack.com/pub/thewinge...

'Soon you will meet her in the neon gloaming, after the ruby ache of not writing for a long winter, frost flowers in your heart.' 🖤 substack.com/home/post/p-...

Such an honour, thank you! I am over the (winged) moon. 🖤

Acropolis Journal Projects: Our first is Time as Falling Atoms A Poetic exploration of time in relation to experiences of disability, chronic illness, mental health and neurodiversity. If you're interested in taking part please see our site and get in touch, thank you

So honoured to have won the @thewingedmoon.bsky.social 'winged muse' ekphrastic poetry competition. This piece is incredibly dear to me, written during a very difficult time. Congratulations to the commended poets. 🖤 Image: Valerie Hammond ‘Harpy’ (ink on silk, 2024) substack.com/home/post/p-...

You can read the Harpy poems here: thewingedmoon.substack.com/p/harpy-carr...

Wondrous news my friend! Congratulations! And thank you so much for the generous mention—this piece is very dear to me. 🖤 🙌🏻

We are opening submissions on the theme of GRIEF tomorrow! We are looking for poems and short CNF about grief. By this we mean not only the grief for a person/ for people, but also grief for animals, grief for a place, a home, a time, an idea, our health, the world, 🧵

The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press 5th anthology call out is now live! Submissions open 14 Feb for a month. Guest edited by a very excited me, and Bronwen Evans (over on insta). Send us your wee snapshot poems of the beautiful and overlooked. sites.google.com/view/wwwthew...

Calling submissions for our writing competition... a little more than a week till submissions close. 🌷 check out the visual prompt in the link below...

For all those parents/carers out there who are going through this too. I can't begin to tell you just how much I needed to hear this today. @spectrumsloth.bsky.social 🙏🏻 #child #ASC #ASD #ADHD #ADD #mentalhealth #neurodivergence #sensoryprocessing #sensoryintegration #interoception #dysregulation