love this new york times clip. they recently did a story about how sesame street's set has changed over the years, along with our urban politics. IG nytimes

I love this sitting down ‘action shot’ taken by Kirsty Catherell at the wonderful Enrich Festival two weeks ago. A fantastic event, and a treat to share the stage with @agparker.bsky.social & @rickdove.bsky.social for a cheeky preview of the queer crip erotic poetry of @eff-able.bsky.social 💜

Katy Perry like a firework on the rolling news my mind going berserk with “Whitey on the Moon”

This was such a fun day, including an impromptu panel Q&A which proved to me once again the vital role that representation plays. Will say more at some point later, but this whole day was so affirming. Thank you, JP, George, and Enrich.

Still smarting about the fact that my local library platformed a vocal and abusive TERF during their LBGT history month event. This country, ugh.

Mike Godwin has declared an exception to Godwin's Law: www.commondreams.org/news/godwins...

Bit over Meta as a whole but am going to try and cling on. As a last gasp, Hail Mary, I will be promoting my Instagram a bit more. Maybe see you over there? www.instagram.com/rickdove

I’m excited (and slightly nauseous) to say The Guardian is launching Who Wants Normal? into the world with two exclusive extracts from today. This is the most personal thing I’ve ever written but is for anyone going through a tough time with their health. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

While I don’t expect to post many poems during #NaPoWriMo, know that I am working, and I am feeling positive about what is coming so far. The reason for not posting is purely practical (as posts count as publication for some, and while I love y’all, I wasted some good work that way years back).

Edgy Internet Guy™ (2025)

A much needed reminder. From poetryisnotaluxury on Instagram.

Gareth Southgate, "Young men are suffering" "They're feeling isolated" "They're grappling with their masculinity and with their broader place in society" "The culture we create today will shape the kind of men that we inherit tomorrow"

Happy World Poetry Day to all who celebrate. If you’re interested in writing poetry yourself, I hope this poem will be of some use.

Sharing on #WorldPoetryDay, because why not (TBF the official ticket page just went live, so this is the first opportunity it's pure luck it's today... Anyway) My next #poetry feature will be at the always warm and welcoming Everything Poetry 7th April. Tix: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/everything...

It's World Poetry Day! Here's an article that I wrote for the UN to celebrate this year 🌍

💚 proud of the way my party keeps growing - a compelling Green vision of a fairer, saner and more liveable world is badly needed right now. Will you help us make it happen? join.greenparty.org.uk

Random thought: what if this whole thing is about making Long Covid a condition you “could and should have been working with” so that LC claims don’t become the Infected Blood Scandal of the 2030s… “Look at what they *Never* mention, if you want to see hidden intention…”

PIP is Can you look after yourself? Can you get around? To make it fit for purpose for what’s proposed it now has to include: Can you work in this environment? Does your treatment cause inaccessibility? Anything else means life limiting chronic illness and deleterious treatments are ignored.

Dear @faisalislam.bsky.social The “best medicine” is not “a job” The best medicine is MEDICINE That is all. Yours, A disabled and chronically ill viewer who used to respect you.

In between playing Whack-a-Troll with ableists on the internet I was lucky enough, and honoured to be interviewed by a fellow poet about process for a Substack. I said words, they are here (Thank you, Elspeth) #Poetry #PoetsLife #ProTip neurodivergentnotesonwriting.substack.com/p/i-think-it...

Happy St Patrick’s Day ☘️

Been busy on other platforms of late so if we know each other IRL and you’ve snuck on here without me noticing, give me a shout.

Trump’s White House is now doing product placements

“Wow. That’s beautiful. …Everything’s computer”

I will vote for the party that promises to keep Burger King open at service stations all night. When I'm driving back from a gig my choice shouldn't be limited to Costa and WHSmith.

Happy Birthday, Women ✊🏾

Been playing around with editing software and posting things on TikTok This is "Lost and Found in Translation" #Poetry #PoetsLIfe #DisabledArts #DisabledPoet #DisabilityArts www.tiktok.com/@rickdovepoe...

Been playing around with editing software and posting things on TikTok This is "Halo" #Poetry #PoetsLIfe #DisabledArts #DisabledPoet #DisabilityArts www.tiktok.com/@rickdovepoe...

Been playing around with editing software and posting things on TikTok This is "Here Be Dragons" #Poetry #PoetsLIfe #DementiaAwarness #AlzheimersAwareness www.tiktok.com/@rickdovepoe...

Powerful. "No Other Land" director Basel Adra: "We call on the world to take serious actions to stop the injustice and to stop the ethnic cleansing of Palestinian people." 🇵🇸 #Oscars

This post getting 14k likes explains a lot about our politics

Been playing around with editing software and posting things on TikTok This is "Lost and Found in Translation" #Poetry #PoetsLIfe #DisabledArts #DisabledPoet #DisabilityArts www.tiktok.com/@rickdovepoe...

Been playing around with editing software and posting things on TikTok This is "Halo" #Poetry #PoetsLIfe #DisabledArts #DisabledPoet #DisabilityArts www.tiktok.com/@rickdovepoe...

Been playing around with editing software and posting things on TikTok This is "Here Be Dragons" #Poetry #PoetsLIfe #DementiaAwarness #AlzheimersAwareness www.tiktok.com/@rickdovepoe...

Twitter won't die easily, all the middle-aged men who made their five-digit follower count their entire personality and are addicted to one-liner quippy comment-based conversations with five other similar guys will carry it into the solar death of the universe.

WE JUST GOT DOGE’D no funding for this year. We have to cancel the program and email 450 applicants there will be no REU program in physics at MSU. First time in 20+ years. I’m fucking livid, y’all.

I have some fun dates coming up... 11th March - Poetry Feature - Words at the Glitch - The Glitch, Waterloo 13th March - Speaker Panel - Anti-Ableist - TBA, Brick Lane 7th April - Poetry Feature - TBA, Waterloo 26th April - Poetry Feature - Enrich Festival - Palace Theatre, Watford

Really looking forward to this. Carys is good people, The Glitch is a gorgeous intimate venue and all that is missing is the open-mic crew, is that you?

Playing my first full feature set of 2025 at the brand new, Words at The Glitch poetry open-mic night. 11th March 2025 It is a gorgeous LGBT+ space, intimate and central (Waterloo, London). Come through! #PoetsOfBluesky #Poetry #PoetsLife

Biological essentialism and all its accompanying prejudices will ride in alongside “pretty privilege”, so no, it isn’t “harmless”.

“there are Neville Chamberlain’s in every generation” George Monbiot’s takedown of Matt Goodwin and the Reform party is a thing of beauty 👏 #bbcqt

Land for peace. Works every time ... 🙄

Unsolicited writing advice, no. #439: Everyone has a past; parents; a childhood; a birthplace. That goes for fictional characters, too. If you don't know a person's origins, you can't understand the person. Even if they're hiding the facts, you, the author, need to know what they're hiding, and why.

Normalize pronouncing DOGE as DOUCHE.

They suck equally hard.

True.

Oops 😬