First copy of "The Aureate Trophies of Profit & Loss" Huge thanks to Aaron Kent for the cover!! It's a cute book about money, greed, corporate life, capitalism, the end of civilization etc Publishes 31st December via @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social Preorder link 👇 tinyurl.com/62p35pbx

A poem on the rise of the far right in the U.K taken from my new collection "The Aureate Trophies of Profit & Loss- and other lyrics for a cold world) It drops on December 31st via broken sleep books ttps://tinyurl.com/2p4ymdf4

So I made the most OTT trailer to accompany my new book "The Aureate Trophies of Profit & Loss" This is my third collection that will drop on the 31st December via Broken Sleep Books Huge thanks to poets Will Alexander, Fran Lock and Rob Kieley for the words Pre-Orders 👇 tinyurl.com/4crn3hkc

An excerpt from my third collection of poems "The Aureate Trophies of Profit & Loss" It publishes on December 31st via Broken Sleep Books and if you fancied getting a copy on or just before the publication date, then you can preorder via the link below 👇 tinyurl.com/62p35pbx

My new collection of poetry "The Aureate Trophies of Profit & Loss" is out on December 31st. Here's what it's about and why I wrote it! 👇

Hello everyone. I haven't posted in a hot minute but i do have some news. Pre-Orders are now open for my third collection of poetry called "The Aureate Trophies of Profit & Loss (and other lyrics for a cold world)" It's out on the 31st December. Preorder link & sample poems here 👇

Have some new designs up in the store. Currently free UK shipping until midnight on Sunday. Grab a tee or a hoodie Or don't...it's all good. www.triedfailed.com

Had a day off work Drew someone hitting themselves with a hammer You're welcome www.triedfailed.com

BOOK NEWS! Coming December 2025 THE AUREATE TROPHIES OF PROFIT & LOSS (and other lyrics for a cold world) Published via @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social this will be my third collection of poetry. Pre-orders will open up sometime in late October/ early November. #poetry #poetsonbluesky #poems

New sticker design for my pals in San Fran. A fun one to draw. I always like doing stuff for friends. Friendship over everything

Most absurd design I've ever drawn.... But it's fun, and it was fun to do, and that's really all that matters! www.triedfailed.com

"I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love, If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles" Walt Whitman Took this photo the other day and it seemed fitting to accompany it with a quote from W.W, and Leaves of Grass in particular

That sinking feeling when someone you work with sends you a line from one of your poems.....🤢

‘Evening contemplation is a sad hammer’ On #sharingsaturday ‘Night Sonnet #1’ by Aaron Kent and Stuart McPherson @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social @godzillakent.bsky.social @stumcpherson.bsky.social Share your poetic inspirations using the top hashtag.

Strange the things you see out of your window.

Stuart McPherson @stumcpherson.bsky.social - a guest reader at @louloumach.bsky.social’s online launch. @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social

'The wind cupped us in its /hands, with taillights' On sharing Saturday, a poem by Stuart McPherson from his 'Silver Branch feature in 2022. @stumcpherson.bsky.social www.blackboughpoetry.com/stuart-mcpherson-november-2022

If I can recommend one poetry book for you to buy over these next few months, it's this one by Martin Hayes and published by @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social Just world class, working class writing. As real as it gets. Exceptional. www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page... #poetsonbluesky #poetry

PREORDER (31.08.2025): Adam Barrett’s The First Thirty Years EP is a taut, propulsive collection that fuses poetic memoir with political indictment, navigating masculinity, class, and grief through the lens of North East England. www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...

PREORDER (31.08.2025): Will Alexander’s Texas Blind Salamander Feelings is a recovered early work whose language pulses with hallucinatory velocity and psychic intensity. www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...

A review by stellar poet @stumcpherson.bsky.social of @louloumach.bsky.social’s ‘I Am Not Light’ - get Louise’s must-have poetry collection www.blackboughpoetry.com/copy-of-regi... #poetry #books #bookclub #poetic #poet #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #writers #writing

December 2025 Sound on! @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social #poetsonbluesky #poetry #poems

New design for all you bookheads.... www.triedfailed.com #poetsonbluesky

Many thanks to Ian Pople for this review of Exit Strategy thehighwindowpress.com/category/rev...? @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social @godzillakent.bsky.social

PREORDER (31.07.2025, @richardnskinner.bsky.social): Richard Skinner’s Undercurrents is a hybrid essay collection that brings together literary criticism, memoir, cultural commentary, and music writing in a loose, associative structure. www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...

PREORDER (30.06.2025): Sue Vickerman’s a suitcaseful of dog is a sharp, darkly funny, and unsentimentally lyrical collection that captures life’s absurdities and devastations with equal intensity. www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...

Delighted that 'girls etc' by Rhian Elizabeth is up for The Wales Book of the Year Award 2025! You can vote for Rhian by following the link below! nation.cymru/culture/vote... #poetry #poetsonbluesky

👀 #poetry #poets #poetsonbkuesky

So grateful to @gathcreator.bsky.social for inviting me to ramble and think aloud about the poetry collection, MY HERESIES, that just came out from @sarabandebooks.bsky.social. ❤️ www.hypertextmag.com/nothing-less...

Forgot what an absolute GOAT Camille Rankine is... #poetry #poetsonbluesky

Today's drawing / design... One for all the Warhammer / D&D heads....

Gotta love Poetry. Submit work. Forget about submission. Wait exactly 1 calendar year. Get rejected..... It's a weird bubble to exist in.

Today's quick drawing / design Anyone get the reference? www.triedfailed.com

Today on #LiftToTheSky I’m boosting @stumcpherson.bsky.social who has 4 collections out with @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social Obligate Carnovore is intense well worth your time and pennies. Check out the other titles from this supportive, creative indie press. www.stumcpherson.com/home-2-2 #poetry

Caught a rainy moment in Sydney

I'm at the airport and have a 23hr flight ahead of me. I guess this is the great thing about poetry- you can write it anywhere! That is unless Home Alone is a movie option. If it is then I'm just watching that.

Happy Birthday @abagoo.bsky.social !! Poem taken from Wild Court. #poetry #poetsonbluesky

"What Sadness Anywhere is Sadness" by Shane McCrae. #poetsonbluesky #poetry

PREORDER (31.05.2025): Elenia Graf’s Conscious Tongues is a visceral, formally inventive collection that undertakes an autopsic exploration of hunger and the body parts it inhabits. www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...

This record is 32 years old and I feel old as f**k. First heard it / saw it on a sub pop VHS in 1992. Finally own a copy all these years later. One of the first bands that introduced me to punk rock as a kid. Still a banger 🔥

He's grumpy and weird but I do love him

This film....this scene....

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Frank Stanford will always be, in my eyes, one of the greatest of all time... #poetsonbluesky #poetry

New design from yesterday. Who WOULDN'T want to get abducted by aliens right now....

Sometimes you gotta wear your own shirt designs www.triedfailed.com

A great review of the @nicholashogg.bsky.social collection "Missing Person" over at London Grip! #poetry #poetsonbluesky

Delighted that Rushika Wick's Horse is on the Jhalak Prize longlist, alongside other brilliant poets including @azad-ashim.bsky.social, @mailbykite.bsky.social, and Nisha Ramayya. www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...

I've been neglecting my reading recently, so I thought i'd start back with the collected poems of Lydia Tomkiw (published by Universal Exports of North America)