My 14 yr old son 'Mum, does this look good?'
Me 'Yes, you always look good, my dear'
Him 'That's why I don't usually ask you'

It's pretty funny to see OpenAI complaining that DeepSeek used its work without permission. You wouldn't make it up.

better, i think, when i work on a poem, to believe i have something to learn rather than something to say

Live shot of 2025 getting settled in Barcelona

💜

Terrible news. Sarah was a wonderful poet and the poetry community will feel her absence. I'm so sorry for your loss.

Orange tabby cat curled up asleep

Catball!!

Do not, under any circumstances, hold 2025’s beer

Hi,

I'm Anthony Etherin, and I write constraint-based poetry. Like this:

VOLCANO (Palindrome)

A vale,
sirenic.

Its alps
a red net’s atlas;
a bared, nude summit,
pure.

Pools loop, erupt.
I’m mused —

Under a basalt
as tender as plasticine,
rise, lava.

Push the Boundaries: Submit to #SelectedPoetry – Opening December 2025 - The Broken Spine The Broken Spine is accepting submissions for our #SelectedPoetry series this December 2025. We’re looking for bold, contemporary poetry that pushes

We're thrilled to announce that submissions are now OPEN for our #SelectedPoetry series—an online-only showcase celebrating boundary-pushing, thought-provoking poetry!

Join us in redefining the poetic landscape. Deadline: December 2024.

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Keep on keeping on

"Dzifa Benson and Alice Stainer Plus Open Mic" at Online Tickets are now available for Dzifa Benson and Alice Stainer Plus Open Mic at Online, Online on Monday 2nd December 2024 at 7:00PM. Click the link for further information and to secure your tickets now!

We are so excited to welcome Dzifa Benson to Cheltenham Poetry Festival's December 2nd online lounge. Dzifa will be reading from her long-awaited debut, Monster.

Tickets from: www.ticketsource.co.uk/cheltenhampo...

Also reading will be @alicestainer.bsky.social Alice Stainer

Might try to make a thread here of my erasure rejections this year.

The 10 best graphic novels of 2024 These beautifully designed and illustrated books take readers into forgotten insurrections, the dreamy depths of childhood, a lost Sunday and more.

Wowowow!!! Just found out the @washingtonpost.com listed my book FRENCH GIRL @fieldmousepress.bsky.social as one of The 10 best graphic novels of 2024!!! www.washingtonpost.com/books/2024/1...

It was the Busta Rhymes
It was the Wusta Rhymes

Love these!

Shoutout to the formidable older ladies at my gym, insulting one another cheerfully and cackling with laughter at 8 in the morning in the changing room after their water fitness class

This actually made me homesick!

James! Same. I have been pretty absent on social media recently, but I'm trying again. Congrats on the book!

Been thinking about this poem since I read it a couple of days ago 🔥🔥

I don't love you as if you were rare earth metals,
conflict diamonds, or reserves of crude oil that cause
war. I love you as one loves the most vulnerable
species: urgently, between the habitat and its loss.

- Craig Santos Perez

www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/154804...

Scupture of a face on a large rock in the forest, Catalonia

Bark of a pine tree

Toadstools between fallen pine needles

Heart-shaped leaf in the woods

A walk in the woods today 🍁🍂🍄‍🟫

Fab Corinna, thanks!

Hey Roger! Good to see you over here!

Marvellous! 👏🏻👏🏻

Not good at self-promo but if, if, if you're into poems about inner states and relationships...

Could you add me too if possible, please?

Bless you, Lucy!

Yay, Jenny! Glad to find you on here 🌿

Wonderful class again tonight, Anna! Thanks so much for the inspiration