Fancy some Poetry in Motion @imcmillan.bsky.social @brianbilston.bsky.social? Why not ride with @rideleicester.bsky.social's poet laureate, #MrShay, on Saturday morning? Spoke 'n Words. Stanzas @ Bike Stands. Meet at the #TownHall at 10.
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The gnome research was taking too long.
A poster advertising my forthcoming festival appearances: 28 Apr: Guernsey: Literature Festival 30 Apr: Wrexham Carnival of Words 1 May: Tunbridge Wells Literary Festival (sold out) 2 May: Dorchester-on-Thames Festival 9 May: Filey Literature Festival 3 Jun: Leek Arts Festival 4 Jun: Chester Literature Festival 6 Jun: Nottingham Poetry Festival
A poster advertising my Edinburgh Fringe shows, 24-30 Aug.
Starting next week, I’ll be out and about reading poems at various festivals: Guernsey, Wrexham, Tunbridge Wells, Dorchester-on-Thames & Filey.
Leek, Chester & Nottingham follow in June; Edinburgh Fringe in Aug; Morecambe in Sept.
Tickets here if you fancy one of these:
brianbilston.com/events/
Thanks, Angie!
I’m not convinced Liz Berry has written a poem with that title. I suspect it’s more AI misinformation.
A poster advertising my forthcoming festival appearances: 28 Apr: Guernsey: Literature Festival 30 Apr: Wrexham Carnival of Words 1 May: Tunbridge Wells Literary Festival (sold out) 2 May: Dorchester-on-Thames Festival 9 May: Filey Literature Festival 3 Jun: Leek Arts Festival 4 Jun: Chester Literature Festival 6 Jun: Nottingham Poetry Festival
A poster advertising my Edinburgh Fringe shows, 24-30 Aug.
Starting next week, I’ll be out and about reading poems at various festivals: Guernsey, Wrexham, Tunbridge Wells, Dorchester-on-Thames & Filey.
Leek, Chester & Nottingham follow in June; Edinburgh Fringe in Aug; Morecambe in Sept.
Tickets here if you fancy one of these:
brianbilston.com/events/
Not really. I’m just messing around.
Thanks, Sally.
I’m planning a whole collection based around that theme.
It sounds like you’re very much in love with your spatula. I’m not sure I could do such a poem justice.
Ha! You’re welcome to them. There’s enough here to keep you all going for a few years.
If ChatGPT says so, then it must be true. I’d better get writing them then.
Index of Poems I Shall Never Write (Don’t Tell Me About) Your Brand New Podcast p. 42 At the Alphabetti Spaghetti World Championship Final p. 32 Bad Hare Day p. 40 Easy Peelers are Not the Only Fruit p. 52 I’m in Love with the Woman in the Green Cardigan in the BBC Question Time Audience p. 58 Kim Kardiganashian p. 45 Life Hacked p. 60 Linked In, Dropped Out p. 27 Mister Krankie Meets the Clambake King p. 14 Nocturnal Blossoms: Petals of the Moon p. 18 On Sleeping in a Dudley Travelodge p. 68 On Waking in a Dudley Travelodge p. 3 Poem for Silt Awareness Day p. 6 She Never Did Care for Hollyhocks p. 23 Shit! It’s Jeremy Clarkson! p. 1 Sixty-Four Failed Attempts to Guess a Wi-Fi Password p. 64 Taking Cocaine with Wendy Cope p. 9 Ten Unexpected Items to Find in a Bagging Area p. 50 The Last But One Will and Testament of Brian Horatio Bilston p. 55 Third Wordle War p. 47 Untitled p. 21 What We Currently Know and Don’t Know about Gnomes p. 31 Whither the linnet? p. 10 Yes, I Know It’s Called ‘Petrichor’ p. 34 Your Spatula p. 37 Brian Bilston
Today’s poem is called ‘Index of Poems I Shall Never Write’.
No offence taken. Thank you.
You’re very welcome.
:-(
Ha! Relatable content.
Damn. I didn’t know you were on BlueSky.
Terrific. See you there, Sandra.
Excellent. Although I’m not sure they will let you bring takeaway curry into the theatre.
Thanks very much.
:-(
I’ll be in Bude but that’s as far west as I’m getting this year.
The Cost of Loving I love you more than life itself but I swear I’ll love you better if you let me turn the heating off and you wear another sweater. I cannot get enough of you – I’m completely in your thrall. I love to watch you bending over to unplug the telly at the wall. Yes, you’re the only one for me, my sweet and fragrant flower – now you’ve ditched your daily bath for a cost-efficient shower. Make no mistake, I love you loads, you send my head into a spin. Our cycle’s set to eco-wash: let’s cram as much as we can in. My cup of love’s full to the brim, it overflows, my petal. So make yourself a brew with me, but don’t overfill the kettle.
Today’s poem is called ‘The Cost of Loving’.
Tunbridge Wells, Corsham, both Oxford shows and the first Bellaghy show have now sold out. Just a few tickets left for Loughborough, Pocklington, Helmsley, Deal, Leek and Filey.
Tickets available here: brianbilston.com/events/
It’s never too early to start dreading Monday.
Ha ha!
That’s a good one!
A pic advertising my list of shows for my autumn 2026 tour: Aberdeen; Aberystwyth; Bakewell; Bellaghy; Bridport; Bristol; Bude; Bury St Edmonds; Cardiff; Cardigan; Chorley; Colchester; Corsham; Coventry; Croydon; Darwen; Deal; Exeter; Glasgow; Guildford; Harpenden; Helmsley; Kidderminster; Leeds; Liverpool; London; Loughborough; Malton; Manchester; Monmouth; Newark; Norwich; Oxford; Pocklington; Sheffield; Stamford; Stirling; Stroud; Sunderland; Ulverston; Winchester; Worthing.
A poster advertising my festival appearances for 2026.
A poster advertising my shows at the Edinburgh Fringe between 24th and 30th August.
A reminder that if any of you are reading ‘How to Lay an Egg with a Horse Inside’ and are thinking ‘I’d really like to see a show based on that book, in which the author reads some poems from it, while making acute observations of the human condition’, then there’s a show which does exactly that.
Thanks, Linda