Many thanks to the editors of Poetry Scotland for including my poem in issue 111.
This one is part of a sequence I'm working on retelling a particular 1970s country song's narrative - I'm not saying which for now - from the pov of the narrator's girlfriend, who I always felt never got her say.
Tonight!
Brilliant. Thank you :)
A picture of Dave Pitt advertising 'Battered Chip on My Shoulder'. 16th April 2026. 7.30pm. £15. Arena Theatre Wolverhampton. Part of a double bill with Emma Purshouse performing 'It's Honorary, Bab'.
A picture of Emma Purshouse advertising 'It's Honorary, Bab'. 16th April 2026. 7.30pm. £15. Arena Theatre Wolverhampton. Part of a double bill with Dave Pitt 'Battered Chip on my Shoulder'.
These two shows at Arena Theatre 16th April :)
Next Thursday, at Wolverhampton's Arena Theatre you get TWO one-person shows from pandemonialists! @emmapurshouse.bsky.social and @davethepitt.bsky.social will each be performing their full-length Fringe shows. Get your tickets here: wlv.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/... 😊
5 bags of rubbish in pink bin bags by a black litter bin.
A picture of Emma Purshouse advertising a show at Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton on 16th April 2026 at 7.30pm. It's called It's Honorary, Bab - Poet Laureate in a Pandemic and is part of a double bill with Dave Pitt. His show is called 'Battered Chip on my Shoulder'. Here is the booking link if you're interested https://wlv.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873681351
For anybody who saw/heard me talking to myself while I was picking litter this morning I was rehearsing for my one-woman show which is on at Arena Theatre in Wolverhampton on 16th April. It's a five bag show apparently!
This evening (Easter Sunday).
A pink-and-yellow poster, with an image of a smiling woman in a headscarf. Text reads: Yes, We Cant online Zoom event, featuring Abeer Ameer, winner of Forward Prize for best single poem 2025; shortlisted for Wales book of the year 2022. PAYF event. Sunday 5th April, 7.30pm.
We've just sent our open mic poets the Zoom link for Sunday's Yes We Cant, which is going to be amazing! If you'd like to join our audience, drop us a line. 😊
White text on an orange background. Text reads: poetry and nature
Last weekend, @emmapurshouse.bsky.social and @bigstevepoet.bsky.social led a poetry 'walkshop' in a Walsall nature reserve. Read all about it! pandemonialists.substack.com/p/poetry-and...
We've had political discussions before, Martin, it never ends well :)
Thankyou to excellent host @imcmillan.bsky.social Ian McMillan who welcomed so many talented people into Darfield Museum 's Open Mike. Here are a few photos from the evening. Apologies for not capturing everyone:
Poster advertising an online event that's just taken place. Picture of Ann Grant.
I had a lovely time this evening chatting to Ann Grant who was a fabulous guest on 'Unsung'.
Tonight. Get in touch if you'd like to be in the Zoom Room...
This is tomorrow night. And it's going to be amazing. 😊
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As the days grow longer and the seasons turn, our little Black Country town welcomes once again the song of the first ice-cream van of the year, returned from wherever it is they migrate to in winter. #WarmsTheHeartITellYou
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A photo of a gable end wall painted with a deisgn which reads: the future demands your participation. In front of it, orange letters spell out LUTON.
Thank you, Luton. Last night's gig was amazing. 😊
Two images of frost on a window and on trees as background. Text: IS&T FEBRUARY 2026 PICK OF THE MONTH Tim Brookes Stephen Chapell May Garner Louella Lester Rob A. Mackenzie Surmaya Talyarkhan. Bottom right: VOTE decal.
🎉🎉🎉 IS&T's February #PickoftheMonth? Choose from Tim Brookes, Stephen Chapell, May Garner, Louella Lester, Rob A. Mackenzie or Surmaya Talyarkhan. 🎉🎉🎉
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Text on a building in Luton saying 'If you can dream it you must do it'
Flying flamingo sculpture in Luton
Street art of flamingos and a sparkly sculpture in Luton.
Street art on the side of a building that reads 'the future demands your participation' and below it orange cut out lettering standing on the street reading Luton.
2/ And I LOVED Don Diego & the Good Fairy. My fellow @pandemonialists.bsky.social @bigstevepoet.bsky.social and @davethepitt.bsky.social were both brilliant.
Luton have flamingoes (so I did my flamingo poem), and they have lovely street art...
1/ I love performing at spoken word nights in different parts of the country to where I'm based as I get to see performers that I've not seen before. Utter Lutonia was splendid last night. Fantastic hosting by Lee Nelson . Great to meet and hear Karene Horner-Hughes and Cheryl Prince.
A poster with a green background. On one side is an image of a poet sitting writing in their notebook. On the other side, white text reads: Emma Purshouse poetry gigs, March and April 2026. Utter, Luton 05/3; KTeas, Wolverhampton 07/3; Stourbridge 08/3; Dudley 14/3; Ledbury 27/3; Willenhall (walkshop) 28/3; Arena Theatre, Wolves 16/4; Caffe Grande, Dudley 30/4
Want to know where @emmapurshouse.bsky.social is gigging over the next couple of months? Well, you're in luck... 😊
6th March today...so I'm sharing this poem again in memory of the girls and young women who died on this date in 1922 in a factory explosion in Dudley Port in the Black Country. I recorded the poem in 2022.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3v7...
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