“I try to forget violence. but isn’t art
all about spectacle?”
my recent poems, written in despair, while witnessing and losing & deep in darkness, circle questions of commodification & capitalism. this is a system that causes pain, thrives on our hurt & refuses to see even amidst all the scrolling
all about spectacle?”
my recent poems, written in despair, while witnessing and losing & deep in darkness, circle questions of commodification & capitalism. this is a system that causes pain, thrives on our hurt & refuses to see even amidst all the scrolling
November 17, 2025 at 10:28 AM
“I try to forget violence. but isn’t art
all about spectacle?”
my recent poems, written in despair, while witnessing and losing & deep in darkness, circle questions of commodification & capitalism. this is a system that causes pain, thrives on our hurt & refuses to see even amidst all the scrolling
all about spectacle?”
my recent poems, written in despair, while witnessing and losing & deep in darkness, circle questions of commodification & capitalism. this is a system that causes pain, thrives on our hurt & refuses to see even amidst all the scrolling
thinking back to when I used to write poetry maybe clumsily, but with a real, untameable passion. every image, every sensation, was brand new. every line was a portal, even if just back to myself. the poems are possibly better now, but sometimes they feel empty, lacking in vigour, lacking in life.
October 29, 2025 at 8:07 AM
thinking back to when I used to write poetry maybe clumsily, but with a real, untameable passion. every image, every sensation, was brand new. every line was a portal, even if just back to myself. the poems are possibly better now, but sometimes they feel empty, lacking in vigour, lacking in life.
I've written a little bit about grief [spoiler, it's lonely and unbearable] in this kind of fragmentary short piece about waves.
open.substack.com/pub/elsewher...
open.substack.com/pub/elsewher...
October 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I've written a little bit about grief [spoiler, it's lonely and unbearable] in this kind of fragmentary short piece about waves.
open.substack.com/pub/elsewher...
open.substack.com/pub/elsewher...
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We stand in solidarity with our trans siblings and are united in our anger at the Supreme Court ruling & EHRC update.
Trans, non-binary and intersex people are facing exclusion from basic aspects of public life.
Please read this thread that contains recommendations and calls to action.
Trans, non-binary and intersex people are facing exclusion from basic aspects of public life.
Please read this thread that contains recommendations and calls to action.
May 28, 2025 at 7:36 AM
We stand in solidarity with our trans siblings and are united in our anger at the Supreme Court ruling & EHRC update.
Trans, non-binary and intersex people are facing exclusion from basic aspects of public life.
Please read this thread that contains recommendations and calls to action.
Trans, non-binary and intersex people are facing exclusion from basic aspects of public life.
Please read this thread that contains recommendations and calls to action.
I will never, ever understand people who put alignment with institutions and literary organisations before Gaza. Who trade silence for opportunity. Who publish so many words in their books but, when it comes down to it, truly say nothing at all.
May 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I will never, ever understand people who put alignment with institutions and literary organisations before Gaza. Who trade silence for opportunity. Who publish so many words in their books but, when it comes down to it, truly say nothing at all.
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BREAKING: An Israeli airstrike on a school-turned-shelter has killed at least 25 Palestinians, mostly women and children, Gaza's Health Ministry said. The school was hit three times while people slept, setting their belongings ablaze, they added.
Israeli strike on school-turned-shelter in Gaza kills 25, medics say
An Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter in the Gaza Strip has killed at least 25 people, mostly women and children, according to the territory’s Health Ministry.
bit.ly
May 26, 2025 at 5:22 AM
BREAKING: An Israeli airstrike on a school-turned-shelter has killed at least 25 Palestinians, mostly women and children, Gaza's Health Ministry said. The school was hit three times while people slept, setting their belongings ablaze, they added.
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It was a great and timely reminder that our published work is out in the world making essential connections, even if we don't see it. Amazing to think of those books travelling to Finland. Also to see my poetry being taught in good company with @alycia.bsky.social and @reshmaruia.bsky.social.
May 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
It was a great and timely reminder that our published work is out in the world making essential connections, even if we don't see it. Amazing to think of those books travelling to Finland. Also to see my poetry being taught in good company with @alycia.bsky.social and @reshmaruia.bsky.social.
have an exciting meeting about my manuscript in progress next week - and suddenly everything about it feels real 🌱
May 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
have an exciting meeting about my manuscript in progress next week - and suddenly everything about it feels real 🌱
trying to simultaneously (re)read 4 books at a time because I can't choose where to begin
April 21, 2025 at 8:42 AM
trying to simultaneously (re)read 4 books at a time because I can't choose where to begin
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Megathread of pro-trans petitions on Parliament’s petition website. If Labour suddenly gets hit with debates for a bunch of pro-trans petitions, maybe they’ll realise this issue isn’t going away and they’ve fucked up.
I’ll add more as I find them.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
I’ll add more as I find them.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
April 18, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Megathread of pro-trans petitions on Parliament’s petition website. If Labour suddenly gets hit with debates for a bunch of pro-trans petitions, maybe they’ll realise this issue isn’t going away and they’ve fucked up.
I’ll add more as I find them.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
I’ll add more as I find them.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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No transphobic court ruling, no bigot in charge of NHS, no billionaire media can indefinitely hold back the fierce tides of love and joy and courage that is queer community and solidarity. These are the desperate gasps of a dying era, one we will survive.
Love & solidarity, today and every day 🏳️⚧️
Love & solidarity, today and every day 🏳️⚧️
The boundaries of womanhood have always been policed & politicised by the powerful & narrow minded: we have, & we will continue to, dismantle their world. We will make it new.
Beyond headlines & hate are people, trans & nonbinary people, whose very existence expands, reimagines & enriches our world
Beyond headlines & hate are people, trans & nonbinary people, whose very existence expands, reimagines & enriches our world
April 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
No transphobic court ruling, no bigot in charge of NHS, no billionaire media can indefinitely hold back the fierce tides of love and joy and courage that is queer community and solidarity. These are the desperate gasps of a dying era, one we will survive.
Love & solidarity, today and every day 🏳️⚧️
Love & solidarity, today and every day 🏳️⚧️
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The Supreme Court sided with FWS.
But it didn’t hear from a single trans person.
This ruling sets a dangerous precedent and erases trans women from protections. It puts trans rights back 20 years.
We won't stop fighting for trans rights 🏳️⚧️
But it didn’t hear from a single trans person.
This ruling sets a dangerous precedent and erases trans women from protections. It puts trans rights back 20 years.
We won't stop fighting for trans rights 🏳️⚧️
April 16, 2025 at 9:19 AM
The Supreme Court sided with FWS.
But it didn’t hear from a single trans person.
This ruling sets a dangerous precedent and erases trans women from protections. It puts trans rights back 20 years.
We won't stop fighting for trans rights 🏳️⚧️
But it didn’t hear from a single trans person.
This ruling sets a dangerous precedent and erases trans women from protections. It puts trans rights back 20 years.
We won't stop fighting for trans rights 🏳️⚧️
Reposted by Alycia Pirmohamed
Every climate justice writer belongs in their union.
The Society of Authors claims to be committed to sustainability. But climate justice is about more than sustainable sources of paper – it’s about power. In calling for individual authors to hold their publishers to account, the SoA is… [1]
The Society of Authors claims to be committed to sustainability. But climate justice is about more than sustainable sources of paper – it’s about power. In calling for individual authors to hold their publishers to account, the SoA is… [1]
April 16, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Every climate justice writer belongs in their union.
The Society of Authors claims to be committed to sustainability. But climate justice is about more than sustainable sources of paper – it’s about power. In calling for individual authors to hold their publishers to account, the SoA is… [1]
The Society of Authors claims to be committed to sustainability. But climate justice is about more than sustainable sources of paper – it’s about power. In calling for individual authors to hold their publishers to account, the SoA is… [1]
Please donate what you can 🫶🏽
April 14, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Please donate what you can 🫶🏽
growing up is realising that the better your activism & organising & advocacy work is for your CV, the less effective it is at changing the status quo of systemic oppression
April 13, 2025 at 8:33 AM
growing up is realising that the better your activism & organising & advocacy work is for your CV, the less effective it is at changing the status quo of systemic oppression
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Landscapes and journeys both real & imagined, legends & the truest of true stories, unfurl in the poems of #AnuLakhan (The Proper Care of Knives) and @alycia.bsky.social (Another Way to Split Water). Hosted by @novelniche.bsky.social & supported by the British Council.
#bocas2025 #alwayscominghome
#bocas2025 #alwayscominghome
April 12, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Landscapes and journeys both real & imagined, legends & the truest of true stories, unfurl in the poems of #AnuLakhan (The Proper Care of Knives) and @alycia.bsky.social (Another Way to Split Water). Hosted by @novelniche.bsky.social & supported by the British Council.
#bocas2025 #alwayscominghome
#bocas2025 #alwayscominghome
There's sooo much I want to do and replying to endless emails is not one of them 😭
April 11, 2025 at 10:34 AM
There's sooo much I want to do and replying to endless emails is not one of them 😭
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What creative instruments does nature give us, to shape and reflect on the world we inhabit? Guide your environmentally informed writing to its next level with @jallenpaisant.bsky.social and @alycia.bsky.social Pirmohamed: bocaslitfest.com/events/this-...
#bocas2025 @britishcouncil.bsky.social
#bocas2025 @britishcouncil.bsky.social
April 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM
What creative instruments does nature give us, to shape and reflect on the world we inhabit? Guide your environmentally informed writing to its next level with @jallenpaisant.bsky.social and @alycia.bsky.social Pirmohamed: bocaslitfest.com/events/this-...
#bocas2025 @britishcouncil.bsky.social
#bocas2025 @britishcouncil.bsky.social
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I have a new poem up in @anthro-poetry.bsky.social 💙
Inspired by the work of Sara Ahmed, 'Encounters' reflects on the doubling, dividing, stretching, and contracting of migrant bodies as they move from place to place, room to room, stanza to stanza.
www.anthropocenepoetry.org/post/encount...
Inspired by the work of Sara Ahmed, 'Encounters' reflects on the doubling, dividing, stretching, and contracting of migrant bodies as they move from place to place, room to room, stanza to stanza.
www.anthropocenepoetry.org/post/encount...
April 8, 2025 at 3:57 AM
I have a new poem up in @anthro-poetry.bsky.social 💙
Inspired by the work of Sara Ahmed, 'Encounters' reflects on the doubling, dividing, stretching, and contracting of migrant bodies as they move from place to place, room to room, stanza to stanza.
www.anthropocenepoetry.org/post/encount...
Inspired by the work of Sara Ahmed, 'Encounters' reflects on the doubling, dividing, stretching, and contracting of migrant bodies as they move from place to place, room to room, stanza to stanza.
www.anthropocenepoetry.org/post/encount...
Reposted by Alycia Pirmohamed
It's wrong to send Americans to an overseas megaprison. It's wrong to send non-Americans to an oversea megaprison. It's wrong whether they committed a crime or not. It's wrong whether they have been sentenced for a crime or not. Cruel and unusual punishment is wrong. Concentration camps are wrong.
April 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
It's wrong to send Americans to an overseas megaprison. It's wrong to send non-Americans to an oversea megaprison. It's wrong whether they committed a crime or not. It's wrong whether they have been sentenced for a crime or not. Cruel and unusual punishment is wrong. Concentration camps are wrong.
Reposted by Alycia Pirmohamed
“In some photographs I am a silhouette
and only make out the vague curvature of my questions.”
and only make out the vague curvature of my questions.”
I have a new poem up in @anthro-poetry.bsky.social 💙
Inspired by the work of Sara Ahmed, 'Encounters' reflects on the doubling, dividing, stretching, and contracting of migrant bodies as they move from place to place, room to room, stanza to stanza.
www.anthropocenepoetry.org/post/encount...
Inspired by the work of Sara Ahmed, 'Encounters' reflects on the doubling, dividing, stretching, and contracting of migrant bodies as they move from place to place, room to room, stanza to stanza.
www.anthropocenepoetry.org/post/encount...
April 8, 2025 at 12:59 PM
“In some photographs I am a silhouette
and only make out the vague curvature of my questions.”
and only make out the vague curvature of my questions.”
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“In some dreams I lay my subject across the garden.
We face one another. I hand her my rivers.
New women sprout with wet hair.” 🩵
We face one another. I hand her my rivers.
New women sprout with wet hair.” 🩵
I have a new poem up in @anthro-poetry.bsky.social 💙
Inspired by the work of Sara Ahmed, 'Encounters' reflects on the doubling, dividing, stretching, and contracting of migrant bodies as they move from place to place, room to room, stanza to stanza.
www.anthropocenepoetry.org/post/encount...
Inspired by the work of Sara Ahmed, 'Encounters' reflects on the doubling, dividing, stretching, and contracting of migrant bodies as they move from place to place, room to room, stanza to stanza.
www.anthropocenepoetry.org/post/encount...
April 8, 2025 at 4:30 AM
“In some dreams I lay my subject across the garden.
We face one another. I hand her my rivers.
New women sprout with wet hair.” 🩵
We face one another. I hand her my rivers.
New women sprout with wet hair.” 🩵
I have a new poem up in @anthro-poetry.bsky.social 💙
Inspired by the work of Sara Ahmed, 'Encounters' reflects on the doubling, dividing, stretching, and contracting of migrant bodies as they move from place to place, room to room, stanza to stanza.
www.anthropocenepoetry.org/post/encount...
Inspired by the work of Sara Ahmed, 'Encounters' reflects on the doubling, dividing, stretching, and contracting of migrant bodies as they move from place to place, room to room, stanza to stanza.
www.anthropocenepoetry.org/post/encount...
April 8, 2025 at 3:57 AM
I have a new poem up in @anthro-poetry.bsky.social 💙
Inspired by the work of Sara Ahmed, 'Encounters' reflects on the doubling, dividing, stretching, and contracting of migrant bodies as they move from place to place, room to room, stanza to stanza.
www.anthropocenepoetry.org/post/encount...
Inspired by the work of Sara Ahmed, 'Encounters' reflects on the doubling, dividing, stretching, and contracting of migrant bodies as they move from place to place, room to room, stanza to stanza.
www.anthropocenepoetry.org/post/encount...
Reposted by Alycia Pirmohamed
Today on Anthropocene new poetry by @alycia.bsky.social
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https://www.anthropocenepoetry.org/post/encounters-by-alycia-pirmohamed
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April 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Today on Anthropocene new poetry by @alycia.bsky.social
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