Joe Williams
@joewilliamswriter.bsky.social
Writer, poet, performer, event manager, idiot. Leeds, UK. Author of 'The Taking Part', 'An Otley Run' and others. Occasional contributor of stupid letters to Viz. Available for gigs, workshops, commissions, hosting, etc. https://joewilliams.co.uk/
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We're back at the Chemic in Leeds for another Chemistry on Friday 28 November. Headliners Kristina Diprose and Matt Nicholson. Has anyone been working on a Titanium or Ti poem?
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Chemistry 22: Matt Nicholson, Kristina Diprose, and Ti for Titanium
Event by Chemistry Poetry on Friday, November 28 2025
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November 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
We're back at the Chemic in Leeds for another Chemistry on Friday 28 November. Headliners Kristina Diprose and Matt Nicholson. Has anyone been working on a Titanium or Ti poem?
www.facebook.com/events/10370...
www.facebook.com/events/10370...
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More #poetry and #spokenword, this Friday at the Chemic Tavern in #Leeds. Featuring Elisabeth Sennitt Clough, @jamiethrasivoulou.bsky.social, and open mic. Come!
www.leedsinspired.co.uk/events/chemi...
www.leedsinspired.co.uk/events/chemi...
Chemistry 21: Elisabeth Sennitt Clough, Jamie Thrasivoulou, and Sc for Scandium | Leeds Inspired
Chemistry returns to the Chemic on Friday 26 September, with another night of poetry and spoken word, two brilliant headliners and our usual amazing open mic. This time round our headliners are Forwar...
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September 23, 2025 at 11:56 AM
More #poetry and #spokenword, this Friday at the Chemic Tavern in #Leeds. Featuring Elisabeth Sennitt Clough, @jamiethrasivoulou.bsky.social, and open mic. Come!
www.leedsinspired.co.uk/events/chemi...
www.leedsinspired.co.uk/events/chemi...
I see President Xi Jinping has spent his day in the company of massive weapons.
September 3, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I see President Xi Jinping has spent his day in the company of massive weapons.
Thanks everyone who came along on Tuesday. Brilliant sets from @wendypratt.bsky.social and Liz McPherson, and a great open mic too. Thanks for having us, Chapel Allerton Arts Festival!
Last night I returned to poetry for a while, and it was blissful.
Chapel Allerton, as part of the arts festival.
Welcomed back to the poetry community. Found it very moving and exhilarating to get in front of an audience again.
Thank you x
Chapel Allerton, as part of the arts festival.
Welcomed back to the poetry community. Found it very moving and exhilarating to get in front of an audience again.
Thank you x
August 29, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Thanks everyone who came along on Tuesday. Brilliant sets from @wendypratt.bsky.social and Liz McPherson, and a great open mic too. Thanks for having us, Chapel Allerton Arts Festival!
My new email newsletter is going out later this afternoon. When socials seem to be more full of ads and junk than ever, it's the most reliable way of finding out what I've got going on with writing and events stuff. Sign up on my website if you want to join the list.
August 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
My new email newsletter is going out later this afternoon. When socials seem to be more full of ads and junk than ever, it's the most reliable way of finding out what I've got going on with writing and events stuff. Sign up on my website if you want to join the list.
We're launching this anthology at Heart in Headingley on Friday. Come and join us! Note the ticket price includes a copy of the book. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/there-are-...
There Are Only So Many Ways You Can Write About Fruit anthology launch
An evening of performance to launch the long-anticipated anthology, There Are Only So Many Ways You Can Write About Fruit
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August 17, 2025 at 12:11 PM
We're launching this anthology at Heart in Headingley on Friday. Come and join us! Note the ticket price includes a copy of the book. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/there-are-...
I'm hosting a poetry event as part of Chapel Allerton Arts Festival next month. Tuesday 26 August at Brew+Bao on Stainbeck Lane. Headliner will be the wonderful @wendypratt.bsky.social, supported by Liz McPherson, plus an open mic. Come! chapelallerton.org.uk/poetry/
Poetry – Chapel Allerton Arts Festival
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August 4, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I'm hosting a poetry event as part of Chapel Allerton Arts Festival next month. Tuesday 26 August at Brew+Bao on Stainbeck Lane. Headliner will be the wonderful @wendypratt.bsky.social, supported by Liz McPherson, plus an open mic. Come! chapelallerton.org.uk/poetry/
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Thanks to everyone for coming along last night! We're back on Friday 26 September, with headliners @jamiethrasivoulou.bsky.social and Elisabeth Sennitt Clough. The optional theme is Sc for Scandium. See you then!
July 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Thanks to everyone for coming along last night! We're back on Friday 26 September, with headliners @jamiethrasivoulou.bsky.social and Elisabeth Sennitt Clough. The optional theme is Sc for Scandium. See you then!
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10 days to go!
Chemistry is back at the Chemic Tavern in Leeds on the 25th, with @rosiegarlandwriter.bsky.social and a double act appearance from @markconnors.bsky.social and @gillconnors.bsky.social. Plus the usual open mic, and an optional theme of Ca for Calcium. www.leedsinspired.co.uk/events/chemi...
Chemistry 20: Rosie Garland, Mark & Gill Connors, and Ca for Calcium | Leeds Inspired
Chemistry returns to the Chemic on Friday 25 July, with another night of poetry and spoken word, not two but THREE brilliant headliners and our amazing open mic. This time round our headliners are got...
www.leedsinspired.co.uk
July 15, 2025 at 10:48 AM
10 days to go!
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Chemistry is back at the Chemic Tavern in Leeds on the 25th, with @rosiegarlandwriter.bsky.social and a double act appearance from @markconnors.bsky.social and @gillconnors.bsky.social. Plus the usual open mic, and an optional theme of Ca for Calcium. www.leedsinspired.co.uk/events/chemi...
Chemistry 20: Rosie Garland, Mark & Gill Connors, and Ca for Calcium | Leeds Inspired
Chemistry returns to the Chemic on Friday 25 July, with another night of poetry and spoken word, not two but THREE brilliant headliners and our amazing open mic. This time round our headliners are got...
www.leedsinspired.co.uk
July 3, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Chemistry is back at the Chemic Tavern in Leeds on the 25th, with @rosiegarlandwriter.bsky.social and a double act appearance from @markconnors.bsky.social and @gillconnors.bsky.social. Plus the usual open mic, and an optional theme of Ca for Calcium. www.leedsinspired.co.uk/events/chemi...
Save the date! I'll be hosting a poetry night at Chapel Allerton Arts Festival, with two guest poets and an open mic. Tuesday 26 August at Brew + Bao on Stainbeck Lane. More details to follow nearer the time, but get it in your diaries now!
July 2, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Save the date! I'll be hosting a poetry night at Chapel Allerton Arts Festival, with two guest poets and an open mic. Tuesday 26 August at Brew + Bao on Stainbeck Lane. More details to follow nearer the time, but get it in your diaries now!
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I seem to have got a week or two behind with plugging #DoubleDactyl of the Week. So here is a double header from Joe Williams and Sian Lang. Double dactyls – erudite and stretched real tight…
June 22, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I seem to have got a week or two behind with plugging #DoubleDactyl of the Week. So here is a double header from Joe Williams and Sian Lang. Double dactyls – erudite and stretched real tight…
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Another one of mine in Double Dactyl of the Week, this time on the subject of Oscar Pistorius.
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Double Dactyl of the Week
Week #132 Shadery bladery,Oscar Pistorius.Was it deliberate?That was the Q. Faced with the evidenceIncontrovertible,Still claimed his innocence.Well, wouldn’t you? (Joe Williams)
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June 15, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Another one of mine in Double Dactyl of the Week, this time on the subject of Oscar Pistorius.
doubledactyls.wordpress.com/2025/06/12/d...
doubledactyls.wordpress.com/2025/06/12/d...
Another one of mine in Double Dactyl of the Week, this time on the subject of Oscar Pistorius.
doubledactyls.wordpress.com/2025/06/12/d...
doubledactyls.wordpress.com/2025/06/12/d...
Double Dactyl of the Week
Week #132 Shadery bladery,Oscar Pistorius.Was it deliberate?That was the Q. Faced with the evidenceIncontrovertible,Still claimed his innocence.Well, wouldn’t you? (Joe Williams)
doubledactyls.wordpress.com
June 15, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Another one of mine in Double Dactyl of the Week, this time on the subject of Oscar Pistorius.
doubledactyls.wordpress.com/2025/06/12/d...
doubledactyls.wordpress.com/2025/06/12/d...
I'm headlining at Grand Plans in Linthwaite today, alongside Neil Clarkson and an open mic. 6pm start at the Sair Inn. Come! www.facebook.com/events/the-s...
Grand Plans with Neil Clarkson and Joe Williams
Event in Huddersfield, United Kingdom by Sarah L Dixon on Sunday, June 8 2025
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June 8, 2025 at 10:54 AM
I'm headlining at Grand Plans in Linthwaite today, alongside Neil Clarkson and an open mic. 6pm start at the Sair Inn. Come! www.facebook.com/events/the-s...
I'm pleased to have my poem 'In 1984' included in the second part of the Fig Tree's Coal Mining Anthology. Have a read here. There are plans for a print version to come out at some point too. figtreepoetry.substack.com/p/the-fig-tr...
The Fig Tree - Coal Mining Issue 2
An anthology of Coal Mining Poems in two parts
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June 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I'm pleased to have my poem 'In 1984' included in the second part of the Fig Tree's Coal Mining Anthology. Have a read here. There are plans for a print version to come out at some point too. figtreepoetry.substack.com/p/the-fig-tr...
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Thanks everyone for joining us last night for another great event, and thanks especially to Luke and Helen for their brilliant headline sets.
We're back on Friday 25 July with headliners Gill & Mark Connors (as a double act) and Rosie Garland. The optional theme is Ca for Calcium. See you then!
We're back on Friday 25 July with headliners Gill & Mark Connors (as a double act) and Rosie Garland. The optional theme is Ca for Calcium. See you then!
May 31, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Thanks everyone for joining us last night for another great event, and thanks especially to Luke and Helen for their brilliant headline sets.
We're back on Friday 25 July with headliners Gill & Mark Connors (as a double act) and Rosie Garland. The optional theme is Ca for Calcium. See you then!
We're back on Friday 25 July with headliners Gill & Mark Connors (as a double act) and Rosie Garland. The optional theme is Ca for Calcium. See you then!
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Tonight! See you later at the Chemic Tavern in Leeds.
Chemistry is back at the end of the month, with headliners
@helenivory.bsky.social and Luke Samuel Yates. The optional open mic theme is K for Potassium. Friday 30 May at the Chemic Tavern in Leeds.
www.leedsinspired.co.uk/events/chemi...
@helenivory.bsky.social and Luke Samuel Yates. The optional open mic theme is K for Potassium. Friday 30 May at the Chemic Tavern in Leeds.
www.leedsinspired.co.uk/events/chemi...
Chemistry 19: Helen Ivory, Luke Samuel Yates, and K for Potassium | Leeds Inspired
Chemistry is back on Friday 30 May, with another night of poetry and spoken word, two brilliant headliners and our amazing open mic. This time round our headliners are renowned Bloodaxe poet Helen Ivo...
www.leedsinspired.co.uk
May 30, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Tonight! See you later at the Chemic Tavern in Leeds.
I don't know of anyone else who agrees - except for possibly @sarahhehir.bsky.social, who mentioned it in a review in Confluence magazine - but this is my favourite poem in 'The Taking Part'.
Today, I am feeling it.
Today, I am feeling it.
May 20, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I don't know of anyone else who agrees - except for possibly @sarahhehir.bsky.social, who mentioned it in a review in Confluence magazine - but this is my favourite poem in 'The Taking Part'.
Today, I am feeling it.
Today, I am feeling it.
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Looking forward to this!
Chemistry is back at the end of the month, with headliners @helenivory.bsky.social and Luke Samuel Yates. The optional open mic theme is K for Potassium. Friday 30 May at the Chemic Tavern in Leeds.
www.leedsinspired.co.uk/events/chemi...
www.leedsinspired.co.uk/events/chemi...
Chemistry 19: Helen Ivory, Luke Samuel Yates, and K for Potassium | Leeds Inspired
Chemistry is back on Friday 30 May, with another night of poetry and spoken word, two brilliant headliners and our amazing open mic. This time round our headliners are renowned Bloodaxe poet Helen Ivo...
www.leedsinspired.co.uk
May 9, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Looking forward to this!
Chemistry is back at the end of the month, with headliners @helenivory.bsky.social and Luke Samuel Yates. The optional open mic theme is K for Potassium. Friday 30 May at the Chemic Tavern in Leeds.
www.leedsinspired.co.uk/events/chemi...
www.leedsinspired.co.uk/events/chemi...
Chemistry 19: Helen Ivory, Luke Samuel Yates, and K for Potassium | Leeds Inspired
Chemistry is back on Friday 30 May, with another night of poetry and spoken word, two brilliant headliners and our amazing open mic. This time round our headliners are renowned Bloodaxe poet Helen Ivo...
www.leedsinspired.co.uk
May 9, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Chemistry is back at the end of the month, with headliners @helenivory.bsky.social and Luke Samuel Yates. The optional open mic theme is K for Potassium. Friday 30 May at the Chemic Tavern in Leeds.
www.leedsinspired.co.uk/events/chemi...
www.leedsinspired.co.uk/events/chemi...
Clerichew #4
Pope Leo
seems OK to me, though
I would have given the job
to Pope Bob.
(Subject to change if it turns out he's actually got really horrible opinions or history.)
#clerihew #pope #isthepopeacatholic
Pope Leo
seems OK to me, though
I would have given the job
to Pope Bob.
(Subject to change if it turns out he's actually got really horrible opinions or history.)
#clerihew #pope #isthepopeacatholic
May 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Clerichew #4
Pope Leo
seems OK to me, though
I would have given the job
to Pope Bob.
(Subject to change if it turns out he's actually got really horrible opinions or history.)
#clerihew #pope #isthepopeacatholic
Pope Leo
seems OK to me, though
I would have given the job
to Pope Bob.
(Subject to change if it turns out he's actually got really horrible opinions or history.)
#clerihew #pope #isthepopeacatholic
Should have insisted on Pope Bob.
May 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Should have insisted on Pope Bob.
Clerihew #95
Desislava Bozhilova
successfully achieved what she strove for.
She was the first female referee
to do the finals of snooker's big three.
#clerihew #snooker #wst #worldsnooker
Desislava Bozhilova
successfully achieved what she strove for.
She was the first female referee
to do the finals of snooker's big three.
#clerihew #snooker #wst #worldsnooker
May 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Clerihew #95
Desislava Bozhilova
successfully achieved what she strove for.
She was the first female referee
to do the finals of snooker's big three.
#clerihew #snooker #wst #worldsnooker
Desislava Bozhilova
successfully achieved what she strove for.
She was the first female referee
to do the finals of snooker's big three.
#clerihew #snooker #wst #worldsnooker
I was delighted and honoured when @timfellows.bsky.social asked me to be the featured poet in Issue 8 of his poetry zine The Fig Tree. It was published this week, and you can read it here. Nice to see a few of my poetry friends included too! figtreepoetry.substack.com/p/the-fig-tr...
The Fig Tree - Issue 8
with Featured Poet Joe WIlliams
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May 3, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I was delighted and honoured when @timfellows.bsky.social asked me to be the featured poet in Issue 8 of his poetry zine The Fig Tree. It was published this week, and you can read it here. Nice to see a few of my poetry friends included too! figtreepoetry.substack.com/p/the-fig-tr...