Probably maybe my favourite Fall album (today anyway)...certainly the first one I bought. A fine choice to start with.
"It’s not a deliberate thing to be experimental. Sometimes random things work, sometimes they don’t. In my mind Paintwork isn’t any different to any other song I’ve done… that’s just the way I am.”
Many Happy Returns to #TheFall's This Nation's Saving Grace, which turns 40 today!
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Many Happy Returns to #TheFall's This Nation's Saving Grace, which turns 40 today!
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September 23, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Probably maybe my favourite Fall album (today anyway)...certainly the first one I bought. A fine choice to start with.
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The Rigg, Bingley, Yorkshire, painting by Jane Fielder. #WomensArt #NorthernArt
September 13, 2025 at 8:23 AM
The Rigg, Bingley, Yorkshire, painting by Jane Fielder. #WomensArt #NorthernArt
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Today’s poem is selected by Chen Chen (@chenchenwrites.bsky.social) as part of the 20th anniversary of Read A Little Poetry.
“It will all work out okay” appeared in High Lonesome by Allison Titus, published by Saturnalia Books, 2023. Shared here with deep gratitude.
“It will all work out okay” appeared in High Lonesome by Allison Titus, published by Saturnalia Books, 2023. Shared here with deep gratitude.
August 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Today’s poem is selected by Chen Chen (@chenchenwrites.bsky.social) as part of the 20th anniversary of Read A Little Poetry.
“It will all work out okay” appeared in High Lonesome by Allison Titus, published by Saturnalia Books, 2023. Shared here with deep gratitude.
“It will all work out okay” appeared in High Lonesome by Allison Titus, published by Saturnalia Books, 2023. Shared here with deep gratitude.
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Castlefield Carnival, Manchester, 1985 (Manchester Libraries).
August 3, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Castlefield Carnival, Manchester, 1985 (Manchester Libraries).
Been a good two days for post! TBR pile now quite large thanks to @taniahershman.bsky.social @thebraag.bsky.social @prototypepubs.bsky.social @jamiewoods77.bsky.social Bring on the rainy weekend
July 17, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Been a good two days for post! TBR pile now quite large thanks to @taniahershman.bsky.social @thebraag.bsky.social @prototypepubs.bsky.social @jamiewoods77.bsky.social Bring on the rainy weekend
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Last few seats in the Zoom room for the launch tomorrow night of my hybrid creative non-fiction book on time: 'It's Time - A Chronomemoir' (@guillemotpress.bsky.social). Come join us, I'd love to have you there! (It's also my birthday 😊) Grab a free ticket here: www.tickettailor.com/events/tania...
I’d love you to join me on Zoom next Thurs July 17 to help launch my first hybrid creative non-fiction book - ‘It’s Time: A Chronomemoir’, published by @guillemotpress.bsky.social! Tickets are free: www.tickettailor.com/events/tania.... More about the book here: taniahershman.com/its-time-a-c...
July 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Last few seats in the Zoom room for the launch tomorrow night of my hybrid creative non-fiction book on time: 'It's Time - A Chronomemoir' (@guillemotpress.bsky.social). Come join us, I'd love to have you there! (It's also my birthday 😊) Grab a free ticket here: www.tickettailor.com/events/tania...
This dvd is probably the only reason I keep my dvd player
My VHS of this wondrous document died many years ago. Finally, after years of having an eBay search set up for the DVD, I’ve snaffled it. Plus live in Leeds!
July 16, 2025 at 12:23 PM
This dvd is probably the only reason I keep my dvd player
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“They asked me, where did they go? The trees, the salamander, the tropical fish, Edgar, the poppas and mommas, Matthew and Tony?” Fiction by Donald Barthelme, from 1974.
“The School,” by Donald Barthelme
Fiction, from 1974: “They asked me, where did they go? The trees, the salamander, the tropical fish, Edgar, the poppas and mommas, Matthew and Tony?”
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June 10, 2025 at 1:20 AM
“They asked me, where did they go? The trees, the salamander, the tropical fish, Edgar, the poppas and mommas, Matthew and Tony?” Fiction by Donald Barthelme, from 1974.
Despite my general dislike of all things morris I have a total soft spot for the coconutters. The power of childhood nostalgia!
Britannia Coconut Dancers of Bacup, Lancashire, 1968, photo by Tony Ray-Jones.
May 23, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Despite my general dislike of all things morris I have a total soft spot for the coconutters. The power of childhood nostalgia!
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Friends, a little announcement: we’re now accepting submissions year-round for a new essays feature.
We want this to be a space for new and original thinking about poetry and poetics, but also about how poetry fits in or around our lives.
We can’t wait to hear from you!
We want this to be a space for new and original thinking about poetry and poetics, but also about how poetry fits in or around our lives.
We can’t wait to hear from you!
April 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Friends, a little announcement: we’re now accepting submissions year-round for a new essays feature.
We want this to be a space for new and original thinking about poetry and poetics, but also about how poetry fits in or around our lives.
We can’t wait to hear from you!
We want this to be a space for new and original thinking about poetry and poetics, but also about how poetry fits in or around our lives.
We can’t wait to hear from you!
Pleased that one of my poems has found a home here amongst some great company...
Issue Six of And Other Poems is out now on our website.
Read it here: andotherpoems.com/issue-six/
(Cover photo by kat_katerina on Unsplash)
Read it here: andotherpoems.com/issue-six/
(Cover photo by kat_katerina on Unsplash)
April 16, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Pleased that one of my poems has found a home here amongst some great company...
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Why even have a brain, any ideas, any ability to express them, any kind of communication with other people, any desire to solve problems or invent anything, any reason to learn, any use for your eyes or your heart, or any reason to teach or create
April 15, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Why even have a brain, any ideas, any ability to express them, any kind of communication with other people, any desire to solve problems or invent anything, any reason to learn, any use for your eyes or your heart, or any reason to teach or create
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Issue Six of And Other Poems, out on Wednesday 16th.
We can't wait for you to read these poems.
We can't wait for you to read these poems.
April 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Issue Six of And Other Poems, out on Wednesday 16th.
We can't wait for you to read these poems.
We can't wait for you to read these poems.
The reasons below are all true...and reading this lovely piece about the similarities of writing and running after my run this morning was my reason for hitting the 'buy' button today. longbarrowblog.wordpress.com/2016/05/15/c...
March 29, 2025 at 9:19 AM
The reasons below are all true...and reading this lovely piece about the similarities of writing and running after my run this morning was my reason for hitting the 'buy' button today. longbarrowblog.wordpress.com/2016/05/15/c...
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Girl on a Spacehopper, Byker, Newcastle, 1971, by Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen.
March 19, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Girl on a Spacehopper, Byker, Newcastle, 1971, by Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen.
Having a restful afternoon ahead of tomorrow's running endeavours. Reading Diane Seuss' Modern Poetry which is EXCELLENT
March 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Having a restful afternoon ahead of tomorrow's running endeavours. Reading Diane Seuss' Modern Poetry which is EXCELLENT
Been writing a poem this week that fits for #poemsabout #dawn so finally time to post after enjoying people's contributions @brokenspinearts.bsky.social
March 7, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Been writing a poem this week that fits for #poemsabout #dawn so finally time to post after enjoying people's contributions @brokenspinearts.bsky.social
Absolutely this, writing is about so much more than the outcome
This puts it well & it’s a point I keep making about why using AI to write is so flattening. Writing is the process of working out & refining what you think. If I write an article, I’m not just generating 1000 plausible words. I’m trying to articulate ideas with precision, & challenging myself.
AI is for people who don't want to or can't think. Period.
I write to figure out what I think and how to think about it better.
I write to figure out what I think and how to think about it better.
January 17, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Absolutely this, writing is about so much more than the outcome
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"Inject creativity into your day in small ways. Doodle on your leg with a random pen some idiot left within reach. Redecorate the couch with a Play-Doh slipcover. Change up your look by styling your freshly washed hair with pancake syrup."
New Year’s Resolutions for Toddlers
1. Finish what you start Resilience is a difficult skill to learn, so work up to it in small doses. Instead of watching the first three seconds of ...
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January 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
"Inject creativity into your day in small ways. Doodle on your leg with a random pen some idiot left within reach. Redecorate the couch with a Play-Doh slipcover. Change up your look by styling your freshly washed hair with pancake syrup."
Nice snowy morning walk before it all turns to slush and ice
January 5, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Nice snowy morning walk before it all turns to slush and ice
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Read a poem that stayed with you? With #LiftToTheSky, you can share it with the world. Celebrate a poet every Monday starting January 13th.
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#PoetrySky #PoetryCommunity #PoetsOfBlueSky
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#PoetrySky #PoetryCommunity #PoetsOfBlueSky
#LiftToTheSky: The Poetry Initiative Bringing Writers Together on Bluesky - The Broken Spine
On Monday, January 13th, we’re kicking off something big: #LiftToTheSky, a weekly tradition where poets lift each other higher by sharing work, celebrating
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January 4, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Read a poem that stayed with you? With #LiftToTheSky, you can share it with the world. Celebrate a poet every Monday starting January 13th.
More info: shorturl.at/5avf0
#PoetrySky #PoetryCommunity #PoetsOfBlueSky
More info: shorturl.at/5avf0
#PoetrySky #PoetryCommunity #PoetsOfBlueSky
Enjoyed dipping into this today
Also available in pocket-sized print format (free with purchases of Longbarrow hardbacks), here's the free, downloadable PDF of our 'Winter Songs' mini-anthology, with poems apt for the year's end, and the year to come.
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December 31, 2024 at 4:20 PM
Enjoyed dipping into this today