Mirkka
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Poet. Bingewatching something from the nineties.
"Perhaps it is indeed time I began to look at this whole matter of bantering more enthusiastically."
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"Perhaps it is indeed time I began to look at this whole matter of bantering more enthusiastically."
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Every time I hear a politician say that an issue is “dividing” this country they always then come down on the side of the right wing view of it. Just once I’d love to hear someone say “this issue is divisive, which is why I’m making the argument that kindness and compassion is important”
November 16, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Every time I hear a politician say that an issue is “dividing” this country they always then come down on the side of the right wing view of it. Just once I’d love to hear someone say “this issue is divisive, which is why I’m making the argument that kindness and compassion is important”
Reasons to write happier poetry: editing wouldn't be so goddamn harrowing.
#ThisPoeticLife #poetry #writing
#ThisPoeticLife #poetry #writing
November 16, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Reasons to write happier poetry: editing wouldn't be so goddamn harrowing.
#ThisPoeticLife #poetry #writing
#ThisPoeticLife #poetry #writing
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We lost one of the people off the coach so we had to leave them behind. We waited an hour, and informed the police. Hope you are feeling better.
November 11, 2025 at 7:59 AM
We lost one of the people off the coach so we had to leave them behind. We waited an hour, and informed the police. Hope you are feeling better.
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the BBC should apologise with a montage of all the times Trump showed support for 6 Jan and they should get the person who does the end of World Cup montage to do it
November 11, 2025 at 8:16 AM
the BBC should apologise with a montage of all the times Trump showed support for 6 Jan and they should get the person who does the end of World Cup montage to do it
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fucking boosts
November 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
fucking boosts
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‘If the BBC was able today to report what it thinks, it would say this: there has been a coup’
The Observer view: political interference at the BBC
https://bit.ly/4qW3MeA
The Observer view: political interference at the BBC
https://bit.ly/4qW3MeA
The Observer view: political interference at the BBC | The Observer
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November 10, 2025 at 6:00 AM
‘If the BBC was able today to report what it thinks, it would say this: there has been a coup’
The Observer view: political interference at the BBC
https://bit.ly/4qW3MeA
The Observer view: political interference at the BBC
https://bit.ly/4qW3MeA
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on these new insomnia meds and the pharmacist gave me a very dire warning that they can cause night terrors, anyway last night I dreamt Macho Man Randy Savage shared my poems online and said I was a COOL DUDE
November 9, 2025 at 2:07 PM
on these new insomnia meds and the pharmacist gave me a very dire warning that they can cause night terrors, anyway last night I dreamt Macho Man Randy Savage shared my poems online and said I was a COOL DUDE
Next Poetry School MA reading is on Weds 26 Nov at The Cheshire Cheese WC2R 3LD - update your calendars & see you there!
#poetry #PoetryReading #events #LondonEvents
#poetry #PoetryReading #events #LondonEvents
November 7, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Next Poetry School MA reading is on Weds 26 Nov at The Cheshire Cheese WC2R 3LD - update your calendars & see you there!
#poetry #PoetryReading #events #LondonEvents
#poetry #PoetryReading #events #LondonEvents
This is what hope and visionary leadership sound like. Amazing speech.
Read Mamdani’s victory speech here:
The Full Transcript of Zohran Mamdani’s Victory Speech
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:43 AM
This is what hope and visionary leadership sound like. Amazing speech.
Tonight: hide in the dark with a poem. Listen to it breathe. Whisper each stanza.
#howtopoem #poetry #poems
#howtopoem #poetry #poems
November 2, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Tonight: hide in the dark with a poem. Listen to it breathe. Whisper each stanza.
#howtopoem #poetry #poems
#howtopoem #poetry #poems
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How your email finds me 😌
October 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
How your email finds me 😌
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Rule of working at a publisher's: when picking a random example to make a point about e.g. publication process,it always turns out to be about genitals or horrid skin condition.Not a medical publisher? Doesn't matter - somewhere in your content lurk genitals and rashes waiting for their moment.
October 30, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Rule of working at a publisher's: when picking a random example to make a point about e.g. publication process,it always turns out to be about genitals or horrid skin condition.Not a medical publisher? Doesn't matter - somewhere in your content lurk genitals and rashes waiting for their moment.
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Friendly reminder: these are the rights we all have under the ECHR.
They're not just for a privileged few
They're for EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US
They're not just for a privileged few
They're for EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US
October 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Friendly reminder: these are the rights we all have under the ECHR.
They're not just for a privileged few
They're for EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US
They're not just for a privileged few
They're for EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US
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We have zero plans to put AI in LibreOffice, of course. Our focus is privacy and letting you control your data. Some users want AI features and they can get them via optional extensions made by the community – but we won't put it in the app itself.
October 28, 2025 at 1:14 PM
We have zero plans to put AI in LibreOffice, of course. Our focus is privacy and letting you control your data. Some users want AI features and they can get them via optional extensions made by the community – but we won't put it in the app itself.
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October 27, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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The most exciting new anthology of poems that you will see today is the LIVE CANON SINGLE POEM COMPETITION ANTHOLOGY available here:
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Crammed full of delicious, crunchy, moreish poems from the most inspirational poets writing today. Grab it now!
www.livecanon.co.uk/store/produc...
Crammed full of delicious, crunchy, moreish poems from the most inspirational poets writing today. Grab it now!
2025 Prize Anthology
Poems longlisted for the Live Canon 2025 International Poetry Competition<br>If you pre-order here now, the book will be sent out in the third week of October. <br><br>To see the full list of lon...
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October 27, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The most exciting new anthology of poems that you will see today is the LIVE CANON SINGLE POEM COMPETITION ANTHOLOGY available here:
www.livecanon.co.uk/store/produc...
Crammed full of delicious, crunchy, moreish poems from the most inspirational poets writing today. Grab it now!
www.livecanon.co.uk/store/produc...
Crammed full of delicious, crunchy, moreish poems from the most inspirational poets writing today. Grab it now!
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Our Poetry prize is OPEN. These submissions will be read blind and we will choose what we consider the best single poem!
Published and unpublished poems accepted. Go to the website for full details roughdiamondpoetry.com/the-rough-di...
Published and unpublished poems accepted. Go to the website for full details roughdiamondpoetry.com/the-rough-di...
October 26, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Our Poetry prize is OPEN. These submissions will be read blind and we will choose what we consider the best single poem!
Published and unpublished poems accepted. Go to the website for full details roughdiamondpoetry.com/the-rough-di...
Published and unpublished poems accepted. Go to the website for full details roughdiamondpoetry.com/the-rough-di...
How much cabbage can a single person consume in the two weeks between veggie boxes? First round goes to the veggie box. Feeling confident about this round. I got this.
October 25, 2025 at 11:24 AM
How much cabbage can a single person consume in the two weeks between veggie boxes? First round goes to the veggie box. Feeling confident about this round. I got this.
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October 22, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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If you keep lowering your standards to “win” against the other side, eventually you’ll just be on the other side
October 22, 2025 at 12:50 AM
If you keep lowering your standards to “win” against the other side, eventually you’ll just be on the other side
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Two days to go! Here's a webpage with all the essential info for your visit to #smallpublishersfair25 at Conway Hall, London, this Fri & Sat (24 & 25 Oct, 11am-7pm): programme, new titles, map, venue info, directions (table plan available tomorrow)
smallpublishersfair.co.uk/get-the-most...
smallpublishersfair.co.uk/get-the-most...
October 22, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Two days to go! Here's a webpage with all the essential info for your visit to #smallpublishersfair25 at Conway Hall, London, this Fri & Sat (24 & 25 Oct, 11am-7pm): programme, new titles, map, venue info, directions (table plan available tomorrow)
smallpublishersfair.co.uk/get-the-most...
smallpublishersfair.co.uk/get-the-most...
Tbh, I've been pretty willing to give Starmer the benefit of doubt in many things, but this is the last straw. These are violent thugs. Their nationality and religious and cultural background are completely irrelevant, and the Labour jump to the right-wing bandwagon is disgusting.
Standing with Maccabi’s football hooligans against local police – is that what patriotism looks like now? | Jonathan Liew
Standing with Maccabi’s football hooligans against local police – is that what patriotism looks like now? | Jonathan Liew
Tommy Robinson is said to be going to Villa Park as a Maccabi Tel Aviv fan. Do the politicians jumping on this bandwagon care what they are doing, asks Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Tbh, I've been pretty willing to give Starmer the benefit of doubt in many things, but this is the last straw. These are violent thugs. Their nationality and religious and cultural background are completely irrelevant, and the Labour jump to the right-wing bandwagon is disgusting.
Okay, big day: I've accidentally made my first definite "these will last me for the rest of my life" -purchase. 500 grams of rubber bands. Half a kilo of rubber bands. Rubber bands for life. 🥲
October 17, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Okay, big day: I've accidentally made my first definite "these will last me for the rest of my life" -purchase. 500 grams of rubber bands. Half a kilo of rubber bands. Rubber bands for life. 🥲