Pete Green
@petegreensolo.com
poet, musician, place writer, beachcomber / edgelander, sarahlander, north briton / middle-aged enby babe / legacy fan / high-functioning anxiety doughnut / chive lying flat / wrongly tagged as twee
Sheffield
they/them please, ta 💖
petegreensolo.com
Sheffield
they/them please, ta 💖
petegreensolo.com
Pinned
Pete Green
@petegreensolo.com
· Mar 27
If you're new to Bluesky and/or me, I am:
📝 poet: @saltpublishing.com
and @longbarrowpress.bsky.social
🎹 musician: @pinkopaque.co.uk and solo
🎟️ gig promoter/occasional dj: @machomusicisstupid.co.uk
🥱 always knackered
🏝️ anxious islomaniac
🐟 Grimbarian in Sheffield
⚖️ non-binary
🤷 non-a big deal
📝 poet: @saltpublishing.com
and @longbarrowpress.bsky.social
🎹 musician: @pinkopaque.co.uk and solo
🎟️ gig promoter/occasional dj: @machomusicisstupid.co.uk
🥱 always knackered
🏝️ anxious islomaniac
🐟 Grimbarian in Sheffield
⚖️ non-binary
🤷 non-a big deal
Well played, Guardian crossword. Well played.
November 17, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Well played, Guardian crossword. Well played.
Reposted by Pete Green
I have this, I love it. A slender, beautiful volume holding a stunning poetic journey. I keep going back and back to it. Local #Sheffield poet @petegreensolo.com whose writing flows with truth (and deserves to be known everywhere). Wonderful.
But then all the Longbarrow books are gorgeous...
But then all the Longbarrow books are gorgeous...
Nothing is quite absolute and whether
you’re seeking or fleeing, all roads lead
home. Move far enough in one direction,
landfall always rolls around again like
dawn.
'Hemisphere'
@petegreensolo.com
A short book
A long poem
An impossible journey
A snip at £6:
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
you’re seeking or fleeing, all roads lead
home. Move far enough in one direction,
landfall always rolls around again like
dawn.
'Hemisphere'
@petegreensolo.com
A short book
A long poem
An impossible journey
A snip at £6:
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
November 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I have this, I love it. A slender, beautiful volume holding a stunning poetic journey. I keep going back and back to it. Local #Sheffield poet @petegreensolo.com whose writing flows with truth (and deserves to be known everywhere). Wonderful.
But then all the Longbarrow books are gorgeous...
But then all the Longbarrow books are gorgeous...
I fancied playing a Christmas popshow with @pinkopaque.co.uk so I organised one 🎄✨🎹
It's at Hatch in Sheffield on 20 December and we've got Precious Metals and @mylofiheart.bsky.social to play too 🤩
More info/tickets ⬇️
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/precious-m...
#sheffield #sheffieldgigs #20251220
It's at Hatch in Sheffield on 20 December and we've got Precious Metals and @mylofiheart.bsky.social to play too 🤩
More info/tickets ⬇️
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/precious-m...
#sheffield #sheffieldgigs #20251220
November 14, 2025 at 9:21 AM
I fancied playing a Christmas popshow with @pinkopaque.co.uk so I organised one 🎄✨🎹
It's at Hatch in Sheffield on 20 December and we've got Precious Metals and @mylofiheart.bsky.social to play too 🤩
More info/tickets ⬇️
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/precious-m...
#sheffield #sheffieldgigs #20251220
It's at Hatch in Sheffield on 20 December and we've got Precious Metals and @mylofiheart.bsky.social to play too 🤩
More info/tickets ⬇️
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/precious-m...
#sheffield #sheffieldgigs #20251220
Reposted by Pete Green
map geek/poetry geek venn sweet spot here—beautiful little book
Nothing is quite absolute and whether
you’re seeking or fleeing, all roads lead
home. Move far enough in one direction,
landfall always rolls around again like
dawn.
'Hemisphere'
@petegreensolo.com
A short book
A long poem
An impossible journey
A snip at £6:
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
you’re seeking or fleeing, all roads lead
home. Move far enough in one direction,
landfall always rolls around again like
dawn.
'Hemisphere'
@petegreensolo.com
A short book
A long poem
An impossible journey
A snip at £6:
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
November 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
map geek/poetry geek venn sweet spot here—beautiful little book
Reposted by Pete Green
ultimately you cannot appease people whose purpose in life is to destroy you bsky.app/profile/drje...
One can’t help but suspect that the Telegraph is going to be disappointed by whoever is appointed if they are to the left of Attila the Hun.
November 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
ultimately you cannot appease people whose purpose in life is to destroy you bsky.app/profile/drje...
Reposted by Pete Green
We're actually a four-piece now - @muddyasblood.bsky.social and @petegreensolo.com have been joined by Hello Kitty and Little Miss Sunshine
November 8, 2025 at 2:17 PM
We're actually a four-piece now - @muddyasblood.bsky.social and @petegreensolo.com have been joined by Hello Kitty and Little Miss Sunshine
Reposted by Pete Green
Next up!
Sheffield Almanac by @petegreensolo.com and published by @longbarrowpress.bsky.social
Such a vivd snapshot of time and place! Perfect for poetry fans!
Sheffield Almanac by @petegreensolo.com and published by @longbarrowpress.bsky.social
Such a vivd snapshot of time and place! Perfect for poetry fans!
November 6, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Next up!
Sheffield Almanac by @petegreensolo.com and published by @longbarrowpress.bsky.social
Such a vivd snapshot of time and place! Perfect for poetry fans!
Sheffield Almanac by @petegreensolo.com and published by @longbarrowpress.bsky.social
Such a vivd snapshot of time and place! Perfect for poetry fans!
Reposted by Pete Green
We are 5! 🎈
THANK YOU for being part of the mission. At a time when Amazon profits are soaring, and small businesses face ever increasing pressure, WHERE you choose to spend your money makes all the difference in keeping these community spaces on the high street. Bookshop.org
THANK YOU for being part of the mission. At a time when Amazon profits are soaring, and small businesses face ever increasing pressure, WHERE you choose to spend your money makes all the difference in keeping these community spaces on the high street. Bookshop.org
November 2, 2025 at 9:04 AM
We are 5! 🎈
THANK YOU for being part of the mission. At a time when Amazon profits are soaring, and small businesses face ever increasing pressure, WHERE you choose to spend your money makes all the difference in keeping these community spaces on the high street. Bookshop.org
THANK YOU for being part of the mission. At a time when Amazon profits are soaring, and small businesses face ever increasing pressure, WHERE you choose to spend your money makes all the difference in keeping these community spaces on the high street. Bookshop.org
Reposted by Pete Green
Two questions I will die with:
Did you call any place home?
If not, what drew you on:
the seasons’ slow turning
or that faint itch of the horizon?
Last day to order Rob Hindle's collection 'Sapo' with £2 off
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
Did you call any place home?
If not, what drew you on:
the seasons’ slow turning
or that faint itch of the horizon?
Last day to order Rob Hindle's collection 'Sapo' with £2 off
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
November 2, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Two questions I will die with:
Did you call any place home?
If not, what drew you on:
the seasons’ slow turning
or that faint itch of the horizon?
Last day to order Rob Hindle's collection 'Sapo' with £2 off
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
Did you call any place home?
If not, what drew you on:
the seasons’ slow turning
or that faint itch of the horizon?
Last day to order Rob Hindle's collection 'Sapo' with £2 off
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
Never understood why people carriers are called people carriers, as if cars with fewer than seven seats can only be used for carrying gerbils or apricots
October 31, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Never understood why people carriers are called people carriers, as if cars with fewer than seven seats can only be used for carrying gerbils or apricots
Dead excited for this one. Hope some of you lovely Nottinghams can make it along.
So on Friday 14 November we're off to do a bit of futurepop in Nottingham 🩷🪩
It's at the Grove with Bean Weevil and @vomvorton.co.uk and @achh.bsky.social - what a line-up!
You can get a ticket here 👇
www.gigantic.com/bean-weevil-...
It's at the Grove with Bean Weevil and @vomvorton.co.uk and @achh.bsky.social - what a line-up!
You can get a ticket here 👇
www.gigantic.com/bean-weevil-...
October 30, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Dead excited for this one. Hope some of you lovely Nottinghams can make it along.
Honestly thought orange cats were called ginger cats until I discovered Instagram
October 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Honestly thought orange cats were called ginger cats until I discovered Instagram
Reposted by Pete Green
I’ve really enjoyed Hemisphere, by @petegreensolo.com (published by @longbarrowpress.bsky.social ) - it’s a set of prose poems describing imaginary travels, but in the process ruminating on all kinds of things. Moving, in more than one sense!
October 26, 2025 at 11:28 AM
I’ve really enjoyed Hemisphere, by @petegreensolo.com (published by @longbarrowpress.bsky.social ) - it’s a set of prose poems describing imaginary travels, but in the process ruminating on all kinds of things. Moving, in more than one sense!
Labour Party hq today
October 24, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Labour Party hq today
Just heard a BBC radio bulletin covering the Caerphilly by-election. It featured one audio clip from a party spokesperson.
Can you guess which of these parties that person was from?
a) The party that won
b) The governing party, which lost
c) A far-right party which also lost
Can you guess which of these parties that person was from?
a) The party that won
b) The governing party, which lost
c) A far-right party which also lost
October 24, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Just heard a BBC radio bulletin covering the Caerphilly by-election. It featured one audio clip from a party spokesperson.
Can you guess which of these parties that person was from?
a) The party that won
b) The governing party, which lost
c) A far-right party which also lost
Can you guess which of these parties that person was from?
a) The party that won
b) The governing party, which lost
c) A far-right party which also lost
There might be a context in which 'utilise' is a better and more appropriate choice of word than 'use', but in several decades of living on Earth and communicating in the English language I am yet to discover one.
October 24, 2025 at 9:29 AM
There might be a context in which 'utilise' is a better and more appropriate choice of word than 'use', but in several decades of living on Earth and communicating in the English language I am yet to discover one.
London friends, here is my annual recommendation to visit the Small Publishers Fair @smallpublishers.bsky.social 💖👇
Some recent attempts to transport the @longbarrowpress.bsky.social inventory to book fairs via public transport. You can help to make the return journey more comfortable by visiting our stall at @smallpublishers.bsky.social, Conway Hall, London, this Friday & Saturday (11am-7pm, admission free).
October 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
London friends, here is my annual recommendation to visit the Small Publishers Fair @smallpublishers.bsky.social 💖👇
Yes, I can see how confronting the transphobia that was the actual cause of Brianna's murder would be just a little inconvenient for this Labour Party
Meeting yesterday with Brianna Ghey's mother Esther - and pupils at Brianna's former school - was a powerful reminder of why controls on social media and smartphone use in schools is so important for children, teachers and parents. (1/2)
October 21, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Yes, I can see how confronting the transphobia that was the actual cause of Brianna's murder would be just a little inconvenient for this Labour Party
Reposted by Pete Green
Might seem like it's taken a while for Labour to get round to doing this, but they had to check first that Mahmood hadn't floated the idea first
Labour follows Lib Dems in condemning Tory MP Katie Lam's call for deportation of legally settled migrants - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
October 21, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Might seem like it's taken a while for Labour to get round to doing this, but they had to check first that Mahmood hadn't floated the idea first
So. Much. This
Limiting working-class hearts and brains to vocational jobs is a way of stopping us getting above our station. We need to know our place, not imagine a world that is bigger and better.
October 17, 2025 at 12:31 PM
So. Much. This
Reposted by Pete Green
Every time I've ever been to Leeds it's felt like the entire city centre has been drunk, and this was no exception. I remember once seeing a fire engine approach and thinking "Well, at least THEY aren't drunk" and a whole HEN DO leaning out of the windows as it went by.
October 17, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Every time I've ever been to Leeds it's felt like the entire city centre has been drunk, and this was no exception. I remember once seeing a fire engine approach and thinking "Well, at least THEY aren't drunk" and a whole HEN DO leaning out of the windows as it went by.
Once the AI bubble has burst and it can be bought cheaply, nationalise the whole thing and the profits can fund UBI directly. Bingo, you cut out the middleman. Or middlebro.
I woke up with this slogan running through my head:
NO AI
WITHOUT UBI
Of course there are a ton of other problems with AI beyond losing jobs, but it would be a good starting place.
NO AI
WITHOUT UBI
Of course there are a ton of other problems with AI beyond losing jobs, but it would be a good starting place.
October 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Once the AI bubble has burst and it can be bought cheaply, nationalise the whole thing and the profits can fund UBI directly. Bingo, you cut out the middleman. Or middlebro.
Yes, there are times when I need reassurance as to the value of my contribution to the world, as well as unconditional love in the face of humanity's folly among a seemingly cold universe
Yes, there are other times when I just need a Hula Hoop sandwich
Yes, there are other times when I just need a Hula Hoop sandwich
October 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Yes, there are times when I need reassurance as to the value of my contribution to the world, as well as unconditional love in the face of humanity's folly among a seemingly cold universe
Yes, there are other times when I just need a Hula Hoop sandwich
Yes, there are other times when I just need a Hula Hoop sandwich
Post you from a different era
Me in my first band in about 1990. You'd look pissed off too if you'd just spent your entire adolescence in Grimsby.
Me in my first band in about 1990. You'd look pissed off too if you'd just spent your entire adolescence in Grimsby.
October 13, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Post you from a different era
Me in my first band in about 1990. You'd look pissed off too if you'd just spent your entire adolescence in Grimsby.
Me in my first band in about 1990. You'd look pissed off too if you'd just spent your entire adolescence in Grimsby.
I wish to make it very clear that I obviously joined the Greens way before it was cool
Not in yet? Better late than never, you know what to do 👇
Not in yet? Better late than never, you know what to do 👇
A new week - and a new huge milestone!
@greenparty.org.uk now have 100,000 members!!!
We are absolutely on track to next overtake the Tories - let's make hope normal again!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
@greenparty.org.uk now have 100,000 members!!!
We are absolutely on track to next overtake the Tories - let's make hope normal again!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
October 13, 2025 at 9:14 AM
I wish to make it very clear that I obviously joined the Greens way before it was cool
Not in yet? Better late than never, you know what to do 👇
Not in yet? Better late than never, you know what to do 👇