Matt Gilbert
@richlyevocative.bsky.social
Poetry bothering, blog tinkering, place pondering, musically promiscuous, book-loving freelance copywriter. Likely to moan & rail at the unfairness & absurdity of life. Poetry links https://richlyevocative.net/articles-reviews-first-published-elsewhere/
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Matt Gilbert
@richlyevocative.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Time to reintroduce myself. I write a blog about place, books & other distractions - richlyevocative.net also a published poet - my collection Street Sailing came out last year @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social Some of my work has appeared recently in Stand, Acumen, Dust Northern Gravy & Southword.
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A man pushed me in the street, he wanted to teach me a lesson. Is that OK now? | Lucy Pasha-Robinson
A man pushed me in the street, he wanted to teach me a lesson. Is that OK now? | Lucy Pasha-Robinson
Many women reading this will have experienced something similar: a warning that sharing public space isn’t a man’s job, it’s a woman’s, says Lucy Pasha-Robinson, a Guardian assistant Opinion editor
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 8:57 AM
A man pushed me in the street, he wanted to teach me a lesson. Is that OK now? | Lucy Pasha-Robinson
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Looks like @petefowlerart.bsky.social has been at work making an installation.
While sudden cliff falls at Birling Gap (near my home town of Eastbourne) are no joke, I really love how much it looks like we’ve roused a grumpy, sleepy sea-wizard.
February 16, 2026 at 11:56 AM
Looks like @petefowlerart.bsky.social has been at work making an installation.
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This duet cover of Radiohead's "Creep", between a son and his Shastriya Sangeet classically trained mother, is the mash-up I didn't know how much I needed in my life. Totally spontaneous sobbing may have taken place.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZoH...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZoH...
Mom & I Cover Creep By Radiohead (she is a classical Indian singer 🕉️)
YouTube video by Avie Sheck
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February 15, 2026 at 1:32 PM
This duet cover of Radiohead's "Creep", between a son and his Shastriya Sangeet classically trained mother, is the mash-up I didn't know how much I needed in my life. Totally spontaneous sobbing may have taken place.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZoH...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZoH...
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This week we walk across the sea of green as Corinna Board takes us through 'Mædwe'. An exquisite collection published by Salo Press. A book everyone should be reading in 2026.
Plus all the news, opps, and of course the playlist.
Settle in and read my full thoughts.
Plus all the news, opps, and of course the playlist.
Settle in and read my full thoughts.
The Book Bag: Mædwe by Corinna Board
Welcome back to The Book Bag. I hope you’ve had a poetic week. This week has been a fairly busy one. I celebrated my birthday on Wednesday and despite the dreary weather had an amazing time. Did I buy a few books? Yes. Did I enjoy a delicious dinner at Lollo Rosso? Yes. Because of the rain, we postponed visiting Howick Hall Snowdrop walk until yesterday where for the first time in what seems like forever we had sunshine! A great Valentine's Day gift! I was also able to chill, listen to some Coltrane and Davis, and play some sax.
paulwritespoems.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:02 AM
This week we walk across the sea of green as Corinna Board takes us through 'Mædwe'. An exquisite collection published by Salo Press. A book everyone should be reading in 2026.
Plus all the news, opps, and of course the playlist.
Settle in and read my full thoughts.
Plus all the news, opps, and of course the playlist.
Settle in and read my full thoughts.
Apropos of something - first published last month here - morningstaronline.co.uk/article/harv...
February 13, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Apropos of something - first published last month here - morningstaronline.co.uk/article/harv...
Trump has just got rid of US anti population measures - see story below. This poem of mine, The Political Wing of the Weather, first appeared in The Lake, November 2023. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
February 13, 2026 at 7:39 AM
Trump has just got rid of US anti population measures - see story below. This poem of mine, The Political Wing of the Weather, first appeared in The Lake, November 2023. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
February 11, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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All the hype surrounding the forthcoming Wuthering Heights film leaving you cold? Dive into @poetclare.bsky.social’s brilliant series of prose poems about Emily Brontë in ‘Lives of the Female Poets’ instead! @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social 😍
February 10, 2026 at 2:07 PM
All the hype surrounding the forthcoming Wuthering Heights film leaving you cold? Dive into @poetclare.bsky.social’s brilliant series of prose poems about Emily Brontë in ‘Lives of the Female Poets’ instead! @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social 😍
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This is pretty menacing.
Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students."
When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.
Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students."
When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.
February 10, 2026 at 8:53 AM
This is pretty menacing.
Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students."
When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.
Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students."
When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.
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PUBLISHED TODAY: @acropolisjournal.bsky.social first project 'Time as Falling Atoms', in which I have three poems and a hybrid poetry/art piece.
I need to thank @louisemather.bsky.social for taking such gentle care with my work and being so supportive in the process <3
I need to thank @louisemather.bsky.social for taking such gentle care with my work and being so supportive in the process <3
Projects | Acropolis Journal
acropolisjournaluk.wixsite.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:57 AM
PUBLISHED TODAY: @acropolisjournal.bsky.social first project 'Time as Falling Atoms', in which I have three poems and a hybrid poetry/art piece.
I need to thank @louisemather.bsky.social for taking such gentle care with my work and being so supportive in the process <3
I need to thank @louisemather.bsky.social for taking such gentle care with my work and being so supportive in the process <3
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The sky, briefly, breathes blue. The gulls who fly at dawn from Gloucester to Cheltenham sweep over, so eagerly that I can barely catch them. The local pigeons, low & loud, take off... And each view is crossed by the wires which join us all! A very good morning!
February 10, 2026 at 9:07 AM
The sky, briefly, breathes blue. The gulls who fly at dawn from Gloucester to Cheltenham sweep over, so eagerly that I can barely catch them. The local pigeons, low & loud, take off... And each view is crossed by the wires which join us all! A very good morning!
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Tomorrow we release the final episode of Backlisted for the foreseeable future.* After ten years, it's a very odd feeling. I am looking forward to spending more time with my books and fewer times on social media.
* Boats against the current, we beat on via Patreon.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmQK...
* Boats against the current, we beat on via Patreon.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmQK...
At Last I Am Free
YouTube video by Robert Wyatt - Topic
www.youtube.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Tomorrow we release the final episode of Backlisted for the foreseeable future.* After ten years, it's a very odd feeling. I am looking forward to spending more time with my books and fewer times on social media.
* Boats against the current, we beat on via Patreon.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmQK...
* Boats against the current, we beat on via Patreon.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmQK...
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‘As autumn furled the
summer’s blistered sails,
fine glass of holy gold,
the bottled song of nightingales.’
James McConachie, from
‘Consolamentum’. @jamesmcconachie1.bsky.social
www.blackboughpoetry.com/consolamentu...
summer’s blistered sails,
fine glass of holy gold,
the bottled song of nightingales.’
James McConachie, from
‘Consolamentum’. @jamesmcconachie1.bsky.social
www.blackboughpoetry.com/consolamentu...
February 8, 2026 at 9:44 AM
‘As autumn furled the
summer’s blistered sails,
fine glass of holy gold,
the bottled song of nightingales.’
James McConachie, from
‘Consolamentum’. @jamesmcconachie1.bsky.social
www.blackboughpoetry.com/consolamentu...
summer’s blistered sails,
fine glass of holy gold,
the bottled song of nightingales.’
James McConachie, from
‘Consolamentum’. @jamesmcconachie1.bsky.social
www.blackboughpoetry.com/consolamentu...
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🟨 Print Edition — Drowning in Denial
As Nigel Farage’s party scraps climate schemes around the country, Nafeez Ahmed reports on new data that shows flood risk surging across the 10 councils it leads
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As Nigel Farage’s party scraps climate schemes around the country, Nafeez Ahmed reports on new data that shows flood risk surging across the 10 councils it leads
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Drowning in Denial – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition
As Nigel Farage’s party scraps climate schemes around the country, Nafeez Ahmed reports on new data that shows flood risk surging across the 10 councils it leads
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February 8, 2026 at 10:45 AM
🟨 Print Edition — Drowning in Denial
As Nigel Farage’s party scraps climate schemes around the country, Nafeez Ahmed reports on new data that shows flood risk surging across the 10 councils it leads
🔗 https://subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/82/drowning-in-denial/
As Nigel Farage’s party scraps climate schemes around the country, Nafeez Ahmed reports on new data that shows flood risk surging across the 10 councils it leads
🔗 https://subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/82/drowning-in-denial/
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SHARE AWAY!!! Announcing a new project - a platform each Friday.
#FRAGMENTSFRIDAY’ - 18 words or less
- a startling, inventive poem.
Tag in #fragmentsfriday and @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social & share one startling fragment of your own poetry.
No A.I. generated poetry!
#FRAGMENTSFRIDAY’ - 18 words or less
- a startling, inventive poem.
Tag in #fragmentsfriday and @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social & share one startling fragment of your own poetry.
No A.I. generated poetry!
February 8, 2026 at 9:17 AM
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‘The toad winked an eye
into the side of his head,
unrolled his tongue
and snatchgulped slippery
the lozenge of a slug.’ 🐸
@racheldeering.bsky.social from ‘In the Shadow of Gods’.
www.blackboughpoetry.com/rachel-deering
into the side of his head,
unrolled his tongue
and snatchgulped slippery
the lozenge of a slug.’ 🐸
@racheldeering.bsky.social from ‘In the Shadow of Gods’.
www.blackboughpoetry.com/rachel-deering
February 8, 2026 at 10:05 AM
‘The toad winked an eye
into the side of his head,
unrolled his tongue
and snatchgulped slippery
the lozenge of a slug.’ 🐸
@racheldeering.bsky.social from ‘In the Shadow of Gods’.
www.blackboughpoetry.com/rachel-deering
into the side of his head,
unrolled his tongue
and snatchgulped slippery
the lozenge of a slug.’ 🐸
@racheldeering.bsky.social from ‘In the Shadow of Gods’.
www.blackboughpoetry.com/rachel-deering
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Great to see a steady flow of poems finding their way to our submissions inbox. You've til midnight Sunday night if you've something you'd like us to look at...
February 6, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Great to see a steady flow of poems finding their way to our submissions inbox. You've til midnight Sunday night if you've something you'd like us to look at...
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Black Bough Poetry Open Mic
Share your poems on our popular online open mic
blackboughpoetry.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:39 AM
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It's a corker of an issue, and a great poem Matt 👏👏 I have taken out a year's subscription on the back of this...🥰
February 6, 2026 at 6:47 PM
It's a corker of an issue, and a great poem Matt 👏👏 I have taken out a year's subscription on the back of this...🥰
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This fucking clown observer.co.uk/news/politic...
McSweeney ‘asked if Mandelson US embassy role could be pa...
PM’s chief of staff sought advice on behalf of disgraced former Labour peer, senior government sources claim
observer.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 7:28 AM
This fucking clown observer.co.uk/news/politic...
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“The era of hiding behind servers is over”
Bring it on!
Bring it on!
February 5, 2026 at 9:54 AM
“The era of hiding behind servers is over”
Bring it on!
Bring it on!
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February 1, 2026 at 11:58 PM