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/
First of two gigs I’m seeing in November at the beloved Roundhouse - Perfume Genius - who as well as their own songs did a pretty good cover of Fade Into You. Next up, English Teacher.
November 12, 2025 at 11:09 AM
First of two gigs I’m seeing in November at the beloved Roundhouse - Perfume Genius - who as well as their own songs did a pretty good cover of Fade Into You. Next up, English Teacher.
Here’s a poem of mine first published back in March by @bristolnoir.bsky.social ‘One for sorrow’ indeed…
November 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Here’s a poem of mine first published back in March by @bristolnoir.bsky.social ‘One for sorrow’ indeed…
New from Wee Sparrow Poetry Press. Includes a poem by me finished 30 years after it was started, when I found an old notebook containing initial drafts. All proceeds go to Starlight Trust & Long Forest - Keep Wales Tidy www.theweesparrowpoetrypress.com/lines-of-com... @marcellenewbold.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
New from Wee Sparrow Poetry Press. Includes a poem by me finished 30 years after it was started, when I found an old notebook containing initial drafts. All proceeds go to Starlight Trust & Long Forest - Keep Wales Tidy www.theweesparrowpoetrypress.com/lines-of-com... @marcellenewbold.bsky.social
que muy emocionante! I have a couple of poems in the forthcoming @madridlitmag.bsky.social Alongside some great and familiar names, including @victoriaspires.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 9:13 AM
que muy emocionante! I have a couple of poems in the forthcoming @madridlitmag.bsky.social Alongside some great and familiar names, including @victoriaspires.bsky.social
Ok, it was the cover that made me buy it. But I’ll judge it by reading it. It’s dedicated to Mark Fisher with an MR James quote, so that’s a good start.
October 16, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Ok, it was the cover that made me buy it. But I’ll judge it by reading it. It’s dedicated to Mark Fisher with an MR James quote, so that’s a good start.
Child me would love that grown up me is reading this - Literary Hauntings Tartarus Press. Like one of those old Peter Underwood Gazetteers of British & Irish Ghosts but fictional: from Victorian & Edwardian classics to contemporary folk horror. Inc Blurry B&W location shots & postcode refs too 👻 📕
October 2, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Child me would love that grown up me is reading this - Literary Hauntings Tartarus Press. Like one of those old Peter Underwood Gazetteers of British & Irish Ghosts but fictional: from Victorian & Edwardian classics to contemporary folk horror. Inc Blurry B&W location shots & postcode refs too 👻 📕
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv... Of all the things a government minister could have said about this. And that’s the take. So piss-weak and craven. Free speech is nationalist thugs being allowed to march. It’s not the “Labour” government encouraging them. FFS.
September 14, 2025 at 10:31 AM
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv... Of all the things a government minister could have said about this. And that’s the take. So piss-weak and craven. Free speech is nationalist thugs being allowed to march. It’s not the “Labour” government encouraging them. FFS.
My poem ‘A Solar Diversion’ first published in Acumen 112, is now a guest poem up on the site - you can read it here acumen-poetry.co.uk/matt-gilbert/ ☀️🌍
September 8, 2025 at 6:02 AM
My poem ‘A Solar Diversion’ first published in Acumen 112, is now a guest poem up on the site - you can read it here acumen-poetry.co.uk/matt-gilbert/ ☀️🌍
Boiler plate BBC justification for Farage & Reform’s ubiquity on their outlets. Can’t agree the fact he’s popular merits regular free pass. Op Polls - often driven by media coverage - used to explain why this 4 MP business receives more airtime than Greens with same or Lib Dems with dozens more.
September 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Boiler plate BBC justification for Farage & Reform’s ubiquity on their outlets. Can’t agree the fact he’s popular merits regular free pass. Op Polls - often driven by media coverage - used to explain why this 4 MP business receives more airtime than Greens with same or Lib Dems with dozens more.
Peckham Cherries. One of my poems which can be found in the excellent Northern Gravy Anthology of Poetry. Buying one will be a real
help, they’ve just had ACE funding cut. More details at northerngravy.com #poetry #northerngravy
help, they’ve just had ACE funding cut. More details at northerngravy.com #poetry #northerngravy
September 2, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Peckham Cherries. One of my poems which can be found in the excellent Northern Gravy Anthology of Poetry. Buying one will be a real
help, they’ve just had ACE funding cut. More details at northerngravy.com #poetry #northerngravy
help, they’ve just had ACE funding cut. More details at northerngravy.com #poetry #northerngravy
Watch out pigeons of Crystal Palace
August 26, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Watch out pigeons of Crystal Palace
When you get a ‘no’ from a major poetry journal, which comes with technical feedback on poems they liked in your submission and why, plus a hope you’ll try again, that feels far less like a rejection and more of an encouraging push to keep going.
August 19, 2025 at 10:37 AM
When you get a ‘no’ from a major poetry journal, which comes with technical feedback on poems they liked in your submission and why, plus a hope you’ll try again, that feels far less like a rejection and more of an encouraging push to keep going.
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Northern Gravy now have more copies of this excellent anthology available to buy
Northern Gravy now have more copies of this excellent anthology available to buy
August 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Northern Gravy now have more copies of this excellent anthology available to buy
Northern Gravy now have more copies of this excellent anthology available to buy
Excited to be part of this. Going in… @ralphdartford.bsky.social
August 7, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Excited to be part of this. Going in… @ralphdartford.bsky.social
August 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Reading ‘Ridley Road’ from my 2023 Collection - Street Sailing @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
July 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Reading ‘Ridley Road’ from my 2023 Collection - Street Sailing @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
My mum’s Bristol bookshop in a still from an old Aardman series called Rex The Runt. richlyevocative.net/2012/03/26/i...
July 24, 2025 at 11:14 AM
My mum’s Bristol bookshop in a still from an old Aardman series called Rex The Runt. richlyevocative.net/2012/03/26/i...
‘devour/this grammar of now’ Post school run reading. Pretty good way to start the rest of the day. Soi-même by
@victoriaspires.bsky.social @salopress.bsky.social
@victoriaspires.bsky.social @salopress.bsky.social
July 15, 2025 at 8:22 AM
‘devour/this grammar of now’ Post school run reading. Pretty good way to start the rest of the day. Soi-même by
@victoriaspires.bsky.social @salopress.bsky.social
@victoriaspires.bsky.social @salopress.bsky.social
For this week's #PoemsAbout #Keepsakes and host @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk Spalted Wood - one of mine which first appeared in ‘Street Sailing’ - what do we keep (or take) & why?
July 11, 2025 at 7:29 AM
For this week's #PoemsAbout #Keepsakes and host @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk Spalted Wood - one of mine which first appeared in ‘Street Sailing’ - what do we keep (or take) & why?
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MacKenzie Crook writes, directs, and co-stars with Michael Palin in Small Prophets, a new BBC comedy about would-be occultists in Manchester.
MacKenzie Crook writes, directs, and co-stars with Michael Palin in Small Prophets, a new BBC comedy about would-be occultists in Manchester.
July 6, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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MacKenzie Crook writes, directs, and co-stars with Michael Palin in Small Prophets, a new BBC comedy about would-be occultists in Manchester.
MacKenzie Crook writes, directs, and co-stars with Michael Palin in Small Prophets, a new BBC comedy about would-be occultists in Manchester.
How to make a fountain sing. ‘Fountain’ by Pat Boran. 😀
July 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
How to make a fountain sing. ‘Fountain’ by Pat Boran. 😀