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Samuel Tongue
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Poet, Editor (samueltongue.com) and Co-Director of Kalewater Cottage Creative Retreat kalewatercottage.co.uk
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Today's themes: HP Lovecraft, quail hunting, National Front environmental policy, Umwelt, litter-picking, Depression-era union bashing, hydroelecttic dams. This is going to be a fucking amazing book, guys.
November 20, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Online poetry reading tomorrow evening UK time from the Wordsworth Trust - @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social hosting Josie Giles. Next month is Sarah Howe! I keep missing these but they're such great events. Do share and come along! www.trybooking.com/uk/events/la...
'Go to the poets': Harry Josephine Giles
Curated and hosted by poet Kim Moore, our online contemporary poetry reading series continues throughout 2025. We will be listening to what poets...
www.trybooking.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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I was delighted to be part of the launch event for Postbox magazine. A celebration of the short story!
@colettecoen.bsky.social @samueltongue.bsky.social #postboxpress #ayewrite
November 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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It is Halloween. Turnip Head
Will soon be given his face,
A slit, two triangles, a hole.
His brains litter the table top.
A candle stub will be his soul.

Michael Longley, 'Halloween'
October 31, 2025 at 5:46 AM
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Two poems by Juana Adcock were the focus of the SPL's regular Nothing But The Poem podcast, hosted by @samueltongue.bsky.social

A 16 minute treat of poetry gorgeousness for your ears. Listen to it here:
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/podcast/noth...
Nothing But The Poem - Juana Adcock
The latest edition of our Nothing But The Poem podcast, hosted as usual by Samuel Tongue, features two poems by Juana Adcock. “Juana Adcock is a poet who works between languages and registers and them...
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk
October 28, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Still time to get your tickets for this event at Glasgow's
@AyeWrite festival on Friday 7th November - Bill Herbert and myself with some fantastic poetry! Just £6.72 for an evening's entertainment...

www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/word...
Words from Whaleback City: Andy Jackson & Bill Herbert - Glasgow Life
Aye Write 2025 presents Words from Whaleback City: Andy Jackson & Bill Herbert
www.glasgowlife.org.uk
October 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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HEADS UP!

Last night Isabelle Baafi won the @forwardprizes.bsky.social for Best First Poetry Collection. Congrats, Isabelle.

Today we're putting a brand new Nothing But The Poem podcast online featuring @samueltongue.bsky.social taking an immersive dive into 2 poems by Isabelle Baafi.

Stay tuned!
October 27, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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🎙️NEW SPL PODCAST: Isabelle Baafi

Our resident Nothing But The Poem host, @samueltongue.bsky.social leads an immersive analysis of 2 poems from Forward Prize winning poet Isabelle Baafi's debut collection Chaotic Good.

www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/podcast/noth...
Nothing But The Poem - Isabelle Baafi
Immersive analysis of 2 poems from Forward Prize winning poet Isabelle Baafi's debut collection Chaotic Good
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk
October 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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stmungosmirrorball.wordpress.com Gaelic poetry showcase 6th November at Aye Write -not to be missed
St Mungo's Mirrorball
The Glasgow network of poets and poetry lovers
stmungosmirrorball.wordpress.com
October 26, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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I've written a little bit about grief [spoiler, it's lonely and unbearable] in this kind of fragmentary short piece about waves.

open.substack.com/pub/elsewher...
October 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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🎙️ NEW SPL PODCAST!

The latest edition of our Nothing But The Poem podcast, hosted as usual by @samueltongue.bsky.social, features an engaging critical dive into two poems by Juana Adcock.

🔥 The Task of the Translator
🔥 The Guitar's Lament

www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/podcast/noth...
Nothing But The Poem - Juana Adcock
The latest edition of our Nothing But The Poem podcast, hosted as usual by Samuel Tongue, features two poems by Juana Adcock. “Juana Adcock is a poet who works between languages and registers and them...
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk
October 16, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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So, people are going to have to pass A level english to live here are they? I hope they study what I did at A level, Translations by Brian Friel, about the colonial evil of the English forcing people to adopt the English language
October 15, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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A frog poem from Reflector - my limited edition art book collaboration with #Dundee artist Stephen French: stephenfrench.art
October 15, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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According to Skewering History: The Odious Politics of Counting Gaza's Dead by Dr Richard Hil and Dr Gideon Polya, they say that as of April 2025 there are 680,000 dead in Gaza, this includes an estimated 380,000 children under the age of 5. This is based on all the data collected.
October 8, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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He is out of his fucking mind & I have to assume all those others know it. He’s in some movie he thinks he’s starring in. It’s truly insane. We need to speak up on this. He has some Dr Strangelove shit going on & it’s beyond freaky.
Stephen Miller: "All that bullshit is done, over, it's finished. The gangbangers you deal with- they think they're ruthless? They have no idea how ruthless we are. They think they're tough? They have no idea how tough we are. They think they're hardcore? We are so much more hardcore than they are"
October 2, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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Just a reminder that the Cafe Writers International poetry competition is open. Our wonderful (sole) judge this year is Jessica Mookherjee. Top prize is £1000 www.cafewriters.co.uk/home/poetry-...
Poetry Competition | Cafe Writers
www.cafewriters.co.uk
September 27, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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POETS. DO. NOT. MISS. THIS!!

Audition SOON for a chance to appear in @iambapoet.com in either 2026 or 2027.

Everything you need to know to join some of poetry's most celebrated names is on the Audition page.

Fewer than 40 spaces available now. You'll need to be quick!

iambapoet.com/audition
September 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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It’s official (again): Climate change is real, it’s caused by us, and it’s dangerous

The science isn’t new

www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
Climate change ‘beyond scientific dispute,’ National Academies report says
The report is a sharp rebuttal to a recent Trump administration's report, and Republicans have already targeted the report as “a blatant partisan act.”
www.politico.com
September 20, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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entire press has gotten bullied into treating charlie kirk as if he was one of the most important americans alive and not a modestly popular podcaster
September 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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NEW DATES! Child Bereavement UK has partnered with Getting Through It, a powerful, one-person show by Michael Rosen
Tour dates & booking information 👉
childbereavementuk.org/michael-rosen-show
🟡Halifax, 26 November
🟡Oxford, 9 January
🟡Edinburgh, 29 January
🟡Mold, 8 February
🟡Liverpool, 22 April
Child Bereavement UK partners with Michael Rosen's 'extraordinary' one-person show Getting Through It
Child Bereavement UK has partnered with Getting Through It, a powerful, new one-person show by poet and author Michael Rosen.
childbereavementuk.org
September 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
A new law could give millions of us better rights at work, but corporate lobbyists & politicians are trying to gut it. Tell the Government: protect workers, not profits!
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/uk...
UK Government: Keep your promise to protect workers
Zero hours contracts, unfair ‘fire and rehire’, waiting months or even years to be able to access benefits – the world of work in our country is weighted against actual workers. It’s billionaire bosse...
you.38degrees.org.uk
September 18, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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This is precisely why the monarchy should be abolished. You can pretend they are merely decorative, but this video says otherwise. Rich white men love that aura of divine power
Look who came with
September 18, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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The German authorities said that Kristallnacht passed off well, but there was a lot of broken glass to clear up...
Scale of ‘Unite the Kingdom’ march shows free speech ‘alive and well’ in UK, says minister – UK politics live
Peter Kyle said he was not ‘disturbed’ by huge Tommy Robinson-organised far-right protest but condemns violence against the police
www.theguardian.com
September 14, 2025 at 11:29 AM