Susan Gordon Byron
@sgordonby.bsky.social
A poet in SE London. My website: https://susangordonbyron.weebly.com/
In other news, I learned today that Josephine, Napoleon's love, owned 900 dresses.
November 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
In other news, I learned today that Josephine, Napoleon's love, owned 900 dresses.
To apologise sincerely is also admitting something. It's a small confession, and it needs openness to do it. Admitting to your not-quite-flawless human shape.
November 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
To apologise sincerely is also admitting something. It's a small confession, and it needs openness to do it. Admitting to your not-quite-flawless human shape.
Struck up conversation with a Canadian family on the train. A lovely bit of today. They were on their way back from the BFI Film Festival. My stop arrived a bit too soon, and then on my way again.
October 19, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Struck up conversation with a Canadian family on the train. A lovely bit of today. They were on their way back from the BFI Film Festival. My stop arrived a bit too soon, and then on my way again.
There's a lot said about the goods and bads of writing competitions. But I had a poem longlisted by the Bournemouth Writing Prize last week and that meant something to me. Partly, it was 'someone read this puzzle-emotion in motion called a poem and they GOT it'
October 1, 2025 at 11:26 AM
There's a lot said about the goods and bads of writing competitions. But I had a poem longlisted by the Bournemouth Writing Prize last week and that meant something to me. Partly, it was 'someone read this puzzle-emotion in motion called a poem and they GOT it'
The Lady from The Sea at The Bridge theatre: a lot of swearing, and a lot of water, but it is gripping theatre.
September 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The Lady from The Sea at The Bridge theatre: a lot of swearing, and a lot of water, but it is gripping theatre.
Another discovery courtesy of Radio 3's incomparable Night Tracks: the late Japanese composer Susumu Yomota. I'm listening to Cloud Hidden on Bandcamp.
September 5, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Another discovery courtesy of Radio 3's incomparable Night Tracks: the late Japanese composer Susumu Yomota. I'm listening to Cloud Hidden on Bandcamp.
Porridge magazine has given it a second home: a poem about puzzling dreams. I love the accompanying graphic porridgemagazine.com/2025/07/23/one-poem-susan-g-byron
ONE POEM – Susan G. Byron
It’s these questions I have. (An astral whodunnit: a whydreamit).
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September 4, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Porridge magazine has given it a second home: a poem about puzzling dreams. I love the accompanying graphic porridgemagazine.com/2025/07/23/one-poem-susan-g-byron
'Every poet is a thief', a lyric in U2's The Fly that is always loudest 😂
September 1, 2025 at 12:50 PM
'Every poet is a thief', a lyric in U2's The Fly that is always loudest 😂
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🎶 Music as company
A new study shows that listening to music can spark mental images of social connection, even when alone.
Compared to silence, music made people imagine more vivid, social scenes.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#SciComm #Music 🧪
A new study shows that listening to music can spark mental images of social connection, even when alone.
Compared to silence, music made people imagine more vivid, social scenes.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#SciComm #Music 🧪
Solitary silence and social sounds: music can influence mental imagery, inducing thoughts of social interactions - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Solitary silence and social sounds: music can influence mental imagery, inducing thoughts of social interactions
www.nature.com
September 1, 2025 at 12:24 PM
🎶 Music as company
A new study shows that listening to music can spark mental images of social connection, even when alone.
Compared to silence, music made people imagine more vivid, social scenes.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#SciComm #Music 🧪
A new study shows that listening to music can spark mental images of social connection, even when alone.
Compared to silence, music made people imagine more vivid, social scenes.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#SciComm #Music 🧪
Answered the door to two Hello Fresh reps earlier today. Their opening gambit was 'Are you head chef?' At a residential address; I'm dressed with my usual sporty/yoga class vibes. They ask if I ever have 'a cheeky little takeaway'. No, I don't.
August 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Answered the door to two Hello Fresh reps earlier today. Their opening gambit was 'Are you head chef?' At a residential address; I'm dressed with my usual sporty/yoga class vibes. They ask if I ever have 'a cheeky little takeaway'. No, I don't.
I am unfailingly impressed by singer/songwriter Jordan Stephens. His lyrics, his book, his being. So much talent, but I think he also tries really hard to do good in the world, and he's succeeding at that. I think he's really special.
August 17, 2025 at 11:16 AM
I am unfailingly impressed by singer/songwriter Jordan Stephens. His lyrics, his book, his being. So much talent, but I think he also tries really hard to do good in the world, and he's succeeding at that. I think he's really special.
Saw Twelfth Night at the Globe this afternoon. Typically raucous work from them, but beautiful casting. I particularly enjoyed Jos Vantyler's Feste. A big star for the future, surely?
August 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Saw Twelfth Night at the Globe this afternoon. Typically raucous work from them, but beautiful casting. I particularly enjoyed Jos Vantyler's Feste. A big star for the future, surely?
Saw the film Materialists last night with a Picturehouse preview. There were a couple of clanging moments, and it's just a smidgen repetitive towards the end, but I loved it's themes, how direct the dialogue was - it's brave, thoughtful, of today. Very glad I got to it after a long day.
August 11, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Saw the film Materialists last night with a Picturehouse preview. There were a couple of clanging moments, and it's just a smidgen repetitive towards the end, but I loved it's themes, how direct the dialogue was - it's brave, thoughtful, of today. Very glad I got to it after a long day.
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🫀 Teach AI how you feel 🤖
This week’s Slow AI prompt begins in the body. Not thought, but sensation.
What does this moment feel like in you, and can your AI tool notice?
Read & try: theslowai.substack.com/p/slow-ai-6-...
#SlowAI #AI 🧪 #SciComm #EthicalAI #GenAI
This week’s Slow AI prompt begins in the body. Not thought, but sensation.
What does this moment feel like in you, and can your AI tool notice?
Read & try: theslowai.substack.com/p/slow-ai-6-...
#SlowAI #AI 🧪 #SciComm #EthicalAI #GenAI
Slow AI #6 – Teach It What It Feels Like
Some knowledge begins in the skin.
theslowai.substack.com
August 5, 2025 at 10:42 AM
🫀 Teach AI how you feel 🤖
This week’s Slow AI prompt begins in the body. Not thought, but sensation.
What does this moment feel like in you, and can your AI tool notice?
Read & try: theslowai.substack.com/p/slow-ai-6-...
#SlowAI #AI 🧪 #SciComm #EthicalAI #GenAI
This week’s Slow AI prompt begins in the body. Not thought, but sensation.
What does this moment feel like in you, and can your AI tool notice?
Read & try: theslowai.substack.com/p/slow-ai-6-...
#SlowAI #AI 🧪 #SciComm #EthicalAI #GenAI
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We're excited to announce Chris Campbell will be reading from his forthcoming collection WHY I WEAR MY PAST TO WORK on 28/9 at The Bridge Inn in Bristol.
Swing by to see Chris and the other amazing readers, grab a pint, and hear some fantastic poetry!
Click through for the poets!
Swing by to see Chris and the other amazing readers, grab a pint, and hear some fantastic poetry!
Click through for the poets!
July 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM
We're excited to announce Chris Campbell will be reading from his forthcoming collection WHY I WEAR MY PAST TO WORK on 28/9 at The Bridge Inn in Bristol.
Swing by to see Chris and the other amazing readers, grab a pint, and hear some fantastic poetry!
Click through for the poets!
Swing by to see Chris and the other amazing readers, grab a pint, and hear some fantastic poetry!
Click through for the poets!
I do think 'art is imitative' is an intentional misreading of Plato's The Republic. Firstly, he is taking aim at Homeric narrative poetry, not other media. Secondly, he distinguishes between a 'good artist' and a 'real artist': the latter 'would be interested in realities and not imitations'.
July 25, 2025 at 10:54 AM
I do think 'art is imitative' is an intentional misreading of Plato's The Republic. Firstly, he is taking aim at Homeric narrative poetry, not other media. Secondly, he distinguishes between a 'good artist' and a 'real artist': the latter 'would be interested in realities and not imitations'.
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We have written to them to seek firm clarification and assurance that customer files will not be used to train AI.
You can read the full letter societyofauthors.org/2025/07/23/w...
We will keep you updated on their response.
You can read the full letter societyofauthors.org/2025/07/23/w...
We will keep you updated on their response.
July 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
We have written to them to seek firm clarification and assurance that customer files will not be used to train AI.
You can read the full letter societyofauthors.org/2025/07/23/w...
We will keep you updated on their response.
You can read the full letter societyofauthors.org/2025/07/23/w...
We will keep you updated on their response.
Random day off thought... James Bond is just a writer with a gun: a working solitude ends up defining them.
July 23, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Random day off thought... James Bond is just a writer with a gun: a working solitude ends up defining them.
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If you’re looking for alternatives to WeTransfer you could do worse than try Pidge, Flung, Gotcha, FromMeToYou, GetOut, Dumpster, Wheeee!, Bungee, Scrinkle, Chuckaway, Catchit, FileBegone, Upplode or Phuqoph.
July 15, 2025 at 9:05 AM
If you’re looking for alternatives to WeTransfer you could do worse than try Pidge, Flung, Gotcha, FromMeToYou, GetOut, Dumpster, Wheeee!, Bungee, Scrinkle, Chuckaway, Catchit, FileBegone, Upplode or Phuqoph.
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Legs over High Tor, Matlock, 1975, photo by Paul Hill.
July 15, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Legs over High Tor, Matlock, 1975, photo by Paul Hill.
I can't think of the composer Benjamin Britten without thinking 'I must see his work live...' and regretting not knowing his work better. It's become an ambition, like going to Wimbledon or something. I wonder if a slightly suspect national pride is behind it.
July 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I can't think of the composer Benjamin Britten without thinking 'I must see his work live...' and regretting not knowing his work better. It's become an ambition, like going to Wimbledon or something. I wonder if a slightly suspect national pride is behind it.
This morning, I wonder if good communication is saying the truest thing, with a constant regard for how the other person might receive it.
July 9, 2025 at 10:31 AM
This morning, I wonder if good communication is saying the truest thing, with a constant regard for how the other person might receive it.
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HEY SFF WRITERS 👋✨
We want your books.
So we can acquire them.
And print them.
For our ✨🪶 SOON TO BE LAUNCHED PRESS 🪶✨
Submissions are open until August 30. 12.5k-40k words.
Guidelines are live on our site, found down-thread.
Pass it on 👀
We want your books.
So we can acquire them.
And print them.
For our ✨🪶 SOON TO BE LAUNCHED PRESS 🪶✨
Submissions are open until August 30. 12.5k-40k words.
Guidelines are live on our site, found down-thread.
Pass it on 👀
July 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
HEY SFF WRITERS 👋✨
We want your books.
So we can acquire them.
And print them.
For our ✨🪶 SOON TO BE LAUNCHED PRESS 🪶✨
Submissions are open until August 30. 12.5k-40k words.
Guidelines are live on our site, found down-thread.
Pass it on 👀
We want your books.
So we can acquire them.
And print them.
For our ✨🪶 SOON TO BE LAUNCHED PRESS 🪶✨
Submissions are open until August 30. 12.5k-40k words.
Guidelines are live on our site, found down-thread.
Pass it on 👀
A phrase or part-quote is a wonderful rabbit hole. Today's is Milton's 'darkness visible'. It has led me to William Golding's novel of the same name. The first few pages... This is what I needed to read. It's like destructive fire has an array of personalities, and Golding got to them all.
July 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
A phrase or part-quote is a wonderful rabbit hole. Today's is Milton's 'darkness visible'. It has led me to William Golding's novel of the same name. The first few pages... This is what I needed to read. It's like destructive fire has an array of personalities, and Golding got to them all.
Kept my Netflix sub going for a second month. Bypassed all the spangly new dramas to watch an episode of The Forsyte Saga from 2002 instead. Pretty sure this isn't what the commissioners have in mind.
June 27, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Kept my Netflix sub going for a second month. Bypassed all the spangly new dramas to watch an episode of The Forsyte Saga from 2002 instead. Pretty sure this isn't what the commissioners have in mind.