Stuart McPherson
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Stuart McPherson
@stumcpherson.bsky.social
Prize Winning Poet | END CEREMONIES via BrokenSleepBooks| Graphic Artist at TRIED / FAILED

www.triedfailed.com
First copy of "The Aureate Trophies of Profit & Loss"

Huge thanks to Aaron Kent for the cover!!

It's a cute book about money, greed, corporate life, capitalism, the end of civilization etc

Publishes 31st December via @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social

Preorder link 👇

tinyurl.com/62p35pbx
November 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
A poem on the rise of the far right in the U.K taken from my new collection "The Aureate Trophies of Profit & Loss- and other lyrics for a cold world)

It drops on December 31st via broken sleep books

ttps://tinyurl.com/2p4ymdf4
November 1, 2025 at 2:41 PM
So I made the most OTT trailer to accompany my new book "The Aureate Trophies of Profit & Loss"

This is my third collection that will drop on the 31st December via Broken Sleep Books

Huge thanks to poets Will Alexander, Fran Lock and Rob Kieley for the words

Pre-Orders 👇
tinyurl.com/4crn3hkc
October 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
An excerpt from my third collection of poems "The Aureate Trophies of Profit & Loss"

It publishes on December 31st via Broken Sleep Books and if you fancied getting a copy on or just before the publication date, then you can preorder via the link below 👇

tinyurl.com/62p35pbx
October 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Had a day off work

Drew someone hitting themselves with a hammer

You're welcome

www.triedfailed.com
August 22, 2025 at 4:40 PM
BOOK NEWS!

Coming December 2025

THE AUREATE TROPHIES OF PROFIT & LOSS (and other lyrics for a cold world)

Published via @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social this will be my third collection of poetry.

Pre-orders will open up sometime in late October/ early November.

#poetry #poetsonbluesky #poems
August 20, 2025 at 8:53 PM
New sticker design for my pals in San Fran.

A fun one to draw.

I always like doing stuff for friends.

Friendship over everything
August 12, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Most absurd design I've ever drawn....

But it's fun, and it was fun to do, and that's really all that matters!

www.triedfailed.com
August 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM
"I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love, If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles" Walt Whitman

Took this photo the other day and it seemed fitting to accompany it with a quote from W.W, and Leaves of Grass in particular
August 7, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Strange the things you see out of your window.
July 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
June 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM
New design for all you bookheads....

www.triedfailed.com

#poetsonbluesky
May 30, 2025 at 5:44 PM
May 18, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Forgot what an absolute GOAT Camille Rankine is...

#poetry #poetsonbluesky
May 11, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Today's drawing / design...

One for all the Warhammer / D&D heads....
May 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Today's quick drawing / design

Anyone get the reference?

www.triedfailed.com
May 9, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Caught a rainy moment in Sydney
April 27, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Happy Birthday @abagoo.bsky.social !!

Poem taken from Wild Court.

#poetry #poetsonbluesky
April 22, 2025 at 12:33 PM
"What Sadness Anywhere is Sadness" by Shane McCrae.

#poetsonbluesky #poetry
April 22, 2025 at 9:23 AM
April 16, 2025 at 2:25 PM
This record is 32 years old and I feel old as f**k.

First heard it / saw it on a sub pop VHS in 1992.

Finally own a copy all these years later.

One of the first bands that introduced me to punk rock as a kid.

Still a banger 🔥
April 16, 2025 at 11:24 AM
He's grumpy and weird but I do love him
April 16, 2025 at 10:46 AM
👀
April 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Frank Stanford will always be, in my eyes, one of the greatest of all time...

#poetsonbluesky #poetry
March 29, 2025 at 1:57 PM
New design from yesterday. Who WOULDN'T want to get abducted by aliens right now....
March 23, 2025 at 11:34 AM