Tim Kiely
@timkiely1.bsky.social
💚 Irish; barrister; poet; Green Party member. Chat on all of the above - views my own.
📚 Buy my books at timkielybooks.bigcartel.com
📚 Buy my books at timkielybooks.bigcartel.com
🥋 returning to where it all began for a one-day Shorinji Kempo seminar in Oxford. 9 years after first getting the t-shirt, and 16 years after starting my training, it feels GOOD to be one of those still keeping up the training.
🙏 many thanks to Sensei Chris, Steve, Jess and Oxford Dojo for hosting!
🙏 many thanks to Sensei Chris, Steve, Jess and Oxford Dojo for hosting!
November 16, 2025 at 6:19 PM
🥋 returning to where it all began for a one-day Shorinji Kempo seminar in Oxford. 9 years after first getting the t-shirt, and 16 years after starting my training, it feels GOOD to be one of those still keeping up the training.
🙏 many thanks to Sensei Chris, Steve, Jess and Oxford Dojo for hosting!
🙏 many thanks to Sensei Chris, Steve, Jess and Oxford Dojo for hosting!
😌 okay, so…
☸️ not all its claims stick, but there is a real, deep authority in the words and method of Thich Nhat Hanh that rings through this classic text, written for his fellow monks and peace activists, down to the present day.
🙏 may all beings be free of suffering, and attain liberation.
☸️ not all its claims stick, but there is a real, deep authority in the words and method of Thich Nhat Hanh that rings through this classic text, written for his fellow monks and peace activists, down to the present day.
🙏 may all beings be free of suffering, and attain liberation.
November 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
😌 okay, so…
☸️ not all its claims stick, but there is a real, deep authority in the words and method of Thich Nhat Hanh that rings through this classic text, written for his fellow monks and peace activists, down to the present day.
🙏 may all beings be free of suffering, and attain liberation.
☸️ not all its claims stick, but there is a real, deep authority in the words and method of Thich Nhat Hanh that rings through this classic text, written for his fellow monks and peace activists, down to the present day.
🙏 may all beings be free of suffering, and attain liberation.
🪡’Unpick me old, spin me a yarn worthy of queer…’
😮 extraordinary things happen across Rachel Mann’s poems, where trans self-realisation and spiritual transformation blend together, and words are stitched and re-stitched in dizzying display.
👏 another challenge to be sure, but worth it.
😮 extraordinary things happen across Rachel Mann’s poems, where trans self-realisation and spiritual transformation blend together, and words are stitched and re-stitched in dizzying display.
👏 another challenge to be sure, but worth it.
November 9, 2025 at 11:08 PM
🪡’Unpick me old, spin me a yarn worthy of queer…’
😮 extraordinary things happen across Rachel Mann’s poems, where trans self-realisation and spiritual transformation blend together, and words are stitched and re-stitched in dizzying display.
👏 another challenge to be sure, but worth it.
😮 extraordinary things happen across Rachel Mann’s poems, where trans self-realisation and spiritual transformation blend together, and words are stitched and re-stitched in dizzying display.
👏 another challenge to be sure, but worth it.
🤔 strange to take a rest day that includes being haunted from two directions at once… but then I think it fits. As the Eve of All Hallows goes into All Saints Day, so Ella Hickson’s ‘Oedipus’ goes into Jay Bernard’s still-haunting ‘Surge’.
🙏 if there is such a thing as ‘the communion of saints’…
🙏 if there is such a thing as ‘the communion of saints’…
November 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
🤔 strange to take a rest day that includes being haunted from two directions at once… but then I think it fits. As the Eve of All Hallows goes into All Saints Day, so Ella Hickson’s ‘Oedipus’ goes into Jay Bernard’s still-haunting ‘Surge’.
🙏 if there is such a thing as ‘the communion of saints’…
🙏 if there is such a thing as ‘the communion of saints’…
🎃 there are definitely worse ways of dealing with that old end-of-October pumpkin surplus!
😋 many thanks ManCandy for a first-rate evening of merry-making and gourd-based gladiatorship!
😋 many thanks ManCandy for a first-rate evening of merry-making and gourd-based gladiatorship!
November 2, 2025 at 12:41 PM
🎃 there are definitely worse ways of dealing with that old end-of-October pumpkin surplus!
😋 many thanks ManCandy for a first-rate evening of merry-making and gourd-based gladiatorship!
😋 many thanks ManCandy for a first-rate evening of merry-making and gourd-based gladiatorship!
✊now *this* one is a beauty - quite proud that one of my poems found its way into this handsome pamphlet with some very venerable company!
🙏 thank you @janinebooth.bsky.social for allowing me a poem, and Harry Wyld for the excellent illustrations!
🙏 thank you @janinebooth.bsky.social for allowing me a poem, and Harry Wyld for the excellent illustrations!
November 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
✊now *this* one is a beauty - quite proud that one of my poems found its way into this handsome pamphlet with some very venerable company!
🙏 thank you @janinebooth.bsky.social for allowing me a poem, and Harry Wyld for the excellent illustrations!
🙏 thank you @janinebooth.bsky.social for allowing me a poem, and Harry Wyld for the excellent illustrations!
🌕 so my wife has never seen ‘Wallace & Gromit’ before, and in the process of introducing her to this cherished national institution and pillar of my childhood, we just happen to have come to… well…
🎃 #HappyHalloween all!
🎃 #HappyHalloween all!
October 31, 2025 at 9:50 PM
🌕 so my wife has never seen ‘Wallace & Gromit’ before, and in the process of introducing her to this cherished national institution and pillar of my childhood, we just happen to have come to… well…
🎃 #HappyHalloween all!
🎃 #HappyHalloween all!
🎭 night at the Wyndham for a date went rather well!
😁 so yes, the play might as well have been called ‘Hot Renaissance Drama That F***s’ but however fast and loose it gets with the history, especially towards the end, it is a lot of fun, especially for my kind of drama nerd.
😁 so yes, the play might as well have been called ‘Hot Renaissance Drama That F***s’ but however fast and loose it gets with the history, especially towards the end, it is a lot of fun, especially for my kind of drama nerd.
October 30, 2025 at 9:07 PM
🎭 night at the Wyndham for a date went rather well!
😁 so yes, the play might as well have been called ‘Hot Renaissance Drama That F***s’ but however fast and loose it gets with the history, especially towards the end, it is a lot of fun, especially for my kind of drama nerd.
😁 so yes, the play might as well have been called ‘Hot Renaissance Drama That F***s’ but however fast and loose it gets with the history, especially towards the end, it is a lot of fun, especially for my kind of drama nerd.
😳 stunning dereliction of duty from Labour, over 300 MPs were absent for a vote to take us out of the European Convention on Human Rights.
✍️ it is worth writing to your MP and making a stink about this. We need parliamentary representatives who will actually be prepared to defend our rights.
✍️ it is worth writing to your MP and making a stink about this. We need parliamentary representatives who will actually be prepared to defend our rights.
October 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
😳 stunning dereliction of duty from Labour, over 300 MPs were absent for a vote to take us out of the European Convention on Human Rights.
✍️ it is worth writing to your MP and making a stink about this. We need parliamentary representatives who will actually be prepared to defend our rights.
✍️ it is worth writing to your MP and making a stink about this. We need parliamentary representatives who will actually be prepared to defend our rights.
‘Arguments carry better when they shoot.’
😏 treat the rise of fascism as the antics of a bunch of criminal chancers and their craven allies, first farcical and then blood-soaked, and the results are sometimes uneven, but still grimly compelling.
✊ a timely reminder that one must always resist.
😏 treat the rise of fascism as the antics of a bunch of criminal chancers and their craven allies, first farcical and then blood-soaked, and the results are sometimes uneven, but still grimly compelling.
✊ a timely reminder that one must always resist.
October 25, 2025 at 6:31 PM
‘Arguments carry better when they shoot.’
😏 treat the rise of fascism as the antics of a bunch of criminal chancers and their craven allies, first farcical and then blood-soaked, and the results are sometimes uneven, but still grimly compelling.
✊ a timely reminder that one must always resist.
😏 treat the rise of fascism as the antics of a bunch of criminal chancers and their craven allies, first farcical and then blood-soaked, and the results are sometimes uneven, but still grimly compelling.
✊ a timely reminder that one must always resist.
‘And what right has any man to say there is sufficiency of dreaming?’
📖 I first saw this play in 2012 with Oliver Ford Davies as Andrewes and Stephen Boxer as Tyndale. Witty, intense, even devastating… it may even be better than I remember it.
📖 I first saw this play in 2012 with Oliver Ford Davies as Andrewes and Stephen Boxer as Tyndale. Witty, intense, even devastating… it may even be better than I remember it.
October 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
‘And what right has any man to say there is sufficiency of dreaming?’
📖 I first saw this play in 2012 with Oliver Ford Davies as Andrewes and Stephen Boxer as Tyndale. Witty, intense, even devastating… it may even be better than I remember it.
📖 I first saw this play in 2012 with Oliver Ford Davies as Andrewes and Stephen Boxer as Tyndale. Witty, intense, even devastating… it may even be better than I remember it.
🪓’It isn’t difficult to keep alive friends… just don’t make trouble - or if you must… make the sort of trouble that’s expected.’
👏 I didn’t expect a play that debuted in 1960 to still be as witty, penetrating and politically razor-sharp as ‘A Man For All Seasons’ certainly is - a pleasant surprise!
👏 I didn’t expect a play that debuted in 1960 to still be as witty, penetrating and politically razor-sharp as ‘A Man For All Seasons’ certainly is - a pleasant surprise!
October 14, 2025 at 7:27 AM
🪓’It isn’t difficult to keep alive friends… just don’t make trouble - or if you must… make the sort of trouble that’s expected.’
👏 I didn’t expect a play that debuted in 1960 to still be as witty, penetrating and politically razor-sharp as ‘A Man For All Seasons’ certainly is - a pleasant surprise!
👏 I didn’t expect a play that debuted in 1960 to still be as witty, penetrating and politically razor-sharp as ‘A Man For All Seasons’ certainly is - a pleasant surprise!
🐍’When the krait strikes but does not loose / his venom: dry bite.’
😊 there is a peculiarly American going-together of straightforwardness and strangeness which, even when I find it a bit folksy for my taste, makes Thomas Lux in particular such a charming poet to return to after many years.
😊 there is a peculiarly American going-together of straightforwardness and strangeness which, even when I find it a bit folksy for my taste, makes Thomas Lux in particular such a charming poet to return to after many years.
October 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
🐍’When the krait strikes but does not loose / his venom: dry bite.’
😊 there is a peculiarly American going-together of straightforwardness and strangeness which, even when I find it a bit folksy for my taste, makes Thomas Lux in particular such a charming poet to return to after many years.
😊 there is a peculiarly American going-together of straightforwardness and strangeness which, even when I find it a bit folksy for my taste, makes Thomas Lux in particular such a charming poet to return to after many years.
☀️ lovely day for a leaflet!
💚 felt good to be back on the street today with @newhamgreens.bsky.social for some Old Fashioned Door-to-Door work, complete with an Old Fashioned Spatula for tricky letterbox insertion (and anti-dog protection!)
✊ we have the wind at our back!
join.greenparty.org.uk
💚 felt good to be back on the street today with @newhamgreens.bsky.social for some Old Fashioned Door-to-Door work, complete with an Old Fashioned Spatula for tricky letterbox insertion (and anti-dog protection!)
✊ we have the wind at our back!
join.greenparty.org.uk
October 12, 2025 at 11:34 AM
☀️ lovely day for a leaflet!
💚 felt good to be back on the street today with @newhamgreens.bsky.social for some Old Fashioned Door-to-Door work, complete with an Old Fashioned Spatula for tricky letterbox insertion (and anti-dog protection!)
✊ we have the wind at our back!
join.greenparty.org.uk
💚 felt good to be back on the street today with @newhamgreens.bsky.social for some Old Fashioned Door-to-Door work, complete with an Old Fashioned Spatula for tricky letterbox insertion (and anti-dog protection!)
✊ we have the wind at our back!
join.greenparty.org.uk
‘But if there are words, there is no death.’
🙏 very glad I picked this up at #gpconf from the @feministgreens.bsky.social stall - Victoria Mackenzie has written a very slim book in which there is a quiet, thrilling power, not unlike the work of the medieval mystics who inspire her.
🙏 very glad I picked this up at #gpconf from the @feministgreens.bsky.social stall - Victoria Mackenzie has written a very slim book in which there is a quiet, thrilling power, not unlike the work of the medieval mystics who inspire her.
October 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
‘But if there are words, there is no death.’
🙏 very glad I picked this up at #gpconf from the @feministgreens.bsky.social stall - Victoria Mackenzie has written a very slim book in which there is a quiet, thrilling power, not unlike the work of the medieval mystics who inspire her.
🙏 very glad I picked this up at #gpconf from the @feministgreens.bsky.social stall - Victoria Mackenzie has written a very slim book in which there is a quiet, thrilling power, not unlike the work of the medieval mystics who inspire her.
🍺 #gpconf is over - time to celebrate!
💚 things have happened this year that knocked me off course - but being with @greenparty.org.uk members this weekend has brought me back. Let’s do this folks.
💚 things have happened this year that knocked me off course - but being with @greenparty.org.uk members this weekend has brought me back. Let’s do this folks.
October 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
🍺 #gpconf is over - time to celebrate!
💚 things have happened this year that knocked me off course - but being with @greenparty.org.uk members this weekend has brought me back. Let’s do this folks.
💚 things have happened this year that knocked me off course - but being with @greenparty.org.uk members this weekend has brought me back. Let’s do this folks.
🇵🇸 took some time today to head down to the beach at Bournemouth and be a part of the Red Line For Palestine event at @greenparty.org.uk conference.
✊let the call continue to go out to stop the genocide in Gaza, stop selling arms to Israel and sanction its government - again and again, until peace.
✊let the call continue to go out to stop the genocide in Gaza, stop selling arms to Israel and sanction its government - again and again, until peace.
October 4, 2025 at 12:51 PM
🇵🇸 took some time today to head down to the beach at Bournemouth and be a part of the Red Line For Palestine event at @greenparty.org.uk conference.
✊let the call continue to go out to stop the genocide in Gaza, stop selling arms to Israel and sanction its government - again and again, until peace.
✊let the call continue to go out to stop the genocide in Gaza, stop selling arms to Israel and sanction its government - again and again, until peace.
👏 @zackpolanski.bsky.social raised the roof on day 1 of @greenparty.org.uk conference in Bournemouth.
💚 I had a reminder today of what got me into Green politics in the first place. Climate justice also means economic, social and racial justice, and in this room is a movement to make it happen.
💚 I had a reminder today of what got me into Green politics in the first place. Climate justice also means economic, social and racial justice, and in this room is a movement to make it happen.
October 3, 2025 at 1:39 PM
👏 @zackpolanski.bsky.social raised the roof on day 1 of @greenparty.org.uk conference in Bournemouth.
💚 I had a reminder today of what got me into Green politics in the first place. Climate justice also means economic, social and racial justice, and in this room is a movement to make it happen.
💚 I had a reminder today of what got me into Green politics in the first place. Climate justice also means economic, social and racial justice, and in this room is a movement to make it happen.
😁 @zackpolanski.bsky.social front and centre in Bournemouth - makes sense!
💚 you can feel the energy this morning at @greenparty.org.uk conference - let’s pick up an agenda and get cracking!
#gpconf
💚 you can feel the energy this morning at @greenparty.org.uk conference - let’s pick up an agenda and get cracking!
#gpconf
October 3, 2025 at 9:14 AM
😁 @zackpolanski.bsky.social front and centre in Bournemouth - makes sense!
💚 you can feel the energy this morning at @greenparty.org.uk conference - let’s pick up an agenda and get cracking!
#gpconf
💚 you can feel the energy this morning at @greenparty.org.uk conference - let’s pick up an agenda and get cracking!
#gpconf
🌊’I could dive down. / I could paint pictures. I could be a good person.’
😌 read the poems of Freya Bantiff, including her National Poetry Competition-placing ‘God the Whale’, for the pods of illumination breaking their surfaces in wry serenity - and cherish the world to which they direct us.
😌 read the poems of Freya Bantiff, including her National Poetry Competition-placing ‘God the Whale’, for the pods of illumination breaking their surfaces in wry serenity - and cherish the world to which they direct us.
October 2, 2025 at 8:26 PM
🌊’I could dive down. / I could paint pictures. I could be a good person.’
😌 read the poems of Freya Bantiff, including her National Poetry Competition-placing ‘God the Whale’, for the pods of illumination breaking their surfaces in wry serenity - and cherish the world to which they direct us.
😌 read the poems of Freya Bantiff, including her National Poetry Competition-placing ‘God the Whale’, for the pods of illumination breaking their surfaces in wry serenity - and cherish the world to which they direct us.
So it’s #NationalPoetryDay
In the same day the antisemitic attack in Manchester and news of the detaining of the members of the Sumud Flotilla bringing aid to Gaza have meant that I cannot really engage with this year’s chosen theme of ‘Play’.
But here’s this.
Take care - breathe, keep going.
In the same day the antisemitic attack in Manchester and news of the detaining of the members of the Sumud Flotilla bringing aid to Gaza have meant that I cannot really engage with this year’s chosen theme of ‘Play’.
But here’s this.
Take care - breathe, keep going.
October 2, 2025 at 1:54 PM
So it’s #NationalPoetryDay
In the same day the antisemitic attack in Manchester and news of the detaining of the members of the Sumud Flotilla bringing aid to Gaza have meant that I cannot really engage with this year’s chosen theme of ‘Play’.
But here’s this.
Take care - breathe, keep going.
In the same day the antisemitic attack in Manchester and news of the detaining of the members of the Sumud Flotilla bringing aid to Gaza have meant that I cannot really engage with this year’s chosen theme of ‘Play’.
But here’s this.
Take care - breathe, keep going.
🙃 ‘[W]hen your neighbour is going mad it is only reasonable to want to understand the source of their distress.’
🏴 Glancing as O’Toole’s is at times, he is entertaining on the structures of English self-pity, and surely right that the farce of #Brexit must force a nation to know itself differently.
🏴 Glancing as O’Toole’s is at times, he is entertaining on the structures of English self-pity, and surely right that the farce of #Brexit must force a nation to know itself differently.
October 2, 2025 at 1:06 PM
🙃 ‘[W]hen your neighbour is going mad it is only reasonable to want to understand the source of their distress.’
🏴 Glancing as O’Toole’s is at times, he is entertaining on the structures of English self-pity, and surely right that the farce of #Brexit must force a nation to know itself differently.
🏴 Glancing as O’Toole’s is at times, he is entertaining on the structures of English self-pity, and surely right that the farce of #Brexit must force a nation to know itself differently.
‘I’m told what seems like joy / is often joy’
👏 it is a pleasure to go back to this debut from @kavehakbar.bsky.social and find in it the same luminous hunger for life, so viscerally expressed, that has attracted me to their later poetry. A book to quench your thirst then excite it all over again.
👏 it is a pleasure to go back to this debut from @kavehakbar.bsky.social and find in it the same luminous hunger for life, so viscerally expressed, that has attracted me to their later poetry. A book to quench your thirst then excite it all over again.
September 27, 2025 at 10:50 PM
‘I’m told what seems like joy / is often joy’
👏 it is a pleasure to go back to this debut from @kavehakbar.bsky.social and find in it the same luminous hunger for life, so viscerally expressed, that has attracted me to their later poetry. A book to quench your thirst then excite it all over again.
👏 it is a pleasure to go back to this debut from @kavehakbar.bsky.social and find in it the same luminous hunger for life, so viscerally expressed, that has attracted me to their later poetry. A book to quench your thirst then excite it all over again.