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Alex Jenkins

@alexjenkinspoet.bsky.social

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Poet, writer, (col)lapsed academic (he/him). Work in: @badlilies.bsky.social, @propelmagazine.bsky.social, and elsewhere.

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Alex Jenkins @alexjenkinspoet.bsky.social · Sep 2

Available now to pre-order!

www.propelmagazine.co.uk/anthology

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Alex Jenkins @alexjenkinspoet.bsky.social · 6h

The car has its grille and a Stuttgart licence plate.

A close-up of the aforementioned black grille with a white licence plate. The registration number is S (Stuttgart code) and then G 1979, which is the year the civilian G-Wagen was launched. I think. Don't quote me. Tarkovsky's "Stalker" came out that year and the Soviets invaded Afghanistan. Lots happened is what I'm trying to say.

Alex Jenkins @alexjenkinspoet.bsky.social · 7h

This was quite satisfying to build.

My left hand holding the assembled grill of the vehicle. It is orange and black and has the Mercedes three-pointed star in the middle.

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Alex Jenkins @alexjenkinspoet.bsky.social · 7h

Now caught up with the bag from which I nicked a part earlier in the build.

I don't have a particularly neat system for this. Empty out the bags into piles on the table. I could get special trays? Seems like a lot. Anyway. Car. Lego bits. Bag with "13" on. Bit of Bach on. Lovely.

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Alex Jenkins @alexjenkinspoet.bsky.social · 10h

I started with Sátántangó, and I don't regret that choice.

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Róisín Ní Neachtain @roisinnineachtain.com · 10h

Hello to all lovers of poetry, poetic prose. To the romantics and the political.

I have written this book. It is my third book and my first independently published book.

It is unlike any of my other writing. It is not for the traditionally-minded. You might like it if you like the surreal.

Róisín Ní Neachtain @roisinnineachtain.com · 3d

This happened just now.

Pre-orders up!!! Deeply grateful to @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social and all my teachers at UCD and the kind writers who wrote the blurbs including @gagebybell.bsky.social and @martinadalton.bsky.social and so many others …

www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...

Róisín Ní Neachtain - I, bird | Broken Sleep Books

Róisín Ní Neachtain's I, bird is a fragmented, lyrical reckoning with grief, trauma, and the porous boundary between body and voice. Structured in poetic prose and verse, the collection moves between ...

www.brokensleepbooks.com

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Alice Wickenden @awickenden.bsky.social · 10h

over £7,500 raised so far! donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

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Alex Jenkins @alexjenkinspoet.bsky.social · 19h

I completed the system of German Weissbier.

Alex Jenkins @alexjenkinspoet.bsky.social · 19h

I tried it on headphones while in the pub and it was interesting to cross-check my understanding against alcohol consumption.

Alex Jenkins @alexjenkinspoet.bsky.social · 19h

This was such a good series and a rerun is excellent news. If you can't access BBC4/iPlayer, you can find it on YouTube: youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Alex Jenkins @alexjenkinspoet.bsky.social · 20h

Most of the committee's time is spent arguing about the obligation to award it.

Alex Jenkins @alexjenkinspoet.bsky.social · 20h

Launching the modal prize for services to necessity, possibility, and jazz.

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Alex Jenkins @alexjenkinspoet.bsky.social · 1d

Front doors attached. Time for bed.

Front-on view of the car, its two front doors open.

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Alex Jenkins @alexjenkinspoet.bsky.social · 1d

Driver and front passenger seats now in. On to the next manual.

Close-up of the front of the car, showing the two front seats.

Alex Jenkins @alexjenkinspoet.bsky.social · 1d

Missing piece delivered, so back on this. Glass of Tamnavulin for scale.

The Lego G-Class under construction. On the table beside it is a glass of whisky and the instruction manual open to the start of bag 10.

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Alex Jenkins @alexjenkinspoet.bsky.social · 1d

László is short for Lás-low-and-zlów

Alex Jenkins @alexjenkinspoet.bsky.social · 1d

It's actually pronounced "Cranky"

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Alex Jenkins @alexjenkinspoet.bsky.social · 1d

Thursday afternoon going well

My desk, with a bag of Tangfastics, a box of ibuprofen, and a mug of black coffee.

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Kyla Houbolt @luaz.bsky.social · 1d

It's true: I haven't said anything about this for days and days. But in the midst of this Ic3-y season, you might find a ray of something different, maybe hope, herein. Soon, soon! ❤️

Subpress Poetry @subpresspoetry.bsky.social · 10d

Preorder now: the first full collection from Kyla Houbolt asterismbooks.com/product/beco...

The distributor’s search result for a book with a light blue cover with yellow type:

**ASTERISM
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Becoming
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Poems
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Alex Jenkins @alexjenkinspoet.bsky.social · 2d

Just all foreplay with Pete. Heavy prospecting, no actual mining.

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Alex Jenkins @alexjenkinspoet.bsky.social · 2d

Sadly for Pete, my immediate thought was that he never gets any action himself, but always walks in on other people.

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Alex Jenkins @alexjenkinspoet.bsky.social · 2d

Real missed opportunity to use the headline "What a piece of work is Pam."

Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 2d

If you missed the chance to throw things at your television yesterday while listening to the testimony of AG Pam Bondi, here’s my recap and analysis of the most telling parts. Her evasions and attacks strongly suggest she’s hiding something and protecting people. open.substack.com/pub/statusku...

Pam Bondi Is a Piece of Work

And it’s clearer than ever that she sees her job as covering for and protecting criminals within the Trump regime.

open.substack.com

Alex Jenkins @alexjenkinspoet.bsky.social · 2d

You do not want to ask either of them what they mean by Eton mess.

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Alex Jenkins @alexjenkinspoet.bsky.social · 2d

I did laugh at the first thing listed under Features:

"Status: Available"

Alex Jenkins @alexjenkinspoet.bsky.social · 2d

Now that's poetry.

Alex Jenkins @alexjenkinspoet.bsky.social · 2d

In the blankness of his eyes
And the juddering of his thighs
Now the splutters of defeat
Emanating from his meat