Caleb Parkin
@calebparkinpoet.bsky.social
Poet 💡 PhDing, Exeter RENEW Biodiversity 🌿 'Mingle' - Nine Arches ☣️ 'The Coin' - Broken Sleep 🪙 Bristol City Poet, '20-22 🦄 Ecopoetry, queer ecologies 🐙 Music, dancing, DJing 🎶 Say hello 👋🏼
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@calebparkinpoet.bsky.social
· Nov 19
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Finally got round to making a #LinkTree and frankly, I feel exhausted by my own internet self:
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"Cunning chimera, desperate for loneliness,
you stacked eucalyptus. Webbed paws
slapped dirt into an expectant mound."
My poem 'Penelope Escapes the Platypusary' is now up at the wonderful @anthro-poetry.bsky.social 🌊
anthropocenepoetry.org/post/penelop...
you stacked eucalyptus. Webbed paws
slapped dirt into an expectant mound."
My poem 'Penelope Escapes the Platypusary' is now up at the wonderful @anthro-poetry.bsky.social 🌊
anthropocenepoetry.org/post/penelop...
November 25, 2025 at 6:44 PM
"Cunning chimera, desperate for loneliness,
you stacked eucalyptus. Webbed paws
slapped dirt into an expectant mound."
My poem 'Penelope Escapes the Platypusary' is now up at the wonderful @anthro-poetry.bsky.social 🌊
anthropocenepoetry.org/post/penelop...
you stacked eucalyptus. Webbed paws
slapped dirt into an expectant mound."
My poem 'Penelope Escapes the Platypusary' is now up at the wonderful @anthro-poetry.bsky.social 🌊
anthropocenepoetry.org/post/penelop...
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On Valentine’s Day #LindaFrance began our #EcoSonnetChain for which 14 poets each wrote a sonnet linked by last & 1st lines.
She said, ‘Our chain aims to embody the Amazonian ethic of mutirão – collective action based on the understanding everything is connected to everything else.’
(1/3)
She said, ‘Our chain aims to embody the Amazonian ethic of mutirão – collective action based on the understanding everything is connected to everything else.’
(1/3)
November 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
On Valentine’s Day #LindaFrance began our #EcoSonnetChain for which 14 poets each wrote a sonnet linked by last & 1st lines.
She said, ‘Our chain aims to embody the Amazonian ethic of mutirão – collective action based on the understanding everything is connected to everything else.’
(1/3)
She said, ‘Our chain aims to embody the Amazonian ethic of mutirão – collective action based on the understanding everything is connected to everything else.’
(1/3)
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Proud to have my poem Belemnite in this brilliant anthology for the campaign #Givepeatachance
get a copy here and raise money! www.mklitfest.org/digginginthe...
@poetsfortheplanet.bsky.social
@clareshawpoet.bsky.social @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social @betarish.bsky.social @jessmookherjee.bsky.social
get a copy here and raise money! www.mklitfest.org/digginginthe...
@poetsfortheplanet.bsky.social
@clareshawpoet.bsky.social @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social @betarish.bsky.social @jessmookherjee.bsky.social
Digging in the Dirt: Adventures in Ecopoetry - The Anthology | MK Lit Fest 2025
Digging in the Dirt: Adventures in Ecopoetry is an anthology of original ecopoetry written in response to prompts set by Clare Shaw, Caleb Parkin, Jess Mookherjee and Rishi Dastidar during an online e...
www.mklitfest.org
November 13, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Proud to have my poem Belemnite in this brilliant anthology for the campaign #Givepeatachance
get a copy here and raise money! www.mklitfest.org/digginginthe...
@poetsfortheplanet.bsky.social
@clareshawpoet.bsky.social @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social @betarish.bsky.social @jessmookherjee.bsky.social
get a copy here and raise money! www.mklitfest.org/digginginthe...
@poetsfortheplanet.bsky.social
@clareshawpoet.bsky.social @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social @betarish.bsky.social @jessmookherjee.bsky.social
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Thank you Orbis & Pauline Rowe for your review of MINGLE by @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social
"Parkin has a gift for glamour, absurdity and danger in the way he approaches poems as ritualized structures about a toxic, changing and endangered world."
ninearchespress.com/publications...
orbisjournal.co.uk
"Parkin has a gift for glamour, absurdity and danger in the way he approaches poems as ritualized structures about a toxic, changing and endangered world."
ninearchespress.com/publications...
orbisjournal.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Thank you Orbis & Pauline Rowe for your review of MINGLE by @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social
"Parkin has a gift for glamour, absurdity and danger in the way he approaches poems as ritualized structures about a toxic, changing and endangered world."
ninearchespress.com/publications...
orbisjournal.co.uk
"Parkin has a gift for glamour, absurdity and danger in the way he approaches poems as ritualized structures about a toxic, changing and endangered world."
ninearchespress.com/publications...
orbisjournal.co.uk
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Issue 84 of The Interpreter's House features the brilliant Poet, DJ, writer & RENEW Early Career Researcher @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social which: 'looks broadly at human-nonhuman communication & 'critterly voices' in contemporary #ecopoetry.' 👇
theinterpretershouse.org/parkin-84
#renewbiodiversity
theinterpretershouse.org/parkin-84
#renewbiodiversity
Issue 84 — The Interpreter's House
theinterpretershouse.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Issue 84 of The Interpreter's House features the brilliant Poet, DJ, writer & RENEW Early Career Researcher @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social which: 'looks broadly at human-nonhuman communication & 'critterly voices' in contemporary #ecopoetry.' 👇
theinterpretershouse.org/parkin-84
#renewbiodiversity
theinterpretershouse.org/parkin-84
#renewbiodiversity
Excited to teach this eco-techno course in early '26 🖥 🌎🍄🔬🔭📡🧫
Our Spring Term is now live & we’ve got a whole host of brilliant tutors & poetry courses lined up, so be sure to book promptly to avoid disappointment. Our handy Quick Course Guide is linked in bio, where you’ll find everything you’ll need to know…
poetryschool.com/new-courses/... 🪻🌜
poetryschool.com/new-courses/... 🪻🌜
Spring 2026 – Quick Course Guide • Poetry School
Check out our Quick Course Guide for the Spring 2026 term which will help you pick a course to take at the Poetry School.
poetryschool.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Excited to teach this eco-techno course in early '26 🖥 🌎🍄🔬🔭📡🧫
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Welcome to ‘The Living Library’: a pop-up exhibition of material ecopoetry curated by @royalholloway.bsky.social and the Landmark Arts Centre 🍃🍁🐝🦇
This event forms part of Being Human Festival - the national festival of the humanities 🧡
This event forms part of Being Human Festival - the national festival of the humanities 🧡
November 9, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Welcome to ‘The Living Library’: a pop-up exhibition of material ecopoetry curated by @royalholloway.bsky.social and the Landmark Arts Centre 🍃🍁🐝🦇
This event forms part of Being Human Festival - the national festival of the humanities 🧡
This event forms part of Being Human Festival - the national festival of the humanities 🧡
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Morning gorgeous babies. Share some kindness this day if you're able. Good mischief. Love you all 🍂🧡🍂
November 6, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Morning gorgeous babies. Share some kindness this day if you're able. Good mischief. Love you all 🍂🧡🍂
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Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
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Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
What if we dared to imagine and write towards a technolgy that was a part of, not apart from, our biosphere?
I'll be teaching this course starting in January, with @poetryschool.bsky.social
poetryschool.com/courses/micr...
I'll be teaching this course starting in January, with @poetryschool.bsky.social
poetryschool.com/courses/micr...
Microscope, Telescope, Periscope: An Ecopoetics of Technology • Poetry School
On this new course you will have the opportunity to tap into the special appeal of cartographies with tutor Peter Hughes.
poetryschool.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:44 PM
What if we dared to imagine and write towards a technolgy that was a part of, not apart from, our biosphere?
I'll be teaching this course starting in January, with @poetryschool.bsky.social
poetryschool.com/courses/micr...
I'll be teaching this course starting in January, with @poetryschool.bsky.social
poetryschool.com/courses/micr...
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Peter Hughes, Iris Colomb, Caleb Parkin (@calebparkinpoet.bsky.social), Natalie Whittaker (@natalie-whittaker.bsky.social), Elżbieta Wójcik-Leese, Suzanne Conway (@suzanneconwaypoet.bsky.social), Steve Komarnyckyj, Hannah Silva.
November 6, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Peter Hughes, Iris Colomb, Caleb Parkin (@calebparkinpoet.bsky.social), Natalie Whittaker (@natalie-whittaker.bsky.social), Elżbieta Wójcik-Leese, Suzanne Conway (@suzanneconwaypoet.bsky.social), Steve Komarnyckyj, Hannah Silva.
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Rats given a faecal transplant from exuberant toddlers showed more exploratory behaviour, supporting the idea that gut bacteria might affect children’s emotional development
The gut microbiome may play a role in shaping our personality
Rats given a faecal transplant from exuberant toddlers showed more exploratory behaviour, supporting the idea that gut bacteria might affect children’s emotional development
www.newscientist.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Rats given a faecal transplant from exuberant toddlers showed more exploratory behaviour, supporting the idea that gut bacteria might affect children’s emotional development
Hi friends - I'm Featured Poet on the new @interpretershouse, with three poems & an introductory essay to them:
theinterpretershouse.org/parkin-84
They're PhD work: one of my jay poems & two from my travels last year 🐦 🚢 🐻
theinterpretershouse.org/parkin-84
They're PhD work: one of my jay poems & two from my travels last year 🐦 🚢 🐻
Parkin 84 — The Interpreter's House
theinterpretershouse.org
November 3, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Hi friends - I'm Featured Poet on the new @interpretershouse, with three poems & an introductory essay to them:
theinterpretershouse.org/parkin-84
They're PhD work: one of my jay poems & two from my travels last year 🐦 🚢 🐻
theinterpretershouse.org/parkin-84
They're PhD work: one of my jay poems & two from my travels last year 🐦 🚢 🐻
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Delighted to have a poem in the new issue of The Interpreter's House alongside @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social and @moette.bsky.social!
My piece 'Fourpence', narrated by the women of Whitechapel during the time of Jack the Ripper, can be read here:
theinterpretershouse.org/hainsworth-84
My piece 'Fourpence', narrated by the women of Whitechapel during the time of Jack the Ripper, can be read here:
theinterpretershouse.org/hainsworth-84
Hainsworth 84 — The Interpreter's House
theinterpretershouse.org
November 2, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Delighted to have a poem in the new issue of The Interpreter's House alongside @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social and @moette.bsky.social!
My piece 'Fourpence', narrated by the women of Whitechapel during the time of Jack the Ripper, can be read here:
theinterpretershouse.org/hainsworth-84
My piece 'Fourpence', narrated by the women of Whitechapel during the time of Jack the Ripper, can be read here:
theinterpretershouse.org/hainsworth-84
Cutting support to the motability scheme for disabled people, while we continue to fund Prince Andrew's residences & "lifestyle", should *radicalise anyone* 👑🚫🤬
#CharlesTheLast #TaxTheRich #WealthTaxNow
#CharlesTheLast #TaxTheRich #WealthTaxNow
October 22, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Cutting support to the motability scheme for disabled people, while we continue to fund Prince Andrew's residences & "lifestyle", should *radicalise anyone* 👑🚫🤬
#CharlesTheLast #TaxTheRich #WealthTaxNow
#CharlesTheLast #TaxTheRich #WealthTaxNow
My absolute favourite critter this week is the wren/s in our garden, hopping about adorably & bellowing their rowdy little songs.
How could anyone watch a wren & not feel inspired to bring down capitalism?
How could anyone watch a wren & not feel inspired to bring down capitalism?
a bird perched on a tree branch with a national geographic wild logo in the corner
ALT: a bird perched on a tree branch with a national geographic wild logo in the corner
media.tenor.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:30 AM
My absolute favourite critter this week is the wren/s in our garden, hopping about adorably & bellowing their rowdy little songs.
How could anyone watch a wren & not feel inspired to bring down capitalism?
How could anyone watch a wren & not feel inspired to bring down capitalism?
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Check out this bad boy - a Pale Tussock moth caterpillar (Calliteara pudibunda) - living its best life. That gorgeous on-trend burgundy tail tuft!
October 11, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Check out this bad boy - a Pale Tussock moth caterpillar (Calliteara pudibunda) - living its best life. That gorgeous on-trend burgundy tail tuft!
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In collaboration with @mklitfest.bsky.social in August we held an online masterclass – Digging in the Dirt: adventures in ecopoetry with @clareshawpoet.bsky.social , @betarish.bsky.social , @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social & @jessmookherjee.bsky.social poetsfortheplanet.org.uk/the-magic-of... 1 /3
The Magic of Bogs – Poets for the Planet
poetsfortheplanet.org.uk
October 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
In collaboration with @mklitfest.bsky.social in August we held an online masterclass – Digging in the Dirt: adventures in ecopoetry with @clareshawpoet.bsky.social , @betarish.bsky.social , @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social & @jessmookherjee.bsky.social poetsfortheplanet.org.uk/the-magic-of... 1 /3
I'm reading at this on Saturday night - come join, it's online 🙂
Please come & support brilliant poets reading #LastSaturdayPoetry www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/last-satur...
@calebparkinpoet.bsky.social @annasaund.bsky.social
@carmellapoetry.bsky.social @irisannelewis.bsky.social
@eoinflannery.bsky.social @dralyal.bsky.social @nmoliverpoetry.bsky.social SueProfitt
@calebparkinpoet.bsky.social @annasaund.bsky.social
@carmellapoetry.bsky.social @irisannelewis.bsky.social
@eoinflannery.bsky.social @dralyal.bsky.social @nmoliverpoetry.bsky.social SueProfitt
Last Saturday Poets: August
A magnificent seven poets, reading for you.
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August 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I'm reading at this on Saturday night - come join, it's online 🙂
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Many thanks to the poets who took part in the #EcoSonnetChain:
#LindaFrance, #EmmaMust, @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social, #AnnSophieBalzer, @janeburn.bsky.social, #TishaniDoshi, #JemmaBorg, @jsaphra.bsky.social, #JacobPolley, @sophieherx.bsky.social, @helenmort.bsky.social, #SteveEly, & #GlynMaxwell.
#LindaFrance, #EmmaMust, @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social, #AnnSophieBalzer, @janeburn.bsky.social, #TishaniDoshi, #JemmaBorg, @jsaphra.bsky.social, #JacobPolley, @sophieherx.bsky.social, @helenmort.bsky.social, #SteveEly, & #GlynMaxwell.
August 18, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Many thanks to the poets who took part in the #EcoSonnetChain:
#LindaFrance, #EmmaMust, @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social, #AnnSophieBalzer, @janeburn.bsky.social, #TishaniDoshi, #JemmaBorg, @jsaphra.bsky.social, #JacobPolley, @sophieherx.bsky.social, @helenmort.bsky.social, #SteveEly, & #GlynMaxwell.
#LindaFrance, #EmmaMust, @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social, #AnnSophieBalzer, @janeburn.bsky.social, #TishaniDoshi, #JemmaBorg, @jsaphra.bsky.social, #JacobPolley, @sophieherx.bsky.social, @helenmort.bsky.social, #SteveEly, & #GlynMaxwell.
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Really happy to be being joined on this month's #LastSaturdayPoetry online Zoom by @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social @annasaund.bsky.social @carmellapoetry.bsky.social @irisannelewis.bsky.social @eoinflannery.bsky.social @dralyal.bsky.social and SueProfitt - free tix: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/last-satur...
Last Saturday Poets: August
A magnificent seven poets, reading for you.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
August 15, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Really happy to be being joined on this month's #LastSaturdayPoetry online Zoom by @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social @annasaund.bsky.social @carmellapoetry.bsky.social @irisannelewis.bsky.social @eoinflannery.bsky.social @dralyal.bsky.social and SueProfitt - free tix: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/last-satur...
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Look what I picked up in Stratford-Upon-Avon last week! The Anne-thology from @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social is a beautiful collection of poems, with a tour de force sestina from @jennymitchellgo.bsky.social and a hilarious film review/poem from @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social 🪶💀
August 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Look what I picked up in Stratford-Upon-Avon last week! The Anne-thology from @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social is a beautiful collection of poems, with a tour de force sestina from @jennymitchellgo.bsky.social and a hilarious film review/poem from @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social 🪶💀
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The mathematician John Venn was born on this day in 1834. To commemorate the occasion, here’s a poem in the form of a Venn diagram.
August 4, 2025 at 9:27 AM
The mathematician John Venn was born on this day in 1834. To commemorate the occasion, here’s a poem in the form of a Venn diagram.
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A 90-minute masterclass for our Raising Voices Project and for Give Peat A Chance.
www.mklitfest.org/digginginthe...
@clareshawpoet.bsky.social
@betarish.bsky.social
@jessmookherjee.bsky.social
@calebparkinpoet.bsky.social
@bloodaxebooks.bsky.social
@ninearchespress.bsky.social
www.mklitfest.org/digginginthe...
@clareshawpoet.bsky.social
@betarish.bsky.social
@jessmookherjee.bsky.social
@calebparkinpoet.bsky.social
@bloodaxebooks.bsky.social
@ninearchespress.bsky.social
July 31, 2025 at 5:29 PM
A 90-minute masterclass for our Raising Voices Project and for Give Peat A Chance.
www.mklitfest.org/digginginthe...
@clareshawpoet.bsky.social
@betarish.bsky.social
@jessmookherjee.bsky.social
@calebparkinpoet.bsky.social
@bloodaxebooks.bsky.social
@ninearchespress.bsky.social
www.mklitfest.org/digginginthe...
@clareshawpoet.bsky.social
@betarish.bsky.social
@jessmookherjee.bsky.social
@calebparkinpoet.bsky.social
@bloodaxebooks.bsky.social
@ninearchespress.bsky.social
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A 90-minute masterclass for our Raising Voices Project.
www.mklitfest.org/digginginthe...
@clareshawpoet.bsky.social
@betarish.bsky.social
@jessmookherjee.bsky.social
@calebparkinpoet.bsky.social
@bloodaxebooks.bsky.social
@ninearchespress.bsky.social
www.mklitfest.org/digginginthe...
@clareshawpoet.bsky.social
@betarish.bsky.social
@jessmookherjee.bsky.social
@calebparkinpoet.bsky.social
@bloodaxebooks.bsky.social
@ninearchespress.bsky.social
July 29, 2025 at 9:07 PM
A 90-minute masterclass for our Raising Voices Project.
www.mklitfest.org/digginginthe...
@clareshawpoet.bsky.social
@betarish.bsky.social
@jessmookherjee.bsky.social
@calebparkinpoet.bsky.social
@bloodaxebooks.bsky.social
@ninearchespress.bsky.social
www.mklitfest.org/digginginthe...
@clareshawpoet.bsky.social
@betarish.bsky.social
@jessmookherjee.bsky.social
@calebparkinpoet.bsky.social
@bloodaxebooks.bsky.social
@ninearchespress.bsky.social