Gram
@gramjd.bsky.social
Poetry, counselling and psychotherapy, photography, tabletop gaming, breathwork, nature and exploration, mindful inquiry, electronica/IDM
He/him/they/them | UK
He/him/they/them | UK
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Gram
@gramjd.bsky.social
· Dec 3
In 2023, my second collection "Not Enough Rage" was released. My first was "Bolt Down This Earth"in 2017. Both are published by V. Press. You can DM me for copies too.
#poetry #poetryBooks #amPublishing #poetryCommunity #poetsOfBluesky
#poetry #poetryBooks #amPublishing #poetryCommunity #poetsOfBluesky
Wasn't by me, but I love your games.
November 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Wasn't by me, but I love your games.
Couple of cold shots from Ayr last January. Expecting Arran to look that way again before much longer. It is good to live in a town beside the sea. Especially with views of the island.
#photo #scotland #ayr #southAyrshire #arran #isleOfArran
#photo #scotland #ayr #southAyrshire #arran #isleOfArran
October 26, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Couple of cold shots from Ayr last January. Expecting Arran to look that way again before much longer. It is good to live in a town beside the sea. Especially with views of the island.
#photo #scotland #ayr #southAyrshire #arran #isleOfArran
#photo #scotland #ayr #southAyrshire #arran #isleOfArran
This is good. Somehow missed the pub-date if Feb but really glad to read this now - having a poem among so many other fine poems. A sheer, austere and sincere anthology, here
#highRise #BrutalistPoetry #LiftToTheSky @thebrokenspine.co.uk
#highRise #BrutalistPoetry #LiftToTheSky @thebrokenspine.co.uk
July 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
This is good. Somehow missed the pub-date if Feb but really glad to read this now - having a poem among so many other fine poems. A sheer, austere and sincere anthology, here
#highRise #BrutalistPoetry #LiftToTheSky @thebrokenspine.co.uk
#highRise #BrutalistPoetry #LiftToTheSky @thebrokenspine.co.uk
Wow, thirty years since I checked this out. Still good, yeah?
July 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Wow, thirty years since I checked this out. Still good, yeah?
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“This is something healthy and sustainable that I can keep up forever,” she added. “If I play my cards right, my sister might even let me come to her hen do! We just can’t do predrinks in my attic, for obvious reasons.”
Autistic woman masks flawlessly as portrait in her attic grows increasingly haggard
An autistic woman is reportedly so good at masking she is frequently mistaken for a neurotypical – while the monstrous portrait in her attic withers and decays at an alarming rate. Mary Walker, 33, no...
thedailytism.com
July 3, 2025 at 8:53 AM
“This is something healthy and sustainable that I can keep up forever,” she added. “If I play my cards right, my sister might even let me come to her hen do! We just can’t do predrinks in my attic, for obvious reasons.”
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“If the rest of the story is anything to go by, the account of her conception is going to be both graphic and disturbing.”
Amazing! Autistic woman’s life story somehow longer than actual life
An autistic woman who started telling her life story 45 minutes ago has only just got to the moment of her conception, sources have said. Pippa Durham, 28, was attending a comedy night when the comedi...
thedailytism.com
June 30, 2025 at 11:41 AM
“If the rest of the story is anything to go by, the account of her conception is going to be both graphic and disturbing.”
Thanks. I've already ordered a copy today but was just curious about the full list of contributors. Really looking forward to reading yours.
June 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Thanks. I've already ordered a copy today but was just curious about the full list of contributors. Really looking forward to reading yours.
Hey, how amazing. That lightning really snags my attention.
I have wondered about this anthology as seem to have lost comms with the publisher. Any chance of a shot of the contents page+s)?
I have wondered about this anthology as seem to have lost comms with the publisher. Any chance of a shot of the contents page+s)?
June 29, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Hey, how amazing. That lightning really snags my attention.
I have wondered about this anthology as seem to have lost comms with the publisher. Any chance of a shot of the contents page+s)?
I have wondered about this anthology as seem to have lost comms with the publisher. Any chance of a shot of the contents page+s)?
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Happy to have a poem in this collection from @brokenspinearts.bsky.social which just came out!
#HighRise #BrutalistPoetry
#HighRise #BrutalistPoetry
February 23, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Happy to have a poem in this collection from @brokenspinearts.bsky.social which just came out!
#HighRise #BrutalistPoetry
#HighRise #BrutalistPoetry
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High Rise, a new anthology from @brokenspinearts.bsky.social, out now. Honoured to have a poem in this mesmeric collection
#poetry #brutalistpoetry
www.amazon.co.uk/High-Rise-Brutalist-Thematic-Slimline-Anthologies/dp/B0DX27Y5Y5
#poetry #brutalistpoetry
www.amazon.co.uk/High-Rise-Brutalist-Thematic-Slimline-Anthologies/dp/B0DX27Y5Y5
February 19, 2025 at 6:07 PM
High Rise, a new anthology from @brokenspinearts.bsky.social, out now. Honoured to have a poem in this mesmeric collection
#poetry #brutalistpoetry
www.amazon.co.uk/High-Rise-Brutalist-Thematic-Slimline-Anthologies/dp/B0DX27Y5Y5
#poetry #brutalistpoetry
www.amazon.co.uk/High-Rise-Brutalist-Thematic-Slimline-Anthologies/dp/B0DX27Y5Y5
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Ever read a #poem & not know why it drew you in? Did its casual tone make you the observer who wouldn't otherwise pay attention to this scene, or did the end leave you both curious & quite satisfied with "I don't know"? Simply wonderful! #ClarkPascoe #LiftToTheSky
@brokenspinearts.bsky.social
@brokenspinearts.bsky.social
March 17, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Ever read a #poem & not know why it drew you in? Did its casual tone make you the observer who wouldn't otherwise pay attention to this scene, or did the end leave you both curious & quite satisfied with "I don't know"? Simply wonderful! #ClarkPascoe #LiftToTheSky
@brokenspinearts.bsky.social
@brokenspinearts.bsky.social
It's not a great leap to that, as another question for the curious. But I think I'll own it. It's not meant to be aggressive, just challenging.
June 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
It's not a great leap to that, as another question for the curious. But I think I'll own it. It's not meant to be aggressive, just challenging.
Upgraded my yoga mat bag. The nice middle class people will be in for a treat at class.
#allyship
@transsolidarity.bsky.social
#allyship
@transsolidarity.bsky.social
June 11, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Upgraded my yoga mat bag. The nice middle class people will be in for a treat at class.
#allyship
@transsolidarity.bsky.social
#allyship
@transsolidarity.bsky.social
June 5, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Will do. I actually know and live the Gower. My sister in law loved there for a while.
May 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Will do. I actually know and live the Gower. My sister in law loved there for a while.
What a dream. Glad to hear he's lived to fulfil that and enjoy it. I think I'll need to settle for a bit further south, alas.
May 26, 2025 at 9:35 AM
What a dream. Glad to hear he's lived to fulfil that and enjoy it. I think I'll need to settle for a bit further south, alas.
"... fjord's skin" 🤩
ahhh yes norway
where the mountains are
under the fiord’s skin
where the mountains are
under the fiord’s skin
May 26, 2025 at 9:26 AM
"... fjord's skin" 🤩
Oh, yes. Thanks for reading. I have actually *been* to Norway since writing this and found what I was wishing for. Nowadays, I live in Scotland rather than the Southwest of England... And I find a lot of what I wish for here too!
May 26, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Oh, yes. Thanks for reading. I have actually *been* to Norway since writing this and found what I was wishing for. Nowadays, I live in Scotland rather than the Southwest of England... And I find a lot of what I wish for here too!
Thanks to Poetry Wales for sharing this poem of mine from their archive. This was back when Nia Davies edited the journal. I have really admired her as a poet and editor for a long time.
mailchi.mp/poetrywales/...
mailchi.mp/poetrywales/...
A poem for you: 'Subject of Light' by Gram Joel Davies
mailchi.mp
May 26, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Thanks to Poetry Wales for sharing this poem of mine from their archive. This was back when Nia Davies edited the journal. I have really admired her as a poet and editor for a long time.
mailchi.mp/poetrywales/...
mailchi.mp/poetrywales/...
But what the actual fuck?
May 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
But what the actual fuck?
I'm enjoying learning French with Duolingo but I must say, the concept of a gendered language makes no more sense to me now than when I was a child. And I don't just mean it's weird to gender objects, it is really odd to speak differently to two kinds people!
May 16, 2025 at 8:28 AM
I'm enjoying learning French with Duolingo but I must say, the concept of a gendered language makes no more sense to me now than when I was a child. And I don't just mean it's weird to gender objects, it is really odd to speak differently to two kinds people!
This is a question for the digital age all right. OK, so we're separating the art from the medium, now. In that case, if I EVER bought and paid full price for a hardback or vinyl record, am I now ethically able to download it, even if have lost my original copy?
May 16, 2025 at 8:05 AM
This is a question for the digital age all right. OK, so we're separating the art from the medium, now. In that case, if I EVER bought and paid full price for a hardback or vinyl record, am I now ethically able to download it, even if have lost my original copy?
Is there dignity in work? This, from Paulo Freire:
May 5, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Is there dignity in work? This, from Paulo Freire:
Helping @GoodLawProject challenge the High Court ruling at the ECHR .https://goodlawproject.org/s/851fc4
May 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Helping @GoodLawProject challenge the High Court ruling at the ECHR .https://goodlawproject.org/s/851fc4