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Punk Dust @punkdustpoetry.bsky.social · Jul 12

This is an incredible endorsement!

Now go do what the man says and buy it!

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Alan Parry He/Him @alanparrywriter.co.uk · Jul 12

“The decade didn’t give him a soundtrack. It gave him scars.”

@jamiewoods77.bsky.social writes where grief is public and protest is personal.

No nostalgia. No apologies. Just necessary poetry.

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In Conversation, In Critique - Jamie Woods - Alan Parry

In Conversation Jamie Woods doesn’t write poetry for your comfort. He writes because he must—because the words arrive heavy, vital, unfinished until spoken aloud. “I’ve always written: lyrics, reviews...

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Punk Dust @punkdustpoetry.bsky.social · Jul 7

Did you like The Salt Path, but feel duped?
Why not read an truthful poetry book about a man who had acute cancer and walked around a pond in the hospital grounds for hours?
Rebel Blood Cells by Jamie Woods - available everywhere
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All proceeds to charity

Rebel Blood Cells - Jamie Woods | Punkdust.com online store

Rebel Blood Cells - Jamie Woods, paperback. Rebel Blood Cells is a poetry pamphlet that explores Jamie Woods' experience of acute leukaemia, the illness, the chemotherapy, and the PTSD that followed. ...

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Punk Dust @punkdustpoetry.bsky.social · Jul 4

"AN ABSOLUTE RIOT OF A BOOK"
In between award ceremonies for her poetry & fiction, and writing a non-fiction book about running, the awesome @natholborow.bsky.social has taken the time to read BLACK SKIES DIE STARLESS and then wrote about it.
Buy it now. Punkdust.com and all good bookshops
#poetry

Text reads: "Jamie Woods is one of those rare poets who can coolly hold a mirror to the darkness, then crack a grin in the reflection and make it look natural. Black Skies Die Starless hums with the energy of grunge, rave and rain-slick Swansea backstreets, blisteringly alive with honesty, wit and hard-won tenderness. An absolute riot of a book. Read it now" - Natalie Ann Holborow. Then it says: black skies die starless, jamie woods, 1st July 2025, punkdust.com and all good bookshops.

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Punk Dust @punkdustpoetry.bsky.social · Jun 30

"Hopeful poetry of a hopeless time"... Thanks Dean Rhetoric for truly getting to the heart of BLACK SKIES DIE STARLESS.
It's out tomorrow, all Punk Dust & Jamie's £ to charity.
Buy from our website punkdustpoetry.sumupstore.com or ask your fave bookshop

#WelshPoetry
#GenXPoetry
#The90s
#poetry

A book advert reading Punk Dust Poetry, Black Skies Die Starless, Jamie Woods. The main text reads: "“With Black Skies Die Starless, Jamie Woods spits in the face of nostalgia porn with a collection of direct and sincere poetry set against the backdrop of 1990s South London and South Wales. While this is poetry that tackles loss, loneliness, and the death rattle of small-town industry, salvation can be found shrieking in the battered cassettes of American musical angst, offering a gleam of light through the pitch-black valleys and suburban boredom of Woods’ youth. Hopeful poetry of a hopeless time.” — Dean Rhetoric"

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Punk Dust @punkdustpoetry.bsky.social · Jun 30

At Punk Dust we will be supporting / promoting poetry that means something, that says something, that matters, regardless of who is publishing it :) Look out for interviews and reviews on our site and via our fairly-dormant-until-now newsletter / substack

Punk Dust @punkdustpoetry.bsky.social · Jun 30

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Just submit your latest release here:
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The Broken Spine @thebrokenspine.co.uk · Jun 29

Tomorrow, everything changes.
#PIL goes live.
Writers — submit to be part of launch week buzz.
Platforms — be ready for the wave.
June 30 is ours.
#PromoteIndieLit #BookLaunch #PoetryCommunity #BlogTour

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Punk Dust @punkdustpoetry.bsky.social · Jun 28

"Jamie Woods has sucked up the 1990s"
We love @jpseabright.bsky.social so we're delighted with the recommendation JP has given BLACK SKIES DIE STARLESS,
You can order it now from punkdust.com & bookshops. All £ from go to Leukaemia Care.
#Poetry
#BlackSkiesDieStarless
#manicstreetpreachers

Text reads: ’Culture sucks down words’ sang the Manics in ’92. Somehow Jamie Woods has sucked up the 1990s – its culture and music, its lethal cocktail of desperation and hope, that splash of innocence and explosion of change – swirled it around and spat it back out in this brilliant poetic sequence that defies nostalgia and a saccharine retelling of the Gen X legacy. His latest collection, the defiantly titled Black Skies Die Starless, hits all the right spots – the pill, thrills and buzzkills of youth. I highly recommend you suck it all up in one long fix – preferably under neon half-light. - JP Seabright. It then says Black Skies Die Starless, Jamie Woods, 1st July 2025 punkdust.com and all good bookshops

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Punk Dust @punkdustpoetry.bsky.social · Jun 24

Thursday at the Elysium on Swansea High St, Jamie Woods will be reading from his new book BLACK SKIES DIE STARLESS.
Jamie should be reading from around 7.30, followed by an open mic, with book/badges/zines available to buy.
Book info: bit.ly/4k6hGWO
#welshpoetry
#punkpoetry

Punk Dust @punkdustpoetry.bsky.social · Jun 21

Thank you @traceyrhys.bsky.social for your kind words.

BLACK SKIES DIE STARLESS comes out in 10 days.
Pre-order from PunkDust.com or ask your local bookshop.
@jamiewoods77.bsky.social is reading at Elysium Swansea on June 26th, more dates tba.
#NewPoetry
#WelshPoetry
#BlackSkiesDieStarless

It's an advert for a book. On the left is a quote. It says "Ominous with small-town despair, Jamie Woods' Black Skies Die Starless is a stylish coming of age take, set in the 1990s. Punky and unfettered. Intense and cinematic. So evocative, a reader might glimpse themselves in the passenger seat of the next car at the red lights; spliff in hand, head back, blocking out the best years of their lives. Tracey Rhys"On the right are stylised words - Punk Dust Poetry, Black Skies Die Starless, Jamie Woods, 1st July 2025, punkdust.com and all good bookshops. In the background is a photo of a young man looking naive and lost.

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Jamie Woods @jamiewoods77.bsky.social · Jun 10

BLACK SKIES DIE STARLESS
My new #poetry pamphlet. July 25.
Dean Rhetoric says it "spits in the face of nostalgia p0rn with a collection of direct & sincere poetry set against the backdrop of 1990s London & Wales"
Pre-order> @punkdustpoetry.bsky.social
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Jamie Woods @jamiewoods77.bsky.social · Jun 9

FASTER FASTER PAPARAZZI CARS KILL! KILL! KILL!
paperback / ebook / zone / badges
Coming soon from @punkdustpoetry.bsky.social
#WelshPoetry
#NewPoetry
#BlackSkiesDieStarless
#IHateThe1990s

A badge reading "punk dust poetry". A sheet of paper with the following groups of text: "six channels of numb saturation", "faster faster paparazzi cars kill! Kill! Kill!", and "no dignity live broadcasting in the rain".

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Jamie Woods @jamiewoods77.bsky.social · Jun 6

NO MORE PASSION NO MORE HATE
Paperback / ebook / zine / badges
Coming very soon from @punkdustpoetry.bsky.social
#BlackSkiesDieStarless
#iHateThe1990s
#NostalgiaMustDie
#WelshPoetry
#NewPoetry

A badge reads 'Punk Dust Poetry'. A stack of papers - the top one reads "no more passion, no more hate, a dull run-through, laboured, stretched, emotionless, no movement, nothing left'.

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Jamie Woods @jamiewoods77.bsky.social · Jun 5

EVERY GREAT LOVE SONG COULD BE ABOUT HEROIN
Paperback / ebook / handmade zine / pin badges
Coming very soon with @punkdustpoetry.bsky.social
#WelshPoetry
#iHateThe1990s
#BlackSkiesDieStarless
#NostalgiaMustDie
#NewPoetry

Image of a pin badge that says Punk Dust Poetry. There is a small stack of papers, the top one reads "you said that every great love song could be about heroin, I said that every great drug song could be about you".

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Jamie Woods @jamiewoods77.bsky.social · Jun 4

ENDLESS ANXIETY BUT ENDLESS APATHY
New poetry book /zine coming real soon
#BlackSkiesDieStarless
#IHateThe1990s
#NostalgiaMustDie
#PunkDustPoetry

A pin badge reads "punk Dust poetry". A stack of coloured paper. On the top sheet are the words "endless anxiety but endless apathy" repeated several times, followed by "cut myself away lose another day endless".

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