Matt Gilbert
@richlyevocative.bsky.social
Poetry bothering, blog tinkering, place pondering, musically promiscuous, book-loving freelance copywriter. Likely to moan & rail at the unfairness & absurdity of life. Poetry links https://richlyevocative.net/articles-reviews-first-published-elsewhere/
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Matt Gilbert
@richlyevocative.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Time to reintroduce myself. I write a blog about place, books & other distractions - richlyevocative.net also a published poet - my collection Street Sailing came out last year @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social Some of my work has appeared recently in Stand, Acumen, Dust Northern Gravy & Southword.
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All the hype surrounding the forthcoming Wuthering Heights film leaving you cold? Dive into @poetclare.bsky.social’s brilliant series of prose poems about Emily Brontë in ‘Lives of the Female Poets’ instead! @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social 😍
February 10, 2026 at 2:07 PM
All the hype surrounding the forthcoming Wuthering Heights film leaving you cold? Dive into @poetclare.bsky.social’s brilliant series of prose poems about Emily Brontë in ‘Lives of the Female Poets’ instead! @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social 😍
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This is pretty menacing.
Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students."
When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.
Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students."
When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.
February 10, 2026 at 8:53 AM
This is pretty menacing.
Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students."
When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.
Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students."
When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.
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PUBLISHED TODAY: @acropolisjournal.bsky.social first project 'Time as Falling Atoms', in which I have three poems and a hybrid poetry/art piece.
I need to thank @louisemather.bsky.social for taking such gentle care with my work and being so supportive in the process <3
I need to thank @louisemather.bsky.social for taking such gentle care with my work and being so supportive in the process <3
Projects | Acropolis Journal
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February 10, 2026 at 10:57 AM
PUBLISHED TODAY: @acropolisjournal.bsky.social first project 'Time as Falling Atoms', in which I have three poems and a hybrid poetry/art piece.
I need to thank @louisemather.bsky.social for taking such gentle care with my work and being so supportive in the process <3
I need to thank @louisemather.bsky.social for taking such gentle care with my work and being so supportive in the process <3
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The sky, briefly, breathes blue. The gulls who fly at dawn from Gloucester to Cheltenham sweep over, so eagerly that I can barely catch them. The local pigeons, low & loud, take off... And each view is crossed by the wires which join us all! A very good morning!
February 10, 2026 at 9:07 AM
The sky, briefly, breathes blue. The gulls who fly at dawn from Gloucester to Cheltenham sweep over, so eagerly that I can barely catch them. The local pigeons, low & loud, take off... And each view is crossed by the wires which join us all! A very good morning!
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Tomorrow we release the final episode of Backlisted for the foreseeable future.* After ten years, it's a very odd feeling. I am looking forward to spending more time with my books and fewer times on social media.
* Boats against the current, we beat on via Patreon.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmQK...
* Boats against the current, we beat on via Patreon.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmQK...
At Last I Am Free
YouTube video by Robert Wyatt - Topic
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February 9, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Tomorrow we release the final episode of Backlisted for the foreseeable future.* After ten years, it's a very odd feeling. I am looking forward to spending more time with my books and fewer times on social media.
* Boats against the current, we beat on via Patreon.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmQK...
* Boats against the current, we beat on via Patreon.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmQK...
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‘As autumn furled the
summer’s blistered sails,
fine glass of holy gold,
the bottled song of nightingales.’
James McConachie, from
‘Consolamentum’. @jamesmcconachie1.bsky.social
www.blackboughpoetry.com/consolamentu...
summer’s blistered sails,
fine glass of holy gold,
the bottled song of nightingales.’
James McConachie, from
‘Consolamentum’. @jamesmcconachie1.bsky.social
www.blackboughpoetry.com/consolamentu...
February 8, 2026 at 9:44 AM
‘As autumn furled the
summer’s blistered sails,
fine glass of holy gold,
the bottled song of nightingales.’
James McConachie, from
‘Consolamentum’. @jamesmcconachie1.bsky.social
www.blackboughpoetry.com/consolamentu...
summer’s blistered sails,
fine glass of holy gold,
the bottled song of nightingales.’
James McConachie, from
‘Consolamentum’. @jamesmcconachie1.bsky.social
www.blackboughpoetry.com/consolamentu...
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🟨 Print Edition — Drowning in Denial
As Nigel Farage’s party scraps climate schemes around the country, Nafeez Ahmed reports on new data that shows flood risk surging across the 10 councils it leads
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As Nigel Farage’s party scraps climate schemes around the country, Nafeez Ahmed reports on new data that shows flood risk surging across the 10 councils it leads
🔗 https://subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/82/drowning-in-denial/
Drowning in Denial – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition
As Nigel Farage’s party scraps climate schemes around the country, Nafeez Ahmed reports on new data that shows flood risk surging across the 10 councils it leads
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February 8, 2026 at 10:45 AM
🟨 Print Edition — Drowning in Denial
As Nigel Farage’s party scraps climate schemes around the country, Nafeez Ahmed reports on new data that shows flood risk surging across the 10 councils it leads
🔗 https://subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/82/drowning-in-denial/
As Nigel Farage’s party scraps climate schemes around the country, Nafeez Ahmed reports on new data that shows flood risk surging across the 10 councils it leads
🔗 https://subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/82/drowning-in-denial/
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SHARE AWAY!!! Announcing a new project - a platform each Friday.
#FRAGMENTSFRIDAY’ - 18 words or less
- a startling, inventive poem.
Tag in #fragmentsfriday and @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social & share one startling fragment of your own poetry.
No A.I. generated poetry!
#FRAGMENTSFRIDAY’ - 18 words or less
- a startling, inventive poem.
Tag in #fragmentsfriday and @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social & share one startling fragment of your own poetry.
No A.I. generated poetry!
February 8, 2026 at 9:17 AM
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‘The toad winked an eye
into the side of his head,
unrolled his tongue
and snatchgulped slippery
the lozenge of a slug.’ 🐸
@racheldeering.bsky.social from ‘In the Shadow of Gods’.
www.blackboughpoetry.com/rachel-deering
into the side of his head,
unrolled his tongue
and snatchgulped slippery
the lozenge of a slug.’ 🐸
@racheldeering.bsky.social from ‘In the Shadow of Gods’.
www.blackboughpoetry.com/rachel-deering
February 8, 2026 at 10:05 AM
‘The toad winked an eye
into the side of his head,
unrolled his tongue
and snatchgulped slippery
the lozenge of a slug.’ 🐸
@racheldeering.bsky.social from ‘In the Shadow of Gods’.
www.blackboughpoetry.com/rachel-deering
into the side of his head,
unrolled his tongue
and snatchgulped slippery
the lozenge of a slug.’ 🐸
@racheldeering.bsky.social from ‘In the Shadow of Gods’.
www.blackboughpoetry.com/rachel-deering
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Great to see a steady flow of poems finding their way to our submissions inbox. You've til midnight Sunday night if you've something you'd like us to look at...
February 6, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Great to see a steady flow of poems finding their way to our submissions inbox. You've til midnight Sunday night if you've something you'd like us to look at...
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Black Bough Poetry Open Mic
Share your poems on our popular online open mic
blackboughpoetry.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:39 AM
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It's a corker of an issue, and a great poem Matt 👏👏 I have taken out a year's subscription on the back of this...🥰
February 6, 2026 at 6:47 PM
It's a corker of an issue, and a great poem Matt 👏👏 I have taken out a year's subscription on the back of this...🥰
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This fucking clown observer.co.uk/news/politic...
McSweeney ‘asked if Mandelson US embassy role could be pa...
PM’s chief of staff sought advice on behalf of disgraced former Labour peer, senior government sources claim
observer.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 7:28 AM
This fucking clown observer.co.uk/news/politic...
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“The era of hiding behind servers is over”
Bring it on!
Bring it on!
February 5, 2026 at 9:54 AM
“The era of hiding behind servers is over”
Bring it on!
Bring it on!
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February 1, 2026 at 11:58 PM
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Another nail in the coffin of Sadiq’s woke hellscape. Beavers have created no-go areas (“dams”) in Ealing where they are “happily going about their business” (eating sticks that could be used for defending the kiddies).
Beavers are back in London 🦫
Here's how (and why) we did it ⬇️
Here's how (and why) we did it ⬇️
January 31, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Another nail in the coffin of Sadiq’s woke hellscape. Beavers have created no-go areas (“dams”) in Ealing where they are “happily going about their business” (eating sticks that could be used for defending the kiddies).
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Joe Strummer voice: "Oh, oh, beavers of Croydon."
Beavers could soon arrive at South Norwood Country Park under plans to boost biodiversity and restore wildlife habitats in Croydon.
www.mylondon.news/news/south-l...
www.mylondon.news/news/south-l...
Beavers could soon make their home in one of Croydon's largest parks
Beavers could soon arrive at South Norwood Country Park under plans to boost biodiversity and restore wildlife habitats in Croydon.
www.mylondon.news
January 31, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Joe Strummer voice: "Oh, oh, beavers of Croydon."
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I wish I could go to this. Mark’s done an amazing thing with Iamb over the last six years, and the line up for tonight looks ace. Have a ball folks.
**TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT!!**
Join 21 past contributors to @iamb.uk as we celebrate the journal's sixth year online.
Tickets are still available (just!) – and they're FREE!!
Go to bit.ly/iamb_is_six to reserve your place, bring along cake and wine, and get set for a great evening of poetry. 🥳🎂
Join 21 past contributors to @iamb.uk as we celebrate the journal's sixth year online.
Tickets are still available (just!) – and they're FREE!!
Go to bit.ly/iamb_is_six to reserve your place, bring along cake and wine, and get set for a great evening of poetry. 🥳🎂
January 31, 2026 at 3:02 PM
I wish I could go to this. Mark’s done an amazing thing with Iamb over the last six years, and the line up for tonight looks ace. Have a ball folks.
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‘song bubbling out like smoke from
the rim of a long-cool chimney.’ 🎶
Matt Gilbert’s ‘Goldfinched’ from his collection ‘Street Sailing’ @richlyevocative.bsky.social
www.blackboughpoetry.com/matt-gilbert
the rim of a long-cool chimney.’ 🎶
Matt Gilbert’s ‘Goldfinched’ from his collection ‘Street Sailing’ @richlyevocative.bsky.social
www.blackboughpoetry.com/matt-gilbert
January 31, 2026 at 11:18 AM
‘song bubbling out like smoke from
the rim of a long-cool chimney.’ 🎶
Matt Gilbert’s ‘Goldfinched’ from his collection ‘Street Sailing’ @richlyevocative.bsky.social
www.blackboughpoetry.com/matt-gilbert
the rim of a long-cool chimney.’ 🎶
Matt Gilbert’s ‘Goldfinched’ from his collection ‘Street Sailing’ @richlyevocative.bsky.social
www.blackboughpoetry.com/matt-gilbert
Reading a book on structure in poetry. I just laughed out loud at the fact that in English we commonly rhyme ‘breath’ and ‘death’ whereas in French it’s often ‘l’amour’ and ‘la mort’. Of course that’s what we respectively do 🤣
January 30, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Reading a book on structure in poetry. I just laughed out loud at the fact that in English we commonly rhyme ‘breath’ and ‘death’ whereas in French it’s often ‘l’amour’ and ‘la mort’. Of course that’s what we respectively do 🤣
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New Substack up, featuring @stuhennigan.bsky.social @ortacpress.bsky.social @galleybeggars.bsky.social @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social @davidcollard.bsky.social @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social @renardpress.com Laurel and Hardy, Some Like it Hot. And me.
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On Being Down and Out. Almost.
It’s always interesting to see what sofa, item of rubbish, general detritus from everyday life, has appeared on my street each night.
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January 29, 2026 at 9:51 AM
New Substack up, featuring @stuhennigan.bsky.social @ortacpress.bsky.social @galleybeggars.bsky.social @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social @davidcollard.bsky.social @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social @renardpress.com Laurel and Hardy, Some Like it Hot. And me.
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Some opposed our work to put nature at the heart of London. I sincerely hope that David Attenborough’s ‘Wild London’ has changed their minds.
We aren’t reintroducing beavers and white storks simply because a thriving natural world is better for humans, though it is.
We aren’t reintroducing beavers and white storks simply because a thriving natural world is better for humans, though it is.
Beavers are back in London 🦫
Here's how (and why) we did it ⬇️
Here's how (and why) we did it ⬇️
January 29, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Some opposed our work to put nature at the heart of London. I sincerely hope that David Attenborough’s ‘Wild London’ has changed their minds.
We aren’t reintroducing beavers and white storks simply because a thriving natural world is better for humans, though it is.
We aren’t reintroducing beavers and white storks simply because a thriving natural world is better for humans, though it is.