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Dave Bagpuss Forsey 🍺 @bagpuss.org · 6d

A new Archbishop of Canterbury will be announced today, so in the meantime play my stupid game

Arsebishop

Guess if the pixelated image is of an arse, or a bishop.

arsebishop.com

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Oliver Sheppard @oliversheppard.bsky.social · 7d

Eight German Expressionist horror poems are here, translated to English, to kick off the Halloween season.

You’re welcome.

They’re here: tr.ee/C6ZwNW

#germanexpressionism #halloween

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Iain @iainw.bsky.social · 26d

Day 2 of the PoetryLit! festival today. Drop in and watch live on YouTube or FB: www.facebook.com/PoetryLit/ or www.youtube.com/@poetrylit2262
13:30(UK) is Lynn Johnson, Patrick Errington, Kris Johnson + open mic

Iain @iainw.bsky.social · Aug 28

Poetry Lit! 5th (5th!) birthday special. Saturday's first reading features Lynn Davidson, Patrick Errington, Kris Johnson. Live stream - drop in to watch or read one poem at the open mic. Info: www.eventbrite.nl/e/poetry-lit...

Poetry Lit! Festival - Poetry in Session with Lydia Harris. Featured poets: Lynn Davidson, Patrick Errington, Kris Johnson. September 13 at 13:30 BST / 14:30 CEST. Livestream on Facebook and YouTube. Register for a reminder.

Iain @iainw.bsky.social · Sep 6

Goodness me this final Saint Etienne album is wonderful

A picture of Saint Etienne’s latest and last album, International.

Iain @iainw.bsky.social · Aug 30

Poetry Lit! 5th (5th!) birthday special. Saturday's 3rd readings from Juana Adcock (@juanapoetry.bsky.social), Moira Egan (@moiraegan.bsky.social‬), Chelsea Harlan. Live stream - drop in to watch or read one poem at the open mic. Info: www.eventbrite.nl/e/poetry-lit...

Poetry Lit! Festival. Poetry in Session with Milla van der Have. Featured poets: Juana Adcock, Moira Egan, Chelsea Harlan. September 13, 16:30 BST / 17:30 CEST. Livestream on Facebook and YouTube.

Iain @iainw.bsky.social · Aug 29

Poetry Lit! 5th (5th!) birthday special. Saturday's 2nd readings are Vasiliki Albedo (@minorroarr.bsky.social), Ronna Bloom (@ronnabloom.bsky.social), Sukhema. Live stream - drop in to watch or read one poem at the open mic. Info: www.eventbrite.nl/e/poetry-lit...

Poetry Lit! Festival - Poetry in Session with Stephanie Green. Featured poets: Vasiliki Albedo, Ronna Bloom, Sukhema. September 13 at 14:30 BST / 15:30 CEST. Livestream on Facebook and YouTube. Register for a reminder.

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Iain @iainw.bsky.social · Aug 28

Poetry Lit! 5th (5th!) birthday special. Saturday's first reading features Lynn Davidson, Patrick Errington, Kris Johnson. Live stream - drop in to watch or read one poem at the open mic. Info: www.eventbrite.nl/e/poetry-lit...

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Alistair Coleman @alistaircoleman.bsky.social · Feb 24

Happy first Wonka anniversary for those of you who are celebrating

Drug factory oompah Loompah who is actually called Kirsty

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Iain @iainw.bsky.social · Feb 22

30! 😵‍💫

The Quietus @thequietus.com · Feb 22

'Returning to Maxinquaye with ears tempered by time, and with the shock of its newness having long since receded, its sources are easier to spot. Which still makes it no less remarkable.'

#Tricky’s #Maxinquaye at 30

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Iain @iainw.bsky.social · Feb 7

Friendly plastic bag. #FriendlyPlasticBag

Friendly-looking plastic bag with emoji eyes on my kitchen counter.

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Iain @iainw.bsky.social · Feb 2

Out in bracing Borrowdale yesterday! #LakeDistrict

View from Rosthwaite Fell/Bessyboot, Borrowdale.

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Iain @iainw.bsky.social · Jan 30

30 years! 🙃

The Quietus @thequietus.com · Jan 30

Commonly viewed through the lens of progressive house, #JulianMarszalek looks at #Leftfield's towering 1995 debut through the prism of dub reggae

Taking A Left Turn: #Leftism Turns 30

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Leftfield album cover - animal jawbone (shark, some kind of fish?) around a speaker cone.

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Iain @iainw.bsky.social · Jan 24

A Write Bloody UK reading. Lovely.

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Iain @iainw.bsky.social · Jan 22

I’m gonna give Pixelfed a go

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Modern Poetry in Translation @mptmagazine.bsky.social · Jan 21

'Now look alive:
there will be leaves again,
in the reeling of the sun.
You will bloom
in the land of the poppy.
Under its sky
it will strike you,
deadly and unbidden:
bliss.'

When ‘Threat’ was originally published in 1963, sexual relationships between members of the same sex were still illegal in Austria and East and West Germany. Legal recognition of partnerships wouldn’t come until the 21st century. The time in which Gunnar lived and wrote was undoubtedly dangerous for LGBTQ+ individuals, but it was not without joy; in spite of legal and social oppression, communities carved out a space in which to unite and support one another. ‘Threat’ speaks to this unflinching resilience, the belief that though you may be in hiding today, time will march on; ‘Nun erschrick’, (‘Now jump up’ or ‘Now startle’) because spring will come again, and in that time of rebirth will emerge countless opportunities for change. In an era where the rights of our community members are increasingly under fire, I look to voices like Gunnar, to people who stood fast in the face of imprisonment and systemic violence and worked toward a future that was not guaranteed, fueled by the strength of solidarity.

Beneath the pendulous gait slumber paradises of melancholy: sunken summers. In their meadows bloom midnight poppies. Your clouds wander along the dark sky deep beneath the ground, your shadow world. Now look alive: there will be leaves again, in the reeling of the sun. You will bloom in the land of the poppy. Under its sky it will strike you, deadly and unbidden: bliss.

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Iain @iainw.bsky.social · Jan 19

Gub morning

A shot of the poetry book Gub by Scott Mckendry

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Iain @iainw.bsky.social · Jan 14

(Revisits skyline) Turns out I wanted to do a DFA which is like a PhD but with the added bonus that no one knows what it is.

Iain @iainw.bsky.social · Sep 15

do I want to do a PhD or do I want to go on lots of holidays 🤔

Iain @iainw.bsky.social · Dec 8

I’m local(-ish!) again now so will certainly be back. It was a lovely night

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Iain @iainw.bsky.social · Oct 1

The last time I went out in Barrow in Furness was 28 years ago and I probably got blotto and angry. Last night I went to this and watched young and old people celebrate together and it was utterly heartwarming

A flyer for Queer 4 U - a cabaret night in partnership with Dropzone LGBTQ+ youth and Barrow Library

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Iain @iainw.bsky.social · Sep 15

do I want to do a PhD or do I want to go on lots of holidays 🤔

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Iain @iainw.bsky.social · Aug 3

So, good luck! You’ll be fine.

Iain @iainw.bsky.social · Aug 3

My laptop died while I was writing an MA essay & the only compatible spare i could find belonged to a friend who was demolishing a pub. He had to keep the laptop at the pub while he demolished it to check measurements so I literally rewrote the thing surrounded by flying debris & wrecking balls.

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Iain @iainw.bsky.social · Aug 3

Camping, pizzas and rocket. Three of my favourite things! Enjoy 😊

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Iain @iainw.bsky.social · Jul 26

Fight the real enemy 💔

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Iain @iainw.bsky.social · Jul 22

John Grant I love him so

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