Ian D Smith
@iandsmith77.bsky.social
Poet / The Starbeck Orion, The Ekphrastic Review, Stand, Abridged, Eratio, The HU, Poetry Ireland Review, OWP, Live Canon. AKA Cy Forrest. Mentor: Imogen Wade
Culinary worst dishes: wholemeal panettone. I’m pretty sure this doesn’t exist thankfully, but you never know.
January 18, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Culinary worst dishes: wholemeal panettone. I’m pretty sure this doesn’t exist thankfully, but you never know.
It’s only when you hear Colby Acuff that you realise there really is nothing new under the sun.
January 14, 2026 at 1:19 PM
It’s only when you hear Colby Acuff that you realise there really is nothing new under the sun.
Zahawi, who’s just defected to Reform, “Given the concern over Mr Zahawi's tax affairs we now need further clarity [on £30m loans] The ethics adviser should be looking at these matters too". -wiki
January 12, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Zahawi, who’s just defected to Reform, “Given the concern over Mr Zahawi's tax affairs we now need further clarity [on £30m loans] The ethics adviser should be looking at these matters too". -wiki
Apparently, Morrissey and Bridget Bardot had a lot in common. 🤣
January 10, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Apparently, Morrissey and Bridget Bardot had a lot in common. 🤣
Why aren’t the mainstream media naming Renee Good? They’re all saying, “the woman who was shot”.
January 9, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Why aren’t the mainstream media naming Renee Good? They’re all saying, “the woman who was shot”.
So here is Storm Goretti
Glad I’m warm on my settee
Glad I’m warm on my settee
January 8, 2026 at 7:30 PM
So here is Storm Goretti
Glad I’m warm on my settee
Glad I’m warm on my settee
Wow. I’m just doing my 2025 outstanding submissions clear-up. I’ve never had so many submissions just hanging there forever in 2025, not acknowledged, not rejected. WTF’s going on, guys? I’m not privileged. I need you guys #poetrycommunity
January 7, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Wow. I’m just doing my 2025 outstanding submissions clear-up. I’ve never had so many submissions just hanging there forever in 2025, not acknowledged, not rejected. WTF’s going on, guys? I’m not privileged. I need you guys #poetrycommunity
What a fab start to 2026. My poems on The Starbeck Orion. Many thanks, Paul @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social
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The Starbeck Orion issue #14 Not Advent Anthology Day 8 of 25 featuring the poetry of Ian D Smith
A Feast of Image And Word
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January 1, 2026 at 12:37 PM
What a fab start to 2026. My poems on The Starbeck Orion. Many thanks, Paul @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/the880/p...
open.substack.com/pub/the880/p...
Black Friday’s going to become a victim of this early Christmas nonsense that’s taken over the internet. A few years from now, no one will remember what Black Friday was.
November 19, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Black Friday’s going to become a victim of this early Christmas nonsense that’s taken over the internet. A few years from now, no one will remember what Black Friday was.
There’s nothing more pathetic than two large white Wiltshire men trying to play the dozens.
November 19, 2025 at 9:33 PM
There’s nothing more pathetic than two large white Wiltshire men trying to play the dozens.
Apparently there’s been a snow flurry in London so that’ll be a national emergency.
November 19, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Apparently there’s been a snow flurry in London so that’ll be a national emergency.
What amazes me about the Blairite wing of the Labour Party, is how open they are about wanting to sacrifice the party’s core values for power, and then squander it. “Every day, we should drag a sacred cow of our party to the town market place and slaughter it” said Wes Streeting.
November 13, 2025 at 9:42 PM
What amazes me about the Blairite wing of the Labour Party, is how open they are about wanting to sacrifice the party’s core values for power, and then squander it. “Every day, we should drag a sacred cow of our party to the town market place and slaughter it” said Wes Streeting.
Next week on Panorama, that amazing Trump speech in full.
November 12, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Next week on Panorama, that amazing Trump speech in full.
I think Richard Ashcroft’s Brave New World sounds better in 2025 than anything Oasis did, except maybe Half the World Away. Love that
November 11, 2025 at 10:55 AM
I think Richard Ashcroft’s Brave New World sounds better in 2025 than anything Oasis did, except maybe Half the World Away. Love that
It’s amazing how we can get to Armistice Day, hear the BBC commentators hope for “an end to all armed conflict”, mention lots of armed conflict, eg Kosovo, but never mention Gaza.
November 11, 2025 at 10:10 AM
It’s amazing how we can get to Armistice Day, hear the BBC commentators hope for “an end to all armed conflict”, mention lots of armed conflict, eg Kosovo, but never mention Gaza.
When I’m on the motorway, I end up over-exposed to the slick marketing of logistics companies emblazoned on their gleaming lorries, and that’s how I end up following them to retail parks.
November 9, 2025 at 2:26 PM
When I’m on the motorway, I end up over-exposed to the slick marketing of logistics companies emblazoned on their gleaming lorries, and that’s how I end up following them to retail parks.
The world seems to be rapidly filling with TV programmes I don’t want to watch, apps I don’t want to use, and celebs I’m not interested in.
November 9, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The world seems to be rapidly filling with TV programmes I don’t want to watch, apps I don’t want to use, and celebs I’m not interested in.
Never watch Traitors. Seems like I’m one of the 40 million who also don’t watch it.
November 7, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Never watch Traitors. Seems like I’m one of the 40 million who also don’t watch it.
Lucy Powell, ‘for the many, yes, but let’s not forget the few’.
October 25, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Lucy Powell, ‘for the many, yes, but let’s not forget the few’.
Said morning to a passer-by outside my house as I was dong the bins, and a moment later he came back and said ‘who asked you to speak to me?’ I mean wtf!
October 16, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Said morning to a passer-by outside my house as I was dong the bins, and a moment later he came back and said ‘who asked you to speak to me?’ I mean wtf!
Rylan and Tracey Emin talk mothers on the shopping channel. Just a thought.
October 11, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Rylan and Tracey Emin talk mothers on the shopping channel. Just a thought.
Gary Neville brilliantly exposed hypocrisy after the Manchester attack. “Divisive and hateful” Palestine flags, compared to divisive and hateful England flags on roundabouts.
October 10, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Gary Neville brilliantly exposed hypocrisy after the Manchester attack. “Divisive and hateful” Palestine flags, compared to divisive and hateful England flags on roundabouts.
Where’s John Cooper Clarke’s poem about the flag fetishists? He is still alive isn’t he?
October 8, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Where’s John Cooper Clarke’s poem about the flag fetishists? He is still alive isn’t he?
I’ve just unfriended someone I actually know who went to London on a pro-Israel march, held up a placard, did selfies, posted them on FB with a huge rant about how the majority have been brainwashed. Israel’s war crimes are fact. There was no point starting a discussion.
October 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I’ve just unfriended someone I actually know who went to London on a pro-Israel march, held up a placard, did selfies, posted them on FB with a huge rant about how the majority have been brainwashed. Israel’s war crimes are fact. There was no point starting a discussion.
Now we know why Starmer wants to look at the human rights act, so he torture uk protesters www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags
Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water
www.theguardian.com
October 5, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Now we know why Starmer wants to look at the human rights act, so he torture uk protesters www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...