Lorcán Black
@lorcanblack.bsky.social
Poet. Author of ‘Strange Husbandry’, a Forward Prize, Dylan Thomas Prize, Rooney & Pigott Prize nominee. He likes pizza.
And videos of cats being weird.
And videos of cats being weird.
I’ve always kinda somehow worked around film, not anymore but… I’m obsessed with movies. I sat down and watched Room this evening.
Have you seen the one star reviews? Read them. They’d be laughably funny if they weren’t kind of alarming.
One of those guys has someone in a basement.
Have you seen the one star reviews? Read them. They’d be laughably funny if they weren’t kind of alarming.
One of those guys has someone in a basement.
November 29, 2025 at 2:01 AM
I’ve always kinda somehow worked around film, not anymore but… I’m obsessed with movies. I sat down and watched Room this evening.
Have you seen the one star reviews? Read them. They’d be laughably funny if they weren’t kind of alarming.
One of those guys has someone in a basement.
Have you seen the one star reviews? Read them. They’d be laughably funny if they weren’t kind of alarming.
One of those guys has someone in a basement.
Let me just say on the topic of #emeraldfennell & #wutheringheights - it’s about deeply broken people, toxic relationships & Brönte wrote an horrifically uncomfortable, vile novel for the time & I think she’d go for what Fennell is doing with an interpretation having studied that novel for YEARS.
September 28, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Let me just say on the topic of #emeraldfennell & #wutheringheights - it’s about deeply broken people, toxic relationships & Brönte wrote an horrifically uncomfortable, vile novel for the time & I think she’d go for what Fennell is doing with an interpretation having studied that novel for YEARS.
Does anyone actually understand what NATO’s Article 4 is or potentially means? It doesn’t seem so, allow me to put it plainly:
One more provocation is a dare for NATO to move to a progression: they will have no choice but to execute Article 5. It is serious.
If you don’t get that, pipe down.
One more provocation is a dare for NATO to move to a progression: they will have no choice but to execute Article 5. It is serious.
If you don’t get that, pipe down.
September 12, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Does anyone actually understand what NATO’s Article 4 is or potentially means? It doesn’t seem so, allow me to put it plainly:
One more provocation is a dare for NATO to move to a progression: they will have no choice but to execute Article 5. It is serious.
If you don’t get that, pipe down.
One more provocation is a dare for NATO to move to a progression: they will have no choice but to execute Article 5. It is serious.
If you don’t get that, pipe down.
Watching #equaliser3 & I know I don’t seem like I love action movies but… can someone PLEASE explain to me how the fuck Denzel is 71?!
I still would.
I still would.
August 29, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Watching #equaliser3 & I know I don’t seem like I love action movies but… can someone PLEASE explain to me how the fuck Denzel is 71?!
I still would.
I still would.
Not 3 hrs into my 39th birthday after drinks with my significant other, I’m sipping a tequila shot & watching Down Low with @lukasgage.bsky.social realising if I was 65 & single, I’d be Sandy.
“Three more can’t hurt…”
Probably not, Sands.
Probs not babes.
“Three more can’t hurt…”
Probably not, Sands.
Probs not babes.
August 26, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Not 3 hrs into my 39th birthday after drinks with my significant other, I’m sipping a tequila shot & watching Down Low with @lukasgage.bsky.social realising if I was 65 & single, I’d be Sandy.
“Three more can’t hurt…”
Probably not, Sands.
Probs not babes.
“Three more can’t hurt…”
Probably not, Sands.
Probs not babes.
“…women aren’t shown to be overly stupid or overly intelligent….”
So… they’re just meant to be average then?!
I am genuinely left aghast at most reviewers for fucking anything really.
This is why artists tell other artists to ignore non-peer reviews because that shit is what you get.
So… they’re just meant to be average then?!
I am genuinely left aghast at most reviewers for fucking anything really.
This is why artists tell other artists to ignore non-peer reviews because that shit is what you get.
August 4, 2025 at 12:39 AM
“…women aren’t shown to be overly stupid or overly intelligent….”
So… they’re just meant to be average then?!
I am genuinely left aghast at most reviewers for fucking anything really.
This is why artists tell other artists to ignore non-peer reviews because that shit is what you get.
So… they’re just meant to be average then?!
I am genuinely left aghast at most reviewers for fucking anything really.
This is why artists tell other artists to ignore non-peer reviews because that shit is what you get.
I love uni students getting in touch to ask questions on poems. I do LIKE the idea of working out the meaning for yourself but I love the fact they can come to us, DM and ask questions. It’s just such an amazing thing and the questions? They blow my mind how they come at angles I never thought of!
August 1, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I love uni students getting in touch to ask questions on poems. I do LIKE the idea of working out the meaning for yourself but I love the fact they can come to us, DM and ask questions. It’s just such an amazing thing and the questions? They blow my mind how they come at angles I never thought of!
I don’t mind if you don’t largely agree with a #manuscriptevalualtion but no, you can’t just have it for free because you wanted a list of compliments. That’s not what you’re asking help with. You’re paying for a critique. You don’t need to take any advice but… that’s surely what you’ve asked for?
August 1, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I don’t mind if you don’t largely agree with a #manuscriptevalualtion but no, you can’t just have it for free because you wanted a list of compliments. That’s not what you’re asking help with. You’re paying for a critique. You don’t need to take any advice but… that’s surely what you’ve asked for?
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If any #poets need an objective voice to help hone a blossoming #poetry #manuscript, I have free time so maybe I can help.
#poet #poetry #editing #writing
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#poet #poetry #editing #writing
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May 18, 2025 at 3:10 AM
If any #poets need an objective voice to help hone a blossoming #poetry #manuscript, I have free time so maybe I can help.
#poet #poetry #editing #writing
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#poet #poetry #editing #writing
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So glad I don’t fly from #heathrow because that sounds like fucking torture. It’s bad enough already being in an airport.
They do know we all mostly wear noise cancelling earbuds, right? If I weren’t already looking for a beer and a smoking area I certainly would be now.
They do know we all mostly wear noise cancelling earbuds, right? If I weren’t already looking for a beer and a smoking area I certainly would be now.
July 10, 2025 at 1:07 AM
So glad I don’t fly from #heathrow because that sounds like fucking torture. It’s bad enough already being in an airport.
They do know we all mostly wear noise cancelling earbuds, right? If I weren’t already looking for a beer and a smoking area I certainly would be now.
They do know we all mostly wear noise cancelling earbuds, right? If I weren’t already looking for a beer and a smoking area I certainly would be now.
Hate watching #andjustlikethat but is anyone else wondering HOW THE FUCK Seema can’t afford at this point to rent an office?!… that’s just a small detail in this entire season. Did the writers bang their heads? I don’t recognise any of these characters & the new ones don’t even make sense.
June 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Hate watching #andjustlikethat but is anyone else wondering HOW THE FUCK Seema can’t afford at this point to rent an office?!… that’s just a small detail in this entire season. Did the writers bang their heads? I don’t recognise any of these characters & the new ones don’t even make sense.
Rather disconcerting that my phone Face ID doesn’t recognise me when I smile.
I can live with it.
I can live with it.
May 19, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Rather disconcerting that my phone Face ID doesn’t recognise me when I smile.
I can live with it.
I can live with it.
If any #poets need an objective voice to help hone a blossoming #poetry #manuscript, I have free time so maybe I can help.
#poet #poetry #editing #writing
vm.tiktok.com/ZNdrQd13N/
#poet #poetry #editing #writing
vm.tiktok.com/ZNdrQd13N/
TikTok - Make Your Day
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May 18, 2025 at 3:10 AM
If any #poets need an objective voice to help hone a blossoming #poetry #manuscript, I have free time so maybe I can help.
#poet #poetry #editing #writing
vm.tiktok.com/ZNdrQd13N/
#poet #poetry #editing #writing
vm.tiktok.com/ZNdrQd13N/
May 18, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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Reposted by Lorcán Black
I am deeply elated to announce that my book of poems, Afterbody is out through Blue Diode Press in June.
It has been touched and seen by all my living heroes and I bring this to you with all that is good inside me.
Available for pre-order here: www.poetrybooks.co.uk/products/aft...
It has been touched and seen by all my living heroes and I bring this to you with all that is good inside me.
Available for pre-order here: www.poetrybooks.co.uk/products/aft...
May 2, 2025 at 8:50 AM
I am deeply elated to announce that my book of poems, Afterbody is out through Blue Diode Press in June.
It has been touched and seen by all my living heroes and I bring this to you with all that is good inside me.
Available for pre-order here: www.poetrybooks.co.uk/products/aft...
It has been touched and seen by all my living heroes and I bring this to you with all that is good inside me.
Available for pre-order here: www.poetrybooks.co.uk/products/aft...
As a child of the 80’s I know Bridget & Eamon as a tv show is comedy satire but fuck me, half of the shit they make fun of is so familiar it funny hurts.
May 5, 2025 at 3:27 AM
As a child of the 80’s I know Bridget & Eamon as a tv show is comedy satire but fuck me, half of the shit they make fun of is so familiar it funny hurts.
Reposted by Lorcán Black
Elon Musk knew EXACTLY what he was doing when he hit that salute.
January 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Elon Musk knew EXACTLY what he was doing when he hit that salute.
The Dylan Thomas Prize long list is announced in about a week. I’m not SAYING I’m counting the days but I’m not NOT counting the days.
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January 18, 2025 at 8:05 AM
The Dylan Thomas Prize long list is announced in about a week. I’m not SAYING I’m counting the days but I’m not NOT counting the days.
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Not the worst view in work…
January 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Not the worst view in work…
God I love walking past #toweroflondon every morning. Maybe less in -1 degree weather however.
January 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
God I love walking past #toweroflondon every morning. Maybe less in -1 degree weather however.
Thank you @troycabida.bsky.social & the National Poetry Library for including me! 😃❤️
December 1, 2024 at 1:26 PM
Thank you @troycabida.bsky.social & the National Poetry Library for including me! 😃❤️