Lou Mach
@louloumach.bsky.social
Mancunian, Poet, Reader, Educator, Critic, UoM, Centre for New Writing. Collaborative pamphlet, The Words of Others are All We Have, Hedgehog Press, (2024). Collection, I Am Not Light, Black Bough Poetry (2025)
https://www.louisemachen.com
https://www.louisemachen.com
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When you edited a book and enjoy it even more - months later. ❤️🔥
@louloumach.bsky.social book ‘I Am Not Light’ is so dark and intense. Hits you, wave after wave.
tinyurl.com/2xzyc5hy
@louloumach.bsky.social book ‘I Am Not Light’ is so dark and intense. Hits you, wave after wave.
tinyurl.com/2xzyc5hy
October 18, 2025 at 8:58 AM
When you edited a book and enjoy it even more - months later. ❤️🔥
@louloumach.bsky.social book ‘I Am Not Light’ is so dark and intense. Hits you, wave after wave.
tinyurl.com/2xzyc5hy
@louloumach.bsky.social book ‘I Am Not Light’ is so dark and intense. Hits you, wave after wave.
tinyurl.com/2xzyc5hy
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Absolutely loved spending my weekend with I Am Not Light by @louloumach.bsky.social .
This collection is vivid, raw, and full of blistering seascapes that made my landlocked heart sing!
Grab your copy from @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social 🖤
This collection is vivid, raw, and full of blistering seascapes that made my landlocked heart sing!
Grab your copy from @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social 🖤
September 29, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Absolutely loved spending my weekend with I Am Not Light by @louloumach.bsky.social .
This collection is vivid, raw, and full of blistering seascapes that made my landlocked heart sing!
Grab your copy from @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social 🖤
This collection is vivid, raw, and full of blistering seascapes that made my landlocked heart sing!
Grab your copy from @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social 🖤
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Delighted to announce our new poetry readers for issue 4.
What a superb crew!
Lou Mach @louloumach.bsky.social
Val Harris
And Paul Short @paulwritespoems.bsky.social
Find their bios on: frazzledlit.com
So excited to get started reading your work!
What a superb crew!
Lou Mach @louloumach.bsky.social
Val Harris
And Paul Short @paulwritespoems.bsky.social
Find their bios on: frazzledlit.com
So excited to get started reading your work!
October 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Delighted to announce our new poetry readers for issue 4.
What a superb crew!
Lou Mach @louloumach.bsky.social
Val Harris
And Paul Short @paulwritespoems.bsky.social
Find their bios on: frazzledlit.com
So excited to get started reading your work!
What a superb crew!
Lou Mach @louloumach.bsky.social
Val Harris
And Paul Short @paulwritespoems.bsky.social
Find their bios on: frazzledlit.com
So excited to get started reading your work!
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‘reckless dragonfly falling
into a pool of goblin blood.’ 😈 🩸 🪰
Louise Machen from ‘I Am Not Light’ @louloumach.bsky.social
#poetry #writing #poetic
into a pool of goblin blood.’ 😈 🩸 🪰
Louise Machen from ‘I Am Not Light’ @louloumach.bsky.social
#poetry #writing #poetic
September 13, 2025 at 10:33 AM
‘reckless dragonfly falling
into a pool of goblin blood.’ 😈 🩸 🪰
Louise Machen from ‘I Am Not Light’ @louloumach.bsky.social
#poetry #writing #poetic
into a pool of goblin blood.’ 😈 🩸 🪰
Louise Machen from ‘I Am Not Light’ @louloumach.bsky.social
#poetry #writing #poetic
And the winner is @poetbex.bsky.social ✨✨✨
August 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
And the winner is @poetbex.bsky.social ✨✨✨
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‘We were mirrors of each other:
Clockhouse labels, Opal Fruits,
laburnum flowers in our hair,’ 🪞 🍬
@louloumach.bsky.social from ‘I Am Not Light’
shorturl.at/m5IM1
#poetry #writing #books #poetic
Clockhouse labels, Opal Fruits,
laburnum flowers in our hair,’ 🪞 🍬
@louloumach.bsky.social from ‘I Am Not Light’
shorturl.at/m5IM1
#poetry #writing #books #poetic
August 22, 2025 at 9:09 AM
‘We were mirrors of each other:
Clockhouse labels, Opal Fruits,
laburnum flowers in our hair,’ 🪞 🍬
@louloumach.bsky.social from ‘I Am Not Light’
shorturl.at/m5IM1
#poetry #writing #books #poetic
Clockhouse labels, Opal Fruits,
laburnum flowers in our hair,’ 🪞 🍬
@louloumach.bsky.social from ‘I Am Not Light’
shorturl.at/m5IM1
#poetry #writing #books #poetic
Yessss!
Poetic fuel for your Sealey Challege?
BOOK GIVEAWAY!
Tomorrow it’s eleven weeks since my collection was published, so I’m doing a little giveaway…
1. Like and share this post
2. Leave a comment below ⬇️
3. Tag a poetry lover
The competition will run for a week and the winner will be announced next Friday 22nd August
Tomorrow it’s eleven weeks since my collection was published, so I’m doing a little giveaway…
1. Like and share this post
2. Leave a comment below ⬇️
3. Tag a poetry lover
The competition will run for a week and the winner will be announced next Friday 22nd August
August 15, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Yessss!
BOOK GIVEAWAY!
Tomorrow it’s eleven weeks since my collection was published, so I’m doing a little giveaway…
1. Like and share this post
2. Leave a comment below ⬇️
3. Tag a poetry lover
The competition will run for a week and the winner will be announced next Friday 22nd August
Tomorrow it’s eleven weeks since my collection was published, so I’m doing a little giveaway…
1. Like and share this post
2. Leave a comment below ⬇️
3. Tag a poetry lover
The competition will run for a week and the winner will be announced next Friday 22nd August
August 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
BOOK GIVEAWAY!
Tomorrow it’s eleven weeks since my collection was published, so I’m doing a little giveaway…
1. Like and share this post
2. Leave a comment below ⬇️
3. Tag a poetry lover
The competition will run for a week and the winner will be announced next Friday 22nd August
Tomorrow it’s eleven weeks since my collection was published, so I’m doing a little giveaway…
1. Like and share this post
2. Leave a comment below ⬇️
3. Tag a poetry lover
The competition will run for a week and the winner will be announced next Friday 22nd August
And there is the cave in all its glory 💚
August 11, 2025 at 6:04 PM
And there is the cave in all its glory 💚
The face of a happy poet sharing her words ❤️
August 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The face of a happy poet sharing her words ❤️
For #PoemsAbout #BlackSky here is my offering (a current work in progress) @thebrokenspine.co.uk Thank you for the prompt! @alanparrywriter.co.uk
August 8, 2025 at 12:12 PM
For #PoemsAbout #BlackSky here is my offering (a current work in progress) @thebrokenspine.co.uk Thank you for the prompt! @alanparrywriter.co.uk
Tomorrow! We are launching our audiobook, Which Way the Words Grow.
This is such a valuable project that I am extremely proud of - give it a listen!
Available now on Spotify and YouTube.
There’s also a documentary coming soon…
This is such a valuable project that I am extremely proud of - give it a listen!
Available now on Spotify and YouTube.
There’s also a documentary coming soon…
August 7, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Tomorrow! We are launching our audiobook, Which Way the Words Grow.
This is such a valuable project that I am extremely proud of - give it a listen!
Available now on Spotify and YouTube.
There’s also a documentary coming soon…
This is such a valuable project that I am extremely proud of - give it a listen!
Available now on Spotify and YouTube.
There’s also a documentary coming soon…
Double rainbow for a Wednesday - there’s a poem in there ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
August 6, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Double rainbow for a Wednesday - there’s a poem in there ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
This Sunday, get yourself down to The Carlton Club in Manchester for some brilliant poetry and music 💙
August 4, 2025 at 9:17 AM
This Sunday, get yourself down to The Carlton Club in Manchester for some brilliant poetry and music 💙
Next Friday is the in-person launch of Which Way the Words Grow - send a DM to get your ticket (only a few remaining!)
This promises to be a brilliant night in an extra-special setting 💚
Available now on Spotify and YouTube
This promises to be a brilliant night in an extra-special setting 💚
Available now on Spotify and YouTube
July 28, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Next Friday is the in-person launch of Which Way the Words Grow - send a DM to get your ticket (only a few remaining!)
This promises to be a brilliant night in an extra-special setting 💚
Available now on Spotify and YouTube
This promises to be a brilliant night in an extra-special setting 💚
Available now on Spotify and YouTube
From my collection, I Am Not Light, here is a poem inspired by the Princess Victoria memorial at Portpatrick, Scotland.
“Do not drown me now
in their loneliness.”
In Need of a Closer Shore
“Do not drown me now
in their loneliness.”
In Need of a Closer Shore
July 27, 2025 at 12:31 PM
From my collection, I Am Not Light, here is a poem inspired by the Princess Victoria memorial at Portpatrick, Scotland.
“Do not drown me now
in their loneliness.”
In Need of a Closer Shore
“Do not drown me now
in their loneliness.”
In Need of a Closer Shore
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‘The orange moon is full with staying’ 🟠
‘Striding azurite flecked’
Louise Machen’s ‘Lunation’ from ‘I Am Not Light’ @louloumach.bsky.social
www.blackboughpoetry.com/copy-of-regi...
‘Striding azurite flecked’
Louise Machen’s ‘Lunation’ from ‘I Am Not Light’ @louloumach.bsky.social
www.blackboughpoetry.com/copy-of-regi...
July 18, 2025 at 1:52 PM
‘The orange moon is full with staying’ 🟠
‘Striding azurite flecked’
Louise Machen’s ‘Lunation’ from ‘I Am Not Light’ @louloumach.bsky.social
www.blackboughpoetry.com/copy-of-regi...
‘Striding azurite flecked’
Louise Machen’s ‘Lunation’ from ‘I Am Not Light’ @louloumach.bsky.social
www.blackboughpoetry.com/copy-of-regi...
The online launch for the collection is on Saturday - get your ticket on Eventbrite!
🖤🖤🖤
🖤🖤🖤
‘Crows rake the sky’
‘like my mouth with these unspeakable things’
@louloumach.bsky.social - ‘Unspeakable things’ from ‘I Am Not Light’
#poetry #poet #poetrycommunity #writing #readers
‘like my mouth with these unspeakable things’
@louloumach.bsky.social - ‘Unspeakable things’ from ‘I Am Not Light’
#poetry #poet #poetrycommunity #writing #readers
July 10, 2025 at 6:17 AM
The online launch for the collection is on Saturday - get your ticket on Eventbrite!
🖤🖤🖤
🖤🖤🖤
This is where you can find me this summer.
Details of all events to follow…
Grab yourself a ticket for the online launch of ‘I Am Not Light’ on Eventbrite - it’s going to be mint!
eventbrite.com
@blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
Details of all events to follow…
Grab yourself a ticket for the online launch of ‘I Am Not Light’ on Eventbrite - it’s going to be mint!
eventbrite.com
@blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
July 6, 2025 at 9:06 AM
This is where you can find me this summer.
Details of all events to follow…
Grab yourself a ticket for the online launch of ‘I Am Not Light’ on Eventbrite - it’s going to be mint!
eventbrite.com
@blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
Details of all events to follow…
Grab yourself a ticket for the online launch of ‘I Am Not Light’ on Eventbrite - it’s going to be mint!
eventbrite.com
@blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
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Our recent hot release. Louise Machen's 'I Am Not Light', her debut poetry collection. @louloumach.bsky.social
'Wade in, take the risk'
blackboughpoetry.com/so/fbPV2pfPn...
'Wade in, take the risk'
blackboughpoetry.com/so/fbPV2pfPn...
July 5, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Our recent hot release. Louise Machen's 'I Am Not Light', her debut poetry collection. @louloumach.bsky.social
'Wade in, take the risk'
blackboughpoetry.com/so/fbPV2pfPn...
'Wade in, take the risk'
blackboughpoetry.com/so/fbPV2pfPn...
Reposted by Lou Mach
'and today in your palm,
where still my petrified hesitance
abandons the possibility of a life'
Black Bough author Louise Machen @louloumach.bsky.social with 'The Crab' (a found poem) from 'I Am Not Light'.
shorturl.at/me0UM
where still my petrified hesitance
abandons the possibility of a life'
Black Bough author Louise Machen @louloumach.bsky.social with 'The Crab' (a found poem) from 'I Am Not Light'.
shorturl.at/me0UM
July 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
'and today in your palm,
where still my petrified hesitance
abandons the possibility of a life'
Black Bough author Louise Machen @louloumach.bsky.social with 'The Crab' (a found poem) from 'I Am Not Light'.
shorturl.at/me0UM
where still my petrified hesitance
abandons the possibility of a life'
Black Bough author Louise Machen @louloumach.bsky.social with 'The Crab' (a found poem) from 'I Am Not Light'.
shorturl.at/me0UM
Reposted by Lou Mach
JOIN US and book your free ticket NOW for Louise Machen's online launch of 'I Am Not Light' on Saturday 12th July, 6pm, with special guests. Unmissable! @louloumach.bsky.social
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June 30, 2025 at 9:38 PM
JOIN US and book your free ticket NOW for Louise Machen's online launch of 'I Am Not Light' on Saturday 12th July, 6pm, with special guests. Unmissable! @louloumach.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/louise-mac...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/louise-mac...
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‘creating legends only known to us’
❤️🔥
‘Cartographer’ by @louloumach.bsky.social
From ‘I Am Not Light’.
‘These poems know ‘impossible depths / and hope of a handhold’ (John McAuliffe)
www.blackboughpoetry.com/copy-of-regi...
❤️🔥
‘Cartographer’ by @louloumach.bsky.social
From ‘I Am Not Light’.
‘These poems know ‘impossible depths / and hope of a handhold’ (John McAuliffe)
www.blackboughpoetry.com/copy-of-regi...
June 29, 2025 at 11:24 AM
‘creating legends only known to us’
❤️🔥
‘Cartographer’ by @louloumach.bsky.social
From ‘I Am Not Light’.
‘These poems know ‘impossible depths / and hope of a handhold’ (John McAuliffe)
www.blackboughpoetry.com/copy-of-regi...
❤️🔥
‘Cartographer’ by @louloumach.bsky.social
From ‘I Am Not Light’.
‘These poems know ‘impossible depths / and hope of a handhold’ (John McAuliffe)
www.blackboughpoetry.com/copy-of-regi...
Fantastic couple of nights at Dare to Know Theatre regaling the audiences with poems from my book 💜
June 26, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Fantastic couple of nights at Dare to Know Theatre regaling the audiences with poems from my book 💜
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‘There is a drive and a dynamism in her poetry’
Briony Collins @brionycollins.bsky.social on Louise Machen’s @louloumach.bsky.social ‘I Am Not Light’
www.blackboughpoetry.com/copy-of-regi...
Briony Collins @brionycollins.bsky.social on Louise Machen’s @louloumach.bsky.social ‘I Am Not Light’
www.blackboughpoetry.com/copy-of-regi...
June 25, 2025 at 6:41 AM
‘There is a drive and a dynamism in her poetry’
Briony Collins @brionycollins.bsky.social on Louise Machen’s @louloumach.bsky.social ‘I Am Not Light’
www.blackboughpoetry.com/copy-of-regi...
Briony Collins @brionycollins.bsky.social on Louise Machen’s @louloumach.bsky.social ‘I Am Not Light’
www.blackboughpoetry.com/copy-of-regi...