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𝗣𝗼𝗲𝘁: @subruria.com
𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿: @iambapoet.com / @afterpoetry.com
𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿: Hear me read at Last Saturday Poets (Jan 31st 2026)
𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿: @iambapoet.com / @afterpoetry.com
𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿: Hear me read at Last Saturday Poets (Jan 31st 2026)
Give it another hour or so, and it'll be a year exactly since a WhatsApp message from my sister informed me that our father had died.
Speaking of WhatsApp, here's a poem about my (largely textual) relationship with my dad, written roughly 14 months before he passed.
Speaking of WhatsApp, here's a poem about my (largely textual) relationship with my dad, written roughly 14 months before he passed.
January 3, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Give it another hour or so, and it'll be a year exactly since a WhatsApp message from my sister informed me that our father had died.
Speaking of WhatsApp, here's a poem about my (largely textual) relationship with my dad, written roughly 14 months before he passed.
Speaking of WhatsApp, here's a poem about my (largely textual) relationship with my dad, written roughly 14 months before he passed.
Not too often these days that I join in with things poetic on social media (don't fret – I'm still all about the poetry behind the scenes with @iambapoet.com and @afterpoetry.com), but if anything is likely to make me respond, it's @rfsmith.bsky.social's #promptcombo #memorial. Grief, I know well.
December 12, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Not too often these days that I join in with things poetic on social media (don't fret – I'm still all about the poetry behind the scenes with @iambapoet.com and @afterpoetry.com), but if anything is likely to make me respond, it's @rfsmith.bsky.social's #promptcombo #memorial. Grief, I know well.
With five days to go until the publication of wave twenty-four of @iambapoet.com, a sneak peek at the new indices page coming to the journal in 2026.
You'll be able to scroll left and right to navigate between waves – and have less far to scroll down. There'll also be an improved search function.
You'll be able to scroll left and right to navigate between waves – and have less far to scroll down. There'll also be an improved search function.
December 10, 2025 at 7:55 AM
With five days to go until the publication of wave twenty-four of @iambapoet.com, a sneak peek at the new indices page coming to the journal in 2026.
You'll be able to scroll left and right to navigate between waves – and have less far to scroll down. There'll also be an improved search function.
You'll be able to scroll left and right to navigate between waves – and have less far to scroll down. There'll also be an improved search function.
My father always insisted on Santa Claus – so as amusing as this is, it doesn't track for me.
December 3, 2025 at 7:55 AM
My father always insisted on Santa Claus – so as amusing as this is, it doesn't track for me.
On the 40th anniversary of his passing, here's one of Philip Larkin's greatest poems – 'The Whitsun Weddings'.
#riplarkin #poetry
#riplarkin #poetry
December 2, 2025 at 8:05 AM
On the 40th anniversary of his passing, here's one of Philip Larkin's greatest poems – 'The Whitsun Weddings'.
#riplarkin #poetry
#riplarkin #poetry
I only do this to annoy those who insist winter starts with the December solstice. 😁
December 1, 2025 at 8:15 AM
I only do this to annoy those who insist winter starts with the December solstice. 😁
Y'see, it's exactly this kind of AI myth-making by mainstream media outlets that gives LLMs a bad rap.
I entered what you see in the screenshot, after reading what you'll find in this linked @theguardian.com article: bit.ly/4r60RQv
Clearly, it's bullshit.
I entered what you see in the screenshot, after reading what you'll find in this linked @theguardian.com article: bit.ly/4r60RQv
Clearly, it's bullshit.
November 18, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Y'see, it's exactly this kind of AI myth-making by mainstream media outlets that gives LLMs a bad rap.
I entered what you see in the screenshot, after reading what you'll find in this linked @theguardian.com article: bit.ly/4r60RQv
Clearly, it's bullshit.
I entered what you see in the screenshot, after reading what you'll find in this linked @theguardian.com article: bit.ly/4r60RQv
Clearly, it's bullshit.
For @hool415.bsky.social's #workinglove #promptcombo this week, a new thing about new love. Inspired, I think, by those older couples you see in parks on office lunch breaks: acting like teenagers, rapt in each other, obviously falling in love – all anticipations visibly laced with their anxieties.
November 13, 2025 at 7:50 AM
For @hool415.bsky.social's #workinglove #promptcombo this week, a new thing about new love. Inspired, I think, by those older couples you see in parks on office lunch breaks: acting like teenagers, rapt in each other, obviously falling in love – all anticipations visibly laced with their anxieties.
Seriously, who gives a fucking shit?
There's only one double-barrel this child-raping cunt should be faced with ...
There's only one double-barrel this child-raping cunt should be faced with ...
November 12, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Seriously, who gives a fucking shit?
There's only one double-barrel this child-raping cunt should be faced with ...
There's only one double-barrel this child-raping cunt should be faced with ...
Tell me, which of these images is genuine, and which was produced using AI?
November 8, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Tell me, which of these images is genuine, and which was produced using AI?
Another issue of this triumph of modern poetry publishing landed on my doormat today. To call it a journal is to do it a disservice; the quality of its production equal in every way to that of the work between its covers. Kudos to @maxwallis.bsky.social for having the vision to make this happen.
November 8, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Another issue of this triumph of modern poetry publishing landed on my doormat today. To call it a journal is to do it a disservice; the quality of its production equal in every way to that of the work between its covers. Kudos to @maxwallis.bsky.social for having the vision to make this happen.
Speaking of poetry open mics, I almost missed Lime Square Poets' session last night with Hannah Kiely. Thank God for phone reminders! Another great evening from our friends across the water in Ireland. I read my poem 'Parliament' – one I've aired at a few open mics since the summer.
November 7, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Speaking of poetry open mics, I almost missed Lime Square Poets' session last night with Hannah Kiely. Thank God for phone reminders! Another great evening from our friends across the water in Ireland. I read my poem 'Parliament' – one I've aired at a few open mics since the summer.
Adobe Illustrator would like a word ...
November 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Adobe Illustrator would like a word ...
For @victoriaspires.bsky.social's #promptcombo this week, something in the manner of #dreamlogic, albeit not from a human perspective. This comes from Release One of @subruria.com.
October 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
For @victoriaspires.bsky.social's #promptcombo this week, something in the manner of #dreamlogic, albeit not from a human perspective. This comes from Release One of @subruria.com.
This do you, John?
October 25, 2025 at 12:24 PM
This do you, John?
Or upgrade and thin out the religious nutcases.
October 21, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Or upgrade and thin out the religious nutcases.
It's come around fast, but it's here at last: your final chance to try out for a place in @iambapoet.com in either 2026 or 2027.
Fewer than 20 spaces remain – so head over to iambapoet.com/audition before 23:59 BST today and submit your poem.
Auditions won't reopen till Sep 2027, so don't wait!! 😉
Fewer than 20 spaces remain – so head over to iambapoet.com/audition before 23:59 BST today and submit your poem.
Auditions won't reopen till Sep 2027, so don't wait!! 😉
September 27, 2025 at 6:50 AM
It's come around fast, but it's here at last: your final chance to try out for a place in @iambapoet.com in either 2026 or 2027.
Fewer than 20 spaces remain – so head over to iambapoet.com/audition before 23:59 BST today and submit your poem.
Auditions won't reopen till Sep 2027, so don't wait!! 😉
Fewer than 20 spaces remain – so head over to iambapoet.com/audition before 23:59 BST today and submit your poem.
Auditions won't reopen till Sep 2027, so don't wait!! 😉
POETS. DO. NOT. MISS. THIS!!
Audition SOON for a chance to appear in @iambapoet.com in either 2026 or 2027.
Everything you need to know to join some of poetry's most celebrated names is on the Audition page.
Fewer than 40 spaces available now. You'll need to be quick!
iambapoet.com/audition
Audition SOON for a chance to appear in @iambapoet.com in either 2026 or 2027.
Everything you need to know to join some of poetry's most celebrated names is on the Audition page.
Fewer than 40 spaces available now. You'll need to be quick!
iambapoet.com/audition
September 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
POETS. DO. NOT. MISS. THIS!!
Audition SOON for a chance to appear in @iambapoet.com in either 2026 or 2027.
Everything you need to know to join some of poetry's most celebrated names is on the Audition page.
Fewer than 40 spaces available now. You'll need to be quick!
iambapoet.com/audition
Audition SOON for a chance to appear in @iambapoet.com in either 2026 or 2027.
Everything you need to know to join some of poetry's most celebrated names is on the Audition page.
Fewer than 40 spaces available now. You'll need to be quick!
iambapoet.com/audition
The #promptcombo challenge this week (set by @victoriaspires.bsky.social) is on the theme of #ancestry. As luck would have it, I recently finished this little poem – a brief comment on my noticing that my late paternal grandmother's eyebrows had made their way, genetically, to my daughter's face.
September 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The #promptcombo challenge this week (set by @victoriaspires.bsky.social) is on the theme of #ancestry. As luck would have it, I recently finished this little poem – a brief comment on my noticing that my late paternal grandmother's eyebrows had made their way, genetically, to my daughter's face.
This open letter to a plagiarist by @rustandmoth.bsky.social is an outstanding example of not only how to lay axe to the root of this pernicious literary theft but also how to appeal to the guilty party's better nature without dragging them, triggering a pile-on or destroying a chance at redemption.
September 19, 2025 at 1:23 AM
This open letter to a plagiarist by @rustandmoth.bsky.social is an outstanding example of not only how to lay axe to the root of this pernicious literary theft but also how to appeal to the guilty party's better nature without dragging them, triggering a pile-on or destroying a chance at redemption.
May as well switch her over to this. Too late to change her.
September 18, 2025 at 6:55 AM
May as well switch her over to this. Too late to change her.
My kind of #promptcombo, Ju! Here's my #winged contribution.
September 1, 2025 at 11:12 PM
My kind of #promptcombo, Ju! Here's my #winged contribution.