Mike O’Brien
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Mike O’Brien
@zoomburst.substack.com
Sixty odd years old. Running the Sixty Odd Press and a proud member of the Promote Indie Lit network

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Everyone understands that "Jinks toi" is the sort of thing an idiot would pepper a post with when he actually means "links to" yes? I mean isn't it obvious?
January 19, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Lovely. I missed this when I logged on today as my feed of #poemsabout seems to refresh every 24 hours

In other news - I picked up a copy of Poems for Taylor Swift & Other Unicorns the other day. Thought my granddaughter might like it (she will). And found your lovely Shakin' Stevens poem. Wow!
January 17, 2026 at 1:26 PM
wow.. thats an amazing little tale.
January 17, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Amazing. Thats a great if disturbing story well told!
January 17, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Bravo! great choice of form for the subject matter
January 17, 2026 at 11:32 AM
very nice images
Reine, je vous salue
January 17, 2026 at 11:30 AM
two fabulous responses Jane! (so far - I haven't gone through the whole list yet.) You're a fucking legend!
January 17, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Brilliant - I experience this almost every day!
January 17, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Oof…
January 14, 2026 at 4:07 PM
I never knew that was Patrick Troughton’s voice.
January 14, 2026 at 3:42 PM
I can’t imagine anyone is going to scroll through my stuff to find something I’ve submitted to them. I submit anyway, and if the poem is accepted I scroll back and delete it. If you tag your poems it’s not too hard.
January 13, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Bless you. At least I know you are still on it. I thought it was gone into the void forever. I shall enjoy your posts unreservedly for the next few months 🙂
January 12, 2026 at 10:28 PM
This is all very entertaining, but everything that I read of yours lands mildly tainted by the fact that I have never received a reply from you to a submission I sent in April last year.
January 12, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Never expect to write coherent thoughts when you should really be going to bed.
January 12, 2026 at 8:11 AM