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Helen Macdonald @hjm.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

(from www.instagram.com/nobodyssweet...)

constructivist-inspired banner in red and cream with black lettering bearing the legend STOP FORCING AI INTO FUCKING EVERYTHING - nobody asked for it everyone hates it

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Oliver Sheppard @oliversheppard.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Eight German Expressionist horror poems are here, translated to English, to kick off the Halloween season. You’re welcome. They’re here: tr.ee/C6ZwNW #germanexpressionism #halloween

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Iain @iainw.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Day 2 of the PoetryLit! festival today. Drop in and watch live on YouTube or FB: www.facebook.com/PoetryLit/ or www.youtube.com/@poetrylit2262 13:30(UK) is Lynn Johnson, Patrick Errington, Kris Johnson + open mic

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Iain @iainw.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Goodness me this final Saint Etienne album is wonderful

A picture of Saint Etienne’s latest and last album, International.

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Iain @iainw.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Poetry Lit! 5th (5th!) birthday special. Saturday's 3rd readings from Juana Adcock (@juanapoetry.bsky.social), Moira Egan (@moiraegan.bsky.social‬), Chelsea Harlan. Live stream - drop in to watch or read one poem at the open mic. Info: www.eventbrite.nl/e/poetry-lit...

Poetry Lit! Festival. Poetry in Session with Milla van der Have. Featured poets: Juana Adcock, Moira Egan, Chelsea Harlan. September 13, 16:30 BST / 17:30 CEST. Livestream on Facebook and YouTube.

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Iain @iainw.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Poetry Lit! 5th (5th!) birthday special. Saturday's 2nd readings are Vasiliki Albedo (@minorroarr.bsky.social), Ronna Bloom (@ronnabloom.bsky.social), Sukhema. Live stream - drop in to watch or read one poem at the open mic. Info: www.eventbrite.nl/e/poetry-lit...

Poetry Lit! Festival - Poetry in Session with Stephanie Green. Featured poets: Vasiliki Albedo, Ronna Bloom, Sukhema. September 13 at 14:30 BST / 15:30 CEST. Livestream on Facebook and YouTube. Register for a reminder.

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Iain @iainw.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Poetry Lit! 5th (5th!) birthday special. Saturday's first reading features Lynn Davidson, Patrick Errington, Kris Johnson. Live stream - drop in to watch or read one poem at the open mic. Info: www.eventbrite.nl/e/poetry-lit...

Poetry Lit! Festival - Poetry in Session with Lydia Harris. Featured poets: Lynn Davidson, Patrick Errington, Kris Johnson. September 13 at 13:30 BST / 14:30 CEST. Livestream on Facebook and YouTube. Register for a reminder.

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Alistair Coleman @alistaircoleman.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Happy first Wonka anniversary for those of you who are celebrating

Drug factory oompah Loompah who is actually called Kirsty

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Iain @iainw.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Out in bracing Borrowdale yesterday! #LakeDistrict

View from Rosthwaite Fell/Bessyboot, Borrowdale.

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Iain @iainw.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

A Write Bloody UK reading. Lovely.

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Iain @iainw.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

I’m gonna give Pixelfed a go

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Modern Poetry in Translation @mptmagazine.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

'Now look alive: there will be leaves again, in the reeling of the sun. You will bloom in the land of the poppy. Under its sky it will strike you, deadly and unbidden: bliss.'

When ‘Threat’ was originally published in 1963, sexual relationships between members of the same sex were still illegal in Austria and East and West Germany. Legal recognition of partnerships wouldn’t come until the 21st century. The time in which Gunnar lived and wrote was undoubtedly dangerous for LGBTQ+ individuals, but it was not without joy; in spite of legal and social oppression, communities carved out a space in which to unite and support one another. ‘Threat’ speaks to this unflinching resilience, the belief that though you may be in hiding today, time will march on; ‘Nun erschrick’, (‘Now jump up’ or ‘Now startle’) because spring will come again, and in that time of rebirth will emerge countless opportunities for change. In an era where the rights of our community members are increasingly under fire, I look to voices like Gunnar, to people who stood fast in the face of imprisonment and systemic violence and worked toward a future that was not guaranteed, fueled by the strength of solidarity.

Beneath the pendulous gait slumber paradises of melancholy: sunken summers. In their meadows bloom midnight poppies. Your clouds wander along the dark sky deep beneath the ground, your shadow world. Now look alive: there will be leaves again, in the reeling of the sun. You will bloom in the land of the poppy. Under its sky it will strike you, deadly and unbidden: bliss.

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Iain @iainw.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

(Revisits skyline) Turns out I wanted to do a DFA which is like a PhD but with the added bonus that no one knows what it is.

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Iain @iainw.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

I’m local(-ish!) again now so will certainly be back. It was a lovely night

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Iain @iainw.bsky.social · 01/10/2023

The last time I went out in Barrow in Furness was 28 years ago and I probably got blotto and angry. Last night I went to this and watched young and old people celebrate together and it was utterly heartwarming

A flyer for Queer 4 U - a cabaret night in partnership with Dropzone LGBTQ+ youth and Barrow Library

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Iain @iainw.bsky.social · 15/09/2023

do I want to do a PhD or do I want to go on lots of holidays 🤔

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Iain @iainw.bsky.social · 03/08/2023

So, good luck! You’ll be fine.

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Iain @iainw.bsky.social · 03/08/2023

My laptop died while I was writing an MA essay & the only compatible spare i could find belonged to a friend who was demolishing a pub. He had to keep the laptop at the pub while he demolished it to check measurements so I literally rewrote the thing surrounded by flying debris & wrecking balls.

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Iain @iainw.bsky.social · 03/08/2023

Camping, pizzas and rocket. Three of my favourite things! Enjoy 😊

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Iain @iainw.bsky.social · 26/07/2023

Fight the real enemy 💔

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Iain @iainw.bsky.social · 22/07/2023

John Grant I love him so

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Iain @iainw.bsky.social · 11/07/2023

You’re right! I only need to keep the BASF one. A sensible solution.

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Iain @iainw.bsky.social · 11/07/2023

Good point! No. I think they can go - except I’ll take Pete’s advice too and keep the BASF one cause it’s nice to look at. Then I’ll throw it away in the next clear out. Thanks for your advice!

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Iain @iainw.bsky.social · 11/07/2023

Good morning. Should I finally throw these away in my latest clear out?

Three blank cassettes, each with a different recording on it: Top 40 of 1985; Nevermind; I Should Coco

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Iain @iainw.bsky.social · 08/07/2023

Haha - thank you. I feel you are being far more productive than I am! Wishing you lots more success

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Iain @iainw.bsky.social · 07/07/2023

Me, watching you read your skeets

A sign in a bed of roses that says Your Lovely Eyes

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Iain @iainw.bsky.social · 07/07/2023

I am not in Folkestone but maybe you are … actually I don’t know where any of you are really

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Iain @iainw.bsky.social · 07/07/2023

I have faith - in both of us!

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Iain @iainw.bsky.social · 07/07/2023

I haven’t written a poem in soooooooo long 🙃

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Iain @iainw.bsky.social · 07/07/2023

😂 is nigella here???!

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Iain @iainw.bsky.social · 06/07/2023

Felt a bit sad so took myself to the rose gardens in Regent’s Park. Now I still feel sad but with the scent of roses 🌹

Selection of lovely roses in London’s Regent’s Park rose garden

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Iain @iainw.bsky.social · 01/07/2023

You’re the voice of reason as ever, Mark 😄

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Iain @iainw.bsky.social · 01/07/2023

Good morning or evening skeeps. Does the world need Virgin Galactic doing commercial space flights? Does it?

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Iain @iainw.bsky.social · 20/06/2023

Just in time for summer!

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Iain @iainw.bsky.social · 17/06/2023

Greetings! I have *no idea* what is going on in these skies and I like it that way

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Iain @iainw.bsky.social · 16/06/2023

Good night bluesky. Here’s my flatmate hosing down in Camden Town. She is the best.

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Iain @iainw.bsky.social · 11/06/2023

Poetry in Rotterdam! Featuring Natalia Bilotserkivets, Ada Limón, Radoslaw Jurczak, Marco Pelliccioli, Ester Naomi Perquin, Theophilus Kwek, Danae Sioziou & Jan Lauwereyns to name but a few.

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Iain @iainw.bsky.social · 11/06/2023

Cheerio Rotterdam you modernist brutalist architectural wonder

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Iain @iainw.bsky.social · 10/06/2023

Rotterdam International Poetry Festival ⚡️

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Iain @iainw.bsky.social · 10/06/2023

Good morning Rotterdam ☀️

Early morning hotel view of Erasmus Bridge

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