𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 48mTHIS is how you live a rewarding, meaningful life. #ripestherrantzen bit.ly/3W0uQOzbit.lyEsther Rantzen, TV presenter and Childline founder, dies aged 86Rantzen announced lung cancer diagnosis in 2023 and became a vocal assisted dying campaigner 010
Reposted by 𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟Duncan Jones (aka Merrion) (he/him) @duncanjonesmerrion.bsky.social · 02/05/2025The problem with fly tipping is that they have a low center of gravity and quite a wide stance. 2356
Reposted by 𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟Grumpy Muppet @grumpymuppet.bsky.social · 9hQuite frankly a lot of 'love' songs are simply men refusing to accept a woman's autonomy and independence 071
𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 6hEach October, @afterpoetry.com gets 150-180 submissions for the roughly 20 or so available places in the journal the following year. Every poem sent in is read with care. Only the strongest, most original make it to publication. A handful more are picked as reserves and published the year after. 110
𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 13hOne of the most sensible, level-headed pieces on AI that I've read in some while now. bit.ly/4yiwJEEbit.lyStop shaming people for using AI. Start organizing to prevent our obsolescence | Garrison LovelyThe industry is engaged in a perverse quest to replace humans. We cannot cede the best tools available to the other side 110
𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 29/09/2026Reading somewhere new tonight: a guest-and-open-mic event called Elephant in the Room. Not sure if reading slots are still available, but co-organiser @internetofwords.com tells me you can sign up for access to the Zoom room as an audience member by using this link before 6:30pm BST. bit.ly/4iQwHPDbit.lyThe Elephant in the Room September Signup FormThis event is being hosted on Zoom on Tuesday, September 29th, from 7.30pm. Our featured reader for September is Maria Jastrzębska. Maria was born in Warsaw, Poland and came to the U.K as a child. S... 283
Reposted by 𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Going to a swimming gala today which is basically a swimming pool with a boiled egg in it. 2346
Reposted by 𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟S. Reeson / Experimental Poet @internetofwords.com · 25/09/2026This was a lovely thing to read and I am HUGELY grateful to @victoriaspires.bsky.social for it :D victoriaspires.substack.com/p/a-sylvan-r...victoriaspires.substack.comA sylvan reckoningReviewing Forest Management plus interview with S Reeson 042
𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 25/09/2026I know this is just me having a pissy fit and stamping my feet like a four-year-old, but I continue to be disappointed to find that, despite @iamb.uk having been a thing now since 2020, so many of its 400+ contributors never mention its name in bios for other mags or comps. Feels a bit ... erasing. 080
𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 25/09/2026Great – more Ai slop. bit.ly/4yVSJFhbit.lyAi Weiwei unveils his epic new Australian work: ‘90% of art is just garbage. Real art questions the existing order’From his farm in Portugal, the acclaimed artist speaks about war, peace, the state of the world – and his 40 metre sculpture Mushrooms, on Sydney Harbour 000
𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 22/09/2026One of two poems I'll be reading this evening at the @survivors-poetry.bsky.social Zoom Party from 7pm. See the threaded skeet for more details. 😉 194
𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 20/09/2026Idea for a new Channel 4 show: Jamie's 30-second Feasts. Cheeky mockney restauranteur and TV personality Jamie Oliver has to cram as many treat-size Mars bars as he can down his neck before Jools and the kids get back from swimming. 010
𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 20/09/2026Some of the full-colour plates from Bonnie Blue's upcoming autobiography are a bit much. #justleaked 000
𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 18/09/2026Finding work after being made redundant (twice) in one's 50s is way harder than I could ever have imagined. Coming to the conclusion that ageism – something about which I cared very little in my 20s – is not only real but demoralising. 10438
𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 17/09/2026Been about 50 years since I last saw a weasel. Just found this one dead in my garden, sadly. ☹️ 210
𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 15/09/2026How is it that I'm only NOW discovering The @PushcartPrize.bsky.social accepts REPRINTS?! All those previously published poems I could've nominated since 2020!! Gah! Will need to think very carefully about what to put forward next month from @iamb.uk. 🤔 150
Reposted by 𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 15/09/2026That time of year again. You close the curtains earlier each evening. You want something warm, nourishing. Wave twenty-seven of @iamb.uk has got you. Make a nest on the sofa, pull the blankets around you, and settle down with 45 poems read by their authors. iamb.uk/index/wave/27iamb.ukwave twenty-seven | autumn 2026 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heardHear the poets of wave 27 of literary poetry journal iamb read their poems for autumn 2026 . 33120
Reposted by 𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 15/09/2026Congratulations to Anna Shelton, Benedicta Norell, Chloe Victoria Gorman, Elizabeth Cook, Em Gray, Francesca L Rolle, John Adlam, McLord Selasi Azalekor, Nathaniel Calhoun, Niamh Hollis-Locke, Paul Connolly, Rachel Hafiza, Rosie Barrett, Simon Maddrell and Tracie Renee. 🥳 181
Reposted by 𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 15/09/2026iamb.uk/wave/27-ann...iamb.ukAnna Shelton | wave 27 | autumn 2026 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heardHear poet Anna Shelton read poems for wave 27 of literary poetry journal iamb. 131
Reposted by 𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 15/09/2026iamb.uk/wave/27-ben...iamb.ukBenedicta Norell | wave 27 | autumn 2026 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heardHear poet Benedicta Norell read poems for wave 27 of literary poetry journal iamb. 172
Reposted by 𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 15/09/2026iamb.uk/wave/27-chl...iamb.ukChloe Victoria Gorman | wave 27 | autumn 2026 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heardHear poet Chloe Victoria Gorman read poems for wave 27 of literary poetry journal iamb. 141
Reposted by 𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 15/09/2026iamb.uk/wave/27-eli...iamb.ukElizabeth Cook | wave 27 | autumn 2026 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heardHear poet Elizabeth Cook read poems for wave 27 of literary poetry journal iamb. 131
Reposted by 𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 15/09/2026iamb.uk/wave/27-em-...iamb.ukEm Gray | wave 27 | autumn 2026 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heardHear poet Em Gray read poems for wave 27 of literary poetry journal iamb. 152
Reposted by 𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 15/09/2026iamb.uk/wave/27-fra...iamb.ukFrancesca L Rolle | wave 27 | autumn 2026 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heardHear poet Francesca L Rolle read poems for wave 27 of literary poetry journal iamb. 152
Reposted by 𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 15/09/2026iamb.uk/wave/27-joh...iamb.ukJohn Adlam | wave 27 | autumn 2026 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heardHear poet John Adlam read poems for wave 27 of literary poetry journal iamb. 163
Reposted by 𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 15/09/2026iamb.uk/wave/27-mcl...iamb.ukMcLord Selasi Azalekor | wave 27 | autumn 2026 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heardHear poet McLord Selasi Azalekor read poems for wave 27 of literary poetry journal iamb. 131
Reposted by 𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 15/09/2026iamb.uk/wave/27-nat...iamb.ukNathaniel Calhoun | wave 27 | autumn 2026 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heardHear poet Nathaniel Calhoun read poems for wave 27 of literary poetry journal iamb. 131
Reposted by 𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 15/09/2026iamb.uk/wave/27-nia...iamb.ukNiamh Hollis-Locke | wave 27 | autumn 2026 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heardHear poet Niamh Hollis-Locke read poems for wave 27 of literary poetry journal iamb. 283
Reposted by 𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 15/09/2026iamb.uk/wave/27-pau...iamb.ukPaul Connolly | wave 27 | autumn 2026 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heardHear poet Paul Connolly read poems for wave 27 of literary poetry journal iamb. 1103
Reposted by 𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 15/09/2026iamb.uk/wave/27-rac...iamb.ukRachel Hafiza | wave 27 | autumn 2026 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heardHear poet Rachel Hafiza read poems for wave 27 of literary poetry journal iamb. 231
Reposted by 𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 15/09/2026iamb.uk/wave/27-ros...iamb.ukRosie Barrett | wave 27 | autumn 2026 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heardHear poet Rosie Barrett read poems for wave 27 of literary poetry journal iamb. 131
Reposted by 𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 15/09/2026iamb.uk/wave/27-sim...iamb.ukSimon Maddrell | wave 27 | autumn 2026 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heardHear poet Simon Maddrell read poems for wave 27 of literary poetry journal iamb. 162
Reposted by 𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 15/09/2026iamb.uk/wave/27-tra...iamb.ukTracie Renee | wave 27 | autumn 2026 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heardHear poet Tracie Renee read poems for wave 27 of literary poetry journal iamb. 082
𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 14/09/2026Cat ownership isn't always fun. One of our nine dragged a dead pigeon through the house last night – dropping it on @knittedteacosy.bsky.social's foot. I'd later discover the bird had been dead awhile and was riddled with maggots. Same cat came bounding in at 2:30am with a screaming frog in his maw. 130
𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 13/09/2026For a guy who wound up with nails in both of his hands and feet, Jesus was a pretty lousy carpenter. 020
𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 12/09/2026Dymo machines are expensive these days! Mind you, you're just paying for the label ... 010
𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 11/09/2026Twenty-five years since I, like so many around the world, watched dumbfounded as terrorists attacked the World Trade Centre in New York. My brother called me from a McDonald's in some service station to insist I switch on the TV news. Spent the next two hours in my dressing gown glued to the screen. 100
𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 05/09/2026Just seen a microlight go overhead. Reminds me of my youthful ambition to fly hang-gliders. 010
𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 03/09/2026All the parents across England and Wales this week, taking their first stress-free shit in nearly seven weeks. 🫡 #endoftheschoolsummerholiday 010
𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 01/09/2026My other journal, @afterpoetry.com, has beaten @iamb.uk to the punch by publishing an exquisite ekphrastic poem from @johnadlam.bsky.social ahead of his appearance in wave twenty-seven from September 15th. For John, it's all gravy! 131
𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 01/09/2026If you haven't heard @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social read his poetry yet, I envy you the joy you're going to experience from the 15th of September when wave twenty-seven of @iamb.uk hits screens everywhere. Not since @barney-ashton.bsky.social has a poet/performer given so much in the service of words. 273
𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 01/09/2026Thank you for saying this, @em-words.bsky.social. The phrase 'labour of love' gets overused, but it's genuinely the best way to describe how I feel when I'm readying a new wave of @iamb.uk for publication. That folk appreciate all the effort (and the hours) I put in is really gratifying. ☺️ 140
𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 01/09/2026Everyone chosen to appear in @iamb.uk is selected on merit. Sometimes it's the sheer force of their poetry. Other times, it's the way they read their words aloud: the intensity or energy they bring to their performance. It can also be a combination of these two elements that makes them irresistible. 170
𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 29/08/2026John is a lovely bloke and a fine poet. Great voice for reading his own work, too – as you'll discover for yourselves from September 15th when he becomes part of wave twenty-seven of @iamb.uk. 😉 172
𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 29/08/2026Rain. Clouds. A brisk, cool breeze. Summer is ending, motherfuckers. Gloom time is almost here. #summercangettofuck 010
𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 28/08/2026Yes, Emma – there is. It's called the start of summer. 250
𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 27/08/2026Apparently, according to @theguardian.com's Pass Notes writers, Hampshire is now in the west country. Not in central southern England, like it's always been, nor in the generic south-east that it's usually lumped in with. *sighs* theguardian.com/society/2026...theguardian.comCommunity-maxxing: gen Z are done with doomscrolling – and ready to socialiseResearch shows young adults often feel isolated. So alongside embracing ‘grandma hobbies’, they want to get involved with the places they live and be good neighbours 010
𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 26/08/2026Wasn't expecting to find a brown long-eared bat dead on my driveway this morning. No evidence that any of my cats have been anywhere near it (it was fully intact, for one thing). Typical. My first time holding a bat, and it's deceased. 😢 140
𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 26/08/2026You send your mate Mark Gruffalo. He replies with Alan Stickman. 020