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Xenon Lobster (Gordon Vells) @xenonlobster.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

It's a great time to listen to the Zarelli album "Soft Rains", with the story narrated by Leonard Nimoy.

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Ink Sweat & Tears @inksweatandtears.co.uk · 25/07/2026

'Going Nowhere Fast' by Gordon Vells feels like a tiny poem of rebellion for everyone who relates to it. @xenonlobster.bsky.social Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/gordon-vells... #Poetry #InkSweatandTears

Image: tire marks in a car park surrounded by a black border

Text: Going Nowhere Fast

Impotent in family life and ineffectual at work
sometimes he would spend a full quarter-hour
just circulating the mini-roundabout on his moped
dizzy from the power of blocking everyone else

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Radio Lento @radiolento.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

NEW! Episode 296 - Looking out on Portland Harbour (part 2) The sparrows chirp in the tree under the Nothe Fort in Weymouth. This is early morning before anyone is around. 45 minutes of gentle quiet at the water's edge. > radiolento.podbean.com/e/296-lookin... <

rocks next to the sea on a bright sunny day. edge of Portland Harbour across the water. a boat on the horizon.

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Buttercup Festival @buttercupfestival.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Age: Buttercup Festival 3-378

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Xenon Lobster (Gordon Vells) @xenonlobster.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

I'm chuffed that my poem "Musings" has been included in the Featured Creators section of @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social Read and listen here: www.fullhouseliterary.com/new-fc/musin...

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Musings by Gordon Vells — Full House Literary

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Xenon Lobster (Gordon Vells) @xenonlobster.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

I love how the dog on this sign is so utterly inert.

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Xenon Lobster (Gordon Vells) @xenonlobster.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Woohoo! Thrilled to have this poem published in the latest issue of @poetryscotland.bsky.social

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Nina Parmenter @ninaparmenter.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

The launch of 'Looking Up - Poems of Hope and Humanity' is taking place in Trowbridge this Saturday afternoon. Entry is free, and it's all in aid of Dorothy House Hospice Care. Book your ticket here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/trowbridge...

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Nina Parmenter @ninaparmenter.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Come to the launch of our lovely anthology of hope, ‘Looking Up’. It’s on 6th December in Trowbridge. Book here! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/trowbridge...

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Trowbridge Stanza Book Launch: Looking Up – Poems of Hope and Humanity

Join us on Saturday 6 December at Drawing Projects UK for the launch of the first poetry anthology published by the Trowbridge Stanza

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Xenon Lobster (Gordon Vells) @xenonlobster.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Chuffed that these lovely people are stocking my new book: DORSET @foldedorset.bsky.social‬, Gold Hill, Shaftesbury Slade Centre, Gillingham SOMERSET Stripy Duck Bookshop, Bruton Bailey Hill Bookshop, Castle Cary Hunting Raven Books, Frome WILTSHIRE Ex Libris, Bradford-on-Avon

Cover of "The Stoat–Weasel Interface" by Gordon Vells

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Xenon Lobster (Gordon Vells) @xenonlobster.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

This was such an enjoyable afternoon of poetry. Thanks for inviting us!

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Xenon Lobster (Gordon Vells) @xenonlobster.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

My new collection The Stoat–Weasel Interface went on sale today! Features poems on badgers, otters, pine martens, brambles and melting spoons too. Details on www.xenonlobster.co.uk

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Xenon Lobster (Gordon Vells) @xenonlobster.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

From my new collection The Stoat–Weasel Interface, out tomorrow 🙂

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Nina Parmenter @ninaparmenter.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

We have a treat for Trowbridge Stanza’s September Poetry event on the afternoon of Sat 6th September, with readings and Q&A by two wonderful poets, Beth Brooke and Gordon Vells, All are welcome and we’re right by Trowbridge station so please come down and join us! open.substack.com/pub/trowbrid...

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September Poetry Event Featuring Beth Brooke & Gordon Vells

Plus anthology news, a reminder about the Poetry Society's stanza competition, and a request for a couple of poetic volunteers...

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Xenon Lobster (Gordon Vells) @xenonlobster.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

A poem from my new collection out this Thursday. Full of ottery, weasely, badgery goodness.

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Xenon Lobster (Gordon Vells) @xenonlobster.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Yay, my stock of books has arrived ahead of the launch next Thursday. The Stoat–Weasel Interface will soon be on the loose 🧡🤎🤍🖤🧡

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And Other Poems @andotherpoems.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Night / Summer / Orkney by Andrew Dennison, published in Issue Seven. Read the full issue here: andotherpoems.com/issue-seven/ #poetry #poems #poemoftheday

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Xenon Lobster (Gordon Vells) @xenonlobster.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

New collection, out in September. Watch this space!

Book cover: The Stoat–Weasel Interface by Gordon Vells

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MoonLit Getaway @mgliterary.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

"looking into the eyes of a pine marten / there was no holding of gaze / there was no recognition of shared experience / there was no deep time" Read two poems by Gordon Vells: buff.ly/QFWeSuy @xenonlobster.bsky.social #MoonLitGetaway #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity

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Xenon Lobster (Gordon Vells) @xenonlobster.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Wahay, twooo of my little poems featured here. Thanks @mgliterary.bsky.social 💚

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Xenon Lobster (Gordon Vells) @xenonlobster.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Huge thanks to the Hooghly Review for publishing my poem 70 °C in this issue!

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Buttercup Festival @buttercupfestival.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Emerging: Buttercup Festival 3-316

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Nina Parmenter @ninaparmenter.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Our March event at Trowbridge Stanza is a workshop with a difference! We'll be using chants, rhymes and playground games to inspire new work. The event is A FIVER (how do we do it) and the coffee will be on in the café! Sat March 1st 2-4pm Booking: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-wor...

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Poetry Workshop: Memories and Desires - led by Nick Sorensen

Join us on Saturday 1 March for a poetry workshop with a difference, led by Nick Sorenson, playfully exploring chants, rhymes, and rhythm.

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Nina Parmenter @ninaparmenter.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

🚨OPEN MIC KLAXON! If you're anywhere near Trowbridge this weekend, don't miss our open mic featuring star reader Sarah Hemings! open.substack.com/pub/trowbrid...

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February Event: Sarah Hemings plus Open Mic

Saturday 1st Feb, 2-4pm, Drawing Projects, Stallard Street, Trowbridge

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Xenon Lobster (Gordon Vells) @xenonlobster.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

#MichaelLongley conjuring profound beauty from great loss and small sorrows, as always. His voice will be much missed.

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Nina Parmenter @ninaparmenter.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Join us in Trowbridge on Feb 1st for a poetic afternoon with the wonderful Satah Hemings, plus open mic. Bring your ears and poems! More information and booking link here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/trowbridge...

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Trowbridge Poetry Stanza - Sarah Hemings - plus Open Mic

Trowbridge Poetry Stanza's February's event will be a poetry open mic, with a feature slot by our very own Sarah Hemings

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Xenon Lobster (Gordon Vells) @xenonlobster.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

The brilliant folks at Hooghly Review (see below) have just accepted my poem "70 °C" for publication in their Issue 4. *acceptance dance*

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Xenon Lobster (Gordon Vells) @xenonlobster.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Looking west towards Sidmouth yesterday, the sun setting over fog on the sea.

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Xenon Lobster (Gordon Vells) @xenonlobster.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Sound on for lovely beachy misty goodness. 15 Jan 2025, Salcombe Mouth near Sidmouth, Devon. (One for @radiolento.bsky.social)

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Xenon Lobster (Gordon Vells) @xenonlobster.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Just submitted a little batch of poems to a journal I haven't submitted to before. Nervous: will they be immediately turned off by the titles? Will they be thrilled or repelled by what I've written? And have I met the submission guidelines? Aargh. (I'm sure they're lovely really.)

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And Other Poems @andotherpoems.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Here's to all the amazing poets and poems we published over the course of 2024 and welcomed into the And Other Poems family. Three issues and 54 poets! Here's to more poems in 2025 - submissions for Issue Six are now OPEN!

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Xenon Lobster (Gordon Vells) @xenonlobster.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Self-rebooted today with a bit of Devon coast path. Healing views.

View of red cliffs and sea near Sidmouth

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And Other Poems @andotherpoems.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Gordon Vells's (@xenonlobster.bsky.social) 'The Man in the Moon Sends a Voice Note’, published in Issue Five of And Other Poems. Read the rest of the issue on our website: andotherpoems.com/issue-five/

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Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

The meanings of the word for a wren, from eight different languages... 8. Little walnut (Bulgarian) 7. Little bird in the ditch (Japanese) 6. Thumbling (Finnish) 5. Fence-skedaddler (Danish) 4. Fence-master (Hebrew) 3. Druid bird (Irish) 2. Mouse-brother (Faroese) 1. Little king of winter (Dutch)

Photo of a tubby little wren (what I like to call a "little dumpling birb") perched on an icy branch, taken by Jeff Cohen

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Xenon Lobster (Gordon Vells) @xenonlobster.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Utterly, utterly chuffed to have my poem The Man in the Moon Sends a Voice Note included in this issue. Greatly enjoying all the other poets’ work too.

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