Ben Rhys Palmer
@benrhyspalmer.bsky.social
Poet. Translator. Music Maker. Order my debut collection here: https://www.parthianbooks.com/collections/pre-order/products/breakfast-with-the-scavengers linktr.ee/BenRhysPalmer
Thank you to Luke Blake and @nation.cymru for this warm and generous review of Breakfast with the Scavengers. 🐺 nation.cymru/culture/poet...
Poetry review: Breakfast with the Scavengers by Ben Rhys Palmer
Luke Blake Breakfast with the Scavengers invites readers to pull up a chair at a table where the menu is surreal, the guests are improbable, and the conversations are profoundly human. The eccentric d...
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A few days late, perhaps, for a poem about love. But since when has love ever arrived on time? This little ditty comes from Breakfast with the Scavengers, my debut collection, edited by @soozerama.bsky.social and published by @parthianbooks.bsky.social last autumn. 🧟♂️
A little essay I wrote for @nation.cymru nation.cymru/feature/lett...
Letter from Guadalajara
Ben Rhys Palmer The rainy season is packing its bags here in Guadalajara, and so am I. I’ll miss it. I’ll miss the sweet smell of damp earth steaming in the morning sun. I’ll miss the miniature jungle...
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Trying to play it cool as usual, but I've got confetti coming out of my ears! Thrilled to be launching my debut collection, published by @parthianbooks.bsky.social, alongside Susie Wild and Roberto Pastore at Waterstones Cardiff on 16 October. www.waterstones.com/events/poetr...
Poetry Launch: Roberto Pastore and Ben Rhys Palmer | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones
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The White House's memes about imprisonment, deportation, and death by alligator are designed to radicalize and desensitize. “What you have is this desire to get people to buy into the fun of sadism,” says Jason Stanley, an author who’s leaving the US because of “concerns over fascism.”
The official voice of the US government Is cruel, gross, and weird. What is that doing to us?
Joking memes about imprisonment, deportation, and death by alligator are designed to radicalize and desensitize.
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A genuine question for companies racing to implement AI to cut costs and lay off 80% of your workforce… Assuming every other company is doing the same, who exactly do you plan on selling your products to once 80% of the population is unemployed?
Breakfast is (nearly) served! Feast your eyes on the cover of my debut poetry collection, Breakfast with the Scavengers, coming this October from @parthianbooks.bsky.social. Huge thanks to Liqen for this wild, wonderful artwork. I can’t wait to share these poems with you!
