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Susie Wilson

@concordmoose.bsky.social

Skin the Rabbit (The Braag) Nowhere Near As Safe As A Snake In Bed (Verve). Writing long poems about rivers, absurdity & time +Arts Council £. Runs Sub Club for Manchester Poetry Library. Half poet, half tutor, half clown. Sheffield www.susiewilsonpoet.com

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Longbarrow Press@longbarrowpress.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Thanks to everyone who's bought a copy of 'The Gleaning' this week (in spite of the extreme heat obliging us to postpone its launch until the autumn). Last two days to order with free UK delivery: longbarrowpress.com/2026/04/30/t...

Longbarrow Press@longbarrowpress.bsky.social · 3mo ago

While forest furs the earth, a subterrain shrugged from shrubbery and trees mulches over land’s rock-bones, our lungs unpleat and iron streams our veins. 'The Gleaning' Fay Musselwhite A new collection Out now from Longbarrow Press longbarrowpress.com/2026/04/30/t...

Five copies of 'The Gleaning' by Fay Musselwhite against an orange background
Jo Wolff@jowolff.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Saw this on LinkedIn. I come not (only) to praise Philosophy but to note that there’s very little exposure to AI in Civil Engineering, if I’m reading correctly. What? No one is using Grok to build bridges? Why ever not?

Graph plotting exposure to AI and employment in recent graduates. Computer and information sciences have highest exposure and worst change in emissions; the opposite for philosophy and civil engineering.
Maria Popova@mariapopova.bsky.social · 4mo ago

We seem to have forgotten that identities and opinions are the least interesting parts of people—ripples on the surface of the ocean of the soul, shimmering but shallow, irrelevant to the depths. An antidote from the brilliant Annie Dillard, who turns 81 today

Annie Dillard on Unselfconsciousness

Walking through the white-walled gallery at the graduation show of one of New York’s most esteemed art schools, between beautiful young people with Instagram faces, I was struck to see projec…

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Susie Wilson@concordmoose.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Aha! Fay Musselwhite’s new collection is orderable from tomorrow. 👌 #PoetsOnBlueSky #PoetrySheffield

Longbarrow Press@longbarrowpress.bsky.social · 4mo ago

While forest furs the earth, a subterrain shrugged from shrubbery and trees mulches over land’s rock-bones, our lungs unpleat and iron streams our veins. 'The Gleaning' Fay Musselwhite A new collection Published by Longbarrow Press Publication date: 30 April 2026 Pre-orders from 22 April

Cover of 'The Gleaning' by Fay Musselwhite. Trees and dark green landscape artefacts overlaid on an urban scene.
Susie Wilson@concordmoose.bsky.social · 4mo ago

#PoetsOnBlueSky #PoetrySheffield Can you help me out here? I’m trying (ironically) to reach people NOT on socials who miss out on events by making this new central list. And all of us! Jump on & share, would you please? forms.gle/tefPGokrzLyS... + Submit events to list by 12pm 2nd Wed of the month.

Join What's On list for poetry in Sheffield

An email list where Susie Wilson collates and advertises poetry events in Sheffield, including Poetry Sub Club. Your email will only be used for these purposes and you can come off at any point by ema...

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Alex de Campi@alexdecampi.bsky.social · 4mo ago

on the one hand, this is amazingly cool. on the other, would be nice if we didn’t have to have nuclear accidents to create rewilding / human-free areas… (article is from 2020, more recent one in replies) theconversation.com/the-mystery-...

The mystery of Chernobyl’s wild horses

Wild horses native to the steppes of Asia live now in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (Ukraine), with an expanding population, 34 years after the nuclear accident.

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Oliver Mantell@olivermantell.bsky.social · 4mo ago

(The Sunday event I mentioned is Speaker’s Corner at Sheffield Indie Book Festival, with an open mic plus featured slots by Fay Musselwhite, Pete Green, SHALdo, Aaron Stephenson, Anzal Omar & Tokoni Olobio). SO much on in one week - it shows how energised poetry is in Sheffield right now…

Susie Wilson@concordmoose.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🔥 to have these 3 @ Central Library 22nd April. Come hear poems of radical friendship, aromantic & asexual identity, non-binary re-imagining of queer ancestry, sex, love, queerness & political commitment. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/queer-poet... #nationalyearofreading2026 #queerpoetry #poetry #sheffield

Queer Poets Reading

Sheffield poets Sarah Lasoye, Eden Chicken and Beth Davies (Sheffield Poet Laureate) in conversation about their work with Susie Wilson

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Susie Wilson@concordmoose.bsky.social · 5mo ago

This is what I live with, but melanoma. Far and away the best article I’ve read about living ‘in the long middle’. Please read. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

I have stage four cancer – there will be no cure, but death isn’t necessarily imminent: this is how it feels to live in the long middle

When you are cured, the world cheers; when you are dying, it mourns. But when you are simply maintaining, the world is at a loss

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The Poetry Society@poetrysociety.org.uk · 5mo ago

Happy World Poetry Day 🌍 To celebrate, we're giving away FREE access to our digital archive of The Poetry Review, so everyone can read some of the finest in modern poetry from round the globe. Until noon (GMT) on Thursday 26th March, you can access the archive at the link in our bio.

A blue square with text along the top reading 'Happy World Poetry Day! 21st March 2026'. Beneath the text is a white star with lots of points, surrounded by a circle of yellow dashes. In the middle of this is a photo of a hand holding up a microphone. Along the bottom of the square is text which reads 'Celebrating the power of poetry to transform, connect, and inspire'.A dark purple square with an extract from a poem in white text. The extract reads: i think just now you must be walking perhaps down chapel turning briefly right perhaps on crown sharpening when the song you love spills generous from a passing car unspools into the night you might be walking now. Beneath the text is an illustration of a series of musical notes. The text at the bottom of the image reads 'from 'Night' by Safia Elhillo, The Poetry Review, Autumn 2018.A green square with the following poem in black text: 'An empress tree grew in Yukyang, enduring years of frigid shade. Fortunately, it met a master craftsman who cut it for a black harp. When the harp was played, few understood the songs. Finally, the old music wisped away in smoke.' In the bottom right hand corner is a drawing of a harp in a tree. Next to this is text which reads ‘Remnants, Part I’ by Nansŏrhŏn, translated by Ian Haight and T’ae-yong Hŏ, The Poetry Review, Autumn 2017'.A read square with white text along the top reading 'from ‘[’You’re still alive. You’re the very bottom...’]’ by Vasyl Stus translated by Alan Zhukovski'. Beneath this is an extract from the poem: Your soul’s about to rush away - a horse who tore his tether. Please tell me: are you still alive? Oh, really? Another flash of fire? The view around has gotten clearer, so much clearer now. You’re dazzled by the light. Beneath this is a simple illustration of a horse leaping, followed by the text 'The Poetry Review, Winter 2022'.