I gauge my girth by a method that requires no ruler. If I suck in my hull bottom belly, and still can’t see the flaccidness of my spam javelin, I need to sidestep cake until I stop wanting to take stale bread sticks to my Mr Greedy eyes. #poetry
Daniel Duggan
@danieldugganwriter.bsky.social
Pushcart nominated, published writer pouring words in the Scottish Borders
I brought #Odyssey and the Illiad from a book and Mythos drinks machine on the main street in Perissa, Santorini, when I was there just after I finished high school in the 90s. Since then, I haven't managed to remain sedimentary or sedentary.
I brought #Odyssey and the Illiad from a book and Mythos drinks machine on the main street in Perissa, Santorini, when I was there just after I finished high school in the 90s. Since then, I haven't managed to remain sedimentary or sedentary
Another fantastic @iamb.uk lineup! 😎
𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅@iamb.uk · 2mo agoCongrats to the 15 poets of wave twenty-six: Alex Smith, Anna Maughan, Caroline Stancer, Clare Best, Deborah Gaudin, Elizabeth Osmond, Frances Klein, Francesca Leader, Jonathon Medeiros, Kate Vanhinsbergh, Lauren Parker, Rachel Burrows, Robin Ince, Victoria Moul and Zain Rishi.
🎉 🥳 Arvon PLUS in September with me, Declan Ryan and Sarah Howe. Two experienced editors and…er, me! Who fancies joining us? The course includes extra days to write at the end, unique to the ‘Arvon plus’ format. www.arvon.org/writing-cour...
Residential Arvon Plus: Poetry | Arvon
Sometimes finding inspiration isn’t the biggest challenge: it’s moulding your poems into the best shape, the best form, the best sequence or collection once you have the raw material. What makes a gre...
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Introducing the first group of #Wave3 poets who will take it further: @bethosmond.bsky.social @danieldugganwriter.bsky.social @vespertine4.bsky.social @dbodepudi.bsky.social @fionaswriting.bsky.social This is a serious line-up. #TheWhiskeyTree #Wave3
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... You know you have half an hour to spare... go listen to @helenmort.bsky.social exploring how light is housed. It's lyrical and you can feel how the coast hugs its slender guardians.
Artworks - The Last Sweeping Beams - BBC Sounds
Helen Mort explores the allure of the lighthouse as their sweeping beams are modernised.
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It was wonderful to do this ‘listening chair’ for Elizabeth Alker recently and talk about John Grant but - more importantly - this episode of Unclassified features musical gorgeousness from Sheffield…. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Unclassified - Helen Mort's Listening Chair - BBC Sounds
Elizabeth Alker invites poet Helen Mort to pick a track that transports her
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Reviewing @louisepoetical.bsky.social 's The How in the World over at @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social 📚
Black Bough Poetry@blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 6mo ago‘this is poetry as bright and fleeting as embers’ 🔥 Our Black Bough book of the month is Louise Longson’s ‘The How in the World’ - Hedgehog poetry. Reviewed by @victoriaspires.bsky.social @louisepoetical.bsky.social @hedgehogpress.co.uk www.blackboughpoetry.com/book-reviews...
Sharing my film poem published by @inksweatandtears.co.uk for their 12 days of Christmas project. #filmpoem #poetry
I didn't know Simon Armitage has a new series of his 'Shed' podcast up-&-running. Great first episode with Frank Skinner & looking forward to the others 🤗
I was so delighted to join Dan, James and Andy for this edition of Fish! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...
No Such Thing As Pudsey's Passport
Podcast Episode · No Such Thing As A Fish · 01/01/2026 · 56m
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Sharing this little-read (by me) poem from my @salopress.bsky.social pamphlet Soi-même, in honour of last night's #SuperWolfMoon.
Hello from deepest Lincolnshire. Happy #smallpoemsunday. Two spoils. One by me, one by Cavafy (spoils of my Christmas book haul).
