Alan Parry He/Him
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
Independent Writer Spoken-Word Artist EiC @thebrokenspine.co.uk Workshop Facilitator Podcast & Events Host #PromoteIndieLit
Coming up in two weeks time, Tuesday 22 September, Survivors Poetry Zoom Party, with @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @throwawayreg.bsky.social a featured poet double bill for the Ages. And open mic spoken word and music, of course 🥰 Ping us if you are for any reason not signed up to the mailing list 🙏❤️
@thebrokenspine.co.uk On that note, this also connects meaningfully to your Poetics of Cultural Debris.
Sunday offering for #PoemsAbout and the #SheddingSkins prompt. Thanks to @thebrokenspine.co.uk and @alanparrywriter.co.uk 💜
Deeply grateful to Kelsay Books for believing in me! Also on Kindle version! link.edgepilot.com/x/tqg0aCE-ur...
I want your dead formats. VHS. MiniDisc. Burned CDs. Nokia ringtones. Songs taped off Radio 1. Not for nostalgia. I want to know who you were when they mattered. “The workshop gave me permission to write fearlessly.” — Paul Short 20 Sept. shorturl.at/K3JoV
The Poetry of Cultural Debris - A Writing Workshop
Turn cultural debris into poetry: use everyday objects, pop culture and memory to generate, craft, draft and revise compelling new work.
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The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN)@thebrokenspine.co.uk · 3w agoFuck the Grecian urn. Write about the Argos catalogue. THE POETRY OF CULTURAL DEBRIS is a four-hour workshop about finding serious poetic material in the supposedly unserious stuff we've carried through our lives. 20 September. Online. shorturl.at/IZ5TX
You don’t get to build a moral high ground out of a trapdoor.
Loving dipping our toes back into poetry workshops. Alan brings years of professional teaching experience, & his workshops have always had fantastic feedback. We’re keeping them accessible too: free Cost of Living places, concessions, General Admission & Supporter tickets. #BadTaste coming soon!
Alan Parry He/Him@alanparrywriter.co.uk · 3w agoAlready in development... The follow-up to The Poetry of Cultural Debris is taking shape. BAD TASTE A Poetry Workshop in Misbehaving Precisely What happens to poetry when we stop trying to demonstrate good taste? Good taste can make bad poems. Booking opens soon.
Already in development... The follow-up to The Poetry of Cultural Debris is taking shape. BAD TASTE A Poetry Workshop in Misbehaving Precisely What happens to poetry when we stop trying to demonstrate good taste? Good taste can make bad poems. Booking opens soon.
Alan Parry He/Him@alanparrywriter.co.uk · 3w agoWhat useless thing have you remembered for twenty years? On 20 September, I’m running The Poetry of Cultural Debris, an online writing workshop exploring pop culture, memory & the ordinary things we can’t quite forget. Come make poems from the junk. #PoemsAbout shorturl.at/NTneI
What useless thing have you remembered for twenty years? On 20 September, I’m running The Poetry of Cultural Debris, an online writing workshop exploring pop culture, memory & the ordinary things we can’t quite forget. Come make poems from the junk. #PoemsAbout shorturl.at/NTneI
The Poetry of Cultural Debris - A Writing Workshop
Turn cultural debris into poetry: use everyday objects, pop culture and memory to generate, craft, draft and revise compelling new work.
shorturl.at
For balance, I should acknowledge that I’m being an absolutely insufferable dickhead about people publicly enjoying books. Please continue having fun while I sit in the corner, mistaking curmudgeonliness for integrity. 😂
Alan Parry He/Him@alanparrywriter.co.uk · last mo.Please, just read poetry because you love it. Read slowly, reread, abandon a book halfway through, return to it six months later… whatever. Not every human pleasure needs turning into an obvious promotional campaign that everyone dutifully jumps aboard until reading becomes another public display.
Please, just read poetry because you love it. Read slowly, reread, abandon a book halfway through, return to it six months later… whatever. Not every human pleasure needs turning into an obvious promotional campaign that everyone dutifully jumps aboard until reading becomes another public display.
Watching small presses talk down to potential customers on social media is so fucking ick. People ask daft questions. People misunderstand things. That’s the public. The holier-than-thou, aren’t-I-clever responses are just cringe-inducing. Stop treating ordinary people like they’re stupid.
Stayed up watching SummerSlam, then at 3:30am decided The Exorcist audiobook in the dark was a sensible choice. I am 43 years old & still scared myself shitless.
Wedding & graduation outta the way, now I can spend the rest of my summer as a blonde, without disappointing the family!
Me and Mrs P are all dressed up (as formal as I get) for my lil bro's (the absolute fucking hero he is) wedding!
I’m properly excited to be dipping my toes back into poetry waters: replying to emails, developing new ideas & finally completing work that sat on the back burner for a LOOOONG time because of my ill health. It feels good to be returning to @thebrokenspine.co.uk projects!
The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN)@thebrokenspine.co.uk · 2mo agoA new Broken Spine workshop is in development. The Poetry of Cultural Debris will explore how mixtapes, cinema tickets, obsolete technology, childhood toys, half-remembered sitcoms & other pop-cultural remnants can become poems of memory, identity & private mythology. More soon.
A reputation built on performance eventually needs a bigger performance. A reputation built on the work only needs the work.
My earring collection has officially outgrown random drawers. New home: one tiny shipping container. I regret nothing.
For #FragmentsFriday host @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social of @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social A warning scratched into the tiled walls of the subconscious. A fragment about desire, denial, & the burdens we bury until they begin to bury us.
Who knew getting my ears pierced would unleash a full-blown earring addiction? 😂 What started as “I’ll just grab a couple of funky pairs” has spiralled into a situation where my earrings now need their own postcode. They’re running the place.
I'm so tired, I just tried to stroke my robot vacuum, thinking it was the dog.
Crack on peeps!
Mike O’Brien@zoomburst.substack.com · 4mo agoIn the absence of a #PoemsAbout this week, I am going to suggest an #OddFriday of #PoemsOn #OpportunityKnocks. I don't want to tread on the toes of @alanparrywriter.co.uk - so I am more than happy to take this down if he has something up his sleeve. I just want to have my regular read this Friday.
Really looking forward to attending @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poemsabout #openmic … thank you 🙏 @alanparrywriter.co.uk , these evenings have always been super wonderful supportive spaces 🥰
The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN)@thebrokenspine.co.uk · 5mo agoThis night matters more than it looks. To the room. To the people in it. To the ones rebuilding. 26 April, 19:00. #PoemsAbout #OpenMic #Return
Absolutely honoured to be part of this. Many thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk
The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN)@thebrokenspine.co.uk · 5mo agoMajor announcement: #Wave3 of #TheWhiskeyTree is complete. Built on the work of #Wave1 + #Wave2 — writers like @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social @markantonyowen.com @eatthestorms.com et al — who laid the foundations and built this project into what it is. This is the final wave. #TheWhiskeyTree #Wave3
These are deep and perfectly suited for surfing #poetry that catches the waves to and from any shore. Another great @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk project! bsky.app/profile/theb...
The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN)@thebrokenspine.co.uk · 5mo agoMajor announcement: #Wave3 of #TheWhiskeyTree is complete. Built on the work of #Wave1 + #Wave2 — writers like @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social @markantonyowen.com @eatthestorms.com et al — who laid the foundations and built this project into what it is. This is the final wave. #TheWhiskeyTree #Wave3
