Still looking for reviewers & interviewers for The Soul We Share. The book has received very kind words from Maura Dooley, Sophie Strand, Devin Gael Kelly & Ilya Kaminsky, who said "These are beautiful poems, built to last." Would anyone like an ARC? Please feel free to share.

So stoked to be part of this. And tbh, I wrote the fuck out of that letter, trying to sit alongside one of Rilke's. AND there's an Addie surprise in the envelope! Go subscribe.❤️‍🔥

So glad to see the book Addie and I made creating moments of warmth and beauty in the world! 🫶

The Soul We Share: tomorrow! Gonna blast out some last-min promo, starting w/ this beautiful blurb from one of my fav people on the planet, Sophie Strand! She's one of the best eco-mind/hearts alive; please order her new book—The Body Is a Doorway—too! amazon.com/Body-Doorway-M…

One of the themes in the new book is childlessness, both as an act of love AND a heartbreaking sorrow for the personal/ecological conditions shaping the circumstance. That love/heartbreak includes the child who almost was, but had another destiny to take. themarrowpoetry.com/issue-1/ricky-…

The Soul We Share is out today! It began 10 years ago, when a rescue named Addie began to transform my life, teaching me how to live & love in a failing body, & how to live poems, how to feel poems, & only then: to write them down. amazon.com/Soul-We-Share-… flyonthewallpress.co.uk/product-page/t…

Happy publication day to Ricky Ray, whose poem, 'The Daughter You Almost Had' first appears in Issue One of The Marrow! Congratulations Ricky!

If you want a mindheart expansion on aligning ourselves with the ecological processes to which we belong, highly recommend!

This is as true now as it was back then, and applies to all of my books, including The Soul We Share. If you're skint and want a copy, please just request via DM and it would make me very happy to share.

Lost one of the best. RIP, DJ Randall, dear gentleman and maestro of the mix—may your crates forever after be full of fire, the vinyl be flawless, and your hands the magic makers that turn tunes into ecstatic flows of music. Here's one of my favs: youtube.com/watch?v=6OXIyw…

So grateful to the Hive Honey Literary (esp. Dorothy Chan 🍒, Dr. Bitch & Tina 🍵) for letting me & Addie be part of the Infinity issue. The last poem published from my Addie book. One more home where she gets to live in gorgeous glory forever. honeyliterary.com/issue-8/animal…

A reminder that Mary Oliver also wrote this:

Apologies to anyone I owe responses. Absolutely blasted and haven't even been able to look at email for a couple weeks. Load lightens on Sunday, so expect replies early next week! ❤️‍🩹

I very rarely get to interview. When I do, I always go as deep as I can. Hope you enjoy this glimpse into the soul Addie and I share with Mother Earth, and the abiding sense of kinship they inspire me to write from. mmu.ac.uk/news-and-event…

"Poetry saved my life, so I vowed to give my life to the art in return, in the hopes that my art might one day do for others what the works of my predecessors did for me. And 25 years later, I’m still trying to keep that vow” - Ricky Ray for Manchester Poetry Library ! Full interview:

It's my birthday & I'm trying to break a depression. What I'd most love is for the book Addie & I made to find more hearts & homes. All royalties go to the org that saved her from death row. Maybe give it a try? (And if you're broke, DM for one on me.) ❤️‍🩹 amazon.com/Soul-We-Share-…