I want a drink. A g and t would be nice. I have the gin, the tonic, the cucumber and the ice. I even have the berries and black pepper for luxe edition. But I want it in a bar, in a swanky hotel, with bright lights and dark corners; with people passing by who have places to go.

Signed. What do you think was one of the driving forces to demolish streets of refurbishable Victorian & later terraced housing since the 1980's?

Just had an inspiring Brittle Star workout with a group of poets and fiction writers and our editor @smallgrasspoet. An interesting mix of fairly everyday and surreal exercises and work produced. If you want to book a place on our Sunday Workout visit ko-fi.com/brittlestar/sh…

It’s the First Anniversary of Prime Minister Boris Johnson missing 5 Emergency Cobra Meetings before emerging to tell us to Wash Our Hands & Covid would go away

EU membership was so good for us. Travel, work, study, love was seamless. What a tragic loss this is. Pointless, unnecessary, tragic loss.

“Fearlessness is what love seeks… Such fearlessness exists only in the complete calm that can no longer be shaken by events expected of the future… Hence the only valid tense is the present, the Now.” #ValentinesDay with Hannah Arendt and St. Augustine brainpickings.org/2019/02/25/lov…

'How prettily we swim. Not in water. Not on land. But in love. - Gertrude Stein Here, Stein and Alice B. Toklas joyously walk Basket the poodle. Happy Valentine's Day, folks. #LGBTHM21 #poetrylovers p.s. Don't forget that submissions for issue 15 close at midnight.💋

My son found a chocolate wrapper this morning and started interrogating me about it. I realized my wife and I basically run an underground speakeasy from 8-11 every night and we’re trying not to get caught by our two toddler landlords.

.Wasafiri are running a series of online workshops tutored by poet and Wasafiri Writer-in-Residence Jennifer Wong Jennifer Wong (she/her). All workshops have a small number of subsidised places available. More details wasafiri.org/article/winter…

So pleased to receive my festival poetry kit. Thank you KendalPoetryFestival. Looking forward to many wonderful events over the coming days.

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I’m telling you man, there’s something different about spinach

Tomorrow's workout is going to be fun. We're looking at epistolary material (must practice saying epistolary!) We still have places left. ko-fi.com/s/785a7e0eaf

Alasdair Gray is brilliant. We love this!

Los Angeles, CA – May 16 brittlestar.org.uk/los-angeles/

Philadelphia, PA – May 21 brittlestar.org.uk/philadelphia/

Brooklyn, NY – June 11 brittlestar.org.uk/brooklyn/