Skin of my Teeth. Thinner than the warp around my soul, the unwoven weft of my heart a two-timing clock striking moths in the hammered light.

Our solidarity, both political and financial, extends well before what has unfolded since Oct 7th 2023 Whilst we could not hold our annual Palestine Market in aid of IPSC recently - we are donating a percentage of profits from Palestinian items 🇵🇸🇮🇪 connollybooks.org/index.aspx?pag…

Any Irish writers who want to see Ireland support South Africa's case at the CIJ_ICJ can sign this open letter (Irish Writers Against Genocide)

Never has a victory felt more like a defeat. Just when you think a once mighty club can sink no lower, they plummet to new depths. #ManUnited

“I do not want to be complacent in the genocide of Gaza! Free Palestine!.” voxpopulisphere.com/2024/03/01/ann…

So this is #Gaza now

'A good man may be the stimulus for a love both violent and debased, or a jabbering madman may bring about in the soul of someone a tender and simple idyll.' #books #bookquote #readingcommunity

Hyena! by FranLock, shortlisted for the 2023 T.S. Eliot prize now on its fourth print run. Grab a copy here thepoetrybuspress.onlineweb.shop

The unpacking of my new novel!

This is very alarming. The Rohingya want to live with all the communities. The junta organised this protest against the AA. It wants another intercommunal violence between the communities. In fact, the junta is quite dedicated to wiping out Rohingya from the face of the earth.

Must tell Norman. (Bates)

Talking poetry and publishing with Jack Varnell The Emotional Orphan youtube.com/watch?v=rVnmKt…

I was on the verge of tears (Ok openly weeping) then I saw a FB post on the latest group of Irish 'poets' (ahem) gurning wildly at the camera like lost souls from the desolate homes for the bewildered,it made me smile. Oh, Christ they are fucking awful, but they have their uses!

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And Lazarus arose, wearing eleven red shirts, and spoke to many, but mainly Pep, and what he said was, 'FUCK YOU MANCHESTER CITY!'

3 days left to submit to PB12. Submissions close at midnight July 14th. Send 3 of your best poems as an anonymous attachment to [email protected] We acknowledge receipt of your poems within 24 hrs and make a decision in about a week or less. Why wait months, feck that!

The Long Dark Nights Hoping for breakfast, fighting back death, painting word pictures, drawing my breath.

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