Sorry I’ve Been MIA. Been having Personal Problems

one of those very short poems that completely undoes me every time i read it

Louise Glück casually fucking up my shit again.

Mary Oliver

Day 7 of the The Sealey Challenge is MY BODY DIDN’T COME BEFORE ME by Kuhu Joshi! 💙 “I cannot bear my flesh. / Who taught me this?” #SealeyChallenge #SealeyChallenge2024

Rory Waterman & Hive New Poets Prize Winners Off the Shelf Festival of Words Sun 20 Oct😍The Hive network has nurtured many fine young poets including 8 winners of the International New Poets Prize The Poetry Business for writers aged 17-24 Join us for a very special reading✍️♥️ hivesouthyorkshire.com/rory-waterman-…

this is what I mean when I say I saved a line from a bad poem

People who become quite good writers tend to be those who have spent a lot of time being quite bad writers and did not, as a result, run away from themselves. Never underestimate the power of having a strong stomach for your own shortcomings.

Super excited to reveal the cover of my new novel, IT COMES FROM THE RIVER, available to pre-order now!! ✨ THANK YOU to the dream team Bloomsbury Books UK & my brilliant agent @taffyagent for making this happen!!! ✨ 📖

Join us Wentworth Woodhouse Sat 26 Oct for Off the Shelf Festival of Words launch of this stunning anthology of writing inspired by South Yorkshire’s most renowned aristocratic dynasty Ft. Ian McMillan Helen Mort & many Hive writers inc @BethRSD Luke Worthy Freya Bantiff✍️📚🎤♥️hivesouthyorkshire.com/camellia.html

Miroslav Holub

Join me The Writing School for a block of six online winter poetry workshops to generate exciting new drafts & explore key tips & tricks on all things editing ✍️📚🤗♥️Details: thewritingschool.co.uk/six-sunday-ses…

Drum roll...The Camellia House & Other Stories, 112 pages of glorious fiction & poetry inspired by the gardens, families & histories of South Yorkshire's Wentworth Woodhouse is available to buy online & will be in Wentworth House shop next week!😯😊🎁 📚✍️♥️ hivesouthyorkshire.com/camellia

Me doing my morning pages:

nobody tells you that moving to a new city and making new friends means having to explain your lore constantly. this is me on someone's couch every weekend

ALBUM OF THE YEAR WINNER — BEYONCÉ

Huge congratulations to Hive poet Luke Worthy highly commended in the Fool For Poetry International Chapbook Competition 24/25 with Munster Literature Centre ✍️🥳😍 hivesouthyorkshire.com/foolforpoetry.…

for anyone who has a scar they love/hate 🖤 (from my pamphlet Fire in the Oubliette)