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    Two Poems from Hot Cockalorum at NewWriting.net

    Stalked by nuns? Trapped in a knock-off Sailor Moon...
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    Poetry Society Then & Now video series

    Video reading of 'Namazu at the Physicist's Funeral' and...
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  • Books

    New poetry collection and audiobook: Hot Cockalorum!

    Folklore! Masters! So many animals! My second full-length collection...
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    Jim Henson’s Labyrinth: a girl’s first ADHD odyssey

    On the 80s cult classic, neurodivergence, and Sarah as...
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    Two folklore poems in Gramarye Journal

    If you like folklore and fairytales, critical thinking and...
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  • Personal

    Mind. Blown. ADHD and getting some answers.

    On finally getting the instruction manual to my brain,...
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  • Art

    Why can’t artists admit they have jobs?

    Most artist have a side hustle or a main...
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    Wellcome Collection: Art, Activism & Access

    On the Wellcome Collection article series by disabled artist...
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Four magical anime girls from Sailor Moon, in bright uniforms. In the middle is a black and white picture of Nastassja Kinski as a young nun.
  • 29 November 202229 November 2022
  • Leave a Comment on Two Poems from Hot Cockalorum at NewWriting.net

Two Poems from Hot Cockalorum at NewWriting.net

Stalked by nuns? Trapped in a knock-off Sailor Moon franchise? Please enjoy two poems that feel you.

Header reads "National Poetry Competition, Kirsten Irving, Then and Now"
  • 9 October 20227 October 2022
  • Leave a Comment on Poetry Society Then & Now video series

Poetry Society Then & Now video series

Video reading of ‘Namazu at the Physicist’s Funeral’ and ‘Benjamins’.

Hot Cockalorum poetry book, with plum-coloured leather cover with embossed white cartoon cat skull
  • 7 October 20227 October 2022
  • Leave a Comment on New poetry collection and audiobook: Hot Cockalorum!

New poetry collection and audiobook: Hot Cockalorum!

Folklore! Masters! So many animals! My second full-length collection is out now from Guillemot Press!

A girl leaps into a room full of stone staircases leading in different directions. In the foreground, a baby in a red and white onesie crawls away from her.
  • 22 August 20213 August 2022
  • 1 Comment on Jim Henson’s Labyrinth: a girl’s first ADHD odyssey

Jim Henson’s Labyrinth: a girl’s first ADHD odyssey

On the 80s cult classic, neurodivergence, and Sarah as the perfect imperfect icon.

Cover of Gramarye issue 18. Snow White is sat on a leafy ledge in a red and white dress, with roses in her long, dark hair. She is reaching down into a basket of apples held by an old peasant woman in a brown dress with red shawl.
  • 28 March 20213 August 2022
  • Leave a Comment on Two folklore poems in Gramarye Journal

Two folklore poems in Gramarye Journal

If you like folklore and fairytales, critical thinking and art, investigate the journal Gramarye.

A copper robot smoking and malfunctioning.
  • 15 March 20213 August 2022
  • Leave a Comment on Mind. Blown. ADHD and getting some answers.

Mind. Blown. ADHD and getting some answers.

On finally getting the instruction manual to my brain, and everything I’ve learned since.

Daria and Kevin at their job
  • 26 January 20213 August 2022
  • Leave a Comment on Why can’t artists admit they have jobs?

Why can’t artists admit they have jobs?

Most artist have a side hustle or a main hustle, and there’s no shame in it. Why are we so keen to be perceived as ‘pure’ artists, when such a beast seldom exists?

A drag king with a neat blue beard and a blue jacket, adjusts their purple tie.
  • 5 January 20213 August 2022
  • Leave a Comment on Wellcome Collection: Art, Activism & Access

Wellcome Collection: Art, Activism & Access

On the Wellcome Collection article series by disabled artist and activist Jamie Hale on the subject of Art, Activism & Access.

Poetry Wales Summer 2020 cover
  • 8 August 20203 August 2022
  • Leave a Comment on Death Magazine & Hey Bert reviews in Poetry Wales

Death Magazine & Hey Bert reviews in Poetry Wales

I reviewed two poetry collections for Poetry Wales: Matthew Haigh’s Death Magazine and Roberto Pastore’s Hey Bert. Read on for teasers!

A young man with a beard and a young woman with short red hair read poetry in a Waterstones bookshop
  • 20 August 20183 August 2022
  • Leave a Comment on Two Robots in York

Two Robots in York

Watch JT Welsch and K being robots at York Waterstones, as part of the NxNE poetry reading series organised by Harry Man.

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