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A maid following a master.
  • 9 February 20239 February 2023
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The Master’s Tools: the poetry and perversion of control

Self-interview about Hot Cockalorum and its folklore, kink and animal familiars.

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!

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 blue book cover reading "Poetic Interviews - edited and conducted by Aaron Kent"
  • 3 July 20173 August 2022
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Poetic Interviews: Line breaks of questioning

Aaron Kent, Editor of Broken Sleep Books, conducts unusual interviews: the questions and answers take the form of poetry.

A green shape on a paint-splashed piece of paper.
  • 19 May 20173 August 2022
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Something scaly this way comes!

Introducing Love Carcass, my erotish prose-poetry memoir of sex with a “squamous copper monster”. What’s not to love?

Clipping of Poetry News article headed "Voice Recognition", with inset photo of Kirsten Irving recording in the booth.
  • 31 March 20173 August 2022
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Poetry News gets vocal

I’m in Poetry News, published by the Poetry Society, talking about the links between voiceover and poetry.

Tweet from Gertrude's Gifts reads: "The flameless tea lights: Why is there so much resignation in a package"
  • 15 December 20163 August 2022
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Play-poems and bardbots!

Advent is upon us, and we’ve been celebrating over at Sidekick Books! Every day we’ve opened a new window of poetry mishmashery, featuring: i) Hybardrid Twitterbots, mixing famous poets with other poets and other texts…

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Musicians sat in the bar of a London club, jamming with various instruments.
  • 19 March 20163 August 2022
  • Leave a Comment on Chain reactions: Found in Translation at Club Inegales

Chain reactions: Found in Translation at Club Inegales

I was lucky enough to take part in a series of workshops with Club Inegales, throwing together poets, illustrators and musicians.

A naked pinup girl on the cover of Weird Tales, beside a skull
  • 14 March 20163 August 2022
  • Leave a Comment on Does poetry need genre boundaries?

Does poetry need genre boundaries?

Shopping for poetry is tricky if you don’t have a name in mind. Could genre boundaries offer a new way of browsing?

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  • The Master’s Tools: the poetry and perversion of control
  • Two Poems from Hot Cockalorum at NewWriting.net
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  • New poetry collection and audiobook: Hot Cockalorum!

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