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Marie Howe • What the Living Do

Marie Howe ♥️

Devastated by the passing of my close friend & former mentor the great Alex Wheatle Alex Wheatle Firebrand. Rabble Rouser. Rare Bird. His appeal was intergenerational. bit.ly/41DJbjo

Tonight at 7, I will have the pleasure of hosting Dane Holt’s online launch. Here’s a poem from his bloody excellent book. Join us us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

‘Your father’s father’s father poisoned a beautiful horse’ - Dane Holt

Me: I love you My five year old: I knew you were going to say that. You’re so predictable

W. S. Merwin, 1999. From: Selected Poems (Bloodaxe, 2007).

Michael Burkard ~ I live in a hole, I have permission.

“If inspiration stays away for too long, I begin creating nets of words in the hope of catching it, hanging bottles on low bushes to attract it.” - Les Murray, interviewed in The Paris Review, 2005

📣New Shows for 25/26! Autumn begins with the world premiere of The Last Stand of Mrs. Mary Whitehouse by Caroline Bird, starring Maxine Peake. Wickedly funny, it explores the enigma of Mary Whitehouse: pearl-clutching prude or ‘the most dangerous woman in Britain’? 🗓 5 – 27

So, I’ve written a new play about Mary Whitehouse, The Gay News Blasphemy Trial and homophobia in the 70s and 80s. Also, Maxine Peake is in it… 🤯

Franz Wright ~ What happened to the prayer that goes like that?

—Stanley Kunitz

Pulitzer for Marie Howe! ❤️‍🔥

Chuffed to be in this gorgeous anthology

James Tate

‘My ideal job? Inspector of the tideline’ - Colette Bryce

Mega chuffed to be included in the latest Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann edited by the brilliant Dr Victoria Kennefick (She/Her)🍉. My essay is called ‘Poets and Clowns’ and it’s literally about poets working with clowns…

The workshops sold out in days, but there are still some tickets for both Zoom and in-person readings. What a line up, I mean really!! Thanks to the one and only Poetry Pharmacy for generous sponsorship ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿❤️ Poetry Pharmacy 🚑💊📚🇪🇺 Caroline Bird Luke Kennard (other poets have left X)

Kyle Marbut, good lord