Big thanks to Brian Moses for letting me loose on his blog. Also 👏 to Tyger Tyger Magazine The Dirigible Balloon 🎈 &The Emma Press. brian-moses.blogspot.com/?m=1

Proper parkrun morning. Course check, help the finish set up, run, then home to have bath time treats, including reading about parkrun thanks to Paul Sinton Hewitt’s book from Pan Macmillan #parkrun #WhitleyBay

A Level results day. Daughter will be out with mates later. I’ve prepped her room for her return. #ALevelResultsDay #ALevelResults #ALevel

Delighted to get my contributor copy of Brian Cordingley poetry anthology. Thanks to Ed @ralphdartford Proud of the four poems I have in here. All, I think, quite different, but all my authentic voice. Go buy it - and their other anthologies.

Nigel Farage’s Reform wants to bring back fracking in England. We need to lock the current ban in law. Join me and tell the Prime Minister: make the fracking ban permanent. Friends of the Earth 👇 foe.uk/ksojs

Big thanks to Brian Moses for including me in this selection. Lovely company I’m keeping.

Finding some great scary poems from a range of excellent children’s poets over on scaryness.com #kidlit #childrenspoetry

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Great to have some mildly scary poems for kids aboard the scary-ness express. scaryness.com

This is so well done. Please watch and share.

Really excited for National Potato Day. Started queuing at the chippy last night to get first dibs. Even wrote a potato to celebrate. #nationalpoetryday #nationalpotatoday

Reckon I deserved a few post-Storm Amy-parkrun treats today. Blowin’ a hoolie round here, like. #parkrun #whitleybay parkrun UK parkrun 🌳

I had a cheese salad sandwich (with homemade green tomato chutney) & a cuppa, listening to Rebecca Leek s poetic Ditty Bag. You could have a fried egg sandwich, Greek salad or last year’s Christmas pud you forgot all about. Just make sure you give yourself 15 minutes to listen.

I read to find my place in the world, escape the world, find new worlds. Always have. Today I will #take10toread #ReadMCR with National Literacy Trust The Emma Press for World Mental Health Day. National Literacy Trust

Post-parkrun etc. Adult fiction, children’s fiction, cat poetry, ‘frothy coffee’ and footie. Saturday sustenance. #parkrun #whitleybay

I receive loads of book promotion spam. My fab publisher has the best staff and they’ve used a top freelance publicist. These robbing spammers annoy me so I reply to amuse myself. Now I quite look forward to receiving them. Some of the divvies even take my suggestions on board.

Post-parkrun etc. Course check, finish funnel set-up (“Oh my, what a beautiful funnel!” the sweaty hordes chorused), run, shuffle home, drink coffee, read. #parkrun #whitleybay

I have an amazing book to #giveaway! Actually I have 2. 🎉🎉 1 to a subscriber of The Ditty Bag (link👇🏽) and one to a NOMINATED SCHOOL. Name your chosen school in the comments and I'll spin some numbers on Wednesday. PLEASE SHARE FAR AND WIDE. 🌌 🌍🌠 📚 🙏🏽