Thanks, Rosanna. It’s a shame I wasn’t on the case for that! Like you, I’ve not read her, but will make a point. Not a banned book, but Hanna Isa’s poem being ‘too political’ for a political assembly reminds us that censorship is real.

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Part-time, alongside teaching adults in further education. I used to see the day job as something keeping me from writing. Now I think it feeds it: the people I meet, the stories they carry, the quiet resilience I witness every week all find their way onto the page.

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In case you forgot what a U.S. president beloved by the world looks like. 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 Live in Manchester: An Evening with President Barack Obama. The arena holds up to 23,500 people with standing room, and the event was SOLD OUT.

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Gold watches, expensive shoes, women with painted faces, men with rented smiles and enough cologne to choke the truth out of a room. they buy things they don't need with money they don't have to impress people they don't like.

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Very happy to have a poem - To a Michael Nyman Soundtrack - appear in the inaugural issue of @moonrotjournal.bsky.social, the darker little sister of The Cosmic Daffodil which is out today! Many thanks to the excellent editors- Madisen & Kelly: moonrot.squarespace.com/ebookcollect...

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