CW: domestic violence. Poem from my recent collection Panic Response about my chemistry teacher, Avril Brown, who was very kind to me and who deserves to keep shining. (Been talking about her owing to the misogynistic killings in Bushey, which is where she taught me.)

#BogWitch 🧙‍♀️ is now in the world! 🌎 Here are some reviews of it ⬇️ Here's a link to it: bit.ly/3S52SMV Here's an email if you'd like me to come read from it: [email protected] Feel free to share / pass along! Thank you! &, blessed be ✨

Poets: how do you know which of your poems to submit to literary journals? Do you have a strategy? Or are you throwing spaghetti at the wall?

Berries for all. A Comma Butterfly feasting on the warm fermenting blackberry juices oozing from a sunlit Lincolnshire farmland hedgerow #WildWebsWednesday

My dear P W Griffith purchased these Staffordshire lions from a local charity shop a couple of days ago...And couldn't help but send me this impromptu improvised convo 'straight from the lions' mouth' as it were... 😂

Ladies & Gentlemen, we present to you the largest single trunk live oak in the whole universe 😮🌳 The canopy covers a whole acre, & the tree lives in Iron City, Georgia. Which of course didn’t exist when the tree germinated, & nor did the US

✨Mab Jones✨ P W Griffith Lefty: Ah thocht we wis made in Bo'ness Richty: me an aw Lefty: whaurs this "Staffordshire"? Richty: doon Sooth, bit Ah bet it's huiria hot in they kilns an aw Lefty: Ah'm feelin culturally appropriatit Richty: me an aw Lefty: as long as the customer's happy Ricthy: aye

writing about sleep. i love dürer's pillows.

“I am all the dogs in the dream” from The Moon That Turns You Back by Hala Alyan 🌙

New linocut inspired by my moth trap SWLA

Tree Royalty 🌳

I am delighted how many slow worms are living under the dustbin lid in our tiny city centre garden! I have heard that the name for a group of slow worms is a gloss… so look at our glossy huddle! So pleased that there are enough invertebrates to keep them fed and thriving.

For sale: a handmade Superman dress. Made out of a 1980s duvet. Unlined, so quite thin material, but good condition, and a one-off (I had it made for me). Size 14-16. £20 + postage. Let me know if keen!

Britain has more ancient trees than the rest of Europe combined Whether you live here, or just visiting, use the Woodland Trust🌳 Ancient Tree Inventory to search your area Filter for species, age or the really special ones like our neighbour here 🤗🌳 ati.woodlandtrust.org.uk/tree-search/?v…

#ThoughtfulTuesdays Place and Memory bit.ly/2VW4YlD Sharing writing about how we remember special places. Read Write On! magazine pentoprint.org/product/see-wr… Listen to Write On! Audio podcast: bit.ly/3o2QFsm

A few celtic horses to brighten up a gloomy morning 🤗

I want one.

Glass bracelet, Roman, 1st century AD.

I'm SUPER excited to announce that I will be teaching poetry once a month in London from this Saturday onwards with Pen to Print! ✒️✨ The classes are in person and also online. There is a tiny charge to cover admin. All adults are welcome! Take a look! eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-readf…

Here's a still of me dodging a cricket ball at the England - Australia match last night. My first appearance on BBC Sport. Can I add it to my CV?? 😂