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Gram @gramjd.bsky.social · Dec 3

In 2023, my second collection "Not Enough Rage" was released. My first was "Bolt Down This Earth"in 2017. Both are published by V. Press. You can DM me for copies too.
#poetry #poetryBooks #amPublishing #poetryCommunity #poetsOfBluesky

Cover of Not Enough Rage (V. Press, 2023)
(c) Gram Joel Davies

Cover of Bolt Down This Earth (V. Press, 2017)
(c) Gram Joel Davies

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Gram @gramjd.bsky.social · Jul 12

This is good. Somehow missed the pub-date if Feb but really glad to read this now - having a poem among so many other fine poems. A sheer, austere and sincere anthology, here

#highRise #BrutalistPoetry #LiftToTheSky @thebrokenspine.co.uk

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Gram @gramjd.bsky.social · Jul 7

Wow, thirty years since I checked this out. Still good, yeah?

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The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · Jul 3

“This is something healthy and sustainable that I can keep up forever,” she added. “If I play my cards right, my sister might even let me come to her hen do! We just can’t do predrinks in my attic, for obvious reasons.”

Autistic woman masks flawlessly as portrait in her attic grows increasingly haggard

An autistic woman is reportedly so good at masking she is frequently mistaken for a neurotypical – while the monstrous portrait in her attic withers and decays at an alarming rate. Mary Walker, 33, no...

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The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · Jun 30

“If the rest of the story is anything to go by, the account of her conception is going to be both graphic and disturbing.”

Amazing! Autistic woman’s life story somehow longer than actual life

An autistic woman who started telling her life story 45 minutes ago has only just got to the moment of her conception, sources have said. Pippa Durham, 28, was attending a comedy night when the comedi...

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Gram @gramjd.bsky.social · Jun 29

Thanks. I've already ordered a copy today but was just curious about the full list of contributors. Really looking forward to reading yours.

Gram @gramjd.bsky.social · Jun 29

Hey, how amazing. That lightning really snags my attention.

I have wondered about this anthology as seem to have lost comms with the publisher. Any chance of a shot of the contents page+s)?

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Mark Noonan @marktnoonan.bsky.social · Feb 23

Happy to have a poem in this collection from @brokenspinearts.bsky.social which just came out!

#HighRise #BrutalistPoetry

The cover of High Rise, a slimline anthology from the poetry publisher The Broken Spine. The cover image is an abstract representation of buildings, grit, wear and tear, in dark blue and yellow against a light gray background.

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Ronan Murphy @ronanmurphymusic.com · Feb 19

High Rise, a new anthology from @brokenspinearts.bsky.social, out now. Honoured to have a poem in this mesmeric collection

#poetry #brutalistpoetry

www.amazon.co.uk/High-Rise-Brutalist-Thematic-Slimline-Anthologies/dp/B0DX27Y5Y5

Cover of High Rise, a poetry anthology from The Broken Spine press

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Karen Pierce Gonzalez @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social · Mar 17

Ever read a #poem & not know why it drew you in? Did its casual tone make you the observer who wouldn't otherwise pay attention to this scene, or did the end leave you both curious & quite satisfied with "I don't know"? Simply wonderful! #ClarkPascoe #LiftToTheSky
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Art: Book Cover, blue, brualist building. Title: High Rise Slimline, Broken Spine Arts
Poem by Clark Pascoe:
Last Will and Testament

I watched a guy from my balcony one night
sitting in his Volkswagen

there was lightning out on the horizon

and this guy
was rapidly sucking through a cigarette

not pausing to enjoy it
but yes, rapidly smoking it down

and then he suddenly took off

like it was his
Last Will and Testament

I do not know
what goes on in the mind of another man

“Perhaps he will burn down his village or
perhaps he will go on a holy pilgrimage to Jerusalem”

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Gram @gramjd.bsky.social · Jun 12

It's not a great leap to that, as another question for the curious. But I think I'll own it. It's not meant to be aggressive, just challenging.

Gram @gramjd.bsky.social · Jun 11

Upgraded my yoga mat bag. The nice middle class people will be in for a treat at class.

#allyship
@transsolidarity.bsky.social

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Gram @gramjd.bsky.social · Jun 5

Lush to receive these from @transsolidarity.bsky.social

Looking forward to wearing one out.