Tom Hirons
@hironstom.bsky.social
Writes poetry - Sometimes a Wild God, Nettle-Eater, The Queen of Heaven, At the Orphans’ Door, etc.
Teaches poetics
Runs vision fasts
Walks about
Father of two beautiful, wild sons
Read my work at www.tomhirons.com and buy it at www.feralangels.com
Teaches poetics
Runs vision fasts
Walks about
Father of two beautiful, wild sons
Read my work at www.tomhirons.com and buy it at www.feralangels.com
DID YOU KNOW I offer one-off and ongoing online poetry mentoring?
Whether it's help with editing work, or uncovering what it is you *really* want to say, or working with blocked creativity, I'm here. You can book a 20 minute no-obligation call to find out more.
LINK: tomhirons.com/work-with-me
Whether it's help with editing work, or uncovering what it is you *really* want to say, or working with blocked creativity, I'm here. You can book a 20 minute no-obligation call to find out more.
LINK: tomhirons.com/work-with-me
December 1, 2025 at 2:31 PM
DID YOU KNOW I offer one-off and ongoing online poetry mentoring?
Whether it's help with editing work, or uncovering what it is you *really* want to say, or working with blocked creativity, I'm here. You can book a 20 minute no-obligation call to find out more.
LINK: tomhirons.com/work-with-me
Whether it's help with editing work, or uncovering what it is you *really* want to say, or working with blocked creativity, I'm here. You can book a 20 minute no-obligation call to find out more.
LINK: tomhirons.com/work-with-me
29th November marks the start of #ReadPalestine week.
So, I'm delighted to announce the launch of the first Clarion Voices chapbook - MY TWICE-EXILED THRONE, by Khalil Sima’an - published by Feral Angels Press and @clarionpoetry
Tickets are free and can be booked via clarionpoetry.com/events
So, I'm delighted to announce the launch of the first Clarion Voices chapbook - MY TWICE-EXILED THRONE, by Khalil Sima’an - published by Feral Angels Press and @clarionpoetry
Tickets are free and can be booked via clarionpoetry.com/events
November 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM
29th November marks the start of #ReadPalestine week.
So, I'm delighted to announce the launch of the first Clarion Voices chapbook - MY TWICE-EXILED THRONE, by Khalil Sima’an - published by Feral Angels Press and @clarionpoetry
Tickets are free and can be booked via clarionpoetry.com/events
So, I'm delighted to announce the launch of the first Clarion Voices chapbook - MY TWICE-EXILED THRONE, by Khalil Sima’an - published by Feral Angels Press and @clarionpoetry
Tickets are free and can be booked via clarionpoetry.com/events
Reposted by Tom Hirons
#BuyNothingDay
The Feral Angels Press shop checkout is disabled all day.
Watch for news of the Clarion 5 launch over the weekend, as well as the launch of the first Clarion Voices launch!
#BuyNothingDay #BlackFriday #AntiGlobalCapitalism #ReclaimTheShops #ReclaimTheMarketplace #ReclaimTheMagic
The Feral Angels Press shop checkout is disabled all day.
Watch for news of the Clarion 5 launch over the weekend, as well as the launch of the first Clarion Voices launch!
#BuyNothingDay #BlackFriday #AntiGlobalCapitalism #ReclaimTheShops #ReclaimTheMarketplace #ReclaimTheMagic
November 28, 2025 at 11:42 AM
#BuyNothingDay
The Feral Angels Press shop checkout is disabled all day.
Watch for news of the Clarion 5 launch over the weekend, as well as the launch of the first Clarion Voices launch!
#BuyNothingDay #BlackFriday #AntiGlobalCapitalism #ReclaimTheShops #ReclaimTheMarketplace #ReclaimTheMagic
The Feral Angels Press shop checkout is disabled all day.
Watch for news of the Clarion 5 launch over the weekend, as well as the launch of the first Clarion Voices launch!
#BuyNothingDay #BlackFriday #AntiGlobalCapitalism #ReclaimTheShops #ReclaimTheMarketplace #ReclaimTheMagic
#BuyNothingDay
The Feral Angels Press shop checkout is disabled all day.
Go out and do something beautiful, if you can.
#BlackFriday #AntiGlobalCapitalism #ReclaimTheShops #ReclaimTheMarketplace #ReclaimTheMagic
The Feral Angels Press shop checkout is disabled all day.
Go out and do something beautiful, if you can.
#BlackFriday #AntiGlobalCapitalism #ReclaimTheShops #ReclaimTheMarketplace #ReclaimTheMagic
November 28, 2025 at 9:15 AM
#BuyNothingDay
The Feral Angels Press shop checkout is disabled all day.
Go out and do something beautiful, if you can.
#BlackFriday #AntiGlobalCapitalism #ReclaimTheShops #ReclaimTheMarketplace #ReclaimTheMagic
The Feral Angels Press shop checkout is disabled all day.
Go out and do something beautiful, if you can.
#BlackFriday #AntiGlobalCapitalism #ReclaimTheShops #ReclaimTheMarketplace #ReclaimTheMagic
Reposted by Tom Hirons
A powerful read this morning - “Sometimes a Wild God” by Tom Hirons @hironstom.bsky.social tomhirons.com/poetry/somet...
#poetry #poemoftheday
#poetry #poemoftheday
Sometimes a Wild God
The underground poetry classic by Tom Hirons - read it, listen to it, buy the poem as a book or poster
tomhirons.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:19 PM
A powerful read this morning - “Sometimes a Wild God” by Tom Hirons @hironstom.bsky.social tomhirons.com/poetry/somet...
#poetry #poemoftheday
#poetry #poemoftheday
skein
ashburton, devon
december 6th
this is what i've been cooking up over the last 18 months or so with rozi - if you're in the ashburton area, come along and join in...
curious? Come along and be part of this first Ashburton skein!
book your place here: tomhirons.com/skein
ashburton, devon
december 6th
this is what i've been cooking up over the last 18 months or so with rozi - if you're in the ashburton area, come along and join in...
curious? Come along and be part of this first Ashburton skein!
book your place here: tomhirons.com/skein
skein · Ashburton · 6th December 2025
skein is a playful community-coherence tool and experimental art form in which players contribute to a holographic story-matrix. Through rounds of participatory storytelling, and a fractally-woven...
tomhirons.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:45 PM
skein
ashburton, devon
december 6th
this is what i've been cooking up over the last 18 months or so with rozi - if you're in the ashburton area, come along and join in...
curious? Come along and be part of this first Ashburton skein!
book your place here: tomhirons.com/skein
ashburton, devon
december 6th
this is what i've been cooking up over the last 18 months or so with rozi - if you're in the ashburton area, come along and join in...
curious? Come along and be part of this first Ashburton skein!
book your place here: tomhirons.com/skein
LIVE IN BUCKFASTLEIGH
Next Wednesday (16th Nov) I'll be running a live poetry café at the gorgeous Moor Imagination Centre in Buckfastleigh. All poetry-writers are welcome. We've been having some lush sessions already and I'd love to see you there.
All the details: tomhirons.com/events/feral...
Next Wednesday (16th Nov) I'll be running a live poetry café at the gorgeous Moor Imagination Centre in Buckfastleigh. All poetry-writers are welcome. We've been having some lush sessions already and I'd love to see you there.
All the details: tomhirons.com/events/feral...
November 19, 2025 at 10:02 AM
LIVE IN BUCKFASTLEIGH
Next Wednesday (16th Nov) I'll be running a live poetry café at the gorgeous Moor Imagination Centre in Buckfastleigh. All poetry-writers are welcome. We've been having some lush sessions already and I'd love to see you there.
All the details: tomhirons.com/events/feral...
Next Wednesday (16th Nov) I'll be running a live poetry café at the gorgeous Moor Imagination Centre in Buckfastleigh. All poetry-writers are welcome. We've been having some lush sessions already and I'd love to see you there.
All the details: tomhirons.com/events/feral...
SUNDAY 16th NOVEMBER
Late notice, I know, but there's another online poetry café tomorrow evening (UK time)
You'd be very welcome.
All the details in my bio or the comments
Late notice, I know, but there's another online poetry café tomorrow evening (UK time)
You'd be very welcome.
All the details in my bio or the comments
November 15, 2025 at 1:16 PM
SUNDAY 16th NOVEMBER
Late notice, I know, but there's another online poetry café tomorrow evening (UK time)
You'd be very welcome.
All the details in my bio or the comments
Late notice, I know, but there's another online poetry café tomorrow evening (UK time)
You'd be very welcome.
All the details in my bio or the comments
I'm hardly here. I'm working on new writing - poems, fiction, some essays. I'm dreaming of collaborations with musicians. Something deep is moving. I remember home in my bones, clearer and clearer. And I miss it more keenly every day.
Some things need to be said and said again.
This is from MOLOK.
Some things need to be said and said again.
This is from MOLOK.
November 14, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I'm hardly here. I'm working on new writing - poems, fiction, some essays. I'm dreaming of collaborations with musicians. Something deep is moving. I remember home in my bones, clearer and clearer. And I miss it more keenly every day.
Some things need to be said and said again.
This is from MOLOK.
Some things need to be said and said again.
This is from MOLOK.
THE DEAD FATHERS
For Samhuinn. Wishing you ample salt at the year-hinge.
***
From FALCONER’S JOY - currently out of print, but hopefully to be reappearing at some point. This edition has a beautiful cover by Rima Staines.
For Samhuinn. Wishing you ample salt at the year-hinge.
***
From FALCONER’S JOY - currently out of print, but hopefully to be reappearing at some point. This edition has a beautiful cover by Rima Staines.
October 31, 2025 at 7:07 AM
THE DEAD FATHERS
For Samhuinn. Wishing you ample salt at the year-hinge.
***
From FALCONER’S JOY - currently out of print, but hopefully to be reappearing at some point. This edition has a beautiful cover by Rima Staines.
For Samhuinn. Wishing you ample salt at the year-hinge.
***
From FALCONER’S JOY - currently out of print, but hopefully to be reappearing at some point. This edition has a beautiful cover by Rima Staines.
TONIGHT!
Join me at the gorgeous Moor Imagination Centre in Buckfastleigh for two hours of poetic exploration and community.
tomhirons.com/events/feral...
Join me at the gorgeous Moor Imagination Centre in Buckfastleigh for two hours of poetic exploration and community.
tomhirons.com/events/feral...
October 29, 2025 at 8:18 AM
TONIGHT!
Join me at the gorgeous Moor Imagination Centre in Buckfastleigh for two hours of poetic exploration and community.
tomhirons.com/events/feral...
Join me at the gorgeous Moor Imagination Centre in Buckfastleigh for two hours of poetic exploration and community.
tomhirons.com/events/feral...
Reposted by Tom Hirons
This is just stunning. Search out his other work, you won't regret it.
THE LAPWING STARS
This is from FALCONER’S JOY - published in 2018 and now out of print.
I'm hoping we can get this back on the shelves in 2026, or perhaps include the poems in a larger Selected Works...
I think it's one of my best poems, actually.
This is from FALCONER’S JOY - published in 2018 and now out of print.
I'm hoping we can get this back on the shelves in 2026, or perhaps include the poems in a larger Selected Works...
I think it's one of my best poems, actually.
October 28, 2025 at 3:02 PM
This is just stunning. Search out his other work, you won't regret it.
THE LAPWING STARS
This is from FALCONER’S JOY - published in 2018 and now out of print.
I'm hoping we can get this back on the shelves in 2026, or perhaps include the poems in a larger Selected Works...
I think it's one of my best poems, actually.
This is from FALCONER’S JOY - published in 2018 and now out of print.
I'm hoping we can get this back on the shelves in 2026, or perhaps include the poems in a larger Selected Works...
I think it's one of my best poems, actually.
October 28, 2025 at 8:48 AM
THE LAPWING STARS
This is from FALCONER’S JOY - published in 2018 and now out of print.
I'm hoping we can get this back on the shelves in 2026, or perhaps include the poems in a larger Selected Works...
I think it's one of my best poems, actually.
This is from FALCONER’S JOY - published in 2018 and now out of print.
I'm hoping we can get this back on the shelves in 2026, or perhaps include the poems in a larger Selected Works...
I think it's one of my best poems, actually.
Want to write poetry that's on fire with authenticity and boldness? Want to give less f*&%ks about it being tidy and neat and polished?
This last Green Knife weekend of the year is in less than two weeks, in Shropshire.
This workshop changes lives.
tomhirons.com/events/wield...
This last Green Knife weekend of the year is in less than two weeks, in Shropshire.
This workshop changes lives.
tomhirons.com/events/wield...
October 26, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Want to write poetry that's on fire with authenticity and boldness? Want to give less f*&%ks about it being tidy and neat and polished?
This last Green Knife weekend of the year is in less than two weeks, in Shropshire.
This workshop changes lives.
tomhirons.com/events/wield...
This last Green Knife weekend of the year is in less than two weeks, in Shropshire.
This workshop changes lives.
tomhirons.com/events/wield...
I put out a newsletter yesterday, about a few things happening next week, both live and online. It also has a bit more than usual about what's happening recently in my life. Not hot gossip, I'm afraid, but a glimpse into my world.
You can read it here: mailing.tomhirons.com/emails/webvi...
You can read it here: mailing.tomhirons.com/emails/webvi...
MEETING MONSTERS - with otherWise - plus Autumn poetry and reflections and more
Exploring initiatory territories through conversation, writing, and collage with me & Niels Devisscher
mailing.tomhirons.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I put out a newsletter yesterday, about a few things happening next week, both live and online. It also has a bit more than usual about what's happening recently in my life. Not hot gossip, I'm afraid, but a glimpse into my world.
You can read it here: mailing.tomhirons.com/emails/webvi...
You can read it here: mailing.tomhirons.com/emails/webvi...
BLACK MOUNTAIN RIVER
I can't remember when I wrote this one, but it was ten years ago or more. I still feel the same. That moment arrives, every Autumn, and I go Aah. Yes. I remember. Where have I been?
Good luck, all you Autumn-descenders.
***
Like this? Buy the book at feralangels.com
I can't remember when I wrote this one, but it was ten years ago or more. I still feel the same. That moment arrives, every Autumn, and I go Aah. Yes. I remember. Where have I been?
Good luck, all you Autumn-descenders.
***
Like this? Buy the book at feralangels.com
October 23, 2025 at 11:35 AM
BLACK MOUNTAIN RIVER
I can't remember when I wrote this one, but it was ten years ago or more. I still feel the same. That moment arrives, every Autumn, and I go Aah. Yes. I remember. Where have I been?
Good luck, all you Autumn-descenders.
***
Like this? Buy the book at feralangels.com
I can't remember when I wrote this one, but it was ten years ago or more. I still feel the same. That moment arrives, every Autumn, and I go Aah. Yes. I remember. Where have I been?
Good luck, all you Autumn-descenders.
***
Like this? Buy the book at feralangels.com
TO BECOME AN EAR OF WHEAT
It's that time of year...
It's that time of year...
October 12, 2025 at 11:08 AM
TO BECOME AN EAR OF WHEAT
It's that time of year...
It's that time of year...
BETWEEN THE ANNOUNCEMENT AND THE FACT
From MOLOK - feralangels.com/books/molok
I celebrate fewer killings, but the thought of business-as-usual returning makes my blood run ice and fire.
Today, however, I am celebrating that life can be easier for those who have suffered so much.
From MOLOK - feralangels.com/books/molok
I celebrate fewer killings, but the thought of business-as-usual returning makes my blood run ice and fire.
Today, however, I am celebrating that life can be easier for those who have suffered so much.
October 10, 2025 at 1:19 PM
BETWEEN THE ANNOUNCEMENT AND THE FACT
From MOLOK - feralangels.com/books/molok
I celebrate fewer killings, but the thought of business-as-usual returning makes my blood run ice and fire.
Today, however, I am celebrating that life can be easier for those who have suffered so much.
From MOLOK - feralangels.com/books/molok
I celebrate fewer killings, but the thought of business-as-usual returning makes my blood run ice and fire.
Today, however, I am celebrating that life can be easier for those who have suffered so much.
Two slides
SPARROWHAWK AND FIRE
From MOLOK
There's so much that could be said today.
Words are thin in my mouth, though, and so I'll say only this.
feralangels.com/books/poetry...
SPARROWHAWK AND FIRE
From MOLOK
There's so much that could be said today.
Words are thin in my mouth, though, and so I'll say only this.
feralangels.com/books/poetry...
October 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Two slides
SPARROWHAWK AND FIRE
From MOLOK
There's so much that could be said today.
Words are thin in my mouth, though, and so I'll say only this.
feralangels.com/books/poetry...
SPARROWHAWK AND FIRE
From MOLOK
There's so much that could be said today.
Words are thin in my mouth, though, and so I'll say only this.
feralangels.com/books/poetry...
Reposted by Tom Hirons
Apparently, this was "nothing to do with skin colour". Robert Jenrick just likes "mixed communities". Which is why he has also criticised very white neighbourhoods or towns and villages up and down the UK, umm... <checks notes> never.
Wow. Robert Jenrick doubles down by branding a black journalist's questions "ridiculous" and saying that the problem is not his comments, but "journalists like you who pop up and try to knock me down", adding that "this is the reason why terrorist attacks happen". ~AA
October 7, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Apparently, this was "nothing to do with skin colour". Robert Jenrick just likes "mixed communities". Which is why he has also criticised very white neighbourhoods or towns and villages up and down the UK, umm... <checks notes> never.
Sometimes a Wild God still crosses new thresholds, it seems. There's been a lot of activity since National Poetry Day.
Here's a peek. It's pocket-sized, with a beautiful cover illustration by Rima Staines. You can choose how much to pay for it and it ships worldwide. Link below...
Here's a peek. It's pocket-sized, with a beautiful cover illustration by Rima Staines. You can choose how much to pay for it and it ships worldwide. Link below...
October 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Sometimes a Wild God still crosses new thresholds, it seems. There's been a lot of activity since National Poetry Day.
Here's a peek. It's pocket-sized, with a beautiful cover illustration by Rima Staines. You can choose how much to pay for it and it ships worldwide. Link below...
Here's a peek. It's pocket-sized, with a beautiful cover illustration by Rima Staines. You can choose how much to pay for it and it ships worldwide. Link below...
The new season begins this Sunday.
Everyone is welcome.
Tickets and details: tomhirons.com/feral-angels
Enthusiasm and a love of poetry are the only requirements.
Everyone is welcome.
Tickets and details: tomhirons.com/feral-angels
Enthusiasm and a love of poetry are the only requirements.
September 22, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The new season begins this Sunday.
Everyone is welcome.
Tickets and details: tomhirons.com/feral-angels
Enthusiasm and a love of poetry are the only requirements.
Everyone is welcome.
Tickets and details: tomhirons.com/feral-angels
Enthusiasm and a love of poetry are the only requirements.
UNTIL THE CLIFF
A work-in-progress. The image is true, but the language isn't quite there yet. The image is one that sustains me at the moment, so I'm hoping it might offer something to you, too.
A work-in-progress. The image is true, but the language isn't quite there yet. The image is one that sustains me at the moment, so I'm hoping it might offer something to you, too.
September 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
UNTIL THE CLIFF
A work-in-progress. The image is true, but the language isn't quite there yet. The image is one that sustains me at the moment, so I'm hoping it might offer something to you, too.
A work-in-progress. The image is true, but the language isn't quite there yet. The image is one that sustains me at the moment, so I'm hoping it might offer something to you, too.
Words are failing me, so I lean on words I've already written. Words I wish were no longer relevant.
This one is from MOLOK - available now.
This one is from MOLOK - available now.
September 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Words are failing me, so I lean on words I've already written. Words I wish were no longer relevant.
This one is from MOLOK - available now.
This one is from MOLOK - available now.
I want to do with language whatever cannot ever be done by AI, because *that’s* where the real poetry lives.
Not all of you are going to agree with this. That’s OK by me.
But, please don't send me AI-generated poetry in the style of Tom Hirons. I will block you faster than you can say ‘Endtimes.’
Not all of you are going to agree with this. That’s OK by me.
But, please don't send me AI-generated poetry in the style of Tom Hirons. I will block you faster than you can say ‘Endtimes.’
August 28, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I want to do with language whatever cannot ever be done by AI, because *that’s* where the real poetry lives.
Not all of you are going to agree with this. That’s OK by me.
But, please don't send me AI-generated poetry in the style of Tom Hirons. I will block you faster than you can say ‘Endtimes.’
Not all of you are going to agree with this. That’s OK by me.
But, please don't send me AI-generated poetry in the style of Tom Hirons. I will block you faster than you can say ‘Endtimes.’