Matt Gilbert
@richlyevocative.bsky.social
Poetry bothering, blog tinkering, place pondering, musically promiscuous, book-loving freelance copywriter. Likely to moan & rail at the unfairness & absurdity of life. Poetry links https://richlyevocative.net/articles-reviews-first-published-elsewhere/
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Matt Gilbert
@richlyevocative.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Time to reintroduce myself. I write a blog about place, books & other distractions - richlyevocative.net also a published poet - my collection Street Sailing came out last year @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social Some of my work has appeared recently in Stand, Acumen, Dust Northern Gravy & Southword.
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So happy to have this poem up on After... Poetry, for a few reasons:
More than any other art I've seen in recent years, Auerbach's charcoal heads have stayed with me.
I'm pretty sure it was either the first or second ekphrastic poem I wrote (really should do more).
I've waited a year for this!
More than any other art I've seen in recent years, Auerbach's charcoal heads have stayed with me.
I'm pretty sure it was either the first or second ekphrastic poem I wrote (really should do more).
I've waited a year for this!
What to do with scraps of light found in our battle with life's darkness. Victoria Spires makes this #ekphrastic poem from a Frank Auerbach drawing.
'Suggestible of something rending, something
Far from abstract – the exquisite flash
Of pain, as private teleology.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/dec-04-...
'Suggestible of something rending, something
Far from abstract – the exquisite flash
Of pain, as private teleology.'
afterpoetry.com/poem/dec-04-...
Read New Ekphrastic Poem 'Lightfastness' by Victoria Spires exclusively in After... | Poems Inspired By Other Art
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December 4, 2025 at 9:33 PM
So happy to have this poem up on After... Poetry, for a few reasons:
More than any other art I've seen in recent years, Auerbach's charcoal heads have stayed with me.
I'm pretty sure it was either the first or second ekphrastic poem I wrote (really should do more).
I've waited a year for this!
More than any other art I've seen in recent years, Auerbach's charcoal heads have stayed with me.
I'm pretty sure it was either the first or second ekphrastic poem I wrote (really should do more).
I've waited a year for this!
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1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:55 AM
1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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So tell me again how Nigel Farage, who just took the largest ever political donation, from a Tory mega-donor, and another donation from the Viscountess wife of the non-dom owner of the Daily Mail, is planning to "take on the establishment"
December 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
So tell me again how Nigel Farage, who just took the largest ever political donation, from a Tory mega-donor, and another donation from the Viscountess wife of the non-dom owner of the Daily Mail, is planning to "take on the establishment"
I’ll take that. I screw the algorithm by playing instrumental stuff as background working music. They don’t know
December 4, 2025 at 9:29 AM
I’ll take that. I screw the algorithm by playing instrumental stuff as background working music. They don’t know
"The first and last words of Street Sailing are the word ‘awake’, and this is definitely how these poems seem, and how they feel to me; to transmit such a sense to a reader is no mean feat – in fact, it is an act of high magic. Let these poems work their wonder upon you!"
Mab Jones, Buzz Mag
Mab Jones, Buzz Mag
December 3, 2025 at 10:23 PM
"The first and last words of Street Sailing are the word ‘awake’, and this is definitely how these poems seem, and how they feel to me; to transmit such a sense to a reader is no mean feat – in fact, it is an act of high magic. Let these poems work their wonder upon you!"
Mab Jones, Buzz Mag
Mab Jones, Buzz Mag
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@fownc1837.bsky.social I wrote this recently about the new/reinstated gate…
November 28, 2025 at 12:11 PM
@fownc1837.bsky.social I wrote this recently about the new/reinstated gate…
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Anyone I know (other than @richlyevocative.bsky.social ) heading the Poets' Office Party tonight?
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December 1, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Anyone I know (other than @richlyevocative.bsky.social ) heading the Poets' Office Party tonight?
thesocial.seetickets.com/event/the-po...
thesocial.seetickets.com/event/the-po...
The sound of the timer alert on my phone has been bugging me for a while - it reminded me of a song intro I couldn’t place - finally worked it out - Mister Malcontent from Lloyd Cole & The Commotions’ Mainstream. And relax…
November 30, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The sound of the timer alert on my phone has been bugging me for a while - it reminded me of a song intro I couldn’t place - finally worked it out - Mister Malcontent from Lloyd Cole & The Commotions’ Mainstream. And relax…
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So thrilled to have Midnight Swingball out there in the world with @inksweatandtears.co.uk 🤩
Paul Short's 'Midnight Swingball' captures the vertigo and shape of the restless unease before sleep arrives. @paulwritespoems.bsky.social
Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/paul-short/
#Insomnia #InkSweatandTears #Poetry
Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/paul-short/
#Insomnia #InkSweatandTears #Poetry
November 30, 2025 at 10:58 AM
So thrilled to have Midnight Swingball out there in the world with @inksweatandtears.co.uk 🤩
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Join us tomorrow for an hour or so, to celebrate upcoming launches of glorious poets you know! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/last-satur...
November 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Join us tomorrow for an hour or so, to celebrate upcoming launches of glorious poets you know! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/last-satur...
@fownc1837.bsky.social I wrote this recently about the new/reinstated gate…
November 28, 2025 at 12:11 PM
@fownc1837.bsky.social I wrote this recently about the new/reinstated gate…
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Time for a Featured Creator piece! Recently published, the fantastic piece 'Vers en Duur // Fresh and Rich' by @faith-palermo.bsky.social 👏
www.fullhouseliterary.com/poetry/vers-...
www.fullhouseliterary.com/poetry/vers-...
Vers en Duur // Fresh and Rich by Faith Palermo — Full House Literary
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November 27, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Time for a Featured Creator piece! Recently published, the fantastic piece 'Vers en Duur // Fresh and Rich' by @faith-palermo.bsky.social 👏
www.fullhouseliterary.com/poetry/vers-...
www.fullhouseliterary.com/poetry/vers-...
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Jennifer has written a short substack post for the mag actually about how much we love you.
Take a look, see what it is all about.
www.frazzledlit.com/p/you-guys-l...
Vote for us here. If the mood takes you!
Vote for someone else if you want. But, do vote.
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
Take a look, see what it is all about.
www.frazzledlit.com/p/you-guys-l...
Vote for us here. If the mood takes you!
Vote for someone else if you want. But, do vote.
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
November 26, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Jennifer has written a short substack post for the mag actually about how much we love you.
Take a look, see what it is all about.
www.frazzledlit.com/p/you-guys-l...
Vote for us here. If the mood takes you!
Vote for someone else if you want. But, do vote.
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
Take a look, see what it is all about.
www.frazzledlit.com/p/you-guys-l...
Vote for us here. If the mood takes you!
Vote for someone else if you want. But, do vote.
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
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Recently published over on the Featured Creator section, the brilliant piece 'Smack in the street’s mouth' by
@richlyevocative.bsky.social 👏
www.fullhouseliterary.com/poetry/smack...
@richlyevocative.bsky.social 👏
www.fullhouseliterary.com/poetry/smack...
Smack in the street’s mouth by Matt Gilbert — Full House Literary
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November 27, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Recently published over on the Featured Creator section, the brilliant piece 'Smack in the street’s mouth' by
@richlyevocative.bsky.social 👏
www.fullhouseliterary.com/poetry/smack...
@richlyevocative.bsky.social 👏
www.fullhouseliterary.com/poetry/smack...
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Top poems @richlyevocative.bsky.social 💪
Delighted to have two poems in the latest @madridlitmag.bsky.social alongside some big names & talented poets. Out tomorrow to buy in print or read online.
November 27, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Top poems @richlyevocative.bsky.social 💪
Delighted to have two poems in the latest @madridlitmag.bsky.social alongside some big names & talented poets. Out tomorrow to buy in print or read online.
November 27, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Delighted to have two poems in the latest @madridlitmag.bsky.social alongside some big names & talented poets. Out tomorrow to buy in print or read online.
Not sure I’d want buy a book in this way, or risk gifting a mystery title, but can’t help trying to work out what each one is. Spotted in a shop window in Camden.
November 27, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Not sure I’d want buy a book in this way, or risk gifting a mystery title, but can’t help trying to work out what each one is. Spotted in a shop window in Camden.
www.fullhouseliterary.com/poetry/smack... up now on Full House Literary
Smack in the street’s mouth by Matt Gilbert — Full House Literary
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November 26, 2025 at 10:46 PM
www.fullhouseliterary.com/poetry/smack... up now on Full House Literary
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This is a very funny piece of writing by Peter Lonsdale in which I appear as the character of Andy Miller. It's based on an interview we did eight years ago. Thanks to @irishtimes.com for having the foresight and hindsight to run it. @backlisted.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Lessons for the would-be writer: An aborted interview with Andy Miller
Peter Lonsdale reflects on his encounter with the co-host of the Backlisted Podcast
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November 26, 2025 at 6:50 AM
This is a very funny piece of writing by Peter Lonsdale in which I appear as the character of Andy Miller. It's based on an interview we did eight years ago. Thanks to @irishtimes.com for having the foresight and hindsight to run it. @backlisted.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
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"We are freezing known Russian assets" says Rachel Reeves
"But let me be clear, I don't actually mean the member for Clacton"
"But let me be clear, I don't actually mean the member for Clacton"
November 26, 2025 at 1:10 PM
"We are freezing known Russian assets" says Rachel Reeves
"But let me be clear, I don't actually mean the member for Clacton"
"But let me be clear, I don't actually mean the member for Clacton"
I’ve updated my poetry links on link tree linktr.ee/richlyevocat...
So you can read some of my work online for free, buy copies of poetry journals I’ve appeared in, or even my book, Street Sailing. Have a picture of a fox in a cemetery…
So you can read some of my work online for free, buy copies of poetry journals I’ve appeared in, or even my book, Street Sailing. Have a picture of a fox in a cemetery…
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
I’ve updated my poetry links on link tree linktr.ee/richlyevocat...
So you can read some of my work online for free, buy copies of poetry journals I’ve appeared in, or even my book, Street Sailing. Have a picture of a fox in a cemetery…
So you can read some of my work online for free, buy copies of poetry journals I’ve appeared in, or even my book, Street Sailing. Have a picture of a fox in a cemetery…
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This beauty is out in the world, winging its way to our lovely subscribers. It's available to buy from Friday @carlosbardem.bsky.social @javiersierra.bsky.social @cristinajurado.bsky.social @jerrysimcock.bsky.social @steverinod.bsky.social @blackcatpress.bsky.social #litmag #literary #reading
November 25, 2025 at 4:38 AM
This beauty is out in the world, winging its way to our lovely subscribers. It's available to buy from Friday @carlosbardem.bsky.social @javiersierra.bsky.social @cristinajurado.bsky.social @jerrysimcock.bsky.social @steverinod.bsky.social @blackcatpress.bsky.social #litmag #literary #reading
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And another! Stories and interviews with the team behind one of the BBC's greatest ever TV dramas – "a revenge thriller, a mystical nuclear-and-environmental-apocalypse fable, a clear-eyed political document of the mid-1980s, a ghost story" – by me for @thequietus.com thequietus.com/opinion-and-...
Why Edge Of Darkness makes so much sense in 2025 | The Quietus
Judge Rogers speaks to several key members of the team who made the ecologically-minded thriller for the BBC
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November 24, 2025 at 9:38 AM
And another! Stories and interviews with the team behind one of the BBC's greatest ever TV dramas – "a revenge thriller, a mystical nuclear-and-environmental-apocalypse fable, a clear-eyed political document of the mid-1980s, a ghost story" – by me for @thequietus.com thequietus.com/opinion-and-...