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Joseph Blythe @wooperark.bsky.social · 1d

And guess what? I updated my blog!

Blogging when I need to be writing - October 2025, is up now

Have a gander.

#writer #writing #poet #poetry #story

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Blogging when I should be writing – October 2025

I concede that my plan to blog monthly sailed out of the window at the first hurdle. In my defence, my last blog used to get updated annually. It’s a hard change to get used to – but I’m working on…

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Joseph Blythe @wooperark.bsky.social · 1d

A little background on my poem 'I hate when my teenage crushes turn out to be fascists', out now in ANARKISS zine vol.09

#poem #newpoem #newpoetry #poetry #protest

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Poem ‘I hate when my teenage crushes turn out to be fascists’ in ANARKISS zine issue 09

‘I hate when my teenage crushes turn out to be fascists’ holds the record for my fastest ever accepted piece of work. I submitted this poem at 14:21 on September 1st, and received my ac…

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Signe Johansen @signesjohansen.bsky.social · 15d

Capitulating is the right word. Tech broligarchs wanging on about the supposed wonders of AI have yet to persuade a lot of us that ceding our agency to them is worth the price of becoming a zombie 🙅‍♀️

MiMi Aye @meemalee.bsky.social · 16d

Author and filmmaker Justine Bateman on generative AI

"They're trying to convince people they can't do the things they've been doing easily for years - to write emails, to write a presentation. Your daughter wants you to make up a bedtime story about puppies - to write that for you." We will get to the point, she says with a grim laugh, "that you will essentially become just a skin bag of organs and bones, nothing else. You won't know anything and you will be told repeatedly that you can't do it, which is the opposite of what life has to offer. Capitulating all kinds of decisions like where to go on vacation, what to wear today, who to date, what to eat.
People are already doing this. You won't have to process grief, because you'll have uploaded photos and voice messages from your mother who just died, and then she can talk to you via AI video call every day. One of the ways it's going to destroy humans, long before there's a nuclear disaster, is going to be the emotional hollowing-out of people." - author and filmmaker Justine Bateman from a piece by Emine Saner for the Guardian

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Joseph Blythe @wooperark.bsky.social · 26d

I'm privileged to have a short story out again, this time in Bitterleaf Books'
ENCHANTED ENCOUNTERS anthology. My short, 'All These Countless Nights', is about a life-long love of stuffed animals, and mortality.

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Publications – Joseph Blythe

Posts about Publications written by wooperark

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Joseph Blythe @wooperark.bsky.social · Sep 12

Lovely to have two poems available to read and hear on @apricotpress.bsky.social

Apricot Press @apricotpress.bsky.social · Sep 12

'I embarked, headphones in ears, backpack slung over one shoulder, phone in my tracksuit pocket...'

Filled with reminiscences, Joseph Blythe's (@wooperark) poems, 'Pilgrimage' and 'Bed', consider how we transform over time.

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‘Pilgrimage’ and ‘Bed’

Filled with reminiscences, Joseph Blythe’s poems consider how we transform over time.

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Joseph Blythe @wooperark.bsky.social · Sep 1

It's wonderful to be in @allegropoetry.bsky.social again, this time in issue 35: Gold. My Septembery, first-week-of-school themed 'Back-to-School' has found a wonderful home. Full issue below

#newpoetry #newpoet #poem #poetry

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Issue 35 September 2025

Gold Editor's Comments Welcome to Issue 35 of Allegro Poetry Magazine, the Gold Edition. After a slow start at the beginning of June the s...

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Joseph Blythe @wooperark.bsky.social · Aug 31

I decided to start blogging. I'm aiming to do it monthly, and I'll talk about my projects, my publications, my processes and my craft. August 2025 post live now. Have a read below!

#writer #blog #poet #poetry #story #creativewriting

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Blogging when I should be writing – August 2025

In an attempt to hold myself accountable and maintain transparency on my work as a writer, I’ve decided to blog monthly (or perhaps fortnightly, if I can). This blog will be an update on my various…

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Joseph Blythe @wooperark.bsky.social · Aug 14

It's honestly one of the most beautiful books I've ever held!
Thank you so much for your kind words!

Joseph Blythe @wooperark.bsky.social · Aug 12

Delighted to have four poems in the wonderful fifth issue of Zimmer Magazine. Tasters + purchase link below:

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#poetry #newpoetry #newpoet #poem #poet #northernwriter

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Joseph Blythe @wooperark.bsky.social · Aug 6

It's the last two days where you can buy a copy of Anarkiss volume 8, featuring my anti capitalist poem 'Product Placement'
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Joseph Blythe @wooperark.bsky.social · Jul 1

Great to have my short story 'Cherry Blossom Ave.' out in the world in 'Ebbs & Flows', a new anthology from Library Cats. Read FOR FREE below

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Library Cats

Our main goal is to promote the activities of writing and reading. By providing the opportunity to have their manuscripts published professionally we are motivating inexperienced, first-time, amateur ...

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Ink Sweat & Tears @inksweatandtears.co.uk · Jun 30

You can hear Joseph / @wooperark.bsky.social read 'Wallpaper' on the site now!

Ink Sweat & Tears @inksweatandtears.co.uk · Jun 22

'Vivid, precisely imagined, powerful'

Huge congratulations to Joseph Blythe / @wooperark.bsky.social whose poem 'Wallpaper' is the Pick of the Month for May 2025. To see more voters' comments and revisit the poem go to inksweatandtears.co.uk/may-2025-pic...

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Joseph Blythe @wooperark.bsky.social · Jun 22

A huge honour for my work to be selected as the @inksweatandtears.co.uk pink of the month. Thank you to everyone who voted for me! ❤️

Read the poem below!

Ink Sweat & Tears @inksweatandtears.co.uk · Jun 22

'Vivid, precisely imagined, powerful'

Huge congratulations to Joseph Blythe / @wooperark.bsky.social whose poem 'Wallpaper' is the Pick of the Month for May 2025. To see more voters' comments and revisit the poem go to inksweatandtears.co.uk/may-2025-pic...

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Joseph Blythe @wooperark.bsky.social · Jun 16

Vote for me (if you deem me worthy)

Ink Sweat & Tears @inksweatandtears.co.uk · Jun 16

The votes are a little slower coming in this time, so we are extending the deadline by 24 hours until tomorrow, Tuesday 17th at 6pm. Do take the time to read the poems and vote. Even those who don't win get to see some of the comments. It means a lot to them and to us. ❤️

Ink Sweat & Tears @inksweatandtears.co.uk · Jun 13

What will be your Pick of the Month for May 2025? Will it be a poem from @wooperark.bsky.social, Jo Farrant, @martinfigura.bsky.social, Marissa Glover, Mofiyinfoluwa O. or Jennie E. Owen? Vote now at inksweatandtears.co.uk/may-2025-pic...!

#InkSweatandTears #PickoftheMonth

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Joseph Blythe @wooperark.bsky.social · Jun 16

Thank you so so much!

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Joseph Blythe @wooperark.bsky.social · Jun 13

Vote Joseph Blythe 😂😂

No, seriously, this is an honour. Please vote for your fave! Have a read - insanely fantastic piece!

Ink Sweat & Tears @inksweatandtears.co.uk · Jun 13

What will be your Pick of the Month for May 2025? Will it be a poem from @wooperark.bsky.social, Jo Farrant, @martinfigura.bsky.social, Marissa Glover, Mofiyinfoluwa O. or Jennie E. Owen? Vote now at inksweatandtears.co.uk/may-2025-pic...!

#InkSweatandTears #PickoftheMonth

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The IS&T May 2025
Pick of the Month

Joseph Blythe
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Martin Figura
Marissa Glover
Mofiyinfoluwa O.
Jennie E. Owen

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Joseph Blythe @wooperark.bsky.social · Jun 3

It's a pleasure to have a favourite poem of mine featured in London Grip issue 56. Link below to read.

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London Grip New Poetry – Summer 2025 – londongrip.co.uk

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Joseph Blythe @wooperark.bsky.social · Jun 1

I've had three poems on desire and it's facets featured in the 2025 Cardiff Met Anthology! Read below. PDF version available for download.

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CardiffMet Anthology | Substack

Click to read CardiffMet Anthology, a Substack publication. Launched a month ago.

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Joseph Blythe @wooperark.bsky.social · May 27

Honoured to have one of my favourite poems featured on @inksweatandtears.co.uk
Read below!

Ink Sweat & Tears @inksweatandtears.co.uk · May 27

Joseph Blythe’s powerful poem Wallpaper peels back memory and skin alike—revealing the raw architecture of the self. @wooperark.bsky.social

Read now!
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#InkSweatandTears #Submission #PoetryCommunity

A cream-textured background with faint water stains displays a poem titled 'Wallpaper' by Joseph Blythe. The text describes a deeply visceral memory of childhood and physical transformation, using metaphorical language that connects peeling wallpaper to wounded skin and bones.

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Joseph Blythe @wooperark.bsky.social · May 22

Friend of mine recommended Hozier - looked me dead in the eye and said he was better than Taylor Swift. I now wonder what other lies close friends will tell me. Crikey

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Joseph Blythe @wooperark.bsky.social · Apr 18

Perhaps doing the new Mayday Parade album after the new As It Is wasn't a great idea

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Joseph Blythe @wooperark.bsky.social · Apr 17

Never thought I'd get to listen to a new @asitis-official.bsky.social record. Let alone their first record all over again.

Joseph Blythe @wooperark.bsky.social · Apr 14

Whenever a book is banned, buy it and read it. Every time.
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Librarians in UK increasingly asked to remove books, as influence of US pressure groups spreads

Anecdotal evidence suggests a rise in requests to take books off shelves, particularly LGBTQ+ titles

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Joseph Blythe @wooperark.bsky.social · Apr 8

It's amazing how good Blake's 'Songs of Innocence and of Experience' is without my old English teacher breathing down my neck. Even though she was great.

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Joseph Blythe @wooperark.bsky.social · Apr 6

Many thanks