Sam Garvan
@garvansam.bsky.social
Poet. Plums, raspberries, apricots. Recently in Asymptote, New Welsh Review, Finished Creatures, Cyphers. Troubadour Prize. Jt runner-up Keats-Shelley prize. He/him.
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23,000. That's how many deaths can be blamed on Boris Johnson's chaotic Covid decisions and delays. Enough is enough, he must be stripped of his annual £115,000 handout. Sign the petition today: 38d.gs/clhk
Sign the petition: Strip Boris Johnson of his annual former PM allowance
23,000. That's how many deaths can be blamed on Boris Johnson's chaotic Covid decisions and delays. Enough is enough, he must be stripped of his annual £115,000 handout. Sign the petition today:
38d.gs
November 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
23,000. That's how many deaths can be blamed on Boris Johnson's chaotic Covid decisions and delays. Enough is enough, he must be stripped of his annual £115,000 handout. Sign the petition today: 38d.gs/clhk
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Read this and buy a bunch of indy press books.
Aplica para todo el mundo.
Aplica para todo el mundo.
It may well be the case that small, independent presses are the lifeblood of literature, and a vital feature of our cultural landscape, providing an essential service in a complex ecosystem, like wrasses or shrimps. What is undeniably the case is that we have sold a total of five books this month.
November 19, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Read this and buy a bunch of indy press books.
Aplica para todo el mundo.
Aplica para todo el mundo.
Looks great!
A captivating @serenbooks.bsky.social launch tonight of @notjustdancing.bsky.social’s innovative, multilayered & lyrical collection ‘Hôtel Amour’ (alongside fantastic readings from @oliviamcc.bsky.social & Menna Elfyn). 😍
November 18, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Looks great!
Very moving article, post Franco Spain, the reluctance of authorities still to face up to the past, and the communities now doing it for themselves ...
observer.co.uk/style/featur...
observer.co.uk/style/featur...
The families of Franco’s victims still seeking justice 50 years after his death | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Very moving article, post Franco Spain, the reluctance of authorities still to face up to the past, and the communities now doing it for themselves ...
observer.co.uk/style/featur...
observer.co.uk/style/featur...
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Dismantling the myth that we live in a meritocracy is one of the most urgent changes needed".
Poverty inflicted on the masses whilst wealth and power is concentrated in few hands.
50 families have more wealth than half of the UK population.
Political system bought by the rich.
Tax the rich.
Poverty inflicted on the masses whilst wealth and power is concentrated in few hands.
50 families have more wealth than half of the UK population.
Political system bought by the rich.
Tax the rich.
Do you feel lucky? Why acknowledging our own good fortune would make the world a better place | Julian Richer
I have been fortunate, and I know it. Now I’d like more successful people to admit that meritocracy is a myth, says Julian Richer, founder of Richer Sounds
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Dismantling the myth that we live in a meritocracy is one of the most urgent changes needed".
Poverty inflicted on the masses whilst wealth and power is concentrated in few hands.
50 families have more wealth than half of the UK population.
Political system bought by the rich.
Tax the rich.
Poverty inflicted on the masses whilst wealth and power is concentrated in few hands.
50 families have more wealth than half of the UK population.
Political system bought by the rich.
Tax the rich.
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Anyone know a poet Judy Smith - possibly English poet? Judy is a contributor for our Christmas edition but lost her email and bio!
a black question mark with a swirl on it
ALT: a black question mark with a swirl on it
media.tenor.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Anyone know a poet Judy Smith - possibly English poet? Judy is a contributor for our Christmas edition but lost her email and bio!
Oh - look at that -
November 14, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Oh - look at that -
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What a build. What a final line.
From @victoriachang.bsky.social's book, The Trees Witness Everything: bookshop.org/a/862/9781556596322
#poem #books #writing
From @victoriachang.bsky.social's book, The Trees Witness Everything: bookshop.org/a/862/9781556596322
#poem #books #writing
November 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
What a build. What a final line.
From @victoriachang.bsky.social's book, The Trees Witness Everything: bookshop.org/a/862/9781556596322
#poem #books #writing
From @victoriachang.bsky.social's book, The Trees Witness Everything: bookshop.org/a/862/9781556596322
#poem #books #writing
Ha-ha, love that ..
November 14, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Ha-ha, love that ..
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The unwelcome November rain had perversely stolen the day's last hour and pawned it with that ancient fence, the night.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald
November 14, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The unwelcome November rain had perversely stolen the day's last hour and pawned it with that ancient fence, the night.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Beautiful poem ...
often the shadow seems more real than the body
“After A Death”, Tomas Tranströmer (tr. from Swedish by Robert Bly)
“After A Death”, Tomas Tranströmer (tr. from Swedish by Robert Bly)
November 11, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Beautiful poem ...
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I don't know how to untangle joy from all the rest. But here's a joy: my debut poetry book is coming out with Orison & it has a cover & I'm pretty sure my mom beat you all to pre-ordering it. But if you'd like a copy, that'd mean the world to me. Here's the link:
www.orisonbooks.com/product-page...
www.orisonbooks.com/product-page...
Oddest & Oldest & Saddest & Best, poems by Jane Zwart | Orison Books
Oddest & Oldest & Saddest & Bestpoems by Jane Zwart *available for pre-order* Orison Bookspaper / $18.00ISBN: 978-1-949039-68-9Publication Date: March 3, 2026 ABOUT THE BOOK As its title...
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August 26, 2025 at 3:18 AM
I don't know how to untangle joy from all the rest. But here's a joy: my debut poetry book is coming out with Orison & it has a cover & I'm pretty sure my mom beat you all to pre-ordering it. But if you'd like a copy, that'd mean the world to me. Here's the link:
www.orisonbooks.com/product-page...
www.orisonbooks.com/product-page...
Oh - this is a marvellous thing -
November 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Oh - this is a marvellous thing -
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November 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
later today! join us to support a great cause!!!
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Tory leader Kemi Badenoch to relaunch exclusive ‘advisory board’ for high-value donors.
Donors will have direct access to senior ministers, shape public policy.
What can the low/middle income households do?
Receipt/Payment of political donations must be criminalized.
Donors will have direct access to senior ministers, shape public policy.
What can the low/middle income households do?
Receipt/Payment of political donations must be criminalized.
Kemi Badenoch to relaunch exclusive ‘advisory board’ for high-value donors
Exclusive: Tory leader has plans to reinstate group that provided top donors with direct access to senior ministers
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch to relaunch exclusive ‘advisory board’ for high-value donors.
Donors will have direct access to senior ministers, shape public policy.
What can the low/middle income households do?
Receipt/Payment of political donations must be criminalized.
Donors will have direct access to senior ministers, shape public policy.
What can the low/middle income households do?
Receipt/Payment of political donations must be criminalized.
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What is your favourite bird?
These little sparrows are a detail of a two-fold painted and embroidered screen by Takeuchi Seihō.
These little sparrows are a detail of a two-fold painted and embroidered screen by Takeuchi Seihō.
November 6, 2025 at 8:00 AM
What is your favourite bird?
These little sparrows are a detail of a two-fold painted and embroidered screen by Takeuchi Seihō.
These little sparrows are a detail of a two-fold painted and embroidered screen by Takeuchi Seihō.
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November 1, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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The moon is my mother. She is not sweet like Mary.
Her blue garments unloose small bats and owls.
Sylvia Plath
Her blue garments unloose small bats and owls.
Sylvia Plath
October 31, 2025 at 8:38 AM
The moon is my mother. She is not sweet like Mary.
Her blue garments unloose small bats and owls.
Sylvia Plath
Her blue garments unloose small bats and owls.
Sylvia Plath
"It met that other spirit—the one placed there by her mother—and they twisted around each other in a swirling knot of smoke and old disappointments." Completely beautiful story ...
October 26, 2025 at 10:40 PM
"It met that other spirit—the one placed there by her mother—and they twisted around each other in a swirling knot of smoke and old disappointments." Completely beautiful story ...
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Hey all! If you’re outraged by Steve Reed’s u-turn on swift bricks, TELL HIM! Email mailto:[email protected]
Send him the link www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Send him the link www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Government U-turns on support for bird-friendly swift bricks in new homes
Housing minister Steve Reed refuses to back mandating measure, despite giving support while in environment job
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Hey all! If you’re outraged by Steve Reed’s u-turn on swift bricks, TELL HIM! Email mailto:[email protected]
Send him the link www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Send him the link www.theguardian.com/environment/...
great ending ...
I thought this John Berryman poem, exhumed from an archive by Shane Macrae and published in the TLS, was very fine.
October 19, 2025 at 2:51 PM
great ending ...
"Although they warned me about Gaston's gas gun
Twenty times an hour the gas gun startles me."
I'm enjoying the funny, lyrical, moving poems in 'Object Permanence' by @anneberkeley.bsky.social
Twenty times an hour the gas gun startles me."
I'm enjoying the funny, lyrical, moving poems in 'Object Permanence' by @anneberkeley.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 11:07 AM
"Although they warned me about Gaston's gas gun
Twenty times an hour the gas gun startles me."
I'm enjoying the funny, lyrical, moving poems in 'Object Permanence' by @anneberkeley.bsky.social
Twenty times an hour the gas gun startles me."
I'm enjoying the funny, lyrical, moving poems in 'Object Permanence' by @anneberkeley.bsky.social
Oh wow, this lady is so delightful and the story she tells so amazing and so terrible
A great video to shift perspective. The past is really not that far away.
america is such a young country.
October 16, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Oh wow, this lady is so delightful and the story she tells so amazing and so terrible
Looking forward very much to the launch at Heffers ...
This month, we are publishing The Banquet by Stav Poleg!🍽️
October 16, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Looking forward very much to the launch at Heffers ...
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Sir Gareth and the Red Knight. Stained glass of the 1930s by Martin Travers in Cheriton Church, Hampshire
October 16, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Sir Gareth and the Red Knight. Stained glass of the 1930s by Martin Travers in Cheriton Church, Hampshire