Mike O’Brien
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Mike O’Brien
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Sixty odd years old. Running the Sixty Odd Press and a proud member of the Promote Indie Lit network

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Ahh … well anyway. I liked it very much
November 29, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Thanks. I think I was thinking about the "here we are" as in "I didn’t expect it to have been such a fuss - but here we are"
November 29, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Ain’t nothing like a jazz hands apocalypse!
November 29, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Is that the case? @mwplovesmusic.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 8:30 AM
I absolutely love this one Rob. It feels like it speaks to me personally.
November 29, 2025 at 7:06 AM
She must have had it snapped up by a publisher and had to delete it.
November 28, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I’m with him in the supermarket. The amount of times that I have to ring and ask what something on the list is, or ask a fellow shopper. It’s all fenugreek to me. Great poem though.
November 28, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Brilliant! Takes me right back to the sweaty venues of the late 70s. The joy of scorn!
November 28, 2025 at 8:40 AM
November 27, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I’m really no expert, but isn’t that inadvisable? Like blending three single malt whiskies?
November 27, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Is the television on? Can you make out what is on?
November 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Excellent. I shall look forward to it.
November 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
What a shame - It is three o'clock in the morning in Yorkshire at 7pm PST and I don't think I could survive being up at such an hour. Hope it goes well!
November 27, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Great link to a great article. I’m off to check my urethra for fistulas now.
November 26, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Thats a fine window. Yes ... I'm not in a monogamous relationship with Peterborough, but I probably know it better than any other. Catherine of Aragon is buried there. Spanish people bring her oranges. And the gravedigger who buried her (and Mary Queen of Scots) has his portrait on the wall.
November 26, 2025 at 10:20 AM
I'm not sure where in Newcastle he is appearing, but I understand that he is also going to Scarborough (on friday 28th Nov) and Exeter (Tuesday 2nd Dec) You can find him on Instagram www.instagram.com/gazapoets/ and at www.gazapoets.org
The Gaza Poets Society
Gaza-based literary organization working to ensure Gaza's poets are heard around the world.
www.gazapoets.org
November 26, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Phone pictures are really good these days - you’ve got a great one there.
November 26, 2025 at 8:26 AM
That’s a great photograph! Do you live in Lincoln? I’m in South Yorkshire, but my favourite cathedral (at the moment) is Peterborough, I occasionally meet my daughter there, as is is halfway between here and where she lives in London.
November 26, 2025 at 8:21 AM