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Alex Jenkins

@alexjenkinspoet

Poet, writer, (col)lapsed academic (he/him). Work in: @badlilies.bsky.social, @propelmagazine.bsky.social, and elsewhere.

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Always here for tenuous πŸ™‚

09.03.2026 22:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Aha, forgive me. L'envoi clearly was lost in transit.

09.03.2026 22:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This content could have been a form

09.03.2026 22:22 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I could see her as Becky Sharp

09.03.2026 20:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I've gone to the pub. Maybe memory's palimpsest will prove legible.

09.03.2026 20:41 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It is thematically appropriate, I suppose, to have absent lines: effaced, incinerated. Not even cinders if cinders there are.

09.03.2026 19:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Had a look but no luck, alas

09.03.2026 19:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I had a great line for a poem, which I thought I'd captured on my notes app. I remember it was some kind of fusion of Herbert's "Love" with Derrida's "Postcard."

09.03.2026 19:14 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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Reading Capital Courses: Reading Marx’s Capital Volume 1 with David Harvey (2019 Edition) Reading Marx’s Capital Volume I with David Harvey (2007 Edition) Reading Marx’s Capital Volume 2 with David Har…

I've made 7 free online courses to help you read Karl Marx

Reading Marx's Capital v1 (2019 & 2007 eds)
Reading Marx's Capital v2
Reading Marx's Grundrisse (2023 & 2020 eds)
Marx, Capital, & the Madness of Economic Reason
The ABC of Contemporary Capital

davidharvey.org/reading-capi...

07.03.2026 19:08 πŸ‘ 189 πŸ” 70 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 3

Look what someone slipped in my pocket unnoticed.

07.03.2026 15:38 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hints aside, I don't take it easy on her, but I am very bad at chess, so it all evens out.

07.03.2026 15:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A wooden chessboard with the black king in checkmate.

A wooden chessboard with the black king in checkmate.

With a modest amount of coaching from me (and a starting handicap), E managed to beat me.

07.03.2026 15:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Hello Bluesky! I am looking for anyone who cares about/writes about/thinks about Rebecca West.

I've been on a 10 year mission to get her a blue plaque in London and am finally allowed to re-apply after it was last turned down.

I'd welcome help building a strong application.

Thank you πŸ’™πŸ™

07.03.2026 11:43 πŸ‘ 99 πŸ” 85 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 5
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Support Sarah Manvel Support Sarah Manvel

I have no steady income at the minute so if you're enjoying the dating profile hellthreads I'd sure appreciate it if you helped me being able to afford going on some actual dates sometime ko-fi.com/cairdiul

07.03.2026 08:38 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Or skeet-never got clear where we landed on that.

05.03.2026 19:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This could function as a subtweet of a fair amount of literary fiction.

05.03.2026 19:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

You will, of course, likely trade one kind of drama for another.

05.03.2026 19:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Spoons spare parents World Book Day costume drama The school has done away with getting children to dress up to ensure all children are included.

The answer is not: go for a cheap pint and forget about it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

05.03.2026 19:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy World Book Day! We are also approaching the 1 year anniversary of my debut @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social poetry collection New Famous Phrases. A fresh box has just arrived, as I sold all my previous copies so if anyone would like a signed copy, please let me know! @worldbookdayuk.bsky.social

05.03.2026 09:26 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ’–

05.03.2026 17:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Phone notification from BBC Sounds app that reads, "India v England - Harry Brook's side face def..."

Phone notification from BBC Sounds app that reads, "India v England - Harry Brook's side face def..."

Instinctively completed this as "defeat."

05.03.2026 13:29 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And started a band

05.03.2026 10:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Everybody stole their first album

05.03.2026 10:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

We have 1x Sir Charlie Stinky Socks and 1x Trainee Special Correspondent Kate, protagonist of Kate on the Case. And they both do indeed look delightful.

05.03.2026 08:10 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

S has accepted my refusal to let him take a sword to school with surprising grace.

05.03.2026 08:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Solidarity with World Book Day parents trying to reconcile costume authenticity with what is appropriate to take to school.

05.03.2026 08:03 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh yes

04.03.2026 14:33 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
β€œThe Common Era,” Abigail Dembo

Tremendous poem in today's @parisreview.bsky.social mail out: mailchi.mp/theparisrevi...

04.03.2026 14:28 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Submission Open!

We would like your poetry for our official launch at the Ottawa Small Press Book Fair 06/26, and beyond!

Send your mini/micro chaps!

See our guidelines at, sider0xylon.carrd.co#submit

03.03.2026 17:45 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

It's sweet that Bluesky has put the "save draft" button above "discard," but that faith is misplaced.

03.03.2026 20:32 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0