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26.02.2026 23:23 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Please come to an awesome PERVERSE poetry reading with Annie Katchinska, Crispin Best, Edward Doegar, Joe Carrick-Varty, L. Kiew, Michelle Penn, Natalie Shaw and Phoebe Gilmore on Weds 18th March | Basement @The Betsey Trotwood (EC1R 3BL) | from 7pm | free
25.02.2026 12:10 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
That’s all from PERVERSE this year. Thank you so much to everyone for reading, and to everyone who sent in their work to be read. You can enjoy the issue archive here: perverse.substack.com
19.12.2025 17:03 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
The fifth poem in PERVERSE 9J is 'In which I carry Gandhi across Paris on the longest night of the year' by Sue Burge. Read all five poems in this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-9i
19.12.2025 10:32 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The fourth poem in PERVERSE 9J is 'And maybe it’s the time of year… New Year’s Eve 2024 (Aldwych, London)' by Jeffery Sugarman @jcsugarman.bsky.social. Read all five poems in this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-9j
18.12.2025 09:59 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The third poem in PERVERSE 9J is 'THE PARTY AFTER THE AFTER PARTY' by CP Nield. Read all five poems in this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-9j
17.12.2025 10:32 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The second poem in PERVERSE 9J is 'Herpetologists' by L Kiew @lkiew.bsky.social. Read all five poems in this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-9j
16.12.2025 09:38 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1Loving the new issue of Perverse - with special joy reading poems by @lkiew.bsky.social, Sue Burge and Jeff Sugarman! Frogs, Gandhi and New Year's Eve - brilliant stuff!
15.12.2025 21:33 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The first poem in PERVERSE 9J is 'Continue as Annie' by Annie Katchinska. Read all five poems in this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-9j
15.12.2025 10:46 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
PERVERSE 9J is out today! The last section of this issue! This week features five poems by Annie Katchinska, L Kiew, CP Nield, Jeffery Sugarman and Sue Burge, on parties, adjectives, frogs and more. Read all five poems from this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-9j
15.12.2025 10:40 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
The fifth poem in PERVERSE 9I is by Edward Doegar. Read all five poems in this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-9i
12.12.2025 12:16 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The fourth poem in PERVERSE 9I is 'Box' by Michelle Penn @michpenn.bsky.social. Read all five poems in this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-9i
11.12.2025 09:30 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The third poem in PERVERSE 9I is 'Lush' by Charlotte Whittle. Read all five poems in this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-9i
10.12.2025 12:43 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The second poem in PERVERSE 9I is 'Crying into the Onions' by Sam Harvey. Read all five poems in this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-9i
09.12.2025 10:33 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The first poem in PERVERSE 9I is 'I Blame Myself for Herbert Kretzmer’s Death' by Dawn Sands. Read all five poems in this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-9i
08.12.2025 11:11 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
PERVERSE 9I is out today! This week features five poems by Dawn Sands, Sam Harvey, Charlotte Whittle, Michelle Penn and Edward Doegar, on Jean Valjean, leaf mulch, and Lush glitter. Read all five poems from this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-9i
08.12.2025 11:02 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1Clearly the finest haiku ever written.
04.12.2025 13:44 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The fifth poem in PERVERSE 9H is 'Julian of Norwich Witnesses the Passion of Christ in Aisle 3 of Tesco Extra' by Isabelle Thompson. Read all five poems in this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-9h
05.12.2025 10:23 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The fourth poem in PERVERSE 9H is 'Haiku Against Loneliness' by Tom Blake (@tomblake17.bsky.social). Read all five poems in this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-9h
04.12.2025 12:13 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 2
The third poem in PERVERSE 9H is 'They assemble to bid farewell to a middle tier musician!' by Max Terry Fishel. Read all five poems in this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-9h
03.12.2025 09:22 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The second poem in PERVERSE 9H is 'The Mushroom Picker' by Imogen Wade. Read all five poems in this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-9h
02.12.2025 10:56 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The first poem in PERVERSE 9H is 'Pornography' by Adam Clifford. Read all five poems in this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-9h
01.12.2025 10:18 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
PERVERSE 9H is out today! This week features five poems by Adam Clifford, Imogen Wade, Max Terry Fishel, Tom Blake and Isabelle Thompson, on mushrooms, loneliness and Julian of Norwich. Read all five poems from this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-9h
01.12.2025 10:10 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The fifth poem in PERVERSE 9G is 'Mills & Boon: The Sequel' by Vic Pickup. Read all five poems in this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-9g
28.11.2025 09:58 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The fourth poem in PERVERSE 9G is 'the power poesy' by Zach Storey. Read all five poems in this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-9g
27.11.2025 09:33 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The third poem in PERVERSE 9G is 'a zebra is an ass with stripes' by Simon Maddrell @simonmaddrell.bsky.social. Read all five poems in this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-9g
26.11.2025 10:59 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The second poem in PERVERSE 9F is 'like rabbits' by Mark Waldron. Read all five poems in this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-9g
25.11.2025 09:52 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
The first poem in PERVERSE 9G is 'Touch Me Up in The Garden' by Lewis Buxton. Read all five poems in this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-9g
24.11.2025 09:51 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
PERVERSE 9G is out today! This week features five yellow poems by Lewis Buxton, Mark Waldron, Simon Maddrell, Zach Storey and Vic Pickup. Read all five poems from this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-9g
24.11.2025 09:43 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The fifth poem in PERVERSE 9F is 'About egg yolks and flames' by Flora Leask Arizpe. Read all five poems in this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-9f
21.11.2025 09:43 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0