Geoffrey Aitken

No wages next. Employment using slave labour. Back to the old days. Total feudal system dependence. Baa, when you're told.

Oh yes, Katherine, I do like this piece. So smooth and metered. An enchantment. 💓

Extremely agreeable. Well conceived. 👍

@pamthepoet.bsky.social @kathrynreese.bsky.social @bts-adams.bsky.social this context blows me away 💓

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whoa. packed. 👍

Understandable. Alive and well. 👍

Wow. I live in a village/deep outer suburb where the cafes close by 3:00 pm, with only passing traffic after that. 🥺

Don't listen for the needle leaving the vinyl. 💓

Killed me. Smiling. Art. 💓

Love it. Universal. Tragically true. 🙏

I wouldn't have used 'into oblivion'. Spooling is absolutely ideal. Great word choice.

#PoemsAbout #NoFuture, my thanks always to
@alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk
and participating poets

softly

no future.

denying
tomorrow,
won’t happen.

our children
have plans.

imagine,
no future
without children.
unviable 💓

For #PoemsAbout #NoFuture with thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk and all poets participating.

Short version. The site said 4:30 pm. Set my clock for 4:20 pm. The interview began at 4:00 pm. Enter the podcast that came up later than the same day. Sad. 😱👀

@pamthepoet.bsky.social @kathrynreese.bsky.social Enjoyed these.

Issue 5.2: Blank Spaces Issue 5.2 (Blank Spaces) from Stripes Literary Magazine featuring poetry, art, and photography while honoring a beloved contributor who passed away. This issue explores silence, memory, and creative r...

Why don't you check out Stripes Magazine, Issue 5.2 'Blank Spaces'? It is a thinner, though powerfully resonant thematically. Read the Editorial and prepare.

stripesliterarymagazine.weebly.com/issue-5-blan...

Ooh. Thank you, K. 💓

Murdoch might suggest an inaccuracy in your suggestion and that, in fact, the Government is merely an extension of the popular press. Politicians framed and hung in its gallery. 💓

Gotcha. Alarm set to remind me.

Same people? No?

Many, many thanks. Shared to F/B and posted on X

three poems — Blood+Honey by Geoffrey Aitken “it was said his hat rested / on the hook by the door. / convenience, / might have been why.”

@bloodhoneylit.bsky.social has posted three [3] poems, making me extremely happy. You'll enjoy them as well, without tuggin'. Take a look. Consider submitting, poets. Thanks to the editorial team.

www.bloodhoneylit.com/poetry/aitke...

Polished. Insightful. Good luck with the MS 🙏

"No milk today, my love has gone away, the bottles stand forlorn a symbol of the dawn..." just rememberin'🤪

"All night long, all night..."

You live where? Does she mail? Double choc. Hmm. Swap recipes - I'll get mine onto it. Still, I can't even get her onto Bluesky. What chance. I'll have to try harder.

Shout out to 'The Closed Eye Open', announcing the release of ISSUE XIV. "The selection process was very careful, and honestly, there was some really great work that just didn't fit into our plans." [my own poem 'unpurposed' page 59]
Enjoy the issue page on our website at

theclosedeyeopen.com

Extremely happy and encouraged by this Aussie [Vol 13 Issue 2] Meniscus for page 2 or thereabouts to read 'no answer', written for my late mother and those women I saw while hospitalised. The whole Issue is extremely well curated. the editorial team 💓💓
www.meniscus.org.au/current-issue.

AAWP: Meniscus literary journal Submission Manager The Australasian Association of Writing Programs (AAWP) publishes the literary journal Meniscus and the writing journal TEXT, and hosts a number of creative writing competitions. Meniscus is an online...

Many publications rely on 'us' to promote opportunities. "Submissions are open for the first issue of Meniscus for 2026, at meniscusliteraryjournal.submittable.com/submit; and keep an eye out for the 2026 prizes, if you’re interested in submitting work." Do share amongst writer/poets.