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"Cloths of such strength they'll outlast the life of a man" / On being Stroudwater Textile Trust Poet in Residence
"Cloths of such strength they'll outlast the life of a man" / On being Stroudwater Textile Trust Poet in Residence
JLM Morton18 April 2021poetry, poetryresidency, textiles, stroud, stroudwater
Instructions From a Mute Swan
Instructions From a Mute Swan
JLM Morton1 December 2020
Starvation Song
Starvation Song
JLM Morton14 November 2020
Halloween Special! Daubenton's Bats
Halloween Special! Daubenton's Bats
JLM Morton27 October 2020
The Turning
The Turning

A poem for October at the lake.

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JLM Morton30 September 2020
Provenance
Provenance
JLM Morton3 August 2020
Wingspan
Wingspan
JLM Morton30 June 2020poetry, magpie, amwriting, poetrycommunity, poetryresidency, poetinresidenceComment
Night Swimming
Night Swimming
JLM Morton31 May 2020
Night Watch, May 2020
Night Watch, May 2020
JLM Morton2 May 2020 Comments
Courage, April 2020
Courage, April 2020
JLM Morton1 April 2020Comment
#lakegram
#lakegram
JLM Morton11 March 2020
Now I've found my voice, I've got so much to say
Now I've found my voice, I've got so much to say
JLM Morton8 March 2020
Figure of Speech, March 2020
Figure of Speech, March 2020
JLM Morton1 March 2020
Tenching, February 2020
Tenching, February 2020
JLM Morton1 February 2020
On Being Waterland Poet in Residence 2020
On Being Waterland Poet in Residence 2020
JLM Morton1 January 2020
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The arts survive not because the system is fair, but because people choose to keep the work alive. Literature does not happen in isolation. It happens in rooms, in circles, in landscapes, in conversations and in communities. It happens because people
Over on the Poetry School blog, I have written about some of the ways we might write about England in these strange times... "Leaning into the weird (and into the Old English ‘wyrd’) is a way of exploring the world beyond normative n
but I'm not a 'wild' swimmer, more of a serene glider ... almost like I give no f*cks? so peaceful today, apart from the crazy sqwuaking herons 🪶 . . . #trespass #amswimming
This time last year I was writing about magnolias for an essay on ecopoetics in Poetry Birmingham Lit Journal, their vulnerability and resilience. Read the essay here: https://poetrybirmingham.com/jlm-morton-wonder-as-liberation-practice "As I
Committing this to the grid, meeting the absolute legend that is Alison Brackenbury tonight when she came to my reading in Cheltenham. Such a razor sharp wit, 10 poetry collections so far, multiple awards, broadcaster extraordinaire. Role model in e
This international Women's Day I am celebrating by being a woman and going out to read a lot of poems, something I'm lucky to now call my actual job - but I wouldn't be doing this without the support of my amazing friends who by casually assuming I c
Tomorrow, I'll be reading poems alongside three films for 'We Swim' @stroudfilmfest @museuminthepark the extraordinary Maze from the Scottish Ballet, BAFTA winning Jellyfish & Lobster and The Pool, a community film about our local lido Poems by
Happy World Book Day to my book babies! Both pamphlets have completely sold out now but Red Handed is still available from @brokensleepbooks ❤️🤓 JLM Morton has created a visceral and profound testament to rural life and the cloth and dye industries
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Niche reading selections for February / head in the archives / all energy into writing, writing ✍️ . #amreading
WE SWIM 🐟 Join me and the brilliant Jess McQuail for three films about swimming and some pool themed poetry on Sunday 8th March @stroudfilmfest! Jess has been instrumental in caring for our amazing lido and making sure it stays open for everyone to
BUZZZZZ WORDS. Join me a week on Sunday for a workshop and open mic at the next Buzzwords, Cheltenham's regular live poetry night 🎙 Workshop 7pm, followed by a reading from yours truly and open mic. Exmouth Arms, GL53 7LX. . . #poetrycommunity #ch
Back on it... this week's workshop planning 🪄
Thanks to a generous soul, I put myself in book jail/paradise for 48 hours at a local hotel to get the damn words done. I'm not sure I'd recommend having to get two books together (poetry collection and long form prose book) at the same time but such
Craft vs. Technique 🚘🏁 I was re-reading Heaney's 'Feeling into Words' essay recently for a group I'm running and been thinking much about the distinction he makes between craft - the ability to make poems; and technique - the ability to go beyond c
Over at Uni of Glos @uniofglos today to talk to undergrad Eng Lit and Creative Writing students about place, ecology and identity 💚🐸🦠🌱🌳🪲
bright orb / blue scrap of what? ... 41 consecutive days of rain 🌧
What an unexpectedly terrific opportunity to share new work at last night's Stroud Arts Lab. Was anticipating half a dozen folk huddled round a lukewarm cuppa tea but I could not have been *more wrong*. Double surprise to see the ever superb Tom Sast
Hi, here's my massive mug in a entirely unveiled and shameless attempt to ask if anyone can recommend (or indeed runs) good UK poetry nights that I can read at? My new collection will be out late August and I'm starting to get my planning hat on for