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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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Looking forward to judging this year's GPS open poetry competition - deadline for submissions 30th September. See www.gloucestershirepoetrysociety.co.uk for all the details #poetry #poetrycompetition #poetlife
August reading status update 🤓 . . #amreading #bookstagram
Holiday is a state of mind / is the time it takes to get back to yourself. Road trip!  🇪🇸  🇵🇹  🇪🇸
out of office
Stopped by Mara and Tobin, aka total legends beavering away at Rattle and Brash on the sound for the Hidden Notes installation. Plus these beautiful drafts of more muslin hangings from Nirvana (sound onnnn) after we block printed the poems last week.
Explorer Poet Podcast's latest episode, in which I harp on about the compulsion of creativity and the "value" of art. Enjoy it not least for the moment when my mind goes totally blank, and I forget every American poet I've ever read 🦧🙈 Th
'Every single clock at Snowshill Manor tells a different time, every corner of every room giving the illusion of existing on a different timeline. Or, multiple timelines existing all at once, simultaneously. I suppose that if you could peer into the
Anyone who knows me knows that I swim here all the time. It’s a place that’s very dear to me as well as lots friends I swim with – I think we all feel like we belong to this place and are nourished and nurtured by it and feel a deep
Really *really* pleased to say that I've signed with Matt Turner at Rogers, Coleridge & White @rcwliteraryagency Excited about the road ahead may be a slight understatement 🤯😆🤓
Beautiful Ruskin Mill - first time here for a while; I've been reading and thinking a lot about spiritual ecologies lately and reciprocity and this place seems to embody compassion, empathy and care for all life. This and all the marching, pot bangin
I've never been more ashamed to be British. I didn't vote for this @uklabour @keirstarmer @david.lammy Stop arming Israel NOW, exert intense diplomatic pressure through bi- and multilateral channels and get the borders open NOW. Stop the genoc.ide NO
Fun morning with Steve Moore who's photographing poets around Gloucestershire ... and I got to go first 😱 I don't know about anyone else but I'm not wild about having my photo taken by others - yet Steve's such a reassuring presence, he's made somet
What a brilliant way to end a bonkers term - two poems in the latest edition of Under the Radar @ninearchespress, a journal I've longed to be in 💚 Much gratitude to editors Jane Commane and Matt Merritt whose care for the work and professionalism i
Ahoy there! We've been lucky enough to do our @lost.mythos show to full houses and absolutely packed out crowds so far but for some reason the last show of this leg of our mini tour at @kingshillhouse #Dursley this Thursday has sold a mere 14 tickets
@lost.mythos on the road this weekend 🙌🏽 Ledbury Fringe Saturday, Totnes Fringe Sunday. Come say hi! 🌞
Poets at Priddy 🧡