https://bsky.app/profile/robinrvw.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/robinrvw.bsky.social/post/3mkkzle6nws2tIs this the death drive...an exhortation to exit the stage? Discover the Real. But then it says 'Ambush Reality'?28 Apr 2026 16:40 +0000at://did:plc:27lej6ppxvg3d7m2o3iuvdj5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkzle6nws2thttps://bsky.app/profile/robinrvw.bsky.social/post/3mkfh3cl35c2gGuest poets for the next couple of months at Art & Talking in #chippingnorton #oxfordshire are: Sun 3 May, Martyn Crucefix & @rehema.bsky.social; Sun 7 June, Rachel Pantechnicon + guest TBA. All at 6–8pm. https://zeroquality.net/art-and-talking.html26 Apr 2026 11:25 +0000at://did:plc:27lej6ppxvg3d7m2o3iuvdj5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkfh3cl35c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/robinrvw.bsky.social/post/3mkcuz2b3ts24Free Verse poetry book fair 12-6.30pm this afternoon, Sat 25 Apr, St Columba's Church, London. I'll be there after 3pm. https://poetrysociety.org.uk/projects/free-verse/25 Apr 2026 10:57 +0000at://did:plc:27lej6ppxvg3d7m2o3iuvdj5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkcuz2b3ts24https://bsky.app/profile/robinrvw.bsky.social/post/3mistfchy3c2qSamuel McCormick on split subjectivity (Lectures on Lacan) 2/206 Apr 2026 08:20 +0000at://did:plc:27lej6ppxvg3d7m2o3iuvdj5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mistfchy3c2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/robinrvw.bsky.social/post/3mistevn6l22qThe picture of yourself that you post online is not the same as the person who's posting that picture online. In fact, it's usually that we feel hideous as embodied beings that we turn to Instagram in hopes of posting a better picture of ourselves and popping the "like" economy in our direction. 1/206 Apr 2026 08:20 +0000at://did:plc:27lej6ppxvg3d7m2o3iuvdj5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mistevn6l22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/robinrvw.bsky.social/post/3mioiikjikc27“Young people want to come together.... They want to meet up in real life." Exactly what we are running New Gen youth festival for in #Ealing. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/03/experts-respond-to-mass-teen-meet-ups-clapham-london04 Apr 2026 14:54 +0000at://did:plc:27lej6ppxvg3d7m2o3iuvdj5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mioiikjikc27https://bsky.app/profile/robinrvw.bsky.social/post/3mill5anphc2kOur next #poetry event at Art & Talking is on Sun 12 Apr 4–6pm with David Clarke and Jane Lovell. That's 6 Middle Row, #ChippingNorton, OX7 5NH. £5 on the door. Limited open spots available (max 5 mins/2 poems)...DM if interested. https://zeroquality.net/art-and-talking.html03 Apr 2026 11:04 +0000at://did:plc:27lej6ppxvg3d7m2o3iuvdj5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mill5anphc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/robinrvw.bsky.social/post/3mhr6kqlwbk2uBecause words move...poetry & dance improv workshop with myself and choreographer Pepa Ubera coming up Friday 27 March at the Omnibus Theatre, Clapham Common!23 Mar 2026 23:09 +0000at://did:plc:27lej6ppxvg3d7m2o3iuvdj5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhr6kqlwbk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/robinrvw.bsky.social/post/3mgieu6kiks2dJoin us at Art & Talking in #ChippingNorton on Sun 8 Mar with @mwhelanwrites.bsky.social & @zoebrooks.bsky.social for more words that make you feel something / or at least sound like they mean something. 4–6pm, £5 on the door. Bios at www.instagram.com/p/DVWFQrCiFXH/ #poetry #openmic07 Mar 2026 17:43 +0000at://did:plc:27lej6ppxvg3d7m2o3iuvdj5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgieu6kiks2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/robinrvw.bsky.social/post/3mgakrlzbz22wA short audio snippet from my Poetry Remix workshop on 13 February 2026...here Ernesto Sarezale and myself riffing off 'A Nocturnal Opera' by Eleanor Rees. This started taking a neurological turn, after the recording stopped. Next improv workshops: 6 & 27 March https://zeroquality.net/poetry-improv.html04 Mar 2026 15:07 +0000at://did:plc:27lej6ppxvg3d7m2o3iuvdj5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgakrlzbz22whttps://bsky.app/profile/robinrvw.bsky.social/post/3mf5iqqp4vc2iI'm collaborating with artist and choreographer Pepa Ubera on 27 March for a joint dance & poetry improv workshop exploring how the voice moves, how the body speaks. Details here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/zeroquality/2067242 #poetry #dance #improvisation #workshop18 Feb 2026 16:28 +0000at://did:plc:27lej6ppxvg3d7m2o3iuvdj5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf5iqqp4vc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/robinrvw.bsky.social/post/3meoaue36j22zA few shots from October's workshop, where we were working with fragments of existing texts torn or screwed up as a score to riff off, with Martin Lau circulating among us on his flute. See here for upcoming workshops: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/zeroquality/2044562 #poetryimprov12 Feb 2026 14:57 +0000at://did:plc:27lej6ppxvg3d7m2o3iuvdj5/app.bsky.feed.post/3meoaue36j22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/robinrvw.bsky.social/post/3meoap7j5ss2zPoetry Remix, my next improv workshop, is coming up this Friday 13 Feb...and I will also be running a joint poetry-and-dance improv session called How the Voice Moves on 27 March with artist & choreographer Pepa Ubera. https://www.tickettailor.com/events/zeroquality/204456212 Feb 2026 14:54 +0000at://did:plc:27lej6ppxvg3d7m2o3iuvdj5/app.bsky.feed.post/3meoap7j5ss2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/robinrvw.bsky.social/post/3mdskyx5k3k2nPlanning my Poetry Improv Workshops. 13 Feb—Poetry Remix: how can we use existing texts as tools for improvisation? 6 Mar—Working the Space: how can we use the rehearsal space—its architectural features & objects within—as a source of ideas & interaction. https://www.tickettailor.com/events/zeroquality/204456201 Feb 2026 14:44 +0000at://did:plc:27lej6ppxvg3d7m2o3iuvdj5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdskyx5k3k2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/robinrvw.bsky.social/post/3mdib23o6ik2ePoetry improv workshops coming up this spring @omnibustheatre.bsky.social in London on 13 Feb and 6 March, 7.15pm. Full details at https://zeroquality.net/poetry-improv.html28 Jan 2026 12:19 +0000at://did:plc:27lej6ppxvg3d7m2o3iuvdj5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdib23o6ik2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/robinrvw.bsky.social/post/3md6d2uoqos2lCHANGE IN PROGRAMME: We'll now be joined on 9 February by the wonderful @lauratheis.bsky.social who will be reading alongside @matriches.bsky.social and poets from the floor at Art & Talking #ChippingNorton.24 Jan 2026 13:28 +0000at://did:plc:27lej6ppxvg3d7m2o3iuvdj5/app.bsky.feed.post/3md6d2uoqos2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/robinrvw.bsky.social/post/3md4243fiic2gCurrently racing through Alphabet Diaries by #SheilaHeti. Every sentence has a double context: the one it may have been ripped from, and the new one in the book. Lots of poetic-feeling repetition. A decade collapsed into an alphabetical present.23 Jan 2026 15:43 +0000at://did:plc:27lej6ppxvg3d7m2o3iuvdj5/app.bsky.feed.post/3md4243fiic2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/robinrvw.bsky.social/post/3mcrfw7cn4s2vSix extraordinary poets are landing at Art and Talking this spring to steer a course through the uncanny, the foolish, and the elemental: @matriches.bsky.social, Lorna Burchell, Maria Whelan, @zoebrooks.bsky.social, Jane Lovell, David Clarke Get yourself a seat and be part of the journey!19 Jan 2026 10:15 +0000at://did:plc:27lej6ppxvg3d7m2o3iuvdj5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcrfw7cn4s2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/robinrvw.bsky.social/post/3mcke2nwuz224I'm wondering if there are any awards for things like poetry in the public realm or community settings? We completed Poetry High Streets in Ealing last autumn and I'd like to see if we can put it forward for anything. https://ealingculture.org/poetry-high-streets/ [Image by Alex Sturrock]16 Jan 2026 14:53 +0000at://did:plc:27lej6ppxvg3d7m2o3iuvdj5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcke2nwuz224https://bsky.app/profile/robinrvw.bsky.social/post/3ma6xrevin22rOne of my poetry improv experiments...I prepped for this by cycling through changing morphemes and pitches, building in intensity. When it stopped, I started speaking, and this is what came out. Kind of a lucid dreaming scenario...both watching and guiding in a remote kind of way. #poetryimprov17 Dec 2025 15:23 +0000at://did:plc:27lej6ppxvg3d7m2o3iuvdj5/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma6xrevin22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/robinrvw.bsky.social/post/3m6ymlbwagk2eOur six Poetry High Streets installations around Ealing are all launched now! https://www.aroundealing.com/news/poetry-on-the-high-streets/02 Dec 2025 09:22 +0000at://did:plc:27lej6ppxvg3d7m2o3iuvdj5/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6ymlbwagk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/robinrvw.bsky.social/post/3m4nh2g4hg22jJoin us for Poetry at Art & Talking in #ChippingNorton with @nessalampert.bsky.social and Zoe Brown this Monday, 3 November! Art on the walls by Pato Bosich. 7pm start and £5 entry. #openmic slots available. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Nov 2025 11:53 +0000at://did:plc:27lej6ppxvg3d7m2o3iuvdj5/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4nh2g4hg22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/robinrvw.bsky.social/post/3m3mjn65jik2qWhen poets perform with musicians, why is it always the musician who does the improvising? This Friday the poets get a chance to make things up too, in my poetry improv workshop with sonic artist and improvisor Martin Lau. https://www.tickettailor.com/events/zeroquality/1860797 24 Oct, 7.15pm at the Omnibus Theatre20 Oct 2025 09:42 +0000at://did:plc:27lej6ppxvg3d7m2o3iuvdj5/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3mjn65jik2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/robinrvw.bsky.social/post/3m2owfi7ou22zExciting to be on the Dithering Chaps longlist! Shortlist announced in 1 week. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Oct 2025 15:10 +0000at://did:plc:27lej6ppxvg3d7m2o3iuvdj5/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2owfi7ou22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/robinrvw.bsky.social/post/3m2jfnxdsh22xDoing a bit of planning for this Friday's #poetryimprov workshop. We will be trying out some pairwork and 'a game of offers', using ideas I've borrowed from both theatre and dance #improvisation. Details and booking: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/zeroquality/1860797 7pm at Omnibus Theatre, #ClaphamCommon.06 Oct 2025 10:27 +0000at://did:plc:27lej6ppxvg3d7m2o3iuvdj5/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2jfnxdsh22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/robinrvw.bsky.social/post/3lzxxlguf5s2w2 poetry #improvisation workshops around #NationalPoetryDay on 10 and 24 Oct at @omnibustheatre.bsky.social (Clapham Common), 7.15–8.45pm More info & tickets from https://www.tickettailor.com/events/zeroquality/1860797 @nationalpoetryday #play #NPD2025 #PlayWithPoetry #poetryimprov29 Sep 2025 12:00 +0000at://did:plc:27lej6ppxvg3d7m2o3iuvdj5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzxxlguf5s2w