Poet. Bingewatching something from the nineties. "Perhaps it is indeed time I began to look at this whole matter of bantering more enthusiastically." linktr.ee/mirkkawriteshttps://bsky.app/profile/mirkkawrites.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mirkkawrites.bsky.social/post/3mvd7nzutg22aYes, I approve every poem of 14 lines calling themselves a sonnet.12 Sep 2026 13:44 +0000at://did:plc:d65vwngnldu7fftwmjmplvnl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvd7nzutg22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/mirkkawrites.bsky.social/post/3mvcrofomsk2aHad a taxi ride in Crete with the English, and no one said anything and I was so pleased we could all just quietly and comfortably admire the scenery together.Turned out they felt very car sick on the twisting,winding roads and felt guilty about not having kept up the small talk.🥲12 Sep 2026 09:34 +0000at://did:plc:d65vwngnldu7fftwmjmplvnl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvcrofomsk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/mirkkawrites.bsky.social/post/3mv5juzrez22r"When you read a poem all that's required is that you be yourself but worse." Luke Kennard in Notes on the Sonnets Yep, I can do that. Easy. #poetry #poems #poetryreading10 Sep 2026 07:31 +0000at://did:plc:d65vwngnldu7fftwmjmplvnl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv5juzrez22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mirkkawrites.bsky.social/post/3muyh2hxifs25I love these fragments - this is my favourite translation of Sappho (by Anne Carson, the genius). Gladness! and with good luck to gain the harbor. #sappho #annecarson08 Sep 2026 06:57 +0000at://did:plc:d65vwngnldu7fftwmjmplvnl/app.bsky.feed.post/3muyh2hxifs25https://bsky.app/profile/mirkkawrites.bsky.social/post/3muychwzdts25How strange to find a rainy morning in England strange.08 Sep 2026 05:35 +0000at://did:plc:d65vwngnldu7fftwmjmplvnl/app.bsky.feed.post/3muychwzdts25https://bsky.app/profile/mirkkawrites.bsky.social/post/3mtrezkivd22vAs a completely non-religious vegetarian, god how I hate the smell of pork. It *is* the foulest meat. Guess what my neighbours have been grilling all summer?23 Aug 2026 18:07 +0000at://did:plc:d65vwngnldu7fftwmjmplvnl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtrezkivd22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mirkkawrites.bsky.social/post/3mt7dgs7mik2wThe moment you've all been waiting for: MY hot The Odyssey takes. Thread. 01/16 Aug 2026 13:51 +0000at://did:plc:d65vwngnldu7fftwmjmplvnl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt7dgs7mik2whttps://bsky.app/profile/mirkkawrites.bsky.social/post/3mt6sll3pes2wI love the LWS podcast, not just because I'm a writer, but because really they are about how to fit your dreams into your life. https://open.spotify.com/episode/64fVV76von4AH6fMK98zLP?si=B1bQQxzrS_6PM8LcZYRHcA&utm_source=copy-link&sci=spotify%3Acard-config%3A40d7yxtj1pf3RNBBWLqQqh #writinglife #writing #dreaming16 Aug 2026 08:49 +0000at://did:plc:d65vwngnldu7fftwmjmplvnl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt6sll3pes2whttps://bsky.app/profile/mirkkawrites.bsky.social/post/3mt2oz3tkyc22Brain: how come I'm not even that tanned this summer? Also brain: BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GO OUTSIDE BECAUSE THE SUN TRIES PURGE HUMANITY OFF THE PLANET Brain: oh, right. ... Do we have any ice cream left?14 Aug 2026 17:35 +0000at://did:plc:d65vwngnldu7fftwmjmplvnl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2oz3tkyc22https://bsky.app/profile/mirkkawrites.bsky.social/post/3msur4fbp7k22Sitting at my desk, curtains drawn, windows closed, I can tell when the temperature outside starts approaching +30°C. It would be nice if we hadn't fucked up the planet. Despite all my complaining about the English rain and cold, I would have liked that.12 Aug 2026 08:56 +0000at://did:plc:d65vwngnldu7fftwmjmplvnl/app.bsky.feed.post/3msur4fbp7k22https://bsky.app/profile/mirkkawrites.bsky.social/post/3mspmlp5h7222This is a heartbreaking, but also beautifully human thread. 🥲 [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Aug 2026 07:52 +0000at://did:plc:d65vwngnldu7fftwmjmplvnl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mspmlp5h7222https://bsky.app/profile/mirkkawrites.bsky.social/post/3msn4rnqovk22I am definitely more and more writer because nowadays when something bad happens (or through own stupidity one makes something stupid happen), I'll be excited about the poem(s) I'll write about it. It's all grist for the mill, world! #thewordprocessorismightierthan21stcentury09 Aug 2026 08:04 +0000at://did:plc:d65vwngnldu7fftwmjmplvnl/app.bsky.feed.post/3msn4rnqovk22https://bsky.app/profile/mirkkawrites.bsky.social/post/3mslk3ypl4s2aA very old poem finally out in the world: 'When I went mad' in Issue 18 of Drawn to the Light Press. It was a hot summer, but looking back, those summers didn't even know what hot is. Stay cool, stay sane! ☂️ drawntothelightpress.com/issues/ #poetry #poem #summermadness https://drawntothelightpress.com/issues/08 Aug 2026 16:57 +0000at://did:plc:d65vwngnldu7fftwmjmplvnl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mslk3ypl4s2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/mirkkawrites.bsky.social/post/3msljs6ho2s26"Humans are the most playful animals on the planet [...] the opposite of play isn't work, it's depression". https://open.spotify.com/episode/4ixl4pEX91E0pvIPEfjP72?si=R8FEI0KSTD6CeOqAaqCleQ&utm_source=copy-link&sci=spotify%3Acard-config%3A26epemsSQZOfvyt6VKwxXd08 Aug 2026 16:51 +0000at://did:plc:d65vwngnldu7fftwmjmplvnl/app.bsky.feed.post/3msljs6ho2s26https://bsky.app/profile/mirkkawrites.bsky.social/post/3mqhoky6x5c2yTracey Emin and Frida Kahlo are right now on the same floor, opposite each other at Tate Modern. If Artemisia Gentileschi were there too, the energy generated would be enough to destroy the patriarchy before our eyes.12 Jul 2026 17:16 +0000at://did:plc:d65vwngnldu7fftwmjmplvnl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqhoky6x5c2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/mirkkawrites.bsky.social/post/3mppz4zmkwc2qPoetry and art tomorrow at 2pm. The gallery space looks great - I missed the opening so looking forward to all the art. And the poets are amazing - that's a guarantee! https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bridging-the-gap-poetry-event-tickets-1991777000626?aff=oddtdtcreator #londonevents #poetryevents #poetryreading #poems #poetry03 Jul 2026 07:21 +0000at://did:plc:d65vwngnldu7fftwmjmplvnl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mppz4zmkwc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mirkkawrites.bsky.social/post/3mnc2afz7us2eI have had to start increasing the font on my screen. Not because I can't see per se, but just because it's too much effort*. I do not like this. (*yeah, it's because I can't see) #ancient #oldage #dotage02 Jun 2026 07:13 +0000at://did:plc:d65vwngnldu7fftwmjmplvnl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnc2afz7us2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/mirkkawrites.bsky.social/post/3mmacwd4z4c22Tonight: grab a poem by the shoulders. Shake, shake, shake. Why won't it speak? #poem #poetry #howtopoem19 May 2026 21:18 +0000at://did:plc:d65vwngnldu7fftwmjmplvnl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmacwd4z4c22https://bsky.app/profile/mirkkawrites.bsky.social/post/3mkxtmggmfs2lWhat the heckity happened to April?!?! Where was I? What was I doing? Was it cruel?03 May 2026 18:58 +0000at://did:plc:d65vwngnldu7fftwmjmplvnl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkxtmggmfs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/mirkkawrites.bsky.social/post/3mfju5qpx622kNo matter how technologically advanced a space or a demon race is, they always seem to need human slaves to chop and carry rocks.23 Feb 2026 14:24 +0000at://did:plc:d65vwngnldu7fftwmjmplvnl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfju5qpx622khttps://bsky.app/profile/mirkkawrites.bsky.social/post/3mehbad5pjs2wTonight: take a poem to the movies. Sit in the dark, let the soundtrack drown out your breath. #howtopoem #poetry #poem09 Feb 2026 20:15 +0000at://did:plc:d65vwngnldu7fftwmjmplvnl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mehbad5pjs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/mirkkawrites.bsky.social/post/3mdvpkcual22tBlack Iris Issue 5 is a real banger. And I'm not even saying so just because I'm in it. Read the whole thing. Start here: www.blackirispoetry.com/man-or-bear #poetry #poems https://www.blackirispoetry.com/man-or-bear02 Feb 2026 20:43 +0000at://did:plc:d65vwngnldu7fftwmjmplvnl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdvpkcual22thttps://bsky.app/profile/mirkkawrites.bsky.social/post/3m6ut7277zk2vRewatching Buffy and school - what a way of life! Spending the day with BFFs learning biology, then a bit of maths, then geography... I'd even gladly try out some new sport in PE. And SOMEONE ELSE has planned and organised all this - all you have to do is show up! Why can't adults have this?30 Nov 2025 21:10 +0000at://did:plc:d65vwngnldu7fftwmjmplvnl/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6ut7277zk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mirkkawrites.bsky.social/post/3m6oo6ogpjc2hThere's a lot of enshittification going on but the way MS has fucked up "new" Outlook continues to blow my mind every day. Over twenty years I've been relying on this tool and now it can barely send an email. I am truly curious as to how this was achieved.28 Nov 2025 10:24 +0000at://did:plc:d65vwngnldu7fftwmjmplvnl/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6oo6ogpjc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/mirkkawrites.bsky.social/post/3m6iarrhfs22eTonight: get angry with a poem. Open the windows and shout all the words. #howtopoem #poetry #poems25 Nov 2025 21:08 +0000at://did:plc:d65vwngnldu7fftwmjmplvnl/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6iarrhfs22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/mirkkawrites.bsky.social/post/3m6iaorhuq22eThis is on tomorrow! [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Nov 2025 21:07 +0000at://did:plc:d65vwngnldu7fftwmjmplvnl/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6iaorhuq22e