Word wrangler; Running HEADLESS POET: https://www.headlesspoet.com/; writing A POETRY NOTEBOOK: https://jwikeley.substack.com/https://bsky.app/profile/jwikeley.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jwikeley.bsky.social/post/3mm4zk3xtss23Really enjoyed this and, as a regular Writer's Bookshelf reader, was very flattered to be asked! Thank you @mathewlyons.bsky.social. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 May 2026 13:52 +0000at://did:plc:r2qxph5o5b5py3f3mslmnum7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm4zk3xtss23https://bsky.app/profile/jwikeley.bsky.social/post/3mkaofm7srs2xPoetry Notebook 24/04/26 On Leontia Flynn, the poetry of stuff, and a season of sonnets. https://jwikeley.substack.com/p/poetry-notebook-240426?utm_source=activity_item24 Apr 2026 13:53 +0000at://did:plc:r2qxph5o5b5py3f3mslmnum7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkaofm7srs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/jwikeley.bsky.social/post/3mjoyatvybc2jhttps://jwikeley.substack.com/p/rewarding-in-a-rather-straightforward17 Apr 2026 13:01 +0000at://did:plc:r2qxph5o5b5py3f3mslmnum7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjoyatvybc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/jwikeley.bsky.social/post/3mj4youyvzc2v [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Apr 2026 09:21 +0000at://did:plc:r2qxph5o5b5py3f3mslmnum7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj4youyvzc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jwikeley.bsky.social/post/3mhd5s2x5tk2iI was very glad to do this one, and to spend some time walking London with Hill's poems. Such a loss. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Mar 2026 09:18 +0000at://did:plc:r2qxph5o5b5py3f3mslmnum7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhd5s2x5tk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/jwikeley.bsky.social/post/3mgwmwt2nzc2sBack to my old tricks (bothering publicity teams for review copies of books I can barely afford the time to read, let alone write about)13 Mar 2026 09:45 +0000at://did:plc:r2qxph5o5b5py3f3mslmnum7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgwmwt2nzc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/jwikeley.bsky.social/post/3mfrgqzhtls2kProofs! Very exciting. @victoriamoul.bsky.social Pre-order the real thing: https://www.headlesspoet.com/shop/p/poems-beautiful-useful26 Feb 2026 14:46 +0000at://did:plc:r2qxph5o5b5py3f3mslmnum7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfrgqzhtls2khttps://bsky.app/profile/jwikeley.bsky.social/post/3mfrfq32jw22aBack to my old tricks (putting £1 on Labour to win in G&D at 4/1)26 Feb 2026 14:27 +0000at://did:plc:r2qxph5o5b5py3f3mslmnum7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfrfq32jw22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jwikeley.bsky.social/post/3mfjcm2iyjs2e"There is a difference between paying attention to an ending and a poem which is genuinely attentive to its own end—which has been, from the first line, a thing in time, moving through it. " Some thoughts for the blog on endings in poetry, via Muloon, Allnutt & Kunial. https://substack.com/home/post/p-17763847423 Feb 2026 09:10 +0000at://did:plc:r2qxph5o5b5py3f3mslmnum7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfjcm2iyjs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/jwikeley.bsky.social/post/3mf7cwa5jas2rIntroductions are the way poetry survives. They are also, I think, an endangered art. Which is why I'm starting a poetry press. Here's a little more about what that all means (and how you can help): https://jwikeley.substack.com/p/why-im-starting-a-poetry-press-and19 Feb 2026 09:49 +0000at://did:plc:r2qxph5o5b5py3f3mslmnum7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf7cwa5jas2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/jwikeley.bsky.social/post/3mf2uurr3ck2n🏠 [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Feb 2026 15:27 +0000at://did:plc:r2qxph5o5b5py3f3mslmnum7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf2uurr3ck2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jwikeley.bsky.social/post/3meqs3eank22aThe daffs are coming out, and so are the @badlilies.bsky.social. Delighted to have two new poems in this early spring posy. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Feb 2026 15:10 +0000at://did:plc:r2qxph5o5b5py3f3mslmnum7/app.bsky.feed.post/3meqs3eank22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jwikeley.bsky.social/post/3me76l5rihk2bWhy I'm starting a poetry press. And how you can help 👇 Introducing, Headless Poet... https://jwikeley.substack.com/p/why-im-starting-a-poetry-press-and06 Feb 2026 15:06 +0000at://did:plc:r2qxph5o5b5py3f3mslmnum7/app.bsky.feed.post/3me76l5rihk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jwikeley.bsky.social/post/3mdn7hyejfk2bWell, I read that wrong. [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Jan 2026 11:34 +0000at://did:plc:r2qxph5o5b5py3f3mslmnum7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdn7hyejfk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jwikeley.bsky.social/post/3mdgbqeh6vs2sThis is one of the few positions in the book world which is both deeply unpopular, genuinely brave and completely correct. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Jan 2026 17:26 +0000at://did:plc:r2qxph5o5b5py3f3mslmnum7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdgbqeh6vs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/jwikeley.bsky.social/post/3mbqfvy6mfc2aNew edition of Peter Didsbury's "new and collected poems" this April. I am very excited. Poetry's best kept secret. https://www.bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/product/scenes-from-a-long-sleep-140906 Jan 2026 07:17 +0000at://did:plc:r2qxph5o5b5py3f3mslmnum7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbqfvy6mfc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jwikeley.bsky.social/post/3mbjhxifnbk2qMe, last year, on how Larkin made it new. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Jan 2026 13:05 +0000at://did:plc:r2qxph5o5b5py3f3mslmnum7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbjhxifnbk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/jwikeley.bsky.social/post/3mabdqvxqw22gMy bit on Larkin's The Less Deceived, which is 70 this year -and every bit as good as The Whitsun Weddings. Thanks as ever to @engelsbergideas.bsky.social & thank you again to @plsoc.bsky.social for hosting the live version. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Dec 2025 14:03 +0000at://did:plc:r2qxph5o5b5py3f3mslmnum7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mabdqvxqw22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/jwikeley.bsky.social/post/3ma67bzzyrc2nA Poetry Notebook enters the Kingdom of Winter, with cameo appearances from Christina Rossetti, Frost, Stevens, Larkin and Toby Martinez de las Rivas. https://jwikeley.substack.com/p/snow-on-snow-snow-on-snow-on-snow17 Dec 2025 08:05 +0000at://did:plc:r2qxph5o5b5py3f3mslmnum7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma67bzzyrc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jwikeley.bsky.social/post/3m7pemkejkc2j"These days, I stress that close reading is not magic. Its power lies in argument: always vulnerable, nothing simpler and yet nothing harder." @bostonreview.bsky.social https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/the-claims-of-close-reading/11 Dec 2025 10:31 +0000at://did:plc:r2qxph5o5b5py3f3mslmnum7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7pemkejkc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/jwikeley.bsky.social/post/3m72vnjyd7c2mI have a new poem, about ancient history, in the winter edition of @thelondonmagazine.bsky.social. Very pleased I am about it too. You can get a copy and read some other pieces online here: https://thelondonmagazine.org/product/current-issue-2/03 Dec 2025 07:10 +0000at://did:plc:r2qxph5o5b5py3f3mslmnum7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m72vnjyd7c2m