Brian Bilston

Ceci n'est pas un poème.

Agent: Jane Finigan (email: info@lutyensrubinstein.couk)

My books: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/brianbilston
Gigs: https://brianbilston.com/events/

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2026-04-15 09:08:13 UTC

Today’s poem is called ‘On Tender Hooks’.
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2026-04-03 07:52:11 UTC

Today’s poem is called ‘Crow’s Day Off’.
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2026-04-02 08:20:00 UTC

Today’s poem is called ‘Late Twentieth-Century Techno-Funk Wake-Up Call’.
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2026-04-01 08:29:35 UTC

Today’s poem is called ‘How Hard It Is to Be the Moon’.
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2026-03-31 09:41:05 UTC

Today’s poem is about trying to get around the UK by train. It’s called ‘The Poet Now Standing at Platform 3A’.
https://brianbilston.com/2026/03/31/a-poem-about-my-experience-of-travelling-on-network-rail/
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2026-03-30 08:11:12 UTC

Today’s poem is called ‘Logomachy’.
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2026-03-29 12:51:42 UTC

Advance warning: from tomorrow, I'm going to start sharing a poem each day again; so, if you were ever thinking about closing down your social media accounts, now might be a good time.

2026-03-24 14:03:40 UTC

Dead chuffed to have taken delivery today of advance copies of ‘How to Lay an Egg with a Horse Inside’, which comes out next month.
As ever, Picador have done a fabulous job in bringing my words to the printed page.
Incredibly, it’s my tenth book. I don’t quite know how that has happened.
Thanks to everyone for having indulged me for so long.
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2026-03-21 08:36:31 UTC

On World Poetry Day, here’s a reminder of the power of poetry and its potential to change the world.
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2026-03-19 09:47:39 UTC

Here’s one of my more reflective poems, written while waiting for a train at a provincial railway station.
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2026-02-27 09:43:18 UTC

Pulp poetry.
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2026-02-25 09:59:48 UTC

Having a clear out of first lines for poems I shall never write. Please help yourself to any of these.
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2026-02-23 09:31:47 UTC

I, for one, do not want to have another argument like that again.
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2026-02-14 08:55:36 UTC

To mark Valentine’s Day, here is what is believed to be the world’s oldest surviving love poem, written 1.5 million years ago by one of our earliest ancestors, homo unrequitus.
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2026-02-13 09:08:09 UTC

Happy Radio Day to all those who celebrate.
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2026-02-11 09:33:05 UTC

Here’s a poem called ‘Talking Down’.
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2026-02-09 09:21:03 UTC

H r ‘ a o m all d ‘O t of hara t r’.
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2026-02-06 09:05:20 UTC

Here’s a poem called ‘An Attempt to Write an Abecedarian Poem in Praise of the Dictionary’.
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2026-02-05 11:12:20 UTC

Here’s a poem called ‘Message to the 14-Year-Old Me’.
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2026-01-23 10:14:15 UTC

Annual reminder of how many days there are in each month.
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2026-01-18 09:50:16 UTC

Here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.
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2026-01-12 08:51:19 UTC

Good luck to anyone starting the year with a new health regime. Here’s how mine always goes.
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2026-01-10 09:17:00 UTC

Here’s a poem called ‘My Unbearable Politeness of Being’.
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2026-01-08 14:38:10 UTC

This, please.
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2026-01-05 08:19:07 UTC

This poem is dedicated to anyone heading back into work and having to endure dull conversation about what they got up to during the Christmas holidays.
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2026-01-02 15:50:33 UTC

I’ve just taken delivery of this rather smashing proof copy of my next book: How to Lay an Egg with a Horse Inside.
I’ll be heading off on a UK tour with the book this autumn. A full list of where I’ll be this year is here: https://brianbilston.com/events/
Hope to see some of you later in the year.
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2026-01-01 10:38:04 UTC

Poem with a subliminal message.
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2025-12-31 10:23:18 UTC

This year was also the year in which I failed to write a new end-of-the-year poem.
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2025-12-24 14:51:03 UTC

Hope you have a wonderful Christmas, no matter how you choose to spend it.
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2025-12-23 10:29:18 UTC

Here’s a poem called ‘Christmas without you is’.
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2025-12-21 08:19:29 UTC

This is called ‘A Short Poem Concerning the Proximity of Chris Rea to Home as He Drives Back for Christmas’.
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2025-12-19 10:16:00 UTC

I’m reading some Christmas poems tonight on The Adverb on BBC Radio 4.
But don’t let that put you off, there’s a fabulous line-up of other guests: Jackie Kay, John Hegley and Sam Lee, expertly compered by Testament.
It’ll be on the BBC Sounds app once it’s aired.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002nl2w

2025-12-19 09:08:10 UTC

This is called ‘Twenty Modern-Day Proverbs’.
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2025-12-17 12:55:07 UTC

These are a few of my favourite words …
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2025-12-14 08:17:55 UTC

I got visited by three ghosts last night, who were all experts in English grammar.
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2025-12-13 08:06:07 UTC

Here’s a poem called ‘An Invention of Collective Nouns’.
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2025-12-10 10:47:05 UTC

Here’s a poem which has become trapped in a vicious circus (and other phrases of a similar elk).
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2025-12-07 10:51:36 UTC

Annual reminder to water your Christmas tree poems …
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2025-12-01 08:04:53 UTC

This poem is dedicated to anyone making a start on their advent calendar today.
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2025-11-20 11:02:53 UTC

It’s World Philosophy Day today so here’s a poem in celebration of that.
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2025-11-10 10:38:23 UTC

I’m back on the road with The Catenary Wires this Wednesday so I thought I’d write a short poem in celebration of each place we’ll be heading to this week: Worcester, Nottingham, Swansea and Bristol.
Tickets available here: https://brianbilston.com/events/
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2025-10-31 10:33:01 UTC

Given that it’s Halloween, here are some haiku horrorscopes.
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2025-10-30 09:39:34 UTC

Today’s Halloween poem is called ‘Come, take this hand in yours’.
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2025-10-29 10:01:52 UTC

Today’s Halloween-based poem is called ‘Pumpkin’.
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2025-10-28 09:38:15 UTC

With Halloween approaching, I thought I’d share a few spine-chilling poems.
Today’s is called ‘The Heebie Bee Gees’.
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2025-10-25 08:28:37 UTC

Happy World Pasta Day to all those who celebrate.
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2025-10-17 09:15:33 UTC

Some news! I have a new book coming in April: ‘How to Lay an Egg with a Horse Inside’.
It has 100+ new poems, and also serves as a guide to reading, writing & enjoying poetry.
An EXCLUSIVE signed edition is available through indie bookshops, with a bonus poem. Pre-order at https://bio.to/howtolayaneggwithahorseinside
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2025-10-11 07:14:51 UTC

It’s Bookshop Day so here’s a poem in celebration of all those amazing bookshops out there.
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2025-10-02 11:33:18 UTC

Here’s another poem for National Poetry Day. This one is called ‘A Brief History of Modern Art in Poetry’.
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2025-10-02 09:05:15 UTC

Happy National Poetry Day to all those who celebrate.
This year’s theme is ‘play’ so here’s a poem which plays with some letters. It’s called ‘The Problem of Writing Poems in the Shape of Deciduous Trees’.
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2025-09-26 11:06:27 UTC

I’m reading some poems at Marlborough Literature Festival tomorrow. A few tickets remain - if you fancy snaffling one, they’re available here:
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/marlboroughlitfest/brian-bilston-poetry/e-kzkrke
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2025-09-25 08:37:58 UTC

It’s UK publication day for ‘A Poem for Every Question’, my new collection of poems for children, illustrated by the brilliant Joe Berger.
It should be available through your local bookshop. Alternatively, here’s a page with links to some online booksellers: https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/a-poem-for-every-question-brian-bilston?variant=55115733893499

2025-09-15 07:59:24 UTC

Here’s a poem called ‘English Roundabouts’.
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2025-09-08 08:57:26 UTC

This poem is dedicated to all those who see fit to correct my grammar and spelling on here. It’s called ‘Pedents’.
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2025-09-04 08:22:29 UTC

Here’s a short poem called ‘On Falling for a Meteorologist’.
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2025-09-01 16:00:44 UTC

September is here and I’m out and about again in various guises …
On 12th, it’s an evening of poetry and music with The Catenary Wires at the Ramsgate Music Hall. It’s our first gig together. There’s only 50 tickets left so grab them while you can.
On 21st and 25th respectively, I’ll be at Linghams Bookshop in Heswall and Blackwell’s Bookshop in Oxford with Joe Berger. I’ll be reading some poems from our new book ‘A Poem for Every Question’ and Joe will be doing some of his clever drawings.
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2025-08-21 09:20:53 UTC

It’s publication day for the new edition of my first poetry collection, ‘You Took the Last Bus Home’.
It’s been unavailable for nine months, following the demise of its original publisher, Unbound. I’m so delighted that Picador stepped into the breach to bring out this shiny new edition.
Hopefully it’s now back on the shelves of most bookshops – and is available to order online from the usual places.
https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/brian-bilston/you-took-the-last-bus-home/9781035086634
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2025-08-21 08:45:22 UTC

I left today’s poem on the train so this will have to do instead.
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2025-08-20 09:08:36 UTC

Today’s poem is called ‘How Much I Dislike the Daily Mail’.
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2025-08-19 09:20:35 UTC

Here’s a poem called ‘Roger’s Thesaurus’.
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2025-08-18 09:41:51 UTC

To celebrate the publication of a new edition of ‘You Took the Last Bus Home’ later this week, I’m going to share a poem each day from it. This one is called ‘Jessica Fletcher Investigates’.
In other news, today is Bad Poetry Day apparently.
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2025-08-15 11:51:04 UTC

**BORING PROMOTIONAL POST**
I’ve got two books coming out this year.
Next week sees a new edition of my first poetry collection, You Took the Last Bus Home. It’s got a lovely new cover and a few poems have been revised.
I’ll be reading from it on my tour with The Catenary Wires this autumn.
1/3
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2025-08-15 10:03:22 UTC

There now follows a short public information film containing particulars of Brian Bilston and The Catenary Wires' autumn tour.
https://youtu.be/kzJQPPr2FzE?si=DmvuiWQBKCoPe3uS

2025-08-15 06:34:24 UTC

Happy National Relaxation Day to all those who celebrate.
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2025-08-12 12:54:36 UTC

Here’s a poem called ‘Neither Rhyme nor Reason’.
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2025-08-07 08:59:38 UTC

Tickets are on sale now for our autumn tour.
There will be poetry! There will be music! There will be merch!
There will also be seats (for those of you who want to sit down).
More info here: https://brianbilston.com/events/
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2025-08-04 09:26:54 UTC

The mathematician John Venn was born on this day in 1834. To commemorate the occasion, here’s a poem in the form of a Venn diagram.
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2025-07-29 09:30:46 UTC

I took delivery yesterday of some advance copies of the gorgeous new edition of ‘You Took the Last Bus Home’.
In celebration of that, here’s the title poem.
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2025-07-22 07:51:48 UTC

Happy Spoonerism Day to all those who belly crate.
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2025-07-20 09:04:29 UTC

Here’s a new poem called ‘Wild Weekend’.
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2025-07-18 14:08:11 UTC

I’ve got a new book coming out in September: A Poem for Every Question. It’s a collection of poems for children, illustrated by the brilliant Joe Berger. It looks beautiful and here’s a video to prove it.
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2025-07-18 10:32:21 UTC

A short passive-aggressive poem, written on an aeroplane.
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2025-07-16 09:07:47 UTC

IN THE PARK
In the park,
the tall trees are waving
in the morning breeze.
I wave back
only to realize they are waving
at the person behind me.

2025-07-11 10:24:38 UTC

I’m delighted to be reading some poems at Marlborough LitFest in Wiltshire on 27th September.
Tickets have gone on sale today. More info here: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/marlboroughlitfest/brian-bilston-poetry/e-kzkrke

2025-07-10 11:56:17 UTC

Sounds Made by Humans - an album of my poetry put to music by the fabulous Catenary Wires – is now up on Spotify and other streaming platforms.
https://open.spotify.com/artist/7aYKuyGAtDPXN8j46QYm2W?si=xcDqObPlQE2EkaeCdU4WUw
“A contender for album of the year.” Backseat Mafia
“An instant cult classic. 5/5” Louder Than War

2025-07-10 09:24:49 UTC

And now for today’s climate forecast …
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2025-07-09 13:45:46 UTC

I'm delighted to be reading some poems at this year's Bewdley Festival in Worcestershire - St George's Hall, Saturday 11th October. Tickets have just gone on sale.
If you're nearby and fancy coming along, there's more info here:
https://events.bewdleyfestival.org.uk/index.php?cPath=17

2025-07-01 11:33:51 UTC

I’m coming back to Ireland this October to read some poems in what is set to be my most extensive tour there yet*:
17th: BELFAST
18th: DUBLIN
19th: LIMERICK
20th: DERRY
Tickets here: https://brianbilston.com/events/
Book now to guarantee disappointment.
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2025-07-01 11:03:27 UTC

A big thanks to everyone who came along to the Glastonbury’s Poetry & Words tent to hear me read a few poems. That was a lot of hot, sticky fun.
I’ll be reading poems at a few more festivals over the summer and into the autumn:
26 July: Latitude, Suffolk
16 Aug: Beautiful Days, Devon
23 Aug: Words and Music, Kent
24 Sep: Festival of Words, Jersey
27 Sep: Marlborough Literary Festival
11 Oct: Bewdley Festival
More info here: https://brianbilston.com/events/
Hope to meet some of you at one of these.
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2025-06-26 09:41:23 UTC

I’m off to read some poems at Glastonbury this weekend. I’ll be on the Poetry & Words stage on Saturday, just before 5pm.
It’s been a while since I’ve been to a festival - here’s the line up from the last one I went to.
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2025-06-21 10:12:15 UTC

Huge congratulations to Colette Hiller for winning this year’s CLiPPA, the CLPE Children’s Poetry Prize with her brilliant book, ‘Colossal Words for Kids’.
Well done, too, to all my fellow shortlisted poets, the shadowing schools who performed our poems so brilliantly, and all the judges, members of CLPE and the fantastic audience which made yesterday’s event at the National Theatre such a joy. What an amazing day.
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2025-06-19 10:11:41 UTC

It’s Independent Bookshop Week. Here’s a poem about one of the many reasons why indie bookshops are so brilliant.
#indiebookshopweek
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2025-06-12 09:32:02 UTC

Here’s another poem from ‘You Took the Last Bus Home’, and one of my more enigmatic offerings: it’s called ‘Frisbee’.
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2025-06-11 14:33:12 UTC

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2025-06-11 09:44:26 UTC

Here’s a poem called ‘Bags’.
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2025-06-10 11:45:29 UTC

A few people have been asking about my first poetry collection, You Took the Last Bus Home.
It’s been unavailable for a while but I’m pleased to say that it will shortly be reissued with Picador. A lovely new cover will accompany it - and it’s also available as an audiobook for the first time.
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2025-05-09 08:51:46 UTC

It’s release day for ‘Sounds Made by Humans’, an album of ‘poem songs’ made with the brilliant Catenary Wires.
It’s on vinyl and CD, and can be streamed on Spotify and elsewhere.
We’re really proud of it and are taking it on the road with us in in Nov, for some evenings of music and poetry.
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2025-04-24 13:11:46 UTC

One week today, I’ll be heading off on tour with the brilliant Henry Normal, armed with a bunch of new poems, plus some old ones, too.
If you’re nearby and fancy coming along to a show, you can get tickets here:
https://brianbilston.com/events/
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2025-04-23 15:08:03 UTC

I’m thrilled to announce that my book ‘Let Sleeping Cats Lie’, has been shortlisted for the CLiPPA, the UK’s leading award for published poetry for children.
It’s an honour to be on the shortlist with such brilliant poets.
The overall winner will be announced on 20 June at the National Theatre.
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2025-04-23 08:48:26 UTC

To celebrate Shakespeare Day, here’s a poem about being in an exam and panicking that you can’t remember any Shakespeare quotations.
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2025-04-22 09:48:39 UTC

Here’s a poem for Earth Day. It’s called ‘Birdsong’.
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2025-04-19 09:22:27 UTC

Here’s a poem about the time I went online to buy an Easter egg and spent an absolute fortune.
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2025-04-17 08:50:25 UTC

It’s International Haiku Poetry Day apparently, so here are a few haiku with which to start the day.
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2025-04-15 10:10:35 UTC

I’ve been poeming about how my nouns keep conversioning to verbs.
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2025-04-11 08:48:55 UTC

It’s National Pet Day today apparently so here’s a poem about one of my cat’s poems.
It’s called ‘On ‘;..p’[[[[[[[[[[[[[;’;////////////////////////3,’
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2025-04-04 13:24:15 UTC

This is called ‘The Futures aren’t Bright, the Futures are Orange’.
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2025-04-03 13:23:15 UTC

Meta have stolen the work of 1000s of writers to train their AI. All of my books were included in their illegal action.
Today UK authors are protesting against this theft.
Copyright law is clear: to use a creator’s copyrighted work, you need to get permission and agree payment.
#DoTheWriteThing
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2025-04-03 09:57:43 UTC

Here’s a poem called ‘For Your Own Safety and Protection’.
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2025-04-02 11:34:21 UTC

In less than a month, I’ll be heading off on tour again with the brilliant Henry Normal, armed with a bunch of new poems and some old ones, too.
If you’re nearby and fancy coming along, you can get tickets here: https://brianbilston.com/events/
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2025-04-01 08:28:00 UTC

Here’s a poem called ‘Prayer for Uninteresting Times’.
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