I can't quite believe that my poem ‘The Last Carry’ has now reached over a thousand likes on Bluesky, many of them from people beyond the poetry bubble. Oh, and a fair few of those likes have then gone on to generate sales of Whatever You Do, Just Don't. All in all, a terrific example of how social media, when functioning at its best, can generate new readers for poetry.
Rishi Dastidar has always been an accessible and entertaining poet, with
asides in satire and political comment. Since his last book, however, he
seems to ...
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