Mike O’Brien

#PoemsAbout #Hollow

#PoemsAbout #Possessed So many great pieces already this week, and its not even 8am yet!

I don't usually repost stuff - but ohh crikey! This one with its Larkinesque sauce with a dash of Wordsworth is just fabulous. And probably good advice!

I was on the radio this week. (Sine FM Doncaster Radio) Ordinary People is a bit like Desert Island Discs, but for ordinary people like me. Amazingly I quite liked the version of me that came across . If you are at all curious, have a listen. #music #poetry #60Odd

The next #Odd #open-mic #poetry event in Mexborough, Sunday 25th October @3pm

If you are able to get to Morley for some #poetry on an October Tuesday Night...

#PoemsAbout #Bites

What's all the fuss about #JaneAusten? I have been heartened by the comments/discussion on this little speculative article I put on #60Odd poems, even though there's no #poetry in it. I've been using Jane to temper my addiction to Charlie. With mixed results. And the watercolour is all my own work!

Theres more than one way to read a #poem about a dead cat

#Poetry, music and good companionship. This Saturday evening on the banks of the River Ouse (or thereabouts).

here's the latesr #60Odd page from a prompt given on Bluesky - There will be another #oddChallenge at the beginning of October - but if you want an early preview, its at the bottom of this small collection.

#poetry #substack #nonsense

#poemsabout #deadletters I'm a little out of practice...

Tariq Khan is the Featured fellow on Sixty Odd Poets this week.Thoughtful poetry with a scientific twist. Well worth a click.

3/3 @robinhoughton.bsky.social @renee-emerson.bsky.social @zoomburst.substack.com @cbeditions.bsky.social @thepoetslizard.bsky.social @kathrynanna.bsky.social @suefinch.bsky.social @webbish6.bsky.social @jannoble.bsky.social www.vianegativa.us/2026/09/poet...

Blimey - what a time Ive been having! And part of it was enjoying an Open Mic Poetry session. Just to be helpful, I have created a little article with some tips on how to enjoy one of those. Take it or leave it. (thats the advice - in a nutshell)

A bloke took a walk in a deep dark wood... Some thoughts on walking, and writing #poetry in #woodland. Watch your step!

I'm giving another of my #Dickens talks next Sunday afternoon at 3pm - this one to be given at Boothby Pagnell Church near #Grantham, Lincolnshire. Its part of a #LincolnshireHeritage Open Day. Look at how young he looks in that picture - Yes! It's him in pre-beard days.

It's Luke Meyers AKA the Quill Of Mnemosyne @sonnetsmith.bsky.social on #SixtyOdd poets this week with an elegantly composed collection of #poetry on subjects including (but not limited to) cats, comparisons, and career choices.

#OddChallenge Number 3. Write a poem in the form of a recipe. As ever, I shall be selecting a handful of responses for a future edition of #60OddPoems but I'll only use stuff that has previously been posted on social media. Tag it, bag it, and send it to forensics. #poetry #prompts

Anyone within striking distance of #Wakefield, who has naught better to do this coming Saturday afternoon, is cordially invited to attend Jackanory @ the CoActive Maker Space, Almhouse Lane, where I'll be presenting a short set of #poetry along with 3 other literary worthies. Followed by an open Mic

have a read of some #poetry with titles in different languages to the text. (That was the idea anyway - maybe the realisation is a little different in some examples) all provided by readers of #SixtyOdd Poets

Late, I know, but I don't suppose anyone's heading to this poetry book launch from Lincoln- or nearby- with a seat for a little one? 🙏 #poets #poetry #openmike #Lincoln #Lincolnshire #launch

It’s 7am and I’m sitting in a swish sea view apartment in Scarborough. It’s raining outside and we go home today. So excuse me if this is a bit bleak in tone. #PoemsAbout #EndOfSummer

@daveashleypoet.bsky.social #AugusrAnarchy. Here’s one from the archives…

And while I'm here, let me try and temp tou away with some moving #poetry from Clare Bryden on #60Odd poets

The latest #60Odd Poets page is all about my obsession with #CharlesDickens. When I had finished writing it I celebrated by making a postcard from the illustration. To be available as soon as I get it back from the printers! zoomburst.substack.com/p/obsessed-w...

I love to see this launched every year. #hullcity #hull #hcafc #utt

I'm back in Blighty - I managed to put this on Substack whilst I was away - (no, I didn't ruin the holiday, I did the spadework beforehand and set the thing to post at the usual time) I never got around to promoting it though ... It's a good read - featuring the periodic table and the sands of time

I’m in the South of France, but the pull of #poemsabout #mainstage is strong

Lin Hart, with a fine collection of oddities for the #SixtyOdd page. #poetry for the particular! @poetry-with-hart.bsky.social

I spent far too long rummaging in this nonsense - There's an idea in there somewhere, I just cant lay my hand on it.. #PoemsAbout #thriftstore

@charlotte-l-s-holm.bsky.social Welcome to bluesky. I strongly advise you to goo look at the profile of @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social, Not only is he a really good egg - he has the means to fill your feed with interesting poets. Just subscribe to a few of his starter packs.

After the success of the first Odd Challenge on poems in the future tense, here is a second one - John Keats did it with "La Belle Dame sans Merci", as did Wilfred Owen with "Dulce et Decorum Est". Can you write a poem with a title in another language? Tag them #OddChallenge, and share the prompt.

There's been some great #PoemsAbout #LastTrain this week. The journeys home, the memories, the history. I have enjoyed reading them all... A few have gone with the disappointment that there are not as many trains and lines as there used to be. I'm one of those

We're all born poets. Just like we're all born swimmers. Our abilities blossom as soon as we start to develop language/hit the water. Then the rules and the fear kick in and we forget how to do it properly. #poetry

Merci beaucoup @alinaetc.bsky.social J'adore ma carte postale!

Some fantastic Faerie poetry today from @ignorantfairy.bsky.social on #60Odd

#poemsabout #BadHabits An interesting challenge this week... let's go visit a dusty old classroom in the 1970s

Its back - by Popular Demand - This time at Mexborough Library - Join me to find out about Charles Dickens' double life, and his visit to Doncaster, with more than horse racing on his mind.

A couple of reviews of recent publications and a couple of #poems too. #60Odd #therapy #memoirs

#PoemsAbout #ExitWounds