I'm delighted my new poetry collection, Thrift, will be published in March. It is available for pre-order from Palewell Press. palewellpress.co.uk/Books-Nature...

Green is the colour, the symbol of life, fertility and renewal. Let's have hope. Spring will arrive. 💚 #afterthesolstice

I love the idea of connecting with the flatlands, but for me the mountains of North Wales fill me with a joy unlike any other landscape. But this superb essay reminds me of a time when I lived in the east of Essex and how haunting I found the mudflats, the creeks, and the hedgeless fields.

MBmarinabenjamin.bsky.socialSep 28, 2023 6:31pm

Here is a completely beguiling and gorgeously written essay from @noreenmasud.bsky.social about the ongoing legacy of pain and betrayal aeon.co/essays/flat-...

Flat places are the ground that my mind is built upon | Aeon Essays

Whenever I stand in a flat landscape, I feel myself becoming weightless, taken out of my childhood full of painful nothing

Currently reading a biography of Sylvia Plath: Red Comet by Heather Clark. Incredibly well researched, and a compelling read.

Thank you, Justine!

My first post here: a windy day, a beautiful place, blue sky #northwales