Laura McKee
@LauraMcKee_fyeh
She/her The Poetry Review, fourteen poems, Propel. Winner in Cafe Writers Competition, Guernsey Lit. take care of your hooves darling Against the Grain Press.
Since announcing the formation of a new left party just three days ago, over 72,000 people have signed up to get involved. Let’s make it 100,000: actionnetwork.org/forms/join-tea… 🔥 P.S. The ticker at the bottom of the page is broken — we’re fixing it!
🌳 Dame Judi Dench is calling for the return of ancient woodlands. Will you sign the petition to help restore the Ghost Woods and protect our green spaces for future generations? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/brin… via @38degrees
Wild marjoram visited by butterfly today, not sure if large white or green veined white. #WildflowerHour
Is it a bunch of roses or is it the greater beauty of wild carrot. #WildflowerHour
For the #GrassChallenge #WildflowerHour I saw this beautiful Marbled White butterfly on a white grass, is it Yorkshire Fog? #WildflowerID
Petition for Keir Starmer to ban poetry in order that it may become immensely popular.
Looking for poetry that breaks me the way Lewis Capaldi’s getting used to being someone you loved Glastonbury journey has broken me tbh
“This is a government that listens” and responds when Starmer himself is at risk, not the electorate. What a disingenuous creep he is about everything.
I wonder where this fits into speeches about 'Western values'.
#Gaza: This is how Palestinians receive Israeli-American aid—under a hail of bullets. They return injured or as martyrs, all for the sake of feeding their children.
And did you get what you wanted from this life, even so? I did. And what did you want? To call myself beloved, to feel myself beloved on the earth. -Raymond Carver, "Late Fragment" The final poem in that last collection. The 'even so.' #everynightapoem
'We Were Seeds' is a riveting poem by Tom Nutting, drawn from the trans rights protests and counter-protests in Bristol, April 2025. Read here inksweatandtears.co.uk/tom-nutting/ #InkSweatandTears #Submission #Poetry
