David Morley FRSL

@paulajaynebyrne 'Hubcap' - I'm going to adopt that.x

My lovely hubcap bought me this exquisite Georgian dressing table. Hope you don’t think it immodest to share, but I thought some Jane Austen might enjoy? Imagining a very fine lady combing her hair.

@paulajaynebyrne Happy New Year to you, Jonathan and all!

Wishing you all a very happy new year.

Imagine you're driving normally on the highway when suddenly... a "superhero" beaver appears, dragging a massive Christmas tree right across the road, forcing an entire line of trucks to slam on the brakes and wait patiently for "him" to cross! 🦫🎄🚚🤣 This is hands-down the most unexpected and hilarious Christmas scene of the year!

And a film of the poem among the Christmas trees where the poem was written. #fpstate=ive&vld=cid:f3a44869,vid:2462aH4UHWI,st:0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">google.com/search?q=an+ab…

A Christmas poem written and read in an abandoned tree plantation, first published in the London Review of Books. lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v31/…

My Ode to Saint Lucy's Day

'Tis the year's midnight, and it is the day's poetryfoundation.org/poems/44122/a-…

Let the mind take its photograph Of the bright scene, something to wear Against the heart in the long cold. from 'A Day in Autumn' by R.S. Thomas

Still available- bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0… including a recording of Tony Harrison RIP reading Them & [uz] with responses from @ProfDavidMorley Sinéad Morrissey, @danielsluman & US Poet Laureate Arthur Sze. David Morley reads 'The Oath' about swearing the Bodleian oath in Romani 🔥

On this rainy, leafy day @imcmillan brings you autumnal poetry, the work of Tony Harrison, @profdavidmorley, Sinéad Morrissey, @danielsluman and the US Poet Laureate Arthur Sze - all on @r4theverb, @bbcradio4 now !

@GBClarkson Jephson in Leamington? I hope all is well D

@crystalclearjt @Carcanet @WarwickWriters @cwaleicester @EverybodyReview This is so very kind of you, Jonathan. Thank you. Your words have also ignited in me an idea for my next collection.

This is a wonderful book: immersive, challenging and virtuosic poetry about the environment, birds, Romani culture and language, music and science. Poetry full of wise passion. I loved it. @Carcanet @WarwickWriters @ProfDavidMorley @cwaleicester @EverybodyReview

On #AdaLovelaceDay, I honour the genius of women in science with my poem Ada Lovelace and a sonnet to Caroline Herschel. #WomenInSTEM #Poetry #AdaLovelace #CarolineHerschel Published in the @LRB: lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/…

@GBClarkson Dear Geraldine, I wish you well and health. You may not know me, but I am a huge admirer and advocate of your poetry. Please get well soon, David.

View from the top floor of the hospital

🎙️ The Verb, BBC Radio 4 19 Oct, 17:10 David Morley & Sinéad Morrissey join Ian McMillan to chat birdsong, RS Thomas, Tony Harrison, stammering, and a gobful of pebbles. With Daniel Sluman (Versus Versus) & Arthur Sze, U.S. Poet Laureate. 🔗 bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00… @Carcanet

Off to BBC Media City to record The Verb with Ian McMillan, Sinead Morrissey and Fiona Benson.

Then it's the kumquat fruit expresses best how days have darkness round them like a rind, life has a skin of death that keeps its zest. 'A Kumquat for John Keats' Tony Harrison R.I.P.

‘Speech thaws into life’ – read Rebecca Tamás on how Passion celebrates Romany language, resilience, and our intimacy with the natural world @Carcanet theguardian.com/books/2025/aug…