The Hackney Poet™ (Sonia Watson-Fowler)

Haiku of the day: Blink, purposely miss Turn every gaze away, but Know you are to blame #thehackneypoet #haiku #poemsforthepeople #fivefabfings #chameleon #writer #poet #singer #songwriter #artist #artislife #londonwriter

@kitkatpoetess Sending you big love chia. You know you got this x

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incomcon.com/post/i-don-t-s… @InComCon Back on the #Blogs ... until we're not #InComCon #erasure

Received a beautiful card from the formidable @danekaetchells and because I gave up on Christmas cards some time ago, here's a new year haiku for you instead D: I am not all I have And will learn from all that passed Forever willing. #THP x

HNY and all that jazz! Love and light as always. Now to business, I need two Global Majority Working Group Chairs. Come work with me, and let's get some things done. Care and share to those you think might be interested: alra.co.uk/about/job-vaca… linkedin.com/jobs/view/2861…

Fatigue disclaimer. Did two screen shots, checked accessibility of black background and white text, realised the reverse is better, still pasted wrong pic🙄.

Today is International Day for Persons with Disabilities. See below for a statement marking the day from artist @AdamPFenton, @ALRADrama's Disability and Accessibility Working Group Chair. Love and light peeps 💚🧡💚

theguardian.com/news/audio/202… ✊🏾💙🖤💛

BLiM talk: Kima Otung and Paulette Long voice-online.co.uk/entertainment/…

#BREAKING - Dame Sandra Mason has been elected 1st President of #Barbados by both Houses of Parliament - becoming its 1st native Head of State & will replace Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Inauguration will take place Independence Day - November 30th #BIMRepublic #BIM55🇧🇧

@AshionyeOgene @EtteMx Amazing, vibrant, critical work. Thank you! Hope you are well x

“Our voices are now loud, unlike before it was at the barest minimum recently. A lot of visibility around trans issues and intersex issues are coming out.” @EtteMx

My first Executive Producer credit on @Channel4News #uncovered film is about Nigeria’s LGBTI+ Icons. Presented by the awesome @kemenzerem Thank you for speaking your truth @the_amarion @Blaise_21 @EtteMx Special thank you to our absolutely amazing edit producer @AliceAnders0n

@AngharadLee @ItaliaContiUK @131Jj @HazKnights @MatthewRankcom @DanFulhamMD So late on the uptake here! Wonderful people sharing in this space. Pleasure to have been a part of it 😁✊🏾

@ItaliaContiUK @TheHackneyPoet @131Jj @HazKnights @MatthewRankcom @DanFulhamMD Excellent chat. Congratulations on taking positive steps

Yesterday we welcomed @TheHackneyPoet @AngharadLee @131Jj @HazKnights @MatthewRankcom to our EDI panel about #Equality #Diversity and #Inclusivity in practice at @ItaliaContiUK, hosted by @DanFulhamMD #ItaliaConti

This feels like the start of a wave that is going to envelop the industry! Yes to more active commitments, yes to quotas, yes to disabled creatives getting the chance they deserve! Any commissioners want to make my TV show, just let me know ✨✨✨

@QueerHistorian 😂🙌🏾🖤❤🖤

Today's TikTok:

During the pandemic I discovered TikTok and it's just a stupid platform for hilarious, cooking videos and everything else in-between so I'm gonna start a thread of the all the best TikToks I've seen that day. Staring with this one...

@yusuf_khamisa 👌🏾🔥🖤❤🖤

A few tickets left for @Etinosa.Yvonne's Documentary Photography workshop this Saturday 21st August 2021 at @bcaheritage! 12:00PM- 2:00PM BST Book tickets: eventbrite.co.uk/e/162971312583 *Img. credit: From the peaceful #endsars protest in Abuja, 2020 by Etinosa Yvonne #BeforeThemWe

@geostylegeo Because they play to the base desire of some for an easy escape of their daily 'plight' and/or escalation of wealth. (Said with no judgement)

@_doseofnisha 😂 re the garbage, 🙏🏾 re the beauty x

@mssakshinarula Kinda ... if I could land with good vibe people and be far from the racists. That statement could apply to many time unfortunately! Bit I feel I'm at least in part,a flower child

Anyone wish they were born in the 60s?