Jake Reynolds

Poet judging a comp: I want to read poems that crawl into my mouth like a brave little bee, but also ones that make me question what bees are. I want apricot poems, the sort a coat-hanger would despise. I want soapy suds poems that can juggle sixteen burning knives. I desire this

My first book of poems, We Both Say, is out on May 31st with the good folks at @brokensleep. The book is available to pre-order now: brokensleepbooks.com/product-page/j… 🌍🌎🌏

also shout-outs to "Junior" by Great Grandpa, "First it was a movie, then it was a book" by Florry, "Picture Window" by Japanese Breakfast, "Playing Classics" by Water From Your Eyes... lots and lots of great songs this year

songs of the year for me were "Taxes" by Geese (the best), "Pavement" by Mallrat, "Chains & Whips" by Clipse, "BAILE INoLVIDABLE" by Bad Bunny, "Spike Island" by Pulp, "The Field" by Blood Orange, "I'll Be Gone" by Sasami, "Copycats" by Danny Brown & underscores

... 'Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party' by Hayley Williams, & 'Black Star' by Amaarae. also loved albums from Tyler, the Creator, U.S. Girls, Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band, Beach Bunny, Bon Iver, Courting, Blood Orange, DJ Koze, & Jane Remover

albums of the year for me in 2025 were 'Let God Sort Em Out' by Clipse, 'Getting Killed' by Geese, 'Live Laugh Love' by Earl Sweastshirt, 'It's A Beautiful Place' by Water From Your Eyes, 'Alfredo 2' by Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist ...

Confingo 24 features fiction by @LucyThynne, Nathan Bailey, Lee Ashworth, Rose Lennard, @cliffmcnish; poetry by Lauren McLean, Stephanie Staab, Jake Reynolds; reviews by John Saul, @I_M_Tomlinson; photography by David Chlebicki. Available for £7 plus p&p: confingopublishing.uk/product-page/c…

This new Rosalía song is preposterous. I love it

easing myself back into the algorithm bc I have a book out next year

new Geese song 'Taxes' is great

Very happy to have a new poem, 'Someone You Know and Someone You Don't', in the new issue of PBLJ, which is full of treats:

Happily, I passed my viva with minor corrections yesterday afternoon and am now the sort of doctor who will be of no use at all if you're, say, bleeding out on a plane. Thank you to my supervisors @ariskindt & @jntod, and examiners @LukeKennard & @hollycorfield!

@NJMYWoo @brokensleep Thank you!

@JakeAReynolds @brokensleep Congratulations! Look forward to reading.

World Poetry Day seems as good a time as any to announce that my debut pamphlet of poetry will be published by @brokensleep in 2026 📖

I admire this eschewal of small talk. In an ideal world, all of my social interactions would start with something like this

browser tabs hate this one trick

Submitted a PhD today. If I was interesting enough to have haters, boy - what a bad day for them this would be. Or, depending on their hater ethos, a great day. Would the haters and I perhaps be on the same side today? Sadly, we'll never know

I'm delighted by this news

It's a Tesco Express and taxi rank now

Gregg Wallace GB News show. I'm putting it here on the off chance I can reply to myself months later with a quip. Twitter is really getting my dregs now. I put a modicum of effort into these, once upon a time

Two new ones, 'The Strid' & 'Get Ready With Me', up on Anthropocene!