i just donated £20 to this fundraiser. who’s going to match me or more?

A date for the diary. 17 September at Conway Hall, London. ❤️

A Palestinian infant is the sole survivor of her family following an Israeli occupation massacre in Gaza.

Some thoughts on the late Helen Vendler for Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal

I started reading, thinking I'd pick a line that grabbed me & share it here to shout out ina xirsi. I reached the end realizing I hadnt released my breath. those lines are ancestral portals,there are ley lines in those words.

'My lineage is matted with those who need repentance'

Prepare to be sick of me

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And finally, we have this moving prose piece by John Greening, about the significance of the work of American poetry critic Helen Vendler and its influence on him. rb.gy/duecvl

Talented young Birmingham poet, independent researcher, and translator Ibrahim Hirsi 🛡 presents four original poems here. A feast! rb.gy/paoy21

We're delighted to publish this new poem by American poet, literary critic, and professor Stephanie Burt (Taylor's Version)! rb.gy/vxww3j

It's Suna! Read excerpts from a long poem by brilliant Birmingham poet, PBLJ co-founder (& much-missed design guru & editor). rb.gy/r9u3xv

Some new pieces!

🌱 New-new Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal! 🌱

I love all of these pieces and feel really happy to be launching PBLJ's digital features with them! Please read and share.

More disturbing scenes emerge as a third mass grave is unearthed at al-Shifa Hospital following the Israeli occupation's attack on the hospital.

Among the decomposed bodies discovered were children and women, executed by Israeli forces.

New fav sign just dropped

Dr. Mu'tasim Salah - Member of the Emergency Committee at the Ministry of Health to Al Jazeera, speaking about a new mass grave at Al Shifa Hospital:

⭕️We found heads without bodies at Al Shifa Hospital.

⭕️Thousands of people are still missing in Al Shifa Medical Complex.

Every day I feel newly horrified and shocked at what they've done to Gaza and what they're continuing to do. People around the world have been demanding for months for an end to genocide & the bombing never stops. Our political class are truly evil demons.

i really love Macklemore’s Hind’s Hall💯—but let’s not forget it was a Black rapper named Redveil who was the 1st artist to name all children killed in Gaza, call for a ceasefire & say “Free Palestine!” during a live concert

he was 19 & it was nov 12th

BREAKING: Whilst one group smashed a lorry into Elbit’s Leicester drone factory, another scaled the roof of the building

Collectively, they’ve SHUT DOWN the Israeli weapons maker

Two days ago, I was meeting with three Gazan friends in a cafe when a man in his early fifties joined us.
Abu Fadi was a bus driver from Rafah.
I asked him where he was staying in Cairo. “Downtown. I got out of Gaza a few days ago.”
I asked him whether his wife and children were