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41554 blogs · [ { "id": "01a0d767-42a1-719a-be16-8ea7bbab2490", "title": "Poem, revised draft", "url": "https://brianbilston.com/2026/09/13/poem-revised-draft-2/", "published_at": "2026-09-13T08:56:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a094de-abda-710b-aa05-6980959458ea", "title": "A poem about a proverb", "url": "https://brianbilston.com/2026/09/12/a-poem-about-a-proverb/", "published_at": "2026-09-12T08:47:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a094de-abda-710b-aa05-69809597407e", "title": "An attempt to write a poem in real time while travelling on a train", "url": "https://brianbilston.com/2026/09/11/an-attempt-to-write-a-poem-in-real-time-while-travelling-on-a-train/", "published_at": "2026-09-11T08:31:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08c83-f523-73a7-b9f8-9a7d55abe90a", "title": "A poem about saying goodbye", "url": "https://brianbilston.com/2026/09/10/a-poem-about-saying-goodbye/", "published_at": "2026-09-10T08:31:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08759-0774-71f4-9537-bfb390a8e7ea", "title": "Newsletter – September 2026", 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"25% off my books via Waterstones", "url": "https://brianbilston.com/2026/02/17/25-off-my-books-via-waterstones/", "published_at": "2026-02-17T10:41:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d76b-42ed-7115-8154-6e60ead1a02a", "title": "A o m in hich I tar to r n o t of hara t r", "url": "https://brianbilston.com/2026/02/09/a-o-m-in-hich-i-tar-to-r-n-o-t-of-hara-t-r/", "published_at": "2026-02-09T10:11:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d76b-42ed-7115-8154-6e60eb91f56f", "title": "A poem in which I attempt to write an abecedarian poem in praise of the dictionary", "url": "https://brianbilston.com/2026/02/06/a-poem-in-which-i-attempt-to-write-an-abecedarian-poem-in-praise-of-the-dictionary/", "published_at": "2026-02-06T18:05:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d76b-42ed-7115-8154-6e60ec4c1c71", "title": "#InspirationalPoem", "url": "https://brianbilston.com/2026/02/05/inspirationalpoem/", "published_at": "2026-02-05T11:15:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d76b-42ed-7115-8154-6e60ed1d7414", "title": "Poem about how to monetise 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"published_at": "2025-12-31T10:30:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d76b-954d-72d8-9dae-a856ea95de3d", "title": "A New Show for 2026: How to Lay an Egg with a Horse Inside", "url": "https://brianbilston.com/2025/12/09/a-new-show-for-2026-how-to-lay-an-egg-with-a-horse-inside/", "published_at": "2025-12-09T10:29:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d76b-954d-72d8-9dae-a856eb39ad97", "title": "Publication Day!", "url": "https://brianbilston.com/2025/09/25/publication-day/", "published_at": "2025-09-25T08:42:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d76b-954d-72d8-9dae-a856ec32ab88", "title": "You Took the Last Bus Home (again)", "url": "https://brianbilston.com/2025/08/21/you-took-the-last-bus-home-again/", "published_at": "2025-08-21T10:24:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d76b-954d-72d8-9dae-a856ed2437ea", "title": "Roger’s Thesaurus", "url": "https://brianbilston.com/2025/08/19/rogers-thesaurus/", "published_at": "2025-08-19T09:29:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d76b-cf70-70eb-87c1-aafab32a944d", "title": "Public Information Film", "url": "https://brianbilston.com/2025/08/15/public-information-film/", "published_at": "2025-08-15T10:48:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d76b-cf70-70eb-87c1-aafab417b5cb", "title": "Neither Rhyme nor Reason", "url": "https://brianbilston.com/2025/08/12/neither-rhyme-nor-reason/", "published_at": "2025-08-12T12:59:48+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d76b-cf70-70eb-87c1-aafab5007a72", "title": "O do not ask if I am beach body ready", "url": "https://brianbilston.com/2025/08/08/o-do-not-ask-if-i-am-beach-body-ready-2/", "published_at": "2025-08-08T10:32:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d76b-cf70-70eb-87c1-aafab56f2805", "title": "At the Intersection", "url": "https://brianbilston.com/2025/08/04/at-the-intersection/", "published_at": "2025-08-04T16:16:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d76b-cf70-70eb-87c1-aafab598e2bb", "title": "You Took the Last Bus Home", "url": "https://brianbilston.com/2025/07/29/you-took-the-last-bus-home-2/", "published_at": "2025-07-29T09:36:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d76b-cf70-70eb-87c1-aafab5c29924", "title": "The Bad Salad of William Archibald Spooner", "url": "https://brianbilston.com/2025/07/22/the-bad-salad-of-william-archibald-spooner/", "published_at": "2025-07-22T08:04:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d76b-cf70-70eb-87c1-aafab5c57186", "title": "Wild Weekend", "url": "https://brianbilston.com/2025/07/20/wild-weekend/", "published_at": "2025-07-20T09:07:58+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d76b-cf70-70eb-87c1-aafab5f81a20", "title": "In the Park", "url": "https://brianbilston.com/2025/07/16/in-the-park/", "published_at": "2025-07-16T09:13:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d76b-cf70-70eb-87c1-aafab680e110", "title": "Stream ‘Sounds Made by Humans’", "url": "https://brianbilston.com/2025/07/10/stream-sounds-made-by-humans/", "published_at": "2025-07-10T12:08:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d76b-cf70-70eb-87c1-aafab691f103", "title": "Today’s Climate Forecast", "url": "https://brianbilston.com/2025/07/10/todays-climate-forecast/", "published_at": "2025-07-10T09:31:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d76c-0ca2-7027-913f-1b3ca331dd5a", "title": "Ireland tour in October", "url": "https://brianbilston.com/2025/07/09/ireland-tour-in-october/", "published_at": "2025-07-09T14:26:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d76c-0ca2-7027-913f-1b3ca39c41f1", "title": "Nights of music and poetry …", "url": "https://brianbilston.com/2025/06/02/nights-of-music-and-poetry/", "published_at": "2025-06-02T09:54:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d76c-0ca3-71e2-a606-6bf5ec8dfc26", "title": "Sounds Made by Humans – out now!", "url": "https://brianbilston.com/2025/05/14/sounds-made-by-humans-out-now/", "published_at": "2025-05-14T16:06:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d76c-0ca3-71e2-a606-6bf5ece253b2", "title": "Every Song on the Radio", "url": "https://brianbilston.com/2025/04/25/every-song-on-the-radio/", "published_at": "2025-04-25T15:12:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d76c-0ca3-71e2-a606-6bf5edc53488", "title": "A Poem for Every Question", "url": "https://brianbilston.com/2025/03/21/a-poem-for-every-question/", "published_at": "2025-03-21T16:16:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d76c-0ca3-71e2-a606-6bf5ee99cf2f", "title": "Sounds Made by Humans", "url": "https://brianbilston.com/2025/02/28/sounds-made-by-humans/", "published_at": "2025-02-28T10:36:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d76c-0ca3-71e2-a606-6bf5ef11cfba", "title": "Early Morning Love Poem", "url": "https://brianbilston.com/2025/02/04/early-morning-love-poem/", "published_at": "2025-02-04T07:11:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d76c-0ca3-71e2-a606-6bf5efbcc13a", "title": "New shows for 2025", "url": "https://brianbilston.com/2024/11/08/new-shows-for-2025/", "published_at": "2024-11-08T15:27:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d76c-0ca3-71e2-a606-6bf5f0085d32", "title": "Let Sleeping Cats Lie – out now", "url": "https://brianbilston.com/2024/09/26/let-sleeping-cats-lie-out-now/", "published_at": "2024-09-26T15:49:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d76c-0ca3-71e2-a606-6bf5f01c9b77", "title": "Index of Poems I Shall Never Write", "url": "https://brianbilston.com/2024/08/30/index-of-poems-i-shall-never-write/", "published_at": "2024-08-30T10:25:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d76c-391e-72b0-885a-3aeec4b43ee7", "title": "Let Sleeping Cats Lie", "url": "https://brianbilston.com/2024/07/18/let-sleeping-cats-lie/", "published_at": "2024-07-18T11:07:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d76c-391e-72b0-885a-3aeec524d577", "title": "Solo shows for 2024", "url": "https://brianbilston.com/2024/03/01/solo-shows-for-2024/", "published_at": "2024-03-01T10:16:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d76c-391e-72b0-885a-3aeec5fc2292", "title": "Mnemonic", "url": "https://brianbilston.com/2024/01/31/mnemonic/", "published_at": "2024-01-31T16:53:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d76c-391e-72b0-885a-3aeec6f4763c", "title": "2024 Shows (warning: may contain poetry)", "url": "https://brianbilston.com/2024/01/31/2024-shows-warning-may-contain-poetry/", "published_at": "2024-01-31T16:50:10+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d76c-391e-72b0-885a-3aeec70fc6eb", "title": "2024 Tour", "url": "https://brianbilston.com/2023/12/12/2024-tour/", "published_at": "2023-12-12T17:44:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d76c-391e-72b0-885a-3aeec740b6e8", "title": "A few tickets available for this week …", "url": "https://brianbilston.com/2023/10/24/a-few-tickets-available-for-this-week/", "published_at": "2023-10-24T13:43:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d76c-391e-72b0-885a-3aeec81af2f0", "title": "Autumn and Spring shows", "url": "https://brianbilston.com/2023/10/15/autumn-and-spring-shows/", "published_at": "2023-10-15T11:02:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d76c-391e-72b0-885a-3aeec8c935d1", "title": "Warning: this post contains the C word", "url": "https://brianbilston.com/2023/10/15/warning-this-post-contains-the-c-word/", "published_at": "2023-10-15T10:55:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d76c-391e-72b0-885a-3aeec8c9c737", "title": "Days Like These in North America", "url": "https://brianbilston.com/2023/09/08/days-like-these-in-north-america/", "published_at": "2023-09-08T13:03:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d76c-391e-72b0-885a-3aeec8f24b7a", "title": "UPDATE ON TICKETS – INCLUDING NEW SHOWS", "url": "https://brianbilston.com/2023/08/11/update-on-tickets-including-new-shows/", "published_at": "2023-08-11T09:08:12+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2026

Poem, revised draftoriginal ↗
13 Sept 2026
A poem about a proverboriginal ↗
12 Sept 2026
An attempt to write a poem in real time while travelling on a trainoriginal ↗
11 Sept 2026
A poem about saying goodbyeoriginal ↗
10 Sept 2026
Newsletter – September 2026original ↗
9 Sept 2026
A poem about a busman’s holidayoriginal ↗
9 Sept 2026
Love Poem in an Excel Spreadsheetoriginal ↗
8 Sept 2026
A poem about the grammar policeoriginal ↗
7 Sept 2026
Handy Love Poemoriginal ↗
6 Sept 2026
A poem about bagsoriginal ↗
5 Sept 2026
Ten years of You Took the Last Bus Homeoriginal ↗
4 Sept 2026
Newsletter – August 2026original ↗
11 Aug 2026
Newsletter – July 2026original ↗
20 Jul 2026
A poem for World Refugee Dayoriginal ↗
20 Jun 2026
It’s showtimeoriginal ↗
1 Jun 2026
A poem for World Otter Dayoriginal ↗
27 May 2026
A poem about the problem of writing poems in hot weatheroriginal ↗
25 May 2026
Great big Brian Bilston bundle giveaway thingieoriginal ↗
20 May 2026
A poem for World Bee Dayoriginal ↗
20 May 2026
A poem which isn’t the one I had hoped to writeoriginal ↗
18 May 2026
A poem for David Attenborough’s 100th birthdayoriginal ↗
8 May 2026
2026 shows – low ticket alertoriginal ↗
6 May 2026
A poem about forgetting an anniversaryoriginal ↗
25 Apr 2026
A poem about a wannabe Bond villainoriginal ↗
24 Apr 2026
A poem about collective nounsoriginal ↗
22 Apr 2026
A poem about the cost of loving crisisoriginal ↗
20 Apr 2026
A poem of a questionable natureoriginal ↗
19 Apr 2026
Some haiku for International Haiku Poetry Dayoriginal ↗
17 Apr 2026
Publication Day!original ↗
16 Apr 2026
A poem not to be taken for graniteoriginal ↗
15 Apr 2026
A poem in which I interview a catoriginal ↗
14 Apr 2026
A small poem with a big impactoriginal ↗
12 Apr 2026
A poem in which I experience intimations of mortalityoriginal ↗
11 Apr 2026
A poem about the benefits of acrostic poetryoriginal ↗
10 Apr 2026
At last, a proper poemoriginal ↗
9 Apr 2026
A body horror poemoriginal ↗
8 Apr 2026
BookKind Non-Fiction Book of the Monthoriginal ↗
7 Apr 2026
A poem about my dogoriginal ↗
6 Apr 2026
A poem about the importance of punctuationoriginal ↗
5 Apr 2026
A poem about eggs and basketsoriginal ↗
4 Apr 2026
A poem about a laid-back croworiginal ↗
3 Apr 2026
A poem about getting uporiginal ↗
2 Apr 2026
A poem about the moonoriginal ↗
1 Apr 2026
A poem about my experience of ‘travelling’ on Britain’s railwaysoriginal ↗
31 Mar 2026
A poem which contains some fancy wordsoriginal ↗
30 Mar 2026
Look … a bookoriginal ↗
24 Mar 2026
A poem for World Meteorological Dayoriginal ↗
23 Mar 2026
Poem written while waiting for a train at a provincial railway stationoriginal ↗
19 Mar 2026
World Book Day Book Awareness Dayoriginal ↗
5 Mar 2026
A short poem about Morrissey’s fridgeoriginal ↗
4 Mar 2026
Pulp Poetryoriginal ↗
27 Feb 2026
2026 Lit Festivalsoriginal ↗
26 Feb 2026
A short poem about an old argumentoriginal ↗
23 Feb 2026
25% off my books via Waterstonesoriginal ↗
17 Feb 2026
A o m in hich I tar to r n o t of hara t roriginal ↗
9 Feb 2026
A poem in which I attempt to write an abecedarian poem in praise of the dictionaryoriginal ↗
6 Feb 2026
#InspirationalPoemoriginal ↗
5 Feb 2026
Poem about how to monetise your social media followersoriginal ↗
28 Jan 2026
Annual reminder of how many days there are in each monthoriginal ↗
23 Jan 2026
A poem about the power of poetry to change the worldoriginal ↗
18 Jan 2026
New year, same meoriginal ↗
12 Jan 2026
Poem concerning a new year dilemmaoriginal ↗
10 Jan 2026
Poem which takes the form of a prayeroriginal ↗
8 Jan 2026
Poem for anyone going back to work todayoriginal ↗
5 Jan 2026
Poem with a subliminal message …original ↗
1 Jan 2026

2025

This was the year that was not the yearoriginal ↗
31 Dec 2025
A New Show for 2026: How to Lay an Egg with a Horse Insideoriginal ↗
9 Dec 2025
Publication Day!original ↗
25 Sept 2025
You Took the Last Bus Home (again)original ↗
21 Aug 2025
Roger’s Thesaurusoriginal ↗
19 Aug 2025
Public Information Filmoriginal ↗
15 Aug 2025
Neither Rhyme nor Reasonoriginal ↗
12 Aug 2025
O do not ask if I am beach body readyoriginal ↗
8 Aug 2025
At the Intersectionoriginal ↗
4 Aug 2025
You Took the Last Bus Homeoriginal ↗
29 Jul 2025
The Bad Salad of William Archibald Spooneroriginal ↗
22 Jul 2025
Wild Weekendoriginal ↗
20 Jul 2025
In the Parkoriginal ↗
16 Jul 2025
Stream ‘Sounds Made by Humans’original ↗
10 Jul 2025
Today’s Climate Forecastoriginal ↗
10 Jul 2025
Ireland tour in Octoberoriginal ↗
9 Jul 2025
Nights of music and poetry …original ↗
2 Jun 2025
Sounds Made by Humans – out now!original ↗
14 May 2025
Every Song on the Radiooriginal ↗
25 Apr 2025
A Poem for Every Questionoriginal ↗
21 Mar 2025
Sounds Made by Humansoriginal ↗
28 Feb 2025
Early Morning Love Poemoriginal ↗
4 Feb 2025

2024

New shows for 2025original ↗
8 Nov 2024
Let Sleeping Cats Lie – out noworiginal ↗
26 Sept 2024
Index of Poems I Shall Never Writeoriginal ↗
30 Aug 2024
Let Sleeping Cats Lieoriginal ↗
18 Jul 2024
Solo shows for 2024original ↗
1 Mar 2024
Mnemonicoriginal ↗
31 Jan 2024
2024 Shows (warning: may contain poetry)original ↗
31 Jan 2024

2023

2024 Touroriginal ↗
12 Dec 2023
A few tickets available for this week …original ↗
24 Oct 2023
Autumn and Spring showsoriginal ↗
15 Oct 2023
Warning: this post contains the C wordoriginal ↗
15 Oct 2023
Days Like These in North Americaoriginal ↗
8 Sept 2023
UPDATE ON TICKETS – INCLUDING NEW SHOWSoriginal ↗
11 Aug 2023
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