Harriet Truscott

Poet. Only in it for the money.

Also at
@harriettruscott.bsky.social

[Malcolm Guite @malcolmguite]

He and the earth he made were never closer,
Divinity and dust come face to face.
We flinch back from his via dolorosa,
He sets his face like flint and takes our place,
Good Friday: the first 12 Stations of the Cross https://t.co/3Y9NWzd1VI

[Harriet Truscott @HMTruscott]

@tom_mckinney @BBCRadio3 Morning! Sounds like a lovely programme scheduled for the morning.

[Harriet Truscott @HMTruscott]

@tom_mckinney @BBCRadio3 Good morning to Tom and the willow warblers.

[Harriet Truscott @HMTruscott]

I am VERY sceptical that Gertrude Stein said “Whoever said money can’t buy happiness simply didn’t know where to go shopping” as the @AshmoleanMuseum exhibition claims. She wrote a lot about money and consumerism - but this…? Can anyone prove me wrong?

[Harriet Truscott @HMTruscott]

@byvjrene Congratulations, V!

[Richard Skinner @RichardNSkinner]

The new issue of #14magazine is now available at just £7 incl. UK p&p. Featuring brand new work by:

Details of how to purchase your copy:

https://t.co/ZhQka2qxtW

[Harriet Truscott @HMTruscott]

@ArcCreativeArts Congratulations on the shortlisting Martin!

[Harriet Truscott @HMTruscott]

I have just sent four gloriously deranged poems off to @zoebrigley at @poetrywales for their Innovative Poetry call. Hooray for fun in poetry!

[Harriet Truscott @HMTruscott]

Entire Seeley Library to myself as I read about Puritan theology…

[Poems on the Underground @PoemsOnTheTube]

Poems on the Underground Poem of the Week August 24th Everything Changes by Cicely Herbert https://t.co/DfnpovXXXk

[Harriet Truscott @HMTruscott]

I searched Abe Books for “First Steps in Letterpress: a beginner’s guide.” Abe Books suggested “Micropenis.”

[Harriet Truscott @HMTruscott]

@badbadpoet I’m just waiting for the taxman to enquire.

[Harriet Truscott @HMTruscott]

@badbadpoet That sounds excellent and joyful but also a genuine response to the nature of poems as a series of words heard in the air.

[Harriet Truscott @HMTruscott]

@badbadpoet I always select different poems to read aloud than I would if I were sharing them solely on the page. As you say, it needs to be more immediate & I think, much easier to comprehend as a whole. I’ve heard excellent page poems read & been left with a series of disconnected images.

[Harriet Truscott @HMTruscott]

@badbadpoet And I once heard J H Prynne give an amazing reading where he slowly repeated certain key words and phrases of the poem. One of my most memorable experiences from university.

[Harriet Truscott @HMTruscott]

@badbadpoet I heard Will Harris say that he felt each poem should be read at least twice at a reading, and then he did that for some of his poems. I felt it worked well, though I’ve not done it myself since.

[Harriet Truscott @HMTruscott]

My ex-boss Laura James is looking for new employment. She will take tech organisations that don’t work and make them work. Also she will listen to would-be poets moan and give them helpful advice.

[Laura James @LaurieJ]

I’m looking for work.

My experience doesn't fit standard job titles or sectors - the closest might be ‘empathetic interdisciplinary engineering leader’ developing new or complex things.

Read about what I can do, & what I'd like to do next:
https://t.co/G45L6T7MEq &get in touch

[Harriet Truscott @HMTruscott]

@RoisinCNorton A friend of mine said to me yesterday when I complained about needing to write 30 poems in 2 months, “It’s a nuisance trying to write well, isn’t it?”

[Harriet Truscott @HMTruscott]

Me, struggling to write a verse novel, met a friend struggling to edit a creative non-fiction work. We were both in a cafe which was maybe where we were going wrong.