David Morley FRSL

Writer, ecologist, and professor. T1.

[David Morley FRSL @ProfDavidMorley]

Two Teaching Fellow posts in Creative Writing at Warwick Writing Programme

Poetry + another genre
Fiction + another genre

A chance to join a programme known for contemporary and experimental writing, with a lively international community. Please share
https://t.co/rCDJmyvzhw

[David Morley FRSL @ProfDavidMorley]

Writing the Pantoum: Repetition, Reverie and the Art of Echo
Mon 11 May 2026 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM BST
This Zoom session offers a focused exploration of the pantoum, a form shaped by repetition, pattern, and controlled variation. Get ready to create.
https://t.co/1hoTPZpgAT

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I’m one of the judges for this year’s Laurel Prize, chaired by Mimi Khalvati, alongside Bethan Laughlin at the Zoological Society of London. The first harvest of books arrived today while I was writing about lichen. https://t.co/TZCJ9RFazn

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@paulajaynebyrne 'Hubcap' - I'm going to adopt that.x

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@paulajaynebyrne Happy New Year to you, Jonathan and all!

[Beauty of music and nature 🌺🌺 @Axaxia88]

Imagine you're driving normally on the highway when suddenly... a "superhero" beaver appears, dragging a massive Christmas tree right across the road, forcing an entire line of trucks to slam on the brakes and wait patiently for "him" to cross! 🦫🎄🚚🤣

This is hands-down the most unexpected and hilarious Christmas scene of the year!

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And a film of the poem among the Christmas trees where the poem was written.
https://t.co/n23rQP0i6c

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A Christmas poem written and read in an abandoned tree plantation, first published in the London Review of Books.
https://t.co/sYXVNlTxlH

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My Ode to Saint Lucy's Day

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'Tis the year's midnight, and it is the day's https://t.co/paFvZ69xdO

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Let the mind take its photograph
Of the bright scene, something to wear
Against the heart in the long cold.

from 'A Day in Autumn' by R.S. Thomas

[Celandine @GBClarkson]

Still available- https://t.co/IaLyoO0w5s including a recording of Tony Harrison RIP reading Them & [uz] with responses from @ProfDavidMorley Sinéad Morrissey, @danielsluman & US Poet Laureate Arthur Sze. David Morley reads 'The Oath' about swearing the Bodleian oath in Romani 🔥

[The Verb @R4TheVerb]

On this rainy, leafy day @imcmillan brings you autumnal poetry, the work of Tony Harrison, @profdavidmorley, Sinéad Morrissey, @danielsluman and the US Poet Laureate Arthur Sze - all on @r4theverb, @bbcradio4 now !

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@GBClarkson Jephson in Leamington? I hope all is well D

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@crystalclearjt @Carcanet @WarwickWriters @cwaleicester @EverybodyReview This is so very kind of you, Jonathan. Thank you. Your words have also ignited in me an idea for my next collection.

[Jonathan Taylor @crystalclearjt]

This is a wonderful book: immersive, challenging and virtuosic poetry about the environment, birds, Romani culture and language, music and science. Poetry full of wise passion. I loved it. @Carcanet @WarwickWriters @ProfDavidMorley @cwaleicester @EverybodyReview

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On #AdaLovelaceDay, I honour the genius of women in science with my poem Ada Lovelace and a sonnet to Caroline Herschel. #WomenInSTEM #Poetry #AdaLovelace #CarolineHerschel
Published in the @LRB:
https://t.co/mORcx9iCtJ

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@GBClarkson Dear Geraldine, I wish you well and health. You may not know me, but I am a huge admirer and advocate of your poetry. Please get well soon, David.

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🎙️ The Verb, BBC Radio 4 19 Oct, 17:10 David Morley & Sinéad Morrissey join Ian McMillan to chat birdsong, RS Thomas, Tony Harrison, stammering, and a gobful of pebbles. With Daniel Sluman (Versus Versus) & Arthur Sze, U.S. Poet Laureate. 🔗 https://t.co/zweUfajH5Z @Carcanet

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Off to BBC Media City to record The Verb with Ian McMillan, Sinead Morrissey and Fiona Benson.