Aitch (Helena Marie)

Published author and poet, currently working on a collection of narrative poems. Oh, and a novel. Don't forget the novel.
Alumna of Oxford Brookes, and Brunel.

[Aitch (Helena Marie) @withintheword]

@Guy88858620 @AngrySeagull2 @fesshole You seem very angry, Guy.

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Another fabulous afternoon of reading and hearing poetry at the @AshmoleanMuseum with the excellent @ElleStear and the wonderful Laura Davies. 😍

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@psmcg76 @fesshole It's an automatically generated message, not a response from participants.

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Absolutely delighted that my poem Weighted Hours was awarded Commended status in the @AutumnVoicesUK poetry competition. Some excellent, insightful feedback from judge Margaret Elphinstone, and a lovely event.

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Excellent ekphrastic poetry readings at the @AshmoleanMuseum today, with some wonderful poets, including @ElleStear and @BasDreaming (and of course my own little contribution - it would be rude not to!).

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@_FrancesOwen @fliceverett Hopefully much more betterer.

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One of my recent pieces (an ekphrastic response). Scroll down to: 'Ane Kathrine' by Helena Marie (and do also read the others - particularly @ElleStear's beautiful poem.

https://t.co/PgfWv2oOCS

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@fesshole Brilliant!

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@MarinaSofia8 @anotherdeafpoet - some recommendations for you. 🙂

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Asking for a friend - any book recommendations by authors from the following countries?

Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, San Morino, and Slovakia

@MarinaSofia8 ?

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@MarinaSofia8 @prasparpress Amazing, thank you. I knew you'd know!

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@EldenRay @amwilson_opera This 100%.

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@MissDRT @VictoriaCoren @LizJonesGoddess Me too, especially with long, pointy shoes. Eeew!

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@AndrewPaulWood @guardian So there's no such thing as something everybody feels? Make that make sense please.

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@Number10cat Someone had s*x with him???

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@Carrie_Etter I seem to recall that both Mary Jean Chan and Jenny Wong do this sometimes.

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@ElleStear @PoetrySociety @clairecollison1 Looking forward to hearing your fab new poems. 😍

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Looking forward to poetry chat later. #thinraft

[David Challen @David_Challen]

As a child bereaved by fatal domestic abuse, headlines calling a man who killed three women a “nice guy” and “normal person” have felt personally traumatic.

The media called my father a “gentle man” and “nice chap”, which misrepresented the controlling reality that myself and my family experienced for years. It compounded our trauma.

Reporting like this causes so much damage – both to victims’ families, and to public understandings of coercive control. It has to stop. Now.

We need every single newsroom trained in how to report domestic abuse deaths, and to lobby the regulator for stronger rules. The press has the power to prevent further deaths and save women’s lives.

Please support this crowdfunder I’ve started to support @we_level_up’s crucial work to train journalists in their Dignity For Dead Women guidelines.

This takes all of us ➡️ https://t.co/iPJGFUs7Qn

[Aitch (Helena Marie) @withintheword]

Last night I finished Late Night Writing Hours, run by the wonderfully engaging and inspiring host @kimmoorepoet. Definitely a big recommendation from me.