Leah Kaya Coughlan

pisces poet + writer of things at @bbdperfectstorm she/they @sussexuni + @goldsmithsuol alum

[M-Jay🪅 @Jamesoflife]

The man vs bear argument has been upgraded to man vs lion. A 13yr old girl in Ethiopia was abducted and abused by a group of men but was rescued by lions when they heard her crying and protected her until the police came.

A literal wild animal saved a girl from…men.

[sarah @sahouraxo]

Wow. This is London right now.

Absolutely MASSIVE protest in support of Palestine.

🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

[Leah Kaya Coughlan @wordsofleah]

@EmilyThornberry As your constituent, I urge you to vote in favour of an immediate ceasefire in Gaza should there be a vote in Parliament on Wednesday. If you do not vote for a ceasefire, I will not vote for you at the next general election. #NoCeasefireNoVote #ceasfirenow

[Leah Kaya Coughlan @wordsofleah]

so glad i came across @Malikabooker everyone should read this, it’s a really a phenomenal expression of the pain of grieving, remembering and ancestry and feels brilliantly apt for life rn

[Forward Prizes @ForwardPrizes]

The 2023 #ForwardPrize for Best Single Poem – Written goes to….

Malika Booker @MalikaBooker for ‘Libation’
Pub. By The Poetry Review @PoetrySociety
Congratulations Malika!
#ForwardPrizes

[The sunny side of Franz Kafka @AmschelKavka]

The days do change, the expression of the pain changes, one’s powers of resistance change, and then one is carried along more or less alive on the waves of change.

Franz Kafka, 1914.

[The sunny side of Franz Kafka @AmschelKavka]

Goodnight now, my dearest girl, be true to me, provided it doesn’t do you too much harm, and understand that I belong to you as much as any object in your room.

Franz Kafka, 1912.

[Angel's Whisper @AngelsWhisperr]

Centaur in Love, 1987 (Featured in German art magazine)

[Astro Poets @poetastrologers]

Leo season

[sapphic lit bot @sapphiclitbot]

She kisses in a way that makes me think, in the middle of kissing her, that if I hadn’t done this, I’d walk around for the rest of my life with some kind of regret whose origins I could never entirely place.

Mary McCoy, Indestructible Object

[@[email protected] @KitdeWaal]

A creative writing course in 2 minutes. The best.

[Leah Kaya Coughlan @wordsofleah]

you say nosy, i say, endlessly curious about the world

[Leah Kaya Coughlan @wordsofleah]

frida kahlo - what the water gave me. ‘Frida found herself submerged by her life. "I drank to drown my pain, but the damned pain learned how to swim”’

[b r o o k e *:･ﾟ✧ @peachlybeloved]

y’all what is a painting or other work of visual art that never fails to destroy you every time you see it because BOY I’ll start:

[Leah Kaya Coughlan @wordsofleah]

@fesshole my mum died when i was 14, 12 years go. every mother’s day i’m reminded of her absence. every hug a girl and her mum shares in the street. every time my friends talk about their mums. it’s just life babes. it’s no one’s fault that you suffered loss, especially not other mums.

[suli breaks / solomon @sulibreaks]

Of course, love is patient and kind but also temperamental. Even mutual love is seasonal. Love has its moments, moments that can make us question it. I’m still learning that love is not an assumption, it’s a practice

[Leah Kaya Coughlan @wordsofleah]

do I know any junior/midweight art directors who potentially wanna be my partner ???? #artdirector #copywriter #creativeteam

[queer art bot 🎨 @queerartbot]

Jenna Gribbon, Me Looking At Her Looking At Me (2018)

[Leah Kaya Coughlan @wordsofleah]

As Brits, tea is in our blood. Our bones. Our very DNA. But some unsightly news has shocked the nation beyond repair. We could only get our hands on one copy to photograph, which you can see below. We await comment from Rishi as a vote of no confidence is held Monday 20th March.