IT’S A THURSDAY TAKEOVER!
Surprise, surprise! It’s the poet Jeremy Dixon here! In the run up to the publication of THE BEAT THE PULSE THE WAVE on 4 June for the next eight Thursdays I’m taking over the Arachne Press Instagram account! I’ll be giving some poetic insights into the creation of my second poetry collection. This week it’s the cover design process. Please drop any questions in the comments.
If you feel so inclined and would like to help support both a queer poet and an independent publisher please consider grabbing a ticket for the online launch or pre-ordering the collection! Links in bio.
See you next Thursday! X
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THURSDAY TAKEOVER!
ON THE TOWN!
It’s a slightly different Thursday Takeover post today, some photos of my fabulous whirlwind two days in London to promote THE BEAT THE PULSE THE WAVE. It began with a Lumen Poetry Night reading with my Arachne Press stable mates Jennifer A McGowan and A J Akoto.
1. Posing at @poetry_pharmacy_ at Lush on Oxford Steet.
2. Signing copies of my book at @poetry_pharmacy_ at Lush on Oxford Steet.
3. Thinking about the Dilly Boys at Piccadilly Circus.
4. Trolling the @wallacemuseum .
5. Meeting Portia at Arachne Towers while poetry planning with @cherry_potts_writer .
6. Snapping Tirzah during a break in writing a poetry introduction with Cherry.
7. Coming up with a poem at the Konrad Mägi exhibition at @dulwichgallery .
8. Artists’-booking at @britishlibrary .
If you feel so inclined and would like to help support both a queer poet and an independent publisher please consider grabbing a ticket for the online launch or pre-ordering the collection! Links in bio.
See you next Thursday! X
#TakeoverThursday #TheBeatThePulseThe Wave #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrycollection #wave #peninsular #familyhistory #wirral #merseyside #sea
#london
Hugest of thanks to THE MUSE at @poetrybooksociety for recommending THE BEAT THE PULSE THE WAVE as one of their choices for Mental Health Awareness
Week. It means such a lot to me that my poetry is seen as a way to improve mental health and wellbeing!
You can order my book from the link in the bio.
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Jeremy Dixon’s “drag queens at the Albert Dock” takes phrases that pretend to be harmless and lets them accumulate until their violence becomes unmistakable. Each remark alters how a queer body moves, speaks, dresses, mourns, and survives.
What I love about this poem is its apparent simplicity. The structure is plain, almost blunt, but the split in “every body” carries so much pressure. This is not “everybody” as a vague social mass. It is every body as flesh. Every body as risk. Every body as the place where politics happens before it becomes language, which feels particularly pertinent right now.
The poem understands how casual comments become training. You don’t look gay. You don’t sound gay. You don’t act gay. Each one asks for a small disappearance. Lower the voice. Change the clothes. Hide the badge. Let go of the hand. Laugh it off. Keep yourself moving.
And then, quietly, the poem refuses the premise. It doesn’t argue for a better version of “typical.” It shows the cost of having to survive other people’s categories at all.
By the final couplet, “living” and “political” are not slogans. They are bodily facts. Survival is not abstract but becomes the work of staying visible without being destroyed by that very visibility.
This poem is available in Issue One of The Aftershock Review
Very excited for the online launch of THE BEAT THE PULSE THE WAVE on Thursday 4 June at 7.30pm.
I’ll be reading poems from the collection and talking about the process of publishing with my amazing editor @cherry_potts_writer .
I’m so lucky to be joined by two amazing poets Jamie Fearn and Conway Emmett.
I’ve also included a few slides from pre-publication buyers. Massive thanks for their support to @christinecherry_ , @ewanandsmith and @jamiewoods77 !
Tickets are FREE with an option to purchase the book.
Link in bio.
THIS WEEK’S THURSDAY TAKEOVER!
Jeremy Dixon here, returning with the tide! Each Thursday in the run up to the publication of THE BEAT THE PULSE THE WAVE on Thursday 4 June 2026 I’m taking over the Arachne Press Instagram account! I’ll be giving some poetic insights into the creation of my second poetry collection. This week it’s all about THE WAVE! Please drop any questions in the comments.
If you feel so inclined and would like to help support both a queer poet and an independent publisher please consider grabbing a ticket for the online launch or pre-ordering the collection! Links in bio.
See you next Thursday! X
#TakeoverThursday #TheBeatThePulseThe Wave #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrycollection #wave #peninsular #familyhistory #wirral #merseyside #sea
A fabulous reading last night in a pavilion in a walled garden in a museum in a park in Stroud! Huge thanks to @dialectwriters for the invitation to read from THE BEAT THE PULSE THE WAVE and to represent @arachnepress at this indie network press celebration. Lovely to read alongside Kathryn Southworth, Philip Rush, @nessanapolitano_ , @adam.horovitz and @suzannahvevans . My first visit to Stroud and my first visit to @made_in_stroud_shop ! #indiepressnetwork #poetrysalon
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It's hard to capture such a warm and special night especially when your photos are as random as these! Thank you so much to our brilliant, attentive audience and especially to our readers who were all just absolutely excellent - what a gem of a Beltane eve that was - and an almost-full moon 🌝 big up Kathryn Southworth, Philip Rush, Jeremy Dixon, Vanessa Napolitano, Adam Horovitz, Suzannah V Evans 🙏💓✨️ #indiepressnetwork #poetrysalon #poetryreading #gotothepoets
IT’S ANOTHER THURSDAY TAKEOVER!
Jeremy Dixon here again! Each Thursday in the run up to the publication of THE BEAT THE PULSE THE WAVE on 4 June I’m taking over the Arachne Press Instagram account! I’ll be giving some poetic insights into the creation of my second poetry collection. This week it’s all about THE PULSE! Please drop any questions in the comments.
If you feel so inclined and would like to help support both a queer poet and an independent publisher please consider grabbing a ticket for the online launch or pre-ordering the collection! Links in bio.
See you next Thursday! X
#TakeoverThursday #TheBeatThePulseThe Wave #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrycollection #music #dance #rhythm #pulse #familyhistory #wirral #merseyside #SirGawain
How lovely to meet the lovely @sophie_ace_aldred at a lovely funeral today and how lovely to have a companion to guide me back to Euston! ❤️❤️❤️
#doctorwho
We've had our first verified early trade order for @hazardpressuk 's TheBeatthePulsetheWave, which means badges are going to be winging their way to @poetry_pharmacy_ in #London #York & #bishopscastle
IT’S A THURSDAY TAKEOVER!
It’s the poet Jeremy Dixon here again! Every Thursday in the run up to the publication of THE BEAT THE PULSE THE WAVE on 4 June I’m taking over the Arachne Press Instagram account! I’ll be giving some poetic insights into the creation of my second poetry collection. This week it’s all about THE BEAT! Please drop any questions in the comments.
If you feel so inclined and would like to help support both a queer poet and an independent publisher please consider grabbing a ticket for the online launch or pre-ordering the collection! Links in bio.
See you next Thursday! X
#TakeoverThursday #TheBeatThePulseThe Wave #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrycollection #music #dance #rhythm #typography
