Thank you @freeskatemag for printing my poem ‘The Run’ in this month’s issue. The poem is about skating a spot in Holborn and the particular route (popularised by London locals including @nick__jensen for whose birthday the poem was written) we’d follow to get there. ‘The Run’ is taken from my latest collection Good Ground, available now from @brokensleepbooks at the link in bio.
My new poetry collection is out this Saturday with @brokensleepbooks and is pre-orderable now at the link in bio.
‘Good Ground by Olly Todd is an expansive and sharply observed collection that blends memoir, cultural commentary, and lyric digression with a skater’s eye for momentum and terrain. Spanning London and Los Angeles, Cumbria and San Francisco, the poems range across landscapes both urban and domestic, attentive to the textures of language, architecture, and memory. Todd’s lines are deft and searching, often elliptical yet richly referential, moving fluidly between anecdote, elegy, and philosophical aside. This is a work of subtle composition and wide imaginative scope, animated by restlessness, warmth, and formal intelligence.‘
It’s twenty years since the premiere of Portraits and there’s a @theskatecreativepodcast episode to celebrate! Thanks for the trip down memory lane Joel, Toby (@zophianplants ), and Snowy (@romeosextape ). Massey forever ❤️
Publication day trailer, created by @michael__j__fox and featuring the poem ‘Tides’ read by RJ Bayley. Thank you both 🙏 Out for Air is out now in bookshops and online from @pennedinthemargins (Link in bio👆)
