Ryan Ormonde

1) Sugabear out now 2) l-r: the poet; eye-rolling stone griffin at Bletchley Park; satisfied reader @sukiiiiiiiiiiiii Link in bio to buy Sugabear, along with other excellent @intergraphiabooks Sugabear is Sugababes Paradox + Pipaluk and the Frogspawm Excerptsssss... Sugababes Paradox: "...Following on from this observation, a significant strand in cognitive science would consider Sugababes not as an entity, nor even a collection of objectively existing members, but rather as an organisational structure that has perceptual continuity. When a Sugababes fan thinks of Sugababes, they have expectations about who is found where, how they interact, and how they interact with the wider world..." Pipaluk and the Frogspawn: "...The closed businesses are suggestive of life – this is a taste of Tokyo! – here are empty beer bottles and onward past residences and the long wall that keeps the lineside from bears like you – then the train unseen – the grand sound and a blackbird on high claims Kilburn, or this corner of it which is quantity of fruit and cardboard, something of Tangier, then lit brightly to all splendour..." 🐻‍❄

Thank you @lannywadd and @k_ren_sandhu for these photos from last night 💚 Sugabear launched at @morocco_bound_bookshop 💚 Glory of spawning! Beautiful faces in the audience - tusind tak everyone 💚 Link in bio to all @intergraphiabooks pamphlets if you didn't get your copy - scroll down for Sugabear 💚 DM me for Sugabear postcards designed by @ruanmoss 🐻‍❄️ Go raibh míle maith agat 💚 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚

My poem 'Movement (against Section 28)' is one of 14 new poems by LGBTQ+ poets 💙💛🌈 @14poems 😘 'Our latest issue is a snapshot of the most exciting contemporary queer poets around. 'Celebrating queer poetry, our latest issue of fourteen poems combines well-known poets with some fresh faces. 'With 14 poems in every issue, we hope to offer a look into where queer writing is currently. 'Whether it’s shaving your head with a loved one, reclaiming language that was once cut off to you, or subverting ideas of connection, there’s a poem here for you. 'Read them all in one sitting, or savour each one as you go. We hope you love these fourteen poems as much as we do. 'This issue features: “Carnelian” by Richard Scott “What winter means to bees” by William Rayfet Hunter “Don’t Do It Di” by Cia Mangat “Rain” by Jennifer Wong “on tasting her girlfriend’s scars” by Hazelle Lerum “Husband” by Chris Jones “run baby/never let us catch you” by DeeDee Noble “A Queer Act” by Julia Ireland “Klausenpass” by Jack Westmore “Someday I Won’t Fuck Married Men” by Malik Thompson “Grenadine” by Clara-Læïla Laudette “Movement (against Section 28)” by Ryan Ormonde “Shine teeth” by Abu Leila “So Much Faith All Over the Place” by Jane Flett' 💙💛💙💛💙💛💙💛💙💛💙💛

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There was just enough time for some excellent food at Master Wei Xi'an before I caught my train, where the cookie told me exactly what I needed to hear (see pic) following my reading at @intergraphiabooks Small Press Takeover. An honour to be sandwiched between the generative and lucid @h.ormara and the liberating and dazzling @sascha.akhtar under the warm and humourous care of @emmabollandstudio and @brihughespoet - sorry to miss you @rachel_artsmith - get well soon! Thank you all! And to those who came along to see us! 🐻‍❄

On rotation in 2026: Nadine Shah - Kitchen Sink 🍍🍍 Soul II Soul - Club Classics Vol 1 Massive Attack - Blue Lines Kate Bush - The Sensual World Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here Suede - Dog Man Star Kirsty MacColl - Titanic Days Marianne Faithfull - Broken English Grace Jones - Portfolio Letta Mbula - In the Music the Village Never Ends Prince - Parade FKA Twigs - Magdalene Tricky - Maxinquaye Santigold - Spirituals Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever to Tell The Slits - Cut Sinead O'Connor - Lion & The Cobra Van Morrison - Astral Weeks Alice Coltrane - Journey in Satchadanada Nico - Chelsea Girl Joni Mitchell - For The Roses

On Saint Patrick's Day I will be reading from my @intergraphiabooks pamphlet Sugabear as part of their Small Press Takeover in Stewart House, Bloomsbury. Very happy to be sharing the bill with @h.ormara and @sascha.akhtar 😃😃 See you there! Thanks to the Poetic Research Centre at Royal Holloway and @brihughespoet

Artwork by my brother @sean.ormonde

Enjoyed all pairs/pears of Isabel Rock's shoes @hastings.contemporary today, plus the recreation of her prison cell (one month for eco-activism) with its hilarious Come Dine With Me parody as entertainment. Also, lovely Michael Landy drawings and fab Sophie Barber paintings on swollen DIY canvases. 🍐🍐

Dora Carrington Self-Portrait, 1913 Pencil, watercolour, gouache and chalks on paper 55.5 x 30.5 cm 21 7/8 x 12 1/8 in JC262 [Out of Copyright]

Fragment of Sappho translated by Anne Carson

A delight to find friends @headslice and @robert.kiely in latest issue of @tentacularmagazine in collaboration with baby.