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  Having one of those days today.

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  My autumn tour starts today. Sadly, it may be the last grand outing for this notebook, which has survived floods, famine, pestilence & someone trying to make off with it after a gig in Brighton. Hopefully it will make it to Monmouth today, followed by Aberystwyth, Cardigan, Winchester & Guildford.

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  Autumn poem just dropped.

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  Here’s a poem about one of my cat’s poems. It’s called “On ‘,,,;;pppppp’[[[[[[[[[[[[;’;////////////////////////3,’”.

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  Today’s poem is called ‘Poem, Revised Draft’.

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  From next week, I'll be off on tour - with [gulp] 45 shows this autumn. Many are close to selling out: Cardigan, Guildford, Croydon, Norwich, Manchester, Stroud, Stirling, Leeds, Exeter, Newark, Bakewell, Chorley, Liverpool, Bristol, London. Hope to see some of you when I'm out and about. (1/2)

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  Today’s poem is called ‘You Can’t Judge a Book’.

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  Today’s offering is an attempt to write a poem in real time while on a train journey.

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  Today’s poem is called ‘In the Departure Lounge’.

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  Today’s poem is called ‘Busman’s Holiday’.

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  Today’s poem is called ‘Love Excels’.

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  Today’s poem is called ‘The Grammar Police’.

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  Today’s poem is called ‘Morrissey’s Fridge’.

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  Today’s poem is called ‘Not Her Cup of Tea’.

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  Today’s poem is called ‘Bags’.

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  Ten years ago, ‘You Took the Last Bus Home’ was published. It was my first collection of poetry and incredibly, it’s still going strong. To celebrate the anniversary, I thought I’d share a poem from it every day this month, starting with the title poem.

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  Clarification: please note that my show on 4th October features the reading of Bilston poems at the Milton Rooms in Malton, not Milton poems at the Malton Rooms in Bilston. https://themiltonrooms.com/event/brian-bilston-how-to-lay-an-egg-with-a-horse-inside/

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  Pets Sounds is out today! We’re having a listening party on Bandcamp at 8pm this evening (UK time) to celebrate. If you’d like to hear the songs and join the chat with various band members, you can find us here: https://petssounds.bandcamp.com/merch/pets-sounds-listening-party

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  Just under two weeks to go before my #edfringe debut and here’s a fab poster designed by the brilliant @ninaffle to advertise the show. It would be great to see you there. Tickets here: https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/brian-bilston-how-to-lay-an-egg-with-a-horse-inside

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  My August newsletter is now out, featuring poems, general musings, plus news about what I'm up to and where I'll be. You can read it here ... https://brianbilston.com/2026/08/11/newsletter-august-2026/ and if, for some strange reason, you fancy subscribing, here's where to sign up: https://brianbilston.com/newsletter/

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  It’s paperback publication day for my collection of poems about pets, Let Sleeping Cats Lie. Available for a mere £7.99 from a bookshop near you. Thats about a bob per poem in old money. https://uk.bookshop.org/a/295/9781035050574

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  Today is Venn Day, in celebration of the mathematician John Venn, born on this day in 1834. To commemorate the occasion, here’s a poem in the form of a Venn Diagram.

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  Not long now until my week at the #EdFringe, followed by autumn tour, when I’ll be reading poems from ‘How to Lay an Egg with a Horse Inside’. More info on all the shows can be found here: www.brianbilston.com/events/

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  My July newsletter is now out. It’s a monthly endeavour, containing a selection of new and old poems plus news on where I’ll be over the coming months. You can read it here: https://brianbilston.com/2026/07/20/newsletter-july-2026/

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  I can’t remember whether I’ve mentioned this before but I’m going on tour this autumn: 46 shows across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, plus the last week of the Edinburgh Fringe. It would be smashing to see you at one of these. https://brianbilston.com/events/

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  Today is World Refugee Day. Here’s a poem called ‘Refugees’.

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  A poem for World Bee Day.

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  Poem with a subliminal message.

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  Here’s a poem called ‘Life of a Naturalist’.

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  Here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.