The hug from the moon podcast

Recorded at the end of another mental health awareness week, our cult poet posts a tribute episode to an old friend who died too soon and ponders grief , suicide, love, regret and appreciation. ( contains some swears)

This week our cult poet interviews one of his featured poets of the week, the brilliant Joy M Louisa. Joy shares her creative journey and also the poem which started it all for her aged 14. ‘The rose’

This week our foolhardy and shambling ragged boneyard poet, staggers from bar to bar , finds some courage in his soul, meets a bearded tit and tells a story about cops , cuffs and chaos.

This week our cult poet premiers a brand new poem about the perils of social media, describes depression as a lethal dose of honesty and uses the format of a classic poem to fashion a plea for self contentment in ‘ I don’t wanna be yours’

This week in a brand new feature , everyone’s favourite cult poet sits down with the earth man himself Ricci read to geek out over one of his favourite poems ‘tulips’ by Sylvia Plath .

This week everyone’s favourite cult poet shares some personal poems about family and plagiarises his hero Jerry springer. Enjoy !

Helen is a talented poet and passionate advocate for books ! We talk about what inspires her to write, how she gets into the headspace to create and the meaning of life . (Maybe)

Our cult poet reacts to the recent events at the Oscars with his own polemic take "Hollywood stands for nothing"

This week our intrepid cult poet desperately tries to write a Mother’s Day poem with the help of guest poets Ricci Read, Helen Williams and Joy M. Louisa

This week our intrepid and asthmatic poet exhumes the dust filled relics of his subconscious looking for more answers to life’s big questions. Featuring Ellie cornel

In this weeks episode our foolhardy cult poet dips his toes into the bubbling broth of the culture wars , picks a fight with Jordan Peterson , campaigns for a ceasefire on social media and sings a song about breaking free from the chains of ideology. Featuring guest poet of the week Ricci read with his poem ‘war’

More melancholy verbosity from your favourite cult monstrosity leon helsby! Featuring Ricky frost !

This week our grizzled and wizened poet attempts to figure out his aversion to writing sincerely about love with the assistance of our featured poet of the week, Ellie Cornell .

This week our favourite cult poet explores masculinity in the form of a childhood brush with malevolence & a story about a friends jollity while regaling a story of casual violence. Featuring Helen Williams.

In this weeks episode our poet dives into the subject of mental health and gets confessional. Featuring Ricci Read

This week our favourite cult poet flexes his interview chops in a conversation with featured poet of the week Ricci Read.

Everyone's favourite cult poet casts his critical gaze over the Novak Djokovic saga and delivers his take.(warning contains some swears)

This week our jaded bloodied and bruised poet dives into the subject of lost friends and finds a reason to still believe in the joy of friendship in the form of our featured poet of the week ‘joy’ m Louisa.

This week everyone's favourite cult poet rewrites a cloakroom punchup from his youth, tells 2 tales of doomed love and shares a short story from his favourite up and coming writer Mae Scott.

This week our intrepid hope detective pans for gold in the subjects of ‘old age, the pandemic & a near death experience’ . Featuring guest poet of the week Ricky Frost !

This week, everyone's favourite cult poet reads out 2 of his poems, introduces the world to the featured poet of the week and sings a song about attachment disorder called 'stay'

Poem number 11

Poem number 10.

Poem number 9.

Poem number 8. A tale of fisticuffs in the cloakroom starring our somewhat ill equipped narrator .