When asked by @robmclennan.bsky.social, how does a poem begin and what makes a good poem? I answered,

I didn't know I needed this new #Steb, til I did. This whole #TheBlastedTree bundle slays, in content & design. @kyleflemmer.com @neilsurkan.bsky.social @sachaarcher.bsky.social www.theblastedtree.com/store/tbt-ne...

newly posted: Ben Robinson : Where Does a Gooder Poem Begin / @arpbooks.bsky.social @palimpsestpress.bsky.social ; periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/02/ben-...

New!!! Realist's Sign-in Badge. Join the rat race with all illusions shattered. Modelled by Alexie Archer

A mask that masks nothing is the face itself.

The parts.

Tonight! I'm launching my book Havana Syndrome published by The Blasted Tree alongside Neil Surkan. This is an online event. Hosted by Kyle Flemmer. Google meet link: meet.google.com/bdv-qivi-nah

Nearing the end of this work. Then what the hell will I do with it? Oh well.

Bought a mic. Will read the eyes. Second Sight.

Another beauty to linger in from @timglaseteditions.bsky.social: CELLSEA by Sacha Archer: inhale/exhale in cell, flip the book and inhale/exhale in sea, start over. "Original Forgery/Pearly Gates" is in the part "inhalation" in the Sea part of the book. #BookSky #VisualPoetry

The 28 Cages of February rewards the listener who is in possession of an attention span greater than that of TikTok. sachaarcher.bandcamp.com/album/the-28...

Just finished the last masks at a clean 40. Now I need a new mic to record the reading of the eyes.

This mask made from a MS by Handel. @garybarwin.bsky.social helped me read the eyes of this one. Thanks again, Gary!

Farewell!

This mask is made from a MS by Johnny Milton, who played fiery trumpet in the trio Paradise Lost with his father and the holy ghost.

Join us for a virtual reading with @sachaarcher.bsky.social and @neilsurkan.bsky.social! On Wednesday, Jan. 29 we'll gather online for a celebration of some recent Blasted Tree publications, including Archer's HAVANA SYNDROME and Surkan's Die Workbook. Google Meet link below 👇

Either have just finished or am still working on this series of masks made from 'famous' manuscripts. The text of the cut-away eyes are towards a series of poems/ a long short poem. Figure that out.

newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Dani Spinosa : on A Mean, Mean Thirst periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/01/dani...