The ballot paper for #aras25, taking place this month:

Ah, glad you liked! A complete re-write of my ten-year-old first draft, when i hadn't spotted the two "under God"s

@billymills.bsky.social - Lyrical Vision - Gallery 6 - the legendary 6 Gallery allenginsberg.org/2025/10/w-o-1/

www.vianegativa.us/2025/09/theo... Another Pepys erasure gem from @davebonta.bsky.social

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An hour of pure pleasure: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SN7...

I think it’s very interesting how emphatically these conversations are about inevitability—it’s time, it’s happening, like it or not, and in particular, a sense of: “You have to.” When it comes to treating an AI product as a person, I assure you that I do not have to. And you do not have to.

I got shortlisted for Verve's Poem of the Month! The Poem can be read here alongside the winner and other shortlistees! vervepoetry.substack.com/p/september-...

Well, that was my moment in the Bluesky sun; might as well retire now.

This!

It‘a disturbing so many are using ChatGPT for therapy or a friend.

@billymills.bsky.social - Walt Whitman on Falsehood and Democracy - allenginsberg.org/2016/11/satu...

Masterpiece! Released 28 Years Ago Today! Bob Dylan - Time Out Of Mind youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Watching this debate and almost none of what's being discussed falls within the role of the President of Ireland. #speirgorm

@billymills.bsky.social - Auden Recalled - allenginsberg.org/2025/09/s-m-...

My toaster and I talked it over, and we agree with you.

Let's get one thing straight; interactions with ChatGPT etc are not conversations. Stop calling them that.

after a bit of a break, I now have a small A5 booklet available with 6 (and a bit) short contemplative style poems. £3 (free p&p in the UK) available from charlieulyatt.bandcamp.com/merch/some-p...

@billymills.bsky.social open.spotify.com/track/640qDN...

reading _the seafarer_ next in the #oldenglish group. reminded of ezra pound's reading of his #translation. if you've never heard it, it's worth a listen. whew! www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ylM... #poetry #poem

The late, great, magnificent, wonderful Danny Thompson: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tyV...

@billymills.bsky.social - Jayne Cortez (1934-2012) - allenginsberg.org/2025/09/s-t-...

John Martone

Personally, I favour changing the requirements for candidates for the Áras. We need to make it a lot harder for nutjobs to get on the waggon. Say 30 TDs and Senators or 8 local authorities.

@billymills.bsky.social - Gregory Corso reads The Bill of Rights - allenginsberg.org/2013/10/greg...

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Finally, some good news.

Extraordinary, really. He was what, 19? #BobDylan www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQmI...

#haiku www.patreon.com/posts/autumn...

@billymills.bsky.social - Geoff Manaugh - remembering Allen Ginsberg - parts 1 & 2 - allenginsberg.org/2025/09/s-22... allenginsberg.org/.../s-t-23-g...

Marmite: I can take it or leave it.

The reason I'm concerned about Maria Steen being on the ballot isn't that she will win (she won't). My worry is that if she is nominated, it will mean a month of national airtime for a hate campaign against vulnerable groups, carried by a media too scared of being sued to call it what it is

Poems by Rosmarie Waldrop set by David Bremner and performed by David on organ and soprano Elizabeth Hilliard Well worth a listen soundcloud.com/david-bremne...

Review time, with two Shearsman titles: ellipticalmovements.wordpress.com/2025/09/22/t... #poetry @shearsmanbooks.bsky.social @disruptedblue.bsky.social

This week in the poetry blogs with @victoriamoul.bsky.social @matriches.bsky.social @shawnalemay.bsky.social @robmclennan.bsky.social @emmalee1.bsky.social @jwikeley.bsky.social @richardjnewman.bsky.social @billymills.bsky.social 1/3 www.vianegativa.us/2025/09/poet...

@billymills.bsky.social - Geoff Manaugh on Allen Ginsberg - 1 - Remembering Allen Ginsberg - allenginsberg.org/2025/09/s-22...

The ever-excellent @davebonta.bsky.social www.vianegativa.us/2025/09/pilg...

Review time, with two Shearsman titles: ellipticalmovements.wordpress.com/2025/09/22/t... #poetry @shearsmanbooks.bsky.social @disruptedblue.bsky.social

@billymills.bsky.social - Remembering Carolyn Cassady. - see allenginsberg.org/2013/09/caro... & allenginsberg.org/2024/04/s-a-...

The Curse of Oppenheimer

@billymills.bsky.social -Friday's Weekly Round-Up - Howl Response and Responsibility, Ai Weiwei on Allen, Gregory Corso re release, new memoir of Burroughs and more - allenginsberg.org/2025/09/f-s-...