The funeral over the sound of tatami-sweeping By Masaya Saito, from Snow Bones

Amazing. Can’t believe I never came across this before ! HT @ravoon.bsky.social

Does anyone else have autistic/ADHD/AuDHD kids who pick fights with you? Like do destructive stuff they know will drive you crazy on purpose? We are being absolutely terrorised in our own house. (NB I am not looking for comments from neurotypical parents telling me all kids get up to shenanigans)

Hard, brutal, haunted by the sounds of words and the world. Loved it. Although I read each poem a number of times, I now intend to reread the whole thing to get a sense of it as a collection.

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/st... @uplift.ie

I keep in coming back to this one. Perhaps it reminds me of early Kinsella as well…. @ravoon.bsky.social from the collection “Dirt Rich”

Sounds about right ….

I’m always so proud (for our culture) when I see the literary pages in @irishtimes.com …. It gives artists a real platform to be introduced to the wider population and prizes such as @tseliotprize.bsky.social perform a similar and symbiotic role IMHO… grateful for good critics too…

That was great @ravoon.bsky.social ! Could have easily listened to you and @jntod.bsky.social for another few hours…. (I’d totally give up honesty for a good line though … just to be clear ;)

This evening! Last call !

“The Wreck of the Evangelists”, 2026

A unique poet for sure ….

Poor Spider Never surprised By their own web

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

One for you @joriegraham.bsky.social @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social

The truth. snyder.substack.com/p/lies-and-l...

Accurate

Great summary and focus from Carole Cadwalldr. As another book said , “Let us begin with the naming of things”…

I’ve been reading Henri Cole for years but really only “got him” last year .

Announcing the 2025 National Book Critics Circle Finalists for Poetry!

Hey everyone ! Follow Steve here below for European avant-garde fiction reviews in particular.

Still influencing me… like red rubies

Compare & contrast. This is Trump’s demand for Greenland. And this is Hitler’s for the Sudetenland. There is no difference. The language. The unstoppable need to dominate. The megalomania. It’s the same. And Keir Starmer’s response is appeasement. We are in that moment. 1/

Lovely interview. Found myself nodding along. I hadn’t understood how ambitious @lukekennard.bsky.social work is. Definitely digging into it this year. open.substack.com/pub/thelittl...

“A large number is a form of mob”…

On my list of must buys for this month ..

Ugh. Time to pick down all those Pierre Joris translations of Celan and make my way through them…. 🙏

Paul Celan, Breathturn; tr. Pierre Joris

The narrative is as ambiguous as the images are brilliant – the cream crawling, the water lying soft in the cistern Sonically this is on another level. The 4/6/4 sonnet is great. And even with all the unanswered questions there is the underlying wish for a simpler life #poetry #poemoftheday

Crap. This is exactly my kinda thing… Yet another book to buy :)

Woof! This is a great line …. (Why “whirl” though?) Ht @roisinnineachtain.com

Four generations of my family have served our country. Service is in my blood. The President wouldn’t know anything about that.

Was out walking the dogs ! Glad you got your drill !

I kinda want this ….

A life long journey comes to fruition ! Congrats Mark.

Pretty good poem On Form by Josh English. podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/a...

Here we have the need for comfort & solace when faith loosens but longing endures, prayer not confined to religion but a human experience ‘a woman will lift her head from the sieve of her hands’ A quiet incantation, perfectly captured in the final couplet #poetry #poemoftheday #sonnet

Great differentiation from @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social Beautiful new hardback style . Cc @john-self.bsky.social

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Another great loss ….

@poemakontsa.bsky.social Another Glück, from Averno

Such a good writer …. #barthes

Always a humbling experience to hear this poem read aloud… youtu.be/HQu01eX0gwU?...

Congrats.

Ellen Bass:

Good news !

/update Very, very hungover /end

Eternal snow - No escaping the heartbeat Running, running .

Louise Glück, Fugue, from Averno. @poemakontsa.bsky.social :)