The collision of mRNA and AI will be a revolution. RFK will go down in history as just another zealot . It’s not perfect, but it is a path.

@joriegraham.bsky.social a fantastic reading of one of your To 2040 poems here …. About 20 mins in  podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/t... cc @dapowell.bsky.social

A poet to the very core. His Erotic Haiku is still one of my all time favourite books. One of a kind indeed. 👏 R.I.P.

Go five mins in: Jane Robinson reading an absolutely mighty poem. What a find she is. 👏 podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/t...

Mmm didn’t know a trump knew ashbery … impressive .

Solmaz Sharif's "Vulnerability Study" (as shared by Mag Gabbert elsewhere).

Another one from “The Brazen Plagiarist” by Kiki Dimoula, Trans. Cecile Inglessis Margollos & Rika Lesser cc @poemakontsa.bsky.social

Spring equinox The morning flowers Yellow, cold.

Gotta love Nick Lantz. I think it might have been Sam Riviere that turned me on to him in a review …

From The Brazen Plagiarist, Kiki Dimoula, trans Cecile Inglessis Margellos & Rika Lesser . Cc @poemakontsa.bsky.social

I fell in love with that word, Cazique, though I couldn’t find its meaning in any book my father owned. It broke the shackles in my brain: just thinking it or speaking it made me taller, other – simply more. 'Cazique' Matthew Clegg 50% off this weekend longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...

Very impressive poems . There are so many talented poets out there and I’m grateful for them all. www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

Made a random promise to myself “Read more essays”. You know, the ones not about poetry.

Moon in the dark hour The moss bends its back To the rain.

Oooh ! Dark Night by St John of the Cross, translated by Martha Sprackland sounds absolutely inspired ..

And for all academic research I would Say the risk is similar (it’s 30 years since I was an academic though). There are solutions though and even a very very bright future ahead if open science approaches are adopted.

I know one of you recommended this ..

Very sad. Loved to listen to him. Writers and poets so grateful to have him as a reader. R.I.P.

I concur … snow bones feels like a classic book of poetry to me. Thanks Billy. I’m very grateful to have encountered it.

@poemakontsa.bsky.social I think you would like this

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 :)