A great writer teaches you how to read their poems, with their poems. Icon weight. I’ll wait. So. ;)

“I know it’s not a book shelf but It’s right beside me”….

Had a quick flick through this book which just arrived today. Right up my street! Have you heard of this @nemoloris.bsky.social ?

R.I.P.

it's @princetonupress.bsky.social 's spring sale—50% off with code SPRING50 that means you can buy CLOSE READING FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY for $12.48

Great conversation with Maurice Quillinan last evening in Nenagh arts Centre about “how” a poet and a painter might collaborate..

On my “ to buy” list Deffo !

They are still pretty much fresh as a daisy !

Loved the last book, so this is a treat for the weekend.

It’s just two full rooms of people here at The People’s Museum Limerick to hear Vivienne McKenchie launch her new collection.

Worth hearing @ravoon.bsky.social read the poems. Found myself recently standing somewhere saying the world Craquelure because that’s how these things work… youtu.be/zI0F4DbAvXs?...

Sometimes I do indeed look like my dog has dressed me…

Sleep tight .

Good luck to him.

Elms by Louise Glück www.divasofverse.com/2026/04/elms...

You don’t meet many poems that have this kind of kick in the chest….

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