Mike Ferguson
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teacher/writer/poet ~ for more info, go to 'About' at
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On this day in 1924, 'Jelly-Roll Blues' was recorded by American jazz pioneer pianist and composer Jelly Roll Morton
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Generative TextArt: on this day in 1549, the Book of Common Prayer was adopted by the Church of England
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On World Ocean Day, a poem available soon in my latest collection...
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ironic too
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With my thanks to Blood+Honey ~
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a story of straight lines — Blood+Honey
by Mike Ferguson “That / beneath / the flawlessness of straight lines / ploughed and planted and growing / in those forever fields) / there are bodies buried / dead or alive.”
https://www.bloodhoneylit.com/poetry/a-story-of-straight-lines
4 days ago
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4 days ago
Warm rain runs off of naked dancers
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clouds utter forgive - Tom Cowin | Red Ceilings Press
Chapbook RCP124A6 50 Pages40 Copies£10
https://www.theredceilingspress.co.uk/product-page/clouds-utter-forgive-tom-cowin
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Excellent review of a book I thoroughly recommend:
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/bris...
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A Bristolian genius of the keys
Keith Tippett: Mujician
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/bristolian-genius-keys
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10 days ago
AN ATLAS OF GRIEF
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© Rupert M Loydell
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It is World Multiple Sclerosis Day and the theme is 'My MS Diagnosis'
10 days ago
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11 days ago
In the vastness of Dreamland
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re-posted today by IT - with thanks - and confirmation that my found poem from 6 years ago has not in any way halted the evil progress of capitalism...
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12 days ago
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On this day in 1692, William Phips, Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, authorized a special Court of Oyer and Terminer ("to hear and determine") to administer the Salem witch trials
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Three Pamphlets and a Boustrephedon
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Three Pamphlets and a Boustrephedon
Mirror Lake, Henry Gould, 2026, ISBN: 9781105582561, £4.65 If/Then, Chris Turnbull (instigator), JackPine Press, 2025, $30.00 Against Perfectionism & Other Poems, Jon Cone, Above/Ground Press, …
https://ellipticalmovements.wordpress.com/2026/05/26/three-pamphlets-and-a-boustrephedon/
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Goodtime Jesus by James Tate
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Goodtime Jesus by James Tate
"Take a little ride on my donkey."
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15 days ago
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My thanks to Nick and Rupert for posting - another of my found poems from writers writing about writing
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16 days ago
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Prompted by an article in today's Observer...
17 days ago
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Pleased to have a poem in this week's edition: another in a sequence of found poems from writers on writing...
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18 days ago
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Sampler: 20th poetic diary entry for a year's writing task, started in the week beginning 1.1.26...
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SLOP! - Part Man Part Fish, single review
Smells Fishy The surreal image could suggest all kinds of things, and if it smells fishy you'd be missing the point: with witty lyrics and m...
https://somediurnalauralawe.blogspot.com/2026/05/slop-part-man-part-fish-single-review.html
19 days ago
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On this day in 1954, Decca Records released Bill Haley & His Comets' hit single "Rock Around the Clock"
20 days ago
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22 days ago
I've been writing poems about weak men, combining found text (mostly from Quora digest) and written material. Weak men are apparently more likely to become socialists, apparently, which is what happens if you don't stand up when you shake hands.
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25 days ago
Coal Tits and bees mingle at the edge of the house and ground
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27 days ago
I've seen a whole pile of books!
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. More soon!
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Trev Eales and Robert Sheppard: HOLME FELL: a sample of landscapes, Number Five (an odd one out)
I have been posting excerpts (poems and photographs) from my next collaborative book, Holme Fell: a Sample of Landscapes , developing descri...
https://robertsheppard.blogspot.com/2026/05/trev-eales-and-robert-sheppard-holme_01187239472.html
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Michel Foucault
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Written by good friend Martin Phillips, the launch of his biography about Keith Tippett gets positive support in this review of the event:
www.bristol247.com/culture/musi...
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Bristol's greatest Mujician celebrated
Recollections of friends and family paint a vivid picture in Keith Tippett - Mujician, the authorised biography of the great pianist/composer
https://www.bristol247.com/culture/music/bristols-greatest-mujician-celebrated/
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A Basket of Barnetts
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A Basket of Barnetts
Osip Mandelstam: Whoever Has Found a Horseshoe, Trans Anthony Barnett with drawings by Lucy Rose Cunningham , Allardyce, Barnett, Publishers, 2023, ISBN: 978-0-907954-67-5, £15/$27Elsa Morante: Ali…
https://ellipticalmovements.wordpress.com/2026/05/13/a-basket-of-barnetts/
28 days ago
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about 1 month ago
A Warm Huddle of friends
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The latest from Red Ceilings Press, this is a word journey where people and places are observed and described through the physical language of all our senses and the writer's intense, rich use of this. The kennings of 'Our Wanbella' are wonderfully noisy...
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Woody Guthrie's guitar
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Recommended:
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Martin Phillips – ‘Keith Tippett MUJICIAN – The authorised biography’ - UK Jazz News
You might remember Keith Tippett, a distinctive musical presence in these isles for half a century before his passing in 2020, for any number of things. Some recollections go back as far as the awe-in...
https://ukjazznews.com/martin-phillips-keith-tippett-mujician-the-authorised-biography/
about 1 month ago
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Donovan
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International Times
about 1 month ago
A whisper that is clear as the tinkling of a bell
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not the same without Ronnie...
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Recommended from Martin Phillips:
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PRE-ORDER Keith Tippett: Mujician - The authorised biography by Martin Phillips plus double CD of previously unreleased music from Jazz In Britain
PRE-ORDER Keith Tippett: Mujician - The authorised biography by Martin Phillips plus double CD of previously unreleased music from Jazz In Britain
https://jazzinbritain1.bandcamp.com/merch/pre-order-keith-tippett-mujician-the-authorised-biography-by-martin-phillips-plus-double-cd-of-previously-unreleased-music
about 2 months ago
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Sad to hear of Beverley Martyn's passing. Such a distinctive singer.
about 1 month ago
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Tom Jenks
about 1 month ago
I've been fiddling around with form again, making little boxes and filling them with various things, found, made, enjoyable jumble.
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Celtic Matters
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Celtic Matters
How Culhwch Won Olwen, Liam Guilar (trans.), Shearsman Books, 2026, ISBN: 9781837380121, £12.95 Book of Inversions, Kit Fryatt & Harry Gilonis, Veer2, 2025, ISBN: 9781911567837, £10.00 Culhwch …
https://ellipticalmovements.wordpress.com/2026/04/27/celtic-matters/
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Support our new book on artist Ian Hamilton Finlay
To enable publication of a beautifully illustrated book about Ian Hamilton Finlay's creative collaborations
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/crafting-arcadia-hamilton-finlay-collaborations
about 1 month ago
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about 2 months ago
A soft touch in the dark can mean many things
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On this day in 1886, Sigmund Freud opened his first neurologist practice at Rathausstrasse 7 in Vienna
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With my thanks to Nick and Rupert for posting
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about 2 months ago
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MS Awareness Week ~ 20th-26th April, 2026
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https://gravyfromthegazebo.blog/2026/04/23/ms-awareness-week-20th-26th-april-2026/
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Recommended from Martin Phillips:
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PRE-ORDER Keith Tippett: Mujician - The authorised biography by Martin Phillips plus double CD of previously unreleased music from Jazz In Britain
PRE-ORDER Keith Tippett: Mujician - The authorised biography by Martin Phillips plus double CD of previously unreleased music from Jazz In Britain
https://jazzinbritain1.bandcamp.com/merch/pre-order-keith-tippett-mujician-the-authorised-biography-by-martin-phillips-plus-double-cd-of-previously-unreleased-music
about 2 months ago
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These wonderful poetic songs of lament and praise - ruminations juxtaposed to contradict, sooth, expose, appease within the natural and manufactured world we occupy. Full of lyricism throughout.
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about 2 months ago
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Prince ~ 'Baby Knows'
about 2 months ago
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