Poet and resistance fighter René Char was born on this day in 1907. Here’s an enthralling little piece of poem from Placards pour un chemin des écoliers (1937): part two of ‘Quatre Âges’. Alongside it is my translation. #poetry 1/2 🧵

Gwendolyn Brooks forever. Born on this day in 1917. #poetry

Rest in Power ☆ Marjane Satrapi November 22, 1969—June 4, 2026

A little cry from Allen Ginsberg on the anniversary of his birth. #poetry #ginsberg #america

Happy Birthday, Uncle Walter. Born on this day in 1819. “A glimpse through an interstice caught” ❤️ #poetry #queer

Melvin Dixon was born on this day in 1950. His poetry was infused with panache, fierce intelligence and an always understated sophistication. Here’s “The 80’s Miracle Diet”. Stunning, shattering, and I love the nod to (dig at?) Ginsberg at the end of the second stanza. #poetry #HIV #AIDS #the80s

I'll be reading at the launch 🚀 of Angel Exhaust 24 tonight. 7pm BST. There will be some fantastic poets there. Come along! #poetry

It’s 21 May and the Sun is entering the third sign of the Western zodiac. Here’s “Gemini” by Palestinian American poet Fady Joudah. #poetry

Adrienne Rich was born on this day in 1929. Here’s "In Those Years", written in 1991, where she reflects on the aberration that was so-called "confessional" poetry. #poetry

Charles Simic was born on this day in 1938, in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Here’s “Prodigy,” about playing chess as a child in a house where “Planes and tanks / shook its windowpanes.” #poetry www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42953/...

Reupping this. We're at audience capacity for the Zoom now, but some people may not show. If you'd like to be added to the waitlist, please send an email to Sue Burge (address on the poster). You might get lucky! Complicated Air | Sunday 10 May | 7-9pm UK time #poetry

A beautiful thing, this. The first publication of 'An Attempt at Alphabet' by John Wieners, in both book form and as a facsimile of the original 12 sheet scroll in Wieners' hand. Written in San Francisco on 22-23 October 1957. Published now by Constitutional Information of Sheffield, UK. #poetry

Paul Celan passed away on this day in 1970. Here's the wonderful 'Sprachgitter' and its translation as 'Language Mesh' by Michael Hamburger. #poetry

Gregory Corso

are you a GAY PERSON IN MY PHONE who writes about TECH, VIDEO GAMES, MEMES, MISSING VINE, or (most importantly) HATING AI? you have until this sunday to submit to the MOTHERBOARD anthology by @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social. we would love to read your work!! fifthwheelpress.com/anthsubs

Happy birthday, Jericho Brown. This poem still devastates. #poetry #blacklivesmatter www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/158648...

Angel Exhaust 24 now available to buy from www.angelexhaust.net. There's some fantastic work in here and I'm honoured to be included. Grab yourself a copy now, or ask your library to order it for you! #poetry

Looking forward very much to reading with this amazing group of poets - save the date! Zoom link from Sue Burge (email on poster) @michpenn.bsky.social @marcchamberlain.bsky.social @tamsinhopkins.bsky.social

Little Griefs the mini-tour continues with a gig at the brand spanking new Poetry Pharmacy in York! Featuring @kathryngray.bsky.social @matthewpaulson.bsky.social and @katymilkman.bsky.social Hope to see anyone northwards there 🙏 @poetrypharmacy.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/little-gri...

I'll be reading with these wonderful poets on 10 May. Online and open to all. @jcsugarman.bsky.social @fionalarkin.bsky.social SK Grout @michpenn.bsky.social Tamsin Hopkins Sue Burge #poetry

Derek Walcott passed away nine years ago today. Here's one of my favourites, from White Egrets (2010). #poetry #derekwalcott

Another one of mine here from Angel Exhaust. Big thanks to editors Andrew Duncan and Charlie Baylis. #poetry #homophobia

Delighted to have a few poems in the esteemed and historic Angel Exhaust. Here's one of them. #poetry

I'll be giving an online talk at the Institute of English Studies, University of London, on 25 February, 6-8pm GMT:⁣ ⁣ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥, 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐅𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐀/𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐖𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬⁣ ⁣ Free and open to all. DM me for the meeting link. #poetry #lacan ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

We have no grand metaphors, just an insistence to say where we come from without shame. The plain and direct language is the emotional core of the piece He acknowledges facing your past is difficult and that the bravest thing is not reinvention, but recognition. #poetry #poemoftheday

Happy Saint Valentine's Day to all the courtly lovers. Let's listen again to the wonderful sounds of J.H. Prynne reading 'Cocaine' by John Wieners. 'For I have seen love and his face is choice Heart of Hearts...' m.soundcloud.com/william-25/c...

OUT NOW. Issue twenty-three: 'Wildfires' badlilies.uk/issue-twenty-three

I'll be giving an online talk at the Institute of English Studies, University of London, on 25 February, 6-8pm GMT:⁣ ⁣ ‘𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐨𝐭’: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥, 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐅𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐀/𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐖𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬⁣ ⁣ Free and open to all. DM me for the meeting link! ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

Great to be back in the wonderful @dadakuku.bsky.social with my short poem 'Resolve'. Big thanks to editor @petrock.bsky.social.

So good to see – and hear – a new poem from @kathrynmaris.bsky.social yalereview.org/article/kath...

Tonight, I'm launching my new poetry collection, Retablo for a door! The event's at 7.30 pm in the Swedenborg Hall, 20-21 Bloomsbury Way, London, WC1A 2TH. I'll be reading with @ianseedauthor.bsky.social, who's also published by the brilliant @shearsmanbooks.bsky.social. Please join us!

Happy Birthday, John Wieners. Born on this day in 1934. Here's one from Asylum Poems:

@marcchamberlain.bsky.social - Remembering John Wieners on the anniversary of his birth - allenginsberg.org/2026/01/t-j-...

Magical, majestic, shattering poems from @michpenn.bsky.social. Grab a copy now from the wonderful @shearsmanbooks.bsky.social.

Always this poem at this time of year. One of Michael Donaghy's startlers.

Tom Raworth

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My Christmas Poetry Quiz is now up! Which poet embroidered a scarf as a Christmas gift? Which poet asked Santa for a chameleon? Which poet loves holly, man? All these and more here:

Great tribute. JC's approach to reviewing is an approach I share, and one which poetry needs. If your review only cements a friendship, or solicits a good review in return, or is only written for "the community", it's not doing its job.

Beautiful. I've always found this one extraordinary. Same book; my translation: Four Ages II I strangled my brother because he would not sleep with the window open. My sister, he said before he died, I have spent entire nights watching you sleep, leaning on your reflection in the glass.

This is good (and links to #REF2029 if that's where your head is at today). Every academic I know WANTS to publish open access - we want people to read our stuff! It's about creating mechanisms to support that, especially for non grant-funded research.

Out in the US already, the reissue of Behind the State Capitol: Or Cincinnati Pike should available in the UK in Jan or Feb.

If you are a member of a university library, or any other library, please make a purchase request for Utter Vulnerability: Essays on the Poetry of John Wieners. Of interest to anyone concerned with New American Poetry, queer poetry and, in Allen Ginsberg's estimation, a "pure poet". bit.ly/3YdRcdn

Call for applications! Poet-in-Residence Villa Waldberta / Lyrik Kabinett, Munich Applications open until 20th January 2026 www.lyrik-kabinett.de/aktuelles/ne...

How lovely to receive a Pushcart nomination for my poem 'Small Town', published in Carmen Et Error by @thebraag.bsky.social and @kymdeyn.bsky.social. carmenerror.com?page_id=510

Fascinating piece on poetry and AI from Michael Schmidt. I love the idea that Virgil, Horace and Ovid were LLMs guiding Renaissance Latin poets. I wonder if we could argue some much more recent poetry was similarly composed: Homer, Dante and Aimé Césaire as LLMs for Derek Walcott's Omeros?

🎉We're hiring!🎉 We're looking for 2 Postdoctoral Researchers to join our exciting, interdisciplinary team. Both are full-time, fixed-term (almost 4 years), based in Edinburgh's @uoe-cahss.bsky.social / @uoe-llc.bsky.social w/ links to @schoolofppls.bsky.social & @morayhouse.bsky.social Pls share!

Utter Vulnerability: Essays on the Poetry of John Wieners (eds. Michael Kindellan and Alex/Rose Cocker) now available from PULM, full of wonderful essays from the great and the good of Wieners scholarship, plus one from me on transcendence of the confessional mode. www.pulm.fr/index.php/EN...