Reposted by Clarissa AykroydLit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Clare Cavanagh considers how the poetry of Polish Nobel Laureate Wisława Szymborska teaches us that “trivia matters. Frivolity counts. The ordinary is anything but.”buff.lyTo Think the Unthinkable: On the Work of Polish Nobel Laureate Wisława Szymborska“Don’t bear me ill will, speech, that I borrow weighty words / then labor heavily so that they may seem light,” Wisława Szymborska writes in “Under One Small Star.” Szymborska kept her litera… 0205
Reposted by Clarissa AykroydLongbarrow Press @longbarrowpress.bsky.social · 02/07/2026"A cancelled book launch. Not the end of the world. What would that look like. Would we know it if we saw it. I rise to leave. My clothes are damp with sweat. I’ve scarcely moved in the last two hours." 'Seven Degrees': on cancellations and connections longbarrowpress.substack.com/p/seven-degr... 12610
Reposted by Clarissa AykroydONLY POEMS @onlypoemsmag.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Knowing that the work is mine how can I love you? 💙 073
Reposted by Clarissa AykroydIan Duhig @ianduhig.bsky.social · 04/06/2026This was first commissioned for the anthology 'A Conversation Piece: Poetry and Art' edited by Adrian Rice and Angela Reid. It's a bit mad because that's how I reacted to the given image, as to so many things in truth. 064
Reposted by Clarissa AykroydTodd Dillard @toddedillard.bsky.social · 25/05/2026saw something about booktok only reading dialog bc it’s more efficient and I’m sorry but it makes me ill thinking about “consuming” art “efficiently” 8437
Reposted by Clarissa AykroydAtrium @atriumpoetry.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Less than 12 hours to go... 032
Reposted by Clarissa AykroydSam Byers @sambyers.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Genuine question: what exactly are we all doing. 721135208
Reposted by Clarissa AykroydAntony Johnston @antonyjohnston.bsky.social · 15/05/2026RIP David Burke, in my opinion the best screen Watson. I loved the impish humour he brought to the role, and his willingness to laugh at Holmes' more absurd eccentricities. www.ihearofsherlock.com/2026/05/davi...ihearofsherlock.comDavid Burke, the First Watson of the Granada Era, Passes at 91He broke ground for an intelligent, caring, and fully-formed colleague of Sherlock Holmes 2164
Reposted by Clarissa Aykroydpoemakontsa @poemakontsa.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Despedida Eugenio de Andrade (My translation) Harvest all the day's gold from the tallest stem of melancholy 0174
Reposted by Clarissa AykroydSherlock Holmes Magazine @sherlockholmesmag.co.uk · 15/05/2026RIP David Burke. Truly one of the finest portrayals of Dr Watson ever to grace our screens. We doff our bowler hats to you. 33710
Reposted by Clarissa AykroydAaron Smith @aaronsmith377.bsky.social · 15/05/2026RIP David Burke, the first actor to play Watson with Jeremy Brett’s Sherlock Holmes, in the finest adaptation of the Holmes stories that has ever been made. He was 91 years old. #SherlockHolmes 501311231
Reposted by Clarissa AykroydBilly Mills @billymills.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Sad news indeed. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...theguardian.comCarol Rumens, poet and the Guardian’s poem of the week columnist, dies aged 81The British poet, who also wrote plays, fiction and published poetry in translation, analysed almost 1,000 poems for her much-loved series 0134
Reposted by Clarissa AykroydMU-Peter Shimon 🀄 @mu-peter.bsky.social · 26/04/2026#OTD 40 years ago, on 26 April 1986... an explosion at the nuclear power plant in Ukraine sent radiation across Europe. It was the worst nuclear disaster in history. ‘Nature has performed a factory reset’: Chernobyl has flourished into an unlikely wildlife refuge🧪 www.euronews.com/2026/04/26/n... 34416
Reposted by Clarissa Aykroydpoemakontsa @poemakontsa.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Our century is breath on a winter night ... The densest truths are home. Liszt, Paganini, all the brilliant unreal postures of intensity - nothing like the dishes in the rack, heads raised for the clear hot rinse, children having their hair washed in the tub - Jan Zwicky (Photo by Marcel Kolacek) 1144
Reposted by Clarissa AykroydJeremy Noel-Tod @jntod.bsky.social · 26/04/2026I wrote about what it's like to read the poetry of J.H. Prynnesomeflowerssoon.substack.comIn Darkness by DayReading J.H. Prynne (1936-2026) 34419
Reposted by Clarissa AykroydCaroline Clark @cclarklewes.bsky.social · 22/02/2026Out last year here: poetrybirmingham.com/issue-11-spr... 0134
Reposted by Clarissa AykroydHenry Gould @henryghenrik.bsky.social · 06/04/2026April being Poetry Month, it's time for a reminder that my memoir HOLY FOOL is the foolingest poet's memoir that there ever was. (Available from many foolish vendors worldwide.) www.lulu.com/shop/henry-g...lulu.comHoly FoolHOLY FOOL is a poet's memoir set in the 1970s. After an encounter with the ghost of William Shakespeare, Henry Gould dropped out of college and embarked on a spiritual journey, full of strange, comic... 042
Reposted by Clarissa AykroydBroken Sleep Books @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social · 06/04/2026We are open for full length poetry collection submissions until 31st May. A very small percentage of people who submit to Broken Sleep Books actually buy a book from us. If every submitter bought just 1 title, it would make a huge difference. Guidelines: www.brokensleepbooks.com/submissions 05623
Reposted by Clarissa AykroydMagma Poetry @magmapoetry.bsky.social · 16/03/2026The Magma Open Poetry Pamphlet Competition 2026 is now open for submissions! Deadline: 1st July 2026 This year's judge is @marjorielotfi.bsky.social "I’m looking for crafted poems that grab my attention and won’t let go." magmapoetry.com/open-poetry-...magmapoetry.comOpen poetry pamphlet competition 2026 - Magma PoetryJUDGE: Marjorie Lotfi DEADLINE: 1 July 2026 To have a pamphlet published by a magazine I’ve admired for its risk and innovation is humbling but richly rewarding. – Michael Greavy, winner of the last M... 033
Reposted by Clarissa Aykroydpoemakontsa @poemakontsa.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Serbian poet Vasko Popa on one of my poem obsessions: departures Departure (Tr. Anne Pennington) A moored boat rocks On the red waves A few unripened words Hang in the cloudy throat I am no longer here 1105
Reposted by Clarissa AykroydBilly Mills @billymills.bsky.social · 25/03/2026My latest review is of two titles from @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social including @robertsheppard.bsky.social ellipticalmovements.wordpress.com/2026/03/25/t...ellipticalmovements.wordpress.comTwo Broken SleepsElle, a Verse Novel, Robert Sheppard, Broken Sleep Books, 2025, ISBN: 978-1-917617-47-5, £12.99 The Aureate Trophies of Profit & Loss, Stuart McPherson, Broken Sleep Books, 2025, ISBN: 978-1-91… 1165
Reposted by Clarissa AykroydThe Poetry Society @poetrysociety.org.uk · 24/03/2026Museum of Youth Culture soon to open its doors! We ran a poetry challenge with the musuem a couple of years ago on @youngpoetsnet.bsky.social Read the winning poems here ypn.poetrysociety.org.uk/workshop/her...ypn.poetrysociety.org.ukHere and now: a challenge with Museum of Youth Culture – Young Poets Network 051
Reposted by Clarissa AykroydLRB Bookshop @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk · 16/01/2026"use the full length of the platform" is not an instruction you can personally put into practice, unless you are an anaconda, in which case you should not be on the piccadilly line for other reasons 615628
Reposted by Clarissa AykroydBloodaxe Books @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social · 24/03/2026An in-depth essay on the life and work of 'Lithuania's greatest poet' Tomas Venclova is featured online at Poetry Foundation. His retrospective The Grove of the Eumenides (trs Hinsey, Senechal & Uzgiris), is distributed in the US @consortiumbooks.bsky.social. www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/178... 021
Reposted by Clarissa AykroydStone Circle Review @stonecirclereview.bsky.social · 24/03/2026“A poet is someone who saves and is saved by the dead.” -- Anne Carson 04721
Reposted by Clarissa AykroydThe Verge @theverge.com · 21/03/202620 years ago today, Jack Dorsey posted the first tweet. A lot has happened since then, and Twitter isn't really Twitter anymore, literally and figuratively. That's why we created an archive to preserve the funniest, weirdest, and most memorable tweets in the site's tumultuous history.theverge.comThe greatest tweets of all timeTwitter’s best hits, preserved before it all goes down in flames. 49877241
Reposted by Clarissa AykroydBlack Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 21/03/2026On #WorldPoetryDay, ‘Grey Heron’ from @racheldeering.bsky.social ‘In the Shadow of Gods’. www.blackboughpoetry.com/rachel-deering #poetrylovers 12813
Reposted by Clarissa AykroydAuschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 21/03/2026#WorldPoetryDay | "Todesfuge" ("Death Fugue") written by a Holocaust survivor Paul Celan. Translated by A.Z. Foreman. More about the poem: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todesfuge 328676
Reposted by Clarissa AykroydSasha Dugdale @sashadugdale.bsky.social · 19/02/2026If you’d like to hear Maria Stepanova and me talk about The Disappearing Act you could sign up for this online conversation: 21 March 12pm EST / 5pm GMT brooklinebooksmith.com/event/2026-0...brooklinebooksmith.comMaria Stepanova and Sasha DugdaleFrom the renowned Russian author of In Memory of Memory, comes a stunning new dreamlike work about exile and art. 0126
Reposted by Clarissa AykroydSasha Dugdale @sashadugdale.bsky.social · 20/02/2026 ‘My own personal choice is to continue writing – simply because that is the only thing I can do to counterbalance the distortion. Someone has to use Russian as a language of love’ - Maria Stepanova on Disappearing Act @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social shop.pushkinhouse.org/blogs/booksh...shop.pushkinhouse.orgQ&A with Maria Stepanova about "The Disappearing Act"We’re eagerly awaiting the publication next week of The Disappearing Act by Maria Stepanova, translated by Sasha Dugdale. Today we’re sharing a special pre-release interview with Maria Stepanova, one ... 0237
Reposted by Clarissa AykroydLit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 20/03/2026@maris.bsky.social digs into the pros and cons of paperbacks versus hardcovers.buff.lyPaperback vs. Hardcover: Which is Better For Readers (and For Writers)?If you conducted a survey, I am fairly certain you’d find that the majority of readers prefer paperbacks to hardcover books. I have no stats to back this up, but I know what I’ve heard anecdotally … 062
Reposted by Clarissa Aykroydpoemakontsa @poemakontsa.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Snow Speaker Medbh McGuckian 🍀🍀 Threshing a poem or a grape-harvest takes four equal limbs and a horizontal cutting that has always already begun. 051
Reposted by Clarissa Aykroydpoemakontsa @poemakontsa.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Reading Akhmatova in Midwinter Lavinia Greenlaw The revelation of ice, exactly: each leaf carries itself in glass, each stem is a fuse in a transparent flex 0146
Reposted by Clarissa AykroydClarissa Aykroyd @stoneandthestar.bsky.social · 20/03/2026I've been sadder about this than about almost any death ever of someone I didn't personally know. I saw them perform for the second time 3 months ago, in London. Komyagin was unusual, a poet (literally), extraordinarily creative, maybe the most charismatic lead singer I've ever seen. 39 years old. 111
Reposted by Clarissa AykroydDr. Lisa Gaufman @lisares.bsky.social · 22/02/2026When my students enrol into Russian Politics and Society course, they see a photograph of Nikolay Komyagin from a Russian art-punk band Shortparis. Not another picture of St. Basil's cathedral or nesting dolls. You can take a song from Shortparis and literally teach post-Soviet Russian politics 🧵 2102
Reposted by Clarissa AykroydWriting on Games @writingongames.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Just found out that Nikolai, the frontman of Shortparis, has died at 39. Seems like they never quite broke through outside of Russia (and struggled with circumstances inside it) but goddamn Shortparis should have been the biggest band on the planet. Coolest frontman ever. What a loss. RIPyoutu.beShortparis - СтыдYouTube video by Shortparis 183
Reposted by Clarissa AykroydNorth Sea Poets @northseapoets.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Join us for the first #NorthSeaPoets live event 🌊 The Kirk Sessions: an evening of poetry and music Kathleen Jamie, Don Paterson, John Glenday, Lesley Harrison, Lisa Brockwell with music from David Ogilvy & Don Paterson 🗓️ 7pm BST, Friday 3rd April 📍 Cortachy Kirk 🎟️ £12/£10 buff.ly/SQoQR38 021
Reposted by Clarissa AykroydUrsula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 19/03/2026This quote comes from a talk Ursula gave as part of the Portland Arts & Lectures program of Literary Arts. You can listen to the whole thing here: literary-arts.org/archive/ursu... 120566
Clarissa Aykroyd @stoneandthestar.bsky.social · 20/03/2026I've been sadder about this than about almost any death ever of someone I didn't personally know. I saw them perform for the second time 3 months ago, in London. Komyagin was unusual, a poet (literally), extraordinarily creative, maybe the most charismatic lead singer I've ever seen. 39 years old. 111
Reposted by Clarissa AykroydSidekick Books @sidekickbooks.bsky.social · 13/01/2026SUBMISSIONS CALL. Our next titles in the 10 Poets series are '... Do Their Bit for the Secret Service' and '... Lose Themselves in the Land of the Fae'. We're looking for original, weird and imaginative poems to fill these books! sidekickbooks.com/booklab/subm...sidekickbooks.comSubmissions Calls 2026 - Sidekick BooksSIDEKICK SUBMISSIONS CALLS 2026 Current: Ten Poets Do Their Bit For the Secret Service and Ten Poets Lose Themselves in the Land of the Fae DEADLINE: 28 FEBRUARY 2026 Volumes 8 and 9 in our hit 10 Poe... 1124
Reposted by Clarissa AykroydIan Duhig @ianduhig.bsky.social · 17/01/2026This is really an excuse to repeat a pet factoid from the BBC: 'The Lindisfarne Gospels weighs 8.7kg or as much as an adult badger'. I have my criticisms of the BBC, I'm right behind the drive to ditch Imperial and metric in favour of adult badgers as units of weight measurement. 15019
Reposted by Clarissa AykroydPoems on the Underground @poemsonthetube.bsky.social · 28/12/2025Poem of the Week: from Piers Plowman by William Langland poemsontheunderground.org/from-piers-p...poemsontheunderground.orgfrom Piers PlowmanVisit the post for more. 175
Reposted by Clarissa AykroydPoems on the Underground @poemsonthetube.bsky.social · 02/01/2026January 2026 Celebrating 40 Years of Poems on the Underground 1986-2026 This month our website features poems from the first year of Poems on the Underground poemsontheunderground.org/this-months-... Poem of the Week January 1st Up in the Morning Early by Robert Burnspoemsontheunderground.orgThis Month’s PoemsPoems on the Underground started life in January 1986 as an experiment by three friends, the writer Judith Chernaik and the poets Cicely Herbert and Gerard Benson. They persuaded London Underground… 041
Reposted by Clarissa AykroydCharles Boyle @cbeditions.bsky.social · 15/12/20252016 by Sarah Hesketh was named in the Guardian as a Poetry Book of the Year. Booksellers ordering in from Gardners are told “Publisher out of Stock”. The book's in stock both at the distributor and here, within arm’s reach – order from the CB editions website and I’ll post within 24 hours. 03417
Reposted by Clarissa AykroydSusan Bernofsky @translationista.bsky.social · 31/12/2025Y’all, I am so excited to bring you my new translation of Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain soon. After years of work (beginning in 2019!), I have finally completed the translation, written my preface, and even finished translating the French dialogues for the appendix. 1/2 69510
Reposted by Clarissa AykroydProject Gutenberg @gutenberg.org · 18/12/2025The ecstatic swoon As Stendhal knew, the reason for art is to make you feel. Do not try to grasp the artwork: allow it to grasp you instead by Robert D Zaretsky aeon.co/essays/what-... #books #art #literature 2215
Reposted by Clarissa AykroydSimon Mayo @simonmayo.bsky.social · 15/12/2025My favourite movie line. Thank you Rob Reiner. 111004183
