Anthony Etherin
anthonyetherin.bsky.social
Anthony Etherin
@anthonyetherin.bsky.social
Poetry and music born from rules and rebellion.

Host of the Fate of the Arts podcast

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Aurora
January 19, 2026 at 10:53 PM
ARROW OF TIME (Sonnet)
January 19, 2026 at 10:02 AM
THE COMET, AT MIDNIGHT (Sonnet)
January 16, 2026 at 7:37 AM
THE LITERATURE OF STARS (Villanelle)
January 14, 2026 at 8:19 AM
COLOURSCAPE: An ottava rima in iambic pentameter, intersected by a sonnet in iambic monometer — such that the third foot of each line of the ottava rima belongs also to the sonnet.
January 11, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Snow day in the village.
January 4, 2026 at 12:42 PM
THE PORTRAIT
(A ghost story in the form of a Petrarchan sonnet)
December 26, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Merry Christmas!

Nadolig Llawen!

Enjoy this genuine Victorian Christmas card:
December 25, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Here I am, very cold, entertaining the villagers:
December 20, 2025 at 11:30 PM
SUMMERSONG from CROWSONGS, a musical pangram:
December 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
CWN ANNWN from BLUER, for crwth and Irish bouzouki:
December 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
FLOWN ECHOES from BLONDER, which features only a single guitar track with delay effects:
December 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
With ClaraEtherin.bsky.social, 25 years ago. Darn teenagers up to no good.
December 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
THE YETI SPEAKS (whose two halves use the same letters, in the same order):
December 9, 2025 at 7:19 AM
It’s been over a year since my last podcast ended.

I’m launching a new podcast in early 2026 — conversations on the current state and future of the arts.

Grateful (and excited) to already have some remarkable guests lined up.
December 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
My main publications of new work in 2025: a poetry chapbook and six EPs.

(All available here: www.anthonyetherin.com)
December 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
JULY (Ottava Rima)
November 23, 2025 at 12:16 PM
THE LEAVES (Triolet)
November 19, 2025 at 9:21 AM
BOUDICA (Sonnet)
November 17, 2025 at 8:53 AM
I LOVE THE STARS (Sonnet)
November 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
I use delays to harmonise with myself within a single guitar track. Listen here:
November 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Watch my interview with Samuel Andreyev on YouTube and witness dramatic moments like this: youtu.be/2bRBwaqeeQA?...
November 1, 2025 at 10:24 AM
I went to the pub tonight, believing everyone else would be in fancy dress.

#HappyHalloween
October 31, 2025 at 10:21 PM
ANAGRAM-TRIOLET FOR KEATS — for John Keats’ 230th birthday: a triolet that repeatedly anagrams the final line of “Ode to a Nightingale”.
October 31, 2025 at 7:28 AM
TRIONNET: A poem that, depending on where its line breaks are placed, can be read either as a sonnet in iambic tetrameter or as a triolet in iambic heptameter.
October 14, 2025 at 7:20 AM