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Henry Gould @henryghenrik.bsky.social · 13m

You mean "Createsnashortski" ?

Henry Gould @henryghenrik.bsky.social · 9h

I was busking his songs in Father Hennepin Bluffs Park in Mpls today, with my brother Mike. "I Shall be Released"; "I Pity the Poor Immigrant" (with line revised to "poor President"); You Ain't Goin Nowhere" (always loved that song)

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Henry Gould @henryghenrik.bsky.social · 10h

Looks like a fascinating book; review by Ian Buruma in recent @thetls.bsky.social

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Henry Gould @henryghenrik.bsky.social · 1d

www.startribune.com/mpls-electio...

Counterpoint | Jacob Frey’s critics would rather see him fail than Minneapolis succeed

"I am grateful that Frey continues to stand up to harmful policy ideas and works together when common ground can be found," Downtown Council CEO Adam Duininck writes.

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Henry Gould @henryghenrik.bsky.social · 1d

Smears and badmouthing. Come to the Ward 2 League of Women Voters forum, with the three Ward 2 candidates, on Tues evening Oct. 14th. Meet the real Shelley Madore : a very fine Council candidate.

meshm @meshm.bsky.social · 2d

Other Madore accomplishments:
- Voting with Rs against some of the biggest healthcare bills: major reform, omnibus spending, patient data protection
- Supporting an amendment to require photo ID when voting
- Leaning on 2 years as a suburban state rep 18 years ago as her main qualification

Minneapolis for the Many @mplsforthemany.com · 3d

Given her lack of connection to Ward 2, it should come as no surprise that her biggest accomplishment as an Apple Valley legislator was described by one DFL legislator as “Taking money from Minneapolis and St. Paul.”

Learn more at www.shelleymadore.com.

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Henry Gould @henryghenrik.bsky.social · 1d

propaganda for the many

Minneapolis for the Many @mplsforthemany.com · 1d

After eight years as mayor of the largest city in the state, Jacob Frey has exactly 0 endorsements from state legislators.

Mayor Frey’s inability to work with people at the state and county is holding Minneapolis back and Minneapolis residents are paying the price.

Title text: 'Jacob Frey has 0 endorsements from state legislators" over subtitle "Meanwhile Minneapolis is lagging behind other cities in per capita stated funding. We deserve a mayor who can partner with the state to advance progress in Minneapolis." above a bar graph that shows Minneapolis at $191, St. Cloud at $230, St. Paul at $265, Brainerd at $364 and Duluth at $406."

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Henry Gould @henryghenrik.bsky.social · 1d

I thought it would work out... but she eschewed my ear off

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Henry Gould @henryghenrik.bsky.social · 1d

Hurray for wise & steadfast Billy Mills ! I have for a long time been honored by his *critical* friendship – am blessed to be in his debt.

Billy Mills @billymills.bsky.social · 2d

My October review roundup early in the month. With added @j-tkelly.bsky.social @henryghenrik.bsky.social @unionherald.bsky.social

ellipticalmovements.wordpress.com/2025/10/07/r... #poetry #bookreviews

Recent reading October 2025: A Review

Shady Library, Henry Gould, 2025, ISBN: 9781300052364, £4.64 The Gate, Henry Gould, 2025, ISBN: 9781257941216, £4.65 some presence, Charlie Ulyatt, self-published via Bandcamp, 2025, £3 More of How…

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Reposted by Henry Gould

J-T Kelly @j-tkelly.bsky.social · 1d

"This celebratory tone infuses ‘5 YADU’, the one formal rhyming poem here. And what a form, a new one on me and richly complex in its patterning, I had to look it up."

Always a joy to be read by @billymills.bsky.social

Billy Mills @billymills.bsky.social · 2d

My October review roundup early in the month. With added @j-tkelly.bsky.social @henryghenrik.bsky.social @unionherald.bsky.social

ellipticalmovements.wordpress.com/2025/10/07/r... #poetry #bookreviews

Recent reading October 2025: A Review

Shady Library, Henry Gould, 2025, ISBN: 9781300052364, £4.64 The Gate, Henry Gould, 2025, ISBN: 9781257941216, £4.65 some presence, Charlie Ulyatt, self-published via Bandcamp, 2025, £3 More of How…

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Henry Gould @henryghenrik.bsky.social · 2d

This chap was – truly, indubitably, indisputably – Brilliant.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/a...

Ashleigh Brilliant, Prolific ‘Pot-Shots’ Phrasemaker, Dies at 91

www.nytimes.com

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Henry Gould @henryghenrik.bsky.social · 2d

It seems needful to every working person to have a day of rest : in order to refit the sails, & mend the rudder... and pray to the God of sailing ships, here on the stormy autocrass-sea

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Henry Gould @henryghenrik.bsky.social · 2d

The tale of the Rape of Lucrece is the poetic legend (perhaps based on fact) of a tragic scandal, that instigated the overthrow of the last kings of Rome (who were a tyrannical clan) & the foundation of the Roman Republic.

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Henry Gould @henryghenrik.bsky.social · 2d

Rembrandt's "Lucretia" (Minneapolis Institute of Art)
collections.artsmia.org/art/529/lucr...

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Henry Gould @henryghenrik.bsky.social · 2d

thinking of forming a PAC called Minneapolis for the Demagogues

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Henry Gould @henryghenrik.bsky.social · 2d

Have finished this poem, finally. It came out pretty great, in my gae humeble opinion.

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Henry Gould @henryghenrik.bsky.social · 2d

The "gracehoper" (courtesy Finnegans Wake). This fine essay builds and slowly builds, toward an eloquent crescendo (a passage from JRR Tolkien).

There’s a Path Out of This Divide www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/o...

Opinion | There’s a Path Out of This Divide

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Henry Gould @henryghenrik.bsky.social · 2d

That time of year thou mays't in me behold

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Henry Gould @henryghenrik.bsky.social · 2d

art + nature

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Henry Gould @henryghenrik.bsky.social · 2d

powerful poetry in this book

Chris Murray @chris-murray.bsky.social · Jan 6

'I feel the energy of the light that makes the stone break into music.' Nelly Sachs in a letter to Paul Celan, from 'Flight and Metamorphosis' tr. Joshua Weiner (F,S &G, 2022)

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Henry Gould @henryghenrik.bsky.social · 2d

This Is What Autocrats Dread www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...

Opinion | This Is What Autocrats Dread

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Henry Gould @henryghenrik.bsky.social · 3d

Seems like problems accumulate with comparisons: "this poetry is BETTER THAN that poetry". Poems somehow must be good in themselves, like a wholeness containing everything needed : so good in fact that all comparisons with something else are irrelevant.

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Henry Gould @henryghenrik.bsky.social · 3d

thread

Chris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.social · 3d

1933, when a random copy of the Minneapolis Journal, preserved in a South Minneapolis basement, had both a sculptress AND a woman poet on the front pag

THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL
April 11, 1933

U. SCULPTRESS STARTS CAREER

Woman Poet
Tells of Start
Rites Conducted
As Fictionist

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Henry Gould @henryghenrik.bsky.social · 4d

RIP Rembrandt van Rijn.

Henry Gould @henryghenrik.bsky.social · 4d

Here is a more-complete version :

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Henry Gould @henryghenrik.bsky.social · 4d

When I wrote this poem today, I didn't know that Rembrandt passed away on Oct. 4th, 1669.

Henry Gould @henryghenrik.bsky.social · 4d

rough draft, du gazebo.
(about halfway through this)

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