Mike Ferguson
@mferguson-writer.bsky.social
teacher/writer/poet ~ for more info, go to 'About' at https://gravyfromthegazebo.blog/
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Took with me this morning to read while waiting in an area. Wonderfully inventive work from @trickhouse.bsky.social
December 22, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Took with me this morning to read while waiting in an area. Wonderfully inventive work from @trickhouse.bsky.social
On this day in 1960, Ornette Coleman recorded his influential album 'Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation', introducing a name for the Free Jazz sound. On the album's recording, the two quartets are heard in separate channels.
December 21, 2025 at 8:52 AM
On this day in 1960, Ornette Coleman recorded his influential album 'Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation', introducing a name for the Free Jazz sound. On the album's recording, the two quartets are heard in separate channels.
On this day in 1843, 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens was published, with 6,000 copies sold
December 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
On this day in 1843, 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens was published, with 6,000 copies sold
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My midwinter poem, from the Old Irish:
news for you
stag tongues
winter snows
summer's gone
wind high-cold
low sun
short course
tide's run
deep-red bracken's
hidden form
brent geese
cry's norm
cold's caught
bird's wing
ice-time
that's my news
news for you
stag tongues
winter snows
summer's gone
wind high-cold
low sun
short course
tide's run
deep-red bracken's
hidden form
brent geese
cry's norm
cold's caught
bird's wing
ice-time
that's my news
December 19, 2025 at 12:01 PM
My midwinter poem, from the Old Irish:
news for you
stag tongues
winter snows
summer's gone
wind high-cold
low sun
short course
tide's run
deep-red bracken's
hidden form
brent geese
cry's norm
cold's caught
bird's wing
ice-time
that's my news
news for you
stag tongues
winter snows
summer's gone
wind high-cold
low sun
short course
tide's run
deep-red bracken's
hidden form
brent geese
cry's norm
cold's caught
bird's wing
ice-time
that's my news
As 'history' is now, and universal: on this day in 1776, Thomas Paine published his first "American Crisis" essay beginning "These are the times that try men's souls" (date disputed, apparently, but as this is timeless...)
December 19, 2025 at 11:31 AM
As 'history' is now, and universal: on this day in 1776, Thomas Paine published his first "American Crisis" essay beginning "These are the times that try men's souls" (date disputed, apparently, but as this is timeless...)
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A huge thank you to @thelincolnreview.bsky.social for nominating my essay, "The Time of Suspense and The Time of Suspension" for the Pushcart Prize, alongside poetry by
Karen Elizabeth Bishop ,“le oiseau parts”
Paul Rooney, “Broken Token”
Andrew Taylor “Noz”
www.lincolnreview.org/issue6
Karen Elizabeth Bishop ,“le oiseau parts”
Paul Rooney, “Broken Token”
Andrew Taylor “Noz”
www.lincolnreview.org/issue6
December 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
A huge thank you to @thelincolnreview.bsky.social for nominating my essay, "The Time of Suspense and The Time of Suspension" for the Pushcart Prize, alongside poetry by
Karen Elizabeth Bishop ,“le oiseau parts”
Paul Rooney, “Broken Token”
Andrew Taylor “Noz”
www.lincolnreview.org/issue6
Karen Elizabeth Bishop ,“le oiseau parts”
Paul Rooney, “Broken Token”
Andrew Taylor “Noz”
www.lincolnreview.org/issue6
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This year, we paid out an incredible £47.5 million to our members, the highest ever amount in a single year! We hope to keep up our momentum in 2026. #ALCSAdvent 🎁
December 18, 2025 at 9:35 AM
This year, we paid out an incredible £47.5 million to our members, the highest ever amount in a single year! We hope to keep up our momentum in 2026. #ALCSAdvent 🎁
My Stride review stridemagazine.blogspot.com/2025/12/a-st... @ianseedauthor.bsky.social @sacredparasite.bsky.social
A Startling Line-Up
My Outsize Hank Williams Cowboy Hat – Ian Seed (41pp, 16€, Sacred Parasite) There is a musical prelude to these prose...
stridemagazine.blogspot.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:28 AM
@ianseedauthor.bsky.social thank you for the significant catch-up, Ian! I am reading your latest and loving that opening sequence: it is as tender as it is oblique, and the uncertain and the certain glow together. I hope that makes some sense...
December 17, 2025 at 6:08 PM
@ianseedauthor.bsky.social thank you for the significant catch-up, Ian! I am reading your latest and loving that opening sequence: it is as tender as it is oblique, and the uncertain and the certain glow together. I hope that makes some sense...
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Dave's daily poetry posts and weekly Poetry Blog Digests are always a pleasure to read. Thank you for including me this time round, Dave.
This week in the poetry blogs w/ @suefinch.bsky.social @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social @billymills.bsky.social @kent-nj.bsky.social @kmahonpoet.bsky.social @marianchristie.bsky.social @edmundprestwich.bsky.social @shotscarecrow.bsky.social @robin-gow-poet.bsky.social 1/4
www.vianegativa.us/2025/12/poet...
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Poetry Blog Digest 2025, Week 50
A personal selection of posts from the Poetry Blogging Network and beyond.
www.vianegativa.us
December 16, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Dave's daily poetry posts and weekly Poetry Blog Digests are always a pleasure to read. Thank you for including me this time round, Dave.
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I know the Steve Spence and can recommend as well, and would like to see the Peter Dent but am also having trouble tracking down... Great reviews as always, Billy.
Wondering what to read over the holidays? Look no further.
@henryghenrik.bsky.social @garybarwin.bsky.social @whatisapoem.bsky.social @ghostlyverse.bsky.social #poetry #bookreviews
@henryghenrik.bsky.social @garybarwin.bsky.social @whatisapoem.bsky.social @ghostlyverse.bsky.social #poetry #bookreviews
Recent reading December 2025: A Bumper Yuletide Special
Midnight Textures, Steve Spence, Aquifer, 2025, ISBN: 978-1-0684861-0-4, £11.00 Safe Whispering, Peter Dent, Treadmill, 2024, no information available online Psalms, Robert Kiely, Distance No Objec…
ellipticalmovements.wordpress.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I know the Steve Spence and can recommend as well, and would like to see the Peter Dent but am also having trouble tracking down... Great reviews as always, Billy.
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December 15, 2025 at 6:59 AM
On this day in 1959, the album 'Time Out' by the Dave Brubeck Quartet is released, peaking at #2 on the Billboard pop albums chart, becoming the first jazz album to sell a million copies
December 14, 2025 at 3:17 PM
On this day in 1959, the album 'Time Out' by the Dave Brubeck Quartet is released, peaking at #2 on the Billboard pop albums chart, becoming the first jazz album to sell a million copies
Far-out!
December 14, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Far-out!
A wonderful review and beyond...
December 14, 2025 at 12:04 PM
A wonderful review and beyond...
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Learning to balance is certainly a skill that requires much falling over...
internationaltimes.it
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December 13, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Learning to balance is certainly a skill that requires much falling over...
internationaltimes.it
www.internationaltimes.it/archive/inde...
internationaltimes.it
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Wonderful review (and beyond) of Peter Finch's 'The Literary Business' by Rupert Loydell in IT today ~ internationaltimes.it/demystificat...
Demystification | IT
internationaltimes.it
December 13, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Wonderful review (and beyond) of Peter Finch's 'The Literary Business' by Rupert Loydell in IT today ~ internationaltimes.it/demystificat...
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Mnemonic Trains — Nick Piombino & Laura Kerr
Published by Penteract Press
Only six copies left.
This collaboration changed the course of my practice. Working with Nick was a true highlight—his brilliance on the page and in conversation shaped this book in ways I’ll always value.
Published by Penteract Press
Only six copies left.
This collaboration changed the course of my practice. Working with Nick was a true highlight—his brilliance on the page and in conversation shaped this book in ways I’ll always value.
December 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Mnemonic Trains — Nick Piombino & Laura Kerr
Published by Penteract Press
Only six copies left.
This collaboration changed the course of my practice. Working with Nick was a true highlight—his brilliance on the page and in conversation shaped this book in ways I’ll always value.
Published by Penteract Press
Only six copies left.
This collaboration changed the course of my practice. Working with Nick was a true highlight—his brilliance on the page and in conversation shaped this book in ways I’ll always value.
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December 11, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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Robert Creeley
December 9, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Robert Creeley
