Stephen Guy-Bray
@stephengb.bsky.social
Professor of poetry, curious, gay, love to cook. Currently writing about poems about poems.
they kill you and hang a label around your neck saying "done because you were too prolix"
February 16, 2026 at 4:51 PM
they kill you and hang a label around your neck saying "done because you were too prolix"
perhaps I should stop by Leuven
February 14, 2026 at 6:38 PM
perhaps I should stop by Leuven
International Network for the Study of Lyric.
February 14, 2026 at 6:37 PM
International Network for the Study of Lyric.
And the birthplace of the waffle! I'm supposed to go to a conference there next year. I've never been.
February 14, 2026 at 6:32 PM
And the birthplace of the waffle! I'm supposed to go to a conference there next year. I've never been.
Drummond is so good.
February 14, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Drummond is so good.
all we are is ephemera in the wind
February 13, 2026 at 6:02 PM
all we are is ephemera in the wind
really one of the best poems ever
February 13, 2026 at 6:01 PM
really one of the best poems ever
I love the travertine wall
February 13, 2026 at 5:57 PM
I love the travertine wall
I regularly teach a course (13 weeks) just on Paradise Lost. It's wonderful.
February 11, 2026 at 10:13 PM
I regularly teach a course (13 weeks) just on Paradise Lost. It's wonderful.
excellent work, Ben
February 11, 2026 at 8:36 PM
excellent work, Ben
It's amazing. And Belinda is so good.
February 11, 2026 at 6:14 AM
It's amazing. And Belinda is so good.
omg I'll actually be in London then and I should go
February 7, 2026 at 4:48 PM
omg I'll actually be in London then and I should go
It is frustrating, but it can be done. And you're right about all this. I regularly teach Paradise Lost and the Faerie Queene and students learn how to read them, although they're like nothing they've ever read before.
February 1, 2026 at 4:38 PM
It is frustrating, but it can be done. And you're right about all this. I regularly teach Paradise Lost and the Faerie Queene and students learn how to read them, although they're like nothing they've ever read before.
but this is just my life
January 29, 2026 at 5:06 PM
but this is just my life
His pain is delightful to me.
January 22, 2026 at 8:36 PM
His pain is delightful to me.
I teach it almost every year and it's always a joy.
January 20, 2026 at 2:40 PM
I teach it almost every year and it's always a joy.
That's a wonderful idea. I taught it last term for the first time in years and it's so good to teach.
January 14, 2026 at 4:20 PM
That's a wonderful idea. I taught it last term for the first time in years and it's so good to teach.
My father would recite the opening lines but always say "Alf the bread delivery man" and now perhaps you will too.
January 11, 2026 at 7:09 PM
My father would recite the opening lines but always say "Alf the bread delivery man" and now perhaps you will too.