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sanctorium.bsky.social @sanctorium.bsky.social · 1d

Paul Celan, Lightduress; tr. Pierre Joris

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 19h

The Poems of Seamus Heaney review – collected works reveal his colossal achievement

The complete works, including previously unpublished poems and expert notes, are brought together in one volume for the first time

www.theguardian.com

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Rose Ruane @regretteruane.bsky.social · 20h

Painting created by Mavis Oultram c.1968, in the art therapy studio at Netherne hospital in Surrey where she was compelled to live.
This is one of six surviving works by her, all of which feature motifs of spirals & eyes.
No biographical information is currently known to us

A watercolour painting of multiple human eyes of various colours surrounded in scrolling spirals in dark grey on a greenish blue background suggesting water

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sanctorium.bsky.social @sanctorium.bsky.social · 19h

Emily Dickinson

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Tristan Moss @tristan-moss.bsky.social · 19h

This guy has always been a bastard (a facilitator of austerity and a hypocrite to boot) and continues to be. Wouldn’t know a principle if it smacked him in the face.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Tristan Moss @tristan-moss.bsky.social · 19h

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

‘Stay true to yourself – and fly closer to the sun’: what I’ve learned from 50 years of rejection

As a writer, I have been rejected thousands of times, and it initially led to shock, denial and anger. Then I accepted it. Here’s what you can gain from doing so too

www.theguardian.com

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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 1d

theboar.org/2025/10/nati...

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Tristan Moss @tristan-moss.bsky.social · 1d

To arrive at that point in the night
adrift in the vague parenthesis of earth’s turning shadow,
just breathing, to escape the dumb dumb bass of poetry
made compulsory across dim seminar land.

By Kelvin Corcoran.

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Tristan Moss @tristan-moss.bsky.social · 4d

senryu

even
a murderer
opens
the window

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Tristan Moss @tristan-moss.bsky.social · 7d

Looks more like a tardis!

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sanctorium.bsky.social @sanctorium.bsky.social · 10d

The poet makes silk dresses out of worms.

Wallace Stevens: Opus Posthumous

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Tristan Moss @tristan-moss.bsky.social · 10d

Do you seriously think Starmer has any ideology? He’s a highly manipulative careerist, like most politicians these days!

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Tristan Moss @tristan-moss.bsky.social · 12d

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s.... Love that he preempted being offered the poet laureate position by writing a long poem, published in the Guardian, saying why he would not accept the offer. A man of principles as well as talent. Rare. RIP

Tony Harrison, poet and dramatist, dies aged 88

Known for his outspoken politics, the author was acclaimed for work in theatre, opera, film and TV but wanted to be thought of as a poet above all

www.theguardian.com

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Tristan Moss @tristan-moss.bsky.social · 12d

RIP

Jim Young @oyoguhito.bsky.social · 12d

Tony Harrison obituary: acclaimed Yorkshire poet and playwright

www.thetimes.com/article/5b34...

Tony Harrison obituary: acclaimed Yorkshire poet and playwright

Writer whose poem V upset Mary Whitehouse and who was determined to show that the arts are not the preserve of the middle and upper classes dies aged 88

www.thetimes.com

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Tristan Moss @tristan-moss.bsky.social · 12d

When I pass a glass of water to my daughter, I continue to hold it for a second or two while she holds it. I wish more conversations were like this.

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kimdorman.bsky.social @kimdorman.bsky.social · 13d

Robert Lax

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sanctorium.bsky.social @sanctorium.bsky.social · 13d

And if the world has ceased to hear you, say to the silent earth: I flow.
To the rushing water, speak: I am.

Rilke, Sonnets to Orpheus

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Tristan Moss @tristan-moss.bsky.social · 14d

Saw him in York about 20 years ago. A great blues/jazz double bassist. RIP

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kimdorman.bsky.social @kimdorman.bsky.social · 14d

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RIP Danny Thompson

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sanctorium.bsky.social @sanctorium.bsky.social · 14d

Note that the word 'mute' is regarded by linguists as an onomatopoeic formation referring not to silence but to a certain fundamental opacity of human being, which likes to show the truth by allowing to be seen hiding.

Anne Carson, Nox

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Tristan Moss @tristan-moss.bsky.social · 17d

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Tristan Moss @tristan-moss.bsky.social · 17d

Agreed

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Tristan Moss @tristan-moss.bsky.social · 17d

Yes, but it can go too far. Look at the predicament Descartes got himself into, having to depend eventually on the existence of God to free himself from his solipsism.

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Tristan Moss @tristan-moss.bsky.social · 19d

I asked ChatGPT: Should I cut off my arms and legs?

ChatGPT replied: Cutting off your arms and legs is a bold statement and will make you stand out in a crowd.

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Tristan Moss @tristan-moss.bsky.social · 19d

The poem tries to hint at love as a vast lexicon, not a single entry. It’s not just self-referential. The dictionary metaphor suggests that love contains multitudes: definitions, contradictions, synonyms, antonyms, etymologies, even misinterpretations.

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