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Singletary (@shearsmanbooks.bsky.social) The Vitalist Sees the Signs (@brokensleepbooks.bsky.social) Palomines (Blue Diode Press, 2026)

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@neilmatheson66.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 11:51 AMReposted by @gbclarkson.bsky.social

Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
Flordali 1, 1981. #Lithograph

@betarish.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 12:21 PMReposted by @gbclarkson.bsky.social

Apropos of someone reminding me, here's me in conversation with the mighty Sarah Howe earlier this year, for @thelondonmagazine.bsky.social, on cherry blossom and related matters: thelondonmagazine.org/interview-ri...

@gbclarkson.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 1:36 PM

Such serendipity and synchronicity! 😊πŸ’₯πŸ“˜

@catbake.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 9:24 PMReposted by @gbclarkson.bsky.social

flightpath of the wren threading the gaps between leaves straight through the hawthorn

@nemoloris.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 8:47 AMReposted by @gbclarkson.bsky.social

β€˜Poetry has nothing to do with who we are.’ (Iain Crichton Smith)

@billherbert.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 8:58 AMReposted by @gbclarkson.bsky.social

Episode 2 of this charmering series by #IvorCutler happens to contain several of the poems we selected from β€˜A Wet Handle’ for his Selected Poems - forthcoming from #HoorgiHouse!

So if you want to sample the merchandise before you buy, as it were, here’s your chance:

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

@gbclarkson.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 9:42 PM

Saturday night review: a review by the critic Chris Edgoose of my three most recent pamphlets -- Singletary (@shearsmanbooks.bsky.social), The Vitalist Sees the Signs (brokensleepbooks.bsky.social), and, impressively, the just-released Palomines (Blue Diode Press) πŸ˜²πŸ™
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@gbclarkson.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 4:27 PM

Shades of autumn

Large red poppies poking through black wrought iron railings in a garden outside a white buildingRed berries in sunlight against reddening leaves, looking up into treeRed leaf caught on a twig between green leavesA shiny pink front-door with brass letterbox, knocker and doorknob, in an olive green house wall which has two conical holders attached to the wall containing pink flowers, and a welcome mat. To the right, a pot plant, and in the foreground a grey stone wall. 'Aine's' painted in creamy white on a pink-painted background by the door.
@gbclarkson.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 11:58 AM

Congratulations, Peter πŸŽ‰

@gbclarkson.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 1:25 AM

Thanks so much, Robert! πŸ™πŸŽΈπŸŽ·

@sanctorium.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 1:20 PMReposted by @gbclarkson.bsky.social

RenΓ© Magritte. La Clef des songes (The Interpretation of Dreams). Brussels, 1935

Oil on canvas

imagery and words in four squares 

Horse- the door
Clock- the wind 
white pitcher- the bird
Suitcase- the valise 

logic played- pictures of objects do not necessarily define the objects themselves
@gbclarkson.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 1:15 PM

FLAME is included in my new pamphlet #Palomines, alongside poems published previously by The London Magazine, Anthropocene, Ice Floe Press, & The Dark Horse; & available now from Blue Diode Press: bluediode.co.uk/product-page... πŸŽͺπŸ‡πŸ―πŸŽͺπŸ™

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@venetiajane.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 7:00 AMReposted by @gbclarkson.bsky.social

Vividly colourful autumn leaves, berries and wildlife, including a red admiral butterfly and a red squirrel, photographed during my visit to St Andrews Botanic Garden last week. Have a great #Friday everyone!

A collage of four photographs taken at St Andrews Botanic Garden. Left: branches covered in brilliant pink, red, orange and green autumn leaves, with small red berries. Top right: sprays of tiny red berries among green leaves. Bottom centre: a red admiral butterfly with orange, black and white wings spread among pale lilac asters with yellow centres. Bottom right: a red squirrel with tufted ears, reddish-brown fur and a white chest, sitting upright in the grass and looking towards the camera.
@thelondonmagazine.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 11:44 AMReposted by @gbclarkson.bsky.social

'Beirut' is one of two poems by Yanita Georgieva from our latest issue.

Order the October / November issue for more poetry by Jane Hirshfield, Rowan Ricardo Phillips, William Cliff and others: thelondonmagazine.org/product/curr...

@sashadugdale.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 12:27 PMReposted by @gbclarkson.bsky.social

Maria Stepanova on language and displacement: www.pushkinhouse.org/pages/in-bet...

@gbclarkson.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 3:10 PM

πŸ˜‚ thank you for reading! πŸ™πŸŽͺ

@lauramckee.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 2:54 PMReposted by @gbclarkson.bsky.social

"Sometimes I dream a sentence and write it down. It's usually nonsense, but sometimes it seems a key to another world." Anne Carson, from "Art of Poetry No. 88," Paris Review.

@gbclarkson.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 2:12 PM

What a gorgeous setting!! πŸ˜²πŸ’™

@ravoon.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 7:30 AMReposted by @gbclarkson.bsky.social

I learnt this by heart as a teenager. I still feel so grateful to her for her vision and her courage. A prayer. And, as they say, an eye-opener.

@gbclarkson.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 9:08 PM

Small piece up at The Los Angeles Review πŸŽͺπŸŽͺπŸŽͺ

losangelesreview.org/flame-by-geraldine-clarkson/

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