Luke Bradford
@lukebradford.bsky.social
Experimental poet, passionate about the use of constraint to explore voice.
Photo by Galen Rowell (National Geographic)
http://lukebradford.xyz
Photo by Galen Rowell (National Geographic)
http://lukebradford.xyz
I'm very proud to announce the release of DERIVATIONS.
Each poem is a cento, made up of lines quoted from other poems, and a reverse lipogram, in which every word must contain a particular letter.
You can buy the chapbook here or download it for free as a PDF!
lukebradford.xyz/derivations
#cento
Each poem is a cento, made up of lines quoted from other poems, and a reverse lipogram, in which every word must contain a particular letter.
You can buy the chapbook here or download it for free as a PDF!
lukebradford.xyz/derivations
#cento
Derivations
lukebradford.xyz
February 1, 2026 at 1:10 PM
I'm very proud to announce the release of DERIVATIONS.
Each poem is a cento, made up of lines quoted from other poems, and a reverse lipogram, in which every word must contain a particular letter.
You can buy the chapbook here or download it for free as a PDF!
lukebradford.xyz/derivations
#cento
Each poem is a cento, made up of lines quoted from other poems, and a reverse lipogram, in which every word must contain a particular letter.
You can buy the chapbook here or download it for free as a PDF!
lukebradford.xyz/derivations
#cento
Reposted by Luke Bradford
SNOWFALL (Anagrammed Lines)
Winter wails lavish frost:
Snowfall arrives, with its
faint silver. Slow wraiths
flow in salt rivers. What is
final swirls over its thaw.
Winter wails lavish frost:
Snowfall arrives, with its
faint silver. Slow wraiths
flow in salt rivers. What is
final swirls over its thaw.
January 22, 2026 at 10:25 AM
SNOWFALL (Anagrammed Lines)
Winter wails lavish frost:
Snowfall arrives, with its
faint silver. Slow wraiths
flow in salt rivers. What is
final swirls over its thaw.
Winter wails lavish frost:
Snowfall arrives, with its
faint silver. Slow wraiths
flow in salt rivers. What is
final swirls over its thaw.
BLIZZARD
the soft economy of ghosts;
on the couch,
we note the sensuousness of the phenomenon,
whose cosmos of cotton ensconces
coffeehouses, townhouses, towns:
the gusty monotony of the tempest,
then the monotone hush of footsteps on snow
#lipogram
the soft economy of ghosts;
on the couch,
we note the sensuousness of the phenomenon,
whose cosmos of cotton ensconces
coffeehouses, townhouses, towns:
the gusty monotony of the tempest,
then the monotone hush of footsteps on snow
#lipogram
January 25, 2026 at 1:01 PM
BLIZZARD
the soft economy of ghosts;
on the couch,
we note the sensuousness of the phenomenon,
whose cosmos of cotton ensconces
coffeehouses, townhouses, towns:
the gusty monotony of the tempest,
then the monotone hush of footsteps on snow
#lipogram
the soft economy of ghosts;
on the couch,
we note the sensuousness of the phenomenon,
whose cosmos of cotton ensconces
coffeehouses, townhouses, towns:
the gusty monotony of the tempest,
then the monotone hush of footsteps on snow
#lipogram
“Zoolalia” and “Scaling the Mountain of Winter” are available from Penteract Press, and are 40% off with the code PENULTIMATE. Sadly, they won't be available for long!
penteractpress.com/store/zoolal...
penteractpress.com/store/scalin...
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Zoolalia - Luke Bradford — Penteract Press
Monochrome, Perfect-bound Paperback, 210 x 148mm, 56pp Zoolalia explores the vast and wild diversity of animal life on Earth in language under strict constraint. Each species emerges from a unique pa...
penteractpress.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:20 PM
“Zoolalia” and “Scaling the Mountain of Winter” are available from Penteract Press, and are 40% off with the code PENULTIMATE. Sadly, they won't be available for long!
penteractpress.com/store/zoolal...
penteractpress.com/store/scalin...
penteractpress.com/store/zoolal...
penteractpress.com/store/scalin...
Reposted by Luke Bradford
AUTUMN (Palindrome)
Late plan.
Mutual.
La fête d'été.
Fall, autumnal petal.
Late plan.
Mutual.
La fête d'été.
Fall, autumnal petal.
September 16, 2025 at 7:22 AM
AUTUMN (Palindrome)
Late plan.
Mutual.
La fête d'été.
Fall, autumnal petal.
Late plan.
Mutual.
La fête d'été.
Fall, autumnal petal.
“A Labyrinth Is a Narrow Hell”
June 28, 2025 at 10:23 AM
“A Labyrinth Is a Narrow Hell”
HERMIT CRAB
a maritime chimaera;
a barterer, beach bather, armchair architect,
each chamber a rebirth
a maritime chimaera;
a barterer, beach bather, armchair architect,
each chamber a rebirth
June 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
HERMIT CRAB
a maritime chimaera;
a barterer, beach bather, armchair architect,
each chamber a rebirth
a maritime chimaera;
a barterer, beach bather, armchair architect,
each chamber a rebirth
If
we
do
go
on,
we
go
on
as
if
it
is
OK.
we
do
go
on,
we
go
on
as
if
it
is
OK.
June 1, 2025 at 11:38 AM
If
we
do
go
on,
we
go
on
as
if
it
is
OK.
we
do
go
on,
we
go
on
as
if
it
is
OK.
My poem “Scaling the Mountain of Winter” is available from Penteract Press: penteractpress.com/store/scalin...
The poem is a strict erasure of an article about K2 by Michael Powell.
If you'd like to read my poem for free, you can find a PDF on my website: lukebradford.xyz/Scaling%20th...
The poem is a strict erasure of an article about K2 by Michael Powell.
If you'd like to read my poem for free, you can find a PDF on my website: lukebradford.xyz/Scaling%20th...
Scaling the Mountain of Winter - Luke Bradford — Penteract Press
Paperback, 105x148mm, monochrome, 28pp A strict erasure of the article “Scaling the World’s Most Lethal Mountain, in the Dead of Winter,” by Michael Powell, originally published in the online edition...
penteractpress.com
March 7, 2025 at 12:29 PM
My poem “Scaling the Mountain of Winter” is available from Penteract Press: penteractpress.com/store/scalin...
The poem is a strict erasure of an article about K2 by Michael Powell.
If you'd like to read my poem for free, you can find a PDF on my website: lukebradford.xyz/Scaling%20th...
The poem is a strict erasure of an article about K2 by Michael Powell.
If you'd like to read my poem for free, you can find a PDF on my website: lukebradford.xyz/Scaling%20th...
Reposted by Luke Bradford
Today is the official launch day of my visual poetry book "Atomic Masquerade". I am so proud of how it turned out - you need to see it for yourself!
penteractpress.com/store/atomic...
penteractpress.com/store/atomic...
Atomic Masquerade - Clara Etherin — Penteract Press
Full Colour, Paperback, 210 x 148mm, 40pp Atomic Masquerade presents a collection of visual poems, including 2D and 3D calligrams, glyphic poems, palimpsests, and collages. Many of the pieces are rei...
penteractpress.com
February 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Today is the official launch day of my visual poetry book "Atomic Masquerade". I am so proud of how it turned out - you need to see it for yourself!
penteractpress.com/store/atomic...
penteractpress.com/store/atomic...
ALPHABET: that palpable, palatable palette; that telltale ‘blah blah blah’…
February 22, 2025 at 11:53 AM
ALPHABET: that palpable, palatable palette; that telltale ‘blah blah blah’…
February 16, 2025 at 11:50 AM
February 8, 2025 at 11:50 AM
My poem “Past Midnight,” read by Phillip Ernest: www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
Luke Bradford, "Past Midnight"
YouTube video by Phillip Ernest
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February 1, 2025 at 12:56 PM
My poem “Past Midnight,” read by Phillip Ernest: www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
My most recent collection, “Zoolalia,” is available to order from Penteract Press: penteractpress.com/store/zoolal...
You can find a free PDF of this collection (and of all the rest of my published work!) at lukebradford.xyz: lukebradford.xyz/Zoolalia.pdf
You can find a free PDF of this collection (and of all the rest of my published work!) at lukebradford.xyz: lukebradford.xyz/Zoolalia.pdf
Zoolalia - Luke Bradford — Penteract Press
Monochrome, Perfect-bound Paperback, 210 x 148mm, 56pp Zoolalia explores the vast and wild diversity of animal life on Earth in language under strict constraint. Each species emerges from a unique pa...
penteractpress.com
January 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
My most recent collection, “Zoolalia,” is available to order from Penteract Press: penteractpress.com/store/zoolal...
You can find a free PDF of this collection (and of all the rest of my published work!) at lukebradford.xyz: lukebradford.xyz/Zoolalia.pdf
You can find a free PDF of this collection (and of all the rest of my published work!) at lukebradford.xyz: lukebradford.xyz/Zoolalia.pdf
“One Path,” originally published as a leaflet by Paper View Books
January 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
“One Path,” originally published as a leaflet by Paper View Books
“Past Midnight”
September 24, 2023 at 1:17 PM
“Past Midnight”
