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Mike Ferguson
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Mike Ferguson @mferguson-writer.bsky.social · 20d
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This week in the poetry blogs with @shawnalemay.bsky.social @katiemanningpoet.bsky.social @emmalee1.bsky.social @richardjnewman.bsky.social @billymills.bsky.social @kent-nj.bsky.social @robin-gow-poet.bsky.social 1/4 www.vianegativa.us/2026/01/poet...
Poetry Blog Digest 2026, Week 4
A personal selection of posts from the Poetry Blogging Network and beyond.
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January 27, 2026 at 1:16 AM
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Well placed steps in the dark help towards the making of a fine dance
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January 24, 2026 at 7:45 AM
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A David Bowie Multiverse
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Far Above the World: the Time and Space of David Bowie, Paul Morley (Headline)
Rupert Loydell
January 25, 2026 at 7:01 AM
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January 24, 2026 at 12:46 PM
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January 23, 2026 at 11:54 AM
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definitely uncertain times...
January 22, 2026 at 6:34 PM
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"Three Poems" by Trapper Markelz

“I don’t know all the pain in this world, / the price of head scars, the pace of change, the speed / of a galloping stallion, but I’ll keep doing the things / we’ve always done.”

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three poems — Blood+Honey
by Trapper Markelz “I don’t know all the pain in this world, / the price of head scars, the pace of change, the speed / of a galloping stallion, but I’ll keep doing the things / we’ve always done.”
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January 21, 2026 at 11:37 PM
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I would rate Graham Lock's contribution to Stride's '5' as a 5 out of 5. You? stridemagazine.blogspot.com/2026/01/five...
Five Paragraphs on the Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse
Five Paragraphs on the Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse Yes, I know the Bible reckons there are only...
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January 20, 2026 at 7:23 AM
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Beautiful, from the album Vidhya Gopal - Vidhya Gopal's Mehfil ~ www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eSr...
Moko Kahan | मोको कहां | Live at Vidhya Gopal’s Mehfil Ft. DigV
YouTube video by Vidhya Gopal
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January 19, 2026 at 8:09 PM
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stephensunderland.bsky.social Stephen Sunderland @stephensunderland.bsky.social · 7d
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icefloepress.bsky.social Ice Floe Press (Closed for Subs) @icefloepress.bsky.social · 7d
Today beginning week 3 of Process/Marginalia/Otherwor(l)(d)s with dynamic meditative work by UK wonder @stephensunderland.bsky.social Truly one of the most innovative, multifaceted writer/artists working today. Stephen's 'visual/diaries' & notes from Paris. #vispo
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January 19, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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vikkicwrites.bsky.social Vikki C. @vikkicwrites.bsky.social · 7d
Today at PROCESS @icefloepress.bsky.social is proud to present UK poet–artist @stephensunderland.bsky.social with a striking text-photo assemblage 'PENUMBRA/ Margins'– drawing on the French Surrealists, with inspiration from André Breton's seminal work L'Amour fou 🔥
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January 19, 2026 at 4:46 PM
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Such kind words! 🙏🔆🙏🔆 A real pleasure to have a visual poem sequence with @icefloepress.bsky.social Many thanks to @rfredekenter.bsky.social and @vikkicwrites.bsky.social for having me 🖤
January 19, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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A Forthcoming Release in Tandem with Trickhouse Press!
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A Forthcoming Release in Tandem with Trickhouse Press!
It’s with great joy that /plex editions, Hem Press’ free Ebook imprint, will release Baudrillard x Galaxy Quest by Alex Mazey on 30th January!
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January 17, 2026 at 6:33 PM
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Part of a visual poetry sequence - All the Air Gone Out - up currently at 3:AM journal

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January 17, 2026 at 10:17 AM
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Flocks of birds cross in the silence between the spaced.
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January 17, 2026 at 7:04 AM
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Today, the patently self-serving Tory Jenrick gets an immediate BBC interview with The Kuennesberg to self-servingly declare he isn't self-serving in defecting to Reform yesterday...
January 16, 2026 at 1:33 PM
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Robert Jenrick: an apology. thecritic.co.uk/fran...
Ishould begin with an apology. Last month, I described Robert Jenrick as “the most shameless man in parliament”. His office complained at the time, but I was stubborn and refused to back down. Well, it’s never too late to say you were wrong. Robert Jenrick is not simply the most shameless man in parliament. He is the most shameless man in Britain, the most shameless man on Earth. Quite possibly the most shameless man in history. It is not simply that Jenrick has no shame. He is like a black hole for shame, sucking in the embarrassment of people around him. Which will be quite handy in his new party, Reform. Nothing became Jenrick’s time in the Conservative Party so much as the leaving of it. For years he had eased his way up the greasy pole, switching positions when necessary, a heating-seeking missile for whichever pose could help him advance, poster boy for the importance of self-belief over ability or integrity. And finally he was undone because he forgot to pick something up off a
January 15, 2026 at 8:28 PM
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Guess what? We are open for business! Short story submissions now welcome at brownhoundpress.com.
Brown Hound Press
A small press based in Lexington, Kentucky that publishes offbeat mystery and literary fiction.
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January 15, 2026 at 8:23 PM
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My thanks to Nick and Rupert for posting
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Beautiful Language
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January 15, 2026 at 7:30 AM
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Devendra Banhart - The Allen Ginsberg Project
The Fall of America,  Allen’s oh-so-prophetic 1973 book-title, and the stepping-off place for two remarkable celebratory musical tributes, gathered together in the spirit of our dear much-missed frien...
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January 13, 2026 at 1:51 PM
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from 'The Alien Buddha’s Best of 2025'
January 12, 2026 at 1:40 PM
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Wild is the wind....
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January 10, 2026 at 8:47 AM
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On the tenth anniversary of his death and genuinely sad loss, a cut-up poem I wrote in memoriam then ~ internationaltimes.it/bowie/
Bowie | IT
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January 10, 2026 at 11:58 AM
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poets.org/2020-on-lear... ~ Renée Nicole Good (RIP)
2020 Academy of American Poets Prize
On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs by Renée Nicole Macklin
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January 9, 2026 at 10:10 AM