Stephan Delbos
@sdelbos.bsky.social
Poet Laureate of Plymouth, MA (2020—2024): (https://bit.ly/3d7iGNY). Translator from Czech: (http://bit.ly/42z0SlZ). US Poetry & Nationalism: (https://bit.ly/3xgEAVL). Light Reading: (https://bit.ly/4hzbIwP). Small Talk: (https://bit.ly/3qvfPkS).
Mantis Cadre is an enigmatic, avant-garde band that fuses cybernetic aesthetics with organic mystery.
"I Listen At U" is a castle made of sand in Stockholm. 2 voices. 4 ears.
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"I Listen At U" is a castle made of sand in Stockholm. 2 voices. 4 ears.
www.youtube.com/shorts/p1TCv...
Mantis Cadre: I Listen At U
YouTube video by Stephan Delbos
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November 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Mantis Cadre is an enigmatic, avant-garde band that fuses cybernetic aesthetics with organic mystery.
"I Listen At U" is a castle made of sand in Stockholm. 2 voices. 4 ears.
www.youtube.com/shorts/p1TCv...
"I Listen At U" is a castle made of sand in Stockholm. 2 voices. 4 ears.
www.youtube.com/shorts/p1TCv...
Mantis Cadre is an enigmatic, avant-garde band that fuses cybernetic aesthetics with organic mystery.
"Patriotic Clouds" cannot tell a lie the next day: streets and streamers, vacant crowds, tricolor trinkets and disillusion.
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"Patriotic Clouds" cannot tell a lie the next day: streets and streamers, vacant crowds, tricolor trinkets and disillusion.
www.youtube.com/shorts/FUFpE...
Mantis Cadre: Patriotic Clouds
YouTube video by Stephan Delbos
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November 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Mantis Cadre is an enigmatic, avant-garde band that fuses cybernetic aesthetics with organic mystery.
"Patriotic Clouds" cannot tell a lie the next day: streets and streamers, vacant crowds, tricolor trinkets and disillusion.
www.youtube.com/shorts/FUFpE...
"Patriotic Clouds" cannot tell a lie the next day: streets and streamers, vacant crowds, tricolor trinkets and disillusion.
www.youtube.com/shorts/FUFpE...
Mantis Cadre is an enigmatic, avant-garde band that fuses cybernetic aesthetics with organic mystery.
"Sawdust Whisky" reconnoiters the rims in tassel loafers in slow motion, nothing but a graceful way to fall.
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"Sawdust Whisky" reconnoiters the rims in tassel loafers in slow motion, nothing but a graceful way to fall.
www.youtube.com/shorts/X4iD4...
Mantis Cadre: Sawdust Whisky
YouTube video by Stephan Delbos
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November 12, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Mantis Cadre is an enigmatic, avant-garde band that fuses cybernetic aesthetics with organic mystery.
"Sawdust Whisky" reconnoiters the rims in tassel loafers in slow motion, nothing but a graceful way to fall.
www.youtube.com/shorts/X4iD4...
"Sawdust Whisky" reconnoiters the rims in tassel loafers in slow motion, nothing but a graceful way to fall.
www.youtube.com/shorts/X4iD4...
Mantis Cadre is an enigmatic, avant-garde band that fuses cybernetic aesthetics with organic mystery.
"Blue Bubblegum" is a Sunday on the edge of nothing, soft edges and gentle letdowns.
youtube.com/shorts/oiw4c... via @YouTube
"Blue Bubblegum" is a Sunday on the edge of nothing, soft edges and gentle letdowns.
youtube.com/shorts/oiw4c... via @YouTube
Mantis Cadre: Blue Bubblegum
YouTube video by Stephan Delbos
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November 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Mantis Cadre is an enigmatic, avant-garde band that fuses cybernetic aesthetics with organic mystery.
"Blue Bubblegum" is a Sunday on the edge of nothing, soft edges and gentle letdowns.
youtube.com/shorts/oiw4c... via @YouTube
"Blue Bubblegum" is a Sunday on the edge of nothing, soft edges and gentle letdowns.
youtube.com/shorts/oiw4c... via @YouTube
Reposted by Stephan Delbos
Mantis Cadre is an enigmatic, avant-garde band that fuses cybernetic aesthetics with organic mystery.
"Red Right Returning" barges toward rotting docks like a king tide in a salt-stained peacoat.
youtu.be/Dy6cnhllSYU?...
"Red Right Returning" barges toward rotting docks like a king tide in a salt-stained peacoat.
youtu.be/Dy6cnhllSYU?...
Mantis Cadre: Red Right Returning
YouTube video by Stephan Delbos
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Mantis Cadre is an enigmatic, avant-garde band that fuses cybernetic aesthetics with organic mystery.
"Red Right Returning" barges toward rotting docks like a king tide in a salt-stained peacoat.
youtu.be/Dy6cnhllSYU?...
"Red Right Returning" barges toward rotting docks like a king tide in a salt-stained peacoat.
youtu.be/Dy6cnhllSYU?...
Mantis Cadre is an enigmatic, avant-garde band that fuses cybernetic aesthetics with organic mystery.
"Red Right Returning" barges toward rotting docks like a king tide in a salt-stained peacoat.
youtu.be/Dy6cnhllSYU?...
"Red Right Returning" barges toward rotting docks like a king tide in a salt-stained peacoat.
youtu.be/Dy6cnhllSYU?...
Mantis Cadre: Red Right Returning
YouTube video by Stephan Delbos
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Mantis Cadre is an enigmatic, avant-garde band that fuses cybernetic aesthetics with organic mystery.
"Red Right Returning" barges toward rotting docks like a king tide in a salt-stained peacoat.
youtu.be/Dy6cnhllSYU?...
"Red Right Returning" barges toward rotting docks like a king tide in a salt-stained peacoat.
youtu.be/Dy6cnhllSYU?...
listen to this song I wrote
while you row across the moat
see this little bird I caught
wings I have though I should not
while you row across the moat
see this little bird I caught
wings I have though I should not
November 4, 2025 at 8:40 PM
listen to this song I wrote
while you row across the moat
see this little bird I caught
wings I have though I should not
while you row across the moat
see this little bird I caught
wings I have though I should not
"brown-leafed vertigo"
± Glenn Danzig
± Glenn Danzig
October 31, 2025 at 2:54 PM
"brown-leafed vertigo"
± Glenn Danzig
± Glenn Danzig
RIP Czech novelist Ivan Klíma (1931 - 2025).
Back in 2016 I interviewed him for
@lareviewofbooks.bsky.social
"Each of my books opposes death because I have written about life. My books insist on life and therefore they defy death."
lareviewofbooks.org/article/defy...
Back in 2016 I interviewed him for
@lareviewofbooks.bsky.social
"Each of my books opposes death because I have written about life. My books insist on life and therefore they defy death."
lareviewofbooks.org/article/defy...
Defying Death in Absurdistan: An Interview with Ivan Klíma | Los Angeles Review of Books
Stephan Delbos interviews the great Czech author and dissident Ivan Klíma.
lareviewofbooks.org
October 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
RIP Czech novelist Ivan Klíma (1931 - 2025).
Back in 2016 I interviewed him for
@lareviewofbooks.bsky.social
"Each of my books opposes death because I have written about life. My books insist on life and therefore they defy death."
lareviewofbooks.org/article/defy...
Back in 2016 I interviewed him for
@lareviewofbooks.bsky.social
"Each of my books opposes death because I have written about life. My books insist on life and therefore they defy death."
lareviewofbooks.org/article/defy...
Reposted by Stephan Delbos
Uniting technical documentation and training is a game-changer. At Write the Docs Berlin Stephan Delbos explains how his team broke down silos, aligning on outcomes and goals. This mental shift turns "how it works" into "how to use it well” and drives adoption while empowering users
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August 29, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Uniting technical documentation and training is a game-changer. At Write the Docs Berlin Stephan Delbos explains how his team broke down silos, aligning on outcomes and goals. This mental shift turns "how it works" into "how to use it well” and drives adoption while empowering users
buff.ly/k1fqh2m
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Mantis Cadre is an enigmatic, avant-garde band that fuses cybernetic aesthetics with organic mystery.
"Angular Circle Shuriken Comma" is a whispered glyph in the sonic dojo.
youtu.be/-chsn05D0KY?...
"Angular Circle Shuriken Comma" is a whispered glyph in the sonic dojo.
youtu.be/-chsn05D0KY?...
Mantis Cadre: Angular Circle Shuriken Comma
YouTube video by Stephan Delbos
youtu.be
July 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Mantis Cadre is an enigmatic, avant-garde band that fuses cybernetic aesthetics with organic mystery.
"Angular Circle Shuriken Comma" is a whispered glyph in the sonic dojo.
youtu.be/-chsn05D0KY?...
"Angular Circle Shuriken Comma" is a whispered glyph in the sonic dojo.
youtu.be/-chsn05D0KY?...
Mantis Cadre is an enigmatic, avant-garde band that fuses cybernetic aesthetics with organic mystery.
"Just Like A Joke" is a hat-trick from the hand of God.
youtube.com/shorts/Dm9-S...
"Just Like A Joke" is a hat-trick from the hand of God.
youtube.com/shorts/Dm9-S...
Mantis Cadre: Just Like A Joke
YouTube video by Stephan Delbos
youtube.com
July 11, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Mantis Cadre is an enigmatic, avant-garde band that fuses cybernetic aesthetics with organic mystery.
"Just Like A Joke" is a hat-trick from the hand of God.
youtube.com/shorts/Dm9-S...
"Just Like A Joke" is a hat-trick from the hand of God.
youtube.com/shorts/Dm9-S...
i kept asking it to tell me
July 5, 2025 at 6:07 PM
i kept asking it to tell me
Reposted by Stephan Delbos
July 5, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Reposted by Stephan Delbos
Reinhard Döhl, et ce cette terra, 1966
July 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Reinhard Döhl, et ce cette terra, 1966
I was pleased to recently read a new batch of poems from one of my favorite contemporary Czech poets, Tereza Riedlbauchová, and see how her style is evolving.
Here's my translation of one of her poems in the Spring 2025 issue of @bodylit.
www.bodyliterature.com/2025/07/01/t...
Here's my translation of one of her poems in the Spring 2025 issue of @bodylit.
www.bodyliterature.com/2025/07/01/t...
B O D Y | Tereza Riedlbauchová, translated by Stephan Delbos
Tereza Riedlbauchová (b. 1977) is a Czech poet whose work has been translated into fourteen languages.
www.bodyliterature.com
July 1, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I was pleased to recently read a new batch of poems from one of my favorite contemporary Czech poets, Tereza Riedlbauchová, and see how her style is evolving.
Here's my translation of one of her poems in the Spring 2025 issue of @bodylit.
www.bodyliterature.com/2025/07/01/t...
Here's my translation of one of her poems in the Spring 2025 issue of @bodylit.
www.bodyliterature.com/2025/07/01/t...
Mantis Cadre is an enigmatic, avant-garde band that fuses cybernetic aesthetics with organic mystery.
"Stairs, Duchamp" is a cryptic picture that enacts all we are to hearsay.
www.youtube.com/shorts/7A7xk...
"Stairs, Duchamp" is a cryptic picture that enacts all we are to hearsay.
www.youtube.com/shorts/7A7xk...
Mantis Cadre: Stairs, Duchamp
YouTube video by Stephan Delbos
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June 23, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Mantis Cadre is an enigmatic, avant-garde band that fuses cybernetic aesthetics with organic mystery.
"Stairs, Duchamp" is a cryptic picture that enacts all we are to hearsay.
www.youtube.com/shorts/7A7xk...
"Stairs, Duchamp" is a cryptic picture that enacts all we are to hearsay.
www.youtube.com/shorts/7A7xk...
"My father particularly impressed me with the information that a friend of his had once repelled a home invader by descending the staircase in the dark carrying a single lighted candle and intoning a sulphurous passage from Book One of Paradise Lost."
www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...
www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...
English literature’s last stand
Stefan Collini’s new book explores why such a prestigious academic discipline finds itself on the margins of modern society.
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June 15, 2025 at 4:09 AM
"My father particularly impressed me with the information that a friend of his had once repelled a home invader by descending the staircase in the dark carrying a single lighted candle and intoning a sulphurous passage from Book One of Paradise Lost."
www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...
www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...
Mantis Cadre is an enigmatic, avant-garde band that fuses cybernetic aesthetics with organic mystery.
"Crystal Lake" is four-to-the-floor Voorhees on a Gretsch, finally finding his groove on Friday the 13th.
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"Crystal Lake" is four-to-the-floor Voorhees on a Gretsch, finally finding his groove on Friday the 13th.
www.youtube.com/shorts/Kb8aj...
Mantis Cadre: Crystal Lake
YouTube video by Stephan Delbos
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June 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Mantis Cadre is an enigmatic, avant-garde band that fuses cybernetic aesthetics with organic mystery.
"Crystal Lake" is four-to-the-floor Voorhees on a Gretsch, finally finding his groove on Friday the 13th.
www.youtube.com/shorts/Kb8aj...
"Crystal Lake" is four-to-the-floor Voorhees on a Gretsch, finally finding his groove on Friday the 13th.
www.youtube.com/shorts/Kb8aj...
Mantis Cadre is an enigmatic, avant-garde band that fuses cybernetic aesthetics with organic mystery.
"Marquee Sun" is CBGC's at noon on a Tuesday, 1977. Flip the script and get optimistic.
www.youtube.com/shorts/EiDYx...
"Marquee Sun" is CBGC's at noon on a Tuesday, 1977. Flip the script and get optimistic.
www.youtube.com/shorts/EiDYx...
Mantis Cadre: Marquee Sun
YouTube video by Stephan Delbos
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June 11, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Mantis Cadre is an enigmatic, avant-garde band that fuses cybernetic aesthetics with organic mystery.
"Marquee Sun" is CBGC's at noon on a Tuesday, 1977. Flip the script and get optimistic.
www.youtube.com/shorts/EiDYx...
"Marquee Sun" is CBGC's at noon on a Tuesday, 1977. Flip the script and get optimistic.
www.youtube.com/shorts/EiDYx...