Tristan Moss
@tristan-moss.bsky.social
Poetry, Art, Politics and Pedagogy
Happy to have these two poems published in the 30 year anniversary edition of Snakeskin! www.snakeskinpoetry.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Happy to have these two poems published in the 30 year anniversary edition of Snakeskin! www.snakeskinpoetry.co.uk
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Looking forward to reading NOON: An Anthology of Short Poems (Volume 2) in which I have the tiniest thing ever
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November 29, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Looking forward to reading NOON: An Anthology of Short Poems (Volume 2) in which I have the tiniest thing ever
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isobarpress.com/titles/noon-...
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We're still without power after Storm Éowyn. Thankfully, there are a few hardy refuges to find a hot drink & an internet connection.
In other news, in advance of new music, we've collected all our previous *AR recordings under a single banner:
open.spotify.com/album/1EyloB...
In other news, in advance of new music, we've collected all our previous *AR recordings under a single banner:
open.spotify.com/album/1EyloB...
Works, 2010 to 2016
Autumn Richardson · Album · 2024 · 15 songs
open.spotify.com
January 30, 2025 at 9:39 PM
We're still without power after Storm Éowyn. Thankfully, there are a few hardy refuges to find a hot drink & an internet connection.
In other news, in advance of new music, we've collected all our previous *AR recordings under a single banner:
open.spotify.com/album/1EyloB...
In other news, in advance of new music, we've collected all our previous *AR recordings under a single banner:
open.spotify.com/album/1EyloB...
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October 27, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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November 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM
This is brilliant. It literally is my cat!
November 27, 2025 at 10:41 AM
This is brilliant. It literally is my cat!
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'Silhouettes' by Vermont printmaker Jeanne Amato #womensart
November 23, 2025 at 11:24 AM
'Silhouettes' by Vermont printmaker Jeanne Amato #womensart
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At the Door
People, words, people.
I hesitated:
up there the moon, alone.
-Octavio Paz,
from “Riprap”
(tr. Muriel Rukeyser)
People, words, people.
I hesitated:
up there the moon, alone.
-Octavio Paz,
from “Riprap”
(tr. Muriel Rukeyser)
November 23, 2025 at 12:54 PM
At the Door
People, words, people.
I hesitated:
up there the moon, alone.
-Octavio Paz,
from “Riprap”
(tr. Muriel Rukeyser)
People, words, people.
I hesitated:
up there the moon, alone.
-Octavio Paz,
from “Riprap”
(tr. Muriel Rukeyser)
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Biography
Not what he might have been:
but what he was.
And what he was is dead.
-Octavio Paz
(tr. Muriel Rukeyser)
Not what he might have been:
but what he was.
And what he was is dead.
-Octavio Paz
(tr. Muriel Rukeyser)
November 23, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Biography
Not what he might have been:
but what he was.
And what he was is dead.
-Octavio Paz
(tr. Muriel Rukeyser)
Not what he might have been:
but what he was.
And what he was is dead.
-Octavio Paz
(tr. Muriel Rukeyser)
Ellebie’s cafe at night at York hospital, looking liminal. The wide window at the back has something of Edward Hopper.
November 23, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Ellebie’s cafe at night at York hospital, looking liminal. The wide window at the back has something of Edward Hopper.
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Honoured to have work in the latest edition of Long Poem Magazine. Well worth taking a sub out. @lindaroseblack.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Honoured to have work in the latest edition of Long Poem Magazine. Well worth taking a sub out. @lindaroseblack.bsky.social
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So delighted to have this little poem appear in @ampoetryreview.bsky.social, alongside a handful of others! Much gratitude to the editors!
November 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
So delighted to have this little poem appear in @ampoetryreview.bsky.social, alongside a handful of others! Much gratitude to the editors!
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“Sooner or later, one has to take sides, if one is to remain human.”
—Graham Greene, The Quiet American
—Graham Greene, The Quiet American
November 20, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“Sooner or later, one has to take sides, if one is to remain human.”
—Graham Greene, The Quiet American
—Graham Greene, The Quiet American
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I was fascinated to learn that the earliest surviving evidence of writing in Italy comes from a woman's tomb from the 8th century BC and it probably says 'the one who spins well'. (Found at Gabii, now at the Diocletian Baths in Rome).
November 20, 2025 at 11:13 AM
I was fascinated to learn that the earliest surviving evidence of writing in Italy comes from a woman's tomb from the 8th century BC and it probably says 'the one who spins well'. (Found at Gabii, now at the Diocletian Baths in Rome).
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Tell yourself
as it gets cold and gray falls from the air that you will go on walking, hearing
the same tune no matter where you find yourself—
inside the dome of dark or under the cracking white
of the moon's gaze in a valley of snow.
Mark Strand
as it gets cold and gray falls from the air that you will go on walking, hearing
the same tune no matter where you find yourself—
inside the dome of dark or under the cracking white
of the moon's gaze in a valley of snow.
Mark Strand
November 20, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Tell yourself
as it gets cold and gray falls from the air that you will go on walking, hearing
the same tune no matter where you find yourself—
inside the dome of dark or under the cracking white
of the moon's gaze in a valley of snow.
Mark Strand
as it gets cold and gray falls from the air that you will go on walking, hearing
the same tune no matter where you find yourself—
inside the dome of dark or under the cracking white
of the moon's gaze in a valley of snow.
Mark Strand
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To laugh is to live profoundly.
Milan Kundera, The Book of Laughter and Forgetting (1979)
Milan Kundera, The Book of Laughter and Forgetting (1979)
November 19, 2025 at 7:45 PM
To laugh is to live profoundly.
Milan Kundera, The Book of Laughter and Forgetting (1979)
Milan Kundera, The Book of Laughter and Forgetting (1979)
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Something lovely to start the week! 🐙🏺❤️
Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration, made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration, made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
November 17, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Something lovely to start the week! 🐙🏺❤️
Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration, made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration, made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
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Myrtle Pizzey, a contemporary artist and printmaker from Somerset, UK #WomensArt
November 16, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Myrtle Pizzey, a contemporary artist and printmaker from Somerset, UK #WomensArt
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The poet, a magician of insecurity, can have only adopted satisfactions. A cinder never quite burned out.
-René Char
(tr. Jackson Mathews)
-René Char
(tr. Jackson Mathews)
November 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The poet, a magician of insecurity, can have only adopted satisfactions. A cinder never quite burned out.
-René Char
(tr. Jackson Mathews)
-René Char
(tr. Jackson Mathews)
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Medieval palindrome: In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni: we go in a circle at night and are consumed by fire.
November 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Medieval palindrome: In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni: we go in a circle at night and are consumed by fire.
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Humour is also a way of saying something serious.
T. S. Eliot
T. S. Eliot
November 14, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Humour is also a way of saying something serious.
T. S. Eliot
T. S. Eliot
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David Smith / Don Quixote, 1952
November 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM
David Smith / Don Quixote, 1952
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A really admirable survivor. I think the Snake was 2 when we met! George Simmers is a most encouraging editor. Do send work for this issue!
snakeskinpoetry.co.uk is celebrating its 30-year anniversary in Dec. Submit a poem. George (Editor) wants to celebrate poets he's published and new ones. @matthewepaul.bsky.social @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social @roguestrands.bsky.social @lauramckee.bsky.social @matriches.bsky.social
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November 13, 2025 at 8:49 PM
A really admirable survivor. I think the Snake was 2 when we met! George Simmers is a most encouraging editor. Do send work for this issue!