A. E. Stallings
@aestallings.bsky.social
Dipping a toe in here... Oxford Professor of Poetry
Excellent vintage #Cats:
'Three black cats' by Maud Lewis (1903-1970), Canadian folk artist #WomensArt #FridayFeeling
November 14, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Excellent vintage #Cats:
OK, today will finish book introduction, do some admin, and work on upcoming lecture. (Also get nails done, because grooming counts as preparing for lecture too?) Coffee.
November 14, 2025 at 7:06 AM
OK, today will finish book introduction, do some admin, and work on upcoming lecture. (Also get nails done, because grooming counts as preparing for lecture too?) Coffee.
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My Ode to the Merlin app, with thanks to Light magazine, and including a link to a polyphonic reading, from the Sewanee workshop: lightpoetrymagazine.com/a-e-stalling...
A.E. Stallings
BACK | CONTENTS | NEXT Ode to Merlin (To be performed polyphonically, as a round.*) All the poets love the bird app.They all sign up for it ASAP.Hear a twitter, give a quick tap.All the poets love...
lightpoetrymagazine.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Big thanks to the dozens of poets in this issue and in our new Poems of the Week, including @aestallings.bsky.social & @notquitehydepark.bsky.social, and to the volunteers who helped make it possible, including @juliekanepoet.bsky.social, @allisonpoet.bsky.social, & @colemanglenn.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Big thanks to the dozens of poets in this issue and in our new Poems of the Week, including @aestallings.bsky.social & @notquitehydepark.bsky.social, and to the volunteers who helped make it possible, including @juliekanepoet.bsky.social, @allisonpoet.bsky.social, & @colemanglenn.bsky.social
My Ode to the Merlin app, with thanks to Light magazine, and including a link to a polyphonic reading, from the Sewanee workshop: lightpoetrymagazine.com/a-e-stalling...
A.E. Stallings
BACK | CONTENTS | NEXT Ode to Merlin (To be performed polyphonically, as a round.*) All the poets love the bird app.They all sign up for it ASAP.Hear a twitter, give a quick tap.All the poets love...
lightpoetrymagazine.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
My Ode to the Merlin app, with thanks to Light magazine, and including a link to a polyphonic reading, from the Sewanee workshop: lightpoetrymagazine.com/a-e-stalling...
Thunder, rain on the island. Mournful squawk of damp peacocks. Trees in the forest rejoice.
November 10, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Thunder, rain on the island. Mournful squawk of damp peacocks. Trees in the forest rejoice.
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Shane Kowalski's writing always brightens my day. 🖤
November 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Shane Kowalski's writing always brightens my day. 🖤
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How to get a glimpse behind the mask of ancient Egypt? Seek out the artisans of the royal tombs and other marvels – as Sophie Barling did ahead of ‘Made in Ancient Egypt’, on show at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge (until April 2026)
The artisans who put the luxe in Luxor
How to get a glimpse behind the mask of ancient Egypt? Seek out the makers of the royal tombs and other marvels
buff.ly
November 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM
How to get a glimpse behind the mask of ancient Egypt? Seek out the artisans of the royal tombs and other marvels – as Sophie Barling did ahead of ‘Made in Ancient Egypt’, on show at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge (until April 2026)
Our poetry class (with women from Ethiopia, Egypt, Syria, Morocco, Ukraine, Palestine/Jordan) at Melissa today had musical instruments as a prompt--we had poems about ouds and qanuns and kalimbas, and ended with spontaneous singing and a bit of dance demonstration.
November 6, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Our poetry class (with women from Ethiopia, Egypt, Syria, Morocco, Ukraine, Palestine/Jordan) at Melissa today had musical instruments as a prompt--we had poems about ouds and qanuns and kalimbas, and ended with spontaneous singing and a bit of dance demonstration.
Mushroom gifts!
For foragers, chefs, and mycologists—these are mushroom gifts every fungi lover will adore. www.wired.com/gallery/spor...
Mushrooms Galore: Best Gifts for Your Fungi Friend
For foragers, chefs, and mycologists—these are mushroom gifts every fungi lover will adore.
www.wired.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Mushroom gifts!
"Moschophoros" street art in Athens:
November 6, 2025 at 8:57 AM
"Moschophoros" street art in Athens:
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I have a (Classics) grad student who's interested in reading some scholarship/theory on fan fiction. Can anybody recommend some good entry points?
November 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I have a (Classics) grad student who's interested in reading some scholarship/theory on fan fiction. Can anybody recommend some good entry points?
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To add to our list of wonderful public lectures this term, we're delighted to announce our next Professor of #Poetry lecture by A.E. Stallings @aestallings.bsky.social
Rhyme as Experiment/ Rhyme as Alchemy
26 Nov, 5.30pm
Examination Schools, Oxford
ALL WELCOME! No booking required.
Rhyme as Experiment/ Rhyme as Alchemy
26 Nov, 5.30pm
Examination Schools, Oxford
ALL WELCOME! No booking required.
November 5, 2025 at 10:57 AM
To add to our list of wonderful public lectures this term, we're delighted to announce our next Professor of #Poetry lecture by A.E. Stallings @aestallings.bsky.social
Rhyme as Experiment/ Rhyme as Alchemy
26 Nov, 5.30pm
Examination Schools, Oxford
ALL WELCOME! No booking required.
Rhyme as Experiment/ Rhyme as Alchemy
26 Nov, 5.30pm
Examination Schools, Oxford
ALL WELCOME! No booking required.
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Glad to be back in APR: this time with an essay about Robert Hayden's ekphrastic poems.
Our November/December issue is out now! Check out fresh new work from Devon Walker-Figueroa, Sharon Olds, Derrick Austin, Traci Brimhall, and many more at aprweb.org, and grab the in-print version via 🔗 in bio. And be sure to pre-order Devon's excellent new book Lazarus Species from @milkweed_books
November 4, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Glad to be back in APR: this time with an essay about Robert Hayden's ekphrastic poems.
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Prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis recently told parliament that the government would soon invite Greece’s neighbours to a regional forum addressing all the difficult issues of the east Mediterranean. Turkey has suggested it is open to talks. open.substack.com/pub/johntpsa...
Are Greece and Turkey nearing direct talks?
Recent statements from both sides suggest preparations may be underway for talks on maritime boundaries
open.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis recently told parliament that the government would soon invite Greece’s neighbours to a regional forum addressing all the difficult issues of the east Mediterranean. Turkey has suggested it is open to talks. open.substack.com/pub/johntpsa...
Had a nice coffee with @commonmugwort.bsky.social in the neighborhood. Now admin, translation, pome tinkering. Onward!
November 4, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Had a nice coffee with @commonmugwort.bsky.social in the neighborhood. Now admin, translation, pome tinkering. Onward!
Lots of admin & proofs & references today. Poem tinkering? (Start Daisy Miller?) Coffee.
November 3, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Lots of admin & proofs & references today. Poem tinkering? (Start Daisy Miller?) Coffee.
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Did you happen to leave your @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk purchases on the Metropolitan line yesterday?
Did one of your friends do this and send an anguished message to the group chat?
If so, Darren has just done you a very good turn. 👇
Did one of your friends do this and send an anguished message to the group chat?
If so, Darren has just done you a very good turn. 👇
If anyone lost a bag of books from LRB Bookshop on the Metropolitan Line between Baker St- Watford, I handed it to a cleaner when the train terminated at Watford tube station. And if you have far more followers than me, please share this status. LRB bookshop is not cheap!
November 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Did you happen to leave your @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk purchases on the Metropolitan line yesterday?
Did one of your friends do this and send an anguished message to the group chat?
If so, Darren has just done you a very good turn. 👇
Did one of your friends do this and send an anguished message to the group chat?
If so, Darren has just done you a very good turn. 👇
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I see that CBS chose not to air this part. It probably explains much of what they did decide to air.
November 3, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I see that CBS chose not to air this part. It probably explains much of what they did decide to air.
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The Dark Mystery of the Agora Bone Well from Athens. Filled with the tiny, fragile skeletons of hundreds of newborn infants, and 150 dogs. Is this evidence of a gruesome ritual or or a plague, famine, or war? Or something else?
Full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBy1...
Full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBy1...
November 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The Dark Mystery of the Agora Bone Well from Athens. Filled with the tiny, fragile skeletons of hundreds of newborn infants, and 150 dogs. Is this evidence of a gruesome ritual or or a plague, famine, or war? Or something else?
Full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBy1...
Full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBy1...
"The world is too much with us, late and soon/ Getting and spending we lay waste our powers/ Little we see in Nature that is ours"
The Four Forces of our disconnect from nature.
Our latest research paper:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Our latest research paper:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
November 3, 2025 at 8:13 AM
"The world is too much with us, late and soon/ Getting and spending we lay waste our powers/ Little we see in Nature that is ours"
Doing this soon:
October 31, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Doing this soon:
Proofs, admin, references. Translation? Coffee.
October 31, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Proofs, admin, references. Translation? Coffee.