Andrew Frisardi
@andrewfrisardi.bsky.social
I'm here for poetry and serendipity.
Some recent books: The Harvest and the Lamp (poetry) @cuapress.org; Dante's Convivio (translation with commentary) @cambridge.org; Ancient Salt (poetry essays) @wipfandstock.com
Some recent books: The Harvest and the Lamp (poetry) @cuapress.org; Dante's Convivio (translation with commentary) @cambridge.org; Ancient Salt (poetry essays) @wipfandstock.com
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Congratulations to all the poets appearing in February's Snakeskin, including Tristan Moss @tristan-moss.bsky.social and my dear friend John Isbell ☺️
My poem is inspired by a garden my mum and I used to pass on our way to the park 💚
Many thanks to editor George Simmers 🙂👍
snakeskinpoetry.co.uk
My poem is inspired by a garden my mum and I used to pass on our way to the park 💚
Many thanks to editor George Simmers 🙂👍
snakeskinpoetry.co.uk
February 1, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Congratulations to all the poets appearing in February's Snakeskin, including Tristan Moss @tristan-moss.bsky.social and my dear friend John Isbell ☺️
My poem is inspired by a garden my mum and I used to pass on our way to the park 💚
Many thanks to editor George Simmers 🙂👍
snakeskinpoetry.co.uk
My poem is inspired by a garden my mum and I used to pass on our way to the park 💚
Many thanks to editor George Simmers 🙂👍
snakeskinpoetry.co.uk
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Somehow I made The HyperTexts' list of the top 50 contemporary poets and translators 2024 (no. 20). Many thanks to editor Mike Burch ☺️
At no. 2 is Ann Drysdale, who passed away on 16th August 2024. Link to her page below...
www.thehypertexts.com/Most%20Popul...
www.thehypertexts.com/Ann%20Drysda...
At no. 2 is Ann Drysdale, who passed away on 16th August 2024. Link to her page below...
www.thehypertexts.com/Most%20Popul...
www.thehypertexts.com/Ann%20Drysda...
Most Popular Poets and Pages
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February 2, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Somehow I made The HyperTexts' list of the top 50 contemporary poets and translators 2024 (no. 20). Many thanks to editor Mike Burch ☺️
At no. 2 is Ann Drysdale, who passed away on 16th August 2024. Link to her page below...
www.thehypertexts.com/Most%20Popul...
www.thehypertexts.com/Ann%20Drysda...
At no. 2 is Ann Drysdale, who passed away on 16th August 2024. Link to her page below...
www.thehypertexts.com/Most%20Popul...
www.thehypertexts.com/Ann%20Drysda...
I wrote this parody based on Gerard Manley Hopkins's "God's Grandeur" in 2016, but it is unfortunately more relevant than ever.
February 3, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I wrote this parody based on Gerard Manley Hopkins's "God's Grandeur" in 2016, but it is unfortunately more relevant than ever.
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Such a beautiful poem:
January 28, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Such a beautiful poem:
Another poem I really like in the new New Verse Review is a playful piece, with crackling rhyming and other poetic effects, by #AlfredNicol. Nicol is from my very own home state of Massachusetts, and I am also addicted to cats.
www.newversereview.com/2-1-alfred-n...
www.newversereview.com/2-1-alfred-n...
Poem by Alfred Nichol
Alfred Nichol, "Wretched Rocco"
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January 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Another poem I really like in the new New Verse Review is a playful piece, with crackling rhyming and other poetic effects, by #AlfredNicol. Nicol is from my very own home state of Massachusetts, and I am also addicted to cats.
www.newversereview.com/2-1-alfred-n...
www.newversereview.com/2-1-alfred-n...
New Verse Review is news to me with its 2nd issue. I'm very glad to know of it. For starters, check out the poignant poem, ostensibly about playing AI chess, by #FlissTeague: "I focus on the pieces; other forms / back off, towards the outskirts of my mind."
www.newversereview.com/2-1-felicity...
www.newversereview.com/2-1-felicity...
Poem by Felicity Teague
Felicity Teague, "Chess with Jimmy"
www.newversereview.com
January 28, 2025 at 12:43 PM
New Verse Review is news to me with its 2nd issue. I'm very glad to know of it. For starters, check out the poignant poem, ostensibly about playing AI chess, by #FlissTeague: "I focus on the pieces; other forms / back off, towards the outskirts of my mind."
www.newversereview.com/2-1-felicity...
www.newversereview.com/2-1-felicity...
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My review of a book by Joseph Luzzi about the reception of Dante's "Divine Comedy" over the centuries, and of a new translation of the poem by Michael Palma, is in the Wall Street Journal today:
www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
‘Dante’s Divine Comedy’ Review: Enduring Visions of the Afterlife
The Florentine poet’s richly detailed vision of a journey through hell and beyond has inspired other writers and artists for centuries.
www.wsj.com
January 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
My review of a book by Joseph Luzzi about the reception of Dante's "Divine Comedy" over the centuries, and of a new translation of the poem by Michael Palma, is in the Wall Street Journal today:
www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
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Congratulations to my dear friend John Isbell, who has a poem published in Amethyst Review today 🤩
The accompanying photo is of a twisty-horned antelope, with kindly eyes and a smile 🤗
amethystmagazine.org/2025/01/23/a...
The accompanying photo is of a twisty-horned antelope, with kindly eyes and a smile 🤗
amethystmagazine.org/2025/01/23/a...
A Good Day for God – a poem by John Claiborne Isbell
A Good Day for GodToday has been a good day for God. He has created colors and the antelope, cafés and railway sidings and overpasses.A billion billion leaves are singing His praises, dancing in th…
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January 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Congratulations to my dear friend John Isbell, who has a poem published in Amethyst Review today 🤩
The accompanying photo is of a twisty-horned antelope, with kindly eyes and a smile 🤗
amethystmagazine.org/2025/01/23/a...
The accompanying photo is of a twisty-horned antelope, with kindly eyes and a smile 🤗
amethystmagazine.org/2025/01/23/a...
My review of a book by Joseph Luzzi about the reception of Dante's "Divine Comedy" over the centuries, and of a new translation of the poem by Michael Palma, is in the Wall Street Journal today:
www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
‘Dante’s Divine Comedy’ Review: Enduring Visions of the Afterlife
The Florentine poet’s richly detailed vision of a journey through hell and beyond has inspired other writers and artists for centuries.
www.wsj.com
January 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
My review of a book by Joseph Luzzi about the reception of Dante's "Divine Comedy" over the centuries, and of a new translation of the poem by Michael Palma, is in the Wall Street Journal today:
www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
Enjoying this new book by #DanaGioia and reading its essays in no particular order.
January 23, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Enjoying this new book by #DanaGioia and reading its essays in no particular order.
A profound essay by Ali Lakhani on spiritual and moral principles and their violation in the war in Gaza, drawing on such diverse sources as King Lear; Sufism; Jewish, Christian, and Muslim scriptures; Gandhi; Abraham Joshua Heschel; and more.
www.sacredweb.com/volume-51/ha...
www.sacredweb.com/volume-51/ha...
Hard Hearts: Reflections on Human Nature in the Context of the Gaza War
The essay explores King Lear's question: Is there any cause in nature that makes these hard hearts? Advocating spiritual and ethical literacy in a world that undermines the Sacred, the essay upholds J...
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January 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
A profound essay by Ali Lakhani on spiritual and moral principles and their violation in the war in Gaza, drawing on such diverse sources as King Lear; Sufism; Jewish, Christian, and Muslim scriptures; Gandhi; Abraham Joshua Heschel; and more.
www.sacredweb.com/volume-51/ha...
www.sacredweb.com/volume-51/ha...
The formerly print journal Sacred Web, which explores modernity through the lens of traditional metaphysical principles, is now online and free. I have 5 poems and an essay on Edwin Muir in this inaugural issue.
www.sacredweb.com/volume-51/
www.sacredweb.com/volume-51/
Sacred Web 51
Published in January 2025, Volume 51 offers a collection of essays & poems rooted in traditional metaphysics, exploring spiritual, ethical, & artistic themes. Topics range from reflections on light an...
www.sacredweb.com
January 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The formerly print journal Sacred Web, which explores modernity through the lens of traditional metaphysical principles, is now online and free. I have 5 poems and an essay on Edwin Muir in this inaugural issue.
www.sacredweb.com/volume-51/
www.sacredweb.com/volume-51/
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Wonderful opening to Dante Public Lecture Series last night with Prof. Stephen Milner (Uni of Manchester) on Dante and Political Economy in the Industrial Age. See recording here: youtu.be/EIlEyZ8zFTQ?...
January 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Wonderful opening to Dante Public Lecture Series last night with Prof. Stephen Milner (Uni of Manchester) on Dante and Political Economy in the Industrial Age. See recording here: youtu.be/EIlEyZ8zFTQ?...
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Next up we will have Prof. Zyg Barański on the structures of Dante’s afterlife #Dante #AcademicSky
January 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Next up we will have Prof. Zyg Barański on the structures of Dante’s afterlife #Dante #AcademicSky
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My poem, “Inauguration Day,” is today’s top story at The New Verse News.
NVN Monday at Substack: David Rosenthal’s @newversenews.bsky.social #poem “Inauguration Day” #poetsofbluesky #blueskypoets #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity thenewversenews.substack.com/p/nvn-monday...
NVN Monday: INAUGURATION DAY
by David Rosenthal
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January 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
My poem, “Inauguration Day,” is today’s top story at The New Verse News.
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Dear Ann, wherever you are
Since you lately learnt to die,
You are this unsetting star
That shines unchanged in my eye…
Born in Kirkwall, Ann Scott-Moncrieff was a friend of the Orkney poet & translator Edwin Muir, who wrote this poem for her when she died.
7/7
Since you lately learnt to die,
You are this unsetting star
That shines unchanged in my eye…
Born in Kirkwall, Ann Scott-Moncrieff was a friend of the Orkney poet & translator Edwin Muir, who wrote this poem for her when she died.
7/7
January 11, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Dear Ann, wherever you are
Since you lately learnt to die,
You are this unsetting star
That shines unchanged in my eye…
Born in Kirkwall, Ann Scott-Moncrieff was a friend of the Orkney poet & translator Edwin Muir, who wrote this poem for her when she died.
7/7
Since you lately learnt to die,
You are this unsetting star
That shines unchanged in my eye…
Born in Kirkwall, Ann Scott-Moncrieff was a friend of the Orkney poet & translator Edwin Muir, who wrote this poem for her when she died.
7/7
It happens to be my birthday that day, damn it.
Time to blow out the cake and eat the candles.
And avoid TV.
Time to blow out the cake and eat the candles.
And avoid TV.
January 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
It happens to be my birthday that day, damn it.
Time to blow out the cake and eat the candles.
And avoid TV.
Time to blow out the cake and eat the candles.
And avoid TV.
A new issue of the excellent new poetry journal New Verse News.
Check it out!
Check it out!
Hooray! The Winter issue of New Verse Review is out today. Congratulations to everyone in it 🥳
I've tagged those I think might be interested, but no worries if you're not 😊
Many thanks to editor Steve Knepper 👏🤩
www.newversereview.com/issue-2-1--w...
I've tagged those I think might be interested, but no worries if you're not 😊
Many thanks to editor Steve Knepper 👏🤩
www.newversereview.com/issue-2-1--w...
January 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM
A new issue of the excellent new poetry journal New Verse News.
Check it out!
Check it out!
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Happy New Year to all! The bros are about to turn up again here 🥳
Thanks to all my poetry people for your support through 2024. Of 60 submissions, I received 42 acceptances; it was 1/1 for my second collection (still in shock!) 😮
PA&M today: poemsancientandmodern.substack.com/p/todays-poe... ☺️
Thanks to all my poetry people for your support through 2024. Of 60 submissions, I received 42 acceptances; it was 1/1 for my second collection (still in shock!) 😮
PA&M today: poemsancientandmodern.substack.com/p/todays-poe... ☺️
Today’s Poem: Auld Lang Syne
The Old Long Since
poemsancientandmodern.substack.com
December 31, 2024 at 6:16 PM
Happy New Year to all! The bros are about to turn up again here 🥳
Thanks to all my poetry people for your support through 2024. Of 60 submissions, I received 42 acceptances; it was 1/1 for my second collection (still in shock!) 😮
PA&M today: poemsancientandmodern.substack.com/p/todays-poe... ☺️
Thanks to all my poetry people for your support through 2024. Of 60 submissions, I received 42 acceptances; it was 1/1 for my second collection (still in shock!) 😮
PA&M today: poemsancientandmodern.substack.com/p/todays-poe... ☺️
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The January issue of The HyperTexts is out today: www.thehypertexts.com/current_and_...
In the spotlight alongside Editor Mike Burch's collections 'New Year Poetry' and 'Famous Poems about Drinking' are Luis Cuauhtemoc Berroizabal, Martin McCarthy, Tom Merrill, Shannon Winestone, Bob Zisk, and me ☺️
In the spotlight alongside Editor Mike Burch's collections 'New Year Poetry' and 'Famous Poems about Drinking' are Luis Cuauhtemoc Berroizabal, Martin McCarthy, Tom Merrill, Shannon Winestone, Bob Zisk, and me ☺️
Current and Back Issues of The HyperTexts
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January 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The January issue of The HyperTexts is out today: www.thehypertexts.com/current_and_...
In the spotlight alongside Editor Mike Burch's collections 'New Year Poetry' and 'Famous Poems about Drinking' are Luis Cuauhtemoc Berroizabal, Martin McCarthy, Tom Merrill, Shannon Winestone, Bob Zisk, and me ☺️
In the spotlight alongside Editor Mike Burch's collections 'New Year Poetry' and 'Famous Poems about Drinking' are Luis Cuauhtemoc Berroizabal, Martin McCarthy, Tom Merrill, Shannon Winestone, Bob Zisk, and me ☺️
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Kathleen Raine was one of the most important 20th century interpreters of Blake. A back catalogue of talks is kept online by the brilliant Temenos Academy she founded. A pic'n'mix of Blake on cities, on poetry, on Job, on imagination... www.temenosacademy.org/dr-kathleen-...
Dr Kathleen Raine
TALKS AND READINGS 1991-2002 Dr Kathleen Raine gave 13 lectures and readings to the Temenos Academy over the course of 11 years. Recordings of most of them, listed in chronological order, may be acc...
www.temenosacademy.org
December 4, 2024 at 10:02 AM
Kathleen Raine was one of the most important 20th century interpreters of Blake. A back catalogue of talks is kept online by the brilliant Temenos Academy she founded. A pic'n'mix of Blake on cities, on poetry, on Job, on imagination... www.temenosacademy.org/dr-kathleen-...
"The whistling in my head is memory's birds."
Thanks to gentilissima Fliss for posting this.
Thanks to gentilissima Fliss for posting this.
Earlier this year I read a few tree poems, around the time the beautiful line of birches here was removed 😔
Here's a link to my favourite, by Andrew Frisardi, which now holds seasonal relevance too ☺️
www.dappledthings.org/poetry/on-th...
Here's a link to my favourite, by Andrew Frisardi, which now holds seasonal relevance too ☺️
www.dappledthings.org/poetry/on-th...
On the Cutting Down of a Pine Tree — Dappled Things
The pine tree has been chopped outside the window that frames the backdrop to my armchair life. A Christmas tree a neighbor planted years ago,it grew—gangly, inelegant—above the balcony and roof, its ...
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December 29, 2024 at 10:20 PM
"The whistling in my head is memory's birds."
Thanks to gentilissima Fliss for posting this.
Thanks to gentilissima Fliss for posting this.
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Very interesting post on 'Poems Ancient and Modern' today, by sallythomasnc.bsky.social 🤩
I hadn't come across Walter de la Mare's 'Mistletoe' before, and am glad to know it now. Spooky stuff! And quite hypnotic in the way it uses rhyme 🥴
poemsancientandmodern.substack.com/p/todays-poe...
I hadn't come across Walter de la Mare's 'Mistletoe' before, and am glad to know it now. Spooky stuff! And quite hypnotic in the way it uses rhyme 🥴
poemsancientandmodern.substack.com/p/todays-poe...
Today’s Poem: Mistletoe
Walter de la Mare: not that kind of creep
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December 27, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Very interesting post on 'Poems Ancient and Modern' today, by sallythomasnc.bsky.social 🤩
I hadn't come across Walter de la Mare's 'Mistletoe' before, and am glad to know it now. Spooky stuff! And quite hypnotic in the way it uses rhyme 🥴
poemsancientandmodern.substack.com/p/todays-poe...
I hadn't come across Walter de la Mare's 'Mistletoe' before, and am glad to know it now. Spooky stuff! And quite hypnotic in the way it uses rhyme 🥴
poemsancientandmodern.substack.com/p/todays-poe...
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To continue my vague round-up of poetry journals I like, here's Amethyst: amethystmagazine.org
Submissions details: amethystmagazine.org/submissions/
And my first poem there: amethystmagazine.org/2023/08/31/c...
Submissions details: amethystmagazine.org/submissions/
And my first poem there: amethystmagazine.org/2023/08/31/c...
Cathedral View – a poem by Felicity Teague
Cathedral view June 2020 A chaplain came while I was on 3B, the Orthopaedics ward. “Hi there!” he smiled upon us all, the fractured – femur, knee, a wrist, an ankle, pained and slightly wild. We ma…
amethystmagazine.org
December 28, 2024 at 7:51 PM
To continue my vague round-up of poetry journals I like, here's Amethyst: amethystmagazine.org
Submissions details: amethystmagazine.org/submissions/
And my first poem there: amethystmagazine.org/2023/08/31/c...
Submissions details: amethystmagazine.org/submissions/
And my first poem there: amethystmagazine.org/2023/08/31/c...