Charles Lauder Jr
@cglauder.bsky.social
Poet, freelance editor, ex-pat, "The Aesthetics of Breath" (V.Press, 2019), "Year of the Rat" (Blueprint Poetry Press, 2025), www.charleslauderjr.com
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Charles Lauder Jr
@cglauder.bsky.social
· Jul 11
The Way | The Blueprint - with Jo Colley and Charles G Lauder, Jr - Planet Poetry
It's a tag team episode! With Robin and Peter meeting poet Charles G Lauder, Jr and publisher poet Jo Colley of Blueprint Poetry Press - who have published his 2025 pamphlet Year of the Rat,&nbs...
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Jo Colley (Blueprint Poetry Press) & I are the latest guests on the Planet Poetry Podcast discussing my pamphlet Year of the Rat with hosts @peter-kenny.bsky.social and @robinhoughton.bsky.social It's a great session. My thanks to Robin & Peter for having us on.
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for the Zoom link to watch! It’s also the week of National Poetry Day! Please join us from 7.00-8.30pm on Zoom! Free to attend and everyone welcome!
September 13, 2025 at 3:24 PM
for the Zoom link to watch! It’s also the week of National Poetry Day! Please join us from 7.00-8.30pm on Zoom! Free to attend and everyone welcome!
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Aston Society of Poetry are excited to announce our first event this academic year on Monday 29/9/25 with special guest Charles Lauder Jr. reading from his pamphlet ‘The Year of the Rat’
Open mic spots are available! Please contact @melwardlepoet or @mmgiovanelli to take part or
Open mic spots are available! Please contact @melwardlepoet or @mmgiovanelli to take part or
September 13, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Aston Society of Poetry are excited to announce our first event this academic year on Monday 29/9/25 with special guest Charles Lauder Jr. reading from his pamphlet ‘The Year of the Rat’
Open mic spots are available! Please contact @melwardlepoet or @mmgiovanelli to take part or
Open mic spots are available! Please contact @melwardlepoet or @mmgiovanelli to take part or
A nice plug for my pamphlet "Year of the Rat" and Blueprint Poetry Press in Tim Relf's latest column in @thebookseller.com
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Outreach, inspiration and Cornish culture
A wry and revealing monthly round-up of news from the poetry publishing sector.
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August 8, 2025 at 7:26 PM
A nice plug for my pamphlet "Year of the Rat" and Blueprint Poetry Press in Tim Relf's latest column in @thebookseller.com
www.thebookseller.com/comment/outr...
www.thebookseller.com/comment/outr...
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I listened to this Planet Poetry podcast. Enjoyed the conversation and the poems. 💙🙂
Jo Colley (Blueprint Poetry Press) & I are the latest guests on the Planet Poetry Podcast discussing my pamphlet Year of the Rat with hosts @peter-kenny.bsky.social and @robinhoughton.bsky.social It's a great session. My thanks to Robin & Peter for having us on.
www.buzzsprout.com/1414696/epis...
www.buzzsprout.com/1414696/epis...
The Way | The Blueprint - with Jo Colley and Charles G Lauder, Jr - Planet Poetry
It's a tag team episode! With Robin and Peter meeting poet Charles G Lauder, Jr and publisher poet Jo Colley of Blueprint Poetry Press - who have published his 2025 pamphlet Year of the Rat,&nbs...
www.buzzsprout.com
July 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I listened to this Planet Poetry podcast. Enjoyed the conversation and the poems. 💙🙂
Jo Colley (Blueprint Poetry Press) & I are the latest guests on the Planet Poetry Podcast discussing my pamphlet Year of the Rat with hosts @peter-kenny.bsky.social and @robinhoughton.bsky.social It's a great session. My thanks to Robin & Peter for having us on.
www.buzzsprout.com/1414696/epis...
www.buzzsprout.com/1414696/epis...
The Way | The Blueprint - with Jo Colley and Charles G Lauder, Jr - Planet Poetry
It's a tag team episode! With Robin and Peter meeting poet Charles G Lauder, Jr and publisher poet Jo Colley of Blueprint Poetry Press - who have published his 2025 pamphlet Year of the Rat,&nbs...
www.buzzsprout.com
July 11, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Jo Colley (Blueprint Poetry Press) & I are the latest guests on the Planet Poetry Podcast discussing my pamphlet Year of the Rat with hosts @peter-kenny.bsky.social and @robinhoughton.bsky.social It's a great session. My thanks to Robin & Peter for having us on.
www.buzzsprout.com/1414696/epis...
www.buzzsprout.com/1414696/epis...
A lovely and insightful review of my pamphlet 'Year of the Rat' by Wendy Klein has gone live today on The High Window:
thehighwindowpress.com/category/reviews/
thehighwindowpress.com/category/reviews/
April 23, 2025 at 11:15 AM
A lovely and insightful review of my pamphlet 'Year of the Rat' by Wendy Klein has gone live today on The High Window:
thehighwindowpress.com/category/reviews/
thehighwindowpress.com/category/reviews/
With my new pamphlet 'Year of the Rat', published by Blueprint Poetry, out and making the rounds, I would like to promote it through readings, both in-person and online. If interested, please get in touch. Have poems, will travel. 😊
April 10, 2025 at 8:57 AM
With my new pamphlet 'Year of the Rat', published by Blueprint Poetry, out and making the rounds, I would like to promote it through readings, both in-person and online. If interested, please get in touch. Have poems, will travel. 😊
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AT @
ALTÆR SPACE
afternoon 12:4:25
among landscape
prints & paintings
i will speak
out poems
from 'At'
.
Altær Space
exhibits artworks by
Mark Spray & Sally Adkins
Stockbrook House
8 King St, Duffield
Derbyshire DE56 4EU
'At' is out
with Shearsman Books
www.shearsman.com/store/Mark-G...
AT @
ALTÆR SPACE
afternoon 12:4:25
among landscape
prints & paintings
i will speak
out poems
from 'At'
.
Altær Space
exhibits artworks by
Mark Spray & Sally Adkins
Stockbrook House
8 King St, Duffield
Derbyshire DE56 4EU
'At' is out
with Shearsman Books
www.shearsman.com/store/Mark-G...
March 8, 2025 at 5:26 PM
My new pamphlet, Year of the Rat, has arrived! My thanks to Blueprint Poetry Press for publishing it. Details of the upcoming launch will be shared soon.
Copies of the pamphlet can be obtained from the London Review Bookshop or by contacting Blueprint Poetry directly (blueprintpoetry@gmail.com).
Copies of the pamphlet can be obtained from the London Review Bookshop or by contacting Blueprint Poetry directly (blueprintpoetry@gmail.com).
February 19, 2025 at 11:25 PM
My new pamphlet, Year of the Rat, has arrived! My thanks to Blueprint Poetry Press for publishing it. Details of the upcoming launch will be shared soon.
Copies of the pamphlet can be obtained from the London Review Bookshop or by contacting Blueprint Poetry directly (blueprintpoetry@gmail.com).
Copies of the pamphlet can be obtained from the London Review Bookshop or by contacting Blueprint Poetry directly (blueprintpoetry@gmail.com).
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Ian Hislop offers his unvarnished opinion of Elon Musk. Watch the whole thing:
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January 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Ian Hislop offers his unvarnished opinion of Elon Musk. Watch the whole thing:
I had a great meeting this morning with Blueprint Poetry Press editors Jo Colley and Julie Hogg discussing the proofs for my pamphlet 'Year of the Rat'--it's looking to see the light of day later this winter. I'm very happy it's in their capable hands. 😊😊😊
January 9, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I had a great meeting this morning with Blueprint Poetry Press editors Jo Colley and Julie Hogg discussing the proofs for my pamphlet 'Year of the Rat'--it's looking to see the light of day later this winter. I'm very happy it's in their capable hands. 😊😊😊
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' ... I have been reading my mother backwards, standing
on the slope of my own life, looking down to that squiggly, tangled
path. She is so far ahead ... '
iambapoet.com/wave/20-pam-thompson
on the slope of my own life, looking down to that squiggly, tangled
path. She is so far ahead ... '
iambapoet.com/wave/20-pam-thompson
Pam Thompson | wave 20 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard
Hear poet Pam Thompson read poems exclusively for iamb. If you like The Poetry Archive, this poetry site is for you.
www.iambapoet.com
December 18, 2024 at 2:00 PM
' ... I have been reading my mother backwards, standing
on the slope of my own life, looking down to that squiggly, tangled
path. She is so far ahead ... '
iambapoet.com/wave/20-pam-thompson
on the slope of my own life, looking down to that squiggly, tangled
path. She is so far ahead ... '
iambapoet.com/wave/20-pam-thompson
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Oh gosh, this is sad news 😢
Breaking News: Nikki Giovanni, the poet who wrote, irresistibly and sensuously, about race, politics, gender, sex and love, has died at 81.
Nikki Giovanni, Poet Who Wrote of Black Joy, Dies at 81
Ms. Giovanni tackled race, gender, sex, politics and love. She was a celebrity poet and public intellectual who appeared on television and toured the country.
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2024 at 7:24 AM
Oh gosh, this is sad news 😢
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December 5, 2024 at 12:38 PM
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Say hi to...
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@daraghfleming.bsky.social, Dion O'Reilly, @gclifford1.bsky.social, Jane Ayres, @kevingrauke.bsky.social, Laura Lewis-Waters, Marie Marchand, @pamthompson240.bsky.social, Polly Walshe, Rachel Smith, Rowan Lyster, Sharon Phillips, Simon Alderwick, T S S Fulk and @wendypratt.bsky.social.
December 1, 2024 at 12:00 AM
Say hi to...
@daraghfleming.bsky.social, Dion O'Reilly, @gclifford1.bsky.social, Jane Ayres, @kevingrauke.bsky.social, Laura Lewis-Waters, Marie Marchand, @pamthompson240.bsky.social, Polly Walshe, Rachel Smith, Rowan Lyster, Sharon Phillips, Simon Alderwick, T S S Fulk and @wendypratt.bsky.social.
@daraghfleming.bsky.social, Dion O'Reilly, @gclifford1.bsky.social, Jane Ayres, @kevingrauke.bsky.social, Laura Lewis-Waters, Marie Marchand, @pamthompson240.bsky.social, Polly Walshe, Rachel Smith, Rowan Lyster, Sharon Phillips, Simon Alderwick, T S S Fulk and @wendypratt.bsky.social.
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The John Le Carré Advent Calendar - My cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com Books. (with apologies to @realjohnlecarre.bsky.social and @harkaway.bsky.social)
November 30, 2024 at 10:10 AM
The John Le Carré Advent Calendar - My cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com Books. (with apologies to @realjohnlecarre.bsky.social and @harkaway.bsky.social)
I've got two poems in the latest issue of Flight of the Dragonfly, two poems I've been looking forward to seeing published. My thanks to @philvernon.bsky.social for selecting them.
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November 26, 2024 at 12:58 AM
I've got two poems in the latest issue of Flight of the Dragonfly, two poems I've been looking forward to seeing published. My thanks to @philvernon.bsky.social for selecting them.
flightofthedragonfly.com/charles-g-la...
flightofthedragonfly.com/charles-g-la...
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Part of the journal Black Iris's quick-response news-in-poetry series following last week. Just so you know what I think.
November 13, 2024 at 5:23 PM
Part of the journal Black Iris's quick-response news-in-poetry series following last week. Just so you know what I think.
Since the US election, friends have asked how I feel about the results, which has been difficult to encapsulate. Today I suddenly remembered this poem I wrote 3 years ago in the wake of January 6th & was later published in High Window. Foremost, it shows that the world hasn't quieted down.
November 20, 2024 at 2:29 PM
Since the US election, friends have asked how I feel about the results, which has been difficult to encapsulate. Today I suddenly remembered this poem I wrote 3 years ago in the wake of January 6th & was later published in High Window. Foremost, it shows that the world hasn't quieted down.
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Guardian headline: "AI poetry rated better than poems written by humans, study shows". To more accurately reflect the study, I suggest a different wording: "People who don't read poetry can't even tell the difference between AI generated verses and those written by actual poets."
November 19, 2024 at 11:16 AM
Guardian headline: "AI poetry rated better than poems written by humans, study shows". To more accurately reflect the study, I suggest a different wording: "People who don't read poetry can't even tell the difference between AI generated verses and those written by actual poets."
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.
as she climbs above me
I am framed by ridge & arête
in a niche
at my back vertical ground (landedge)
horizontally deep & opaque
in front of me a stupendous drop of sea's horizontal
terror-clear-calm
.
At - out
with Shearsman Books
www.shearsman.com/store/Mark-G...
November 19, 2024 at 10:57 AM
.
as she climbs above me
I am framed by ridge & arête
in a niche
at my back vertical ground (landedge)
horizontally deep & opaque
in front of me a stupendous drop of sea's horizontal
terror-clear-calm
.
At - out
with Shearsman Books
www.shearsman.com/store/Mark-G...
Spent a very indulgent, lovely weekend with the family in Hay-on-Wye touring bookshops and catching up, coming home with a nice cache. Lowell's Collected Works was a steal getting it for a third of the price. 🥰
November 18, 2024 at 12:10 PM
Spent a very indulgent, lovely weekend with the family in Hay-on-Wye touring bookshops and catching up, coming home with a nice cache. Lowell's Collected Works was a steal getting it for a third of the price. 🥰
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From my article on Criticism and Poetry:
'Self belief is crucial to all artists, whose intention is to bring forth something that is original yet communicates as widely as possible. For most of us self-belief is a wobbly beast.'
link to article: substack.com/home/post/p-...
'Self belief is crucial to all artists, whose intention is to bring forth something that is original yet communicates as widely as possible. For most of us self-belief is a wobbly beast.'
link to article: substack.com/home/post/p-...
November 18, 2024 at 10:40 AM
From my article on Criticism and Poetry:
'Self belief is crucial to all artists, whose intention is to bring forth something that is original yet communicates as widely as possible. For most of us self-belief is a wobbly beast.'
link to article: substack.com/home/post/p-...
'Self belief is crucial to all artists, whose intention is to bring forth something that is original yet communicates as widely as possible. For most of us self-belief is a wobbly beast.'
link to article: substack.com/home/post/p-...
Space in its full glory.
James Webb Telescope is a whole other ballgame. Can’t wait for more amazing pictures that I will be sharing here 😊
November 17, 2024 at 9:03 AM
Space in its full glory.