Mark Fiddes
@fiddes.bsky.social
Poet and creative director. '*Other Saints Are Available' (Live Canon), 'The Rainbow Factory' + 'The Chelsea Flower Show Massacre' (Templar). Dubai, Barcelona, London and unmapped places in between. https://markfiddes.com/
Join us at the Poetic Heart today ‘Connecting Humanity’ with poets in 10 different languages - from Uzbek and Japanese to Hindi, Arabic and Slovakian, even English.
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February 6, 2026 at 9:31 AM
Join us at the Poetic Heart today ‘Connecting Humanity’ with poets in 10 different languages - from Uzbek and Japanese to Hindi, Arabic and Slovakian, even English.
Scan here. 17.00 GST, 14.00 CET, 08.00 EST.
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Reposted by Mark Fiddes
Six years ago, a new online poetry journal launched against an inauspicious backdrop of a pandemic and Britain's exit from the EU.
@iamb.uk has since sailed many waves. Its 25th will appear this March. Last night, these 18 poets celebrated the journal's first six years. And it was bloody brilliant!
@iamb.uk has since sailed many waves. Its 25th will appear this March. Last night, these 18 poets celebrated the journal's first six years. And it was bloody brilliant!
February 1, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Six years ago, a new online poetry journal launched against an inauspicious backdrop of a pandemic and Britain's exit from the EU.
@iamb.uk has since sailed many waves. Its 25th will appear this March. Last night, these 18 poets celebrated the journal's first six years. And it was bloody brilliant!
@iamb.uk has since sailed many waves. Its 25th will appear this March. Last night, these 18 poets celebrated the journal's first six years. And it was bloody brilliant!
As the blood runs down his Playboy face
Traffic gridlocks on the BR-116 into São Paulo and a burger box flies out of a passenger window. Two wood pigeons cool in the concrete shade of a brutalist carpark. An Italian waiter in Soho writes his phone number on a bill, flourishing the crossbar on his…
Traffic gridlocks on the BR-116 into São Paulo and a burger box flies out of a passenger window. Two wood pigeons cool in the concrete shade of a brutalist carpark. An Italian waiter in Soho writes his phone number on a bill, flourishing the crossbar on his…
As the blood runs down his Playboy face
Traffic gridlocks on the BR-116 into São Paulo and a burger box flies out of a passenger window. Two wood pigeons cool in the concrete shade of a brutalist carpark. An Italian waiter in Soho writes his phone number on a bill, flourishing the crossbar on his continental 7’s. A girl building a sandcastle on the beach near Cadiz starts a conversation with a crab about paradise.
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January 28, 2026 at 12:52 PM
As the blood runs down his Playboy face
Traffic gridlocks on the BR-116 into São Paulo and a burger box flies out of a passenger window. Two wood pigeons cool in the concrete shade of a brutalist carpark. An Italian waiter in Soho writes his phone number on a bill, flourishing the crossbar on his…
Traffic gridlocks on the BR-116 into São Paulo and a burger box flies out of a passenger window. Two wood pigeons cool in the concrete shade of a brutalist carpark. An Italian waiter in Soho writes his phone number on a bill, flourishing the crossbar on his…
Another effortlessly poised and insightful @berlinlit.bsky.social
with cows, paradises, aeronauts and my poem ‘Ontology’.
Set aside a quiet hour this weekend and enjoy.
with cows, paradises, aeronauts and my poem ‘Ontology’.
Set aside a quiet hour this weekend and enjoy.
January 17, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Another effortlessly poised and insightful @berlinlit.bsky.social
with cows, paradises, aeronauts and my poem ‘Ontology’.
Set aside a quiet hour this weekend and enjoy.
with cows, paradises, aeronauts and my poem ‘Ontology’.
Set aside a quiet hour this weekend and enjoy.
January 10, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Reposted by Mark Fiddes
‘Those black pens politicians use to sign bombs will turn into vipers’ 🖊️ 🐍
‘the sky will throng with rainbows and an unruly Druid flashmob’ 🌈
@fiddes.bsky.social in our Christmas - Winter anthology
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‘the sky will throng with rainbows and an unruly Druid flashmob’ 🌈
@fiddes.bsky.social in our Christmas - Winter anthology
www.blackboughpoetry.com/news
January 9, 2026 at 8:22 PM
‘Those black pens politicians use to sign bombs will turn into vipers’ 🖊️ 🐍
‘the sky will throng with rainbows and an unruly Druid flashmob’ 🌈
@fiddes.bsky.social in our Christmas - Winter anthology
www.blackboughpoetry.com/news
‘the sky will throng with rainbows and an unruly Druid flashmob’ 🌈
@fiddes.bsky.social in our Christmas - Winter anthology
www.blackboughpoetry.com/news
A cautious welcome to 2026.
‘Year of the Heron’.
‘Year of the Heron’.
January 2, 2026 at 1:07 PM
A cautious welcome to 2026.
‘Year of the Heron’.
‘Year of the Heron’.
As it must have been
Steam rises from drains that reek of knuckle boneboiled overnight with star anise,as it must have beenwhen livestock roamed the streets. Washed sheets drape the wires between tenements.From under a raincoat in a doorway,a junky’s hand tattooed with flowers cups for money.The…
Steam rises from drains that reek of knuckle boneboiled overnight with star anise,as it must have beenwhen livestock roamed the streets. Washed sheets drape the wires between tenements.From under a raincoat in a doorway,a junky’s hand tattooed with flowers cups for money.The…
As it must have been
Steam rises from drains that reek of knuckle boneboiled overnight with star anise,as it must have beenwhen livestock roamed the streets. Washed sheets drape the wires between tenements.From under a raincoat in a doorway,a junky’s hand tattooed with flowers cups for money.The stolen phone shop pings open.‘Purple Rain’ streams out from the minimarket…
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January 2, 2026 at 12:59 PM
As it must have been
Steam rises from drains that reek of knuckle boneboiled overnight with star anise,as it must have beenwhen livestock roamed the streets. Washed sheets drape the wires between tenements.From under a raincoat in a doorway,a junky’s hand tattooed with flowers cups for money.The…
Steam rises from drains that reek of knuckle boneboiled overnight with star anise,as it must have beenwhen livestock roamed the streets. Washed sheets drape the wires between tenements.From under a raincoat in a doorway,a junky’s hand tattooed with flowers cups for money.The…
A rainbow in December.
Canal d’Urgell, Catalonia.
More portents, please.
Canal d’Urgell, Catalonia.
More portents, please.
December 23, 2025 at 9:39 PM
A rainbow in December.
Canal d’Urgell, Catalonia.
More portents, please.
Canal d’Urgell, Catalonia.
More portents, please.
Perfect timing…
Kafka becomes more accessible
Soon the first English Kafka books will enter the US public domain.
By John Mark Ockerbloom
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At PG:
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#books #publicDomainDayCountdown
Soon the first English Kafka books will enter the US public domain.
By John Mark Ockerbloom
everybodyslibraries.com/2025/12/15/k...
At PG:
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho...
#books #publicDomainDayCountdown
December 16, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Perfect timing…
Delighted to play the role of The Traveller opening at the showcase event for The Emirates Literature Festival in Jan - also feat. @wasafirimag.bsky.social and a reading with Hesa Aldahel 24.1.26
December 1, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Delighted to play the role of The Traveller opening at the showcase event for The Emirates Literature Festival in Jan - also feat. @wasafirimag.bsky.social and a reading with Hesa Aldahel 24.1.26
“He plays no games, and takes no regular exercise. He has no hobbies except for…the entertainment of a large and ordinary black cat to which he ascribes miraculous insight and intelligence.”
Geoffrey Household bio on back of Penguin 1st Ed. ‘Rogue Male’ (1949)
Geoffrey Household bio on back of Penguin 1st Ed. ‘Rogue Male’ (1949)
October 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
“He plays no games, and takes no regular exercise. He has no hobbies except for…the entertainment of a large and ordinary black cat to which he ascribes miraculous insight and intelligence.”
Geoffrey Household bio on back of Penguin 1st Ed. ‘Rogue Male’ (1949)
Geoffrey Household bio on back of Penguin 1st Ed. ‘Rogue Male’ (1949)
Reposted by Mark Fiddes
Security detail for tonight’s gig at The Emirates Literature Foundation.
October 18, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Security detail for tonight’s gig at The Emirates Literature Foundation.
Stop the clocks.
Lose yourself in 100 years of @newyorker.com poetry over 1000 inspiring pages, thoughtfully woven together by its poetry editor Kevin Young.
Lose yourself in 100 years of @newyorker.com poetry over 1000 inspiring pages, thoughtfully woven together by its poetry editor Kevin Young.
October 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Stop the clocks.
Lose yourself in 100 years of @newyorker.com poetry over 1000 inspiring pages, thoughtfully woven together by its poetry editor Kevin Young.
Lose yourself in 100 years of @newyorker.com poetry over 1000 inspiring pages, thoughtfully woven together by its poetry editor Kevin Young.
A bird in the flame tree
Behind the leaves, the myna bird is mocking us, pretending to be an emergency. “Fire! Fire! Fire!” it screeches from the green darkness which is the best kind, between boughs knuckled like bone or the indentations on the steering…
Behind the leaves, the myna bird is mocking us, pretending to be an emergency. “Fire! Fire! Fire!” it screeches from the green darkness which is the best kind, between boughs knuckled like bone or the indentations on the steering…
A bird in the flame tree
Behind the leaves, the myna bird is mocking us, pretending to be an emergency. “Fire! Fire! Fire!” it screeches from the green darkness which is the best kind, between boughs knuckled like bone or the indentations on the steering wheel of a car sitting in a layby at dawn beside a field of winter wheat on the other side of the world…
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October 11, 2025 at 4:57 AM
A bird in the flame tree
Behind the leaves, the myna bird is mocking us, pretending to be an emergency. “Fire! Fire! Fire!” it screeches from the green darkness which is the best kind, between boughs knuckled like bone or the indentations on the steering…
Behind the leaves, the myna bird is mocking us, pretending to be an emergency. “Fire! Fire! Fire!” it screeches from the green darkness which is the best kind, between boughs knuckled like bone or the indentations on the steering…
Always this time of year…
Adam Zagajewski from ‘True Lives’ (2024)
Adam Zagajewski from ‘True Lives’ (2024)
September 27, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Always this time of year…
Adam Zagajewski from ‘True Lives’ (2024)
Adam Zagajewski from ‘True Lives’ (2024)
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Polite Safety Notice
A reading commissioned by @poetrysociety.org.uk for The National Poetry Competition
Polite Safety Notice
A reading commissioned by @poetrysociety.org.uk for The National Poetry Competition
Mark Fiddes: Then & Now
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September 20, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Polite Safety Notice
A reading commissioned by @poetrysociety.org.uk for The National Poetry Competition
Polite Safety Notice
A reading commissioned by @poetrysociety.org.uk for The National Poetry Competition
September 8, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Wonderful surprise to receive this Best if the Net nomination from @madridlitmag.bsky.social - all the best to co-nominees.
We’re thrilled to announce The Madrid Review’s nominations for the Best of the Net Anthology, curated by @sundresspub.bsky.social Congrats to @josehernandezdz.bsky.social @fiddes.bsky.social @cpenty.bsky.social @steverinod.bsky.social #bestofthenet #poetryprize #prize #poetry #congratulations
September 5, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Wonderful surprise to receive this Best if the Net nomination from @madridlitmag.bsky.social - all the best to co-nominees.
Tonight it’s fire-dancing with ‘Demoni’ at the Juneda Festa Major in Catalonia.
Bring a hat.
Bring a hat.
August 22, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Tonight it’s fire-dancing with ‘Demoni’ at the Juneda Festa Major in Catalonia.
Bring a hat.
Bring a hat.
At a time when voices are being stifled, this special issue of @madridlitmag.bsky.social is needed more than ever.
The Madrid Review es una revista literaria bilingüe a la que puedes suscribirte de forma gratuita aqui: www.themadridreview.com
@huatiacuri.bsky.social @matthewtree.bsky.social @fiddes.bsky.social @cristinajurado.bsky.social
#palestina #bilingue #poesia #gratis #leer #inglés #españa #catalan
@huatiacuri.bsky.social @matthewtree.bsky.social @fiddes.bsky.social @cristinajurado.bsky.social
#palestina #bilingue #poesia #gratis #leer #inglés #españa #catalan
August 19, 2025 at 1:53 PM
At a time when voices are being stifled, this special issue of @madridlitmag.bsky.social is needed more than ever.
Surprised and delighted that Plaza Poetry Prize judge George Szirtes has awarded first prize to ‘The tank who fell in love with a village’ - congrats to Raymond Solytsek, Wes Lee and Elizabeth Whyatt (2,3 and Highly Commended).
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August 14, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Surprised and delighted that Plaza Poetry Prize judge George Szirtes has awarded first prize to ‘The tank who fell in love with a village’ - congrats to Raymond Solytsek, Wes Lee and Elizabeth Whyatt (2,3 and Highly Commended).
theplazaprizes.com/the-plaza-po...
theplazaprizes.com/the-plaza-po...
As voices are being silenced, this new issue of @madridlitmag.bsky.social comes at a crucial time. Thank you for counting me in.
Thanks to all the poets!
Gracias a todos los poetas ¡Os queremos a todos!
@coastalpoet.bsky.social @noelcowley.bsky.social @bobblack1.bsky.social @steverinod.bsky.social @karinalutz.bsky.social @kevinmacalan.bsky.social @huatiacuri.bsky.social @carmellapoetry.bsky.social
#poetry #gaza #love #peace
Gracias a todos los poetas ¡Os queremos a todos!
@coastalpoet.bsky.social @noelcowley.bsky.social @bobblack1.bsky.social @steverinod.bsky.social @karinalutz.bsky.social @kevinmacalan.bsky.social @huatiacuri.bsky.social @carmellapoetry.bsky.social
#poetry #gaza #love #peace
August 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
As voices are being silenced, this new issue of @madridlitmag.bsky.social comes at a crucial time. Thank you for counting me in.
Plugging this wild US anthology on Joy. We need more of it which is why I gave them a poem called ‘Delighted, I’m sure.’
Many thanks to editors Naomi Simone and Chun Hyon Lee.
Many thanks to editors Naomi Simone and Chun Hyon Lee.
August 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Plugging this wild US anthology on Joy. We need more of it which is why I gave them a poem called ‘Delighted, I’m sure.’
Many thanks to editors Naomi Simone and Chun Hyon Lee.
Many thanks to editors Naomi Simone and Chun Hyon Lee.