Liam Carson
@liamcarson.bsky.social
Author of memoir Call Mother a Lonely Field. Haiku poet (first collection Belfast Twilight just published by Salmon Poetry). Director of IMRAM Féile Litríochta Gaeilge/Irish-language Literature Festival.
Review of Belfast Twilight in the latest issue of Blithe Spirit, journal of the British Haiku Society.
February 9, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Review of Belfast Twilight in the latest issue of Blithe Spirit, journal of the British Haiku Society.
Reposted by Liam Carson
Today's Find at MyHaikuPond.com
autumn rain
the refugee child’s
paper boat
Isabel Caves
Creatrix #49, June 2020
Image: "Autumn Rain", Kaburagi Kiyokata (1912)
autumn rain
the refugee child’s
paper boat
Isabel Caves
Creatrix #49, June 2020
Image: "Autumn Rain", Kaburagi Kiyokata (1912)
February 8, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Today's Find at MyHaikuPond.com
autumn rain
the refugee child’s
paper boat
Isabel Caves
Creatrix #49, June 2020
Image: "Autumn Rain", Kaburagi Kiyokata (1912)
autumn rain
the refugee child’s
paper boat
Isabel Caves
Creatrix #49, June 2020
Image: "Autumn Rain", Kaburagi Kiyokata (1912)
I've seen thousands who could have overcome the darkness
For the love of a lousy buck, I've watched them die
For the love of a lousy buck, I've watched them die
Bob Dylan "When The Night Comes Falling From The Sky" (Live 1986)
YouTube video by Rock Record Reviews
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February 7, 2026 at 6:04 PM
I've seen thousands who could have overcome the darkness
For the love of a lousy buck, I've watched them die
For the love of a lousy buck, I've watched them die
Reposted by Liam Carson
February 7, 2026 at 5:37 PM
The Dark Ages. Mad kings. Pointless wars. The peasants enslaved and powerless. Art, literature, and science replaced by superstition and ignorance. Endless fucking rain. Sound familiar?
February 6, 2026 at 4:45 PM
The Dark Ages. Mad kings. Pointless wars. The peasants enslaved and powerless. Art, literature, and science replaced by superstition and ignorance. Endless fucking rain. Sound familiar?
'Fascism is being afraid. Fascism is fear bossing you... and fascism is more closer to you than I can make you see. I’m trying to wake you up to tell you that you’re sleeping with something ten times more dangerous than a poison-fang snake in your bed.'
– Woody Guthrie
– Woody Guthrie
February 6, 2026 at 10:09 AM
'Fascism is being afraid. Fascism is fear bossing you... and fascism is more closer to you than I can make you see. I’m trying to wake you up to tell you that you’re sleeping with something ten times more dangerous than a poison-fang snake in your bed.'
– Woody Guthrie
– Woody Guthrie
woods at night
from the eyes of a moose
moths drink tears
from the eyes of a moose
moths drink tears
February 4, 2026 at 6:09 PM
woods at night
from the eyes of a moose
moths drink tears
from the eyes of a moose
moths drink tears
Poem by Lynette Roberts.
February 4, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Poem by Lynette Roberts.
dark day -
amidst the pouring rain
a blackbird's song
amidst the pouring rain
a blackbird's song
February 3, 2026 at 9:03 AM
dark day -
amidst the pouring rain
a blackbird's song
amidst the pouring rain
a blackbird's song
We're trapped in the belly of this horrible machine
And the machine is bleeding to death
The sun has fallen down
And the billboards are all leering
And the flags are all dead at the top of their poles
And the machine is bleeding to death
The sun has fallen down
And the billboards are all leering
And the flags are all dead at the top of their poles
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - The Dead Flag Blues (Studio Version)
YouTube video by TheVoiceAndTheSnake
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February 1, 2026 at 11:46 PM
We're trapped in the belly of this horrible machine
And the machine is bleeding to death
The sun has fallen down
And the billboards are all leering
And the flags are all dead at the top of their poles
And the machine is bleeding to death
The sun has fallen down
And the billboards are all leering
And the flags are all dead at the top of their poles
Poetry book booty from Charlie Byrne's in Galway, a wonderful bookshop.
February 1, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Poetry book booty from Charlie Byrne's in Galway, a wonderful bookshop.
Remember them. Murdered by the forces of the British state in Derry on this date in 1972.
January 30, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Remember them. Murdered by the forces of the British state in Derry on this date in 1972.
Alway nice to get books in the post from poet friends.
January 30, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Alway nice to get books in the post from poet friends.
Dear poet friends and poetry lovers - please sign and share.
We Can Make an Impact.
Save William Blake’s last London house
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January 30, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Dear poet friends and poetry lovers - please sign and share.
For the good people of Minneapolis.
And the shame was on the other side
Oh, we can beat them forever and ever
Then we can be heroes, just for one day
- David Bowie
And the shame was on the other side
Oh, we can beat them forever and ever
Then we can be heroes, just for one day
- David Bowie
January 29, 2026 at 2:44 PM
For the good people of Minneapolis.
And the shame was on the other side
Oh, we can beat them forever and ever
Then we can be heroes, just for one day
- David Bowie
And the shame was on the other side
Oh, we can beat them forever and ever
Then we can be heroes, just for one day
- David Bowie
The Boss tells it like it is, and sticks it to fascist Trump and his ICE thugs.
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 5:32 PM
The Boss tells it like it is, and sticks it to fascist Trump and his ICE thugs.
Current state of bedside book pile.
January 28, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Current state of bedside book pile.
Sal Buscema RIP. Another great Marvel Comics artist gone. Here's a self-portrait of him introducing the story 'A Change of Mind' from Chamber of Darkness #6.
January 27, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Sal Buscema RIP. Another great Marvel Comics artist gone. Here's a self-portrait of him introducing the story 'A Change of Mind' from Chamber of Darkness #6.
Reposted by Liam Carson
Ta-Nehisi Coates: With the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, "Trump has clarified an inconvenient fact—the culture war is an actual war"
“The Homeland” Is War on America: The Blood-and-Soil Nationalism That Killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti
In the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, Trump has clarified an inconvenient fact: the culture war is an actual war.
www.vanityfair.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Ta-Nehisi Coates: With the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, "Trump has clarified an inconvenient fact—the culture war is an actual war"
January
Children’s fingerprints
On a frozen window
Of a small schoolhouse.
An empire, I read somewhere,
Maintains itself through
The cruelty of its prisons.
- Charles Simic
Children’s fingerprints
On a frozen window
Of a small schoolhouse.
An empire, I read somewhere,
Maintains itself through
The cruelty of its prisons.
- Charles Simic
January 26, 2026 at 6:32 PM
January
Children’s fingerprints
On a frozen window
Of a small schoolhouse.
An empire, I read somewhere,
Maintains itself through
The cruelty of its prisons.
- Charles Simic
Children’s fingerprints
On a frozen window
Of a small schoolhouse.
An empire, I read somewhere,
Maintains itself through
The cruelty of its prisons.
- Charles Simic
a woman dies
in the swirling snow
her friends ring tiny bells
lovers go for a snow walk
in the wee small hours
a crow squawks
in the swirling snow
her friends ring tiny bells
lovers go for a snow walk
in the wee small hours
a crow squawks
January 26, 2026 at 2:59 PM
a woman dies
in the swirling snow
her friends ring tiny bells
lovers go for a snow walk
in the wee small hours
a crow squawks
in the swirling snow
her friends ring tiny bells
lovers go for a snow walk
in the wee small hours
a crow squawks
Reposted by Liam Carson
Hare, Edge Of The Silver Dawn, Catherine Hyde.
January 26, 2026 at 5:08 AM
Hare, Edge Of The Silver Dawn, Catherine Hyde.
ICE as predicted by the great comic artist Jack Kirby.
January 25, 2026 at 5:39 PM
ICE as predicted by the great comic artist Jack Kirby.
Reposted by Liam Carson
black ice
a murder of crows lands
in minnesota
a murder of crows lands
in minnesota
January 25, 2026 at 10:20 AM
black ice
a murder of crows lands
in minnesota
a murder of crows lands
in minnesota
Watching the murder of peaceful decent US citizens, I am constantly reminded of Bloody Sunday in Derry and countless other incidents during the Troubles where civilians were gunned down by police or army - and of how the state lied, saying that the victims were terrorists or were carrying guns.
January 24, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Watching the murder of peaceful decent US citizens, I am constantly reminded of Bloody Sunday in Derry and countless other incidents during the Troubles where civilians were gunned down by police or army - and of how the state lied, saying that the victims were terrorists or were carrying guns.