Malcolm Farley
@malcolmfarley.bsky.social
Poet & cultural journalist. https://malcolmfarleywriter.com
Sharing Wilfred Owen's last and greatest poem, "Strange Meeting," for Veteran's Day 2025 (formerly known as Armistice Day after World War I.)
The off-rhymes and quasi-Miltonic half-blank verse point towards a road not taken in English-language poetry.
@bdralyuk.bsky.social
The off-rhymes and quasi-Miltonic half-blank verse point towards a road not taken in English-language poetry.
@bdralyuk.bsky.social
Strange Meeting
Then, as I probed them, one sprang up, and stared With piteous recognition in fixed eyes, Lifting distressful hands, as if to bless. And by his smile, I knew that sullen hall,— By his dead smile I kne...
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November 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Sharing Wilfred Owen's last and greatest poem, "Strange Meeting," for Veteran's Day 2025 (formerly known as Armistice Day after World War I.)
The off-rhymes and quasi-Miltonic half-blank verse point towards a road not taken in English-language poetry.
@bdralyuk.bsky.social
The off-rhymes and quasi-Miltonic half-blank verse point towards a road not taken in English-language poetry.
@bdralyuk.bsky.social
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Trump went on a lying spree about inflation last week.
Grocery prices. Gas prices. Prescription drug prices. Overall prices. Over just three days, Trump made false claims about all of them.
Grocery prices. Gas prices. Prescription drug prices. Overall prices. Over just three days, Trump made false claims about all of them.
Fact check: Trump’s lying spree about inflation | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump went on a lying spree about inflation last week.
www.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Trump went on a lying spree about inflation last week.
Grocery prices. Gas prices. Prescription drug prices. Overall prices. Over just three days, Trump made false claims about all of them.
Grocery prices. Gas prices. Prescription drug prices. Overall prices. Over just three days, Trump made false claims about all of them.
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In September, federal agents swarmed a Hyundai manufacturing site, detaining more than 500 workers, including more than 300 from South Korea.
Now, nearly 200 detainees are preparing to sue ICE, alleging human rights violations and unlawful arrest.
Now, nearly 200 detainees are preparing to sue ICE, alleging human rights violations and unlawful arrest.
These South Korean workers came to the US to build an EV battery plant. They left in shackles. They still want to know why
ICE agents raided, arrested workers at a Georgia battery factory in September.
abcnews.link
November 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
In September, federal agents swarmed a Hyundai manufacturing site, detaining more than 500 workers, including more than 300 from South Korea.
Now, nearly 200 detainees are preparing to sue ICE, alleging human rights violations and unlawful arrest.
Now, nearly 200 detainees are preparing to sue ICE, alleging human rights violations and unlawful arrest.
Would you like to see a moral snapshot of Amerikkka, under heartless #ZombieDon, our demented Sociopath-in-Chief?
Look below. No cartoons necessary.
Look below. No cartoons necessary.
November 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Would you like to see a moral snapshot of Amerikkka, under heartless #ZombieDon, our demented Sociopath-in-Chief?
Look below. No cartoons necessary.
Look below. No cartoons necessary.
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The original Dem demands were:
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The original Dem demands were:
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
My poem, "Yesterday's Men," appears in issue 20 (autumn/winter 2025) of Banshee. Inspired by a little health scare earlier this year & a purely domestic accident.
#sex #death #nowandthen #poetry @bansheepress.bsky.social @bdralyuk.bsky.social @jessicatraynor.bsky.social @stefanflanigan.bsky.social
#sex #death #nowandthen #poetry @bansheepress.bsky.social @bdralyuk.bsky.social @jessicatraynor.bsky.social @stefanflanigan.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
My poem, "Yesterday's Men," appears in issue 20 (autumn/winter 2025) of Banshee. Inspired by a little health scare earlier this year & a purely domestic accident.
#sex #death #nowandthen #poetry @bansheepress.bsky.social @bdralyuk.bsky.social @jessicatraynor.bsky.social @stefanflanigan.bsky.social
#sex #death #nowandthen #poetry @bansheepress.bsky.social @bdralyuk.bsky.social @jessicatraynor.bsky.social @stefanflanigan.bsky.social
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75-year trend of October temperatures. It's as if something has changed. 🤔
November 5, 2025 at 9:50 PM
75-year trend of October temperatures. It's as if something has changed. 🤔
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Vote OUT every corrupt, Trump-enabling, pedophile-protecting Republican!!!
#Project2026
#Project2026
November 6, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Vote OUT every corrupt, Trump-enabling, pedophile-protecting Republican!!!
#Project2026
#Project2026
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“We won because we insisted that no longer would politics be something that is done to us. Now it is something that we do.”
November 5, 2025 at 11:46 PM
“We won because we insisted that no longer would politics be something that is done to us. Now it is something that we do.”
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"Zohran Mamdani polled +40% on men under 30. So we wasted all that time on all those think pieces about how we need a Joe Rogan for the left, when what we actually needed were *policies* for the left."
Hey, @governor.ca.gov are you listening?
Hey, @governor.ca.gov are you listening?
November 5, 2025 at 5:28 PM
"Zohran Mamdani polled +40% on men under 30. So we wasted all that time on all those think pieces about how we need a Joe Rogan for the left, when what we actually needed were *policies* for the left."
Hey, @governor.ca.gov are you listening?
Hey, @governor.ca.gov are you listening?
Vista stradale di Napoli. So kewl there's a condom dispensing machine easily available in the public roadway. Near a church, by the way.
So sad it's not working.
Seems emblematic of so much in public life, here & abroad. The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
#naples #napoli #condoms
So sad it's not working.
Seems emblematic of so much in public life, here & abroad. The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
#naples #napoli #condoms
November 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Not sure how many Cheney obits will mention this murderous legacy of his.
Post-9/11 wars have contributed to some 4.5 million deaths, report suggests
Researchers attempt to calculate the number of deaths attributable to the war on terrorism, across Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Somalia and Yemen.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Not sure how many Cheney obits will mention this murderous legacy of his.
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Happy Election Day! One goal today: ezralevin.substack.com/p/one-goal-t...
One goal tomorrow: crush the regime electorally everywhere
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November 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Happy Election Day! One goal today: ezralevin.substack.com/p/one-goal-t...
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Good Questions!!
Why not answer them?? 🧐🤨👇🏼
Why not answer them?? 🧐🤨👇🏼
November 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Good Questions!!
Why not answer them?? 🧐🤨👇🏼
Why not answer them?? 🧐🤨👇🏼
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TELL YOUR DEMOCRATIC SENATORS TO KEEP HOLDING THE LINE IN THE FUNDING FIGHT act.indivisible.org/sign/funding...
TELL YOUR DEMOCRATIC SENATORS TO KEEP HOLDING THE LINE IN THE FUNDING FIGHT
With historic healthcare cuts and cost increases looming, Republicans chose to force a Trump Shutdown rather than address the healthcare crisis and limit Trump’s lawless manipulation of federal funds....
act.indivisible.org
November 4, 2025 at 1:04 AM
TELL YOUR DEMOCRATIC SENATORS TO KEEP HOLDING THE LINE IN THE FUNDING FIGHT act.indivisible.org/sign/funding...
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Cynthia Cruz is one of the most stimulating poetic voices in the air today. I could not be more excited to hear her read from her new book, SWEET REPETITION (@uchicagopress.bsky.social) in Tulsa on Thursday, Nov. 20. Come out, Oklahomans! www.eventbrite.com/e/sweet-repe...
Sweet Repetition: A Reading by Cynthia Cruz
Eventbrite - Tulsa Artist Fellowship presents Sweet Repetition: A Reading by Cynthia Cruz - Thursday, November 20, 2025 at 205 E Archer St, Tulsa, OK. Find event and ticket information.
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November 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Cynthia Cruz is one of the most stimulating poetic voices in the air today. I could not be more excited to hear her read from her new book, SWEET REPETITION (@uchicagopress.bsky.social) in Tulsa on Thursday, Nov. 20. Come out, Oklahomans! www.eventbrite.com/e/sweet-repe...
What is it about the depiction of bodies in marble that so arouses one? A promise of immortality? And dance, music, centaurs, satyrs, wine, and desire?
(Detail from a Roman sarcophagus, Museo Archeologico di Napoli.)
#representation #marble #erotics #
(Detail from a Roman sarcophagus, Museo Archeologico di Napoli.)
#representation #marble #erotics #
November 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
What is it about the depiction of bodies in marble that so arouses one? A promise of immortality? And dance, music, centaurs, satyrs, wine, and desire?
(Detail from a Roman sarcophagus, Museo Archeologico di Napoli.)
#representation #marble #erotics #
(Detail from a Roman sarcophagus, Museo Archeologico di Napoli.)
#representation #marble #erotics #
"Atwood... reveals how the Canadian literary scene was at times a hotbed of vicious gossip, jealousy and back-stabbing, particularly among poets."
“'Poets are not, generally speaking, a fully balanced or unenvious lot,' she writes."
Me: Quelle surprise!
#poets #Canada #poetry #pobiz #littrashure
“'Poets are not, generally speaking, a fully balanced or unenvious lot,' she writes."
Me: Quelle surprise!
#poets #Canada #poetry #pobiz #littrashure
For a Literary Saint, Margaret Atwood Can Sure Hold a Grudge
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November 3, 2025 at 1:51 AM
"Atwood... reveals how the Canadian literary scene was at times a hotbed of vicious gossip, jealousy and back-stabbing, particularly among poets."
“'Poets are not, generally speaking, a fully balanced or unenvious lot,' she writes."
Me: Quelle surprise!
#poets #Canada #poetry #pobiz #littrashure
“'Poets are not, generally speaking, a fully balanced or unenvious lot,' she writes."
Me: Quelle surprise!
#poets #Canada #poetry #pobiz #littrashure
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A carpenter bee died in the night holding a lantana flower in our front yard. There are less lovely ways to go. #flowerreport
November 2, 2025 at 12:31 PM
A carpenter bee died in the night holding a lantana flower in our front yard. There are less lovely ways to go. #flowerreport
The anomalous, extended dramatic scene in this sonnet (the first 12 lines are just 1 nearly breathless sentence) enacts—at the level of syntax and stanzaic structure—the tragi-comic uncatchability of the mother/Dark Lady.
#craft #sonnets #shakespeare #laronde #futile
@bdralyuk.bsky.social
#craft #sonnets #shakespeare #laronde #futile
@bdralyuk.bsky.social
November 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The anomalous, extended dramatic scene in this sonnet (the first 12 lines are just 1 nearly breathless sentence) enacts—at the level of syntax and stanzaic structure—the tragi-comic uncatchability of the mother/Dark Lady.
#craft #sonnets #shakespeare #laronde #futile
@bdralyuk.bsky.social
#craft #sonnets #shakespeare #laronde #futile
@bdralyuk.bsky.social
