Mark J. Mitchell
@mjmitchellwriter.bsky.social
Poet, novelist (historical). Very married for 44 years and counting. I live in San Francisco and have for 46 years. Serious interests in Basenall. Medieval literature and XXth century poetry. Make a living giving tours in San Francisco.
I,too, dislike it.
Happy birthday to Marianne Moore!
Happy birthday to Marianne Moore!
November 15, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I,too, dislike it.
Happy birthday to Marianne Moore!
Happy birthday to Marianne Moore!
2 poems just published by Noth of Oxford: northofoxford.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/t...
November 11, 2025 at 11:51 PM
2 poems just published by Noth of Oxford: northofoxford.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/t...
We must ve neither victims nor executioner.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ALBERT CAMUS.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ALBERT CAMUS.
November 7, 2025 at 1:24 PM
We must ve neither victims nor executioner.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ALBERT CAMUS.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ALBERT CAMUS.
Even if you think you might have outgrown them, it might nice to remember Dylan Thomas and Sylvia Plath on this birthday they share.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Even if you think you might have outgrown them, it might nice to remember Dylan Thomas and Sylvia Plath on this birthday they share.
You have to come to the shore
There are no instructions.
Happy Birthday to Denise Levertov
There are no instructions.
Happy Birthday to Denise Levertov
October 24, 2025 at 12:47 PM
You have to come to the shore
There are no instructions.
Happy Birthday to Denise Levertov
There are no instructions.
Happy Birthday to Denise Levertov
It's Rimbaud's birthday so drink like a boat!
October 20, 2025 at 10:40 PM
It's Rimbaud's birthday so drink like a boat!
HAPPY 100TH BIRTHDAY TO THE IMMORTAL LENNY BRUCE!
October 13, 2025 at 1:57 PM
HAPPY 100TH BIRTHDAY TO THE IMMORTAL LENNY BRUCE!
70 years ago today HOWL broke the world open just a few blocks away from where I'm sittinhg.
October 8, 2025 at 12:31 AM
70 years ago today HOWL broke the world open just a few blocks away from where I'm sittinhg.
Happy Birthday to the and only Groucho Marx!
October 2, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Happy Birthday to the and only Groucho Marx!
HAPPY CERVANTES' BIRTHDAY!
September 29, 2025 at 12:35 PM
HAPPY CERVANTES' BIRTHDAY!
Visit @paratextos to see a pair of my poems. Enjoy! (And thanks to Paratextos staff and editors)
September 13, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Visit @paratextos to see a pair of my poems. Enjoy! (And thanks to Paratextos staff and editors)
HAPPY H.D.'S BIRTHDAY!
September 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
HAPPY H.D.'S BIRTHDAY!
If you like heresy and Troubador poetry, order this from the publisher)Histria Books) or the evil empire.
September 9, 2025 at 8:55 PM
If you like heresy and Troubador poetry, order this from the publisher)Histria Books) or the evil empire.
Yes! It IS Molly Bloom's birthday! Yes, she will!
September 8, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Yes! It IS Molly Bloom's birthday! Yes, she will!
Is it possible that no one in MAGAis aware Col. Kilgore is a clown?
September 8, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Is it possible that no one in MAGAis aware Col. Kilgore is a clown?
Be very quiet--it's John Cage's birthday.
September 5, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Be very quiet--it's John Cage's birthday.
Happy Antonin Artaud's birthday!
September 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Happy Antonin Artaud's birthday!
Che k out my destination and villanelle just flashed on Mudlark: mudlark.domains.unf.edu
August 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Che k out my destination and villanelle just flashed on Mudlark: mudlark.domains.unf.edu
Happy Guillaume Apollinaire's birthday!
August 26, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Happy Guillaume Apollinaire's birthday!
@dapowell.bsky.social Nice tiger poem this morning on poem a day.
August 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
@dapowell.bsky.social Nice tiger poem this morning on poem a day.
HAPPY DIANE DiPRIMA'S BIRTHDAY! RANT ON!
August 6, 2025 at 1:15 PM
HAPPY DIANE DiPRIMA'S BIRTHDAY! RANT ON!
Hail to thee, blithel spirit! And happy birthday to Percy Shelley!
August 4, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Hail to thee, blithel spirit! And happy birthday to Percy Shelley!
July 28. Disneyland's telling us it 's Halloween Time.
July 29, 2025 at 1:59 AM
July 28. Disneyland's telling us it 's Halloween Time.
Happy birthday to Woody Guthrie, the man who wrote what SHOULD be our national anthem. "This Land Is Your Land".
July 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Happy birthday to Woody Guthrie, the man who wrote what SHOULD be our national anthem. "This Land Is Your Land".