James Knight
@badbadpoet.bsky.social
Poet, artist, performer and publisher based in the UK. Prolific maker of visual poetry. Recent books: MOREAU’S DOCTORED BODIES (Steel Incisors), COSMIC HORROR (Hem Press), WHAT’S THIS FLESH? (Intergraphia).
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Visual poems from The Island of Dr Prospero
November 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Visual poems from The Island of Dr Prospero
From Acts of Reading
November 16, 2025 at 9:53 AM
From Acts of Reading
What’s this flesh? explores the terrain of illness, interrogating the innate strangeness of the human body when afflicted by disease. Available now from @intergraphiabooks.bsky.social intergraphia.cargo.site/James-Knight
November 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
What’s this flesh? explores the terrain of illness, interrogating the innate strangeness of the human body when afflicted by disease. Available now from @intergraphiabooks.bsky.social intergraphia.cargo.site/James-Knight
From Acts of Reading
November 9, 2025 at 9:04 AM
From Acts of Reading
From Acts of Reading
November 2, 2025 at 5:25 PM
From Acts of Reading
Visual poems from The Island of Dr Prospero.
November 1, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Visual poems from The Island of Dr Prospero.
Bloods Dream was originally published by Beir Bua and is now available as a free PDF here: thebirdking.com/wp-content/u...
October 31, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Bloods Dream was originally published by Beir Bua and is now available as a free PDF here: thebirdking.com/wp-content/u...
From Acts of Reading
October 31, 2025 at 9:42 AM
From Acts of Reading
My new pamphlet, What’s this flesh?, arose from a brief but nasty illness I had early this year. I had been teaching The Duchess of Malfi, so some morbid Webster found its way into the project. Available from @intergraphiabooks.bsky.social intergraphia.cargo.site/Shop
October 30, 2025 at 10:15 AM
My new pamphlet, What’s this flesh?, arose from a brief but nasty illness I had early this year. I had been teaching The Duchess of Malfi, so some morbid Webster found its way into the project. Available from @intergraphiabooks.bsky.social intergraphia.cargo.site/Shop
Machine is a visual poem that playfully explores DNA’s role in shaping us. Originally published published by the wonderful @trickhouse.bsky.social , it’s now available as a free download:
thebirdking.com/free-pdfs/
thebirdking.com/free-pdfs/
October 30, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Machine is a visual poem that playfully explores DNA’s role in shaping us. Originally published published by the wonderful @trickhouse.bsky.social , it’s now available as a free download:
thebirdking.com/free-pdfs/
thebirdking.com/free-pdfs/
Frozen Meat is a visual poetry project originally published by Sweat Drenched Press and now available as a free PDF (along with several other vispo projects) here: thebirdking.com/free-pdfs/
October 29, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Frozen Meat is a visual poetry project originally published by Sweat Drenched Press and now available as a free PDF (along with several other vispo projects) here: thebirdking.com/free-pdfs/
What’s this flesh? explores the terrain of illness, interrogating the strangeness of the body when afflicted by disease. Internal monologue is juxtaposed with fragments of dialogue in the hospital ward, clinical notes & other destabilising discourses. Available from @intergraphiabooks.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
What’s this flesh? explores the terrain of illness, interrogating the strangeness of the body when afflicted by disease. Internal monologue is juxtaposed with fragments of dialogue in the hospital ward, clinical notes & other destabilising discourses. Available from @intergraphiabooks.bsky.social
l've made a version of the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf, as a series of visual poems, totalling 117 pages. It's a hybrid project, in which acrylic painting & collage are the basis for each page, with digital processes such as glitching coming into play too. Currently seeking a publisher....
October 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
l've made a version of the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf, as a series of visual poems, totalling 117 pages. It's a hybrid project, in which acrylic painting & collage are the basis for each page, with digital processes such as glitching coming into play too. Currently seeking a publisher....
My new pamphlet with @intergraphiabooks.bsky.social is my only autobiographical project. Find out more here: intergraphia.cargo.site/James-Knight
October 23, 2025 at 12:15 PM
My new pamphlet with @intergraphiabooks.bsky.social is my only autobiographical project. Find out more here: intergraphia.cargo.site/James-Knight
Becoming real later this month @intergraphiabooks.bsky.social
October 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Becoming real later this month @intergraphiabooks.bsky.social
Rediscovering two old classics in new translations.
September 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Rediscovering two old classics in new translations.
Going to post some reviews of my books. Just the negative ones, as they tend to be more insightful and entertaining than flattery.
September 20, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Going to post some reviews of my books. Just the negative ones, as they tend to be more insightful and entertaining than flattery.
A couple of diptychs from the latter part of the poem.
September 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
A couple of diptychs from the latter part of the poem.
Ah, not genocide! Just monumental incompetence. How stupid do they think we are?
August 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Ah, not genocide! Just monumental incompetence. How stupid do they think we are?