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/
“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
This is "Mark Fiddes: Then & Now" by The Poetry Society on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
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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.
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#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...
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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.
From Oporto, Portugal, a statue for our times. Justice has discarded her blindfold. Her sword and scales are ‘resting’.
August 1, 2025 at 7:24 PM
From Oporto, Portugal, a statue for our times. Justice has discarded her blindfold. Her sword and scales are ‘resting’.
“Somewhere only we know…”
Smart prompt from VERVE.
Thank you for the shortlisting.
Smart prompt from VERVE.
Thank you for the shortlisting.
July 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM
“Somewhere only we know…”
Smart prompt from VERVE.
Thank you for the shortlisting.
Smart prompt from VERVE.
Thank you for the shortlisting.
What does AI want?
New piece on the creative workers and the AI future.
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New piece on the creative workers and the AI future.
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Earlier this month The British Film Institute revealed 130,000 film and TV scripts were scraped “for training purposes” by AI companies. | Mark Fiddes
Earlier this month The British Film Institute revealed 130,000 film and TV scripts were scraped “for training purposes” by AI companies. The same day, Apple released a report on the serious limitation...
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June 20, 2025 at 12:05 PM
What does AI want?
New piece on the creative workers and the AI future.
www.linkedin.com/posts/mark-f...
New piece on the creative workers and the AI future.
www.linkedin.com/posts/mark-f...
“Gauze” for Gaza.
Many thanks to Alan Morrison and the kind folk @mstaronline.bsky.social
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/gauze
Many thanks to Alan Morrison and the kind folk @mstaronline.bsky.social
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/gauze
Gauze | Morning Star
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June 12, 2025 at 11:37 AM
“Gauze” for Gaza.
Many thanks to Alan Morrison and the kind folk @mstaronline.bsky.social
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/gauze
Many thanks to Alan Morrison and the kind folk @mstaronline.bsky.social
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/gauze
Do you remember your first hummingbird?
June 10, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Do you remember your first hummingbird?
Time to pick up the summer issue.
Poetry by TLM Poetry Prize 2025 Winners: Kevin Graham, @deanbrowne.bsky.social and Batool Abu Akleen, as well as Michaela Coplen, Mai Serhan, Edward Limb, Serena Alagappan, @victoriaspires.bsky.social, Luke Dunne and @fiddes.bsky.social.
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June 2, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Time to pick up the summer issue.
Many thanks to the editors @thelondonmagazine.bsky.social for including my poem ‘The Wild Pacific of its Heart’ in the summer issue.
Poetry by TLM Poetry Prize 2025 Winners: Kevin Graham, @deanbrowne.bsky.social and Batool Abu Akleen, as well as Michaela Coplen, Mai Serhan, Edward Limb, Serena Alagappan, @victoriaspires.bsky.social, Luke Dunne and @fiddes.bsky.social.
Pre-order here: thelondonmagazine.org/product/pre-...
Pre-order here: thelondonmagazine.org/product/pre-...
May 23, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Many thanks to the editors @thelondonmagazine.bsky.social for including my poem ‘The Wild Pacific of its Heart’ in the summer issue.
Quote post this with a picture of the aircraft you’d accept as a bribe.
May 14, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Quote post this with a picture of the aircraft you’d accept as a bribe.
Wake up call today on the evolving dynamics of global (dis)order with Samir Puri discussing his seminal book ‘Westlessness’ at The Ficker Institute.
May 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Wake up call today on the evolving dynamics of global (dis)order with Samir Puri discussing his seminal book ‘Westlessness’ at The Ficker Institute.