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)
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.
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)
September 8, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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.
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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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...
theplazaprizes.com/the-plaza-po...
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’.
Do you remember your first hummingbird?
June 10, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Do you remember your first hummingbird?
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.
Eid Mubarak from the Grand Mosque Abu Dhabi this evening.
April 1, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Eid Mubarak from the Grand Mosque Abu Dhabi this evening.
Moved by #AdolescenceNetflix to repost this poem on toxic masculinity. POLITE SAFETY NOTICE.
@poetrysociety.bsky.social
@poetrysociety.bsky.social
March 26, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Moved by #AdolescenceNetflix to repost this poem on toxic masculinity. POLITE SAFETY NOTICE.
@poetrysociety.bsky.social
@poetrysociety.bsky.social
A ‘found poem’ in the banned list. Project 2026 agenda.
March 10, 2025 at 6:21 AM
A ‘found poem’ in the banned list. Project 2026 agenda.
A ‘found poem’ of undesirable words in U.S. government - from @nytimes.com
March 10, 2025 at 5:22 AM
A ‘found poem’ of undesirable words in U.S. government - from @nytimes.com
“I reckon they must be ours,” says Gerry.
Whoever we are now.
Pick a side, any side - a poem of impossible choices.
Thanks to @munsterlitcentre.bsky.social
Southward Issue 46
Whoever we are now.
Pick a side, any side - a poem of impossible choices.
Thanks to @munsterlitcentre.bsky.social
Southward Issue 46
February 26, 2025 at 4:43 AM
“I reckon they must be ours,” says Gerry.
Whoever we are now.
Pick a side, any side - a poem of impossible choices.
Thanks to @munsterlitcentre.bsky.social
Southward Issue 46
Whoever we are now.
Pick a side, any side - a poem of impossible choices.
Thanks to @munsterlitcentre.bsky.social
Southward Issue 46
There’s Hercules of Alicante and Ajax of Amsterdam.
February 18, 2025 at 6:25 PM
There’s Hercules of Alicante and Ajax of Amsterdam.
Looks that way.
Fan poem written a week after he left.
Fan poem written a week after he left.
January 31, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Looks that way.
Fan poem written a week after he left.
Fan poem written a week after he left.
Catastrofish, Apocalynx and the Armagibbon.
January 21, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Catastrofish, Apocalynx and the Armagibbon.
If you’re feeling “Blue Monday” - a couple of antidotes.
January 20, 2025 at 12:52 PM
If you’re feeling “Blue Monday” - a couple of antidotes.
Tribute to David Lynch via Roy Orbison.
(First published in Dreich Magazine 2023)
(First published in Dreich Magazine 2023)
January 17, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Tribute to David Lynch via Roy Orbison.
(First published in Dreich Magazine 2023)
(First published in Dreich Magazine 2023)
Remembering (un)scripting the most manic training films ever with Tony Slattery and Mike McShane for the UK Post Office.
(Mike’s dad was a postman and Tony was a genius).
RIP Mr Slattery.
(Mike’s dad was a postman and Tony was a genius).
RIP Mr Slattery.
January 15, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Remembering (un)scripting the most manic training films ever with Tony Slattery and Mike McShane for the UK Post Office.
(Mike’s dad was a postman and Tony was a genius).
RIP Mr Slattery.
(Mike’s dad was a postman and Tony was a genius).
RIP Mr Slattery.
Louis MacNeice on “less difficult media” with a question for Musk and Zuckerberg.
#SocialMedia @poetrysociety.bsky.social
#SocialMedia @poetrysociety.bsky.social
January 8, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Louis MacNeice on “less difficult media” with a question for Musk and Zuckerberg.
#SocialMedia @poetrysociety.bsky.social
#SocialMedia @poetrysociety.bsky.social