Henry Gould
@henryghenrik.bsky.social
semi-good, semi-gray poet. Minneapolis, MN. Recent pubs : GREEN RADIUS https://contubernalesbooks.com/green-radius1 ; PARMENIDES IN MINNEAPOLIS https://contubernalesbooks.com/parmenides-in-minneapolis ; chapbks : https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/henry_gould
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Tonight I wrote a brief form of such a holistic, systematic rebuke. Am hoping it will be published soon.
What we need right now is a holistic, systematic rebuke of current Trumpian ideology & strategy : its betrayal of moral truth, humanity in general, & American ideals; its foundation in cowardly fear, racism, xenophobia & hate; its fraudulence, corruption; its foundation in lies.
December 9, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Tonight I wrote a brief form of such a holistic, systematic rebuke. Am hoping it will be published soon.
I've written my philippic (short version, anyway). Will send to newspaper.
I have been a poet all my life, & have dealt in poetry repeatedly for the last few yrs with what is fundamentally the moral & political offense to law, liberty and humanity of Trumpism (see pub links in my profile). I don't know if I'm able to write the philippic I envision here. Possibly I'll try.
What we need right now is a holistic, systematic rebuke of current Trumpian ideology & strategy : its betrayal of moral truth, humanity in general, & American ideals; its foundation in cowardly fear, racism, xenophobia & hate; its fraudulence, corruption; its foundation in lies.
December 9, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I've written my philippic (short version, anyway). Will send to newspaper.
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Watercolour of gardens in #Winchester with the cathedral in the background. This was done on one of several sketching visits in the '90s. You can soak up history in Winchester which has a wonderful atmosphere, dank and timeless, very nostalgic for me.
#watercolour #pleinair
#watercolour #pleinair
December 8, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Watercolour of gardens in #Winchester with the cathedral in the background. This was done on one of several sketching visits in the '90s. You can soak up history in Winchester which has a wonderful atmosphere, dank and timeless, very nostalgic for me.
#watercolour #pleinair
#watercolour #pleinair
A letter to the editor in Mpls Star-Trib today – stamped with the seal of rare wonderfulness
December 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
A letter to the editor in Mpls Star-Trib today – stamped with the seal of rare wonderfulness
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It really is a beautiful book.
#Poetry #booksky
My lovely publisher made these postcards to help promote my book. If you had one, you could get your library to order a copy! Plus they make nifty bookmarks. If you'd like one, or a couple to share, DM me your mailing address and I'll send you a Happy Holiday card! (US only.) 📚 ❤️🔥 📬
My lovely publisher made these postcards to help promote my book. If you had one, you could get your library to order a copy! Plus they make nifty bookmarks. If you'd like one, or a couple to share, DM me your mailing address and I'll send you a Happy Holiday card! (US only.) 📚 ❤️🔥 📬
December 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
It really is a beautiful book.
Fine essay on Simone Weil in recent TLS @thetls.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Fine essay on Simone Weil in recent TLS @thetls.bsky.social
I have been a poet all my life, & have dealt in poetry repeatedly for the last few yrs with what is fundamentally the moral & political offense to law, liberty and humanity of Trumpism (see pub links in my profile). I don't know if I'm able to write the philippic I envision here. Possibly I'll try.
What we need right now is a holistic, systematic rebuke of current Trumpian ideology & strategy : its betrayal of moral truth, humanity in general, & American ideals; its foundation in cowardly fear, racism, xenophobia & hate; its fraudulence, corruption; its foundation in lies.
December 7, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I have been a poet all my life, & have dealt in poetry repeatedly for the last few yrs with what is fundamentally the moral & political offense to law, liberty and humanity of Trumpism (see pub links in my profile). I don't know if I'm able to write the philippic I envision here. Possibly I'll try.
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“Hugh MacDiarmid” wasn’t really called Hugh MacDiarmid, and his version of Scots wasn’t something anyone spoke — but he made mysterious modernist poetry out of old dictionaries. I wrote about his famous poem “The Watergaw”, and how one phrase in it seems to have been obscure even to the poet himself
The Laverock's Hoose
Reading Hugh MacDiarmid on a cold, dark night
someflowerssoon.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:10 AM
“Hugh MacDiarmid” wasn’t really called Hugh MacDiarmid, and his version of Scots wasn’t something anyone spoke — but he made mysterious modernist poetry out of old dictionaries. I wrote about his famous poem “The Watergaw”, and how one phrase in it seems to have been obscure even to the poet himself
Nice to see. My great-grandfather Henry Negus (after whom I was named) was director of the Iowa City bus co., 100+ yrs ago.
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Nice to see. My great-grandfather Henry Negus (after whom I was named) was director of the Iowa City bus co., 100+ yrs ago.
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
This is the most (nay, the ONLY) viral thing I've posted, on Blsky. Maybe it's expressing a real need felt by many. I'm not suggesting a typical policy paper or think piece : rather a vivid holistic depiction or evocation of the depraved wrongness which is threatening American values, moral norms.
What we need right now is a holistic, systematic rebuke of current Trumpian ideology & strategy : its betrayal of moral truth, humanity in general, & American ideals; its foundation in cowardly fear, racism, xenophobia & hate; its fraudulence, corruption; its foundation in lies.
December 7, 2025 at 5:32 AM
This is the most (nay, the ONLY) viral thing I've posted, on Blsky. Maybe it's expressing a real need felt by many. I'm not suggesting a typical policy paper or think piece : rather a vivid holistic depiction or evocation of the depraved wrongness which is threatening American values, moral norms.
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The NPR obituary of Frank Gehry mentions his lifelong obsession with fish, which I had never heard of before.
Drawing and sculpting fish helped him design buildings that "express feeling and humanistic qualities." It helps explain this Gehry sculpture of a fish in the Weisman Art Museum.
Drawing and sculpting fish helped him design buildings that "express feeling and humanistic qualities." It helps explain this Gehry sculpture of a fish in the Weisman Art Museum.
December 7, 2025 at 2:28 AM
The NPR obituary of Frank Gehry mentions his lifelong obsession with fish, which I had never heard of before.
Drawing and sculpting fish helped him design buildings that "express feeling and humanistic qualities." It helps explain this Gehry sculpture of a fish in the Weisman Art Museum.
Drawing and sculpting fish helped him design buildings that "express feeling and humanistic qualities." It helps explain this Gehry sculpture of a fish in the Weisman Art Museum.
O blind people, O besieged nation – the gift of shameless men is shame itself,
the spoils of evil men, dishonor.
the spoils of evil men, dishonor.
December 6, 2025 at 10:53 PM
O blind people, O besieged nation – the gift of shameless men is shame itself,
the spoils of evil men, dishonor.
the spoils of evil men, dishonor.
If you read anything today, fellow Americans, read this man's story.
Charles Norman Shay, Tribal Elder and World War II Hero, Dies at 101 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
Charles Norman Shay, Tribal Elder and World War II Hero, Dies at 101 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
Charles Norman Shay, Tribal Elder and World War II Hero, Dies at 101
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:26 PM
If you read anything today, fellow Americans, read this man's story.
Charles Norman Shay, Tribal Elder and World War II Hero, Dies at 101 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
Charles Norman Shay, Tribal Elder and World War II Hero, Dies at 101 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
RIP Frank Gehry. His inimitable Weisman Museum is just down the road from me. I wrote this poem set at the Bilbao Guggenheim almost 30 yrs ago : mudlark.domains.unf.edu/posters/hg.h...
Henry Gould - Mudlark Poster No. 10 (1998)
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December 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
RIP Frank Gehry. His inimitable Weisman Museum is just down the road from me. I wrote this poem set at the Bilbao Guggenheim almost 30 yrs ago : mudlark.domains.unf.edu/posters/hg.h...
Gov Walz [re ICE] : "It appears very little is being done. They bring these people in from Texas or somewhere like that, and I'm sure they're too cold to get out of their cars and harass people."
Right on, Gov.
Right on, Gov.
December 6, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Gov Walz [re ICE] : "It appears very little is being done. They bring these people in from Texas or somewhere like that, and I'm sure they're too cold to get out of their cars and harass people."
Right on, Gov.
Right on, Gov.
I've updated my profile here with more recent links to pubs (I mean pubLICATIONS – ie. metaphorical drinking establishments) : bsky.app/profile/henr...
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December 6, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I've updated my profile here with more recent links to pubs (I mean pubLICATIONS – ie. metaphorical drinking establishments) : bsky.app/profile/henr...
What we need right now is a holistic, systematic rebuke of current Trumpian ideology & strategy : its betrayal of moral truth, humanity in general, & American ideals; its foundation in cowardly fear, racism, xenophobia & hate; its fraudulence, corruption; its foundation in lies.
December 6, 2025 at 5:05 PM
What we need right now is a holistic, systematic rebuke of current Trumpian ideology & strategy : its betrayal of moral truth, humanity in general, & American ideals; its foundation in cowardly fear, racism, xenophobia & hate; its fraudulence, corruption; its foundation in lies.
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‘All of Them Constitute Murder,’ Amnesty Says of Trump Boat Bombings
“Congress must take action now to stop the US military from murdering more people in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.”
www.commondreams.org/news/amnesty...
“Congress must take action now to stop the US military from murdering more people in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.”
www.commondreams.org/news/amnesty...
'All of Them Constitute Murder,' Amnesty Says of Trump Boat Bombings | Common Dreams
Amnesty International warns against only condemning Trump administration's 'double-tap' boat strikes, says entire campaign is unlawful.
www.commondreams.org
December 6, 2025 at 1:03 AM
‘All of Them Constitute Murder,’ Amnesty Says of Trump Boat Bombings
“Congress must take action now to stop the US military from murdering more people in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.”
www.commondreams.org/news/amnesty...
“Congress must take action now to stop the US military from murdering more people in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.”
www.commondreams.org/news/amnesty...
I've just published a new poetry pamphlet, titled THE MOUSETRAP. It's the 10th in a chapbook sequence, provisionally titled SHIELD OF MNEMOSYNE.
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The Mousetrap
THE MOUSETRAP is a set of poems, comprising the 10th section of a work-in-progress, tentatively titled SHIELD OF MNEMOSYNE.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I've just published a new poetry pamphlet, titled THE MOUSETRAP. It's the 10th in a chapbook sequence, provisionally titled SHIELD OF MNEMOSYNE.
www.lulu.com/shop/henry-g...
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Have been writing a lot this week. Wrapping up a new chapbook, hopefully. This is OLD GRAFFITI (1,2 & 3)
December 3, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Have been writing a lot this week. Wrapping up a new chapbook, hopefully. This is OLD GRAFFITI (1,2 & 3)
This report by Alexander Nazaryan is, it seems to me, actually a profound and multifaceted historical account.
At Last, a Name for the Murderous Face in a Holocaust Photo www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/s...
At Last, a Name for the Murderous Face in a Holocaust Photo www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/s...
At Last, a Name for the Murderous Face in a Holocaust Photo
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
This report by Alexander Nazaryan is, it seems to me, actually a profound and multifaceted historical account.
At Last, a Name for the Murderous Face in a Holocaust Photo www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/s...
At Last, a Name for the Murderous Face in a Holocaust Photo www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/s...
17 FAHRENHEIT, complete
December 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
17 FAHRENHEIT, complete
We are in the "money answers everything" era, saith Kohelet
A new interpretation of the American Revolution as a transformative monetary contest.
Andrew David Edwards' Money and the Making of the American Revolution is now available (27 Jan UK pub):
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#History
Andrew David Edwards' Money and the Making of the American Revolution is now available (27 Jan UK pub):
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
#History
December 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
We are in the "money answers everything" era, saith Kohelet