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Robert Sheppard
@robertsheppard.bsky.social
Poet, critic of recent formally innovative poetry & poetics, emeritus prof, and all that follows. Books from Shearsman, KFS, Salt, Broken Sleep, Palgrave, LUP, & all that follow. Blog: www.robertsheppard.blogspot.com
Carl still looks young (especially from our aged perspective)!
November 12, 2025 at 12:48 PM
How delightful!
November 12, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Nicely put! I've been thinking how Lee Harwood talks about mid-50s events at Better Books, how those instigated aesthetic responses that lasted decades.
November 11, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I didn't know the Byatt. You can't trust what fictional characters say!
November 11, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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what is left of decades of people’s careers? an illustration of a crying window emoji held up by a crane
November 10, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I'd forgotten this ending: 'Thoughts of which must be another sign of age. Hey, hang on! Why am I wearing this loud shirt? Why have I grown a ponytail? Why have I suddenly bought a motor-bike, taken up hang-gliding, signed up for male belly-dancing…. Help! I want my Sinatra album back. Patricia!!'
November 11, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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November 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Servicing all my Fleetwood Mac needs since 1971
November 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM