Bill Nelson
@softmagnificence.bsky.social
Poetry and other important things. Writer of Root Leaf Flower Fruit and Memorandum of Understanding (THWUP)
These may or may not be good books but either way turning my life around, back toward 1979, is not a reason to read them.
August 1, 2025 at 1:26 AM
These may or may not be good books but either way turning my life around, back toward 1979, is not a reason to read them.
Rachel O’Neill’s bizarre and hilarious musical instruments in Symphony of Queer Errands are fantastic! Everyone should read this slowly and with your chuckle shoes on. She’s like a mushed up version of Italo Calvino, Russell Edson and Anne Carson. So good.
April 27, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Rachel O’Neill’s bizarre and hilarious musical instruments in Symphony of Queer Errands are fantastic! Everyone should read this slowly and with your chuckle shoes on. She’s like a mushed up version of Italo Calvino, Russell Edson and Anne Carson. So good.
A NZ poetics manifesto from James Brown.
February 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
A NZ poetics manifesto from James Brown.
This piece is titled: Pretentious window dressing photography with fire and emergency superimposed.
December 20, 2024 at 5:09 AM
This piece is titled: Pretentious window dressing photography with fire and emergency superimposed.
Local slumlord handiwork. Keeping NZers in housing since the dark ages.
November 10, 2024 at 9:11 PM
Local slumlord handiwork. Keeping NZers in housing since the dark ages.
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #2,912,954!
Not quite the first person wandering around peering into empty rooms, but close enough.
Not quite the first person wandering around peering into empty rooms, but close enough.
October 10, 2024 at 9:51 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #2,912,954!
Not quite the first person wandering around peering into empty rooms, but close enough.
Not quite the first person wandering around peering into empty rooms, but close enough.
Spotted in a Danish library
July 17, 2024 at 12:09 PM
Spotted in a Danish library
Morning dog walk: some kind of fissure in space and time.
March 25, 2024 at 12:07 AM
Morning dog walk: some kind of fissure in space and time.