Philip Gross
@vaikuspg.bsky.social
Writer of many parts, but the heartland is poetry – head to https:/www.philipgross.co.uk to see the range of 40 years of writing life.
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The second poem in PERVERSE 9E is 'It Is Voice' by Philip Gross (@vaikuspg.bsky.social). Read all five poems in this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-9e
November 11, 2025 at 8:55 AM
The second poem in PERVERSE 9E is 'It Is Voice' by Philip Gross (@vaikuspg.bsky.social). Read all five poems in this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-9e
A Clearing
An evening of stillness, music, words, shared presence. Poetry: Philip Gross, Taz Rahman, Luca Paci Music: Uli Doenitz, Chris Glynn, Rebecca Warner.
Wed 12 Nov. 7-45-9.45pm
Cornerstone, Charles Street, Cardiff CF10 2GA Admission £8
Eventbrite www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-clearing...
An evening of stillness, music, words, shared presence. Poetry: Philip Gross, Taz Rahman, Luca Paci Music: Uli Doenitz, Chris Glynn, Rebecca Warner.
Wed 12 Nov. 7-45-9.45pm
Cornerstone, Charles Street, Cardiff CF10 2GA Admission £8
Eventbrite www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-clearing...
October 16, 2025 at 5:47 PM
A Clearing
An evening of stillness, music, words, shared presence. Poetry: Philip Gross, Taz Rahman, Luca Paci Music: Uli Doenitz, Chris Glynn, Rebecca Warner.
Wed 12 Nov. 7-45-9.45pm
Cornerstone, Charles Street, Cardiff CF10 2GA Admission £8
Eventbrite www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-clearing...
An evening of stillness, music, words, shared presence. Poetry: Philip Gross, Taz Rahman, Luca Paci Music: Uli Doenitz, Chris Glynn, Rebecca Warner.
Wed 12 Nov. 7-45-9.45pm
Cornerstone, Charles Street, Cardiff CF10 2GA Admission £8
Eventbrite www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-clearing...
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Fantastic work all round though from the group today!
We wrote poems about boats, planes and worlds made out of the wind, inspired by @vaikuspg.bsky.social's poem "On the Boat Made of Wind."
We wrote poems about boats, planes and worlds made out of the wind, inspired by @vaikuspg.bsky.social's poem "On the Boat Made of Wind."
September 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Fantastic work all round though from the group today!
We wrote poems about boats, planes and worlds made out of the wind, inspired by @vaikuspg.bsky.social's poem "On the Boat Made of Wind."
We wrote poems about boats, planes and worlds made out of the wind, inspired by @vaikuspg.bsky.social's poem "On the Boat Made of Wind."
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Words from a hero of mine. 💚💙
Thank you, Philip Gross. @vaikuspg.bsky.social
My debut collection Sculling is out on Thursday October 2nd, National Poetry Day!
Pre-order: www.toppingbooks.co.uk/books/sophie...
#ScullingBook #NationalPoetryDay #PhilipGross
Thank you, Philip Gross. @vaikuspg.bsky.social
My debut collection Sculling is out on Thursday October 2nd, National Poetry Day!
Pre-order: www.toppingbooks.co.uk/books/sophie...
#ScullingBook #NationalPoetryDay #PhilipGross
September 27, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Words from a hero of mine. 💚💙
Thank you, Philip Gross. @vaikuspg.bsky.social
My debut collection Sculling is out on Thursday October 2nd, National Poetry Day!
Pre-order: www.toppingbooks.co.uk/books/sophie...
#ScullingBook #NationalPoetryDay #PhilipGross
Thank you, Philip Gross. @vaikuspg.bsky.social
My debut collection Sculling is out on Thursday October 2nd, National Poetry Day!
Pre-order: www.toppingbooks.co.uk/books/sophie...
#ScullingBook #NationalPoetryDay #PhilipGross
Last chance to apply for a close-up, supportive monthly online Poetry School workshop with Philip Gross: poetryschool.com/courses/phil...
Bring ongoing projects, creative obsessions and long-haul explorations of an image, theme or place. 1st Tuesdays in the month, 17.30-20.00 UK time.
Bring ongoing projects, creative obsessions and long-haul explorations of an image, theme or place. 1st Tuesdays in the month, 17.30-20.00 UK time.
Philip Gross Zoom Seminar 2025/26 • Poetry School
Intimate monthly seminars with Philip Gross.
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September 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Last chance to apply for a close-up, supportive monthly online Poetry School workshop with Philip Gross: poetryschool.com/courses/phil...
Bring ongoing projects, creative obsessions and long-haul explorations of an image, theme or place. 1st Tuesdays in the month, 17.30-20.00 UK time.
Bring ongoing projects, creative obsessions and long-haul explorations of an image, theme or place. 1st Tuesdays in the month, 17.30-20.00 UK time.
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Anna Reckin's excellent in-depth review of Philip Gross's latest collection The Shores of Vaikus, his 28th book of poetry, is featured online in Long Poem Magazine. @vaikuspg.bsky.social
longpoemmagazine.org.uk/reviews/4136/
longpoemmagazine.org.uk/reviews/4136/
May 15, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Anna Reckin's excellent in-depth review of Philip Gross's latest collection The Shores of Vaikus, his 28th book of poetry, is featured online in Long Poem Magazine. @vaikuspg.bsky.social
longpoemmagazine.org.uk/reviews/4136/
longpoemmagazine.org.uk/reviews/4136/
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Enough of scorch and rawness—sometimes the flesh longs for eclipse. Philip Gross’ poem ‘Charm’ weaves pain and healing together. @vaikuspg.bsky.social
Read now!
inksweatandtears.co.uk/philip-gross-2/
#InkSweatandTears #Submission #PoetryCommunity
Read now!
inksweatandtears.co.uk/philip-gross-2/
#InkSweatandTears #Submission #PoetryCommunity
April 18, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Enough of scorch and rawness—sometimes the flesh longs for eclipse. Philip Gross’ poem ‘Charm’ weaves pain and healing together. @vaikuspg.bsky.social
Read now!
inksweatandtears.co.uk/philip-gross-2/
#InkSweatandTears #Submission #PoetryCommunity
Read now!
inksweatandtears.co.uk/philip-gross-2/
#InkSweatandTears #Submission #PoetryCommunity
Happy to be one voice in the conversation here...
Issue Six of And Other Poems is out now on our website.
Read it here: andotherpoems.com/issue-six/
(Cover photo by kat_katerina on Unsplash)
Read it here: andotherpoems.com/issue-six/
(Cover photo by kat_katerina on Unsplash)
April 16, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Happy to be one voice in the conversation here...
With quiet but deep appreciation for the sharp-eyed generous perceptiveness of this review by Stuart Henson in London Grip...
'Paradoxically, The Shores of Vaikus is both a timely and a timeless work. The past is curiously, hauntingly, alive along the shorelines and within the forests of present-day Estonia' - Stuart Henson, in London Grip, on @vaikuspg.bsky.social's new poetry collection.
londongrip.co.uk/2025/02/lond...
londongrip.co.uk/2025/02/lond...
February 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
With quiet but deep appreciation for the sharp-eyed generous perceptiveness of this review by Stuart Henson in London Grip...
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Philip Gross (@vaikuspg.bsky.social) was guest poet on West Wilts Radio's The Poetry Place on 26 January, introduced by co-host @dawnpoet.bsky.social. Philip was reading and speaking about poems from his new collection The Shores of Vaikus (from 26:09).
westwiltsradio.com/shows/the-po...
westwiltsradio.com/shows/the-po...
January 30, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Philip Gross (@vaikuspg.bsky.social) was guest poet on West Wilts Radio's The Poetry Place on 26 January, introduced by co-host @dawnpoet.bsky.social. Philip was reading and speaking about poems from his new collection The Shores of Vaikus (from 26:09).
westwiltsradio.com/shows/the-po...
westwiltsradio.com/shows/the-po...
My first visit to this thriving Bristol venue conjured out of words and music in the tapas-scented air by Bob Walton and friends...
January 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
My first visit to this thriving Bristol venue conjured out of words and music in the tapas-scented air by Bob Walton and friends...
Welcome, Neil and gradually many other friends to a platform where a decent culture might be built.
My first Bluesky post has to be this afternoon’s blue sky on Hydra. Farewell Twitter and good riddance X.
January 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Welcome, Neil and gradually many other friends to a platform where a decent culture might be built.
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Our next guest at The Poetry Place (3pm, Jan 26 westwiltsradio.com) is TS Eliot Prize winner @vaikuspg.bsky.social reading from his Estonia-based new book The Shores of Vaikus. 2 open mic slots left, if you'd like to join him - just send us your 3-min recording, we do the rest. Message me for info.
December 31, 2024 at 4:47 PM
Our next guest at The Poetry Place (3pm, Jan 26 westwiltsradio.com) is TS Eliot Prize winner @vaikuspg.bsky.social reading from his Estonia-based new book The Shores of Vaikus. 2 open mic slots left, if you'd like to join him - just send us your 3-min recording, we do the rest. Message me for info.
About to let go of an old, worn-out and problematic year... with this intention for the new one:
December 30, 2024 at 4:17 PM
About to let go of an old, worn-out and problematic year... with this intention for the new one:
Delighted to pass on first news of a special London reading from The Shores of Vaikus, Thursday 23rd January, 6pm – with heartfelt thanks to the Estonian Embassy and host / interviewer Estonian writer/translator Kai Aareleid. Prior booking essential, but free. All details on the web page here.
Book Launch: The Shores of Vaikus by Philip Gross
The Shores of Vaikus (Silence) - poems of edgy homage to Estonia. Philip Gross in conversation with Estonian writer Kai Aareleid.
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December 19, 2024 at 8:04 AM
Delighted to pass on first news of a special London reading from The Shores of Vaikus, Thursday 23rd January, 6pm – with heartfelt thanks to the Estonian Embassy and host / interviewer Estonian writer/translator Kai Aareleid. Prior booking essential, but free. All details on the web page here.
From the Poetry Society on X: “For his Books of the Year recommendation, Philip Gross (@vaikuspg@bsky.social) has chosen Henrietta's Library of the Whole Wide World by Lydia Harris, published by Blue Diode.”
December 7, 2024 at 11:16 AM
From the Poetry Society on X: “For his Books of the Year recommendation, Philip Gross (@vaikuspg@bsky.social) has chosen Henrietta's Library of the Whole Wide World by Lydia Harris, published by Blue Diode.”
An inventive, energetic, developing online journal worth supporting by reading and by quality submissions (open now:
anthropocenepoetry@gmail.com)
www.anthropocenepoetry.org/submissions
anthropocenepoetry@gmail.com)
www.anthropocenepoetry.org/submissions
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An online poetry journal
www.anthropocenepoetry.org
December 3, 2024 at 7:56 AM
An inventive, energetic, developing online journal worth supporting by reading and by quality submissions (open now:
anthropocenepoetry@gmail.com)
www.anthropocenepoetry.org/submissions
anthropocenepoetry@gmail.com)
www.anthropocenepoetry.org/submissions
Perverse... An online magazine that adds a healthy tang of strangeness to the poetry culture, inviting writers to contribute things we find ourselves surprised by, even as we write.
The second poem in PERVERSE 8I is 'Wrecked' by Philip Gross (@vaikuspg.bsky.social). Read all five poems in this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-8i
November 26, 2024 at 12:08 PM
Perverse... An online magazine that adds a healthy tang of strangeness to the poetry culture, inviting writers to contribute things we find ourselves surprised by, even as we write.
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Dana Littlepage Smith wrote an in-depth review of Philip Gross's The Shores of Vaikus in The Friend:
'For sharing a lifetime of seeing and feeling, and for honing and polishing the lens of his vision/craft, we can be deeply grateful.'
Read in full: www.bloodaxebooks.com/news?article...
'For sharing a lifetime of seeing and feeling, and for honing and polishing the lens of his vision/craft, we can be deeply grateful.'
Read in full: www.bloodaxebooks.com/news?article...
November 21, 2024 at 9:07 AM
Dana Littlepage Smith wrote an in-depth review of Philip Gross's The Shores of Vaikus in The Friend:
'For sharing a lifetime of seeing and feeling, and for honing and polishing the lens of his vision/craft, we can be deeply grateful.'
Read in full: www.bloodaxebooks.com/news?article...
'For sharing a lifetime of seeing and feeling, and for honing and polishing the lens of his vision/craft, we can be deeply grateful.'
Read in full: www.bloodaxebooks.com/news?article...
Glad to be connecting for the first time on Bluesky with a brand new book – a kind of bridge between a real Estonia and an inner Estonia of my own.
Today we are delighted to publish new books by Marie Howe, Philip Gross & David Constantine.
Find out more about all three titles and order copies on our website: bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/new_titl...
Find out more about all three titles and order copies on our website: bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/new_titl...
November 21, 2024 at 12:12 PM
Glad to be connecting for the first time on Bluesky with a brand new book – a kind of bridge between a real Estonia and an inner Estonia of my own.