Mark Fiddes

*POET* officially top dream job. While 'pilot' tops world ranking in Google Search POET is the most desirable career in the Middle East. (Source: @remitly). Time for a pay review, comrades. @PoetrySociety @themothmagazine @magmapoetry @HarperS @ForwardPrizes

@so_you_know Thank you, Annie. Most kind.

what a beautiful poem too! "I wanted to be able to fly over the planet and scoop up each scene in a capsule, almost like a documentary in film. A tercet allows you to do this economically, by setting the scene, creating action and then drawing a conclusion."

CINDERLAND the poem - featured in Modron Magazine plus interview with Editor @ZoeBrigley .

@trojanrecords A poem inspired by the great Mr Dekker in my new book ‘Hotel Petroleum’

Remembering and celebrating Desmond Dekker on what would have been his 85th birthday 🧡 A pioneering figure in ska and reggae, Dekker helped bring Jamaican music to audiences around the world, leaving behind a catalogue of songs that continue to inspire generations.

@CienciaTecg @sovietvisuals If you are ever in Yerevan, you must visit Parajanov’s home/museum. What a creative soul.

El color de las granadas es una película armenia de 1969 dirigida por Sergei Parajanov. La película, que narra la historia de un trovador armenio del siglo XVIII, no es biográfica, sino un poema sobre las imágenes del poeta.

@Ayohugh @csljohnkirby @johnkampfner @trillingual @Jeremy_Hunt Thanks for the mention, Ayo!

@csljohnkirby @johnkampfner @trillingual @Jeremy_Hunt I’ve given up. 😅 Now I’m reading classic SF & newly published poetry. Hotel Petroleum by @fiddesmark written in Dubai as the missiles flew overhead, is a excellent & acerbic read.

Finished another three books this week. 📚 If We Tolerate This, @trillingual 📚 Braver New World, @johnkampfner 📚 Can We Be Rich Again?, @Jeremy_Hunt Three different perspectives, each asking important questions about Britain’s future, our economy, democracy and the society we are building. I do not read merely to reinforce what I already believe. I read to understand how others see the world, to challenge my own thinking and to test ideas against evidence. Reading widely does not guarantee the right answers, but it usually leads to better questions. What is on your reading list this week? 📚

@AlexanderVelky "It's out there, going on right in front of me;"

Status update:

Many thanks to @madridlitmag for this interview as the new book launches.

@JulianD86666247 @BetaRish @PoetrySociety Thank you, Julian!

@fiddesmark @BetaRish @PoetrySociety Awesome!! 🎉🎉🎊

Wonderful to be joined by Victoria Spires and @BetaRish to launch Hotel Petroleum @PoetrySociety last night. You were the business.

@SimoninSuffolk Are you walking anywhere near Temple of Fiddes, Simon? Send us a photo.

Dunnottar, the way through the woods.

A few FREE tickets remain for the Poetry Society launch of Hotel Petroleum tomorrow evening... poetrysociety.org.uk/event/hotel-pe…

@DanielGHinds @UNESCO @brokensleep @NCLalumni Amazing news, Daniel.

Thrilled to announce that I have won the @UNESCO international Bridges of Struga Award for a debut poetry book from Struga Poetry Evenings for my collection New Famous Phrases published by @brokensleep. Thanks so much to all of the judges for their kind words about the book!

'THE WILD PACIFIC OF ITS HEART' i.m. the radiant David Hockney (first published in @TheLondonMag)

YEREVAN. Here on a mission. Enlightened and enthralling. Put it on your list before the stag parties get here.

London launch of the new collection "Hotel Petroleum' - Poetry Society in Covent Garden. Joined by the wonderful @BetaRish and Victoria Spires. Tickets here. poetrysociety.org.uk/event/hotel-pe…

El Valle del Isábena showing off again as the weather cools. #Ribagorza

@PaisleyPowered @XMartinsMusicX Selected Ramones were also present.

@PaisleyPowered @XMartinsMusicX Me too!

Born on this Day 1956 Can You Name This English Singer? 🤔

@FrankDullaghan @boulezsaal @elbphilharmonie Thanks, Frank. Most kind.

@fiddesmark @boulezsaal @elbphilharmonie Congratulations 👍🏻

World premiere tonight of 'Threadlands' in Berlin @boulezsaal - my collaboration with composer Joanna Marsh. Tickets still available for tomorrow in Hamburg @elbphilharmonie ensembleresonanz.com/en/termine-und…