British poet (The Interpretation of Owls: Poems 1977-2022 ed. Gardner, Baylor UP). Also editor of anthologies & editions of Blunden, Grigson, Crichton Smith, a new selected UA Fanthorpe & a forthcoming Matthew Arnold. Not forgetting a Rilke 'New Poems'https://bsky.app/profile/greeningpoet.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/greeningpoet.bsky.social/post/3mucia7gfss2ePoems and talk of poetry in the August edition of ars notoria - from Andrew Motion, Michael Schmidt and me arsnotoria.com/2026/08/ https://arsnotoria.com/2026/08/30 Aug 2026 13:20 +0000at://did:plc:yozyeb33ljftdbxnrpncpd44/app.bsky.feed.post/3mucia7gfss2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/greeningpoet.bsky.social/post/3mtbbgoc2tc2jIt was an honour to be asked some years ago to edit a new selection of Iain Crichton Smith, one of Scotland's best and best known makars. Also one of the most readable of poets. He was a successful novelist too, so he knows how to entertain. Do try him if you don't know him @carcanet.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Aug 2026 08:20 +0000at://did:plc:yozyeb33ljftdbxnrpncpd44/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbbgoc2tc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/greeningpoet.bsky.social/post/3mozqgred2k2xA great pleasure to discover neglected California poet Henri Coulette in this excellent selection from @carcanet.bsky.social , edited by @bdralyuk.bsky.social and Michael Caines #poetry24 Jun 2026 10:47 +0000at://did:plc:yozyeb33ljftdbxnrpncpd44/app.bsky.feed.post/3mozqgred2k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/greeningpoet.bsky.social/post/3mnz6whb3yc2vJohn Constable's birthday today #art https://www.ekphrastic.net/the-ekphrastic-review/constable-country-by-john-greening11 Jun 2026 12:08 +0000at://did:plc:yozyeb33ljftdbxnrpncpd44/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnz6whb3yc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/greeningpoet.bsky.social/post/3mnwu7suio22mA new Selected William Scammell - out this October from @renardpress.com #booksky renardpress.com/books/heft/ https://renardpress.com/books/heft/10 Jun 2026 13:51 +0000at://did:plc:yozyeb33ljftdbxnrpncpd44/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnwu7suio22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/greeningpoet.bsky.social/post/3mnuhuvsyhs2rReading in Oxford on 25th July09 Jun 2026 15:05 +0000at://did:plc:yozyeb33ljftdbxnrpncpd44/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnuhuvsyhs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/greeningpoet.bsky.social/post/3mdnunkm5pc2bGraeme Richardson's poetry collection Dirt Rich arrived today and first impressions are excellent #poetry @carcanet.bsky.social30 Jan 2026 17:53 +0000at://did:plc:yozyeb33ljftdbxnrpncpd44/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdnunkm5pc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/greeningpoet.bsky.social/post/3mb4z2btl3k23And today is 99 years since Rilke died [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Dec 2025 14:06 +0000at://did:plc:yozyeb33ljftdbxnrpncpd44/app.bsky.feed.post/3mb4z2btl3k23https://bsky.app/profile/greeningpoet.bsky.social/post/3mb4w5p4rpc2hSome thoughts in the latest Poetry News - much along the lines of the essays which make up my recent Renard Press book, A High Calling. @renardpress.com @poetrysociety.org.uk #poetry29 Dec 2025 13:14 +0000at://did:plc:yozyeb33ljftdbxnrpncpd44/app.bsky.feed.post/3mb4w5p4rpc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/greeningpoet.bsky.social/post/3masrcnoiv227Happy Christmas all! [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Dec 2025 12:21 +0000at://did:plc:yozyeb33ljftdbxnrpncpd44/app.bsky.feed.post/3masrcnoiv227https://bsky.app/profile/greeningpoet.bsky.social/post/3m7n6cqmuok2vIf you're stuck on a train... #poetry https://oxonianreview.com/articles/delay-repay?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQPMjc1MjU0NjkyNTk4Mjc5AAEes5C4H2Ko43Bp2qeKK9aDzSUDnnFTYR_7WeILVRXi8IUE9VVTjmsKQRg8JEw_aem_0Ice2AfPFHuqpNj_qCln5A10 Dec 2025 13:33 +0000at://did:plc:yozyeb33ljftdbxnrpncpd44/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7n6cqmuok2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/greeningpoet.bsky.social/post/3m7kco5dgis2xMy translations of Rilke have arrived #BookSky09 Dec 2025 10:13 +0000at://did:plc:yozyeb33ljftdbxnrpncpd44/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7kco5dgis2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/greeningpoet.bsky.social/post/3m765vuifws2yAn informal chat about #Rilke for his 150th birthday and to celebrate publication of my translations of his compiete New Poems https://youtube.com/watch?v=2rA-dWLpQO4&si=v2NQ2GvT1eR16pVG04 Dec 2025 14:15 +0000at://did:plc:yozyeb33ljftdbxnrpncpd44/app.bsky.feed.post/3m765vuifws2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/greeningpoet.bsky.social/post/3m75cnypb3c2rIt's Rilke's 150th birthday, which coincides with publication of my translations of his complete New Poems - getting on for 200 of them. Out from Baylor University Press now. Here I am reading his poem about a dog. #Rilke #poetry #translation04 Dec 2025 06:08 +0000at://did:plc:yozyeb33ljftdbxnrpncpd44/app.bsky.feed.post/3m75cnypb3c2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/greeningpoet.bsky.social/post/3m4zygy276c2kReviews of new #poetry by @mcrucefix.bsky.social Steve Denehan Ange Mlinko John F. Deane @renardpress.com @faberbooks.bsky.social @guillemotpress.bsky.social @pauloprey.bsky.social https://thehighwindowpress.com/category/reviews/07 Nov 2025 11:37 +0000at://did:plc:yozyeb33ljftdbxnrpncpd44/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4zygy276c2khttps://bsky.app/profile/greeningpoet.bsky.social/post/3m27knpr6ds2kA taster of my forthcoming #Rilke, appearing from Baylor UP next month. This is courtesy of David Cameron at 'Into Poetry' who provides a commentary. One of the best known Neue Gedichte @bayloruniversity.bsky.social https://intocreative.co.uk/john-greening/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR7cTHotZ8cX3tr4MNyRrXXgLiHbEh1_k-GAAIrQLvSyD3nlFDnHJfWV6Wfe4g_aem_lgBRKdRBPKpCbrTo5pi2Iw02 Oct 2025 12:30 +0000at://did:plc:yozyeb33ljftdbxnrpncpd44/app.bsky.feed.post/3m27knpr6ds2khttps://bsky.app/profile/greeningpoet.bsky.social/post/3lziij2vtp223This free online poetry event is at 6 UK time today [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Sep 2025 08:21 +0000at://did:plc:yozyeb33ljftdbxnrpncpd44/app.bsky.feed.post/3lziij2vtp223https://bsky.app/profile/greeningpoet.bsky.social/post/3lzb32jrvts2mWith Kevin Gardner @kg520.bsky.social of @bayloruniversity.bsky.social after our panel discussion on the poetry of John Betjeman. We were joined by Seamus Perry and Robert Douglas-Fairhurst for an event in #Oxford, part of the Betjeman Society's symposium #Magdalen #Betjeman #poetry #BookSky20 Sep 2025 09:31 +0000at://did:plc:yozyeb33ljftdbxnrpncpd44/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzb32jrvts2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/greeningpoet.bsky.social/post/3lzauitzwnc2thttps://wildcourt.co.uk/an-extract-from-a-high-calling-by-john-greening/ #BookSky20 Sep 2025 07:34 +0000at://did:plc:yozyeb33ljftdbxnrpncpd44/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzauitzwnc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/greeningpoet.bsky.social/post/3lysjac4ol22hFree online launch of John Greening’s new book about poetry, featuring Dana Gioia, Penelope Shuttle, Hilary Davies, Stuart Henson. Register here. 6pm UK time, Tuesday 23rd September #poetrycommunity #renardpress https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/john-greening-and-friends-tickets-1614518912529?s=09 #BookSky #poetry14 Sep 2025 14:35 +0000at://did:plc:yozyeb33ljftdbxnrpncpd44/app.bsky.feed.post/3lysjac4ol22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/greeningpoet.bsky.social/post/3ly6lbe4itk2yGood to find The Threepenny Review in the post today. Poems by Robert Pinsky, Okwudili Nebeolisa, Jane Zwart and others, including one by me - about translating Rilke and recalling an incident from when I lived in Mannheim #BookSky @baylorpress.bsky.social06 Sep 2025 16:18 +0000at://did:plc:yozyeb33ljftdbxnrpncpd44/app.bsky.feed.post/3ly6lbe4itk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/greeningpoet.bsky.social/post/3ly3awt5glc2yThis online launch coming up in September - should be fun #poetry [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Sep 2025 08:35 +0000at://did:plc:yozyeb33ljftdbxnrpncpd44/app.bsky.feed.post/3ly3awt5glc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/greeningpoet.bsky.social/post/3lxn4c7qvak2zCharles I returned for a third visit to Little Gidding today, more a windswept king than a broken one. It's 400 years since Nicholas Ferrar established his community there. #poetry #BookSky30 Aug 2025 17:35 +0000at://did:plc:yozyeb33ljftdbxnrpncpd44/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxn4c7qvak2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/greeningpoet.bsky.social/post/3lxm7p4nsmk2oIt says much for the power of Gillian Allnutt's Lode that my compass, carried in the same pocket, had reversed its polarity by the end of the day @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social #poetry30 Aug 2025 09:03 +0000at://did:plc:yozyeb33ljftdbxnrpncpd44/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxm7p4nsmk2o