Petr Antene

Lecturer in 20th/21st century literature. A Czech by birth and current location, a Dubliner by heart. Uses Twitter to read poetry, among other things.

[poet john compton @poetjohncompton]

hello, & i hope you're having a great day!

you can order my full length books:

"my husband holds my hand..." @FlowerSongPress [dec 24]

&

"house as a cemetery" @RebelSatori Press [mar 26]

in my linktree below:

https://t.co/TKCPG65N8q

[sharing is caring & free—thank you]

[Petr Antene @AntenePetr]

With Alfred Tennyson and his dog Karenina in Lincoln

[Petr Antene @AntenePetr]

Dear Irish friends/literature lovers, could you confirm/correct me that assigning the phrase “Ireland, a nation of poets, a nation of writers, a nation of storytellers” to Samuel Beckett is a misattribution? There is no literary source for the phrase, is there? Many thanks!

[Petr Antene @AntenePetr]

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

[Petr Antene @AntenePetr]

@allithemuse Dog-hearted envious harlot 🤣🤣

[The Allison-ville Horror (Sulock) @allithemuse]

what's your shakespearean insult name? #shakespeare #shakespeareslastnight #theatre
http://t.co/fU49fphOEK

[Austin Ross @AustinTRoss]

Flaubert (via Daniel Torday) made me lol today

[Joseph Fasano @Joseph_Fasano_]

I hope this reaches you.

[andrew ketcham @islafissure]

I am once again thinking of this @KimmieWolf poem which might just be the best thing I’ve ever read

[poet john compton @poetjohncompton]

today is the official pub day for my new book from @FlowerSongPress

i've sold 40 copies in preorder!
let's make 2025 a year where i sell 1000 copies of a book! pls share this post 💜

order info in comment

@VidaurreEdward

[兔兒神 @chenchenwrites]

happy winter solstice! here's a poem set in january, but now feels like a good time to share it again. tbh i continue to be surprised by how/where this poem ("the poop poem" as i usually refer to it!) travels—thank you to everyone who's taught/written about it xx

[Edmund @Kulambq]

'that's what we love about art
it seems to prefer us and stays ...'

Frank O'Hara, 'To You'

[Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem]

“It sat there on the branch for a few minutes. / Then picked up and flew beautifully / out of my life.”

— Raymond Carver
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This poem appeared in All of Us: The Collected Poems by Raymond Carver, published by Vintage Books, 1996. Shared here with deep gratitude.

[Joseph Fasano @Joseph_Fasano_]

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[Regina Rosenfeld @ReginaRosenfeld]

Gregory Orr:

[Petr Antene @AntenePetr]

@RiekkiRon Congrats! Can’t wait to read them!