Welcome!

This site is a notebook, diary, testing ground and scrapheap for the works of author and poet Alex Aldred (that’s me). Here you’ll find updates on a variety of ongoing projects, links to publications elsewhere, and maybe even some new stories! Use the navigation bar at the top to get started.

News & Announcements

Some Published Poems I Forgot To Mention Which You Could Theoretically ReadFebruary 18, 2022
Why It’s A New Poem in Sheila-Na-Gig!December 5, 2021
New Poetry in SCRAP LINESNovember 11, 2021
(Another) New Poem in the MASSSeptember 1, 2021
New Poem in the MASSJuly 31, 2021
Faces Adjacent – Available Now!July 11, 2021
Happy St. Columba’s Day!June 9, 2021
Online Poetry Workshops with HES Starting Next WeekMay 11, 2021

Writer’s Notes

Writer’s Notes: Creative Goals for 2021January 29, 2021
Poetry Annotated: Six More New PoemsDecember 20, 2020
Tales from the Shipwreck (v)November 20, 2020
Zombie Puppydog CitizensOctober 18, 2020
Mechanical Humanity [2/2]August 30, 2020
Human Animality [1/2]August 28, 2020
Tales from the Shipwreck (iv)August 26, 2020
Tales from the Shipwreck (iii)June 16, 2020

Personal

Isolation Inspiration: Online Poetry Exercises for LockdownMarch 27, 2020
#VSS365: Round Up (Oct ’19 – Feb ’20)March 12, 2020
One Hundred FailuresFebruary 11, 2020
2019 RetrospectiveDecember 31, 2019
The Big 100 Reading Challenge: Eight Years LaterNovember 7, 2019
NaNo AutoBio, or: A Chronicle of FailureNovember 6, 2019
#VSS365: Round Up (Aug/Sept 2019)October 11, 2019
#VSS365: Round Up (July 2019)August 4, 2019