Here's something for #FragmentsFriday that I've been playing around with for a while... @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social #poems #poetry #poietrycommunity

Genuinely don't know if the wee man is called IrnBru, Whisky or Buckfast...

Hi folks! This week's #PromptCombo is #MaidenVoyage Formative travel experiences - those that left an indelible mark, transformed your understanding of the world etc. Hashtags👆& tag @janpsolivagant.bsky.social to take part Ends Thursday noon! #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #PoetsOfBluesky

Another great #PromptCombo prompt this week - #MaidenVoyage from @janpsolivagant.bsky.social, thanks Jan! Here's something new to share for it! #poems #poetrycommunity

Don’t let the super rich buy (and dismantle) our democracy. Lots of small donations can make a difference! If every person who voted for me to be MP for Rongotai in 2023 gave $5 now, that would cover most of our Wellington Bays campaign costs this year. www.greens.org.nz/wlb_donate_g...

Here's something for #fragmentsfriday that popped into my head the other day @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social #poetry

Another tricky prompt for #PoemsAbout #EarnTheRight, hoping this hits the mark! Thanks @thebrokenspine.co.uk & @alanparrywriter.co.uk. #poetry #writingcommunity

Thanks very much @dragonslayerma.bsky.social for this week's #PromptCombo #Pray - it feels like rich earth to be digging! Here's a very quickly written offering! #poetry #poems

Still a but time-constrained this week, so here's something I wrote earlier that feels like a good fit for #PoemsAbout #BearingWitness. Thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk for the prompt and I'll try and read others later! #Poetry #Poems #WritingCommunity

Catching up after a week away and sharing a poem from my latest collection (link in bio) for #promptcombo theme #home this week. Thanks @rfsmith.bsky.social for the prompt and look forward to reading others! #poetry #prompt #writingcommunity

Brilliant work by @cocochan.bsky.social and colleagues. Build, don’t buy! Palantir is not magic :)

As a poetry co-editor for the Morning Star, I want to feature poets who are often marginalised. Except they seem to be marginalising themselves by not sending their work. Send poems for June! I'd be grateful to receive them at: [email protected] morningstaronline.co.uk/article/new-...

Captured in full working plumage (in the Italian Chamber of Deputies)…

After everything—what’s still there? #PoemsAbout #WhatRemains — write what cannot be undone.

I'm delighted to have three poems featured in Issue 16 of The Starbeck Orion, thank you Paul @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social, it's a real privilege!

Been thinking about #PoemsAbout #NamesNotNumbers for a few days and came up with this (title paraphrases a certain politician of the time). Not my usual! Thanks @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk! Driving south now so will catch up! #poems #poetry #poetrycommunity

The Ferret did a deep dive into the Electoral Commission’s donation records to find out who was funding Scotland's political parties

A starter pack of #POETS & members of the #PoetryCommunity whom I've met at Open Mic events or who are otherwise committed to reciting #poemsaloud Check if you're in here. If I've missed you, mea culpa; shout me & I'll add you. If you're in by accident, apologies. Otherwise, please follow & repost🙏

Wow, @victoriaspires.bsky.social, that's quite a #PromptCombo, #InTheStyleOf has to be the trickiest yet! I've no idea if I've even got close to the brief with this one but it was fun trying! Looking forward to reading everyone as the week goes on! #poems #poetry #blueskypoets #writingcommunity

It's #maythe4thbewithyou on Monday. Post your own inventive, #StarWars inspired poem. 120 words max. We prefer imagistic, metaphorical free verse poetry but are open-minded for this challenge. No AI generated poetry! Tag us in on Insta, Bluesky and Twitter. #starwarsday

Honoured to be part of the launch event for this wonderful anthology. A good way to finish off a far-to-busy Friday that's kept me away from the usual prompts (and from here until now!)

Hello #PromptCombo #BlueskyPoets, here's my #TotemTree offering for this week - took a while to get anything! Thanks @janpsolivagant.bsky.social for the challenge! #poems #poetrycommunity

Here's a quick offering for #PoemsAbout #SignalLoss (Ruru/Morepork is a New Zealand owl, a guardian between this world and the other). Thanks to @thebrokenspine.co.uk for the prompt - aa busy morning here so will read others later! #poems #poetry #poetrycommunity

Coming to a zoom room near you. Join me for a celebration of poetry with an incredible lineup of readers… 🎟️Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1985095180...

My new book is out today - AI in the Public Sector! A hands-on practical guide for senior leaders that treats AI adoption as institutional #transformation, not IT implementation. Get a copy here: www.lulu.com/shop/andy-wi... #LocalGov #PublicSector #DigitalGov #GovTech

I can't make this, which is a shame as it'll be good!

Good morning @dragonslayerma.bsky.social, what a great #PromptCombo - #NatureHasWeapons. This true story came to mind so sharing it before diving into meetings. Slightly less serious than my usual poems! #poems #poetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity

Here's my offering for this week's #poemsabout on #gravity. Thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk / @thebrokenspine.co.uk for the prompt! Looking forward to reading everyone elses! #poems #poetry #poetrycommunity

Alan Parry is hosting. That alone should tell you something about what this night means. Come through properly. #PoemsAbout #OpenMic #Return

In these parts, there is less distance between this world and others. Many thanks @rfsmith.bsky.social for the excuse to write about it for #PromptCombo #Visions, inspired also by this morning's encounter with one of our resident woodcock! #poems #poetry #poetrycommunity #scottishpoetry

A bleak, black-and-white kind of day on Skye, what you can feel from the photos is the wind!

Write the poem that feels too large to hold. Then control it. #Firmament #Slimline #PoemsAbout #PoetsOfBluesky

Turns out the #FragmentsFriday I posted last week was the perfect opening to this week's #PoemsAbout #EdgeOfKnowing! So now I do know where that was going! Thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk / @thebrokenspine.co.uk for the prompt! #poems #poetry #blueskypoetry

The point where language gives out. #PoemsAbout #EdgeOfKnowing — write up to the edge of what can be known, then stop. Don’t resolve it. Sit in it. New theme begins Friday. Don’t post early. Use Alt Text. Tag #PoemsAbout to be found.

As we've no #PoemsAbout this week, I'm going to share this little starting piece for @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social #fragmentsfriday instead... sprang into my head walking the hound this morning, I wonder where it's going to go... #poems #poetry #blueskypoets #poetrycommunity #wrtingcommunity

Well done, Paul, a huge effort to get this excellent anthology out - and congratulations to all the poets in there, it's a fantastic read raising money for an important cause!

Calling all troubadours! An idea. Post your audio poems. Tag them #PoemsAloud so they're easy to find & share. That's the idea. 🥳 Why? #PoemsAloud syncs perfectly w/ #PoemsAbout or can stand on its own. Some poems live beyond the page. I recorded a bunch & don't know what else to do w/ them 🤷‍♀️

Going minimalist for this week's #promptcombo #allowed, hope you like it! Thanks to @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social for another excellent prompt #poems #poetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity

Thank you @janpsolivagant.bsky.social Jan for last weeks amazing stint. The #promptcombo for this week is #Allowed All can contribute. Please use the above hashtags and tag me @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social

Delighted that @zoomburst.substack.com chose to review my new collection, thanks Mike 🙏

Here's a very rough start to something (maybe) for #fragmentsfriday - describes today's weather up here rather well too! Thanks @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social & @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social for hosting! #poems #poetry #poetrycommunity

#PoemsAbout #InBloom is live. Write what opens without apology. What grows because it must. What risks being seen because staying closed would be worse. Some things bloom loudly. Let them. Post from today. Tag #PoemsAbout #InBloom to be read and shared. Use Alt Text. Take care with each other.

A wee poem looking forward to spring for #PoemsAbout #Inbloom this week. Bit of a busy day ahead so will read others when I can later! Thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk / @thebrokenspine.co.uk for a fine seasonal prompt :-) #poems #poetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity

Just booked a hotel in the centre of Rome for June (work trip)... wow, it's expensive! 🫨

Good morning #poetrycommunity, thanks to @janpsolivagant.bsky.social for this week's #promptcombo theme of #nothing, and apologies for the rather gloomy response! Looking forward to reading what others come up with! #poems #poetry #writingcommunity

Thanks once again @alanparrywriter.co.uk & @thebrokenspine.co.uk for another excellent #PoemsAbout. This week is #Melt... here's a little something I wrote for it! #poems #poetry #PoetryCommunity

Tomorrow: #PoemsAbout #Melt. Not collapse. Release. Don’t post before Friday. That softening? That loss of resistance? That’s the poem. Tag it. Use Alt Text.

Hello @dragonslayerma.bsky.social, thanks for this week's fabulous #PromptCombo. Here's a very hasty contribution to #InThisDarkHour! #poems #poetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity

For this week's #PoemsAbout, I'm thinking about #consent as risk calculation. Thank you to the host @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk and to all of the other writers. #poetry #poem #writing #PoetryCommunity #BlueSkyPoets #writingcommunity

Good morning #PoemsAbout! #Consent was a hard prompt to get my head around, so hope you like it! Thanks @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk! #poem #poems #poetry #writingcommunity #blueskyepoets