#PoemsAbout #UndertheSkin thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poets #poetrycommunity #poetry #poems #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry #blueskypoets #poetsofbluesky

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For #PoemsAbout #Undressed. Many thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poetrycommunity #poetry #poems #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry

#poemsabout #undressed @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk #poems #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetsofbluesky #blueskypoetry #blueskypoets

@alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #PoemsAbout #Undressed

I'm so happy that the upcoming anthology The Havisham Steps: Modern Gothic Poetry from thebrokenspine.co.uk will include one of mine: "the map misread". Thank you for giving it the nod, Alan, @alanparrywriter.co.uk Pleased to swell in the company of such disparately talented poets! #PoetsofBlueSky

Can the Greens escape Labour's fatal trap? youtu.be/e7oKv3K48qM?...

The runners and riders, and viable outcomes www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/02... What next for Labour, and the country?

From svengali to sacked: Who is Morgan McSweeney, the prime minister's departed chief of staff?

🚨 BREAKING NEWS: U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, has resigned from government following the revelations about Peter Mandelson in the Epstein files. Full story: politi.co/4ttOa3i

On this day in 1898, French author and intellectual Emile Zola published "J’accuse!" It was an open letter on the front page of a liberal, Paris newspaper and it claimed – accurately – that the French military was covering up treason by a well-connected officer. #WriterSky #DreyfusAffair #Zionism

#PoemsAbout #Money @thebrokenspine.co.uk I will put a reading in the comments.

For #PoemsAbout #Money ✨ for @thebrokenspine.co.uk & @alanparrywriter.co.uk I guess what I am trying to say is that there are lots of things money can’t buy, such as love, or a home, or the feeling of being at home. Looking forward to reading everybody’s poems later tonight! ♡

Merry Christmas to all. For @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #PoemsAbout #Money:

Helen Dunmore was a British poet, novelist, short story, and children’s writer. She was born on the 12th of December 1952 and died on the 5th of June 2017. Here are her nine rules for writing fiction. www.writerswrite.co.za/helen-dunmor...

What can ordinary people do if the financial crash many economists fear is coming? In this video, I explain some practical, calm, and sensible steps to improve your financial resilience. These tips should help you think ahead when the government won’t. youtu.be/4Hp4mZ8DDNA?...

'Early Morning Frost, the garden, St Margarets' (2023) by Ian Archie Beck ianarchiebeck.co.uk

Thames Water is teetering but wants to pay £2.5m bonus to execs. Wants to bypass regulations by classifying bonuses as "retention payments". Prices rose by 31%+ this year. Sewage dumped in rivers, leaks unplugged. Privatisation = Abuses and insanity. archive.ph/zbbaQ

Minister defends 'pragmatic' U-turn on workers' rights. It was a manifesto pledge Why no 'pragmatic' U-turn' on nationalising water, energy, rail rolling stock companies and freight; ending privatisation of the NHS and social care; taxing the super rich?

@thebrokenspine.co.uk #PoemsAbout #NoFuture #ItWillDo Old Man Old Woman Holding hearts tight in the face of a final forever They won't last 'till Christmas Said their parents, sixty years ago.

Shocking that, all these years after Grenfell, businesses still use flammable materials on people's homes.

#poemsabout #NoFuture #KeepWriting @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #TakeRisks #EndOnAnImage #AvoidCliché #poetrycommunity #poetry #PoetsWhoSupportPoets #PoetsOfBlueSky knocked out quickly - interrupted by a person from Porlock gaps to be filled...

For #PoemsAbout #DogTags I did not feel I had the right to write. Finally, a meager offering emerged. Thank you to all those who serve and have served. Thank you @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk. #poetrycommunity #poetry #poems #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry

Such a good prompt this week with remembrance still weighing on my mind. #Dogtags @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk #PoemsAbout #poetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoets

I don’t usually post #PoemsAbout @thebrokenspine.co.uk this early, but I’m taking some antihistamines and may sleep through a good portion of the night, or not. Will post a reel for #DogTags in the comments.

Good morning #BlueskyPoetry pals @thebrokenspine.co.uk & @alanparrywriter.co.uk facilitating today’s #PoemsAbout #DogTags this fag packet offering is for a friend’s husband, Dave who was killed in Afghanistan in 2012. He was military police not army but she wears his ID.Dogtag jewellery is a thing.

We four, trauma-bonded children of war, trapped between two superpowers— Him and Her... #DogTags #PoemsAbout @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

#poemsabout #dogtags #poetry @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk F LAT tin Talisman

a little sketch... #poemsabout #DogTags #KeepWriting thanks again to @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poetrycommunity #poetry #PoetsWhoSupportPoets #PoetsOfBlueSky

Good morning #poemsabout crew, here’s a poem about someone wanting something for the #desire prompt @alanparrywriter.co.uk

For #PoemsAbout #Desire with thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk This Moment

This is my #PoemsAbout poem about #Desire. I had a really bad day on Tuesday. I desired alcohol to get me through the hurt. I know it works. If we met, then I wouldn't be 18 weeks alcohol free today. @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poetry #poetrycommunity #hardweek #nottoday

#PoemsAbout #Desire @thebrokenspine.co.uk I will post a reading in the comments.

For this week's #PoemsAbout #Desire, I'm thinking about things that are easy to break. Thank you to the host @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk and to all of the other writers. #poetry #poem #writing #PoetryCommunity #BlueSkyPoets

For #PoemsAbout #Desire ✨ for @thebrokenspine.co.uk & @alanparrywriter.co.uk I know I need to learn how to edit but this is another one of those that just burst out of me in a fountain of blood and snot. It kind of had to get out, I guess.

It’s after midnight so here’s my piece for #PoemsAbout #LockedDoors ‘Saturday Exile c.2002’ Another excellent prompt. @thebrokenspine.co.uk Looking forward to reading and replying on Friday and over the weekend

Beyond concerning, The European Commission is reportedly considering delaying parts of its landmark AI Act following heavy lobbying from U.S. tech giants and pressure from Washington. Thread Please read! substack.com/@europeanpow...

Greenery alongside cycle tracks cuts the risk of flooding by managing stormwater locally, the hedge also makes a nice barrier between bikes and motor vehicles, reducing spray from motor vehicles during rain, as well as improving the look of the street.

Nearly there! We need around 50 signatures to push my petition calling for transparency and a review of deregulated free zones to 10,000. Please sign and share across your social media platforms. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

URGENT: 6 WEEKS LEFT - We're 743 signatures away from forcing a Government response The UK Government is rolling out freeports and free zones nationwide with billions in taxpayer money, yet operates with an alarming lack of transparency. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

Paul, I admire a true sonneteer who, like you is not a slave to the line, but is able to rhyme mid-sentence and carry the argument/narrative across. It’s really something how you have woven the characters into this piece.

A new asset class is being identified as ‘Nature’s Economy’, where a country’s green spaces are targeted by a sovereign wealth fund controlled by a Saudi Prince, or Blackrock for example. This is global, but it is already happening in the UK and part of Zone Fever www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9xn...

“Most people have no idea what’s about to happen” Palantir’s move into the ‘terrorism futures market’ Palantir secures health data as a major asset in its portfolio, including the NHS in the UK. Palantir’s dragnet involves pre-crime tech or predictive policing. Thread www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

Thanks for this! @thebrokenspine.co.uk #PoemsAbout #Blood She misses it, her bloodletting; knowing where she is within herself, lost in the deep and unholy lacunae of change. These days, all she can use as measure is the waning moon, the soft white emptiness of winters' tales.

"There Will Be Blood". #poem #poetry #skypoets #blueskypoets #poetsofbluesky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #PoemsAbout #Blood @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

#PoemsAbout #Blood @thebrokenspine.co.uk I will put a reading in the comments.

thepoetryhour.com/poems/broadc... Thankyou, all... #poemsabout #blood #KeepWriting @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poetrycommunity #poetry #PoetsWhoSupportPoets #PoetsOfBlueSky

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Well, your fans certainly didn't turn up. We would have heard more if you'd sent your grannies with their knitting. CUYBS!