Pamphlet competition + single poem competition - read more here dempseyandwindle.substack.com/p/two-compet...

Wendy Pratt writes this — I respond with reconition and wish I had more sponges .... Acts of Love: Next Year I'm Taking January Off open.substack.com/pub/wendypra...

Let the stones fly yorkshirebylines.co.uk/society/poet...

Pamphlet competition + single poem competition - read more here dempseyandwindle.substack.com/p/two-compet...

Happy new year everyone! Here is a wonderful Ruth Stone poem which somehow feels like the right thing x

a Prague evening two skies in one a tree prepares the clouds

the Mad Hatter and I agree to meet in Central Park I told him why a raven was like a writing desk 'Your hair wants cutting,′ said the Hatter trying to change the subject so I knew I had gotten it right "Tell Alice I was asking for her!" I smirked I headed for Times Square

The doorway of the Reader’s House at Ludlow in Shropshire. The building dates to the early C17th and was used as the residence of the ‘Bible Reader’ who served at the nearby Parish Church of St. Laurence. 📸 My own. #AdoorableThursday #Medieval #Ludlow

NEW YEAR WISHES for 2025 Everything passes, however alarming. Viewing the war-zones, quoting the politics, End may be nigh, but here's hoping we get to '26. (from 'Acrostic New Year Wishes 2025)

Here are some nice mushrooms

New poem on Substack substack.com/home/post/p-...

Our VOLE weekly newsletter - two slips of the typing finger this week but here's the final version for St Andrew's Day Scottish bank holiday — mailchi.mp/93f4cc1d7e44...

If anyone can help poet @bethany-w-pope.bsky.social please contribute to her gofundme page. She had to buy a house by auction to come back from China to UK to secure custody of her son. Fraudulent pics missold it & no time to for redress, repairs needed urgently. www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-se...

A multi-edited poem.

Experimenting with Substack — steep learning curve open.substack.com/pub/dempseya...

bleuje.com/animationsit... Take a look! Thanks, Matt webcurios.co.uk/webcurios-15...

Star-filled portrait of the Pillars of Creation taken by the James Webb Space Telescope

Hubble’s view of Jupiter and Europa

GWR had serious timetable problems today but we loved the trip between Reading and Totnes. Took these snaps as the sun went down at Newton Abbot just before our destination.

Returned to my first love recently — painting. Attending life-drawing and portraiture workshops for the past few months. This one is 'Matt' (oil on canvas).

Ireland seen from space

Looking forward to a pleasure I've not enjoyed for some years: a train journey to Devon, for Clive Donovan's launch of his 3rd collection of poems, 'Movement of People', on 21st at Bogan House in Totnes. We published it last month and we're very proud of it. www.dempseyandwindle.com/clivedonovan...

The Brian Dempsey Pamphlet Prize opens soon... www.dempseyandwindle.com/competition....

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Our free weekly Newsletter – issue no 277 was on Remembrance Day. mailchi.mp/12f1bdcb51d8...