well, why not arrested?

Magnificent . Today’s #FoxOfTheDay from @ antoniasalter.co.uk

Now (painting) and soon (photo). Had some fun in the woods today, me, a coffee, and some nice light.

Delighted and honoured to be reading with @moyradonaldson for Harry E. Northup's Poetry Hour on St. Patrick's Day. Here in Ireland, that will be at 8 o'clock in the evening. I hope you can join us. The link is in the bio.

a poem in latest Abridged by me. About the sea, the sea, about the world, Bach, of course, and a little bit of insignificent me in there. @abridgedmagazine.bsky.social #Poetry #Ireland #climatecrisis

Novelist Kit de Waal, a leading voice for working class writers, joins Dr Dan Taylor to discuss how to challenge the class ceiling. www.mklitfest.org/online-event... @kitdewaal.com @ouliterature.bsky.social

taking a dive

My poem in The Honest Ulsterman this month. Inspired by the Villanelle form, but went off on one. Gunpowder mills and prayer, what more could you want?

The sea, the sea

Afternoon. We're pleased to present Abridged 0 - 108: Adrenochrome. Read it at www.abridged.zone/abridged-0-1... for free! The print version will be available in libraries throughout Northern Ireland and in our usual arts organisations and comic shops soon.

soon the flowers, Oil Pastels

Very end of january

Just in Limber lake featuring Lustin Bieber

Before I go looking, presumably needing to set up an account, what is Substack?

Painted this some years ago with a can of cider or two on the go

Strange that the US kidnapped a foreign country’s president and then will try him in US courts for drug trafficking yet the former Honduran president was recently pardoned for…drug trafficking

haha, moi?

I've had life altering kindness, but I won't delve into that. Instead: Was on bus, foggy headed and dithery with middle-age. Gave driver too little money, and he was gruff telling me so. Tap on back. Young fella behind me held out handful of coins. 'Do you need change', in other words 'I'll pay'.

1. Hell's Kitchen An optimistic 2. A Farewell to Arms

Poem-a-day advent calendar 🎁 Day 24 is 'Weather' from Kevin Graham's 'Time's Guest' 🌹✨ @thegallerypress.bsky.social

Before the Storm — Gregory Jacek Olejniczak, 2024 Oil on canvas

tree on edge 😀 #solstice

happy sostice, beautiful misty damp morning that it was.

hits!

Audacious #FoxOfTheDay , thank you to @robdumbarton.bsky.social for sharing !

mid december ferns

Lurgy keeps promising to lift then comes back like a tsunami. I'm a stress oversharer! Been a lot of that in your life lately, you ask? There has but I've got, in contradiction, solace in music and trees and friends and stuff like that.

what a fine poem from Patrick Cotter indeed. #HomelessnessCork #PoetryCork

Thank you to Kath Rogers for today's #FoxOfTheDay ( @kath-r-photos.bsky.social )

Dad died August this year. Brightest morning star I had ever seen was out. If I was to believe it would be in this. I wrote a poem prior to his death regarding the inevitable, the wind down, in which he is a metaphorical star. Sounds corny, but it's prob my best received poem. 👇 Morn Moon. Hi Dad!

Your #FoxOfTheDay today is from @matthewjames86.bsky.social on BlueSky , thank you Matthew !

Another shed roof fox ! Have you spotted a fox atop a roof ? If so , please share it ! Thanks to @billiegee.bsky.social for today's #FoxOfTheDay

Sometimes a golden oldie is needed. Although with various big looming changes, I'm chicken shit, not uplifted. But I'm a drama queen when it comes to stepping out of comfort zones. Apparantly, contrary to what their job interviews would lead you to believe 😁, a lot of people ARE flaky around change👇

Lisa Gerard is releasing a rendition of Gorecki symphony 3 of sorrowful songs....my god.....perfect

Feeling defeated re writing today. I read across forms/genres but not sure I learn. I write what/how I write Anybody any thoughts on this?

Thank you to @craig1979smith for today's #FoxOfTheDay , a beauty !

today's lonely offering. Is there anybody out there?

Is fiction or poetry preferrable to write? I dunno, but I'm reminded of a recent poetry workshop where I got a little tetchy. Whereas you could probably tell me to include flying pigs in fiction and I'd be down with it in the moment.

!!! keep on keeping on !!!

Today's offering

I witnessed a crow (rook) bouncing a tennis ball on the path through the grass in the park today. I didn't take a video becasue I was too busy trying to figure out if the crow was actually playing of trying to break maybe a shell for food. I conluded the crow was playing with the ball.

NASA no commenting due to cuts. Fortunate or unfortunate. We shall see I guess. Here's a flower.

Autumn. Go forth and be a witch.