How about some #colourful #artcards to bring some #joy to someone’s day? You can support my wee business for pennies and make my day too! 40+ other designs! debhandmade.com/shop/artcards #NewStock #cards #supportsmallbusiness

Good morning, Bluesky. Did you know I started posting my #photoaday from #Scotland during the 1st UK lockdown to cheer people up, especially friends who live in towns and cities and couldn’t get out anywhere. It still brings me joy so hopefully it does you too Findhorn 2008. We used to visit a lot

If the companies at the very heart of the AI revolution cannot achieve profitability, what hope do British local authorities have of building sustainable economies around this technology?

The real tragedy is that while Britain chases AI mirages, genuine opportunities for economic revival go unexploited. Investment in housing, transport infrastructure, education, and healthcare would deliver immediate, measurable benefits.

⚠️WARNING⚠️ The 200 bids for Starmer's AI Growth Zone status reveal something troubling about 🇬🇧 economic desperation. Local authorities face cuts to essential services, yet are willing to bet their futures on AI tech that has yet to prove it can sustain itself, let alone revitalise entire regions.

Poets lift each other up. That’s what this community is about. We’re running workshops, giving our time for free, and investing our own money—but we still need donations to reach £5,000. Let’s do this together. 🔗

#Submissions are now open for #Verdigris: #PoetryOfDecay. If #LiftToTheSky is about rising, Verdigris is about falling — splendour unravelled, glamour undone. Open all September:

My #LiftToTheSky is for CAPS - Calling All Poets Series! www.callingallpoets.net Be The Feature is a 10 Minute Open Mic - 3rd Thursday of each month. @mjpj55.bsky.social #PoemsAbout #BlueSkyPoets Make connections with poets from around the world, hear inspiring work and let your words speak!

A #LifttotheSky for the excellent Saraswati Nagpal @saraswatinagpal.bsky.social for the stunning ‘Drench Me in Silver’, published by @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social #poetrycommunity #PoetsSupportPoets @alanparrywriter.co.uk @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social @thebrokenspine.co.uk

A second #LifttotheSky from me today. This one’s for Laura Cooney @lozzawriting.bsky.social who is back among us, writing terrific poetry and continuing to be hugely supportive to #poetrycommunity #BlueskyPoets #PoetsSupportPoets @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

A #LifttotheSky for the brilliant @louisepoetical.bsky.social - no one does more for poetry, a very talented poet and endless supporter for us all. Organises fantastic readings with Last Saturday Poets free on Zoom - and an awesome book out too @alanparrywriter.co.uk @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social

for the Monday #LiftToTheSky @thebrokenspine.co.uk see @iambapoet.com with a new wave out last week, take a look & have a listen, celebrate the work of the poets & the curator @markantonyowen.com

And yet a third #LifttotheSky for The Candyman’s Trumpet @dreich.bsky.social a new online mag curated by the supportive and generous Jack Caradoc. It’s already published great work by fantastic poets and it’s free to subscribe (and submit). Get to know it! #poetrycommunity @alanparrywriter.co.uk

For this week’s #LiftToTheSky I’m boosting @martinkennedyyates.bsky.social whose collection ‘This Wilderness & Other Concerns’ is astounding in its scope and delivery. Do buy a copy! #poetry #poems

If you’re not already following by @alanparrywriter.co.uk and #poemsabout you really should. Huge thanks to Alan for the massive amount of support and dedication he puts into supporting poets. We all owe you a debt of gratitude. #lifttothesky

And on Mondays we have #LiftToTheSky and on Wednesdays we have #WednesdayWIPs - pick a day of the week, we might well come for it! 😂

Check out my post about #conservation and #horticulture A positive focus on something that used to make me cringe….

Good morning, Bluesky. Hope you had a good weekend. A quiet one here. Still shattered from travels and hosting Mum. An archive shot from somewhere in Strathnaver (2009) We were camping, but gave up after the midges struck! Wishing you a bright new week and a happy Monday. #scotland #strathnaver

This morning may I #LifttotheSky the wonderful @rosannamcglone.bsky.social , whose fascinating book on the process of poetry and the journey of different writers, from first draft to published piece, arrived on my doormat Saturday...?👌🥰

late again (apologies) for #PoemsAbout despite sharing #WIP since Wednesday but here we are #SilentPlanet or is is #SilentPlanets @alanparrywriter.co.uk? Ah well, here it is—nothing like the WIP but tell me how it went. Should I redraft with the better notes I had? Sigh.

Okay, fantastic opportunity here! #BeyondTheSpectrum is a free creative writing project run by and for autistic people, but open to any neurodivergent person who thinks it's right for them. They currently have three FREE workshops and groups running for adults in #Lincolnshire 1/…

Taking orders for festive baking NOW. Can also do puds like STP for the freezer.Some items can be posted. Orders close 15th Oct. Double Choc Brownies always available 🙂 DM or contact via website. www.highlandhomecook.co.uk #festivebaking #orders #christmasfare #bread #cakes #marmalade #puddings

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How about a #poem mini for a Saturday? I’ve written a series of #poems about #railways and rail travel. I have a lot of photos of local railways and stations too, including this one. I think a wee booklet might be in the offing. Anyone be interested?

Autumn again. Trees put on their prettiest frocks, then get more naked day by day. Everything now is poetry – and it comes in waves. Leave the chilly air outside. Light a fire, make hot chocolate. Let senses and soul dive beneath @iambapoet.com's newest wave. www.iambapoet.com/wave/23

Drop what you're doing and go audition for iamb right now. You won't regret it.

Please sign and share if you can. Ban Israel from the Eurovision now, it’s a disgrace that we even have to petition for this. secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...

📚 Let's promote #readingforpleasure and #reflectingrealities with diverse authors, own voices, and new talent in children's books! Share your recommendations and let's build a library of books for all. 📚 #teamenglish #kidlit schoolreadinglist.co.uk/resources/ho...

I lift a gift of conkers from September, Wrapped up in Weston Park, and press and Savour their cool smoothness and remember Twenty autumns back... Sheffield Almanac @petegreensolo.com Second edition Out now longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...

'But fear can be misplaced And in the end We realised we needn't have Looked so far' #PoemsAbout #SilentPlanets @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk

For #poemsabout #SilentPlanets @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk:

#poemsabout #SilentPlanets @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poetrycommunity #poetry #PoetsWhoSupportPoets #PoetsOfBlueSky

Hello @thebrokenspine.co.uk and host @alanparrywriter.co.uk for this week's #PoemsAbout. Are #SilentPlanets just so, or do they know more than we do.

For #poemsabout #silentplanet this week I’m resharing a shape poem first published in Space - a poetry book celebrating the 350th year of the Royal Observatory Greenwich. Published by @panmacmillan.bsky.social June 2025 #poems #poetry #poetsofbluesky #poemalttext #poetrycommunity

#PoemsAbout #SilentPlanets with thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk

Planetary Mystery Secrets in silence hush prying eyes & ears On frequencies outsiders cannot hear Leaving bodies turning As curious wonders Secure—for now— From cosmic plunder. #poemsabout #silentplanets #poetry @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk

My today’s contribution for #PoemsAbout #SilentPlanets, expanded from a small post written for combined #vss365 ( #style, #flinch) & #2WordPrompt ( #distance + #daughters). Have retained the prompt words here. For @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #Oulens #blueskypoetry #poetrycommunity

Catch this week’s coffee read here open.substack.com/pub/drnature... #zoos #conservation #horticulture

Good morning, Bluesky. Wishing you a good weekend, however that looks for you. I’m back to a #sunsetsaturday #photo share today. A shot looking out from the side of my garden. #scotland #sunset #silhouettedtrees

Good morning #blueskypoetry and @alanparrywriter.co.uk Thanks for curating @thebrokenspine.co.uk #PoemsAbout #SilentPlanet today. I’ve had no time to write this week so my 5 minute scrabble for words takes its cue from the C.S. Lewis book of the same name. Will catch up with everyone soon. #poetry

Greetings @alanparry.bsky.social and @brokenspinejournal.bsky.social for today’s #PoemsAbout #Silentplanets. I am looking inward at our own planet with this week’s contrubution🌎🌎🌎

Here's my offering for #PoemsAbout #SilentPlanets @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk

Midnight has struck and so it is time for #PoemsAbout #SilentPlanets in the insatiable dark. @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk @brokenspinearts.bsky.social @alanparry83.bsky.social @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social #poetrycommunity #poetry #poems #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry

And one more, to lighten the dark just a bit for #PoemsAbout #SilentPlanets. Thank you @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk. @brokenspinearts.bsky.social @alanparry83.bsky.social @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social #poetrycommunity #poetry #poems #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry

Matrix comes from the Latin for womb, mother, source. This poem is not about absence, but the silence of listening. Not gone, only unheard. She waits. She pulses. We forgot how to hear her. #PoemsAbout #SilentPlanets @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

For this week's #PoemsAbout #SilentPlanets with thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk and all those taking part.

Recent stats show that the number of Native American and Alaska Native women murdered or never found is 10x that of the national average. #OneIsTooMany #PoemsAbout #SilentPlanets @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #StayCreative #PoetsOfBlueSky #PoetsSupportPoets

Today is #PoemsAbout #SilentPlanets Drop your poem. Tag it. Tag us. @alanparry83.bsky.social @brokenspinearts.bsky.social Then Read. Repost. Reply to 3+ poets. Even silence carries sound, if you know how to listen.

#PoemsAbout #SilentPlanets

Anyone need a poem about Volvox? 🟢 Written by the girl who used to turn off Newsround when Reg Turnball came on - I preferred my microscope! 😊Thanks as always @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk for the #PoemsAbout #SilentPlanets #poetry