There are many things that brought me to coaching. 'The Joy of Thinking Forward' is one of them... #Coaching #TimeToThinkBreatheandBe

This week in the poetry blogs with @emmalee1.bsky.social @jamesmcconachie1.bsky.social @vanopticon.bsky.social @johnglenday.bsky.social @pi-and-anne.bsky.social @clareshawpoet.bsky.social @alinaetc.bsky.social @suefinch.bsky.social 1/3 www.vianegativa.us/2025/09/poet...

Monday is Blog Day where my week starts with finding out what Monday smells like, and I look for the joy that makes my heart sing. Here’s MANDALAS AND THE JOY OF THINKING #SingingAsTheDarknessLifts soopoftheday-soo.blogspot.com/2025/09/mand...

Today’s joy is yarn based with a heart-shaped crisp at packed lunch time!

I forgot to empty the compost bin this morning so to encourage myself to get it done I told myself that future me would be glad if I did. I laughed at my need for self-encouragement and the fact I knew it would work. And the real joy? Two blue tits on the apple tree.

There are many things that brought me to coaching. 'Corridor Conversations' is one of them... #Coaching #TimeToThinkBreatheandBe

Today's joy is harvesting our apples. When I was young, my primary school always held a service for harvest and I loved the messages of sharing and being thankful. It was also the first time I read a poem to an audience... I loved being chosen to take part in such an important event.

Kath and I used this approach this week to see where we had come from since we last went to a particular yarn show. We looked back a year, celebrated the achievements, and took time to identify our next steps forward.

This week's blog post, "Licensed to Crenellate", is now available! Read about Crenellate, due to be re-launched this Friday and why I think it's one of my easier designs. kathandrewsdesigns.com/2025/09/23/l...

How poems happen, the early-autumn dreamtime & more with @suefinch.bsky.social @annettemakino.bsky.social @pi-and-anne.bsky.social @vanopticon.bsky.social @frankbpoet24.bsky.social @webbish6.bsky.social @velveteenrabbi.bsky.social @aempoet.bsky.social 2/3 www.vianegativa.us/2025/09/poet...

Oooh couldn't resist joining in @victoriaspires.bsky.social! Here's a #promptcombo #ancestry offering from my first collection...

My blog this week comes with special thanks to @thebrokenspine.co.uk...

Monday is Blog Day where my week starts with finding out what Monday smells like, and I look for the joy that makes my heart sing. Here’s WATCHING THE JOKER ALONE #SingingAsTheDarknessLifts

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

Tidying up my website this morning and whilst wondering which photo to use on my testimonial page I rediscovered the sparkle of this photo... #FairyLightsAreNotJustForChristmas

Monday is Blog Day where my week starts with finding out what Monday smells like, and I look for the joy that makes my heart sing. Here’s DREAMING MORE... #SingingAsTheDarknessLifts soopoftheday-soo.blogspot.com/2025/09/drea...

Fewer than two days now till wave twenty-three of @iambapoet.com arrives on screens large and small. There's also only a week left until YOU can audition for your place in the journal in either 2026 or 2027. Find out what you need to do, and be ready to submit next week. 🤞🏻 iambapoet.com/audition

Today's joy is publishing 100 episodes of “Singing as the Darkness Lifts” on @podbeancom www.podbean.com/podcast-epis...

Starting tomorrow, meet the stars 🌟 of issue V of The Storms, the printed journal of poetry prose & visual art. Supported by @fingal.ie & Dublin City of Literature & Dublin City Council 🙏 Issue V will be have its first launch on 1 Nov with full launch details coming soon 🎉

Climbing a mountain in the dark, feral feminine energy and more w/ victoriamoul.bsky.social @suefinch.bsky.social @pi-and-anne.bsky.social @johnglenday.bsky.social @writtenbyallison.bsky.social @carolee.bsky.social @koshtra.bsky.social @aempoet.bsky.social 2/3 www.vianegativa.us/2025/09/poet...

Today in a range of places people have breathed air scented with: Zoflora, herbs, trees + wet grass, cleanliness… Thanks for joining in!

Monday is Blog Day where my week starts with finding out what Monday smells like, and I look for the joy that makes my heart sing. Here’s COBWEBS BLOWN... soopoftheday-soo.blogspot.com/2025/09/snow...

Red-cheeked, challenged and proud at the top of Snowdon on our night climb. 🎉🥾❤️

Wonderful to interview Beth Brooke, @bethbpoet.bsky.social, a poet I really admire, on her latest collection 'A Long Way Down' www.samszanto.com/post/beth-br...

#TimeToThinkBreatheandBe #Coaching

Rewriting Utopia, hoarding ephemera, and more with @jasoncrane.org @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social @suefinch.bsky.social @kristybowen.bsky.social @webbish6.bsky.social @thepoetslizard.bsky.social www.vianegativa.us/2025/09/poet...

PodBean Link for those who like to listen: soopoftheday.podbean.com/e/cobwebs-bl...

This week's blog is called COBWEBS BLOWN... soopoftheday-soo.blogspot.com/2025/09/cobw...

September on the calendars brings: #LookThere Ronnie jumping for joy in between two orange silos in Dorking. #ElasticBandPhotos ‘Five Torn Stripes and Eight’ A discarded elastic band on the pavement makes the shape of an eight. The kerb, gutter and road also feature.

If you've got a couple of minutes I've got a prose poem to share with you... It's called: 'What Would You Like to Achieve? youtu.be/6IZUOm0q_uc

‘You would need a microscope to bring the beauty back’ @suefinch.bsky.social Sue Finch from her #SilverBranch series feature. www.blackboughpoetry.com/sue-finch-au... #poetry #writing #poetic #poetryinmotion #poetrycommunity

#TimeToThinkBreatheandBe #Coaching

Today’s joy is ‘Blackberries on my mind’. (A shadow photo with blackberries at the top of the head.)

This week in the poetry blogs w/ @kent-nj.bsky.social @matriches.bsky.social @shawnalemay.bsky.social @robmclennan.bsky.social @mcrucefix.bsky.social @emmalee1.bsky.social @richardjnewman.bsky.social @matthewepaul.bsky.social @salenagodden.bsky.social 1/3 www.vianegativa.us/2025/08/poet...

Hooray!

Monday is Blog Day where my week starts with finding out what Monday smells like, and I look for the joy that makes my heart sing. Here’s NEW SHOES... #SingingAsTheDarknessLifts soopoftheday-soo.blogspot.com/2025/08/new-...

Do have a read…

Today’s joy is sitting at my desk for an early morning writing hour. I call this button art monolith under full moon. (Framed buttons and seaglass, a ‘What Would Dolly Do? sign and my 3rd June seaglass jar.)

Monday is Blog Day where my week starts with finding out what Monday smells like, and I look for the joy that makes my heart sing. Here’s CLAPPING WITH MY HEART...

Today’s joy is an aerial shot of the Poet’s Wife rose as it blooms through the table. More usual bloom on the bush for contrast. (Yellow roses.)

This week in the poetry blogs with @kent-nj.bsky.social @saudaminideo.bsky.social @racheldacusauthor.bsky.social @shawnalemay.bsky.social @robmclennan.bsky.social @katiemanningpoet.bsky.social @mcrucefix.bsky.social @suefinch.bsky.social 1/3 www.vianegativa.us/2025/08/poet...

And here's the listening link: soopoftheday.podbean.com/e/clapping-w...

Monday is Blog Day where my week starts with finding out what Monday smells like, and I look for the joy that makes my heart sing. Here’s CLAPPING WITH MY HEART...

“One of Sue’s main strengths in poetry is her ability to weave emotion and authenticity throughout her work.” Another top The Book Bag, this week on @suefinch.bsky.social’s ‘Welcome to the Museum of a Life’. Plus the launch of my new collection ‘Why I Wear My Past to Work’ on 12th Sept ✨

‘You cannot unhollow the sound’ Sue Finch’s #SilverBranch feature this month! @suefinch.bsky.social blackboughpoetry.com/sue-finch-augu…

Plenty news in this week’s entry in The Book Bag featuring @suefinch.bsky.social Welcome To The Museum Of A Life #poetrycommunity #poetryreview Mentions to @thebrokenspine.co.uk @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social Wee Sparrow Press, @parlyareepress.bsky.social, @citizen-chris.bsky.social and more

AT AN IMPRESSIONABLE AGE A TEACHER TOLD ME THAT SOME INUIT PEOPLE DID NOT HAVE TOOTH DECAY OR DENTINE … ‘I clamped the lids between my molars and then twisted the bottle’… 🦷✍️❤️ From @suefinch.sky.social #SilverBranch @blackboughpoetry.sky.social #poetry www.blackboughpoetry.com/sue-finch-au...