And here’s a bit of fun for pi day

This #vss365 explores that delicate space where memory fades but feeling remains, and the hands still reach for something once held, once cherished. Sometimes, the emotion survives the forgetting.

For today’s #vss365 I’ve gone for two corners. Apologies to non soccer fans but it was a great night (if you were a Man Utd fan)

In a damaged world, truth survives only in the fractures. A sorter and more accessible take on this weeks #PoemsAbout Thanks as ever to @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

This prose poem is written in conversation with the closing movement of James Joyce’s Ulysses, Molly Bloom’s great “Yes.” It takes that current of affirmation and reimagines it through a more collective, contemporary voice. #PoemsAbout Thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

Some childhood joy for today’s #vss365

This older poem written for the great Ornette Coleman also fits today’s #vss365

A paean to collective action for today’s #vss365

A #vss365 inspired by Aristophanes’ Clouds but aimed at our modern temples of truth: the algorithm, the scroll, and the glow of the ring light. In this piece, the Clouds watch us trade truth for spectacle, complexity for comfort, and points to storms that inevitably follow.

In Irish tradition, a bean feasa (“wise woman ”) was a healer and seer who worked with herbs, lore, and the wisdom of the land. Biddy Early was one of the most famous. Denounced by some clergy as a witch, she was brought to court but never convicted. #vss365 #SpeirGorm #SpéirGhorm

Let’s have a go at this #fragmentsfriday then @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social

A short #PoemsAbout digital self-surveillance and the quiet discipline of the feed. Many thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk

Here’s one for today’s #vss365

On World Book Day it feels like a fitting moment to launch my author website. The site is intended as a place where the current collections can sit together and where readers who are interested can explore them more easily. dermotmurphyauthor.com

James Joyce suffered from severe, lifelong eye issues including cataracts which required more than a dozen surgeries and led to near-total blindness. #vss365

This #vss365 is for a timid lens grinder

Happy St David’s Day

A scientific quest for today’s #vss365

Desire has a price tag before we even name it. This is a #PoemsAbout bodies, bills and the brief moments that slip through transaction. Thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk

A literal take on this #PoemsAbout #UnderTheSkin Many thanks as ever to @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk

For Jesse Jackson

A recent trip inspired today’s #vss365

This is for today’s #vss365

In the 8th and 9th centuries, the Carolingian Empire promoted a standardised script (Carolingian minuscule) across Europe. Irish scribes continued to write in their insular hand, producing some of the greatest works of calligraphy such as the Book of Kells. #vss365

Today’s #vss365

I’ve always been fascinated by how Cage recorded this piece and it fits today’s #vss365

What happens to a saucy postcard when the woman walks out on the gag? #PoemsAbout #Undressed Thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk

Here’s one for today’s #vss365

This #vss365 is inspired by the touch of Keith Jarrett

Another Beckett inspired poem for today’s #vss365

This #vss365 is a reflection on the city of the pale (Dublin) #SpéirGhorm #SpeirGorm

This an older one but still worth posting #vss365

This #PoemsAbout #Mouths answers Beckett’s Not I by suggesting that while language may never belong to us, the body can still learn a minimal, ethical restraint, silence not as failure or abyss, but as practiced discipline after compulsion. @thebrokenspine.co.uk

For St Brigid’s day, this piece is a meditation on quiet resistance, collective care, and the sacredness of making space. It sees Brigid not as a symbol of purity, but as a force of shelter and stubborn hope

A challenging write for this #vss365 (Content note: raw depiction of sleep-deprived parental anguish and the scary edge of intrusive thoughts.)

This #PoemsAbout #BlackVeils is inspired by a modern take on Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Minister’s Black Veil. Many thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

I couldn’t ignore recent events for today’s #vss365

Given this renewed obscenity I will repost this poem

A city stretched between Mass and mischief,' Couldn't this be any Irish city? I can't tell you how much Dermot Murphy's collection, The Drift of Memory, resonates with me.There is such a sense of intimacy & I've just found the Clancy Brothers! @fiftywords.bsky.social ❤️ #Poetry #poets #Ireland #Irish

In a time of rising fear and fragile freedoms, this #PoemsAbout #FalseCrowns speaks to the quiet strength of people who refuse to bow. Many thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk

For today’s #vss365

Given recent events it seems the world veers and teeters on the edge of chaos based on the whims of one man #vss365

Here’s one for #vss365

I’ve been a little quiet on here for a while as I’ve been travelling but as I’ve just returned so here’s my initial reflections. A Hymn to the Sublime Intraordinary

Been travelling for the last month so here’s a quick #PoemsAbout #TimeSlips.

Just wanted to wish you all a happy new year and a big thank you to this community.

At this time of year I think the #PoemAbout community deserves a collective pat on the back and to offer a heartfelt thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk for his wonderful work

At this time of year I think the #PoemAbout community deserves a collective pat on the back and to offer a heartfelt thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk for his wonderful work

Here’s one for #vss365