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

As I’m heading off to Singapore where the twin cinema form is popular, I thought I’d try this for #PoemsAbout #Money @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk (Each column reads as a complete poem vertically, while each corresponding line reads horizontally as a coherent poetic unit)

This #poemsabout #YouShouldntHave comes from the sharp edge of gratitude @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk

For today’s #vss465

This #vss365 was written on St David’s day and based on his famous quote

For today’s #vss365

Despite predictions from the current White House Europe is being enriched not facing erasure #vss365

This #PoemsAbout #Imps is rooted in a particular history, but it speaks to anyone who's ever felt their truth diminished, distorted, or dismissed. It’s for those reclaiming what was reduced and remembering what was hidden. #Speirgorm @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

Heres one for this #promptcombo #thispoem and thanks to @victoriaspires.bsky.social for the inspiration

For today’s #vss365

For #vss365

As the collection reflects on the Irish diaspora experience thought I’d repost with #Speirgorm but the collection speaks to anyone shaped by migration, memory, or loss

For Tom Stoppard, a tribute to the last of a certain brilliance. A mind that made thought theatrical, and let language dazzle as it disappeared. #vss365

Here’s one from my rece published collection for today’s #vss365

Here’s one for today’s #vss365

It’s hard to hear the phrase #NoFuture without thinking of those heady days of youthful rebellion #PoemsAbout @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk

This #vss365 is about the pernicious influence of AI

For #vss365

Here’s one for today’s #vss365

What does it mean to hold onto your name when the world and your mind starts to forget it?This #PoemsAbout #Dogtags looks at memory, identity, and the quiet defiance of holding on. @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

The phrase “a schmozzle in the parallelogram” was immortalised by the legendary Gaelic games commentator Michael O’Hehir. It describes the chaotic, harmless scuffle that sometimes erupts during games. #vss365 #Speirgorm

Here’s today’s #vss365

In a damaged world, truth survives only in the fractures. For #vss365

This is for today’s #vss365 and anyone who experienced the exhilaration of Troy Parrott’s goal for Ireland yesterday #Speirgorm

A poem for #vss365 about yet another housing plan in Ireland, all the broken ones before it, and the new voice in the Áras. #speirgorm

As my beloved Constantinople is often called the city of the worlds desire, here’s another for #PoemsAbout #Desire @thebrokenspine.co.uk

This Steve Reich inspired poem fits today’s #vss365

Knowest thou not, O Fairies' lord! How much by us contemn'd, abhorr'd, Whatever hides the female form That cannot bear the mortal storm? William Blake, The Rossetti Manuscript #BookWormSat

Roman Emperor Hadrian loved a young man named Antinous. History turned their passion into rumour #PoemsAbout #Desire @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk

Here’s today’s #vss365

A different sort of war for #BookWormSat “The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles.“ The Communist Manifesto (Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels)

Here’s on older one for today’s #vss365

I posted this earlier in the week but it works for one for the #LockedDoors of knowledge that some of us experience #Poems About @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

The agency of women is often seen as a fatal flaw in history and myth #vss365

Here’s one for #PoemsAbout #LockedDoors @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

My memory of education for this #vss365

The story of D.J. Carey (one of the greatest hurlers of all time) is one of brilliance and downfall, a modern tragedy of fame, trust, and hubris. #Speirgorm

Here’s one for #vss365