Check out these bears. www.badlilies.uk/jonathan-edw...

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He like curling - who knew?

My thanks to @thebrokenspine.co.uk and @alanparrywriter.co.uk for hosting yet again much appreciated #PoetryAboud #Undressed

@thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk #PoemsAbout #Undressed A bit oblique on the prompt, but it's what came out!

I'm sorry if you were offended' is not an apology. Quite the opposite. Not the choice of words that are the problem, but the brain that thinks it

For #promptcombo, #ecstasy interpreted differently.

#WednesdayWIPs#poemsAbout#LiftToTheSky@BrokenSpine A (very much) WIP extract provisionally entitled 'Adam's Boner' about creation myths and religion. Trying to get the tone right! The serpent with the apple fist and Pandora, the terrorist, raises the lid, reveals her ever-open wound:

so there's an old-boy network. Who knew?

‘As autumn furled the summer’s blistered sails, fine glass of holy gold, the bottled song of nightingales.’ James McConachie, from ‘Consolamentum’. @jamesmcconachie1.bsky.social www.blackboughpoetry.com/consolamentu...

You have a window installed in your chest so I can see what you mean. Peeping between ribs like blinds at your fist of a heart, pale- knuckled pounding. Wants to be free, you say. But my guess is, your heart is knocking for better luck than me. #vss365 (pale) #ThingsToWriteAbout (window)

What will we do with the loneliness of the mythical? - Eavan Boland, “Eurydice Speaks”

If anyone is wondering, like I was… myshakespeare.com/hamlet/the-s...

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

To the #poetrycommunity Everyone must follow Paul Short @paulwritespoems.bsky.social Not only do his poems contain some of the most intricate & uncompromising poetic language on here. He’s also a tireless advocate for the importance of poetry & promoter of other poets. Paul deserves a #lifttothesky

A poem for February from me. The Quiet of An Owl’s Wing, February tinyurl.com/bdcnxrmk 🖼 Owl flying against a moonlit sky, Caspar David Friedrich, c.1836. #OwlishMonday

This weeks book is by @louisepoetical.bsky.social and published by @hedgehogpress.co.uk All the normal news and the playlist is an eclectic mix this week…

Christ almighty, that last line.

'How can you write poetry in the midst of terror?' A poem shared for TTT's theme of thought police, fascism and resistance. Thank you for reading. #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social

Content warning. Genocide/ atrocities/ real-life horror. James McConachie takes us to the horror of war and slaughter of the innocent. @jamesmcconachie1.bsky.social www.blackboughpoetry.com/consolamentu... #poetry #books #writing #CeasefireNOW

Can we rewind to the beginning? Asking for a friend.

For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies

2026 is not a year for spectators www.facebook.com/reel/1938847...

Bernie Sanders: "We need to be thinking seriously about a moratorium on data centers. You gotta slow this process down. It's not good enough for the oligarchs to tell us 'you adapt.' Are they gonna guarantee healthcare to all people? What are they gonna do when there are no jobs? Make housing free?"

Hello from deepest Lincolnshire. Happy #smallpoemsunday. Two spoils. One by me, one by Cavafy (spoils of my Christmas book haul).

Society needs diagnostics to prove (without a doubt) that vascular damage is being caused by COVID infection (not the vaccines). This will help stabilize societal understanding re: vaccine benefit vs risk. Learning of many people who also have had recent MIs but blame them on the vaccine🤯😔

Zelenskyy calls Russia’s claim of a strike on one of Putin’s residences a “complete fabrication,” a lie designed to sabotage diplomacy, justify more attacks on Kyiv, and excuse Moscow’s refusal to end the war. He warns the world must not stay silent as Russia tries to derail peace.

On December 31st, we stop fundraising. Whatever we’ve raised, we’ll work with. I hope it’s enough to do something massive. This award belongs to the writers who made it happen. Let’s finish strong. 🔗

So I spent several hours writing a new poem yesterday morning, recorded it to listen, deleted recording, and accidentally the poem (catfight distraction.)Failed to recover poem. Harrumphed all day.Try again today fortified with a Kir Royale? No Cassis. Buck's it is.

Festive Greetings from my little house to yours.

This is a beautiful poem masterfully read…

A huge thank you to all who have liked and written such lovely comments on my #PoemsAbout and #PromptCombo poems this year, and to those who have shared their work too. It's great to feel part of a warm, supportive community of such amazing poets! Here's to more good writing next year! #poetry

Post a book quote that you love. #booksky #bookchallenge #writers #authors #readers #booklovers

Extract from The Long Scar, published in Issue 8. Read the full poem here: andotherpoems.com/2025/12/17/t... #poetry

At the risk of patting myself on the back, I do feel poets who appear in online publications should perhaps appreciate journals like @iambapoet.com and @afterpoetry.com a little more than they do. I've maintained both diligently, while other titles have vanished ... taking authors' work with them.

Enrich your winter reading with James McConachie’s eloquent poetry collection ‘Consolamentum’. www.blackboughpoetry.com/consolamentu... #books #bookgifts #poetic @jamesmcconachie1.bsky.social

Here's the 'why'.

Last Christmas Ich gave thee myne hearte The verye next daye ther came a wolf Wyth sinews of whispers - quiet as frost - And the wolf stole myne hearte, fled To a tower out of tyme biyonde all the stars. Seek now myne hearte, Return it within a yeare and a daye: Thys ys thy queste

Louise Glück 🖤

He's literally calling for a fascist takeover of Europe. It's not about encouraging Europe to stand on its own two feet.

Indeed no.

#victoriaspires #jamesmcconachie#alanparry amongst too many to mention, including you, obvs.

Late at Night, William Stafford from Traveling Through the Dark(1962) #poem #poetry

This always cracks me up. I have a good friend whose pet peeve is calling it Frank instead of The Monster. I frequently send them this pic.

Maggie Smith ♥️ @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social @tupelopress.bsky.social

I bought youngAlfie a cat tree for Xmas to match with his coat, as he's a bit dapper like that. He likes looking at birds.