I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.

#2wordprompt They tasted pepper spray My writing feels too shallow To make a difference #haiku #poetry

🚨 Breaking from the US Senator for Connecticut. 👇 There you have it. ICE has never been about immigration enforcement. It's a weapon used to brutalize Americans and stoke enough fear so that Trump can rig the elections and usher in dictatorship.

A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.

I am walking death Time and opportunity Waiting in the wings #poetry #haiku #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity

This guy went to work today, put a mask on, kidnapped a 5 year old child, and then used him as bait so both he and his father could be sent behind bars

NYE with Blemish of Gravity 3rd year in a row at The Inn on the Green Cookham. A good time was had by all. It’s my guitarist’s covers band I’m still helping out. Good learning experience. This was one of 5 new covers. Home at 03:00am New Year’s Day; Rock & Roll… #indie #indiemusic #guitarist

Can’t do poetry now, but here’s a rejected poem from 2024. #merrychristmas [Lost my faith long ago but Fr. Kevin was a shaman; he loved maths, space, science fiction & “just a minute” on Radio 4 😂. People loved him.] #poetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #christmas #vss

Nobody works this hard for this long to cover up something this bad unless they are guilty.

I’m still helping out my guitarist friend with his covers band & we’re playing NYE at the Hotel Sanctum on The Green in Cookham Dean SL6 9LZ Berkshire. If anyone wants to rock the night with Blemish of Gravity please come along ! #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #coversband #nye2025 #music

Dear BSky friends. Here’s my new single “Alors”. Please give it some love, if u have time. Not writing much poetry. A toxic narcissist destroyed my faith in the art. Here; limerence embraces insouciance. #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #indiemusic #newmusic #song open.spotify.com/album/57ur6Y...

60,000 people – 0.001% of the world’s population – control three times as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity. Top 10% earn more than the other 90%. They control govts, means of production; inflict civil strife, deaths; thwart possibilities of democracy. Tax the rich.

Ode to #successor All her spleen vented at me Good luck with your turn #haiku #vss365 #poetry

Dear BSky friends. Here’s my new single “Alors”. Please give it some love, if u have time. Not writing much poetry. A toxic narcissist destroyed my faith in the art. Here; limerence embraces insouciance. #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #indiemusic #newmusic #song open.spotify.com/album/57ur6Y...

#smallpoemsunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social

Gobsmacked that my poetic prose work "Retreat" has been chosen by editor Raymond Huffman to appear on the Front Page of Open Arts Forum in December. Thank you, Raymond. Here's a sneak preview:

What a beautiful anthology from The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press, curated and co-edited by @marcellenewbold.bsky.social and Bronwen Evans. I was delighted to have a poem chosen alongside many wonderful poets. Find out more about it here: www.theweesparrowpoetrypress.com/lines-of-com...

This won’t go far but~ If you’re anxious abt #poetry submissions here’s a relevant but hard read 1) do your research on who you’re submitting to 2) prizes or an excessive publication list does not make a decent human being Talking xenophobic #narcissist here. Personal experience #writingcommunity

Eleven years and three quarters of an hour late two sons and a granddaughter said goodbye to the other half of Capt. JJ Guntrip’s ashes. My daughter was dancing & auditioning in Europe during the funeral. We thought dad would want her to keep dancing. An honest mistake, so this day was cathartic.

The mathematics of #energy and matter simple equation #vss365 #haiku (In the book It Must Be Beautiful, by Graham Farmelo he explains Einstein’s thought experiment proof of E=MC^2 which you can follow; imagine an astronaut and a cosmonaut with two torches and a piece of paper..)

#TheStarbeckOrion Countdown: 3 days to go. Do you want to be a headliner? Have a whole day to your poetry and artwork? Contribute to this forthcoming October edition of The Starbeck Orion. Details below: open.substack.com/pub/the880/p...

Two days ago, he took a shit on the American people. Today, he began demolishing the People’s House. That’s all he does. He shits on people, and he destroys things. Bcuz he’s a horrible person. I blame him a lot for the death & destruction he’s caused. I blame his enablers & his appeasers even more.

I need to let go but under the weight of imaginary clamour; here’s a poem for Tuesday from a no-books no best-of-anything, not spiritual poet, (least I don’t excoriate writers privately or control behaviour). A pointless ripple lost in the best of net show for the day. Voila #poem #poetrycommunity

#TheStarbeckOrion Countdown: 4 days to go. Do you want to be a headliner? Have a whole day to your poetry and artwork? Contribute to this forthcoming October edition of The Starbeck Orion. Details below: open.substack.com/pub/the880/p...

The player’s little character had all the power of an #atom inside their little body. A veritable whirlwind of death for any creature that had the misfortune to spawn anywhere near her. Rory watched in awe as she cut through enemies as though they were barely more than gnats on the air. #vss365

Inside the #atom There is spin quarks gluons Higgs boson holding it all together in some kind of miracle like the beauty of her smile #vss365

Today will be full on. Fittingly, if time allows, moments on a last album track, Daji. A friend told me the story of Daji, a Chinese fox-legend who tempted and destroyed an Emperor. Even lowly fools can fall lower… Anyway; here’s ombre for #smallpoemsundqy

What can you possess When they've taken everything, When ruin is all. #inkMine #possess #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity @inkmine.bsky.social

103 years since The Waste Land first landed. Yates replies from the wreckage of modern Birmingham. A century later, the questions still rot. @martinkennedyyates.bsky.social #ThisWilderness www.amazon.co.uk/Wil...

today I am grieving too many of the lives I decided not to live I am an agony of unhappening #poetry

Thank you #LauraGrevel for this revealing review of #BeautifulLittleFools #GreatGatsby#FScottFitzgerald #Decadence #Deceit #Poetry @thebrokenspine.co.uk #PoetsOfBlueSky #PoetryCommunity #https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/237581519-beautiful-little-fools

ARIZONA AG: “.. Arizona’s right to a full delegation, and the right of the residents of CD 7 to representation from the person they recently voted for, are not up for debate ..” @politico.com #AZ07 www.politico.com/live-updates...

Hi @dragonslayerma.bsky.socia Fidel and your glorious #promptcombo #SimplePleasures. My second is from my collection "Othernesses":

Apropos 0 requests a poem 4 Tuesday; making sense of a narcissist policing 4 yrs of posts on X; I gave up. My weakness; but should’ve walked away each time her spleen vented at creative sisters. Psychopathic? Turned out 1/2 the time erotic poetry collaborations were underway with her ice muse #poem

#LiftToTheSky I’d like you to know that this wonderful community of poemsabout and The Broken Spine have been an incredible source of motivation for me in my writing journey and am ever so thankful to you. Your energy and dedication in making this space vibrant is truly appreciated. I… 1/2

Most pleasantly surprised and more than chuffed to receive this commendation of my 2022 collection: "As Folktaleteller". Thank you, Carolyn. bsky.app/profile/caro...

This sadly demented man doesn't realize *he* was president on Jan 6, 2021. Get him in an assisted living facility ASAP.

Poverty tastes like peanut butter straight from the jar because you're out of jelly and the bread went bad. It sticks to the roof of your mouth slowing down your speech because there's not enough mercy in the world to wash the taste down #poem #poetry #micropoem #micropoetry #5amwritersclub

For #smallpoemsunday a reflection and experimentation.. Après..

Hi @hool415.bsky.social Ju. Hope you're having a brilliant week. Here's my sixth response to your outstanding #promptcombo #visitor:

Happy Friday to this week's theme!😃🖐 #poemsabout #imperfectme @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

#poemsabout #imperfectme @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

@alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #Poemsabout #ImperfectMe Please see my poem for the prompt in the screenshots :) Thank you.

Had time today to compose something for #poemsabout #ImperfectMe... A fascinating subject, inspiring so much #poetry, plus introspection, I'm sure. (Apologies, @alanparrywriter.co.uk Posting a little early - 4 hours before midnight - as tomorrow is busy) @thebrokenspine.co.uk

This #ImperfectMe is October grey in a second poem for #PoemsAbout. Thank you @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk @brokenspinearts.bsky.social @alanparry83.bsky.social @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social #poetrycommunity #poetry #poems #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry

Forgive me, I am by nature an open book, but was discarded carelessly halfway through a reading, pages splayed, binding strained. But regard the spine: creases long and smooth as the lines of the South Downs viewed from afar. A chance, my friend, that’s all I ask. #PoemsAbout #ImperfectMe

Morning all, I'm going to be looking through posts later today for #poemsabout & #imperfectme This has taken me back to an old project, 'Flora Speaks' where I created the character Flora to say things I struggle to. Basically she is badass! Thank you 🙏 @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk