Our themes for next Tuesday’s TopTweetTuesday. On Twitter. ~ Nostalgia/ wistfulness ~ 80 words max, imagistic, metaphorical, inventive, free verse (no rhyme), no A.I. #poetry

Triptych from Meteora. Surreal, breathtaking, iconic. 600m above sea-level and site of six active monasteries, the earliest dating back to the 14th century. Each houses ornate frescoes and artefacts. The 5 hour journey was worth it 📷 @photohour.bsky.social #Meteora #Greece #writingcommunity

The Starbeck Orion issue #14 Not Advent Anthology Day 3 of 25 featuring the poetry of Mandy McDonald the880.substack.com/p/the-starbe...

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The Starbeck Orion issue #14 Not Advent Anthology Day 2 of 25 featuring the poetry of Andrew Darlington the880.substack.com/p/the-starbe...

A #LifttotheSky and festive greetings to all my friends in tha amazingly brilliant and supportive #poetrycommunity #BlueSkypoets #PoetsSupportPoets who come together in #PoemsAbout #promptscombo. Have a fine time and may ‘26 be kind to us all @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk

Recording of my #poemsabout from last Friday, theme was #money. If someone could tell me why #alt-text won't work in video even if I add it, that would be greatly appreciated. #spokenword #poetry #poetrycommunity

Just to say thank you to all those who have supported my words, through #promptcombo and #poemsabout and elsewhere, and for all the wonderful words you've shared too.

I've had an incredible #poetry journey in 2025, inconceivable just a year ago, & thanks in large part to the support & encourage of the #poetrycommunity, #PromptCombo & #PoemsAbout. 🙏🙏😊🌠 #newpoem to welcome back the #light for 2026. #SeasonsGreetings everyone! bsky.app/profile/janp...

Yes, we all look for the light of the world to come, revisit, rejuvenate. 🕯️It has been a good year with #PoemsAbout and #PromptCombo. I have enough to put together a pamphlet or even a collection.

Holding the book that has your piece inside is a truly lovely feeling; got my copy a few days back. Thnx to @alanparrywriter.co.uk & @thebrokenspine.co.uk for making this possible. Also heartfelt thanks to all the support from #poemsabout community. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year 🥳 🎉🎻 #keepwriting

Best wishes to all here on #promptcombo #poemsabout And all other great poet/poems arenas on #bluesky. Thanks for all your support and encouragement to me too and our support of others!👍 Have a banging break whatever you get up to! 😀🎄⛄️🎁👏

#Poem #NewYear #PoemsAbout

Wishing everyone the best possible 2026, especially my #PoemsAbout family. I will put a reading in the comments. #Poem #NewYear

Festive best wishes to all my friends on here, to all those who have been kind & supportive this year, to members of the #poetrycommunity, the #promptcombo & #poemsabout writers I have met, & to those who have participated in my own #poetrytheme prompt. Have a peaceful season & great 2026🙏🙏🕊️🎄

The only Christmas song I can not only tolerate but that also gets me going like nothing else. 🎶💖✨️ Merry Christmas to all of you with a particular shoutout to the #poemsabout and #promptcombo folks for providing such a creative and uplifting space here. 🎄☃️🎁 #music #Christmas #gratitude

Please Checkout & Follow Paul Brookes @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social Subscribe to The Starbeck Orion Here’s part of my interview: the880.substack.com/p/the-starbe... #SeranyaArt

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Thanks for a nice Christmas present😀

How delicately a Romanesque angel uses the lightest touch of a finger to wake one of the magi, snuggled with the other 2 under their embroidered circular blanket at St Lazare, Autun, c1130 (& how beautifully the textures of pillow & blanket are represented). Season's greetings to you all!

Most welcome Paul! Looking forward to contributing in the next issue Merry Christmas and New Year wishes 🙏😊

Congratulation to you and @artbyseranya.bsky.social Love her work!

The Starbeck Orion Issue #14 Not Advent An Anthology. Page 1 of 25 Featured Artworker: Seranya open.substack.com/pub/the880/p...

Oooh, I will keep an eye for that.

And to you, and yours, Paul.

All good wishes to you and yours, Paul. Thankyou for your hard work supporting poets.

Yep. Brooding.

A feature from our archives. The poet Roger Hare @hareontherun.bsky.social (hopefully the right one) w/ visual artist/poet M.S. Evans who I believe is absent from social media these days. #hybrid #poem #art We dropped a We dropped A very big bomb on people icefloepress.net/2020/10/26/h...

Peace and happiness this festive season to you and yours Paul

#WombwellChristmasEve Thank you to all who have enjoyed my poetry, The Wombwell Rainbow, and The Starbeck Orion. Tomorrow is the first day of the last The Starbeck Orion of 2025. Happy Christmas to you all.

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

If everyone gets it, you’re not saying enough. #SpineEdicts #MisunderstoodOnPurpose #ChooseTuesdays

You are welcome my dear friend

@thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social @cathaguamia.bsky.social @ryuma21.bsky.social @pauljwillson.bsky.social @kirpalsingh.bsky.social @fred-forge.bsky.social #Christmas @norisroberts.bsky.social

Thank you for another wondrous year of TTT creativity @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social and @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social Here are 3 of my "best" TTT contributions from 2025. Much light to all poets and readers for the holidays. 🕯 To many more seasons of magic ✨️ #writingcommunity #poetry #imagist

You're welcome, Paul! 👋👋👋👍👊

The poetry of Paul Brookes

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Thanks for all your encouragement and support Paul!

celebrate the flowers in your heart winter confinement @ryuma21.bsky.social @norseren.bsky.social @fred-forge.bsky.social @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social @kirpalsingh.bsky.social #poetry #poet #writers @norisroberts.bsky.social

Thanks for all your hard work, Paul. All good wishes for the festive season and beyond.

Thank you, Paul @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social🦋

Great stuff Paul

And thank you Paul for your abundant generosity and discerning as an editor

#TheStarbeckOrion Contributions closed for the final issue of 2025. The next anthology will be the Summer Feast 2026 that begins on June 25th and lasts 50 days. Contributions in by 7th June. Thank you to all you amazing writers and artworkers that have contributed so much creativity this year.

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