Carl Burkitt
@carlburkitt.bsky.social
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Children’s poet. Grown up poet. Sometimes animal poet.
Couldn’t be prouder of my new poetry zine for kids with the wonderful Stefan. His words and illustrations are dreamy.
add a skeleton here at some point
8 days ago
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Attention span
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A little bit about me…
2 months ago
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reposted by
Carl Burkitt
Acid Bath Publishing
2 months ago
👁️
#CoverReveal
🙌 Carl Burkitt’s NEW
#FlashFiction
#collection
I GOT A JOB “is hilarious, peculiar, well-observed & heartbreaking. It is a mate sharing
#stories
in the pub. It is
@carlburkitt.bsky.social
’s attempt at imagining a more colourful, job-hopping life in 100 short
#tales
.” 💬🖋️
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Raindrops on my trampoline 🌧️
3 months ago
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Sorry, but I’ve got the GOAT coats.
4 months ago
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Natural questions
4 months ago
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reposted by
Carl Burkitt
Acid Bath Publishing
4 months ago
Coming Soon... The next
#book
from ABP will be
#FlashFiction
collection I GOT A JOB by
@carlburkitt.bsky.social
📖👀 Carl likes telling tales. He likes to tell them online, behind a mic, in
#books
, in schools & on the sofa with his young family. Carl has only ever had 6
#jobs
in his life… for now.
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Oh well
4 months ago
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9 Things The Grey Cloud Above Me Looks Like
4 months ago
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A wild construction site 🏗️🦒
4 months ago
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TODAY’S THE DAY FOLKS
5 months ago
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Well…? You tell me!
5 months ago
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The truth about giraffe 🦒🦒🦒🦒🦒🦒🦒
5 months ago
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Writing a poem is easy ✍️
5 months ago
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My School Friend is a Crab 🦀🦀🦀
6 months ago
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When I grow up
6 months ago
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Jobs I Would Be Good At
6 months ago
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My day as a bin 🗑️
6 months ago
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Nothing like clean livin’
6 months ago
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One of those days…
6 months ago
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My day as a sloth 🦥
7 months ago
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I Was Asked to Write a Poem About a Giraffe 🦒
7 months ago
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Peanut Butter Quarrel
7 months ago
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I never feel as free…
7 months ago
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FINALLY grabbed myself a copy of ‘Blue Jelly and Strawberries’ by
@attielime.bsky.social
. Disturbed how she seems to have jumped into my son’s mind and bought his dream to life with ‘Best Tree Ever’.
7 months ago
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You should have a look inside my backpack.
7 months ago
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🍌
7 months ago
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A hammer called Fred
7 months ago
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The daffodils arrive…
8 months ago
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Still unsure whether to fill this blue sky with white clouds of my kid poetry or my murkier grown up ones. Either way, here’s one for today.
8 months ago
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Second thought
8 months ago
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I am a goat 🐐
8 months ago
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The names of my fingers
8 months ago
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Flip me, it’s
#pancakeday
!
8 months ago
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Never easy sharing a poem based on a true story. I hope you like it.
8 months ago
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The call me a silly Billy…
9 months ago
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Uh oh. Be careful with this week’s
#TuesdayTitlePrompt
9 months ago
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What scares the thing that scares us?
#FridayTrydayPrompt
9 months ago
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Let me introduce you to Woofly Barkson… (If anyone handy with a pen fancies scribbling this chap, please feel free to share.)
9 months ago
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Dog sitting 🐶🐶🐶
9 months ago
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“Hi, I’m Slush.”
10 months ago
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10 Things I Learned at Monster School
11 months ago
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