Francesca L Rolle
@francesca-laura.bsky.social
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Art. Nature. Poetry. Life. She/Her
https://linktr.ee/francescalauradesigns
I use my tears to sear together what remains of the fragments I used to call self. A salt-baked soul fresh from the oven of grief. Crusty and hard and set for what comes next.
#VSS365
#Sear
#WritingCommunity
#VeryShortStory
43 minutes ago
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Anyone know what type of snowdrop these might be? They were huge!
#BloomScrolling
#Gardeners
#Flowers
2 days ago
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Mat Pringle
2 days ago
Advice for a waning moon. ๐
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WWF UK
2 days ago
Today, wildfires are wiping out twice as much forest as they did 20 years ago. It may be hard to visualise, so here's an interactive map to see just how big these burned areas are. ๐
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
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Mapped: how the world is losing its forests to wildfires
Wildfires now destroy twice as much tree cover per year as two decades ago โ a crisis fuelled by climate change
https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2026/jan/13/mapped-how-the-world-is-losing-its-forests-to-wildfires
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Find myself wondering (with utmost patience) when
@thepaulconnolly.bsky.social
might be hosting another
#PoetryTheme
prompt...
3 days ago
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๐๐๐๐ ~ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐
4 days ago
On Feb 1 2026,
@iamb.uk
celebrates six years online. Join
@louisepoetical.bsky.social
and creator/curator
@markantonyowen.com
on Jan 31 โ plus a hand-picked selection of poets from the 380 who've featured in the journal so far โ for a free, fun evening of poetry readings. ๐ฅณ๐
bit.ly/iamb_is_six
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Last Saturday - celebrating 6 years of iamb
Join iamb's creator/curator Mark Antony Owen & host Louise Longson for a night of poems to celebrate 6 years of this great poetry showcase.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/last-saturday-celebrating-6-years-of-iamb-tickets-1980252284891
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Brigit Strawbridge
4 days ago
Winter Moon - by Chinese contemporary woodblock printer, Shi Yi, who is celebrated for his technically stunning designs of village life and rural China.
#art
#woodblock
#printmaking
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Getting on the bus only to realise your jeans stink of stir fry from last night.
#Monday
4 days ago
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For all the women sick of seeing women represented as
#Kooky
in TV and film as if there were no diversity in how women should behave.
#VSS365
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5 days ago
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She's a kooky lady, they say. Meaning she doesn't conform to stereotypical gender norms. She wears trousers and shirts, and she might even have bangs. She prefers takeout to cooking and she doesn't want kids. She's kooky, they say. She doesn't give a shit what they say. Kooky, they say, kooky.
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I'd say happy new year to the
#PoemsAbout
crew but this one's not exactly happy...
#Static
#PoetryCommunity
#BlueSkyPoetry
#Politics
7 days ago
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Matthias (hiatus โ just blooms 4 now) ๐ฆ๐งโโ๏ธ๐
5 days ago
cradled inside the pages of a book a smile reignites
#smallpoemsunday
#poetry
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Andy Williamson
7 days ago
Here's something I wrote earlier for
#poemsabout
#static
. Happy new year everyone and thanks as always to
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
for the great prompt!
#poems
#poetry
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I'd say happy new year to the
#PoemsAbout
crew but this one's not exactly happy...
#Static
#PoetryCommunity
#BlueSkyPoetry
#Politics
7 days ago
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Matthias (hiatus โ just blooms 4 now) ๐ฆ๐งโโ๏ธ๐
9 days ago
freeze-dried mint leaves taste like spring days about to come tongue tickling sharpness
#BraveWrite
mint
#poetry
#senryu
#poetrycommunity
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roger waldron
10 days ago
hereโs a poetry evening in Sheffield if youโre passing itโd be great to see you and your friends (thatโs if youโve got any friends that do poetry) ๐ฎ๐๏ธ๐คทโโ๏ธ
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From 2025. As I have not succeeded at making good poached eggs I guess this one can roll over to 2026...
#Poem
#Poetry
#Resolutions
#NewYear
10 days ago
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Rachel
11 days ago
Thanks
@dragonslayerma.bsky.social
for our first 2026
#promptcombo
. My
#nightfall
poem is steeped in ancient Turkish traditions, superstitions and folklore. Happy new year to all.
#poetry
#poems
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Rob Galpin
11 days ago
#poetry
friends - I'm looking for recommendations for some handsome and recent pamphlet publications. Particularly anything handmade, beautiful, minimalist, letterpress etc
#PromptCombo
#PoemsAbout
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Brian Bilston
11 days ago
This poem is dedicated to anyone heading back into work and having to endure dull conversation about what they got up to during the Christmas holidays.
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Gently Entering a Nubile state Treat me Lightly, Enough.
#Gentle
#AcrosticJanuary
#Acrostic
11 days ago
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The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN)
12 days ago
This week:
#Static
โ interference, distortion, the hum beneath the signal. Whatโs left when the message breaks down? When the screen refuses clarity? New theme opens Friday. Donโt post early. Use Alt Text. Tag
#PoemsAbout
to be found.
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I think we all need Bodega Cats right now. A small smile among the madness.
add a skeleton here at some point
13 days ago
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In 2025 I was lucky enough to get my first poem published in the fantastic
@epistemiclit.bsky.social
. This year I'm aiming to push past the nerves and submit to a few more places.
#PoetryCommunity
#Poetry
#GettingPublished
add a skeleton here at some point
13 days ago
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Marty Supreme was excellent although extremely intense; not a moment of reprieve.
#Films
#Movies
14 days ago
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In talk of abstraction, I lose myself. Ellipses of memories scattered between presence. Am I now or then, or when?
#VSS365
#Abstraction
14 days ago
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Weird Bristol
15 days ago
When the SS Great Britain returned to her birthplace of Bristol in 1970 (after being scuttled and abandoned for decades in the Falklands) a banquet was held to celebrate. One of the side dishes was mussels which had been scraped from the hull of the ship as it entered the dry dock.
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First snowdrop of the year in my garden. A good sign for the year ahead I think ๐ค
#BloomScrolling
15 days ago
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A subtle smile, An expectant glance to you, Delight is to come.
#VSS365
#Delight
#HappyNewYear
15 days ago
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Butterfly Conservation
15 days ago
Happy New Year! Butterflies and moths are often seen as a symbol of hope and new beginnings ๐ฆ Keep an eye out for these species in your gardens and local green spaces this month, and let us know what you see.
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Paul Connolly
16 days ago
2026 Peace, justice and equality Thatโll do ๐
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#NewYearsEve
plans: go for a walk, read my book, make fresh pasta, play boardgames.
16 days ago
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Paul Connolly
16 days ago
If travel through time and space had allowed Dante and Samuel Beckett to collaborate on something, they would have created Jools Hollandโs Hootenanny
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National Trust
18 days ago
It's been a strange year for weather and wildlife in the UK...
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I was not prepared for the colour of this sour beer from Yonder!
#Beer
#Futurama
#Slurm
18 days ago
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Tom Gauld
18 days ago
My cartoon for the latest
@newscientist.com
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Daytrip to Lyme Regis. Beautiful day โ๏ธ
#Ammonites
#Seaside
20 days ago
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Merry Christmas one and all! May the festive season be whatever you need it to be ๐โค๏ธ
23 days ago
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TransActual
25 days ago
We're recruiting a Communications Lead to join our fantastic team. . We are looking for someone with excellent interpersonal skills who can run our press office and lead the way in creating and implementing our new Comms Strategy. For more info go to
transactual.org.uk/jobs
#hiring
#vacancy
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A trip to Tredegar House has made me feel a little more festive ๐ a few more sleeps to go...
26 days ago
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Solstice blessings โ๏ธ let the light return.
26 days ago
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I'm not sure if this is a poem... but it's what I've written for
#PoemsAbout
#Money
it's probably a
#WIP
and/or a stream of consciousness ๐
28 days ago
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The London Magazine
28 days ago
The London Magazine Poetry Prize 2026 is NOW OPEN! The winning poems will be published in future issues of The London Magazine. There will also be an award ceremony held in London for the winners. Further details here:
thelondonmagazine.org/the-london-m...
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The London Magazine Poetry Prize 2026 - The London Magazine
The London Magazine Poetry Prize 2026, judged by poets Isabelle Baafi, Dean Browne and Luke Kennard. Entries close March 13th.
https://thelondonmagazine.org/the-london-magazine-poetry-prize-2026/
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Here is a cat, a cat called Lenny, who didn't want to spend the afternoon in the rain.
#NotMyCat
ps. no, I don't feed him.
30 days ago
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It's too painful to say 'in my memory' because that would be to admit that you no longer exist elsewhere.
#VSS365
#Memory
about 1 month ago
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Nikita Gill
about 1 month ago
A guy just told me โitโs a womanโs job to have babiesโ and when I informed him โeven if that is true, which it is not, itโs not any womanโs job to have babies with YOUโ he lost his entire mind. I donโt think Iโve ever seen anyone turn quite that shade of purple before.
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Epistemic Literary- Read Issue 7: Integrity now!
about 1 month ago
If you havenโt read Issue 7: Integrity yet, I have to ask you โ what are you waiting for?
epistemiclit.com/current-issue/
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Current Issue -
digital literary anthology accepting submissions based on theme to open conversations aimed at interpersonal understanding.
https://epistemiclit.com/current-issue/
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Just been baptised by the bus stop. Protected from the sin of late buses and the smells of greasy takeaways forever more.
#Blessed
about 1 month ago
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Julian (Hool)
about 1 month ago
Hullo
#promptcombo
#memorial
Unusually, a second one from me.
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Everyday, a soliloquy / Main character energy.
#VSS365
#Soliloquy
about 1 month ago
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