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@chrispin2.bsky.social

Writer of words Baker of bread Player of guitar Father of two Husband to one

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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 2d ago

#FromOneLine 435 He scribbled a note...

He scribbled a note and thrust the manuscript back at Angelo. Angelo took the score and glanced at the composer's addition. His heart sank.
'What!' he said. 'You want a high C? Are you crazy?'
'The moment calls for it the crescendo is building and requires the high C,' said Donato. 'I was a fool to think the lower octave would suffice. It has to be the high C!'
'Do you know how difficult that is?' Angelo rapped the score with the end of his flute.
'You are professional, no?' said Donato. 'that is what they told me - a skilled orchestra of talented musicians. That is what they said. So you play it - long and loud, if you please.'
Angelo's jaw clenched. His lip tightened and his fingers stretched for the keys. He blew long and hard and shrill, sending Donato's fingers to his ears.
'Stop, stop!' cried the composer.
'As you wish, Maestro,' said the flautist. 'Just as you wish!'

Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 2d ago

#vss365 His mother demanded an #errand extended but he was avoidant pathologically offended she was insensitive to his neurodivergence chose to treat his reluctance as nothing but insolence he stuck to his stance she berated his indolence and they lived ever after in sulky intransigence

Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 2d ago

He haunted the yard squatted there by the bench just hunched there watching #ghoul #vss365

He haunted the yard
squatted there by the bench
just hunched there watching

cloudy his eyes
dark were the clothes he wore
in need of patching

as they passed
they would not catch his eye
they muttered no greeting

he heard them laugh
watched sadly their game
as they went running

heard the names that they called him
with insults they schooled him
branded him fool

called his mother witch
his father monster
and him the ghoul

Rob0909 @rob0909.bsky.social · 3d ago

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/st...

Stop the Privatisation of the British Library!

On 16 October, Jeremy Silver, Interim Chief Executive Officer, announced to staff that British Library management intends to: • Close parts of the Library, including the Science Reading Rooms, with th...

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Peter James Martin - #vss365 host 1 - 15 November @authorpjm.bsky.social · 5d ago

Chapter 18 of Avalon Tales: The Girl With The White Hair has landed on my blog 🙂 tstpjm.blogspot.com/2026/11/200-... Can Isabelle and her father take down Malagant and reclaim the Holy Grail? The story concludes! #urbanfantasy #shortread #WritingCommunity #amreading

CarlyJA22 @carlyja22.bsky.social · 7d ago

Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 5d ago

So amazing to see 21 people finally released from Delaney Hall and reunited with their loved ones! Combined with the blue tsunami, this is such a happy, hopeful moment for everyone. Love to see it!

DavidtheDreamer @davidthedreamer.bsky.social · 5d ago

SENRYU 0527 unclenching your fists freedom becomes the reward as locked doors open  © Copyright David Hoffmann 2026 - All Rights Reserved #vss365 #reward #haiku #senryu #senryusunday #QuarterQuadrilleQuaiku #senryu0527

Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 5d ago

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Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar.com · 6d ago

South Carolina sent another doctor to Washington! Congratulations to Dr. Annie Andrews, who will fight for healthier families in the Senate.

Jenn R-J @jennfel.bsky.social · 5d ago

blue wave we reward ourselves with hope #vss365 #senryu

Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 5d ago

Loved your Instagram #wordoftheday today Respair! Recovering after despair

Susie Dent@susiedentwords.bsky.social · last wk.

If the world is getting a little too much may I recommend the inexplicably obsolete word ‘latibulating’, from the 17th century? To latibulate is to find a cosy corner somewhere and hide in it. I’ve collected a few more like this here: substack.com/@susiedent/n...

Rachel @rachelnewcombe8.bsky.social · 5d ago

Remembering, always a reward. #vss365 #reward

Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 5d ago

Yesterday we sat and smalltalked over coffee enjoyed the trick of lies freedom from truth in your eyes though doubt Today I sit alone look only into the eyes of the phantasm in the dark mirror recognise grief in my own regret choices long for second chances #vss365 #phantasm

A s p e n🕊️©️(AspenBrave®️™️)@aspenbrave.bsky.social · 5d ago

#BraveWrite #vss365 #reward #Midterms2026 #WeAreOne ⬇️ Humankind 💙 Won: 👇 Our #Reward Along With 🌊: 👇 FIRST: Native American-NM Gov Black Woman-GA Gov Black Man-FL Gov Latino-CA Gov Latina-TX Gov Muslim American-MI Senate Openly Gay Man-Senate Palestinian American-NY Transgender Woman-FL

Humankind Won:
"First Native American" (NM Gov)
"First Black Woman" (GA Gov)
"First Black Man" (FL Gov)
"First Latino" (CA Gov)
"First Latina" (Tx Gov)
"First Muslim American" (MI Senate)
"First Openly Gay Man"(Senate)
"First Palestinian American" (NY)
"First Transgender Woman" (FL)

Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 5d ago

A summer of labour evening's blue flames flicker harvest the #reward #vss365 #badhaiku

Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 5d ago

Waking up to awesome news from the US. CONGRATULATIONS!

Resist 🕎🍉@antizionistjew.bsky.social · 7d ago

Protesters gather outside BBC Scotland headquarters in Glasgow calling for justice for the more than 250 journalists killed by Israel, laying their photos on the steps of the building to mark the UN International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists.

Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · last wk.

Soften up a horror film: Okay You Can Look Now

Fortuna Mobilis@nerienis.bsky.social · last wk.

Soften up a horror film: Teacher From The Black Lagoon

Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · last wk.

When #wolf comes to your threshold welcome her #vss365

When wolf comes
to your threshold
welcome her

throw wide the door
step aside for her to enter
for she has chosen you

breathe her heady musk
as she finds her place
at your hearth

she may, if you are respectful
allow you to push your fingers
into the silken fire of her coat

but when she yawns
study the ivory teeth
her warm breath warns

imagine your skull
between those crushing jaws
the bone splintering as they close

so, feed her generously
for you are fat, fragile and fragrant
and she is forever hungry

Katie Jenkins @katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social · last wk.

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Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · last wk.

#vss365 #exhilaration The veil is thin, they say November Eve late leaves' soft soughing in the trees owl's hard screech breaching the stillness fox's harsh bark...

The picture is of a moonlit forest
a poem is printed onto it

The veil is thin, they say
November Eve
late leaves' soft soughing
in the trees
owl's hard screech
breaching the stillness
fox's harsh bark

we reach dreamfingers behind
the curtained shadows
of our minds
our palms open
to exhilaration
the heart pumps
its yearning for the touch
of another kind
of the good folk
whose names we may never know
but like shy children
we'll smile
and joke
and hope

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Boze Herrington, Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 2w ago

Patrick Stewart in lockdown reading my favorite sonnet, Sonnet 73, “That Time of Year Thou May’st in Me Behold.” RIP.

Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 2w ago

Definition of 'aftermath' The mess your brain is in after doing too many sums.

Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 2w ago

I search for #elated yet end up deflated the two seeming opposite are clearly related the highs & the lows the tos & the fros the aboves & belows these binaries stated I fly but I stall I climb then I fall I leap then I crawl all victories fated but even in defeat new hope is created #vss365

Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 2w ago

RIP Patrick Stewart Don't let it be so!

Chrispin2 @chrispin2.bsky.social · 2w ago

I put a spell on you and now you're not going to be able to get to the shop

Kristi@krazedkitty.bsky.social · 2w ago

I put a spell on you and now you’re saying you want me back