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Heather Wastie
@heatherwastie.bsky.social
Poet, singer songwriter, keyboard & accordion player, actor, Worcestershire Poet Laureate 2015/16 https://wastiesspace.co.uk/ https://linktr.ee/heatherwastie
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Having a Wordpress blog is like being in the Brownies. I have achieved a Time Traveller badge by editing a post that's more than 5 years old. Apparently ‘It needed it’. Well, WP, I had to correct your spelling of ‘traveller’.
The Chancellor is removing import tax on gherkins!!! Here’s what I think about those ‘stomach-jerkin little rotters’. (Poem from my collection ‘Don’t Oil The Hinges’) wastiesspace.co.uk/2015/09/03/a...
A poem about the gherkin
Elena Thomas has asked me to post my gherkin poem which I wrote after sitting in a Worcester pub with poets Sarah James and Angela Topping. How could I refuse? A poem about the gherkin for Sarah Ja…
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The new Prime Minister is writing a "10-year plan" for the UK. The arts & culture MUST be part of it. I've signed @campaignforthearts.org's petition urging @andyburnham.bsky.social to revitalise the arts – to revitalise the whole nation 🌱 Join me: www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/10-year-plan/
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"We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are." — Anaïs Nin #journaling #reflection #writing
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Some bod / bot in China has read my poem ‘Surfaces’ and has learned that here in the UK we propagate vegetables in our ears wastiesspace.co.uk/2026/09/23/s...
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In the days of Corona, Mother’s Pride, the Betterwear Man and milk on the step, the bread man brought bread, the coal man brought coal, so the dustman must have delivered dust. Dust to be bru…
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Happy #NationalPoetryDay - ‘You and I and the dragonfly’ (published on the wonderful Dirigible Balloon website with lots of other poems for children) dirigibleballoon.org/poem/You-and... #Wonder #dragonfly @northernjim.bsky.social
We're delighted to be stocking a selection of volumes of Black Country poetry by West Midlands publisher Offa's Press. All of these are available in our online shop!
Remember Mother's Pride bread and the Betterwear Man? Surfaces - a poem from my latest book, now on sale! wastiesspace.co.uk/2026/09/23/s...
Surfaces
In the days of Corona, Mother’s Pride, the Betterwear Man and milk on the step, the bread man brought bread, the coal man brought coal, so the dustman must have delivered dust. Dust to be bru…
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Do you have specific music you listen to when you are writing? I find there are some albums that help me get into a writing headspace. #WomenWriters #WritingCommunity
Delighted to be included in this lovely list.
Jonathan Humble@northernjim.bsky.social · last mo.47 of the 48 wonderful, massively talented and generous poets who have donated their work to our third anthology (Dream a Wild Breeze) in aid of the CCHS charity "Keep Me Breathing". Can't wait to get the book to its production stages. JH 😊 #PoetryForChildren #DirigibleBalloon #DreamAWildBreeze
It was great to see so many people at my book launch! The singing of ‘Doh call me a Brummie’ was loud and heartfelt 😁 WUM MED, WUM GROWED - my tenth collection - is now available from www.lapalpublications.co.uk! #BlackCountry #dialect #laughter
Say happy birthday to the breeze Call happy birthday through the trees Sing happy birthday to the sky Happy birthday, Dad, another year gone by.
ATTENTION TEACHERS! Would you like to have a poet in your school, but struggling for cash? You can apply for a £500 grant, courtesy of Tower Poetry Schools Grant. Info here: www.chch.ox.ac.uk/tower-poetry... Please check out my website to book me: www.joshuaseigal.co.uk. Pls share! #EduSky #BookSky
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Official launch of my tenth collection in 48 hours! Thursday 17th Sept 7pm. Cradley Heath Library, Upper High Street, Cradley Heath B64 5JU WUM MED, WUM GROWED
Black Country History Day, Saturday 17 October, 10-4.40. Join us as at the Black Country Living Museum to discuss 'Protest and Dissent in Black Country History'. Tickets available at bclm.com/tickets-and-...
This evening, Arena Nights returns to the Arena Theatre in Wolverhampton. Our headline show is 'Easy Money' by Clive Oseman. Find out more about the evening here: wlv.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
A strong supporter of the #FundBritainsWaterways campaign, I hadn’t considered this additional benefit. Thanks for sharing @fbw-campaign.bsky.social
The Conversation UK@uk.theconversation.com · 3mo agoCanals can provide cooling corridors in cities, a study shows.
Turns out that if you are an old lady with a banner supporting Palestine, the government arrests you on charges of terrorism. If you are a masked white male thug bringing a national port to a standstill, the government does absolutely nothing, and the media covers it like some lads on a day out.
The new Prime Minister is writing a "10-year plan" for the UK. The arts & culture MUST be part of it. I've signed @campaignforthearts.org's petition urging @andyburnham.bsky.social to revitalise the arts – to revitalise the whole nation 🌱 Join me: www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/10-year-plan/
Prime Minister – put the arts in your 10-year plan for the UK | Campaign for the Arts
Sign our petition urging the UK Government to build a country where the arts are available from childhood, accessible to all and thriving everywhere.
campaignforthearts.org