#passion #vss365 #poem #limerick A chap who had so strong a passion for all the minutiae of fashion would never appear outside, for the fear that something, with something, was clashin'.

#BookSky Thank you, again, my local #library. Found this #CSLewis #novel there, inspired by the Cupid and Psyche story, which is excellent.

#vss365 #explore #poem #limerick The popular urge to explore is one that I try to ignore. I quite like to pop across to the shop; that does it for me, nothing more.

Niebieski Kot (Blue Cat) Art by Mariusz Stawarski From the children's poetry anthology Sky Magic, 2009 Good Afternoon Blue ones #MenWithCats

Sylvia Plath reading #Daddy. Sylvia's voice is chillingly beautiful. (Published posthumously in #Ariel 1965)🖤 #SylviaPlath 🎧👇🏻▶️ youtu.be/6hHjctqSBwM?...

Sylvia Plath Reads 'Daddy'

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Well, I don't think #Vogons had invaded our #poetry #workshop before, but they were part of the prompt this evening.

Hi! I’m a guest on the latest episode of What’s Her Name? podcast, discussing the alluring romantic tropes of famous female pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read, and why we just don’t know enough about them to say much with confidence podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

THE PIRATES Anne Bonny and Mary Read

Podcast Episode · What'sHerName · 17 September · 56min

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Do you have a story that needs to be told? It's time to get writing! We're thrilled to announce that submissions for our transformative writer development programme Discoveries have opened for 2027. Learn more: womensprize.com/discoveries-... @cbcreative.bsky.social @katemossewriter.bsky.social

Every #Wednesday we'll share a #waterford. Respond with your own (4 lines; 8, 4, 4, 8 syllables; ABBA rhyming scheme). These are slices of feel-good art so keep them positive! #waterfordrhyme #poetrysky #poetry #poetrycommunity #PoetsOnBluesky #skypoets #writingcommunity #spéirghorm #micropoetry

#vss365 #commence #limerick #poem My feelings on this are intense - I writhe in a funk on the fence; what breathtaking art I'd make, if I'd start to try to begin to commence.

‘Pandas have powerful teeth that can chew things a lot tougher than bamboo. One conservationist described watching a panda eat an aluminium pan (and documented the aluminium nuggets that were excreted a few hours later).’ Liam Shaw on pandas. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Liam Shaw · I just wanted to touch it: To Catch a Panda

Pandas have good PR, but they’re not as cuddly as people think. They have powerful teeth that can chew things a lot...

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Just 16 days until our @poetrydayuk.bsky.social event at #Hitchin Library. This year's theme is 'wonder', so expect lots of wonderstatement.

Start your day with an explosion of young goldfinches in Mark Cocker's @theguardian.com country diary. #naturewriting #countrydiary

Country diary: Goldfinches and grasses, together in an explosion of movement | Mark Cocker

Priestcliffe Lees, Derbyshire: What a sight – and sound – it was, this huge flock of juveniles, feeding as the wind thrashed the vegetation

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A SENSITIVE AND THOUGHTFUL SEASONAL MEDITATION The Summer sold dreams, and we bought 'em, but now we have drifted to Autumn; migrating birds call and many leaves fall - the branches just cannot support 'em. #vss365 #autumnal #poem #limerick

Reading this; sensational writing, especially on pigeons #BookSky

I love this performance — great to see the lesser-represented genre of Wobbly Microtonal Intergalactic Pope Prog getting mainstream airtime youtu.be/38rvtcwhuw4?...

Angine de Poitrine: Zugzegk | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

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Visited @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk for work today to discuss forthcoming books from the publishers for whom I work. Excellent conversation as usual, AND they had #Gruffalogranny in the window.

#vss365 #eloquent #limerick #poem A certain unusual elephant was known to be learned and eloquent; his speeches were so replete with bon mots that nobody knew what the hell 'e meant.

#vss365 #intuition #limerick #poem Some people still make it their mission to revel in huntin' and fishin'. If only they'd spare a brain cell to care- it doesn't take much intuition.

‘The story of the Blitz cannot be fully understood as a national story. It was part of a global war.’ Colin Douglas on the role of the Caribbean in building Britain’s Blitz spirit, new on the blog. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...

Colin Douglas | Beyond the Blitz

The story of the Blitz cannot be fully understood as a national story. It was part of a global war. While the Luftwaffe...

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‘Bold, brilliant, thrilling’: leading authors on the novels every school should teach

A new term, a new PM … time for a new English curriculum? We ask writers from Ben Okri to Samantha Harvey to pick books that will inspire a lifelong love of reading

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🎤 Tickets are now available for our next open mic! Come along to The Poetry Cafe for our event, hosted by award-winning writer Toby Campion. Don't miss the opportunity to share your work at our iconic London venue. More information + tickets available at the link in our bio.

A subterranean @theguardian.com country diary by Merryn Glover to start the week... #countrydiary #naturewriting

Country diary: A dreadful den of murder and thievery – or is it? | Merryn Glover

Lynchat, Spey Valley: So many stories fill the iron age Raitts Cave, from wild legend to the more quotidian truth of its history

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Hi! Live near Sussex? Got teenagers? Do they like history, books, or middle-aged historians who are mildly funny, sometimes? You’re in luck! I’m doing a FREE event for teenagers at Crawley Library on September 22nd. I’ll be joined in conversation by funny history influencer Katie Kennedy

Marie de France (1160 to 1215) was a mediaeval poet who was probably born in France and lived in England during the late 12th century. #CelebratingWomen

‘There are fairy musicians and shoemakers, fairy miners, metalworkers and herbalists. Unlike angels and demons, whose lives can seem quite alien to ours, fairy activity in many respects mirrors our own.’ Nck Richardson on fairies. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Nick Richardson · Cradle Scissors: Away with the Fairies

Fairies are notorious shapeshifters. Their mutability has allowed them to survive, dodging censure by reinventing...

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#vss365 #palimpsest #poem #waterford Another manuscript is pressed upon the scroll that speaks my soul; I am a living palimpsest.

Nice Poetry Please edition comparing waiting for a poem with looking for a bird. Contains a small amount of John Clare. #poem #poetry #PoetrySky #PoetryLovers #PoetryCommunity www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Poetry Extra - The Poet and the Snipe - BBC Sounds

Daljit Nagra selects a highlight about bird inspiration - from the BBC's poetry archive.

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#vss365 #adroit #poem My Career So adroitly, I've evaded all the open doors, that, with vigour, has cascaded gymnasts' wild applause.

Word Salad poetry night is taking place in Cambridge on Saturday 12 September at Marvin's in Mill Rd. Thea Lungu is headlining. I'll be reading a poem or two.