We dive into Prawn on the Lawn, Escaping in-laws, Eating oysters and, Drinking champagne, A still moment, In a weekend storm. #WildWalkPrompt #Oyster

Quill of Mnemosyne@sonnetsmith.bsky.social · 2d ago

Hello Wild Walk #writers Seaside ornament, Oyster shells clothing the sand In mother of pearl Your word today is #Oyster Use the image/word to inspire your writing. #WildWalkPrompt #prompt #writesky #blueskypoets #writingprompt #nature #5amwritersclub

Issue 9 Submissions are now open! Details: epistemiclit.com/submissions/ Submission form: forms.gle/tycBEc2GhxuY...

Wyrdlings! Halfway between the summer solstice and the autumn equinox, just after Lammastide begun, we give you: “First Fruits, Corn Dollies, Corn Spirits” as this week’s #WyrdWednesday topic. Come and share tales of Lughnasadh, of harvests, first loaves & things that haunt the wide wheat fields.

Good night from Clevedon 🌅

Printing three commissioned linocut prints currently. They are for the local conservation group who look after the Chalk Stream down the road from me. This one is a Daubenton's Bat, they live near the stream and feed on insects on the surface of the water. Remarkable creatures

Whenever someone informs me that they don't believe in using the Oxford comma, I feel surprised, saddened, and disappointed.

While everyone is all hyped up about #TheOdyssey I thought it would be a good time to recommend this book, which is an history of real women in ancient Greece and Rome.

Naaahhh - things have sucked for years... but if something is breathtakingly excellent and makes you feel good to be alive, it's fair to assume that AI isn't involved.

We're literally in the hottest year on record, which is also one of the coolest summer's we'll experience again in our lifetime. But yeah, keep doing more of the stuff that causes it. Not a good start... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Burnham to announce plans for new North Sea oil and gas drilling

Drilling has become a controversial topic for the Labour party after the 2024 manifesto pledged to not issue new licences.

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For #PoemsAbout #ExitWounds. Thanks to @thebrokenspine.co.uk for hosting and getting me writing. #Poetry

Tomorrow: #PoemsAbout #ExitWounds. Focus on what's left behind. The dent in the pillow. The silence after the argument. Theme opens tomorrow. Use Alt Text.

Submissions open AUGUST 1-31st Theme: Agency vs Determinism Details: epistemiclit.com/submissions/

morning Friday there’s an old saying which I don’t remember here’s my little “throwaway” poem for #PoemsAbout #Powercut and thank @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #blueskypoets #poems #poetry and while we’re on the subject enjoy your weekend everyone everywhere 🛋️🚮🗑️🛋️

A soft click, precursor, Synaptic links, severed, The final lights out. #PoemsAbout #PowerCut #Senryu #Haiku

Just finished reading this and entirely frustrated at the next book not already being available to read. All series should be printed all at once so I can binge read them in the same way as Netflix 😅 #BooksIRead

Delighted that my poem Early Summer Walk is now up alongside the other excellent contributions to the Sunday Poetry Series on the poetry site A Thousand Shades of Green. Many thanks to the wonderful Susan Richardson @shadesofgreen.bsky.social And here’s the link👇 #poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky

A Thousand Shades of Green@shadesofgreen.bsky.social · 4w ago

I am thrilled to share the our Sunday Poetry Series is now also available on our website! Visit the site to read the poems, and discover more about the authors on our Featured Writers page.

In 1842, journalist/philosopher Charles Southwell (1814-1860) was imprisoned at Bristol New Gaol for blasphemy. Southwell was the editor of the Bristol-based “Oracle of Reason” - the world’s first atheistic journal. He was the first of three of the journal’s editors to be jailed for blasphemy.

British sensibility in action - I'm sat in a hospital and an alarm is going off saying "an incident has been reported in the building, please await further instructions" and no one is batting an eye.

Very pleased with how these have come out! #Linoprints #Printmaking

I keep seeing people posting iambic and reading it as lambic and then I want a beer. #PoetryCommunity #FirstWorldProblems

It's been a while since I've got the inks out. Making the table cards for my wedding next month - Greek gods and goddesses instead of numbers. #Hermes #LinoPrint #Printmaking

She picked herself up and out of the rest of the carrion that had been left in the sun to rot and feed the vultures. It may not have been a heroic way to survive, but throwing her body among the piles of dead had been her only way out. #VSS365 #Carrion

A whimsical one for you...🪨 #WildWalkPrompt #BlueSkyPoets #Poetry

Quill of Mnemosyne@sonnetsmith.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Hello Wild Walk #writers Abandoned or lost? Forgotten treasures hiding In nature's beauty. Your word today is #Lost Use the image/word to inspire your writing. #WildWalkPrompt #prompt #writesky #blueskypoets #writingprompt #nature #5amwritersclub

Lurching from one wave to the next the little boat rocked absurdly from side to side, threatening to spill all of its contents into the mouths of the waiting fish below. #VSS365 #Lurch

Tintinhull yesterday. Beautiful little @nationaltrust.org.uk gardens. #GardensToVisit #Somerset

I push you more distant to tell you I’m not lovable before you tell me I can’t bear it, f u r t h e r you move, I run ahead, shove, I left; I push you more distant until you’re gone and I can say I can say I was right about you #vss365 #retroartprompt #poetry

I have never bitten into anything. I was waiting.

New challenge alert!🔔 When managed sympathetically churchyards can be amazing places for wildlife! The challenge this week is to see which wild & naturalised plants you can find blooming there! Share for #wildflowerhour this Sunday 8-9pm using #ChurchyardFlowers @caringforgodsacre.bsky.social

Recent violence & how it has been provoked by bigoted malevolents & rationalised in the media stir me to record my poem Cloaca Maxima, first published in @manchesterreview.bsky.social & share it for @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social’s #promptcombo theme #NothingMakesSenseNowadays #poetrycommunity