GrimalkinGerry
@grimalkingerry.bsky.social
Poet and teacher based in Finland.
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Dave Bonta@davebonta.bsky.social · 2w agoThis week in the poetry blogs with @suefinch.bsky.social @webbish6.bsky.social @grimalkingerry.bsky.social @samrasnake.bsky.social @matthewepaul.bsky.social @garybarwin.bsky.social @pearlpoet.bsky.social @victoriamoul.bsky.social 1/3 www.vianegativa.us/2026/10/poet...
#scotstober Day 26 - beelin - to be angry, festering unnerfit autumn is beelin wi life leafs rottit an foosty glaur and aipples boun tae burst
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Thi clock jimps back
Awful week at work, I'm feeling battered by the whole thing, but it's the weekend, baby, so I can forget about it for a while. And have an ...
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#scotstober Day 25 jimp - to jump thi clock jimps back an ah wake wi a gift an oor untrauchled bi mah wirries
#scotstober Day 21 birl - to spin around mah heid is birlin whit tae dae wi yer wirds an mah birslin anger
Tough week, so I'm behind on #scotstober Day 23 scunnert - fed up, disgusted ahm scunnert in thi wey we tramp ower thi warld lik it awes us sumthin how we tramp ower ithers
Some semblance of silence, an obsession with ephemera and more with @grimalkingerry.bsky.social @matthewepaul.bsky.social @matriches.bsky.social @robmclennan.bsky.social @emmalee1.bsky.social 4/4 www.vianegativa.us/2026/10/poet...
Poetry Blog Digest 2026, Week 42
A personal selection of posts from around the Anglophone blogosphere, including Substack.
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New post on the Thistle Wren blog. #scotstober #poetrybloggingnetwork #thistlewren thistlewren.blogspot.com/2026/10/scot...
Scotstober 2026
Last day of the autumn holiday and it's glorious blue skies and gold light. But there's frost on the porch after yesterday's rain and a hars...
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#scotstober Day 18 - wrang - wrong, incorrect smitched wi autumn amh drawn wrang i thi city av gowd and crisp-blae ahm thi shaddae-hauf
#scotstober Day 17 - flech - a flea or a restless person flechin - to be restless mah hert unsattelt flechin at thi sicht of thi sun trinnlin doon yer jaw ah mind yer wairmth Image by my son.
#scotstober Day 15 - quine - a young woman or girl ahm no a quine no a carline no a wifie naebody cries me hen or missus ahm a wummin an auld soul a new soul a body in mah body
#scotstober Day 14 - deave/deeve - to annoy, to deafen murrin at mah feet ah can maistly forget she wis deavin me fur fuid i thi wee oors
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Poetry Blog Digest 2026, Week 41
A personal selection of posts from around the Anglophone blogosphere.
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#scotstober Day 13 - stroop/stroup - a spout thi caul leavin mah banes lik thi hush frae thi kettle's stroup
#scotstober Day 12 thrawn - very stubborn ah ken theres a hoolin o wind ootside but ahm tae thrawn tae switch oan thi heatin hap yersel wi stockins an woolen blankets jist coorie in
#scotstober Day 11 jalouse - to suspect, to think few wad jalouse thi mirk in me tae bite doon on its cauld steel ainly tae taste licht hinnied-sweet
I forgot about #scotstober this year. Thanks to @leftpeggers.bsky.social for the list this year. For the uninitiated - Everyday in October a Scots word is introduced. I write snippets of poetry. Day 10 - girse - grass thi scrab aiples rottit oan thi girse birsin unnerfit thi juice av October
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The Gods in the Undergrowth
Autumn has hit Finland, hard. I've learned a new Finnish word, ruska, which indirectly translates to the colours of autumn, the leaves chang...
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Dave Bonta@davebonta.bsky.social · 3mo agoA bowl of heat, the musicality of machines, and more with @thepoetslizard.bsky.social @grimalkingerry.bsky.social @suefinch.bsky.social @robinhoughton.bsky.social @robmclennan.bsky.social @kent-nj.bsky.social @irisannelewis.bsky.social @mcrucefix.bsky.social 2/3 www.vianegativa.us/2026/08/poet...
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A Nugget of Reality Wrapped in Silver Foil.
First week at school with the kids in session. Nothing to say but exhaustion. It's more fun to talk about the eclipse. We saw it here in Fi...
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Performing poems in care homes, being the forbidden lover of a prince & other adventures @jannoble.bsky.social @richfergusonpoet.bsky.social @saudaminideo.bsky.social @sbpoet.bsky.social @robmclennan.bsky.social @suefinch.bsky.social @grimalkingerry.bsky.social 3/3 www.vianegativa.us/2026/08/poet...
Poetry Blog Digest 2026, Week 32
A personal selection of posts from around the Anglophone blogosphere.
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New post on the Thistle Wren blog, looking at Ithaka and memory. thistlewren.blogspot.com/2026/08/mind... #thistlewren #poetryblogger #poetrybloggingnetwork
Mind the Gaps
Horrible week. Ok, maybe not horrible, but frustrating and difficult and too, too real. Going back to work after a teacher's summer is tough...
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This week in the poetry blogs with @alinaetc.bsky.social @grimalkingerry.bsky.social @clareshawpoet.bsky.social @kent-nj.bsky.social @encyclopaediac.bsky.social @matriches.bsky.social @samrasnake.bsky.social @suefinch.bsky.social @garybarwin.bsky.social 1/3 www.vianegativa.us/2026/08/poet...
Poetry Blog Digest 2026, Week 31
A personal selection of posts from around the Anglophone blogosphere.
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New post on the Thistle Wren blog - my AI debate continues. thistlewren.blogspot.com/2026/08/do-i... #thistlewren #poetryblogger #poetrybloggingnetwork (sorry new link and image, but same post)
Do I Continue to Feed the Beast?
Aghh, I've lost two days of my holiday because I've had to change roles at work. This year I get to look forward to more hours, more busy wo...
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Nolan's Odyssey & more w/ @victoriamoul.bsky.social @sallythomasnc.bsky.social @grimalkingerry.bsky.social @webbish6.bsky.social @velveteenrabbi.bsky.social @renee-emerson.bsky.social @jannoble.bsky.social @adamcairnspoet.bsky.social @thepoetslizard.bsky.social 2/2 www.vianegativa.us/2026/07/poet...
Poetry Blog Digest 2026, Week 29
A personal selection of posts from around the Anglophone blogosphere, including Substack.
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New post on the blog - Slow Summer Urgency. thistlewren.blogspot.com/2026/07/slow... #thistlewren #poetryblogger #poetrybloggingnetwork
Slow Summer Urgency
It's been a long summer of contrasts, weeks where it rains like a judgement, weeks where the heat clings and drags us down. I have course wo...
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Dave Bonta@davebonta.bsky.social · 5mo agoPoets at rest and on the move this week @lisamariebasile.bsky.social @sallythomasnc.bsky.social @grimalkingerry.bsky.social @aempoet.bsky.social @trishhopkinsonpoet.bsky.social @thepoetslizard.bsky.social @sbpoet.bsky.social 2/3 www.vianegativa.us/2026/06/poet...
New post on the blog, Collecting the Collections. thistlewren.blogspot.com/2026/06/coll... #thistlewren #poetryblogger #poetrybloggingnetwork
Collecting the collections
Another long day summer and another attempt to clear the desk I bought to do my writing. It overlooks the back of the house, a stretch of li...
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Dave Bonta@davebonta.bsky.social · 5mo agoA parking space for dreams and other curiosities w/ @webbish6.bsky.social @thepoetslizard.bsky.social @kristybowen.bsky.social @grimalkingerry.bsky.social @roguestrands.bsky.social @matriches.bsky.social @shawnalemay.bsky.social @robmclennan.bsky.social 3/3 www.vianegativa.us/2026/06/poet...
New post on the blog, beginning of summer. thistlewren.blogspot.com/2026/06/writ... #poetryblogger #thistlewren #poetrybloggingnetwork
Writing for No Reward
Summer is finally here and we've finally got a decent burst of rain, so everything is greening up. School has been finished for a week and ...
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