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@adlibby.bsky.social
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Writer of pantomimes, poetry, and flash fiction. Loves PG Tips, haiku, and challenging perceptions about ‘women of a certain age!’ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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AdLibby @adlibby.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Very excited to announce my new haiku collection published by CuttlefisBooks is now available! Huge thanks to editor, Joshua Gage. Also my gratitude to @joewoodhouse.bsky.social and Jerome Burgland for their kind reviews #haiku www.amazon.com/They-Your-Cu...
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They F*ck You Up, Your Mam and Dad (Cuttlefish Books Poetry)
They F*ck You Up, Your Mam and Dad (Cuttlefish Books Poetry) [Evershed, Adele] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. They F*ck You Up, Your Mam and Dad (Cuttlefish Books Poetry)
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AdLibby @adlibby.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Very happy to have these two in the latest stellar issue of Folk ku. Thank you to editor, Jodie Hawthorne #haiku #senryu
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AdLibby @adlibby.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Very happy to have 3 #haiku in the new issue of #frogpond Thank you to editor, Allyson Whipple #poetry
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AdLibby @adlibby.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Thrilled to have these #haiku published by Heliosparrow in August. I wrote them on holiday in #Vermont #poetry
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AdLibby @adlibby.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Are you an older writer looking for somewhere to submit. Here is a great list put together by Trish Hopkins Full disclosure I am one of the editors of @thin-skin.bsky.social #writers #poets trishhopkinson.com/2026/09/16/n...
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No Fee Lit Mags & Journals for Poets Over 50
I’ve been gathering journals and magazines that publish work by older writers As always, a good poem is a good poem, and older writers publish everywhere. But sometimes it helps to know which journ…
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AdLibby @adlibby.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Chuffed to see my haiku today in FreshOutMag Thanks, as always,to editor, Eric Lohman #poem #haiku
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AdLibby @adlibby.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Day 3 where I share the cover of my new poetry book from AlienBuddha Press Pili pala is Welsh for butterfly. The book is a reimagining of Madame Butterfly set in Wales during World War II but with a twist! #poetry #𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐥𝐲𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭
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AdLibby @adlibby.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
My haiku published in Haiku Dialogue from the prompt Intoxication – Meditation Thank you to guest editor, Deborah Karl-Brandt #haiku
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AdLibby @adlibby.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Day Two of teasing my cover reveal. My book will be published this weekend by @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social Stay tuned for the title and a poem or two later this week #poetrychapbook #cymru #butterfly
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AdLibby @adlibby.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I’m delighted to announce I have a book coming out with @thealienbuddha this month. It is a poetic reimagining of Madame Butterfly set in Wales-I will be sharing parts of the cover culminating with the title all week #poetry #cymru #newbook
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AdLibby @adlibby.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Honored to have this haiku in today’s HAIKU DIALOGUE – from the prompt-Intoxication – Falling in Love. Huge thanks to guest editor, Deborah Karl-Brandt for commentary and kind words. #haiku #poetry #love
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AdLibby @adlibby.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Delighted to be back in @freshoutmag.bsky.social Thanks, as always, to editor Eric Lohman. #haiku #poetry
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AdLibby @adlibby.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Thrilled to have my experimental haiku chosen for commentary today in Haiku Dialogue from the prompt-Man-Machinery Interface. Thank you to guest editor, Alex Fyffe For his thoughtful words. #haiku
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AdLibby @adlibby.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Delighted to have this haiku in the latest issue of @prunejuicejournal.bsky.social Thank you to editors, Orrin Préjean and @pippaesque.bsky.social #haiku #senryu
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AdLibby @adlibby.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Last day of my stint as guest editor. I read a lot of wonderful haiku, some I chose but a lot I had no space for or couldn’t fit to a theme. Thanks to editor Allyson Whipple for the opportunity and Richa Sharma for the support. #haiku #poetry www.haikugirlsummer.com/senses-and-s...
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Senses and Sensibility
Haiku by Mona Bedi, Paula Sears, Nancy Orr, Korie Beth Brown, and Deborah A. Bennett first drizzle the blind man and I talk about petrichor Mona Bedi Delhi, India heirloom tomato sandwiches in ou...
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AdLibby @adlibby.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Blown away to have my haiku highly commended in the 2026 MARLENE MOUNTAIN CONTEST. Many thanks to judges Rowan Beckett Minor and Vandana Parashar. 69b046c2-a7e1-4a9a-9a22-1c70986eaa24.filesusr.com/ugd/f4c0ea_6... #haiku #senryu #poetryasprotest
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AdLibby @adlibby.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Another little editing gig. This is the first time we’ve featured poetry. Lmk what you think! #poetry #flashfiction #litmag
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AdLibby @adlibby.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Day 5 of editing Haiku Girl Summer #haiku #USA #poetry www.haikugirlsummer.com/1776-and-all...
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1776 and All That
Haiku by Janet Ruth, Jahnavi Gogoi, Eavonka Ettinger, Valentina Ranaldi-Adams, Rowan Beckett Minor, and Caroline Wermuth baseball stats counting nighthawks among stadium lights Janet Ruth Corrales...
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AdLibby @adlibby.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Day 4. A little naughty, a little nice! #haiku www.haikugirlsummer.com/four-play/
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Four-play
Haiku by Deborah Karl-Brandt, Sandra Simpson, Rupa Anand, and C.X. Turner tasting the salt on his skin cherry blossom tea Deborah Karl-Brandt Sinzig, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany big-sky day— a rippl...
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AdLibby @adlibby.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Day 3 #haiku #poetry #FunandGames www.haikugirlsummer.com/hide-and-seek/
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Hide and Seek
Haiku by Vandana Parashar, Roberta Beach Jacobson, Sari Grandstaff, Millicent Bee, and C. Jean Downer flying kites falling kites the same wind Vandana Parashar Panchkula, Haryana, India tagging M...
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AdLibby @adlibby.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Day 2 of my editing gig! #haiku #newjob #poetry www.haikugirlsummer.com/shades-of-pa...
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Shades of Pale
Haiku by C.X. Turner, Alanna C. Burke, Kelly Westhoff, Lisa Billa, and Julie Ann Espinoza elderflower cordial a cloud passing through the jar C.X. Turner United Kingdom a white blossom rises from...
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AdLibby @adlibby.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
So delighted to be given the opportunity to guest edit Haiku Girl Summer this week! My thanks to editor, @teatimehaiku.bsky.social Whipple for the opportunity and Richa Sharma for the support in guiding me #summervibes #jam #haiku www.haikugirlsummer.com/preserves/
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Preserves
Haiku by Vaishnavi Ramaswamy, Marjorie Pezzoli, Leena Anandhi, Julie Bloss Kelsey, and Nancy Brady kulfi melt— the glistening sweat on the vendor's pot Vaishnavi Ramaswamy Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Ind...
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AdLibby @adlibby.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Very happy to be back in @freshoutmag.bsky.social Thank you to editor, Eric Lohman #haiku
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AdLibby @adlibby.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Honored to have this haiku The Zen Space showcase and anthology, EIC Marie Marshall, curated by Guest Editor Jerome Berglund. The whole issue is a wonderful read: thezenspace.wordpress.com/submission/ #haiku #senryu
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AdLibby @adlibby.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Delighted to make my debut in @inksweatandtears.co.uk Thank you to editor Helen Ivory. #poetryasrembrance #poetry
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AdLibby @adlibby.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Delighted to have these haiku in @waleshaiku.bsky.social summer issue Thank you to editors, CX Turner & Joe Woodhouse #haiku #summer #Cymru
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AdLibby @adlibby.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Found out last night that my flash, Singapura-September 1952 made the @wigleaf.bsky.social Top 50! Couldn’t be more chuffed! Thank you to @trashcatlit.bsky.social for publishing my little hermit crab- if you write flash it’s a windy place to submit #flashfiction #singapore
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AdLibby @adlibby.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Thrilled to share my haiku collection is being published this summer. Huge thanks to Joshua Gage and Cuttlefish Books Might have to have a launch party in the near future…watch this space #books #haiku
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Rhys Hughes @rhysaurus.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Day two of promoting the first book released by Mission Creep Press. Why did I choose such an unpopular literary form as the prose poem for the first book? The ebook is free from any Amazon outlet for the next four days. Look for an ebook entitled "He Felt a Ghost so He Stole It" :-) #booksky
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Rhys Hughes @rhysaurus.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
To celebrate the launch of Mission Creep Press, the very first book is FREE on Kindle until June 14th! Prose poems, flash fictions, philosophical vaudeville... #booksky Free for only four days: www.amazon.com/dp/B0H4M5ZCTV
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He Felt a Ghost, So He Stole It: Prose Poems
Amazon.com: He Felt a Ghost, So He Stole It: Prose Poems eBook : Hughes, Rhys: Libros
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AdLibby @adlibby.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Delighted to be nominated for a Touchstone by bougainvillea journal. Thank you to editor Bhawana Rathore #haiku
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AdLibby @adlibby.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Love book post especially when I have 2 poems in the book! Thank you to Arcana Poetry Press and editor, Jordyn Krieg, you have been a joy to work with and I truly appreciate the thoughtful note that came with my book! #booksforsale #poetry
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AdLibby @adlibby.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Delighted Haiku Girl Summer is back! Equally delighted to have a ku published #haiku
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AdLibby @adlibby.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Absolutely blown away to win @darkwinterlitmag.bsky.social Poetry Contest. My thanks to judge Hollay Ghadery and the Dark Lit team. Congratulations to all the poets who made the long and short list- I’m very much looking forward to reading all the poems #poetry
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AdLibby @adlibby.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Love how @trashcatlit.bsky.social promote their writers. Their next subs call opens June 1st- you should check it out. #writers #flashfiction
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AdLibby @adlibby.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Always lovely to find out your haiku has been selected for commentary in Haiku Fualogue. Thank you to guest editor Carole MacRury, for her thoughtful words. #haiku #thingstotalkabout
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Jenni Wyn Hyatt @ydryw.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
#DailyHaikuPrompt #balmy nodding good morning paeonies and irises in the balmy air
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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Today from our Prompted Stories Pop-Up, we have @hayleyshucker.bsky.social🦝 We loved the frenetic pace here, those breathless sentences echoing the MCs mood and thoughts. All the imagery of the festival intermingled with the tension of love. Read and listen here: trashcatlit.com/alice-should...
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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
This sunny-ish Sunday, we have a Prompted Story spotlight from @scribblerotoole.bsky.social We loved the setting and the fabulous character voices. We felt like we were with the MC on his search. Great imagery, and an intriguing and tantalising story. Read here: trashcatlit.com/the-seven-of...
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AdLibby @adlibby.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
If you read only one poem in Wildscape Lit Journal don’t make it mine ( though I’m honored in having a small part in this wonderful testimony to calm//storm) read the intro and then the poem by Lamon Wiggins #stopgunviolence wildscapelit.com/issue-6-may-...
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issue 6 may 2026
Issue VI // Spring 2026 Images above, from left to right:”Grace” by Chris Bettencourt, cover of issue 6 using the piece “Madre” by Chris Bettencourt, “Carry On” …
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AdLibby @adlibby.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Delighted to have some ku in the beautiful spring issue of Wales Haiku Journal. Thank you to editors C X Turner Luci and Joe Woodhouse #spring #haiku #poetry
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Alison Wassell @alisonwassell.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Absolutely delighted that my little story has found such a lovely home. thin-skin.com/flash-fictio...
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Counting Down The Days - Thin Skin
Someone’s banging on the front door, but that’s not what’s woken me. There’s a high-pitched whining that surely only dogs should be able to hear. Ben, lying next to me, doesn’t stir, which isn’t surpr...
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AdLibby @adlibby.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Read a stellar issue of @thin-skin.bsky.social published today. Some amazing #flash & #shortstories. I was the flash editor for this issue and I love every story! thin-skin.com
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AdLibby @adlibby.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Haven’t written much flash lately so doubly pleased to have one in the bin! #keeponkeepingon #flashfiction
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AdLibby @adlibby.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Feeling incredibly honored to be awarded a #touchstoneaward.Congrats to my fellow poets and to everyone who continues to submit poems. Special thank you to #frogpondjournal for first publishing the poem and to editor, @teatimehaiku.bsky.social #inittowinit #internationalhaikupoetryday
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AdLibby @adlibby.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Love the prompts from @trashcatlit.bsky.social - they give me the spur to write something I never knew I had inside me! #flashfiction #prompts #writingtips
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AdLibby @adlibby.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Happy to be included in Some Words effort to post a poem a day for #NaPoMo. Click on the photo to read the whole poem or check out the link below. Huge thanks to editor Justin Carter. #poetry #poetrycommunity somewords.boards.net/thread/112/a...
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AdLibby @adlibby.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Thrilled and honored to find myself on the long list for the Touchstone Awards for Individual Poems. Thank you to all the editors who nominated me and a special thank you to Frogpond Journal for publishing this ku #haiku #poetryasprotest #TouchstoneAward
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AdLibby @adlibby.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
The new issue of @prunejuicejournal.bsky.social just dropped. Love the way editors, Pippa Phillips and Orrin Préjean have formatted the issue so each poem is part of a larger conversation. I am also very grateful they published 2 of my #senryu
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AdLibby @adlibby.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Delighted that my zoo ku made it onto Guest Editor Nancy Brady’s commentary list. Read the full list here thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialogue… #haiku #JuliaDonaldson #TheGruffalo
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