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Alan McKean

@alanmckeanpoet.bsky.social
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Grandad of 4 North West England Trainee poet website: alan-mckean.co.uk “Taking the Mic” is now on Amazon amzn.eu/d/0dwRk6qt

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 21h
More reader comments on THESE ISLES: 'Great read!! Cracking book as all your books Brian.' '"These Isles" well worth reading if you want to know more about the history of Britain and Ireland.' 'Read that and Northerners, lovely books!!!!'
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Reece Dinsdale @reecedinsdale.bsky.social · 18h
I’m keeping the flag flying, trying to #SaveSquareChapelArts 🙌🙏🏻✊ #Halifax www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/arts-and-cul...
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Emmerdale and Coronation Street star backs campaign to save theatre for the arts
A man with a long career in showbusiness with the National Theatre and shows such as Emmerdale and Coronation Street, Reece Dinsdale, is using his connections to save one of the gems of the arts in We...
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 21h
Children head to school up Bengel Street, Low Hill, Liverpool c.1939 (Mirrorix/Liverpool Echo).
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Ken Brookes @kbrookes42.bsky.social · 21h
The long hours can't wait Moving on to the new day Tick-tock, Tick-tock, Tick.
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Jim Young @oyoguhito.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
two crows four crows more crows
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John Dredge @johndredge.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
@imcmillan.bsky.social Got a poem in this week’s Spectator!
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Lisa Writes Poems @lisawritespoems.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Sticks thrown off the bridge We race to the other side First to sail through wins #vss365 #Sail #Senryu
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Raymh @rayhourigan.bsky.social · 21h
Dizzying display, Death defying dips and dives, Murmuration day. #WildWalkPrompt #display #haiku #poem #writing #writingcommunity @sonnetsmith.bsky.social
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Edward Lee @edwardleepoetry.bsky.social · 23h
New poetry collection ‘To Place Stars In The Sky’ now available via link in bio #poetry #poems #poet #creativewriting #poetryisnotdead #poetrycommunity #poetryblogger #writerscommunity #spilledink #wordsofwisdom #writer #stars
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Ann Tigone @anntigone.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Calm as sin, or a nervous wreck, no mindset makes me yearn for you less. #2wordprompt #wreck #yearn #haiku #senryu
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Alan McKean @alanmckeanpoet.bsky.social · 22h
second cup of tea brew in village museum same feeling of warmth ☕☕
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Dave Green @artist-in-a-shed.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Hospital capers Nothing but pristine wards The crimpoline sheets That were starched so neat Never was a matron so Demanding and demanded, though She kept to rules of strictest law I waited for the past in vain The easy time beyond the war We cannot blame them any more M @imcmillan.bsky.social
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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The day’s long walk starts With these few words just floating Between mind and page
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Fair Day, Castlepollard, County Westmeath, painting by Letitia Marion Hamilton, Irish artist (1878-1964).
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Catherine Baker @catbake.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
the first dot of rain a map of the small island where I live alone
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Dave Green @artist-in-a-shed.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A heron and a tourist boat. Tweed estuary. Mixed media on cartridge.
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Paul Brookes @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social · 23h
Doubly chuffed to have my poem and audio featured on Open Arts Forum Front Page: openartsforum.com/low-kick/
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Paul Brookes | Low Kick
Poetry by Paul Brookes
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Jim Young @oyoguhito.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
a false crown on a false frown now would i lie to you
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Raymh @rayhourigan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This wreck of a life, How I yearn for days before, Back to the basics. #2WordPrompt #Yearn/Wreck #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity @jason-h-abbott.bsky.social
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Ann Tigone @anntigone.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Meet me at midnight in the garden of Eden, we'll redefine sin. #bedroomeyesprompt #midnightinthegardenofeden #haiku #senryu #micropoem
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IrishLisa 🌈 @irishlisa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
old ship creaks and groans planks happy in warming sun this gal still has life #dailyhaikuprompt #Groan and/or #WarmSun #Senryu #Haiku #Poetry #Micropoetry #JustWrite #WritingCommunity #BlueskyPoets
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Ken Brookes @kbrookes42.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The rain dance has worked It's now beginning to rain Continue to dance.
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IrishLisa 🌈 @irishlisa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
we packed the boat with nowhere to go sails up charts down the wind did the rest #vss365 #Sail #FreeVerse #Poetry #Micropoetry #JustWrite #WritingCommunity #BlueskyPoets
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Richard Baker @bakerart.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Hat stall in All Saints' Garden, Cambridge, pastel 2011. #pastel #hats
Hat stall in All Saints' Garden, Cambridge, pastel 2011
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Jenny Gaitskell @jennygaitskell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
white eyebrow hair yes I remember frost in October #DailyHaikuPrompt (frost)
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Durham Station Road, painting by Eric Thompson (b.1947).
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Raymh @rayhourigan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Patches of torn fur From violent scratches, cat Carnage left behind. #WildWalkPrompt #fur #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity @sonnetsmith.bsky.social
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Cow on Luing, isle off Scotland's west coast, photo by Joanna Gilpin (via BBC).
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Dave Green @artist-in-a-shed.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Dissonant ode I am here You are there A landmass Between us Sheer dunes Executive homes Biomass sheds Plough patterns Empty roads I message You reply The world turns Love gathers Or drifts In every vale Binds the land Folds us in Like soil Morn @imcmillan.bsky.social
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Raymh @rayhourigan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A different light To the shorter days, pale rays, Darker when it rains. #BSPP58 #ADifferentLight #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity @blueskypoetry.bsky.social
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Ken Brookes @kbrookes42.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The rains not falling Soon to run out of water Let's do the rain dance.
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Dave Green @artist-in-a-shed.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A bird on a rock. Berwick beach. Mixed media on cartridge.
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Dave Green @artist-in-a-shed.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Birding by Berwick beach. Mixed media on cartridge.
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Dave Green @artist-in-a-shed.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Flush stump January: A rumbling slab frontage Rolls in Easterly and eagerly Ripping swans and seals Rolling in a vast tree slice April: We have a table With log chairs I paint on it September: Gyroscopic moons Swirl time and tides Until it is subsumed Morning @imcmillan.bsky.social
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Herb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
vivid still silver shadow under surface calm #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt (vivid)
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Ken Brookes @kbrookes42.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
On my holidays Nothing to write home about Nobody at home.
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Ken Brookes @kbrookes42.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Had a busy day Museum pictures to change Very good display.
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Raymh @rayhourigan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The feeling of eyes On me, uneasy, crawling Skin, shadow pursuit. #emoetry #uneasy #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity @mwplovesmusic.bsky.social
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Wendy Gent @wendyg63.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
night chill the deep breathing of distant stars #dailyhaikuprompt #nightchill #haiku
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Dave Green @artist-in-a-shed.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Dumpy weekend Somewhere below street level Encased in whitewash I meet all the people Their hats, earrings, tattoos Daunt and impress What do I say? The moment freezes Words get coppiced What do they want? In the eaves A pigeon flaps Three days Shitting on my paintings M @imcmillan.bsky.social
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Tom 🏛️🖼️⭐️🕯️📜🪶🎷🤔📸✈️☸️ @haikutom.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Scanning the night skies, we search for new signs of life. We search for meaning. #ScifaikuSaturday #SEARCH #haiku
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Cullercoats fishwives selling fish at Tynemouth, north-east England, c.1898 (Newcastle Libraries).
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Alan McKean @alanmckeanpoet.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
second cup of tea quiet and unheralded Sunday morn Earl Grey ☕☕
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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The orchestra waits Waits and waits and waits and waits The conductor sleeps
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IrishLisa 🌈 @irishlisa.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
laundry on the line spring breeze moves through every sheet home smells new again #dailyhaikuprompt #Frost and/or #SpringDay #Senryu #Haiku #Poetry #Micropoetry #JustWrite #WritingCommunity #BlueskyPoets
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meldenn73.bsky.social @meldenn73.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Huge thanks to @waleshaiku.bsky.social for pushing my haiku in the Autumn 2026 issue. I am tickled pink. 😁🥳 www.waleshaikujournal.com #haiku
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Edward Lee @edwardleepoetry.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#poetry #poems #poet #creativewriting #poetryisnotdead #poetrycommunity #edwardleepoetry #poetryblogger #writerscommunity #spilledink #wordsofwisdom #writer #stars
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Stephen Kerr @kidcobbler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Was I destined to Make cheese from sheep and goats milk: A feta-ccompli? (I'll fetch my coat and show myself out)
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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Right, time to get up Float downstairs like a balloon A white-haired balloon
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Alan McKean @alanmckeanpoet.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
second cup of tea secretly number one, too Assam's secret life ☕☕
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