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Laura McKee @lauramckee.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Emily Wilson’s response to the Odyssey film is exactly how I would have liked Tracy Chapman to react when that guy did the bland cover of Fast Car and had a huge hit but she way too sweet and accepting lol.

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Alison McCrossan @alison-mc.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Happy heavenly birthday and thanks for the books then!

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Alison McCrossan @alison-mc.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

The Sea The Sea by Iris Murdoch got me hooked on her books. I kept it a secret for years, but there you go. The use of language just fascinated me, and I wanted to try it myself, same as I did with scribbles and stories reading Enid Blyton. Fastword and I am seriously trying to hone my style.

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Alison McCrossan @alison-mc.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

even though i caught the movements were off I didn't twig it was AI....it was like I don't know is there a word for it, but a sense of something off but you ignore it (I do this too often in editing my writing but that's another story). Scary where this is heading I think potentially

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Alison McCrossan @alison-mc.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

i kinda thought there was something off with the movements alright.....but didn's know who the imposed person was or that he was famous, so you live you learn.

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Alison McCrossan @alison-mc.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

For when you are feeling nutty with the pastels. Don't know if I've given up writing, but I'm reading a lot. Best things: To Star the Dark, Doireann Ní Ghríofa, A line made by walking, Sarah Baume, and a tonic in Thirteen ways to smell a tree, David George Haskell.

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Alison McCrossan @alison-mc.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

The pic went off on one, here tis.

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Jenny Mitchell @jennymitchellgo.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Two poems from my first collection 'Her Lost Language' have just been used in a film about Nunhead Cemetery. It's strange to think I wrote the poems years ago, and now they have a 2nd life in the world. Look forward to sharing the film here soon. 🌿

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Alison McCrossan @alison-mc.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Today's scribble. Haven't been able to write for a long time. Have looked over old stuff alright and edited, but can only get so far with that. When I think about writing I feel stuck, like what? I need encouragement, but maybe that can only come from within even if I was getting THE publications.

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Alison McCrossan @alison-mc.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

So today, looking after the books (reading kind), I was called upon for a computer/network issue. Thankfully I solved it. I'd forgotten how satisfying that is. Spent rest of day fuzzy headed, getting biro on my striped pink shirt, coffee stains, knocked over a loaded ashtray. Might try HRT.

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Alison McCrossan @alison-mc.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Thanks for sharing this Jenny. Hard hitting, as needs be. @jennymitchellgo.bsky.social After Auden - Culture Matters P.S. Varients of this happening here too, for sure.

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Breda Spaight @bredaspaight.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

I'm loving this chapbook from the wonderful @leggettbohan.bsky.social Available from @munsterlitcentre.bsky.social

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Alison McCrossan @alison-mc.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

I've been stopping to talk to a young homeless person over last three months. I've witnessed her deteriote and age badly. I've witnessed her turn from extremely vulnerable to taking on street smarts. Hardened. Still very vulnerable. Wish there was intervention. It's be humane, wouldn't it.

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Alison McCrossan @alison-mc.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

What a wonderful time of year. Easy to forget the worries with a stroll in the woods/park/wherever one goes, for an hour or so. Birdsong, buds, leaves, flowers. Reality comes back with a vengeance, but I'm taking those hours. Grant me the serenity, how does that old prayer go.....

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Alison McCrossan @alison-mc.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Well, I haven't read it, but I'll join you and read it thrity years later then. I'm often late to books, it's a thrill when I finally get to it.

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Alison McCrossan @alison-mc.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. It is spoken by the character Adah Price. Google threw this up, though I suspect you are more interested in thoughts.... Could be viewed as selfish or else the polar, what do I do with this to try help bring about change

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Alison McCrossan @alison-mc.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

It's all coffee and smiles today, although nostalgia tugs too......our hills are just lovely in this light

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Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Magnificent . Today’s #FoxOfTheDay from @ antoniasalter.co.uk

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Alison McCrossan @alison-mc.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Now (painting) and soon (photo). Had some fun in the woods today, me, a coffee, and some nice light.

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Jamie O'Halloran @jamieohalloran108.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Delighted and honoured to be reading with @moyradonaldson for Harry E. Northup's Poetry Hour on St. Patrick's Day. Here in Ireland, that will be at 8 o'clock in the evening. I hope you can join us. The link is in the bio.

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Alison McCrossan @alison-mc.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

True I'm not really part of, but I can see the ego in myself which I need to check, so can imagine. Maybe we need more moons? 🤣

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Alison McCrossan @alison-mc.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

you know there's an award in backward? Yeah! just drop the bck and high kick it over the moon.

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Alison McCrossan @alison-mc.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

a poem in latest Abridged by me. About the sea, the sea, about the world, Bach, of course, and a little bit of insignificent me in there. @abridgedmagazine.bsky.social #Poetry #Ireland #climatecrisis

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Milton Keynes Literary Festival @mklitfest.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Novelist Kit de Waal, a leading voice for working class writers, joins Dr Dan Taylor to discuss how to challenge the class ceiling. www.mklitfest.org/online-event... @kitdewaal.com @ouliterature.bsky.social

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Abridged @abridgedmagazine.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Afternoon. We're pleased to present Abridged 0 - 108: Adrenochrome. Read it at www.abridged.zone/abridged-0-1... for free! The print version will be available in libraries throughout Northern Ireland and in our usual arts organisations and comic shops soon.

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Alison McCrossan @alison-mc.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

see when people who don't like me make "that" face, I just know it's their pooing face. Seriously, lifelong learning that, Molly

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Alison McCrossan @alison-mc.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

why Roisin (curious), aside from not having external validation, maybe getting them published at a later date....is there another reason, like looked upon poorly or something?

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Alison McCrossan @alison-mc.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Just in Limber lake featuring Lustin Bieber

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Alison McCrossan @alison-mc.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Feck, those fascists creeping out of their holes aren't they? I might take a look, though I'm thinking about quitting social media altogether.

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Alison McCrossan @alison-mc.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Before I go looking, presumably needing to set up an account, what is Substack?

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