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Barb Milne

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More left than right. I like looking at gaps, poetry, philosophy.

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Ken Brookes @kbrookes42.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
The beautiful sky Drifts slowly, silently by Evening appears.
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Barb Milne @barbmilne.bsky.social · 7h
An upturned saucer, soft suede spots, amber light pools. Night blends, barrows day. #Evening #October
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Barb Milne @barbmilne.bsky.social · 7h
Manchester Cathedral 'Candlelight: Ed Sheeran & Coldplay' 🐝🐝🐝 #Candlelight #Manchester
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Barb Milne @barbmilne.bsky.social · 12h
❤️ or 🍓shaped reseeding @mancathedral.bsky.social #Manchester 🐝🐝🐝
An irregular, heart-shaped patch of dry, bare soil interrupts a green lawn.
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 20h
Harold Wilson won his first general election by just four seats on this day 1964, ending 13 years of Conservative rule. At age 47, Wilson became the youngest prime minister since Lord Rosebery in 1894. Painting by Ruskin Spear (National Portrait Gallery).
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Barb Milne @barbmilne.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
So sorry to hear of the death of Pat Karney ‘Relentlessly enthusiastic, and fiercely proud of his home city, he was always trying to make things better for the communities he served so tirelessly for the past 50 years.’ #MrManchester #RIP www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
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Farewell Mr Christmas and Manchester's constant cheerleader - RIP Pat Karney
Following the death of Pat Karney, Dianne Bourne remembers two sides of a Manchester legend - the radical 80s politician who defied police and the exuberant cheerleader who brought Manchester Day and ...
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Barb Milne @barbmilne.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Rumours of river shadow evening walk. #October
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Barb Milne @barbmilne.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
From ‘After Apple-Picking’ But I am done with apple-picking now. Essence of winter sleep is on the night, The scent of apples: I am drowsing off. Robert Frost (1874-1963) #poetry www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44259/...
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After Apple-Picking
My long two-pointed ladder's sticking through a tree Toward heaven still, And there's a barrel that I didn't fill Beside it, and there may be two or three…
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Peigi MacKillop @peigibheag.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
These are properly awesome
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Barb Milne @barbmilne.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
‘Stills from Unmade Films is a series by Brent Lukey […]. The photographer and film-maker says the work draws on classic observational style and documentary cinema to explore how people engage with public spaces, and ‘the paths they seek and the places to pause’’. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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Out of the shadows: moody street scenes from Melbourne to Paris – in pictures
Brent Lukey’s urban series, shot in the streets of Melbourne, Adelaide and Paris, draw on classic observational style and documentary cinema to explore how people engage with public spaces
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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The former Pollokshields West Church on the corner of Nithsdale Road and Shields Road on the Southside of Glasgow. Built in the 1870s, it has a distinctly Thomsonesque look, but was designed by W.G. Rowan. #glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #church #pollokshields
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Longbarrow Press @longbarrowpress.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Our books are well-constructed, good and useful things, and if you buy one, it will enable us to make more. Recent titles include Matthew Clegg's 'Have You Always Been Here?', Fay Musselwhite's 'The Gleaning', and Steve Ely's 'Eely'. You can order them here: longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
Ten Longbarrow hardbacks, spines facing out.
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Barb Milne @barbmilne.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Wind, rough crepe paper rapping the house, autumn noise. Orange light, pumpkin. #October
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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Well worth following @neglectedbooks.com for an endless parade of buried treasure.
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The Tyne Bridge between Newcastle and Gateshead was officially opened by George V on this day 1928. Designed by Mott, Hay and Anderson, who later designed the Forth Road Bridge, and built by Dorman Long of Middlesbrough.
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Barb Milne @barbmilne.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Rain drops run races, window panes, crystal water. Coffee a constant. #SaturdayMorning
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Barb Milne @barbmilne.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Friday night, glasses glance, greet: guzzle. #InThePub #SixWords
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Darran Jaques @darranjaques.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Hardy Fuchsia 'Whitenights Pearl' flowerng happily in the walled borders of a Hertfordshire project. #Garden #Gardening #Design #Flowers #Plants 🌱
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Barb Milne @barbmilne.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Cheeks, exclamation, ellipsis, eyes to ceiling, ampersand a nod. #Punctuation
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Barb Milne @barbmilne.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Trees, autumn copper, crowns, corrugated tarnish. #AutumnColour #October
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Barb Milne @barbmilne.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The Navvies Community Garden, #MediaCity #SalfordQuays
A quiet community garden path passes raised wooden beds and benches beneath a 'Navvies Community Garden'sign, surrounded by plants under cloudy skies.Pink blooms.
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Helen Tookey @helentookey.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Lovely to read yesterday evening alongside Jennifer Lee Tsai, Michael Sutton and @maryearnshaw.bsky.social at Mecycle in Ainsdale - a warm and welcoming venue. Thanks to Mary as always for organising and hosting this monthly series - keep an eye on her posts for upcoming events.
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Barb Milne @barbmilne.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Reality, rain silky, after summer sun. Boiler, keeping watch. #October
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Jenny @jenneke1961.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#FourPhotosOneMonth September 2026 The windmill and the moon. The puddle. Silence... and more silence.
A close-up shot of a Dutch windmill with lattice sails on the left, set against a calm blue-grey evening sky with a luminous yellow almost full moon glowing on the right.Low-angle black and white photograph of a historic stone hallway featuring Gothic vaulted ceilings. A heavy, panelled wooden door stands wide open on the left. In the background, a far-off door with glass panes is visible and clearly reflected in a puddle of water on the stone floor.A vertical black and white photograph inside a grand cathedral or church. Massive, weathered stone pillars dominate the left foreground and depth of the frame. Shafts of sunlight stream through the arches, highlighting a small grouping of wooden chairs set against a pillar. The floor features a high-contrast, black-and-white checkered tile pattern leading down a tall, vaulted corridor.A high-angle, vertical photograph looking down at a calm, greyish-blue sea meeting a narrow pebble beach at the base of a steep, chalky cliff on the right side. The water shows small white-capped waves, and the horizon blends into a thick, cloudy sky.
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Barb Milne @barbmilne.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Giddy glow, amber flames fillet hearth. #AutumnEvening #October #SixWords
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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The folding fan (mai-ogi) serves as a primary prop in traditional Japanese dance (nihon-buyō), used dynamically to represent everything from falling cherry blossoms and flowing water to hidden emotions through stylized physical gesture.
Partially shrouded behind a widely unfurled folding fan (mai-ogi), a geisha looks outward with a quiet, arresting gaze, her hand grasping the fan's bamboo ribs with practiced grace. Captured in high-contrast monochrome, her porcelain-white oshiroi makeup and dark, defined eyes create a striking focal point against the deep black of her traditional hair. Resting atop her swept-back hairstyle is an intricate silver-wire kanzashi shaped into a delicate butterfly, its woven filigree catching the light above her crisp white collar (eri) and dark kimono. The photograph radiates an enchanting sensory atmosphere: the soft whisper of air stirred by the opening fan, the faint, dry scent of traditional cosmetics and rice powder, the subtle metallic clink of hair ornaments moving with her posture, and the poised, expectant silence that precedes a classical dance performance.

This evocative portrait celebrates the living artistic heritage of Japan's flower and willow world (karyūkai), where geisha and maiko embody centuries of refined performing arts, music, and traditional fashion. The folding fan (mai-ogi) serves as a primary prop in traditional Japanese dance (nihon-buyō), used dynamically to represent everything from falling cherry blossoms and flowing water to hidden emotions through stylized physical gesture. The subject's striking butterfly kanzashi showcases the specialized artisan craft of Japanese metal filigree and fine hair decoration, while her meticulously applied makeup and layered collar reflect the rigorous standards of classical training.
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Barb Milne @barbmilne.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Hanging Baskets at The Mitre, Cathedral Gates, #Manchester still going strong. 🍻🐝🐝🐝🌸
A lush display of bright pink flowers and trailing greenery spills from a stone building above a quiet outdoor pub terrace.
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Barb Milne @barbmilne.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Autumn @mancathedral.bsky.social 🐝🐝🐝 #Manchester
A peaceful cathedral garden with a Gothic stone façade behind palms, a carved urn, bright flower beds, and modern buildings in the distance.
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Lizzie Speller @l1zz1e.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Be inspired. October is a month of change, myth, falling, survival, colour and darkness. poetrysociety.org.uk/competitions...
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Lizzie Speller @l1zz1e.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Outside C16 Greyhound pub in the tiny village of Pettistree. Old apple trees, a smell of fat red apples in the long grass.This was happiness: a last lingering day of warmth and sun while eating amazing seasonal food. Next door a flint church. A remnant of C12 griseille glass survives the puritans.
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Barb Milne @barbmilne.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Bracken fronds recline, cinnamon dust, crisp clusters. Drinks' trolley rumbles... #October #OnTheRailway #Windows
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Jean Atkin @jmatkin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Half a daylight moon, and Shrewsbury railway station.
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Ken Brookes @kbrookes42.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
@imcmillan.bsky.social @r4TheVerb Keats was born 169 years before the day I got married. A great start to The Verb. A great romantic poet, just like myself. Autumn, "A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever". Many great descriptions of autumn.
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Dr Jill Whitelock @jillwhitelock.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Dwarf mallow, Malva neglecta, flowering in Ely. #WildflowerHour
A small white pale pink-veined flower, amid green leaves.
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Barb Milne @barbmilne.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Leaves, autumn dusted, dry, dizzle, drop. #October #SixWords
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Rick M @rickmartin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Autumn fruiting raspberry 🌱 #Bloomscrolling #PlantSky #Fruit #Macro #RedWed #ColorADay #EastCoastKin
a ripe red raspberry (Rubus idaeus), featuring plump, glossy red drupelets and fine hairs
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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Here's another poem by Ken Brookes @kbrookes42.bsky.social which we thought we'd shared yesterday but clearly some gremlins got in the way! 'The Museum Door began to creak....' A poem about Maurice Dobson Museum and Heritage Centre
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Barb Milne @barbmilne.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A wrap of a swan, white, against watery night. Shadows under bridges. #October
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Barb Milne @barbmilne.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Gargoyles, Wigan Parish Church #MetropolitanBoroughofWigan
Sunlit stone building corner with ornate Gothic grotesques.
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Barb Milne @barbmilne.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
moor cross-hatches in to itself: blur, day, blend, night. A melody: soup. #October
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Barb Milne @barbmilne.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
‘The Huddersfield International Crisp Festival Friday 2nd to Sunday 11" October 2026’ #Huddersfield www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/the-hudde...
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The Huddersfield International Crisp Festival 2026 by Beerhouses | Eventbrite
The Huddersfield International Crisp Festival is the World’s Greatest Crisp Festival. Choose from over 200 crisps from around the world. Enjoy free live music, quizzes, competitions, and ticketed tast...
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Barb Milne @barbmilne.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
That's so lovely !
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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
What better way to celebrate #NationalPoetryDay than with a poem about our mysterious Veiled Lady. Thanks to @kbrookes42.bsky.social for this poem about his favourite piece of art on display at The Cooper Gallery
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Barb Milne @barbmilne.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Night dusts itself in, cloth capping tweedy daylight. Windows: amber light. #October
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Barb Milne @barbmilne.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
From ‘The Neep-Fields By the Sea’ Violet Jacob October-month Cam in a whilie syne, But the stooks are oot in Scotland yet, There’s green upon the tree, And oh! What grand’s the smell ye’ll get Frae the neep-fields by the sea! #NationalPoetryDay www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/neep-fi...
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Barb Milne @barbmilne.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This lunchtime @mancathedral.bsky.social 🐝🐝🐝 ❤️ #Manchester
Tall building with clock tower, and flag.
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Carcanet Press @carcanet.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Happy National Poetry Day! 📚 We're offering 25% off EVERYTHING, all week! Head to our website checkout and use the code POETRYWEEK: www.carcanet.co.uk/search-resul...
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Deryn Rees-Jones @notjustdancing.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It’s always a joy to announce our books each year. And here’s to all that is ahead! @livunipress.bsky.social @livunienglish.bsky.social @livunihss.bsky.social
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Barb Milne @barbmilne.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Light sorbets, lemon swatch sweeps sky. #October #SixWords
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A.I. and corporate lingo are dragging language ynto drugged realmes of vague, airy, plastic nothingnesse: glitz and hyperbole wythout meaning. Language must have fur and clawes, make the floorboardes creake and leave wet dirtye footprintes. Wordes are rayne and fyre and stone. Wielde them. Save us.
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