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Love how on Bluesky you can just keep replying to yourself forever, almost completely confident in the fact no one will ever read your innermost thoughts and that if they do they won't judge but will just think, yes friend, I understand

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I love sending out poems Let me know if you want one 🖤

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@redfernbarrett.com I cannot DM you. I think you probably need to adjust your settings 😊

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Seem to have rekindled my teen crush on you, Mr Lawrence 🖤

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Deborah @deborahzafer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Feel so proud of what we achieved this year. Thank you so much everyone. You are all amazing 👏 👏👏

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Fearsome creatures stand guard over my Kingdom

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Kate Bielinski @katebielinski.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026

Another reminder about Dial-A-Poem Poems read by the original poets from all over the world. Tap on the phone and see what happens. You never know what you will get.... dial-a-poem.org

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This is one of my favourites. Surprisingly modern for a poem written in 1920. Not sure it’s a love poem though. More a loss poem.

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Minx Marple @minxmarple.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I think I’m too picky for a poem. I might prefer a novella.

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Deborah @deborahzafer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Which poet would you most want to write a love poem for you? I choose Marina, so you have to pick someone else 🖤

Where does such tenderness come from
Marina Tsvetaeva

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Deborah @deborahzafer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I was thinking about Frank this morning, then I read this and - 'Those you love come at you like lightning, crackle for an instant - so kissable - and then lips and all, they're gone' 🖤

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European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

So many beautiful brains whirring in one place for day 2 of our Annual Salon in Madrid at @impacthub.bsky.social

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Deborah @deborahzafer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Actually having too much of a good time to post (in case you were concerned)

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Kate Beall @katebbeall.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

From my table this week, Charred Eggplant Salad (in Reem Assil’s Arabiyya). You know it’s good when the page has a greasy stain on it!

BABA GHANOUJ
Charred Eggplant Salad

4–6 servings
THIS IS A bright, creamy, pomegranate-eggplant salad, but hold the tahini, please. It's a mystery why baba ghanouj, one of our most widely known dishes, is so different in the United States from that in the Arab world. When we talk about baba ghanouj in the Levant, we are referring to a tart salad of creamy roasted eggplant, brightened with pomegranate molasses and flecked with tomatoes—which is what this is!

If you're looking for an eggplant spread made with garlic and tahini, you'll find recipes under mutabal. Eat this baba ghanouj w/ bread, or it's also delicious as a side salad.

2 large globe eggplants (~2 pounds)
Olive oil, for rubbing eggplants, +more for drizzling
2 garlic cloves, minced
¼ cup lemon juice (~2 lemons)
Zest of 2 lemons
½ tsp ground cumin
1 tsp kosher salt, +more as needed
1/8 tsp freshly ground black pepper
1 sm Roma tomato, finely diced
½ red bell pepper, finely diced
½ red onion, finely diced
1 T coarsely chopped parsley
1 tsp pomegranate molasses

Cook eggplants directly on the burner of a gas stove or in the oven. On a gas stove, sear directly over a med-high flame. Rotate every 5 min until the globes are completely blackened, ~15 min total. Alternately, preheat oven to 450°F. Place eggplants on a sheet tray, poke all over w/ a fork, rub w/ oil, place the tray in the oven & cook 25–30 min, until the eggplants collapse in on themselves, & skins are blackened.
Place cooked eggplants in a bowl; seal w/ plastic wrap to let the eggplants steam in their own juices.
In a medium bowl, combine garlic, lemon juice & zest, cumin, salt, black pepper.
When eggplants have cooled enough to touch, split lengthwise. Using a spoon, scrape out the pulp, discarding the skins and stems. For milder flavor, remove seeds.
Use a fork to mash pulp into the lemon-garlic mix. Fold in tomato, bell pepper, onion.
Salt to taste.
To serve, scoop onto serving plate, drizzle w/ olive oil, garnish w/ parsley & molasses.

Glistening eggplant salad, studded with peppers, tomatoes, scallions, and pomegranate seeds, garnished with chopped mint and parsley.

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Oh, and by the way, yes, I AM writing a poem about you.

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The only things I miss about Instagram are: 🥗 recipes 🥮 tips on where to find the best cake in London So if you have any of these, could you share please? I don't expect you to talk into one of those silly fluffy mic things though, don't worry....

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The Human Figure In a Dress Mary Jo Bang 🖤

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I really truly love this poem I love Alex Did I mention that before? Did I?

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@arthurmandal.bsky.social I can't DM you. You might need to adjust your settings

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NB Poems also available in the afternoons. I enjoy sending them out like carrier pigeons 🐦‍⬛

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@heronalex.bsky.social I cannot DM you. You probably need to adjust your settings

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Do you have a favourite PARIS poem?

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Another reminder about Dial-A-Poem Poems read by the original poets from all over the world. Tap on the phone and see what happens. You never know what you will get.... dial-a-poem.org

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@grongar.bsky.social hi I can't DM you so maybe you need to change your settings

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@themerlins.bsky.social I cannot DM you. You may need to adjust your settings

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Deborah @deborahzafer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Amazing photo on my school Facebook group of French exchange 1967 Especially love smoking girl middle front who now becomes my style icon.

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Good morning! Do you need a poem today? Like this post and I will post a poem just for you and DM you to tell you why. Might be random. Might be because it makes me think of you. Might be because it is how I imagine you based on your profile. Let us see....

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Minx Marple @minxmarple.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

@patrickkincaid.bsky.social I cannot DM you - you may need to change your settings

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You should do this, you won’t regret it and I am making a tiny thing for participants in my workshop to tuck in their pockets.

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@kiklodge.bsky.social can't DM you! Blossom is for you. I immediately thought Liz Berry - she shares your writing's lovely mix of humour, sensuality and occasional stylish melancholy

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