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Donal Conaty

@donalconaty.bsky.social
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Irish poet. Splintered — a poem in 100 parts Splinters — short sharp poems Sligo, Ireland

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Donal Conaty @donalconaty.bsky.social · 18h
Good morning. Happy Sunday! #writingcommunity #poetsofbluesky #poetry
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Donal Conaty @donalconaty.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
God’s skirt… from Splintered, a poem in 100 parts. #bluskypoets #poetrysky #poetrycommunity
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European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Enjoyed Madrid and want more? Or perhaps you missed out and want to see what all the fuss is about? Come to PARIS in November with us for 2 days of writing, reading and exploration.
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Donal Conaty @donalconaty.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Dogs… what’s wrong with them? From Splinters #poetry #micropoem #Splinters #prosepoetry #blueskypoets
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Donal Conaty @donalconaty.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Is there something else? There must be. #blueskypoets #poem #poetry #micropoetry
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Donal Conaty @donalconaty.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
@yeehawpoems.bsky.social #cassiopeian #erosion #prosepoetry #blueskypoets #poetry
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Deborah @deborahzafer.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Spanish writing friends! Please come and tell your literary friends. Join us for panel, dinner and drinks and hang out with 120 cool writers from around Europe.
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Donal Conaty @donalconaty.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Is nothing something? Lines from Splintered, a poem in 100 parts. #blueskypoetry #Irishwriting #prosepoetry
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Donal Conaty @donalconaty.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Lines from Splintered, an epic prose poem. #prosepoetry #poetry #blueskypoets
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Donal Conaty @donalconaty.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Don’t forget to wear the right glasses when viewing the apocalypse #poem #poetry #blueskypoets
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Donal Conaty @donalconaty.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Some lines from Splintered, a mock epic prose poem. #prosepoetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoets
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Donal Conaty @donalconaty.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
A poem on nostalgia #blueskypoetry #blueskypoets #poetrycommunity #nostalgia
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Donal Conaty @donalconaty.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
New poem from Splinters #blueskypoets #poetry #micropoetry #Irishpoet
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Donal Conaty @donalconaty.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Wet stuff is falling from the sky in Sligo. Is this the end of days?
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Donal Conaty @donalconaty.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
A poem from Splinters about things that won’t stay buried #blueskypoets #poetrycommunity #Splinters #micropoetry
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Donal Conaty @donalconaty.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Lines from Splintered, a book length prose poem, on being inclined to vagrancy #BlueSkyPoets #poetrycommunity #prosepoem
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Donal Conaty @donalconaty.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
For the day that in it #SerenaWilliams #Wimbledon #BlueSkyPoetry
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Deborah @deborahzafer.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Good morning Bluesky! 👋 A reminder about my Rebecca West Blue Plaque campaign. Can you help? I will be sending the formal application to English Heritage this July and welcome any and all support. Grateful for any reposts. All details below. open.substack.com/pub/autumnin...
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Rebecca West Blue Plaque Update
Find out how you can help
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Donal Conaty @donalconaty.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
A line from Splintered, an epic prose poem. #BlueSkyPoetry
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Donal Conaty @donalconaty.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
New poem on that terrible blight: the order disorder #BlueSkyPoets #poetry #community #BlueSkyPoetry
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Donal Conaty @donalconaty.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Perhaps we could arrive at the place where hope last lived. A line from Splintered, an epic prose poem. #Blueskypoetry #poetry #irishwriter #Splintered
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Donal Conaty @donalconaty.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
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The case for going backwards
Poems on progress, productivity and other disorders
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Donal Conaty @donalconaty.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
A line from Splintered, an epic prose poem composed of the disjointed thoughts of a bewildered man. #BlueSkyPoetry #Poetry #IrishWriter #Splintered
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Donal Conaty @donalconaty.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Could we aspire to adequacy? From Splinters #BlueSkyPoetry #ProsePoem #Splinters
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Donal Conaty @donalconaty.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
New poems on Substack #prosepoetry #blueskypoetry open.substack.com/pub/donalcon...
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Misplaced optimism
On the driving force that got us where we are today
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Donal Conaty @donalconaty.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
A line from Splintered, an epic prose poem composed of the disjointed thoughts of a bewildered man. #BlueSkyPoetry #prosepoem #Splintered
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Donal Conaty @donalconaty.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
From #Splinters on life, death and DIY. #BlueSkyPoetry #Poetry #SpokenWord #IrishWriter
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Donal Conaty @donalconaty.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
open.substack.com/pub/donalcon... I have dipped my toes into Substack waters with Bewildered Man, a newsletter that I hope will illuminate what I’m about and why I’m about it.
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Morning afraid
From Splintered
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Deborah @deborahzafer.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Me again (again), Bluesky Thanks for all your help so far with my Rebecca West campaign. I'm trying to find a connection at the London Library of which she was Vice President. Can anyone help? 🖤 open.substack.com/pub/autumnin...
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'More time was needed to elapse...'
On the mysterious case of Rebecca West and the missing blue plaque
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European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Want to explore European cities in the company of new writer friends? Want a community that traverses borders and genre? Join us ❤️
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Donal Conaty @donalconaty.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Is there any mis-step we haven’t thought of? #blueskypoetry #micropoetry #writingcommunity
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Donal Conaty @donalconaty.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
A clip from a poetry film I made with audiovisual artist Eva Martin about five years ago… and the world is still burning #poetryfilm #blueskypoetry
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Donal Conaty @donalconaty.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
#lovepoem
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Donal Conaty @donalconaty.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
New poem on a subject dear to my heart heart #poetrysky #poem #eattherich #blueskypoets
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Donal Conaty @donalconaty.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Work neutral… a couple of lines from Splintered, an epic prose poem composed of the disjointed thoughts of a bewildered man. #blueskypoetry #writingcommunity #workneutral
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Donal Conaty @donalconaty.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
This too will pass… from Splintered, an epic prose poem. #blueskypoetry #writingcommunity
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Donal Conaty @donalconaty.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
There must be something else… #micropoetry #blueskypoem #writingcommunity
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Donal Conaty @donalconaty.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
A line from Splintered, an epic prose poem #poetrysky #blueskypoets #prosepoem
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Donal Conaty @donalconaty.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Shh… say nothing unless it can’t be said 🤔 A line from Splintered, an epic prose poem. #blueskypoetry #poetry #writingcommunity
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Kristen Radtke @kristenradtke.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
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I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
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Donal Conaty @donalconaty.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
A few lines from Splintered, an epic prose poem. #blueskypoetry #skypoetry #poetry #writingcommunity
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Donal Conaty @donalconaty.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Bear witness #micropoetry #blueskypoetry #poetry #bearwitness #writingcommunity
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Donal Conaty @donalconaty.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
A line from Splintered, an epic prose poem with themes of ageing, mortality, yearning… all the good stuff! #poetry #blueskypoetry #writingcommunity #yearning
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Donal Conaty @donalconaty.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
#poetrysky #micropoetry #poem #blueskypoets
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Donal Conaty @donalconaty.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
#emoetry #poetry #emboldened We are embattled by those we have emboldened
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Donal Conaty @donalconaty.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
One of the pieces from Splintered, an epic prose poem composed of 100 thoughts, with each thought a micropoem. #prosepoem #micropoem #skypoem
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European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
On 11 Feb, we turn TWO! We're celebrating by holding meet-ups and events all over Europe and online. Join us! We are so happy to have built such a wonderful community ❤️ 🍾
A list of events
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Donal Conaty @donalconaty.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
A line from Splintered, an epic prose poem composed of the disjointed thoughts of a bewildered man. #prosepoem #micropoetry
Image shows a drawing of a standing figure in silhouette with the words “He is inclined to vagrancy, but he’s not good at it: he has a house.”
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Donal Conaty @donalconaty.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Good morning
Image shows a drawing of a pair of eyes with the words Occasional reminder This is no time to be sentient
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Donal Conaty @donalconaty.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
A few lines from an epic prose poem composed of the disjointed thoughts of a bewildered man. #prosepoem
Image of a sitting figure in silhouette with the words He wished for a transformation. He wishes for a pelt. He wishes to be sun-bleached bone in a distant desert.
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