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La Reine des Metaphores @metaphorqu.bsky.social · 16h

@jenthorne.bsky.social #PromptCombo #Juvenilia #Thread I shut the #Door upon the rain In the morning the snow fell People are talking to my face It's still so hard to tell You How it is with me If it cannot be It is I who am the wiser

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David Middleham @dmiddleham.bsky.social · 12h

we walk through a door that is just a door we walk through a door made of time we walk through a door that is fate you are a door i am a door too every story and memory and reverie and promise and song and— doors all we are a threshold and a step away #PromptCombo @jenthorne.bsky.social

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Paul Brookes @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social · 12h

Hi @jenthorne.bsky.social Hi @jenthorne.bsky.social Jen here's my second and final two part poem after your excellent #promptcombo #doors:

feast of larvae

just atter midnight man of house I do this ritual. Get out of bed

call upon me dead folks to help me this neet. I potter round our house barefoot no belt or owt.

Nine dried black beans in my gob. Me hands raised thumb thrust through me clenched fingers,

wi this I ask Mater Manua, mam of good dead to look art for us aginst any unwanted spirits, the larvae who broke into our house.

I wash me hands, chuck some beans with me left hand over me left shoulder look farard turn me head, avert me face to right, as I raise palms of both hands against left a says With these beans I lob, I redeem me and mine.

I do it nine times every room in our house. wash me hands agin, clang a gong and shaht nine times Ancestral spirits, time tha flitted!

homeless and dead

wander abaht atter a home as av no bairns ad tek us in so the living hereabahts rush inside early doors afore sunset lock doors pull down shades, turn mirrors to walls

do all to stop me seeing em for if I did I'd carry 'em off.

bod named a monkey after us, the lemur cos we big eyes are aht at neet and mek ghost noises

so bairns bang pot lids howl like wolves joined by tarn dogs, to frit us away

while nannans spin abaht, splash boiling watta rahnd rooms with a wooden ladle.

Am one dead al not find a home.

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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 9h

#PromptCombo @jenthorne.bsky.social Thank you Jen, my doors…❤️ Un-door Wind blew it off rotten hinges. Creating a void to the hallway, removing intimacy; inviting leaves, sparrows and cats. People were long gone but still… That openness, a collapse. A bitter end, a feral sign. ©️October 2026

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Isabelle Finn-Kelcey @isabellefk.bsky.social · 2h

Pls share these research findings widely. I’m not super confident that sch & MAT leaders, #SchoolGovs, policy-makers etc understand what #autistic children & their fams are going thru re #anxiety probs, & how much parents/carers are having to intervene with/buffer to enable ongoing edu participation

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DrNaturegirl @drnaturegirl.debbiemross.co.uk · 2h

Good morning. Windy, bright. Sun tinting the sky pink. Grey cloud in an otherwise clear sky. 13C. #photooftheday from a trip with friends last year. Kyle of Tongue looking south at some of the big hitters in the NW Highlands. Have a good day. #Scotland #Highlands #photography #mountains #sea

A shingle foreshore giving into shallow silvery water with sand banks. Mountains on the horizon. Cloudy sky with patches of blue and brightness. Ben Hope, Ben Loyal.

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Cath Hodsman @cathhodsman.bsky.social · 3h

Did u know? Insects are like 6-legged 🪱This dung beetle tunnels into the soil, underneath a cow/horse pat to build its nest & lays its eggs.The actions of these busy souls take oxygen into the soil,aerating it at the same time & digging it, turns the soil over, keeping it in good condition. 🌱🌿🇬🇧🌱🌍🪲🤎

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Steve Carter @shieldaig.bsky.social · 5h

The colours have almost completely turned now.

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

This would be economically illiterate & environmentally disastrous - and makes us less secure: undermining efforts to reduce energy bills by reducing dependence on gas, increasing vulnerability to global dictators, driving climate emissions & knee capping a market that’s just beginning to take off

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Ministers preparing to slash heat pump subsidies to fund defence spending

Exclusive: Some of £2bn savings needed from energy budget expected to come from boiler upgrade scheme, sources say

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Mo Schoenfeld @moschoenfeld.bsky.social · 20h

Trying to get this petition some traction, as Masters degrees are more and more important for employability, and yet are still so out of reach for so many. Thanks. #HigherEducation #AcademicSky #StudentFinance #UKUniversities

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Jen Thorne @jenthorne.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Thank you to @emteepoetry.bsky.social for hosting a terrific #PromptCombo last week. This week it's me and I want your poems on. #Doors Doors of perception, toilet door grafitti, ornate entrances to castles - doors are infinitely interesting. Show us what you've got.

Doors

Behind every door
the unknown holds its breath.
The handle waits in silence,
the key stiff against cold fingers.
Always push inwards.

When those doors open,
it is not the room that changes,
but the part of you
that crosses the threshold
and never finds its way back.

Ornate carved door into York Minster in York

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DrNaturegirl @drnaturegirl.debbiemross.co.uk · 12/10/2026

The #art and #photography fair was nice and buzzy on Saturday. Great to meet the talented creative people we have in the Highlands. I still have some new pieces for sale and the #shop has been re-stocked with #photo and #art #cards. Only 2 #calendars left. Browse and buy here: debhandmade.com/shop

Screen shot of an online shop for Debhandmade displaying new work

Summer Love (Original on
Canvas)
€15.00
Only 1 available
Summer Recycled
£12.00
Only 1 available
Beach Life (Original on Canvas)
£15.00
Only 1 available
Cow Parsley Summer (Card)
£2.60
Sunrise Glow, Embo Beach (Card) Twilight City Glow (Original on
£2.60
canvas)
£20.00
Only 1 available
Loch Fleet Sunset Watercolour
£5.00
Only 1 available
Sutherland Calendar 2027
2027 A3 Full Colour Calendar -
Sutherland Scenes
£12.00
Under a Portmahomack Sky (Original on canvas)
£30.00

Screen shot from Debhandmade website shop displaying photo cards

Northton Beaches, Harris (Photo card)
£2.00
Snowy Sheep (Photo card)
£2.00
Peace, Embo Beach (Photo card)
£2.00

Sunrise Glow, Coul Links (Photo card)
£2.00
Sunrise, Embo (Photo card)
£2.00
Serenity, Embo Beach (Photo card)
£2.00

Sutherland Hills Sunrise (Photo card)
Cuillin, Skye (Photo card)
£2.00
Teenage Clash Only 1 available

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The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN) @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 11/10/2026

Next up: #Possessed. By love. By rage. By money. By memory. By the thing in the dark that absolutely promised it wasn't there. New theme begins Friday. Don’t post early. Use Alt Text. Tag #PoemsAbout. Read. Repost. Reply.

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The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN) @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 12/10/2026

It’s Monday. Who are you reading, supporting, or learning from? Lift them. #LiftToTheSky

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DrNaturegirl @drnaturegirl.debbiemross.co.uk · 11/10/2026

This week we’re chatting books again. This time, banned ones! Hop over and stick in your two penneth worth. drnaturegirl.substack.com/p/banned?r=5... #censorship #facism #freespeech

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Banned!

Thanks for reading All Kinds of Everything!

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Cath Hodsman @cathhodsman.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

1. Did u know? No-mows lawns harbour 10 x more life than traditional lawns, where life is, literally, chopped out. We scythe ours once a year, when wildflowers have set seed & life goes into winter dormancy.... This is some some of our scything equipment. 🌱🌿🇬🇧🌱🌍

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Steve Carter @shieldaig.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Rust is the colour in Glen Docherty.

Road through mountains leading down to s loch.

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DrNaturegirl @drnaturegirl.debbiemross.co.uk · 12/10/2026

Good morning. Bright. Breezy. 9C. #photooftheday is a different perspective of our home beach, winter casting its shadow at 17:35 yesterday. A lone walker. It looks wilder as we head down the year, but nonetheless beautiful. Have a good day. #Scotland #photography #Sutherland #beach

A virtually empty beach cast in shadow by sand dunes left. A wiggle of wet sand at the strand line reflects the sky. The sea, right, is bright blue. A gentle white surf breaks on the shore. The expanse of shadowed sand with a lone walker stretches into the horizon where hills are lit by sun and burnished with autumn colour. A band of cloud rest above and above that a clear blue sky.

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Scottish Wildlife Trust @scotwildlife.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Join us for another Discover Learn Play webinar 🔍 On Thursday 22 October at 7pm, the National Literacy Trust will join us as we look at some fun ways of bringing literacy and reading outdoors! Book your FREE ticket here: bit.ly/4dtB27S 📸© Tom Marshall

Two young children reading a small book while standing amongst bluebells in a woodland.

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DrNaturegirl @drnaturegirl.debbiemross.co.uk · 11/10/2026

This week we’re chatting books again. This time, banned ones! Hop over and stick in your two penneth worth. drnaturegirl.substack.com/p/banned?r=5... #censorship #facism #freespeech

drnaturegirl.substack.com

Banned!

Thanks for reading All Kinds of Everything!

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Martin Doyle @martindoyle.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Showtime!

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Federation of Scottish Theatre @fedscottheatre.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

We're looking for someone with practical experience of day-to-day bookkeeping and administration who enjoys working accurately, keeping things organised & providing a helpful service to join the FST Team part-time as our Administration and Finance Assistant 💙 🧵1/2

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DrNaturegirl @drnaturegirl.debbiemross.co.uk · 09/10/2026

Sorry. It’s a bit of a self-promo day for me, which I loathe, but there’s no one else to do it, so needs must! Secure checkout by Stripe here debhandmade.com/shop/p/earth... Feel free to pass on by or share if you’re feeling generous. Thanks! #art #photography #calendar

Lilac and black background with The cover sheet from my calendar Sutherland Scenes 2927 Text in white blocked on black Inhave a few of my Sutherland Wxenes calendars left if you’ve been meaning to buy one bag it before the fair tomorrow incase I sell out

A calendar with photo on wood effect background showing a beach scene and the month of August

A black background displaying 12 photos of landscapes in Sutherland with the text A3 calendar with high quality A4 photos which can be framed after use £12 plus p&P

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DrNaturegirl @drnaturegirl.debbiemross.co.uk · 09/10/2026

Just saying…. The art, photography and words on this feed are all created by me (or others who I choose to re-post) It may not be perfect, but it’s REAL. #supportrealart #creativity #photography #art #creativewriting

A white hand releasing a heart from the thumb and forefinger onto a rainbow background that says human made Top text says all the photography, art and creativity on this feed is bottom text says keep creativity alive support real people

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John Chmura @johnchmura.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

#PoemsAbout #Bites @thebrokenspine.co.uk I will put a reading in the comments. Midnight here in New Jersey. I expect to be out and about during the day, so I may be s little slower playing catchup.

THEM BONES

suggestive of cannibalism
bones have been found in caves
broken and gnawed by our neolithic ancestors

pseudo-christian white nationalist politicians
have been found in congress gnawing bribes
suggestive of economic cannibalism

ted cruz craves a “mexican on monday”
slurping blood from undocumented calvaria
on the tailgate of an unmarked ford explorer

mike johnson who nibbles knuckles
under his desk behind a locked door
claims he “doesn’t know anything about that”

cinnabar stained bones found in certain strata
suggest deliberate caretaking
and ritual ceremony

shitty grifters smeared with trump diaper slime
licking their greedy fingers suggests that
dc is unceremoniously drowning innocents

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The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN) @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 09/10/2026

#PoemsAbout #Bites is live. Bare your teeth. Post from today through Thursday. Tag #PoemsAbout. Use Alt Text. #TakeRisks #EndOnAnImage #AvoidCliché Read 3+. Repost. Reply.

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Cari O. @cariwriting.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

“Vienna Sunshine” is my #PoemsAbout #Bites contribution. Thanks to @thebrokenspine.co.uk !

Only/in the sunshine/do the bites/ show up/on tender arm flesh/and/in the stretched valleys/between each finger

only /in the Vienna/sunshine,/abundant/this summer/its blazing/indifference/settling on reeds /along the Danube

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Rachel Burrows @rburrows.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This poem is about a brilliant woman and her son. They continue to inspire me. He wasn’t able to remain at his local school which she was devastated about, but described her relief that ‘the walk of shame’ was over. #PoemsAbout #Bites @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poetry

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Paul Brookes @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

From my out of print collection "Port of Souls" for #PoemsAbout #Bites and @thebrokenspine.co.uk

Hand Biters

Always snap at the hand that feeds,
cossets, cuddles and hugs,

fists, hits and kicks. Oppose,
depose, make of it yourself.

Pull on the leash, snap the manacle,
challenge this ships captain,

sit on your plastic chair. Tell
your voices you'll decide yourself.

If she does not wake you know your job.
Before she closed her eyes she rehearsed

tasks that you must be complete. How
to empty her home, sell it, pass

your childhood on to others. Be firm
In what must be done. Make yourself.

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roger waldron @throwawayreg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

it’s Friday it’s Crackerjack it’s #PoemsAbout It’s #Bites it’s thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk it’s thanks @thebrokenspine.co.uk it’s a song before I go 🎤🥁🪕🪊🎻🎷🎹 “early one morning just as the sun was raisin I saw a fair cake tin in the valley below” 🛋️ enjoy your weekend everyone everywhere 🛋️🫶🏿

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DrNaturegirl @drnaturegirl.debbiemross.co.uk · 09/10/2026

New work heading to the #artfair tomorrow plus a stack of my highland #photos and my 2027 calendar. If you’re visiting the Highlands or live locally, pop along. There’ll be real, proper artists and photographers there too and refreshments provided by hall volunteers. See you there #art #photography

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DrNaturegirl @drnaturegirl.debbiemross.co.uk · 09/10/2026

Good morning. Dreich. Dark. 10C. Need a bright #photooftheday to cheer me up. Hope it does something for you too. North west Scottish Highlands. Maybe not a beautiful shot, but happy memories of a campervan trip. April 2009. Have a good day. #scotland #scottishhighlands #photography #mountains

Seaweed and pebbles on the strand line of a beach, wet sand beyond. Shallow turquoise water with a golden sand bank behind. Mountains distant.A pale sky striated clouds.

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Cath Hodsman @cathhodsman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Did u know? Insects suffer from negative P.R, with headlines like "swarm", or "invasions". When large emergences of insects like White Cabbage Flies happen,don't think of them as an "invasion" - such huge abundances of life are a boon to garden ecosystems by feeding small souls like 🕷️,🐦‍⬛,🪲,🦇,🐸. 🌱🌿🇬🇧🌱🌍

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Cath Hodsman @cathhodsman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

200% agree....

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Steve Carter @shieldaig.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Deciduous and Evergreen are parting company on the west face of Ben Shieldaig.

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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

'Some things in politics can’t be said with a straight face, and "we’ve investigated ourselves and found we did nothing wrong" should be right up there, alongside "the Clacton by-election fought between the leader of a national party and a bin, wasn’t a publicity stunt".'

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DrNaturegirl @drnaturegirl.debbiemross.co.uk · 08/10/2026

#BigTech's data centres use as much power as millions of homes & guzzle our water. We need basic rules: ⚡ 100% clean power 💧 Zero water waste 🗣️ Local community consent Sign Foxglove's petition to stop data centres harming our communities and environment now. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...

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Big Tech’s giant data centres swallow as much power as millions of homes, guzzle our water, and risk driving up our energy bills - all with zero limits. We need basic rules: ⚡ 100% clean power 💧 Ze...

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Paul Brookes @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Following the success of my FREE two hour introductory session on Workplace poetry from Ebenezer Elliott to Matthew Rice that included creative writing prompts I'researching Women's workplace poetry for a two hour evening session at R2W Mexborough.

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DrNaturegirl @drnaturegirl.debbiemross.co.uk · 08/10/2026

Good morning. Clear. Still. Sun peeking through. 8C. #photooftheday is yesterday’s dog walk. I have to sneak out beach in the carousel every so often or I get withdrawal symptoms! Have a good day. #scotland #photography #beach #sea #sand #sutherland

A photo of a beach taken from height. Dunes with maram grass in the firefround forming a triangle with the point bottom left. Golden sand a bright blue sea with a few sedate waves hitting the shore. Hills on the horizon line. Blue sky with white-grey clouds.

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Steve Carter @shieldaig.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The fish-trap near Am Ploc. ...and from above (Aerial photo taken a few years back).

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Cath Hodsman @cathhodsman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Did u know? Cattle grids are responsible for imprisoning & killing thousands of small animals every year. The solution is simple - instal escape ramps, to enable tiny lives to liberate themselves. Small acts of kindness can make a huge difference - celebrate the small. 🌱🌿🇬🇧🌱🌍🦔🐸🐀

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Carl Bovis @carlbovisnature.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Can you please do me a favour🙏 Just click this link & have a quick look at my bird shop: www.carlbovis.com/shop-3 No need to buy anything, but you might see some ideas for Christmas 😉 Sorry for mentioning the 'C' word already, but as a small business, I need to plan ahead.🐦🙏❤️

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Last chance to join my bird illustration & mental health workshop on zoom this Sat I'll teach you how: 🪶...to draw several different bird species using my simple formula 🧠...creative activity (incl drawing) alters brain biochemistry to improve mental health. workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/bird...

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