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Ellen Harrold

@ellenharrold.bsky.social
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Artist, writer and editor-in-chief of @metachrosismagazine. Fagging out on occasion. Eating vegetable tempura in my limited spare time🌼.

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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Some sketchbook pages. Looking at eyes.
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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Had a great time at the launch of issue 8 of The Marello last night. Campfire stories were shared at the Martello Tower. I had a poem 'Féth Fiada -The Mist in Our Eyes' included in thiss issue and it was a great reason to come up for the evening. #litmag #poem #poetry
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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Just opened my copy of Voice & Verse, Issue 88, which invluded two poems of mine, 'Canthus' and 'OCT Scan'. 🤍🥚☁️ All things are real, even their absense is in itself a physical object. #poetry #poem #litmag
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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Honored to have a bona fide two page spread in Issue 4 of Abyss. A really vibrant and moody production from our own Irish soil. #art #artwork #litmag #literarymagazine
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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Just opened my copy of 'For Those Who Despair' published by Sunday Mornings At The River, whoch includes my poem 'Warp and Weft'. #poem #poetry
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Exacting Clam @exactingclam.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Also www.exactingclam.com/issues/no-21...
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Wendy Walker's Sexual Stealing | Exacting Clam
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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
I have a review in in the latest issue of the Exacting Clam @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social about Wendy Walkers's 'Sexual Stealing'. You can squint at this photo or grab a copy, whatever surf's your turf. #litmag #bookreview
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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
We need to stop the expansion of the fascist entity known as Linkedin
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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
So happy to have my poem 'Relic' included in the lastest issue of Abridged! @abridgedmagazine.bsky.social , gorgeous issue with incredible art. #poetry #poem #litmag
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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Just opened my copy of Eascair Volume 3! I was lucky enough to have a piece included. 'Coral' is a tapestry msde from Irish wool, woven and photographed by me. #textileart #weaving #litmag #literarymagazine
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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Sketchbooks and carnivores #sketchbook #art #artwork
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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
'Dance of the Malcontents' will be making a glorious appearance to an adoring public. Can't wait to see everyone on show at the exhibition opening at Lido Stores Gallery in Margate . #art #artwork #exhibition
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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
I'm delighted to share my poem 'Streetlight', which has been published in the 'All The World's A Page' anthology by Quillkeepers Press . #poem #poetry
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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Some pics of my work in the 'The Sea Around Us' exhibition at The Waterford Gallery of Art . Amazing to be included amonst so many amazing photographers😄🐬🌌🌊 #photography #exhibition
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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Delighted to share my copy of Voice and Verse Issue 85. I was lucky enough to have two poems, 'Fumigation' and 'Ludeonarrative Dissonance' in published in this issue as part of the 'Reparations' special feature. 🌼🌌❄️ #poetry
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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Dwlighted to share. Thank you !😄🌻
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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Thank you! Glad the interpretation came through 😄🤖
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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Thanks! I was staring at an office light when it came to me. Great to hear that it landed😄🌼✌️
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Metachrosis Magazine (Subs open from 12 Dec - 01 Mar) @metachrosismag.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Submissions are open for issue 6 of Metachrosis Magazine. We are accepting submissions through Duosuma and Curatorspace, with all information and links available via metachrosislitmag.com/submission-g... . #opencall #subsopen #litmag #artmag #opencall
Submissions are open!
Metachrosis Issue 6
5th Dec - 28th Feb

We'll be accepting submissions of all forms of art and writing.
Send in your work via Duosuma and Curatorspace.
Check out our submission guidelines on our website!
Below is a black and white image of a beetle.
Metachrosis Magazine
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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Very much worth looking at some diagrams in my opinion, really captivating stuff. (And I don't just say that as a meteorology nerd).
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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
The rhythm and precision of the language is really striking (I stand by this pun). It would be really interesting to see the visual deliniation format used to relfect the seperation of positive and negative charge by ice and water that creates lightning if that's of interest✌️
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
"An elder is someone who is older than olive trees" is about asking why does the Israeli state harm olive trees, and reflecting on how I came to loathe state borders as someone who grew up in Lebanon to a Palestinian grandfather -- plus my love of trains. www.hauntologies.net/p/an-elder-i...
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An elder is someone who is older than olive trees
Or: what breaks me
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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
I'm back for this week's #poemsabout #static with @thebrokenspine.co.uk and @alanparrywriter.co.uk . I decided to explire static as a loss of connection and isolation from a system required to function. I love working with okd tech so it was nice to explore the entrophy of operating systems. #poetry
System collapse
Ellen Harrold

Spackled pixels hum the chorus, changing notes 
‘til they hit the same key. Holes, punched in short formation,
guide the swarm. Ripples in a dead river. Churning silt.
Lights don’t blink like we do, they STOP. Beginning 
the next sequence. Unless flesh breaks the circuit,
controlling the supernova with practiced ease. 
In some distant dark, a motor hums - glowing pale 
against empty states. The error screen holding out
as rust severs the tendons.
The Broken Spine logo
@Thebrokenspine.co.uk
Below is an image of static on a large CRT monitor. The monitor is on a concrete floor and the lower half of a woman in balc trousers and red boots is sat on top of the monitor. 
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#poemsabout
#static
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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Sketchbook pages, looking at soil composition, skin grafts, and Aztec history. #sketchbook
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Metachrosis Magazine (Subs open from 12 Dec - 01 Mar) @metachrosismag.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Submissions are officially open for issue 6 of Metachrosis Magazine. We are accepting submissions through Duosuma and Curatorspace, with all information and links available via metachrosislitmag.com/submission-g... . #opencall #subsopen #litmag #artmag
Submissions Open!
Metachrosis Issue 6
15th Dec - 28th Feb

We'll be accepting all forms of art and writing

Send in work via Duosuma and Curatorspace.

Check out our submission guidelines on our website!

Beneath is an image of a cherub riding a chariot driven by peacocks; the cherub is whipping them (to no effect)

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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Just opened my copy of @thebelfastreview.bsky.social issue 5, featuring my poem 'Goths'. 🖤 #poem #poetry #litmag
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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Just cracked open my first published short story 'Offering' in 'Soot & Boots: An Anthology of Festive Fiction' published by The Broken Spine @thebrokenspine.co.uk. The story is an exploration of pagan tradition and the bonds between outsiders. Can't wait yo read the rest. ❄️☁️🌌🌙 #shortstory #writing
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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Amazed to be included. I csn't wait to read the full issue. 😄🌼
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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Taking things apart. May become relevant later. #sketchbook #sketch
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Metachrosis Magazine (Subs open from 12 Dec - 01 Mar) @metachrosismag.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
2 more weeks to go! Enough time to crack open a sketchbook and drink a frozen margarita. As per ususal, all submission guidelines and digital copies of Metachrosis can be found on our website via the link in our bio. Get weird with it. #opencall #litmag #literarymagazine #artmag #artsmagazine
Submissions open in 2 weeks!
Metachrosis Issue 6
15th Dec - 28th Feb
We'll be accepting submissions of all forms of art and writing.
Send in your work via duosoma and Curatorspace.
Check out our submission guidelines on our website.
Metachrosis Magazine
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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
My first published short story is in this anthology! Couldn't ask for a better debut. ❄️😄🌿
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Metachrosis Magazine (Subs open from 12 Dec - 01 Mar) @metachrosismag.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
We'll be opening for submissions of all forms of art and writing from 15th December 2025 - 28th February 2026. We'll be open for submissions via Duosoma and Curatorspace. Our submission guidelines and previous issue are on our website. 🐌🌌🌞 metachrosislitmag.com #litmag #literarymagazine #opencall
Submissions Open from 15th December  / Metachrosis Issue 6 / We'll be accepting all forms of art and writing / send in your work vis Duosoma and Curatorspace / Check out our submission guidelines on our website! Metachrosis Magazine
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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
For this week's #PoemsAbout #Desire with @thebrokenspine.co.uk and @alanparrywriter.co.uk I'm focusing on the details of desire and the moments in time that etch themselves into our memory #poem #poetry
Fresh Cotton Bedding
Ellen Harrold

Sallow permutations hold steady against the bloom;
discrepancies eroded under cover of cheap lumens.

Wrists snap at the tendons, contorted collars - distend
at the first hint of a door handle pushed to its limit.

The lock holds firm, new trainers cross the carpet -
Stumbling up the corridor, looking for the right room. 

Turning back, i see one of your earrings about to tumble
through the pillowcases. Cartilage diamonds set in gold.

Sliding the back into place, chromatic flecks dance across 
your temple. Bleeding into the space between freckles.
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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
A poem about slugs! I was lucky enough to publish my poem 'They're Eaten By Everything' in the latest issue of The Healing Muse by SUNY Upstate Medical University. #Poem #Poetry #litmag #literarymagazine
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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Thanks! It's great for any home engineering situation really. 😄
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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Thanks! Always happy to share the joys of mass-made mechanisms 🔒🗝
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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
It wanted something both visceral and ordinary, glad it hit the spot 😄🫁
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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Thanks! Love a risky theme interpretation, I do. 😄🌻🌼
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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Just opened my copy of Sunday Mornings at the River 2026 poetry diary. I've been lucku enough to hail November 2026 with my poem 'Roadside'. #poetry #poem
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
What's lost when we lose staff, departments, programmes and faculties in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, and what's that got to do with organ donation? Amid the looming losses faced by Cardiff, Edinburgh, Lancaster, Leicester and Nottingham (among many others), here's a worked example. 1/8
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The organ donation ‘opt-out’ has been a fatal failure | The Observer
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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Thanks! 😄🌼🌻
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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
I'm delighted to be included in this issue 😄🌼✌️, can't wait to read the full lineup. 🌌
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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Thank you so much! I like hearing about which specific phrases stuck with people so that's always good to hear😄🌦
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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Thank you so much. I wanted to veer away from the role of passive observer so I'm glad to hear it came through😄🌼
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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
I wanted it to have both onservation and action. Recontextualises the viewing of the landscape as a dwliberate act Glad to hear it came through😄☁️
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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Delighted to hear it. Always enjoy people wandering through my writing, makes it feel like the words are a living place😄 🌳
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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Thank you! Glad the mystery came through 😄🌿
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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Delighted you enjoyed it.✌️
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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
For this weeks #PoemsAbout #LockedDoors with @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk I wanted to focua on the locks themselves. The complex mechanisms and feats of engineering that are taken for granted.
Deadbolt
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Grease the filigree with fresh marrow.
Stop-gap mechanisms need the movement
to push and click thrpugh metal intestines.
The process ingrained in the architecture, now
rotting under termite tracks. Stainless steel
melts in the furnace, rusts in the scrap heap.
Churned out by thw thousand, chieftans and kings
would gaze in awe at our ikea doorhandles.
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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
I was delighted to grab a copy of The Storms Issue 5 at the in Rathfarnham Castle in Dublin. I have two pieces of art in this issue: 'Caress' and 'Nautilis'. Can't wait to listen to the audio companion to the issue with Eat the Storms podcast #litmag #literarymagazine
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