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Finn Cassidy

@finncassidy.bsky.social
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An occasionally enlightened earthling muddling through the mayhem, madness and magic of our chaotic cosmos, dabbling in life for it to become poetry. 🇫🇷 France 🇮🇪 Ireland

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Finn Cassidy @finncassidy.bsky.social · 1h
Hi all #FragmentsFriday poets. Hi & SPECIAL THANKS 🙏 to @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social, @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social. Here's my WINTER #micropoem: This M0rning's M0mentary G1itch In The Matrix ... the stark arrival of an alpine winter. THANKS for sharing your #Poetry, & #PoetryCommunity🙏💚
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Finn Cassidy @finncassidy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Hi all #FragmentsFriday poets. Hi & SPECIAL THANKS 🙏 to @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social, @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social. Happy to share my #micropoem: An Autumnal Blessing THANKS for sharing your #Poetry, & #PoetryCommunity🙏💚
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Finn Cassidy @finncassidy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Hi all #FragmentsFriday poets. Hi & SPECIAL THANKS 🙏 to @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social, @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social. Happy to share my #micropoem: A 6 Year Old's First Encounter With AI 1.0 JM Medeiros's 'Fragment' last week awoke a memory 🙏 THANKS for sharing your #Poetry, & #PoetryCommunity🙏💚
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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 15/09/2026
That time of year again. You close the curtains earlier each evening. You want something warm, nourishing. Wave twenty-seven of @iamb.uk has got you. Make a nest on the sofa, pull the blankets around you, and settle down with 45 poems read by their authors. iamb.uk/index/wave/27
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wave twenty-seven | autumn 2026 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard
Hear the poets of wave 27 of literary poetry journal iamb read their poems for autumn 2026 .
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Finn Cassidy @finncassidy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Hi all #FragmentsFriday poets. Hi & SPECIAL THANKS 🙏 to @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social, @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social. Happy to share my 17-word #micropoem: Joy-Riding Shadows THANKS for sharing your #Poetry, & #PoetryCommunity🙏💚
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Finn Cassidy @finncassidy.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Hi all #FragmentsFriday poets. Hi & SPECIAL THANKS 🙏 to @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social, @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social. Happy to share my 14-word #micropoem: Old Grey Is The New Gold THANKS for sharing your #Poetry, & #PoetryCommunity🙏💚
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Finn Cassidy @finncassidy.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Hi all #FragmentsFriday poets. Hi & SPECIAL THANKS 🙏 to @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social, @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social. Happy to share my #micropoem: Summer's Seduction THANKS for sharing your #Poetry, & #PoetryCommunity🙏💚
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Finn Cassidy @finncassidy.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Hi all #FragmentsFriday poets. Hi & SPECIAL THANKS 🙏 to @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social, @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social. Happy to share my #micropoem: She Casually Cuts-In On Our Tango THANKS for sharing your #Poetry, & #PoetryCommunity🙏💚
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Channel Press @channelpress.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Our first call for submissions as Channel Press is live 🩷 Biophilia: Love Poems for the Living World will be made up of poetry celebrating human beings' innate tendency to affiliate with other forms of life. Send us poems for the places and creatures you love most. channelpress.ie/submissions/
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Finn Cassidy @finncassidy.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Hi all #FragmentsFriday poets. Hi & SPECIAL THANKS 🙏 to @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social, @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social. Happy to share my #micropoem: Accomplished Accomplices THANKS for sharing your #Poetry, & #PoetryCommunity🙏💚
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Black Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
3rd place 🥉 #fragmentsfriday Finian Cassidy #poetry #writing #micropoem
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Finn Cassidy @finncassidy.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Hi all #FragmentsFriday poets. Hi & SPECIAL THANKS 🙏 to @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social, @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social. Happy to share my #micropoem, Nonchalance (the nonchalance of a French-alpine sunset & moonrise) THANKS for sharing your #Poetry, & #PoetryCommunity🙏💚
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Black Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
* Please share * 📣 LAUNCH DAY of ‘Edges of Our Days’ by Welsh-Cornish #poet Polly Oliver. @pollyoliverwales.bsky.social 🌊 ⛰️ 🔥 ☀️ ❄️ 🖊️ 💫 💎 👇 👇 👇 www.blackboughpoetry.com/polly-oliver... #poetry #Gower
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Finn Cassidy @finncassidy.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Hi all #FragmentsFriday poets. Hi & SPECIAL THANKS 🙏 to @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social, @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social. Happy to share my 'Solstice' #micropoem, Celestial Drafts THANKS for sharing your #Poetry, & #PoetryCommunity🙏💚
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Finn Cassidy @finncassidy.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Hi all #FragmentsFriday poets. Hi & SPECIAL THANKS 🙏 to @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social, @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social. Happy to share my #micropoem, Time Untangles THANKS for sharing your #Poetry, & #PoetryCommunity🙏💚
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Finn Cassidy @finncassidy.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Hi 👋 all #FragmentsFriday poets. Hi 👋 & SPECIAL THANKS 🙏 to @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social, @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social. Happy to share my #micropoem, Cultivation's Off-Cuts (on cultivating personal growth, moving-on from the past) THANKS for sharing your #Poetry, & #PoetryCommunity🙏💚
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Black Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Joint second on #fragmentsfriday - Fijian Cassidy 🥈 #poem
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Finn Cassidy @finncassidy.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Hi all #FragmentsFriday poets. Hi & THANKS to @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social & @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social. My #micropoem 'Pentecostal Pout' is what I see in her lips (see close-up photo), you may have to squint-blur your vision, & stretch your imagination to see it. Pentecost is Sunday, May 24th.
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Finn Cassidy @finncassidy.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Hi 👋 all #FragmentsFriday poets. Hi 👋 & SPECIAL THANKS 🙏 to @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social, @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social. Happy to share my #micropoem, 'A Donkey-Dungscape' THANKS for sharing your micro-poems, & community 🙏💚 #Poetry #PoetryCommunity
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Finn Cassidy @finncassidy.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Hi 👋 all #FragmentsFriday poets. Hi 👋 & SPECIAL THANKS 🙏 to @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social, @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social. Happy to share my #micropoem, 'Nature Morte' THANKS for sharing your micro-poems, & community 🙏💚 #Poetry #PoetryCommunity
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Finn Cassidy @finncassidy.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Sorry, it's way too early to be posting about Christmas 2026🎄❄️ ... however, I'm honoured to have a poem accepted for the blackboughpoetry.bsky.social Christmas-Winter Anthology 2026. More info to follow. THANKS to EIC 🙏💚 @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social & Guest Editor 🙏💚 @paulwritespoems.bsky.social
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Black Bough Poetry (@blackboughpoetry.bsky.social)
Welsh poetry press based in Swansea with a focus on imagist poetry. Edited by Matthew M C Smith
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Finn Cassidy @finncassidy.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Hi 👋 all #FragmentsFriday poets. Hi 👋 & SPECIAL THANKS 🙏 to @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social, @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social. Here's my 18-word #micropoem Airborne Obeisance THANKS for sharing your micro-poems, & community 🙏💚 #Poetry #PoetryCommunity
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Finn Cassidy @finncassidy.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Hi 👋 all #FragmentsFriday poets. Hi 👋 & SPECIAL THANKS 🙏 to @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social, @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social. Here's my #micropoem, Day's Eyes, a micro-ode to a micro-flower. The title reads into the first line. THANKS for sharing your poems, & community 🙏💚 #Poetry #PoetryCommunity
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Black Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
A reminder! #fragmentsfriday tomorrow ⚡️ 🖊️ 📱 #poetry #poetic #writingprompts #writing
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Paul @paulwritespoems.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Coming to a zoom room near you. Join me for a celebration of poetry with an incredible lineup of readers… 🎟️Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1985095180...
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Finn Cassidy @finncassidy.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Hi 👋 all #FragmentsFriday poets. Hi 👋 & SPECIAL THANKS 🙏 to @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social, @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social. I'm happy to share my #micropoem: Metanoia THANKS for sharing your poems, & community 🙏💚 #Poetry #PoetryCommunity
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Finn Cassidy @finncassidy.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
THANKS to @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social for this pleasant surprise 🙏💚 ... & a MASSIVE THANKS for your continued dedication to hosting, motivating and encouraging an online community of poets @ #FragmentsFriday #TopTweetTuesday @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social Sincere THANKS 🙏💚
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Finn Cassidy @finncassidy.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Hi all #FragmentsFriday poets, @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social, @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social. I'm happy to share my #micropoem, 'Posturing'. Thanks 🙏💚 for the poetry plateform/community. #Poetry #PoetryCommunity
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Finn Cassidy @finncassidy.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Hi all #FragmentsFriday poets, @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social, @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social. I'm happy to share my 18 word #micropoem, 'Some Tastes Of Shame'. Thanks 🙏💚 for sharing your poetry. Thanks 🙏💚 for the welcoming poetry plateform/community. #Poetry #PoetryCommunity
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Finn Cassidy @finncassidy.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Delighted to be a small part of such an expansive anthology, supporting a great cause. CONGRATULATIONS👏 THANKS🙏 @paulwritespoems.bsky.social & likewise to all the contributing poets - such a rich variety of voices & themes 💚 Download 👇 shorturl.at/iVhZN #UnwhisperedLegacy #Poetry #Anthology
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Finn Cassidy @finncassidy.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Check out this beautiful wren, along with wonderful spring poems, and photos, in the Spring Issue of 'Drawn To The Light Press' 👏💚 THANKS to Editor, Orla Fay 🙏 for including my poem, Recurring Resilience. ⬇️ Find BELOW the link to read FREE online and/or purchase print issue.
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Finn Cassidy @finncassidy.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
The first whispers of Spring are always inspirational, as are 35 poems in the Spring Issue of 'Drawn To The Light Press'. THANKS to Editor, Orla Fay, for including my poem, 'Recurring Resilience'. Read online and/or purchase print issue. drawntothelightpress.com/issues/
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Issue 17 Spring 2026
drawn-to-the-light-press-issue-17Download
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HOWL New Irish Writing @howlwriting.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
HOWL 26 submissions are now open. We’re accepting poetry and prose (fiction and nonfiction) in English agus as Gaeilge from February 13th – February 23rd. We want the raw and the real. If it excites you, send it to us. Full guidelines + submission details: 🔗 www.howlwriting.ie#submit
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HOWL New Irish Writing @howlwriting.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
HOWL opens for subs for New Irish Writing once every two years, and that window is quickly approaching! From Feb 13th - Feb 23rd you can submit your poetry, fiction, and nonfiction to HOWL 26 at howlwriting.ie We hope we are lucky enough to receive your work!
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Molly Twomey @mollytwomey.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
I'm judging the Maria Edgeworth Festival's poetry competition this year 🥳 and I would love to read your work! The deadline is the 27th of February 🌸 mariaedgeworthcenter.com/.../maria-ed...
headshots of myself, Molly Twomey, and the short story judge, Órfhlaith Foyle. Text says: Maria Edgeworth Festival, 15th- 17th of May 2026, 'please pay and submit via our website, closing date: 27th February, 2026, 5 pm, entries 5 euro each.'
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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 12/01/2026
On Feb 1 2026, @iamb.uk celebrates six years online. Join @louisepoetical.bsky.social and creator/curator @markantonyowen.com on Jan 31 – plus a hand-picked selection of poets from the 380 who've featured in the journal so far – for a free, fun evening of poetry readings. 🥳🎂 bit.ly/iamb_is_six
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Last Saturday - celebrating 6 years of iamb
Join iamb's creator/curator Mark Antony Owen & host Louise Longson for a night of poems to celebrate 6 years of this great poetry showcase.
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Finn Cassidy @finncassidy.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
I'm late to BlueSky ... I'm new to this ... I'm an analog man discovering a new, blue digital world. Over the next few days/weeks I'll be reaching out here on Bluesky to connect with all my current poetry 'followers'/'following'on X. I'm eager to see if the sky is bluer. #poetry #poetrycommunity
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