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Ian T. James

@ijt.bsky.social
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Dad, Granddad, socialist and musician. I’m a proud Burnley FC supporter and love watching tennis.

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Ian T. James @ijt.bsky.social · 16h
TUESDAY HAIKU Warm in the morning Changing October weather The global effect Wordle 1,935 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟩🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Ian T. James @ijt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It's Monday afternoon again, Where did the day go? All I've done is some washing (Three loads though) A little shopping A little walk Phoned a friend Had a little talk Now it's half past five And nearly time for tea, Wait, There's still a Wordle Calling to me. W. 1,934 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Ian T. James @ijt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Sunday, A day of rest. So I'll have a lie in, I think that's best. Wordle 1,933 4/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Ian T. James @ijt.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Ian T. James @ijt.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Ian T. James @ijt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
FRIDAY HAIKU Early morning mist Condensation on the window The chill of Autumn Wordle 1,931 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Ian T. James @ijt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Today's poem by Lim E. Rick There was a young woman from France, Who could only move round if she danced. She tangoed through town, Then spun round and round And collapsed on a chair in a trance. Wordle 1,930 4/6 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Ian T. James @ijt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Somedays I wordle easy, Other days it's a pain Today it was squeaky bum time again! Wordle 1,929 6/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Ian T. James @ijt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
TUESDAY HAIKU Nights are drawing in The days are getting shorter Autumn has arrived Wordle 1,928 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Ian T. James @ijt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
FYI Paris, Isle of Man and Broadway on my walk today...😉
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Ian T. James @ijt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Late to my Wordle today I had to get out and make some hay Sun in the sky almost too warm Had to make a large detour And go round by the farm Past Paris and Broadway The Isle of Man too Up on the hills Such a great view I like living here Every day something new W.1,927 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Ian T. James @ijt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Aah! Sunday, A rest day. Calm, calm, calm... Wordle 1,926 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Ian T. James @ijt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A calm Saturday Late afternoon I've strolled round the neighbourhood Humming a Beatles tune I must remember later That there's a Harvest Moon Now that's a cracking Neil Young tune These idle thoughts Are slipping away As the Sun is setting At the end of the day W 1,925 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Ian T. James @ijt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
FRIDAY HAIKU We should look upwards To search for the higher ground And raise awareness Wordle 1,924 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Ian T. James @ijt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Some days I wordle hard and long To make sure I don't get the answer wrong. Today with letters in place by line three The answer came to me rather quickly. Good luck to y'all. 👍😊 Wordle 1,923 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Ian T. James @ijt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
TUESDAY HAIKU The days move closer To the Autumn Equinox And the nights draw in Wordle 1,921 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Ian T. James @ijt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I wordled hard I wordled long I reached line three And still it was wrong When at line four I thought it was mine By line five It was squeaky bum time I entered line six And looked away You almost got me Wordle, But not today! Happy wordling folks W. 1,920 6/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Ian T. James @ijt.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Sunday. Homeward bound But first The very gentle sound Of sleep. Wordle 1,919 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Ian T. James @ijt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
FRIDAY HAIKU Walking in quiet fields Away from the roaring traffic At one with nature Wordle 1,917 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Ian T. James @ijt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
V. late to post today Probs because I'm camping - away. Wordle 1,916 5/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Ian T. James @ijt.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Take me away From the noise of the day From the reach of AI And the fire in the sky I need relief From the people in power I need green fields And a gentle rain shower Warm sun, good food The simple things in life And freedom From all worldly strife. Wordle 1,915 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Ian T. James @ijt.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
TUESDAY HAIKU Today was a hint Of an Indian summer A gift from Autumn Wordle 1,914 4/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟨 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Ian T. James @ijt.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
A wobbly Wordle today I think my brain went astray. But I found it just in time, To write my little daily rhyme. Wordle 1,913 5/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Ian T. James @ijt.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I'm in sleepy time mode Slipping down the bedtime road Yawning away to the start of a new day... 🥱 🙂‍↔️ 😴 Wordle 1,912 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Ian T. James @ijt.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Aah, Saturday There's something About Saturday. A promise; Of projects to work on, Visits to make, Books to read, Matches to watch, And much, much more. Or much much less, A lazy morning And a quiet afternoon. Whatever, Saturdays always end, Too soon. W. 1,911 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Ian T. James @ijt.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
FRIDAY HAIKU The land is cooling Autumn fruits are ripening Change is in the air Wordle 1,910 5/6 ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Ian T. James @ijt.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
THE PARTING I thought I knew her, He said We were close, I could see inside her head, I thought. Now we are strangers She said No longer sharing a bed You live your life And I mine Instead. Love can't be bought But there are happy days ahead. Wordle 1,909 5/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Ian T. James @ijt.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I note the seasons With the layers Of clothing That I wear. Now Autumn's here I tote more gear To keep the warmth Round me. It's what we do In Northern climes, Adjust our clothing With the time Of year Take off or put on Another layer. Wordle 1,908 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Ian T. James @ijt.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
TUESDAY HAIKU From a bright blue sky Rain splashes into puddles Sunshine and showers Wordle 1,907 6/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Ian T. James @ijt.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
🎶 And we sailed around the Wordle. Until we found, The Sea of Greens. And we lived, Beneath the Waves In our all green Submarine... Wordle 1,906 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Ian T. James @ijt.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Early Sunday Not yet dawn Back to sleep With a little yawn... Wordle 1,905 4/6 ⬛⬛🟩⬛🟩 🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩⬛🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Ian T. James @ijt.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
FRIDAY HAIKU Rain hits the window Lashing hard against the glass pane With a rattling sound Wordle 1,903 6/6 🟨🟨⬛⬛🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟨🟨⬛🟨⬛ 🟨🟩🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Ian T. James @ijt.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
It seems fitting to post Shelley's poem about an emperor whose statue lies wrecked in the desert sand.
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Ian T. James @ijt.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
So Apple are soft to the core. Renaming Lake Ontario is the ultimate in grovelling servitude to an old man struggling with early onset dementure. Shame on you Apple cos you know long after Trump's image has crumbled away like Ozimandias in the desert, it will STILL be called Lake Ontario by EVERYONE
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Ian T. James @ijt.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
A sea of greens Can be deceiving, For want of a letter No answer receiving When squeaky bum time did arrive, I'm glad to say I did survive. And managed to keep My run alive. Wordle 1,902 6/6 ⬛⬛🟩🟩⬛ ⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Ian T. James @ijt.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Today I ask myself The questions that I keep For these quiet times. Little moments of self doubt Of hidden worries That I often block out. After sifting through those thoughts, my usual intent? 🤔 Is to smile, tuck them away again and live in the moment. 😊 Wordle 1,901 4/6 ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨 ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟨🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Ian T. James @ijt.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
TUESDAY HAIKU A flash of lightning And a rumble of thunder Autumn storm season Wordle 1,900 3/6 🟨🟨⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Ian T. James @ijt.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Dear Google, I am one of a small percentage of people who support you annually with a donation. I also believe that the US is led by an elderly narcissist who is clearly in the early stages of dementure. Please explain to me why you have decided to rename Lake Ontario based on Trump's whim?
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Ian T. James @ijt.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I ask myself, what does life mean, And other philosophical themes And it comes down to this Wordling in six - all green! Wordle 1,899 6/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Ian T. James @ijt.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Aaa-a-ah, That Sunday feeling. Time to chill. Wordle 1,898 3/6 🟩⬛⬛🟨🟨 ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Ian T. James @ijt.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
The weekend is here And though it's nothing new I still hold it dear I like the way I feel On Saturday and Sunday These days are very different from how I feel on Monday There's something about the Weekend That makes you feel relaxed And thats a fact. So chill. Wordle 1,897 3/6 ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟨⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Ian T. James @ijt.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
FRIDAY HAIKU The Sun disappears And the rain comes tumbling down We should be grateful Wordle 1,896 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ ⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ ⬛🟨🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Ian T. James @ijt.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The World moves on The news is new Has nothing changed For me and you? Lives have been lost In parts of the world Nations have cheered At their sporting success Others left floundering Lost homes and distress With little support To clean up the mess. Wordle 1,895 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ ⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ 🟨🟨🟨⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Ian T. James @ijt.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
My sister loved you Dolly Parton And in the end I did too. We felt we saw the real person Behind the ballyhoo. You helped raise the reading standard With the books you bought for school Your songs tugged at our heart Your voice a work of art You were nobody's fool. RIP ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ 🟨🟨⬛🟩⬛ 🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Ian T. James @ijt.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
TUESDAY HAIKU It's cooler today With calm and sunny weather I love days like these Wordle 1,893 5/6 ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟩⬛🟩 ⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Ian T. James @ijt.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
There once was an arrogant man Who said, "I think I'll just go bomb Iran", He got stuck in Hormuth, And when faced with the truth, He simply turned tail and ran. Wordle 1,892 3/6 ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Ian T. James @ijt.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Sunday A day of rest So the least written Is the best... Wordle 1,890 5/6 ⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Ian T. James @ijt.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
When Saturday comes Used to mean three O'Clock Now it starts on Friday evening Again at midday Saturday, three and Five too With all of these kick-off times What can a man do? Well there's always Sunday afternoon at two Then Monday evening To complete... W. 1,890 5/6 ⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Ian T. James @ijt.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
FRIDAY HAIKU At a certain age A man must lose his anger And find inner calm Wordle 1,889 4/6 🟨🟩⬛⬛🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Ian T. James @ijt.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Sometimes I gaze in awe at the World When seen from a satellite And sometimes I marvel at the colours on an insect, Or some such tiny mite And I wonder why we elect such fools Who destroy the Earth with bombs and dynamite. It's time they went, It's time we saw the light. 1,888 3/6 ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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