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Joyce Butler

@joycebwriter.bsky.social
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Married Mam. Writer. Poet. Author. Currently querying a YA Speculative fiction novel. Contributor - Irish Times, Poetry as Commemoration, The Munster Express. The Galway Review. From Waterford, Ireland.

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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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SPILLWORDS.COM @spillwordspress.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The Cycle of Leaf written by: Carol Bennetts   Along the deserted Galveston beach at the west end of town, a lone animal trots along the sand. The shy creature sniffs the air in the hope of a tasty dinner. The rare coyote-red wolf #Spillwords #Fiction #Literature #Poetry #WritingCommunity
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The Cycle of Leaf
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Joyce Butler @joycebwriter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
That’s not a bomb, that’s a mermaid with wind.
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June Caldwell @junec.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
We now have 140 X five-star reviews for our #AirBnb room if you're ever looking to stay in Dublin. Writers get a discount! www.airbnb.ie/h/pinkhoused...
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Home in Dublin · ★5.0 · 1 bedroom · 1 bed · 1 shared bathroom
Double Room in Glasnevin; free parking/airport bus
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Joyce Butler @joycebwriter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Purrrrfect!!
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Guy Walters @guywalters.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The most important words at the Nuremberg trials were ‘not guilty’, I write in The Telegraph. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10...
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Joyce Butler @joycebwriter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Stabbing my woollen voodoo doll of that lowlife, Cyril with a knitting needle in his gazooleys should keep him out of action for a while. #GirlsOwnCC
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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The story of Natalie Abudayyeh (21) a journalism student and member of the Palestine Women's Football Team. She played in Dublin against @bfcdublin.bsky.social in 2024. Today, she's in an Israeli jail. Her family and teammates say she was taken at gunpoint from university without charge.
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Joyce Butler @joycebwriter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Does Walt have a local? Yes a few Especially for the PVC crew 😂
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Joyce Butler @joycebwriter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
You need to find one for the PVC crew!
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Joyce Butler @joycebwriter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Just because you look like Florence Welch, Jemima, doesn’t mean you can cavort around the neighbourhood, using your hand mirror as a microphone. #GirlsOwnCC
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Joyce Butler @joycebwriter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Have you found a local in Prague?
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Joyce Butler @joycebwriter.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Just because you look like Florence Welch, Jemima, doesn’t mean you can cavort around the neighbourhood, using your hand mirror as a microphone. #GirlsOwnCC
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Joyce Butler @joycebwriter.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Me: Do you like my friends Halloween outfit? 11yo: The pants look a bit squeaky.
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Joyce Butler @joycebwriter.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
@mindheartinsoul.bsky.social Thanks for sharing my poem 🙏🏻
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Joyce Butler @joycebwriter.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Yes, hairy chest with a gold medallion.
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Joyce Butler @joycebwriter.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I get a lot of that on Instagram, so I keep my account private.
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Joyce Butler @joycebwriter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
@johnaharrison.bsky.social Thanks
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Joyce Butler @joycebwriter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The grey clouds look like a fist. 👊🏻
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Joyce Butler @joycebwriter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Delighted to have my poem, Butterfly, published on @spillwordspress.bsky.social today Many Thanks to Editor, Dagmara K. The poem can be accessed through this link spillwords.com/butterfly-by... I’ve also included it in the attachments below. #poetrycommunity
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Joyce Butler @joycebwriter.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The hammer’s too small for smashing your husbands painting, Miss. So what do you suggest I use, Vera, your tiny bar of carbolic soap? #GirlsOwnCC
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Joyce Butler @joycebwriter.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Phil Grimes Speakeasy was on Friday night.
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Joyce Butler @joycebwriter.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Brilliant Speakeasy at Phili Grimes pub last night. With some amazing readings by @martinadalton.bsky.social from her poetry collection, Midnight at the Salt Marsh, published by @thegallerypress.bsky.social Also poets, Ger Duffy, @billyfenton.bsky.social and Elaine Westnott O’Brien.
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Sarah Ward @sarahward595.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Saturday, and the world around me lays still. Later today I will find an hour or two to sit and read - write my review. For now, I wish you all a wonderful day - Enjoy. #saturdaythoughts #happyday #weekend #goodmorning
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Joyce Butler @joycebwriter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
😂😂
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Joyce Butler @joycebwriter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Your wardrobe choices in 20 years time.
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SPILLWORDS.COM @spillwordspress.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Between the Moon and Clouds written by: Ivor Steven   They say the world is changing, but the moon cannot stop frowning, while nature is unerringly hurting, beneath our fettered feet. Between the worried moon and the settling #Fiction #Literature #WritingCommunity #Spillwords #Poetry
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Joyce Butler @joycebwriter.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
#MondayThoughts
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Joyce Butler @joycebwriter.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I asked AI what you’d be wearing in 20 years and got this feedback! Love the Cyber-Elder Tailoring 😂
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SPILLWORDS.COM @spillwordspress.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
13 days. 13 works. One October. Spillwords’ 13 Days of Halloween is open. Deadline: Sept 18, 2026. Max 2. No simultaneous. Human-written only. Submit your haunt: spillwords.com/13-days-of-h... #13DaysOfHalloween #Spillwords #CallForSubmissions
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Joyce Butler @joycebwriter.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Love the jacket!
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Joyce Butler @joycebwriter.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The Other Side of the Mirror is one of her best albums. I listen to it nearly every day.
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Joyce Butler @joycebwriter.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
For me Stevie Nicks. I listen to her music in the car nearly every day!
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Stevie Nicks Fleetwood Mac
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Joyce Butler @joycebwriter.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Congratulations 🙌🏻
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waterford rhyme @waterfordrhyme.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
What a fantastic day! 🤩 Thanks a million to everyone who helped make today such a huge success - we couldn’t have made this happen without the support of so many brilliant people. 🎉 This really was a wonderful team effort - Waterford has THE most amazing creative arts community 😍
Photo of some of this year's winners of the annual waterford competition with the judge Molly Twomey at waterfordrhyme26
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Joyce Butler @joycebwriter.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I was asking for more Botox, not Books. #GirlsOwnCC
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Joyce Butler @joycebwriter.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
We should put this sign on every politician's desk
What would Dolly do?
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Joyce Butler @joycebwriter.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Ok, what’s Czech for PVC?!
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Joyce Butler @joycebwriter.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
#DollyParton 🙏🏻
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Joyce Butler @joycebwriter.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Meant to say, I’m glad your lovely Char is not wearing PVC pyjamas! 😂
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June Caldwell @junec.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Myself and @stomaselli.bsky.social are facilitating two courses in Oct: #ShortStoryInSixDays & #EditYourOwnWork at beautiful Circle of Missé Writer's Retreat, Loire Valley, France. Price includes a gorgeous ensuite room, tuition, all meals and even the vino! www.circleofmisse.com/wp/writing-2...
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Joyce Butler @joycebwriter.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Mama, who’s the suede head playing the violin?
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Joyce Butler @joycebwriter.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Congratulations, Mike. Making your way to the top of a competition like this is no mean feat!
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Joyce Butler @joycebwriter.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Congratulations. That’s brilliant. A real breakthrough! I’ve entered so many novel competitions and gotten anywhere!
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Joyce Butler @joycebwriter.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Eva Brown
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Joyce Butler @joycebwriter.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Trying to read what it says on your tee shirt.👚
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Clare Mulley @claremulley.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Sad to learn that wonderful #WW2 resistance fighter #WandaTraczykStawska died yesterday, aged 99. My friend @mariannabukowski.bsky.social was watching cinefilm fm the #WarsawUprising when she saw her friend Wanda, serving gun in hand. The result was her beautiful biopic #portraitofasoldier ... 1/2
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Joyce Butler @joycebwriter.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Are the first to tap dance in PVC trousers?!
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Classic Tap Dance Performance
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Joyce Butler @joycebwriter.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
‘Mummy, when I grow up I want to be Baby Spice.’ ‘Of course dear. And your father already looks like Scary Spice.’ #GirlsOwnCC
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