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Rob McKain

@kain-author.bsky.social

Author of the Cardiff based John McLean and Pleiades detective series. Performance poet and part-time poetry pamphlet pretender.

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Rob McKain @kain-author.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A quick gardening glimpse for @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social and @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social and the always intriguing #fragmentsfriday

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Rob McKain @kain-author.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

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Rob McKain @kain-author.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Great morning with four brilliant detective novelists at Pontypridd Book Fair. Completed some of my favourite series.

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Rob McKain @kain-author.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

For #fragmentsfriday and @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social with the ever supportive @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social

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Rob McKain @kain-author.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

You know you are writing in Wales when sheep in your garden stop editing

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Rob McKain @kain-author.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

A reflection on a birthday celebration with my grandson for @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social .

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Rob McKain @kain-author.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

One for @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social and @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social

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Helen Laycock @helenlaycock.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Honestly not in it for a placing; it’s just so inspirational to take part, but always a bonus and always delighted to have a piece recognised. ❤️ Thank you so much, @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social & @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social And congratulations to all the winners! 🏆

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Rob McKain @kain-author.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

A quick thought inspired by an unexpected discovery on a dog walk @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social #fragmentsfriday #poetry

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Summer skin sheds its snake, shames it into hiding. Alone! Burrowed under cold rock dreaming of endless winter.

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steph @thenowofmylife.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Having a go at @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social's #FragmentsFriday with something small from my fragments doc!

The crossing

People there are made
giants by the wind

and the sea makes
islands of them.

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Rob McKain @kain-author.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

A poem prepared for @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social and @helenlaycock.bsky.social to consider elsewhere. Enjoyed the challenge of writing it.

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Rob McKain @kain-author.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

With thanks and enormous gratitude to my Welsh hosts @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social and @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social for the opportunity of a wee wind up in advance of tomorrow's rugby in #fragmentfriday.

Puff!! Powdered powerless. Beggar's bowl blindly proffered, head bridged backwards. Dreams doused, hwyl hobbled, scarred scarlet by embarassment.

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Rob McKain @kain-author.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Why not come along, meet some old friends, make some new ones, be entertained and made to think.

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Black Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

‘I want their fierce hope to shake the world’ 🙏 A tribute page to our friend, poet Sarah Connor @sarahsouthwest.bsky.social 💔 A personal perspective on Sarah and her poems with related links. www.blackboughpoetry.com/sarah-connor...

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