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Stephen Kerr

@kidcobbler.bsky.social
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Lapsed writer. Through a series of unfortunate events I have been handed the gift of time.

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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 8h
Early stroll. The evolving moon. ROAD CLOSED sign as metal metaphor. A jacket hung on a fence. A man stands beside a white van, arms folded. That cat, splashed by streetlight.
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Stephen Kerr @kidcobbler.bsky.social · 7h
A fairly tricky word which was made much easier by my two starter words eliminating all other contenders. Three Club. Good luck everyone.😊🤞 Wordle 1,931 3/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Stephen Kerr @kidcobbler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I couldn't agree more. Fascinating and beautiful to look at and explore.
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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Early stroll. Those grey bins might have been brown bins when they were younger. A single drop of water falls on to my head. Puddles as popup art. A TV as big as an arthouse cinema’s third screen. The moon wears a loose cloud-blouse.
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Stephen Kerr @kidcobbler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
My two regular starter words did all the heavy lifting. They even pointed to where the two yellow tiles had to go. Three Club. Good luck everyone. 😊 Wordle 1,930 3/6 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Early stroll. The watchful moon. Leathery fallen leaves. I’m ten minutes late so the road is busier. Time never hesitates, but sometimes it seems to. A silent man silently walks a silent dog.
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Stephen Kerr @kidcobbler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I ended up making this much more difficult than I needed it to be. Five Club. Good luck everyone. 😊🤞 Wordle 1,929 5/6 🟩⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Early stroll. Leaves waiting to fall, to briefly fly. My shoes are private transport. A trail of abandoned crisps. The horse gazes at Vic’s garage. The sky fills the space allotted to it.
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Stephen Kerr @kidcobbler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Four Club, AND I've doubled my win streak. 😉 Good luck everyone. 😊🤞 Wordle 1,928 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Early stroll. The ruminating sky. A man in a doorway waves a cigarette in greeting. A mysterious rumbling that seems to come from the depths of a field. The faded yellow of the old grit bin. A child’s shoe outside the dark chapel.
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Stephen Kerr @kidcobbler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Three Club. Tainted by the fact I forgot to play yesterday and lost my winning streak. I blame Lancashire.🤣 I drove there, and back, yesterday and it slipped my mind on my return. Off out now. I'll catch your commiserations later on. 🫤 Good luck everyone. 😊🤞 Wordle 1,927 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Waiting For The Barbarians Poem by Constantine P. Cavafy
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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Someone's spray painted N A G B on the side of my house. That’s bang out of order.
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Stephen Kerr @kidcobbler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A nice entry into Three Club to bring up the 100th winning game in a row. Still a way to go to beat my record of 180 days but I'm going in the right direction. Good luck everyone. 😊🤞 Wordle 1,924 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Steven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise.
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dan mentos @danmentos.com · 22/09/2026
[job interview] interviewer: so god killed all your kids? job: that's right
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Stephen Kerr @kidcobbler.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It looks slightly more impressive than it actually is. My two starter words left just two available words to choose from and I got fortunate. Good luck everyone. 😊🤞 Wordle 1,923 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Edward Hopper @edwardhopper.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Hotel By A Railroad - 1952 botfrens.com/collections/173/conten…
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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Early stroll. The crunch of my apple is the stroll’s starting pistol. A lit upstairs window floats. I walk through a low web. That place where shadows of shadows gather. The chip shop is still for sale, empty.
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Stephen Kerr @kidcobbler.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Dropped down to Five Club. Good luck everyone. 😊🤞 Wordle 1,922 5/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
THE FAILED CARTOGRAPHER (Palindrome) Demand a hill, at solid nadir…. Damn it! One morn, I saw I was in Rome, not in Madrid, and I lost all I had named....
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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Early stroll. Trees: theme and variations. The ancient light of that star. A roadsign’s linear shadow. The leaning and waiting lad is waiting and leaning. This pavement isn’t just uneven, it’s unodd.
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Stephen Kerr @kidcobbler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A hint of luck but I'm more than happy to accept it. Three Club. Good luck everyone. 😊🤞 Wordle 1,921 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Stephen Kerr @kidcobbler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Michelle's photos are always a delight but she's outdone herself here. 📸
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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Early stroll. A rushing hedgehog. A huddle of plantpots by a front door. Someone stands in their garden staring at the sky. A pile of clear plastic forks. A woman stands under a streetlight to check her watch.
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Stephen Kerr @kidcobbler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Very close to Three Club but not quite close enough. Good luck everyone. 😊🤞 Wordle 1,920 4/6 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Still holds up today #MontyPython1975 IG: @thecinevoidclub www.instagram.com/thecinevoidc...
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LutraLutra @reacctionary.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Somnambulation. I always think that the rack and pinion mechanism of the lock paddles look like a prehistoric bird ready to peck the eyes out of unsuspecting bargees...
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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
In the charity shop yesterday, I realised I’d never read any Dodie Smith. Am rectifying the matter
The opening of ‘I Capture the Castle’: Chapter I
I WRITE THIS SITTING IN THE KITCHEN SINK. THAT IS, MY FEET are in it; the rest of me is on the draining-board, which I have padded with our dog's blanket and the tea-cosy. I can't say that I am really comfortable, and there is a depressing smell of carbolic soap, but this is the only part of the kitchen where there is any daylight left. And I have found that sitting in a place where you have never sat before can be inspiring I wrote my very best poem while sitting on the hen-house. Though even that isn't a very good poem. I have decided my poetry is so bad that I mustn't write any more of it.
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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Early stroll. Stars dot the sky. Two traffic cones like Vladimir and Estragon. My nose-blowing startles a wandering cat. Skip as found art exhibition. That tree has come to the party as Autumn.
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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Not long now
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Stephen Kerr @kidcobbler.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
After the third guess I thought I might be in trouble until a 2/1 shot romped home. 🏇 🏇🏇 Good luck everyone. Wordle 1,919 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I've often wondered whether baby deer are left or right handed. Turns out they're bambidextrous
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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
My new poetry collection from @carcanet.bsky.social ! In all good bookshops!
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Stephen Kerr @kidcobbler.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This one took a bit of time but I got there in the end. Five Club. Good luck everyone. 😊🤞 Wordle 1,918 5/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Judy @judetheconfused.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A Victorian pillarbox in Skibbereen. It’s seen a lot of life - and death - pass by.
A handsome Irish postbox. With entwined letters VR.
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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Early stroll. Rows of grey bins waiting to complete the next part of their cycle. A watering can on the back of a flatbed truck. I hear an owl by the bridle path. A passing car seems to kickstart time. A dropped pencil, scribbleless.
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Stephen Kerr @kidcobbler.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This one took me quite a while. Good luck everyone. 😊🤞 Wordle 1,916 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟨🟨🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Early stroll. Clouds like a patterned ceiling. A man greets me from a lit doorway. The cockerel’s limited expressive range. A dinosaur and a fire engine in a front yard. Have I seen three different cats or the same cat three times?
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Stephen Kerr @kidcobbler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Wednesday Four Club. Good luck everyone. 😊🤞 Wordle 1,915 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Stephen Kerr @kidcobbler.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A rather fortunate Four Club. Good luck everyone. 😊🤞 Wordle 1,914 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Stephen Kerr @kidcobbler.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Early stroll. Security lights wrestle darkness to the ground. On the horizon, nothing is happening. The rune of a broken wooden spoon. The small horse gazes through the tall fence. Trees are renting their shadows.
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Stephen Kerr @kidcobbler.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I won't have an easier path to Two Club. My regular starter word practically gave it away. Good luck everyone. 😊🤞 Wordle 1,913 2/6 🟩⬜🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Oh, there they are.
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Jonesy Cartoons @jonesycartoons3.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Delighted to have this #cartoon published in @theguardian.com #datacentres #environment
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Stephen Kerr @kidcobbler.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Sunday Three Club. Good luck everyone. 😊🤞 Wordle 1,912 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
There’s a nice tradition in the UK, when a statue has been standing for 100 years it’s allowed to sit down.
Photo of a seated statue on Exeter Cathedral green.
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Stephen Kerr @kidcobbler.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A very powerful piece of writing and photo-journalism. Remembering all those who perished 25 years ago. This includes my old next door neighbour, Geoff Campbell, who died on the 106th floor of the North Tower aged just 31. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Sept. 11 and the Persistence of Memory
Twenty-five years later, fleeting memories and indelible images still haunt those who lived through the attacks and their aftermath.
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Stephen Kerr @kidcobbler.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
No idea how I managed to get into Three Club. A great first starter word led me to discard the second starter but I got stuck on the third guess. I tried variations of letters until this popped up. I still don't know what the word means! Good luck everyone. 😊🤞 Wordle 1,910 3/6 🟨🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟨⬜🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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