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I wrote this a few weeks ago when it wasn’t #nationalpoetryday2026 so I’m sharing it today as this seems to be the correct day for it. And I still mean it. Phew. #poetsofbluesky #poetry #poetrycommunity

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Lizi Patch @lizipatch.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

It’s not necessarily beautiful but it’s true. Oil on wood panel. ‘I never actually asked for any of this’ #artistsonbluesky #gesturalart #oilpainting #abstractart.

A vibrant abstract square oil painting. The words ‘I actually never asked for any of this’ are stencilled in the top left corner. There is a sort of shed drowning or emerging in blue. There’s a figure sat between the shed and a vague tree. There’s a star in the top right. Reds and pinks and purples swirl.

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Charles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Bill Bryson’s words seem appropriate to post right now

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Lizi Patch @lizipatch.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I went into Scarborough M&S in the rain and came out to full sun. So hotfooted it down the hill to the beach and there it was in all its late summer glory. Love this place out of season. #stunday #seaside #photographersofbluesky #coastalphotography #eastcoastkin #scarborough #northyorkshire

A sunny beach photo. A lifeguard red and yellow flag to the left. Bitty white clouds against a vibrant cerulean sky. A lighthouse in the distance.

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Lizi Patch @lizipatch.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

A little acrylic on a 3x3 inch wood panel. It’s Whitby Pier if you’re stood about half way down, looking back. Poetic license taking out all the houses. Too small for the detail 😁 #BlueSkyArtShow #acrylicpainting #whitby #northyorkshire #miniaturepainting

A small square acrylic painting of Whitby pier. The pier is the dominant central feature
Coming at you as if you’re stood on it looking towards Whitby abbey. A lighthouse to your right. The abbey is sat on a green hill in the distance. The sea is either side of the abbey. White railings run alongside the pier.

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Lizi Patch @lizipatch.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

YES! ABOUT FECKIN’ TIME 🙌🏼

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The Onion @theonion.com · 03/09/2026

Woman’s Solo Hiking Trip Shockingly Doesn’t Have To Do With Inner Journey Or Anything theonion.com/woman-s-solo-hiking-tr…

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Lizi Patch @lizipatch.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

One of my favourite places in the world. Especially when the heather does its late summer show. #Levisham #NorthYorkshire.

A small ruin flanked by purple heather and a grassy path leading up to it.

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Lizi Patch @lizipatch.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Toad in the Hole GOD tier incoming. (I have notoriously failed in this for many years, so today is QUITE the day)

An excellent toad in the whole in a blackened tin on a wooden surface. Good for on the batter, plump sausages nestled in.

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Lizi Patch @lizipatch.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I have a visitor. They don’t live here. They’re looking very guilty. #catsofbluesky

A black and white cat sitting on my concrete step outside my window. They’re looking ‘caught out’ as they spot me.

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Lizi Patch @lizipatch.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

It’s #worldphotographyday and this is my favourite photo so far this year. I took it on 11th August at Dad’s wedding. He’s 83 and on his 24th round of chemo for AML. They met later in life and are hugely in love. They’re the definition of optimism❤️🫶🏼❤️🫶🏼

A white 83 yr old man in a checked shirt offers a kiss to the love of his life - a white woman in a polka dot dress. They’re both holding a knife and cutting their wedding cake - a simple but elegant 2 tiered cake with white icing. Neither of them are looking at the cake. There are 9 small plates stacked on the table.

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Lizi Patch @lizipatch.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

a little one settled on a bigger one who promised to hold it safe for as long as it could neither knew what that meant neither minded they lay there for as long as they had #poetsofinstagram #leafphotography #poetry

A small yellowing sycamore leaf resting on a green giant gunnera leaf.
The text (poem) reads:

a little one settled
on a bigger one
who promised to hold it
safe for as long as it could
neither knew what that
meant
neither minded
they lay there
for as long as they had

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Lizi Patch @lizipatch.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Sometimes I make a meal and eat it like someone else made it - ravenous and full of awe. It’s rare, but my tea was exactly that this eve.

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Lizi Patch @lizipatch.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I feel like autumn (But it’s summer) Mottled and irritated Yet warm (Shades of youth Yet all moving south) I like the light This time of night Silly me #poetsofbluesky #leafphotography #naturephotography #poetry

A close up of a leaf. Oranges, umber, neon green. Veined and speckled.

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Lizi Patch @lizipatch.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Deep veined Fleshy thoughts Pushing through Signs of the end Inevitable No one gets out alive etc But looking this good in the meantime I’ll take it #poetry #poetsofbluesky #macro #leaf

A close up of a leaf. Scarlet and neon green on a deeply veined surface.

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Lizi Patch @lizipatch.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

A web Obscuring What, exactly? So close It is as much the fabric As the fabric itself A cloak which I peep through I wear it It wears me I am it For now #BlueSkyArtShow #Earth #ECK #ForestFriday #ImageAndVerse

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Lizi Patch @lizipatch.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I was thinking of saying how fucking tired of it all I am But then I took a breath and thought instead of how I will (I have to I will) wake up tomorrow (later today) And on opening my eyes the choice of ‘yes’ or ‘no’ materialises And I think it will be ‘yes’ again.

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Lizi Patch @lizipatch.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I seem to have stumbled on some sort of game of Sheep Draughts today.

9 sheep. All male (clearly ahem). 3 black and 6 white. In a group. In a scorched field.

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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

My publishers have sent me a proposed new front cover for my book — I asked my 6 year old for their thoughts “This would be a smart and cool idea: a chicken wearing underpants, and with googly eyes!” “I love it, but it’s a history book, so…” “Ok, a reindeer with googly eyes, and crab hands?”

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Lizi Patch @lizipatch.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

My tame little fledgling blackbird. Joins me for brekkie every morning.

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Lizi Patch @lizipatch.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Garden bounty. About to become a tomato sauce. ❤️

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 31/07/2026

Find the 5 words from your birth year that perfectly describe YOUR vibe ⬇️ www.merriam-webster.com/time-traveler/

I recently discovered Merriam-Webster's Time Traveler feature which tells you which words are the same age as you.
I'm convinced there are 5 words from your birth year that perfectly describe your vibe.
Mine (1987):
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-adhd
• brain fart
-dad joke
-potty-mouthed
-thirtysomething

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Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I have a second piece in @ftweekend.com in which, as I approach my 60th, I celebrate all the things I will not apologise for hating. It was very therapeutic to write. www.ft.com/content/6bdd...

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Lizi Patch @lizipatch.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Wordle 1,844 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 😱😱😱😱😱

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Lizi Patch @lizipatch.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I’ve just picked THE MOST fragrant bunch of flowers in THE HISTORY of time. My garden is delivering right now. #bloomscrolling #flowerphotography #eastcoastkin #honeysuckle #sweetpeas #lavender

A vibrant bunch of blooms held aloft by my navy blue jumpered arm. Pink and red sweet peas, honeysuckle, lavender and carnations. The background is purple clematis and chocolate roses. I know right?

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Lizi Patch @lizipatch.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

My honeysuckle is intoxicating this evening. Like - it knocked me backwards when I went to put the bins out. Beautiful. Lucky bees.

A close up of a honeysuckle bloom with many more in the background. A few purple wild sweet peas too x

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 303: Scene-setting doesn't have to be an entire page of description: you can do as much with a well-placed detail (a sound, a scent, a menu, a reflection of buildings in the water) than with a whole travelogue.

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💙 🇺🇦 NomadicWriter (Fritha Malcouronne) 🇺🇦 💙 @nomadicwriter.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Heads up, Yorkshire based screenwriters and playwrights. The Kay Mellor Fellowship award is now open for submissions. Working alongside Leeds Playhouse and Rollem films you’ll develop scripts for stage/screen. Closing date: 10th August. Bursary: £10,000. www.leedsplayhouse.org.uk/job/the-kay-...

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The Kay Mellor Fellowship - Leeds Playhouse

The Kay Mellor Fellowship is a year-long paid opportunity for a writer based in Yorkshire and the Humber to develop their writing for stage and screen. The Kay Mellor Fellow 2027 will spend twelve mon...

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Ana Hunt @theweind.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I can’t begin to explain how much it’s benefitted me to start making art again after a very long time away. It’s quiet and absorbing, and even though I’m Not Great, I can see old skills resurrecting, and I improve pretty quickly. I’m able to let the horrors go, and concentrate on what I’m doing.

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Lizi Patch @lizipatch.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Sunday #stunday. My acrylic on paper of a place in my mind. Somewhere I’d like to visit. Soon.

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Lizi Patch @lizipatch.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

See also: direct young people’s theatre and move on to ‘professional’ theatre. When you can deliver a professionally made show, on time, with a cast of 60, rehearsing for 2 hours a week you can DEFINITELY rehearse with circa 4 paid actors, full time, for 4 weeks with a full time production team 🤦🏻‍♀️

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 1378: Many would-be authors make the mistake of believing that you "start off" as a children's writer, then "move on" to writing for adults. This is both completely incorrect, and terribly disrespectful to children's authors.

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Lizi Patch @lizipatch.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Rescued 2 little juvenile Hedgehoglets today, dehydrated in the midday sun. Meet Arthur and Billie. I’ll be tracking their progress at the Rescue Centre before they return to my garden. If you see juveniles (or any hedgehog) out during the day then assume all is not ok. #hedgehogs #hedgehogrescue

Two 6-8 week old hedgehogs sitting on newspaper after a flea and tick treatment.

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Nicky Denovan @nickydenovan.com · 12/06/2026

“You’ll never meet an artist saying: “God, I wished I’d been President of the Bank of America”. But you might meet a dying President of the Bank of America who said: “You know, I’d rather have been a poet or an artist. It would be that way round, wouldn’t it?” David Hockney.

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Lizi Patch @lizipatch.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Well here we are. End of an era. Thank you Nick Ahad for taking such care with this. (I can see why you’re also an Olivier award playwright). Copyright laws prevent me screenshotting the whole article but this is a good chunk. bit.ly/4xwgnsf

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Nate Pentz @natepentz.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

UEFA said fuck FIFA.

Uefa thread:🏆 Referee announced for 2026 #SuperCup!

We’re pleased to share that Somali referee Omar Artan will officiate the highly anticipated match between PSG and Aston Villa in Salzburg.

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Karim Wafa-Al Hussaini @karimwafa.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Someone asked me what my poetry is about. I replied: “People.” They said: “That’s a broad subject.” I said: “Not really. It’s the same story every time. Someone trying to be free. Someone trying to be loved. Someone trying to survive.” Anyway, I put a few hundred pages of that story into a book.

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Lizi Patch @lizipatch.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Sometimes a day is just perfect. Cuppa with my bestie, now in my little conservatory with the rain drumming on the roof. Warm. Painting with no one to worry about.

A table with a grey and white spotted table covering, a table easel with 2 square paintings on it. A blue water bottle, jar of brushes and a jug of water, a wooden crate and tubes of paint on top of the table. The floor is black and white harlequin squares. A grey saddle stool under the table. In the foreground right is a large easel with an abstract painting in red and blue.

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Lizi Patch @lizipatch.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Current view. Favourite time of the day.

A lounger view photo of one of those big invasive daisies plus a bud, in front of a blue sky with a fluffy cloud. My shed is to the left. A large hedge runs behind the shed.

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Lizi Patch @lizipatch.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

RESURFACING acrylic on beech board Happy #worldoceanday all. As an islander the ocean runs through my veins, my heart, my soul. Here’s a painting I did today in honour of the mighty sea. #abstractart #seascape #artyear #artistsofbluesky

A dynamic painting that looks to me like someone coming up for air from under the sea. Slate greys and blues and greens become mustard, ochre and cerulean blue. Flecks of white.

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Lizi Patch @lizipatch.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Late as always on a Saturday for #blueskyartshow but here we are. Not really fulfilling the #busy theme but nevertheless art, Bluesky, Saturday! Heavy Head. Acrylic on canvas.

A painting - abstracted … pale blue background, 2 ochre shallow bowls floating one on top of the other at the top of the painting. Underneath a shape suggesting a head maybe, under that a half crescent in greeny blue, under that a red figure maybe with black and blue outline. Sometimes alt text is really hard.

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Lizi Patch @lizipatch.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

My #tall painting for #BlueskyArtShow. A favourite of mine. Maybe it’s called ‘so close and yet so far away’ Anyway some tall rocks with tiny houses. Or massive houses on gargantuan rocks. I dunno. I just paint it 😊

2 large seemingly floating in space oblong rocks. One behind the other. The foreground rock is hot reds, oranges and yellows. The background lilacs and blues. Both have a tiny house atop. The background is blue-ish.

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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Apologies to the older folks we used to judge for eating dinner at 5 and being in bed by 9. You guys were really on to something.

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Lizi Patch @lizipatch.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

‘Shoulders Back, Head Held High’ Oil on canvas. Been tickling away at this one for a while and it fell into place today. I might add a few final touches but I might not! It works any way up so not sure where to sign. As is so often the case. 🥴😁 #abstractart #artyear #oilpainting

An abstract oil painting - as always quite hard to describe but the pallet is blues, into orange and reds - a sweeping swirl with hints of figures in the centre maybe

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Sneaking a giant screen into the flagshagger march is one of the funniest things @ledbydonkeys.org have ever done. "STAY HYDRATED" 😂🤣😂

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Lizi Patch @lizipatch.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Seeing The Good Acrylic on canvas Sunday morning painting - feeling extremely relieved after getting the all clear for my suspected detached retina!! So maybe this painting is a consequence of that! #acrylicpainting #stunday #abstractart #artistsofinstagram #eastcoastkin

A painting of 2 small figures in silhouette holding hands and looking into the light, surrounded by an abstract blue landscape type thing!!

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Lizi Patch @lizipatch.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Post hospital self care nosh. Homemade chips 😋

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David Waywell @davidwaywell.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

For those asking what yesterday's article at The Bookseller said (well, @frmo.bsky.social asked), here you go...

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