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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 6h

Red Cedar Emily Carr 1931

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𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫... 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭 @afterpoetry.com · 02/10/2026

Throughout October, @markantonyowen.com will be assisted and supported by @victoriaspires.bsky.social as they pick their favourite 'after' and #ekphrastic poems from those sent in. Don't miss your chance to appear in @afterpoetry.co.uk in 2027. Polish that poem and go to afterpoetry.com/submit.

Promotional poster for the open submissions window for online poetry journal After...

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Eddie Philips @eddiephilips.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I keep noticing that a mystery and a joke are built the same way: withhold one crucial thing, and the moment you hand it over everything the reader assumed rearranges itself. The only real difference is whether they gasp or laugh.

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

There's a type of red clay soil you find on some parts of the county's western border. People call it 'Hookland Red'. It used to be said witches would come from the other side of the county to collect it because it had 'special properties'. I just reckon it's good for growing. – Tom Rudd #VOH

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Ian Duhig @ianduhig.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Woman walks into a Hull hairdresser and asks for a perm. Certainly, he replies: 'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?' #NationalPoetryDay

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

We were pylon pilgrims. Each transmission tower a sacred destination in the electric ley of the land. The Hum called us to walk to them, to move under their steel legs and into our temporary temples. We marched lines of electrical ecstasy. – Tattoo Labyrinth Dave #VOH

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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Campaigners welcome Miliband’s claim Palestine Action ban not meant to criminalise ‘grannies’ 🍕Ed Miliband has said it was never anyone’s intent to criminalise “elderly people, vicars and grannies” who have been arrested for supporting Palestine Action. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

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Campaigners welcome Miliband’s claim Palestine Action ban not meant to criminalise ‘grannies’ – UK politics live

Defend Our Juries welcomes ‘honesty’ from foreign secretary and says his remarks will help in its legal challenge

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Goodnight from Charlie Hazelgrove, sitting on the deck of the Narrow Escape and listening out for the telltale tuck-tuck-tuck of a black-lanterned canal boat in hopes of procuring certain illicit goods. Goodnight from Lizzie Pecksmith, waiting for the voices to arrive. Goodnight from Hookland.

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Andy Williamson @andywilliamson.com · 25/09/2026

Happy #PoemsAbout folks, here's my quick contribution to #DeadLetters - will check back later to read others! Thanks @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poetry #poetrycommunity

Correspondence

every day of summer
I wrote you a letter
heartbeats
hand shaking
ink staining my fingers

I still have them
at the bottom
of a box
at the back
of the attic

I look out
over the sea
and wonder
how this day would feel
if I had posted them

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Matthew M C Smith @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

A flush of acceptances for the Christmas and Winter anthology no 7 with @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social - excellent submissions and a tricky project.

Sarah O @palimpsest22.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

@thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk #PoemsAbout #DeadLetters Off for a long trip today..I may be sometime. Taking you lovely poets & @hookland.bsky.social with me to Japan via Bluesky. There might be a Haiku. Here's a poem I made earlier.

Missing Ruth

When I took the call
it was from a stranger,
our final time
already torn
from my Filofax rings.

The next time hangs,
pending forever,
exists only in ink
linked with other
sudden cancellations...

because I’ve pencilled you in
wasn’t quite
firm enough.

Sarah O’ Grady
First published The Starbeck Orion in The Not Advent Anthology 2024

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The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN) @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 22/09/2026

#PoemsAbout #DeadLetters starts Friday. Write what never arrived. What came back unopened. What you wrote and couldn't send. Or address the dead and see who answers. Draft now. Share from Friday. Tag #PoemsAbout. Use Alt Text.

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Fabled Stained Glass @fabledstainedglass.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Bye swallows, it was fun …

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Beth Brooke @bethbpoet.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

#LiftToTheSkies Poet and all round good egg @markantonyowen.com . His platforms iamb and After are just brilliant.

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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

1/x In 1933 a crewed schooner picking through Arctic ice was overtaken by a ship with nobody at the helm. Ghost ships speak to the imagination, and most are fiction. This one is real, and she drifted for 38 years. This is the story of the SS Baychimo. #maritimehistory

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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves.

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Catherine Redford @catherineredford.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Calling all poets! Dust Poetry will be open next month (1st-31st October) for submissions and our theme will be WINTER ❄️❄️❄️ We’re looking forward to reading your interpretations of this theme!

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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I AM NOT A TERRORlST Police in London have routinely arrested peaceful individuals for holding pieces of paper calling on the UK Government to Lift The Ban on Palestine Action. To date, more than 3,700 people have been arrested under the Terrorism Act, mostly elderly people.

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Goodnight from The Old School House at Larkspur, its new owners kept awake by phantoms reciting their time tables like an unholy invocation. Goodnight from Pip Harding, casting an unkindness on Meredith Marson for being a vile little gossipmonger. Goodnight from Hookland.

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Really love this review of 'Hookland Fragments Volume One.' I couldn't be more pleased to have caused someone to write the words: 'Slightly tainted with his leftist nonsense ...'

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Eight Days in September 1066 - 4. Meanwhile in York 🧵After his victory at Fulford on 20 September 1066, Harald Hardrada held the upper hand in northern England. York was effectively isolated, its defenders defeated and the city exposed to attack. Rather than storming the city, Hardrada appears to

Hardrada (Harald Sigurdsson) was King of Norway from 1046 to 1066.
He is remembered as the "last great Viking". Image Public Domain

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The mastery of artist Harry Wingfield. ‘Peas’ (Yes, it is a painting - from Fifth Picture Book, 1973)

A photo realistic illustration close-up of some pea pods on a white table. Some pods are split with the garden peas already shelled.

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Goodnight from The Rock pub, where there’s much speculation about what recent rumbles from the hollow hills might mean. Goodnight from Liz Keel, dreading taking the train to London knowing it goes through the tunnel where she saw all those ghost faces as a child. Goodnight from Hookland.

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Peter Devonald @pdevonald.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Honoured to beshortlisted for the Rough Diamond Prize and printed in this this excellent anthology Particularly delighted to be alongside talented poet friends Sarah Raybould Julie Weiss and Helen Laycock Huge thanks to the amazing Charlotte Cosgrove www.amazon.co.uk/Rough-Diamon...

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The Rough Diamond Poetry Prize 2026: An Anthology of Winning and Commended Poems

Buy The Rough Diamond Poetry Prize 2026: An Anthology of Winning and Commended Poems by Cosgrove, Miss Charlotte (ISBN: 9798170944415) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

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Dirk Puehl @wunderkammertales.eurosky.social · 20/09/2026

"When lofty trees I see barren of leaves, ... Then of thy beauty do I question make, That thou among the wastes of time must go, Since sweets and beauties do themselves forsake And die as fast as they see others grow" (Sonnet XII) 🎨 John Atkinson Grimshaw #ShakespeareSunday

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

'The Crocodile,' (1929) depicting a line of uniformed schoolgirls is one of Tirzah Garwood’s best-known early wood engravings, she learned wood engraving from her future hushmband Eric Ravilious when at the Eastbourne School of Art.

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Paul Connolly @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I’m delighted to be in the current wave of iamb👇, with 3 poems, text and recording: In the Time of the Ice Saints (with thanks to @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social), Metronome (with a deep bow to Beethoven), & Late Snow. My thanks to excellent editor @markantonyowen.com #poetrycommunity #poemsaloud

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Jim Young @oyoguhito.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

martyn between the spring tides when the lifeguards arrived and the autumn tides when the lifeguards departed he was dead low tide we said low tide

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

🧵The rugged coastline of North Yorkshire holds many secrets, but none are as enduringly bleak as the legend of the Staithes mermaids. Rooted in the folklore of this historic fishing village, the story serves as a chilling cautionary tale about human cruelty and supernatural retribution

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

'Rain on Princes Street,' is one of a small number of Fururist pictures Stanley Cursiter painted in 1913 which capture the sensation of modern life: people, colours, objects, and sounds - these works brought him major critical attention at home.

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John Chmura @johnchmura.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

#PoemsAbout #FaultLines @thebrokenspine.co.uk Yes, there are many epic and heroic stories about 9/11, but for the most part history is made up of pointillistic, random moments. I will put a reading in the comments.

SEA MONKEYS

I made a friend of convenience
in the serpentine queue
at the New York Waterway terminal
waiting for ferries back to Jersey.
Just two tandem hatchlings
in a tank full of sea monkeys
sharing innocent histories
to pass time, and trying to pan reason
from a conduit of chaos. Doing mental math
we figured two heads were better than one
so we made a pact to stick together
until we were assured of our shared returns.
Five or six hours later
a ferry a bus a city hike a couple of rail lines
I finally reached my dad on a borrowed phone
and he met the train at Matawan station.
I offered my companion a ride
but her hesitation immediately told me
she would remain on the southbound train
and our symbiotic tether had been severed.
We wished each other a very well
psychically remapping our actual lives
but I feel a bit hollow recollecting
neither of us knows the other’s name.

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Paul Connolly @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Robert Browning was a master of the dramatic monologue, who created rich, usually unreliable, often sinister personalities who seem to address us with a mix of self-apologia & self-deception. Here’s one of his most alarming & famous poems, My Last Duchess, read by me for #poemsaloud #poetrycommunity

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The first episode of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy was originally broadcast on this day in 1979. This BBC2 screening was swiftly followed by a two part omnibus repeat on BBC1 during Christmas 1979.

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Goodnight from Tom Locke, finding his way to sleep a lot harder tonight after discovering strange spiral symbols scratched on his grain barn door. Goodnight from Tilly Heath, praying to the witch twin spirits for storm mercies now summer has yielded to fear of flood. Goodnight from Hookland.

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LRB Bookshop @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk · 09/09/2026

was standing behind charlie while he served a customer and he turned down a proffered £20 note because the king was winking on it. we looked it up afterwards and it turns out this was a big mistake

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Rosanna McGlone @rosannamcglone.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Morning lovely peeps, I was fascinated by this openable stained glass window, and the second in the comments. Sending this one out in thanks to all those brave #RNLI volunteers out there. #photography #stainedglass #Lovethyneighbour #DoddingtonHall #church

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Genevieve Cogman @genevievecogman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

To borrow from The Code of the Woosters:

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Anteroom (formerly The Winged Moon) @anteroompoetry.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Over the coming weeks, we're excited to share some of the wonderful work from our most recent publication, Biophilia! Today, enjoy this gem from @jaydkash.bsky.social. Follow the link to read the full poem: www.anteroompoetry.com/biophilia/ja... #Biophilia #EcoPoetry #MoreThanHuman #AnteroomLitMag

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Goodnight from Frank Smith, worried he’s snagged something much bigger than an eel while night fishing the River Restal. Goodnight from Northmoor Camp, where the Special Escort Group is readying to protect a convoy carrying things that don’t officially exist. Goodnight from Hookland.

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The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN) @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 06/09/2026

Somewhere along the line, writers got the idea that poetry needed permission to mention EastEnders. It doesn't. Nor does it need permission to mention Pokémon, Pot Noodles, Match of the Day, Tammy Girl or a Nokia 3210. Your culture is material. Use it. shorturl.at/IZ5TX

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The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN) @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 08/09/2026

#PoemsAbout #FaultLines starts Friday. Write what happens under pressure. The hairline crack. The old division. The thing everybody stepped over until the ground moved. Draft now. Share from Friday. Tag #PoemsAbout. Use Alt Text.

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Usman-Smith @usmansmith.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Aye but dreams change & twist A northern handshake or fist Ta fight fer this space A public race To give folk joy Once more to employ Bums on seats Victories & defeats Ta find tha USP Make tha funders see It's not about numbers Although they must be fed Drag it out o it's slumbers Sleeping not dead

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