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Ronnie Smith

@rfsmith.bsky.social
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Scottish living in France. Poet, lover of art and nature. Retired from the world of smash and grab.

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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 12h
Poem - Neighbours
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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
@emteepoetry.bsky.social #PromptCombo Hi Em. Thanks for this great prompt #Winged and here is my contribution. Best wishes and love to all.
Poem - Neighbours
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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#PromptCombo Thank you to Paul Brookes for last weeks excellent prompt. This week the theme is #Apocalyse and I present a cheery wee piece about the weather. Love to all. @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social @emteepoetry.bsky.social @janpsolivagant.bsky.social @jenthorne.bsky.social
Poem - How it will be.
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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Hi Jan #PromptCombo thank you for this great prompt #The90s . I see my co-generationists showing up. Here are my 90s, love to all.
Poem - In those days
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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
We have the power and faux wealth to replace this event in Nature, repeated trillions of times, with data centres. The bee on a flower, in the gardens of Cawdor castle, are our only future. Data centres guarantee the certain death of human society.
Photo - the bee on the flower.
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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Sunday school in Scotland circa 1968.
Poem - A child’s God
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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Thank you to Paul for last week and apologies for today’s delay in posting - last night’s World cup joy. For #PromptCombo this week it is #RealPeople love to all. @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social @emteepoetry.bsky.social @owlnsquirrels1111.bsky.social @jenthorne.bsky.social @paulbrookes.bsky.social
Poem - Downs
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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
“One day, this World Cup’s gonna end.”
Photo - one day
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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Thank you Paul for last week’s excellent #PromptCombo . And now my first week under our new dispensation with the theme of #Defined , in whose light are we made? Looking forward… Please spread the word everyone.
Poem - Things that Never Leave Us
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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
@dragonslayerma.bsky.social , @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social , @victoriaspires.bsky.social , @hool415.bsky.social Hi All, this week’s #PromptCombo is up, please spread the word…
Poem - ‘Thermopylae’
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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Thank you Paul for last week. This weeks #PromptCombo theme is #Home in its widest sense. I offer my starter with thanks to The inspiration of Italo Calvino’s ‘Invisible Cities’. Love to all.
Poem - ‘Thermopylae’
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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
@dragonslayerma.bsky.social Thank you Fidel for this right-up-my-street #PromptCombo . Here is my #NatureHasWeapons contribution. Love to everyone.
Poem - Prima
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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Great prompt Julian, #PromptCombo , #Free40 I managed 35. Love to all.
Poem - A fountain’s melody
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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Once again I thank the incomparable @victoriaspires.bsky.social for last week’s faultless leadership. This weeks #PromptCombo theme is #Powerless Love to all. @victoriaspires.bsky.social @dragonslayerma.bsky.social @hool415.bsky.social @janpsolivagant.bsky.social Please tag Paul.
Poem - Bedouin
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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
A very theme #Rupture for #PromptCombo this week from the extraordinary @victoriaspires.bsky.social I struggled to come up with something but here it is. Love to all.
Poem - ‘Rupture’
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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Poem - And when that moment
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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Poem - All the Christmas parties
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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Thank you Paul, for your #promptcombo this week and your intense theme #AChangeOfUse . I find that nothing changes use more than a storm. Love to all.
Poem - The air…
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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Good morning all at #PromptCombo It’s my turn and this week’s theme is #Moment , any moment you can think of. See mine below. Love to all. @dragonslayerma.bsky.social , @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social @hool415.bsky.social @victoriaspires.bsky.social @coastalpoet.bsky.social
Poem - Spirit
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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
It’s no secret that I have the toughest job on #PromptCombo , following @victoriaspires.bsky.social . Still, I soldier on this week with #Memorial . @dragonslayerma.bsky.social @hool415.bsky.social @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social @coastalpoet.bsky.social @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social
Poem - Memorial
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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
A poem from home.
Poem - Apropos.
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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Thank you again @victoriaspires.bsky.social for this weeks #PromptCombo . Here’s mine, from the balcony, #DreamLogic . Love to all.
Poem - Phantom gulls
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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Once again thank you to the fabulous Victoria Spires for last week’s #PromptCombo . This week it’s #Characters and I provide an example. With love to everyone. @dragonslayerma.bsky.social @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social @hool415.bsky.social @paulbrookes.bsky.social @victoriaspires.bsky.social
Poem - The Flautist
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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
The wonderful @victoriaspires.bsky.social has set us an intriguing test for #PromptCombo this week with her #Ancestors . Fortunately I have an entire clan of them. Love to all.
Poem - Strathnaver
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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Hi Paul @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social , A splendid #PromptCombo speaking as a retired History teacher and here is my #History contribution. Love to all.
Poem - Two thins to say about it.
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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Poem - School’ greatest gift.
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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Hi Fidel. Thank you for hosting #PromptCombo with you customary genius. #Clocks ticking a fabulous prompt and here is my contribution. Love to all.
Poem - A tear
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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
@allanparrywriter.co.uk , #PoemsAbout, #Facades Thank you for this intriguing prompt and here is my response. Love to all.
Poem - A fantastic day
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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Hi @hool415.bsky.social thank you for this weeks #PromptCombo , #winged , good choice. Here’s my fag-end of summer effort. Love to all.
Poem - Another jet
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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Light, shade and sinew. All it takes to paint a life, to open a mind. ©️September 2025
Poem - Light…
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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Seen by some already this week, this #PoemsAbout #Riots concerns the prelude to a riot in Avignon a few years ago. Thank Alan.
Poem - Ego Minus One
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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
With thanks to the wonderful Victoria Spires for last week’s hosting, this week’s #PromptCombo theme is #Banality . I’m looking forward… @dragonslayerma.bsky.social , @victoriaspires.bsky.social , @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social , @hool415.bsky.social
Poem - Ego Minus One
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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Thank you Vic for leading is in #PromptCombo and giving us #Woods . Now the tender hooking is at an end…
Poem - Wood 3
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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Hi Julian, thank you for hosting #PromptCombo this week and #MyGod , excellent choice. Here is mine. Love to all.
Poem - A child’s God
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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Thank you @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social for this excellent #PromptCombo theme, #Stigma . I’ve been winnowing the poem al week and, well, here it is. Love to all.
Poem - Downs
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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Thank you so much @victoriaspires.bsky.social for host your powerful theme #summer for #PromptCombo this week. Here is my memory. Love to everyone.
Poem - The sun has set
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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Poem - The Boy on the Beach
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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Good morning everyone at #PromptCombo it’s my turn to host after what seems like a long time. I choose seaside and I’m waiting for you by the kiosk. @dragonslayerma.bsky.social , @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social , @victoriaspires.bsky.social , @hool415.bsky.social , @naturegirl.bsky.social
Poem - Beach
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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
#PromptCombo Many thanks to @dragonslayerma.bsky.social for her wonderful last week. This week’ prompt is #spectating or hanging around watching. My finger wags. @dragonslayerma.bsky.social @drnaturegirl.debbiemross.co.uk @hool415.bsky.social @victoriaspires.bsky.social @paulbrookes.bsky.social
Poem - Complicity
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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Hi Fidel #PromptCombo , great prompt this week #Bliss and here’s mine. The Starlngs never disappoint. Love to all.
Poem - Evening Flight
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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Hi @jitterbugwrites.bsky.social and thank you for you marvellous prompt and for hosting #PromptCombo this week. Here is my ‘nature’s architecture’ response. Love to all.
Poem - Not Urban
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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Thank you to @dragonslayerma.bsky.social for last week’s wonderful hosting of our #PromptCombo . This week I propose #Attachment as our them and look forward to your responses. Spread the word as tagging is problematic without my piece of paper. @jitterbugwrites.bsky.social
Poem - Quilt.
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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Photo-cherry treePhoto-cherry tree 2
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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Photo - the cherry tree.
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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Hi Julian. I hope you are having fun already at #PromptCombo . #haunting is such a great prompt and here is my nightmare, school of course. Love to all.
Poem - Things That Never Leave Us
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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Gull.
Photo - Gull.
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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Tenerife.
Photograph - Heron in Tenerife.
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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Hi Paul #PromptCombo great prompt for this week #AlteredLandscapes . Here is my response, love to all.
Poem - Raw
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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Good afternoon all at #PromptCombo . We are experiencing a momentary staff shortage so I’m on this week too. This week’s prompt is #together and with Victoria Spires’ help I am now able to post my starter for 10.
Poem - A single egret waits
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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Hi all at #PromptCombo and thank you to Fidel for last week’s great prompt. This week we are considering #aura , the feeling of a place or person… Everyone is welcome to contribute. @dragonslayerma.bsky.social , @paulbrookes.bsky.social , @jitterbugwrites.bsky.social , Share widely please.
Poem - Gernika
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