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Rhona Greene

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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 15/09/2026
That time of year again. You close the curtains earlier each evening. You want something warm, nourishing. Wave twenty-seven of @iamb.uk has got you. Make a nest on the sofa, pull the blankets around you, and settle down with 45 poems read by their authors. iamb.uk/index/wave/27
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wave twenty-seven | autumn 2026 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard
Hear the poets of wave 27 of literary poetry journal iamb read their poems for autumn 2026 .
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Black Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
@literaryvegan.bsky.social follows poets such as @hool415.bsky.social @helenlaycock.bsky.social @vikkicwrites.bsky.social @elizafevwrites.bsky.social @victoriaspires.bsky.social @markantonyowen.com @rhonagreene.bsky.social @saraswatinagpal.bsky.social @moette.bsky.social @stumcpherson.bsky.social
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Black Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Our #poet of the month on the #SilverBranch project for Sept '26 - L.J. Ireton @literaryvegan.bsky.social 'The sun burns a butter-pearl disc 🌄 in the smoke-silk fog, the trees turn gothic in the veil.' shorturl.at/DMRXC 🔗 #poetry #poetrylovers #imagism
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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 01/09/2026
Look out for the official publication announcement of wave twenty-seven of @iamb.uk from midnight BST on September 15th. iamb.uk/index/wave/27
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wave twenty-seven | autumn 2026 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard
Hear the poets of wave 27 of literary poetry journal iamb read their poems for autumn 2026 .
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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 01/09/2026
Meet the poets of wave twenty-seven: Anna Shelton, Benedicta Norell, Chloe Victoria Gorman, Elizabeth Cook, Em Gray, Francesca L Rolle, John Adlam, McLord Selasi Azelekor, Nathaniel Calhoun, Niamh Hollis-Locke, Paul Connolly, Rachel Hosein Nisbet, Rosie Barrett, Simon Maddrell and Tracie Renee.
Promotional poster for wave twenty-seven of online poetry journal iamb. As well as naming all 15 poets set to feature, it has their author photos in black and white. The publication date shown is September 15th 2026.
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Paul @paulwritespoems.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
After the success of The Book Bag's first anthology Unwhispered Legacy, I've decided to give it another go and raise more vital funds for MSF. This time I am joined by Guest Editor Leia Butler. Full details in the link, submissions open throughout November.
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The Book Bag: Anthology II – Concealed Revelations
Welcome. On the back of the success of Unwhispered Legacy, I thought it would be worthwhile to create a second PDF anthology, again raising much needed funds for Médecins Sans Frontières. This time, I am happy to announce that my guest editor is Leia Butler of Full House Literary. There are no rules on theme and form for this edition however it would be worthwhile for you to read…
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Doreen Duffy @doreenduffy13.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
With the lightest touch so beautiful @rhonagreene.bsky.social
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A Thousand Shades of Green @shadesofgreen.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
For today's Sunday Series Poetry poem, I am delighted to share this Beautiful piece from #IrinaMoga You can learn more about Irina on our Featured Writers page athousandshadesofgreen.com/featured-wri...
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Lawrence Moore @lawrencemoore.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
For four more days, This Joyful Interlude is only 99p / 99c on Kindle at UK / US Amazon ✨ Here’s 'Extant’, a poem from book Book links (or pm me for a signed copy) UK amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FWKQBX77 US amazon.com/dp/B0FWKQBX77 CA amazon.ca/dp/B0FWKQBX77 DE amazon.de/dp/B0FWKQBX77 #poem #poems #poetry
Extant

Sometimes I start a poem with your name,
delete all but one of the letters
to hide the evidence,
then carry on,
the ghost of you
still lurking.
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A Thousand Shades of Green @shadesofgreen.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Each Sunday Poetry Series poem will stay pinned for the week in our profile, but it you missed any you can find them all on our website. You can also find out about all of our featured writers on our updated Featured Writers page athousandshadesofgreen.com/featured-wri...
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Featured Writers - A Thousand Shades of Green
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Black Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Want to read your #poems live, online from the comfort of your home or your hotel room? Join the Black Bough open mic THIS coming SUNDAY at 6:30pm, UK time. Audience tickets too! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/black-boug...
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Black Bough Open Mic - Sunday 16th August
Join us to share your poems in a safe, friendly poetry group
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Bogshuffler 🐛 @bogshuffler.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Painted lady feeding in the sunshine
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Matthew M C Smith @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
UNMISSABLE! This Saturday, Polly Oliver’s book launch in - have a drink with some other poets, such as @richlyevocative.bsky.social @carolynthomas.bsky.social Thia Malan @helenlaycock.bsky.social Liz Fevyer and more. An all dayer? Maybe!? #mumbles #poets #wales #books
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A Thousand Shades of Green @shadesofgreen.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
For today's Sunday Poetry Series poem, I am delighted to share this Exquisite piece from the always incredible @rhonagreene.bsky.social You can also hear some of Rhona's work on the podcast bhrater.podbean.com/e/rhona-gree...
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Rhona Greene @rhonagreene.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
✨🦋✨🌀 It’s my absolute delight & honour to be featured on the Sunday Poetry Series from @shadesofgreen.bsky.social Thank you to the wonderful Susan Richardson and Joe for this gorgeous gift. Take a stroll & enjoy the many splendors of this lovely series: athousandshadesofgreen.com/sunday-poetr...
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President of Ireland @president.ie · 29/07/2026
Statement by President Connolly on the death of Glen Hansard president.ie/en/media-lib...
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Statement by President Connolly on the death of Glen Hansard | President of Ireland
Welcome to the website of the President of Ireland.
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Glen Hansard @glenhansard.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
With broken hearts we announce the passing of Glen Hansard in the early hours of this morning. We are still dealing with the shock of it all, so we kindly ask that the privacy of Glen’s family, colleagues and friends is respected at this difficult time. . Photo by Mikolaj Rotowski
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Rhona Greene @rhonagreene.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 29/07/2026
Former president Michael D Higgins has paid tribute to Oscar-winning songwriter Glen Hansard following his death in Dublin.
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Higgins pays tribute to 'wonderful musician' Hansard
Former president Michael D Higgins has paid tribute to Oscar-winning songwriter Glen Hansard following his death in Dublin.
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Samantha Terrell @samanthaterrell.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
It's a pleasure to serve as EIC at SHINE international poetry series -- a labor of love, passion project -- where today we're launching 'Mapless,' by Kyla Houbolt, winner of our very first book prize! It's available on Amazon marketplace: tinyurl.com/yvmyasy3 #shinepoetry #poetrylovers #booklovers
book cover and promotion
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Rhona Greene @rhonagreene.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Congratulations Kyla!!! Can’t wait to read it 👏💖👏
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Matthew M C Smith @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
If you enjoy Black Bough content, #TopTweetTuesday #fragmentsfriday and the Silver Branch you are most welcome to send a hearty tip! 💵 This pays for website, zoom subscriptions, coffee, poetic stamina pills and morale! ko-fi.com/matthewmcsmi...
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Black Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
No usual #fragmentsfriday for the next three Fridays. Why not use this break to post summer / holiday pics and boost others’ work, review and rate others. What better opportunity? Back on Friday 7th August! If you’d like to tip… ko-fi.com/matthewmcsmi... #poetry #writing
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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 12/07/2026
Calling those poets slated to appear in wave twenty-seven of @iamb.uk who've not yet sent in their submission. If you need a little more time – perhaps because of the #ukheatwave – let @markantonyowen.com know as soon as you can. ❤️
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𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 12/07/2026
Bit concerned by the number of poets still to send in their completed submissions for wave twenty-seven of @iamb.uk yet from whom I've so far heard nothing. The deadline is three days away – and with eight subs currently outstanding, I can see myself reaching for the reserves list fairly soon. 😕
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Black Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
‘Rachel Deering writes with scalpel-sharp precision, penning one of the finest poetry collections I’ve read in a long time’ ( @brionycollins.bsky.social ) @racheldeering.bsky.social www.blackboughpoetry.com/rachel-deering #poetry #nature
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marandina @marandina.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Highly recommended. If you love poetry then this needs to be in your collection!
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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
A poem from me: 🖼️ L Paul Matthews
Grey Heron
A heron will not eat a moving meal, preferring instead the cold and motionless taste of the freshly dead; an eel unwriggled Moongrey, frocked - a Victorian governess, where, in treetops, there are planetary eggs who will soon crack to demand their fill.
Here, in this vigil, disguised as stillness, the silence holds its violence close - I have seen it arrange itself
as a heaviness of mist, felt the weight of its grief descend, the constriction of an eye, until a spear of beak breaks the water: a living statue snaps its bill, and digests the universe.Painting of grey heron beneath willow in water, fishing.
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𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 04/07/2026
One for @coastalpoet.bsky.social's #poemsaloud at the end of a week that saw @afterpoetry.com and @iamb.uk announce nominees for @sundresspub.bsky.social's Best of the Net. This poem of mine from Release Three of @subruria.com was put forward for BOTN a few years ago by @eastridgereview.bsky.social.
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Kyla Houbolt @luaz.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
So, coming down to the wire here, Mapless will be released on July 17th! Many thanks to @tomsnarsky.bsky.social for the advance praise for this collection.
Cover image of Mapless and text of this blurb:

The first sleight-of-hand I ever learned was how to make a toothpick disappear, by way of a little piece of hidden scotch tape and some patter. Kyla Houbolt’s poems in Mapless work a similar magic: woven in & through the ordinary, they are possessed of a guileless voice whose levity and directness of address belie the book’s sly treatment of serious themes, too, from alcoholism and climate change to intractable political gridlock and the “horrible numbers” we live with daily. Houbolt’s poems harness the imagination hopefully, carving out a collectivity however flawed it, or we, might be: “We’re all magical trailer trash / setting the world to rights / or on fire, / whichever comes first.” I love being in the ambit of Houbolt’s “we” — even if the tape unsticks and the trick fails, there’ll always be sunlight.

-Tom Snarsky, Author of MOUNTEBANK
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Black Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Get one of the #poetry collections of the summer - Polly Oliver’s ‘Edges of Our Days’. @pollyoliverwales.bsky.social www.blackboughpoetry.com/polly-oliver... #poetry #poetrylovers #poets #books
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Rhona Greene @rhonagreene.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
🩵 ✨ 🩵 ✨ 🩵 ‘Edges of Our Days’ has arrived!!! Congratulations @pollyoliverwales.bsky.social on her gorgeous debut collection, hot off the press @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social 🌟👏 🩵 ✨ 🩵 ✨ 🩵
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Black Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
ANNOUNCEMENT: Join us on Saturday 8th August, midday, at Harry's Bar, Mumbles, Swansea to celebrate the in-person launch of Polly Oliver's 'Edges of Our Days' with guest readers. Unmissable! Diarise right now and let us know if you're coming! @pollyoliverwales.bsky.social #poetry #spokenword
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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 21/06/2026
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wave twenty-six | summer 2026 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard
Hear the poets of wave 26 of literary poetry journal iamb read their poems for summer 2026 .
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Black Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Launched this Friday - Polly Oliver’s poetry collection ‘Edges of Our Days’ with Black Bough. @pollyoliverwales.bsky.social #poetrybooks #poetry #poet #poetrylovers #Gower
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Black Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Celebrating the first proof copy of Polly Oliver’s debut #poetry collection at Harry’s Bar - with Polly and Gareth. Pictured - Polly and editor-poet @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social #mumbles #poetry #poetic #poet
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Bloomsday Festival @bloomsdayfestival.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
The Bloomsday Festival is here! On 11-16 June 2026, we have more than 130 events throughout Dublin. To see the full programme for this year’s festival, check out bloomsdayfestival.ie Today, we are all Dubliners. #bloomsday #bloomsdayfestival
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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 15/06/2026
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Zain Rishi | wave 26 | summer 2026 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard
Hear poet Zain Rishi read poems for wave 26 of literary poetry journal iamb.
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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 15/06/2026
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Victoria Moul | wave 26 | summer 2026 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard
Hear poet Victoria Moul read poems for wave 26 of literary poetry journal iamb.
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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 15/06/2026
Summer arrives with its usual swagger: everything loud and bright and hot. For something cooler, dive into the latest wave of @iamb.uk. You'll find 45 poems by 15 poets – written and read by their authors. Enough to see you through the driest season. iamb.uk/index/wave/26
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wave twenty-six | summer 2026 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard
Hear the poets of wave 26 of literary poetry journal iamb read their poems for summer 2026 .
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The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN) @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 07/06/2026
Poetry doesn't need more branding, networking, gatekeeping or performance. In this new piece, @alanparrywriter.co.uk reflects on why poetry still matters, the value of paying attention, and why ordinary lives remain the raw material of great writing. thebrokenspine.co.uk/2026/06/07/n...
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Not Here for the Performance - The Broken Spine
I didn't come to poetry because I wanted a profile, a brand, or a place within a literary scene. Like many people, I came to it because I was trying to make
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Kyla Houbolt @luaz.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Dear Friends and Interested Parties! Mapless will be released sometime in July and I hope this work will bring goodness to the lives of all who read it.
Image of book cover with promotional text and an excerpt: "I've been in the wrong aisle of the tore all my life....where do they have the fines herbes. the soul vitamins, the bone broth of the gods?"
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Irish Writers Centre @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
New on the site... for the next slot in our literary journals spotlight, we're introducing you to the brilliant Sci-Fi Ireland! irishwriterscentre.ie/.../literary...
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Clare O'Brien @clareobrien.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Delighted to be included in this T.S. Eliot themed anthology, and thoroughly enjoyed hearing everyone read their poems last night!!
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Black Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
This Wednesday 10th June, you are cordially invited to the online Zoom launch of ‘Shored Fragments’. Get booking, get inspired by our poems in response to Eliot’s The Waste Land. 👇 👇 👇 shorturl.at/asE2f
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𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 01/06/2026
Discover who's joining special guest poet @robinince.bsky.social in wave twenty-six of @iamb.uk from June 15th onwards. Huge congratulations to all the poets who made the cut! 🥳
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Rhona Greene @rhonagreene.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
I’m so honoured! Thank you @carmellapoetry.bsky.social 🌷💖😘
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Lesley Curwen @elcurwen.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Thanks to @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social for including my poems in this anthology of responses to Eliot's The Wasteland.
A poetry book showing what might be a boat on fire on water, in front of city lights
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Matthew M C Smith @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Fabulous to have your words again and a supreme sequence Lesley.
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Chris Hapka @chapkachapka.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Energetic cormorant along the Royal Canal in Dublin. #BirdSky #SpeirGorm
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