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Rowan Bell

@rowanpoetry.bsky.social
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Writer living in North Yorkshire. Poetry in The Friday Poem, Púca Magazine, Wishbone Words and Spelt. Regular blog in 'Moodscope' moodscope.com. Poetry and art. Poetry as therapy.

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Rowan Bell @rowanpoetry.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Droimeann Cattle at Ardtornish
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Rowan Bell @rowanpoetry.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Silhouette of the ruins of Ardtornish Castle from the Lochaline Hotel
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Rowan Bell @rowanpoetry.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Stack by Nicole Eisenman at the Royal Academy of Arts
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Rowan Bell @rowanpoetry.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Autumn crocus in Kew Gardens.
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Rowan Bell @rowanpoetry.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Richard Dadd at the Royal Academy
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Rowan Bell @rowanpoetry.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Sculling on the Thames by Syon Park
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Rowan Bell @rowanpoetry.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Low tide on the Thames at Isleworth.
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Rowan Bell @rowanpoetry.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A few of the many waterfalls and wild swimming pools in Upper Swaledale. It’s chilly getting in, but exhilarating!
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Rowan Bell @rowanpoetry.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Rainbow in the mist. Swaledale.
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Rowan Bell @rowanpoetry.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
River Swale between Kisdon Hill and Ivelet Side
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Rowan Bell @rowanpoetry.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Muker Show Fell Race, Upper Swaledale
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Rowan Bell @rowanpoetry.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Wood Horsetail, Equisetum sylvaticum, “The most delicate, graceful and arguably most beautiful British horsetail” Britain’s Ferns by James Merryweather
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Rowan Bell @rowanpoetry.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Scar House Force in Swaledale
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Rowan Bell @rowanpoetry.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I walked up to a friend’s cottage high in the dales to watch the eclipse, and we had a marvellous view through the special eclipse glasses they’d bought. But hopeless trying to take a photograph on a ‘phone. And then at the end of the eclipse - a sun dog.
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Rowan Bell @rowanpoetry.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Flower arrangement
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Rowan Bell @rowanpoetry.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
When you visit the David Hockney exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery, don’t forget to walk through the cafe to see the garden at the back.
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Rowan Bell @rowanpoetry.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
David Hockney at the Serpentine Gallery: Portraits
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Rowan Bell @rowanpoetry.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
David Hockney at the Serpentine Gallery Autumn to Winter
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Rowan Bell @rowanpoetry.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
David Hockney at the Serpentine Gallery. A Year in Normandie
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Rowan Bell @rowanpoetry.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Two sides of Tazone
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Rowan Bell @rowanpoetry.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Asturias evening
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Rowan Bell @rowanpoetry.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Pouring cider in Asturias
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Rowan Bell @rowanpoetry.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Guggenheim Bilbao
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Rowan Bell @rowanpoetry.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Guggenheim Bilbao
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Rowan Bell @rowanpoetry.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Guggenheim Richard Serra
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Rowan Bell @rowanpoetry.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Guggenheim Ruth Asawa
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Rowan Bell @rowanpoetry.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Jasper Johns at the Guggenheim
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Rowan Bell @rowanpoetry.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Guggenheim by night
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Rowan Bell @rowanpoetry.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Bilbao. Art tomorrow.
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Rowan Bell @rowanpoetry.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Carline Thistle on Ivelet Side above the village of Muker in Swaledale
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Rowan Bell @rowanpoetry.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
First sweet pea.
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Rowan Bell @rowanpoetry.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Perhaps a change in the weather coming soon?
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Rowan Bell @rowanpoetry.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Hay making in Upper Swaledale.
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Rowan Bell @rowanpoetry.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Fragrant Orchid on Marsett Rigg
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Rowan Bell @rowanpoetry.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Evening cloud rising above Shunner Fell
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Rowan Bell @rowanpoetry.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Frida Kahlo in the Tate Modern
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Rowan Bell @rowanpoetry.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Brambles on the Thames towpath between Richmond and Kew. I don’t remember them being this early.
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Rowan Bell @rowanpoetry.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Greater Butterfly Orchid near Haverdale Beck in Swaledale
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Rowan Bell @rowanpoetry.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Old oak tree in Osterley Park
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Rowan Bell @rowanpoetry.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Screening of the film Hard Day’s Night in Thornbury Park, where a scene was filmed, to celebrate Paul McCartney’s birthday.
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Rowan Bell @rowanpoetry.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Henry Moore in Kew Gardens. Large Reclining Figure 1984. Reproduction in fibreglass.
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Rowan Bell @rowanpoetry.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Wood cranesbill in Muker Meadows
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Rowan Bell @rowanpoetry.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Muker Meadows in the evening
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Rowan Bell @rowanpoetry.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
"She’s not confessing anything, she’s just telling her life with an open honesty, depicting the aspects of events and relationships that are usually hidden from view, a diary that most people would keep secret and locked away." moodscope.com/blog/if-i-co...
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‘If I Could Just Go Back and Start Again’ | Moodscope
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Rowan Bell @rowanpoetry.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Water Avens on the Pennine Way path near Keld
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Rowan Bell @rowanpoetry.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Toothwort on the Pennine way footpath near Keld
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Rowan Bell @rowanpoetry.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Early purple orchid on the Pennine Way near Keld
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Rowan Bell @rowanpoetry.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Kisdon Force in Swaledale
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Rowan Bell @rowanpoetry.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
‘If I Could Just Go Back and Start Again’ Tracey Emin, 1995. Tate Modern. Quotation from Tracey Emin about this picture in the Alt Text
“I spent seven years learning to draw, and this makes me realise how worthwhile the lessons were. The drawing has the innocence of a young girl staring out beyond the picture. It makes me want to jump into the paper, grab hold of the girl - who is me - and shake her and tell her everything is going to be all right. I wonder if drawings can be the imprints of our souls? Maybe some drawings existed before they were actually made, and they just float around in the ether like ghosts, waiting to appear on paper.”
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Rowan Bell @rowanpoetry.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
The End of Love by Tracey Emin with detail of the cat. Tate Modern
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