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Poet. The Colour of Extinction (@renardpress, October 2024) - Observer Poetry Book of the Month. An Ocean Called Hope (@downingfield, May 2025). https://scflynn.com

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"I couldn't have put it better myself!" he said expansively, as if there could be no higher compliment in the circumstances.

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He looks like a cormorant about to be cleaned by RSPB volunteers.

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"I've got a brand new content harvester"

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I love the history of place names sometimes. The Dukes of Burgundy referred to the Low Countries (mostly what we now call the Netherlands) as "les pays de par deçà," meaning "the lands over here."

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He’s a 10 but he’s anatomically incorrect, so really he’s a Ken

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No, I'M the wall built to stop Spartacus rebellion in Italian forest!

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*What if you just dress like no one sees you, hang out in a small room in Paris in the 1950s, and take a boatload of mescaline hyperallergic.com/1015945/the-...

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The Evening News, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, July 31, 1926

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What a wonderful pleasure to spend the day in an Irish Atlantic rainforest talking eagles, species intros, rewilding, and so much more with the great @kerryeaglemee.bsky.social My head is fit to burst, there's so much to take in. 🌍

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One earbud in listening to some chatty sperm whales and pilot whales in our data while with my free ear I’m listening to a red-tailed hawk outside the office window 🧪🔊🪶 Truly my ideal chorus 🎶

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I have been logged out of my toothbrush.

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Today in "Living inside Philip K Dick's UBIK" ...

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it's not an 'unfollow', it's a 'non sequitur'

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Support the publisher as well! #poetry

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This Goth remake of TALKING HEADS: STOP MAKING SENSE looks amazing.

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2 more shots from Il Sorpasso. Including legendary poodle actor. What a film

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The main character in the book I'm reading described Guinness as tasting like "angry marmite" and I think that's perfect.

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Looking for writing work - have written for Roger Ebert, The Quietus, Polygon, BFI, also booklet essays and liner notes for Arrow, Radiance, BFI, Indicator. Speciality is film music, but can write confidently about all kinds of subjects - hit me up here or at filmsonwax at gmail #filmsky

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Still in the top ten! If you can, please buy to keep us there @downingfield.bsky.social #poetry

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My reading of Elizabeth Taylor's work continues with her 1965 short story collection, A Dedicated Man: 1streading.wordpress.com/2025/05/28/a...

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David Attenborough [whispering]: “The dual-finned Canadian land shark surfaces briefly, scouting the area for signs of potential prey.”

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Elegant Minoan ewer from Bronze Age Crete. The dense reed-type decoration was created with deftly painted brushstrokes by an ancient artist some 3,500 years ago! Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me #Archaeology 🏺

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Omg, 😍. “This is a site for pictures of owls… in towels.” owlsintowels.org

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“To get us over the horrible process of actually getting a job when you’re well-known for being Steve Baker.”

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✨WHEEZING✨ (please dear goddess stick around for the US entrant 💀)

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Mr England's bowler hat is jammed so far on his head it looks like custard is about to come out of a hole in the top of it.

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My new collection "An Ocean Called Hope", published yesterday, is number 7 on Kindle sales and number 11 on book sales! @downingfield.bsky.social #poetry

"I couldn't have put it better myself!" he said expansively, as if there could be no higher compliment in the circumstances.

He looks like a cormorant about to be cleaned by RSPB volunteers.

"I've got a brand new content harvester"

I love the history of place names sometimes. The Dukes of Burgundy referred to the Low Countries (mostly what we now call the Netherlands) as "les pays de par deçà," meaning "the lands over here."

He’s a 10 but he’s anatomically incorrect, so really he’s a Ken

No, I'M the wall built to stop Spartacus rebellion in Italian forest!

*What if you just dress like no one sees you, hang out in a small room in Paris in the 1950s, and take a boatload of mescaline hyperallergic.com/1015945/the-...

The Evening News, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, July 31, 1926

What a wonderful pleasure to spend the day in an Irish Atlantic rainforest talking eagles, species intros, rewilding, and so much more with the great @kerryeaglemee.bsky.social My head is fit to burst, there's so much to take in. 🌍

One earbud in listening to some chatty sperm whales and pilot whales in our data while with my free ear I’m listening to a red-tailed hawk outside the office window 🧪🔊🪶 Truly my ideal chorus 🎶

I have been logged out of my toothbrush.

Today in "Living inside Philip K Dick's UBIK" ...

it's not an 'unfollow', it's a 'non sequitur'

Support the publisher as well! #poetry

This Goth remake of TALKING HEADS: STOP MAKING SENSE looks amazing.

2 more shots from Il Sorpasso. Including legendary poodle actor. What a film

The main character in the book I'm reading described Guinness as tasting like "angry marmite" and I think that's perfect.

Looking for writing work - have written for Roger Ebert, The Quietus, Polygon, BFI, also booklet essays and liner notes for Arrow, Radiance, BFI, Indicator. Speciality is film music, but can write confidently about all kinds of subjects - hit me up here or at filmsonwax at gmail #filmsky

Still in the top ten! If you can, please buy to keep us there @downingfield.bsky.social #poetry

My reading of Elizabeth Taylor's work continues with her 1965 short story collection, A Dedicated Man: 1streading.wordpress.com/2025/05/28/a...

David Attenborough [whispering]: “The dual-finned Canadian land shark surfaces briefly, scouting the area for signs of potential prey.”

Elegant Minoan ewer from Bronze Age Crete. The dense reed-type decoration was created with deftly painted brushstrokes by an ancient artist some 3,500 years ago! Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me #Archaeology 🏺

Omg, 😍. “This is a site for pictures of owls… in towels.” owlsintowels.org

“To get us over the horrible process of actually getting a job when you’re well-known for being Steve Baker.”

✨WHEEZING✨ (please dear goddess stick around for the US entrant 💀)

Mr England's bowler hat is jammed so far on his head it looks like custard is about to come out of a hole in the top of it.

My new collection "An Ocean Called Hope", published yesterday, is number 7 on Kindle sales and number 11 on book sales! @downingfield.bsky.social #poetry

Not Robert Smith offering The Cure

For the evening crowd - it's publication day! #poetry