My first response to the brilliant @jitterbugwrites.bsky.social's excellent #PromptCombo theme #Architecture is a repost of my #poem Northumberland Castle #poetrycommunity #poetry #booksky #vss365 - ThreadSky

thepaulconnolly.bsky.social • 3 days ago

My first response to the brilliant @jitterbugwrites.bsky.social's excellent #PromptCombo theme #Architecture is a repost of my #poem Northumberland Castle #poetrycommunity #poetry #booksky #vss365

Reposted from Paul Connolly

Northumberland Castle. A poem of mine published a few years ago in Obsessed with Pipework Magazine. #poetry #poem #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #darkpoetry #booksky

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owlnsquirrels1111.bsky.social•1 day ago

Really admire your language… it’s so evocative.

thepaulconnolly.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thank you C. That’s very kind! And thank you too for all the likes and reposts. 💙🙏

owlnsquirrels1111.bsky.social•1 day ago

Of course! If read, would be difficult not to like your poems and your readings 🙏😊

jude-brucemoll.bsky.social•2 days ago

Great description Paul. I feel the atmosphere of that castle - 'stones scriptured in tempest' splendid

thepaulconnolly.bsky.social•2 days ago

Thank you Jude - really appreciate that 🙏

poetryman1.bsky.social•3 days ago

"A torn tin sea" /"sight's outward meniscus". Much to like here Paul- a stony blunt read!😀👍👏

thepaulconnolly.bsky.social•3 days ago

Thank you so much Gary 🙏

poetryman1.bsky.social•3 days ago

My pleasure!👍

karenpgonzalez.bsky.social•1 day ago

Wow, the third stanza delivers the weight/strength. So solid (and therefore portends safety). Still, done with a light touch! #promptcombo #architecture

thepaulconnolly.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thank you so much Karen!

karenpgonzalez.bsky.social•1 day ago

My pleasure!

thepaulconnolly.bsky.social•3 days ago

A recording of my #poem Northumberland Castle, first published in Obsessed with Pipework, which makes up for the lack of full alt text in the post above, posted today for @jitterbugwrites.bsky.social excellent #PromptCombo theme #Architecture #booksky #poetrycommunity #poetry #vss365

dragonslayerma.bsky.social•3 days ago

I'm going to listen to this astonishingly wonderful reading over & over. Bravo Paul👏👏

thepaulconnolly.bsky.social•3 days ago

Thank you so much Fidel. That’s really kind! 💙🙏

hool415.bsky.social•2 days ago

Grasses mad tenacity! 🏆
Another spirited read to some vivid lines.

thepaulconnolly.bsky.social•2 days ago

Thank you so much Julian!

thepaulconnolly.bsky.social•2 days ago

My second response to @jitterbugwrites.bsky.social’s #PromptCombo theme #Architecture is resharing this #poem first published in Southlight. The Gate. #poetry #poetrycommunity #booksky #vss365

carmellapoetry.bsky.social•2 days ago

Stunning! 👏🏻 👏🏻

thepaulconnolly.bsky.social•2 days ago

💙🙏

thepaulconnolly.bsky.social•2 days ago

Here’s my recording of The Gate, a #poem of mine first published in Southlight and posted here for @jitterbugwrites.bsky.social’s #PromptCombo theme #Architecture
#booksky #poetry #poetrycommunity #vss365

dragonslayerma.bsky.social•1 day ago

Paul, as you now know, I love listening to you read. You know what you remind me of? I used to love listening to older poets/times past ones, reading on the BBC, and you bring that atmosphere back to me♥️

owlnsquirrels1111.bsky.social•1 day ago

Quite atmospheric!

dragonslayerma.bsky.social•1 day ago

https://youtu.be/2mifAhvkcJU?si=Ihdn824upRnGrnAh

thepaulconnolly.bsky.social•1 day ago

That’s such a kind thing to say Fidel. Thank you. 🙏 💙
Some exceptionally fine poets read their work well - Heaney - others, like Eliot are surprisingly dry and brittle. I really look forward to listening to the recording you’ve shared

dragonslayerma.bsky.social•1 day ago

Just saying as I find you! I adore listening to them on YouTube. It tingles down my spine.

thepaulconnolly.bsky.social•1 day ago

My third #poem for @jitterbugwrites.bsky.social's #PromptCombo theme #Architecture is Castle, first published in The Journal & shared here for the first time. Another castle poem? Maybe, maybe not. #poetry #poetrycommunity #booksky #vss365

carmellapoetry.bsky.social•1 day ago

There are lots of powerful, vivid images to be enjoyed within this. I like how the words flow effortlessly throughout. Thought-provoking and interesting twist at the end! 👏🏻

thepaulconnolly.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thank you so much Carmella. That’s extremely kind of you! 💙💙💙🙏🙏🙏

thepaulconnolly.bsky.social•1 day ago

My recording of my #poem Castle for @jitterbugwrites.bsky.social's #PromptCombo theme #Architecture first published in The Journal. #poetry #poetrycommunity #booksky #vss365

thepaulconnolly.bsky.social•1 day ago

That’s my last contribution to this week’s exceptionally rich #PromptCombo theme #Architecture But there’s still time for other contributions. If you have a #poem or piece of fiction that fits the theme do post it under the hashtags and tag @jitterbugwrites.bsky.social the theme’s brilliant curator

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