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Coming soon! Versus Versus: 100 Poems by Deaf, Disabled & Neurodivergent Poets. Three months until official publication in the UK and Europe (22 July elsewhere), this anthology is up on the Bloodaxe Books website, with pre-orders via Amazon now available. www.bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/product/...

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SALE 👀 The Propel Anthology is 50% OFF on our webshop now! With 120 fantastic poems for just £5.99 — buy a copy here: propelmagazine.co.uk/anthology

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Keeping all crossed the abhorrence of fox hunting (which trail hunting is a smokescreen for) will be banned soon - and not understanding why it hasn't been banned already. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Struck by this poem by Jane Hirshfield...

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I shared this photo of a little bird I saw from my window with a birder friend today to ask for an ID - turns out she's a female Black Redstart, and apparently quite rare!

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I want to look through this window.

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Ooh! Someone has just bought the first cards I've sold of this drawing on Redbubble. It's called 'A little nap'. Thank you mystery person.

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Lone one-star, wordless amazon reviews in the poetry section intrigue me. What could have caused such outrage/dismissal - a past acquaintance wronged? I hope it's never because a parcel arrived ripped, late or never at all.

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Enjoyed just leaving feedback for an ebay scarf sold by 'masculine gifts for men' and telling them I'm a woman.

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The lovely @mrjohnmccullough.bsky.social has joined blue sky - go follow!

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Word of the Day is one I keep posting at the end of the year, hoping its time will come. ‘Respair’, from the 16th century, is fresh hope, and a recovery from despair. Here’s to a few drops of respair in 2025.

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In the quiet after fireworks, I'm reading these gems & especially loving Kim Addonizio's 'New Year's Day'. Sending out gentle wishes for 2025 - and for all those who find this time of year hard - here's to the snowdrops & the beans of spring's fox cubs 💚 www.poetryfoundation.org/collections/...

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So looking forward to this January haven of warmth and inspiration - I just remembered again the time when Clare took their laptop out into the snow during writing time and made a tiny snow person. Magical 💙

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Good afternoon, Sir. I'm sorry to disturb you, but I wanted you to know how delighted I am to see you, and that you're still my favourite of All The Boy Foxes. I know, I've held you up, and I don't even have the big camera to make you look fancy. Thank you for your time.

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Happy to have my weird little true story #poem included today in Ink Sweat & Tears' 12 Days of Christmas feature, and amongst lovely company... inksweatandtears.co.uk/on-the-eight...

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Oh, these lines - 'your love still feathering the depth of sorrow’s nest' (Amy Rafferty)and 'for the funeral pyre that might yet become a field bed brightening' (@timkiely1.bsky.social) . Thank you @helenivory.bsky.social for these Boxing Day poem gifts. inksweatandtears.co.uk/on-the-sixth...

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I highly recommend Veganuary - it's free and sends lots of useful tips and a free e-cookbook. My only regret about going vegan several years ago, is not having done so sooner. veganuary.com/try-vegan/

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Hey hello, a lot of 'this year' stuff is about to appear here, ppl listing books, publications, awards. No shade (I'll cheer your joys to the moon, possibly literally). But honestly? If what you did this year was keep breathing? Despite (gestures) All This? You won. Yelling for you 🎵🐐 🎈

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Spotted this vintage pop-up book yesterday - was a wild swimmer part of the Dick Whittington story? Loved the polarity of Red Riding Hood's side and the wolf's side, but both blessed by doves.

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Like many, I find Christmas a bit tricky, so appreciate Ink Sweat & Tears' 'Twelve Days of Christmas' feature for (in the words of lovely @helenivory.bsky.social) its 'dark glitter'. Here's a favourite trio from the archives... inksweatandtears.co.uk/on-the-sixth...

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A joy to hear a vixen practising her mating call last night - a voice I didn't recognise, her arias.

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...this astonishing poem by Alexandra Melville in @andotherpoems.bsky.social andotherpoems.com/2024/12/11/s...

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A poem research rabbit (worm) hole led to this picture of Puget Sound benthic critters (photo by Gustav Paulay, Florida Museum of Natural History). Gorgeous mini beasts. I am bottom left today (brainish with feelers) but would like to be more like the curl to trumpet-flower.

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Dear readers, I'm looking for #audible book recommendations - do you have an audiobook you have returned to for another listen? I'm open to most genres, but short stories or discrete chapters that don't require a good memory for previous ones are a bonus.

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My phone just offered me a montage of my photos of local foxes, and asked me to 'Name This Pet'.

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