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heatherwastie.bsky.social
Poet, singer songwriter, keyboard & accordion player, actor, Worcestershire Poet Laureate 2015/16 https://wastiesspace.co.uk/ https://linktr.ee/heatherwastie
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‘The Government’s ambition to support the ‘Arts Everywhere’… is laudable and extremely welcome. While this new investment represents a positive first step, far more will be required to realise that ambition in practice.’

A found poem, Remarks by President Trump wastiesspace.co.uk/2025/02/10/r... #foundpoem #DonaldTrump #PresidentTrump #Trump

The surveyor - a rant wastiesspace.co.uk/2025/02/21/t... #poem

The surveyor - a rant wastiesspace.co.uk/2025/02/21/t... #poem

Wonderful poem by @ianbadcoe.bsky.social up on @atriumpoetry.bsky.social today.

Here’s a contribution from me to the #PoemsAbout #WordsUnsaid prompt from @brokenspinearts.bsky.social #poem #poetry

Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Donald Trump 'lives in a place of disinformation' He’s right

Hoorah! I'm launching a new #poetry collection! wastiesspace.co.uk/2025/02/13/n....

Today's #28SonnetsLater is one of mine. It's about gardens, undergrowth, and the colour green: 28sonnetslater.blogspot.com/2025/02/14-g...

Batwatching – Ella Barron Carton atriumpoetry.com/2025/02/14/b...

Please, have a read.

Please sign this if you can. It seems that most of the heritage museums in Walsall have disappeared over the years, it'd be such a shame to lose this building which is the perfect location for the Leather Museum.

A found poem, Remarks by President Trump wastiesspace.co.uk/2025/02/10/r... #foundpoem #DonaldTrump #PresidentTrump #Trump

The Heroines Anthology is open for submissions of poems & short fiction on the theme of witches, witch trials, medicine women, mystics, herbalists, spells, enchantments, shapeshifters, familiars, covens, hags, crones and sabbats. Deadline June 2025 Please share :) www.writingtheheroine.com

It's miserable out there, so why not spend some of today crafting a piece for the first half of the PASTA open-mic at Wolverhampton's Arena Theatre on Feb 18th? One of the friendliest open-mic nights around. 😊

Sometimes conversations are like this… wastiesspace.co.uk/2025/02/09/c...

A senryū for you wastiesspace.co.uk/2025/02/09/c... #micropoetry #haiku #poem #poetry #conversation

One of those "stock cube" poems that you wrote earlier but hope you can add tomatoes to make it work. So for #betweenthesheets in #poemsabout hope it does. This particular Friday is a moonhowler and I'm flat out. I'll be back to comment later! @alanparry83.bsky.social @brokenspinearts.bsky.social

#PoemsAbout #BetweenTheSheets @brokenspinearts.bsky.social Still drowning You tossed a spark into my deepest waters, triggered a tsunami - washing away debris sweeping us together to extreme possibilities rushing to a new shore sea scent fresh on our bodies Heather Wastie

“I told you if you hold on to clothes long enough they come back in fashion” From the new Private Eye, out now.

Today’s headlines #foundpoem #senryu #micropoetry

We loved working with @heatherwastie.bsky.social on this video project, adding BSL interpretation by Gary O'Dowd and subtitles for Deaf /HoH access.

Fabulous @emmapurshouse.bsky.social

Look what I won, thanks to a @poetrysociety.bsky.social giveaway! I love it already and haven’t got past the fab cover. #RogerMcGough

Love this article about Dame Sheila Hancock. Met her on a damp, cold day in 2021 when filming Great Canal Journeys with Alarum Theatre. I admired her coat - I get all my clothes from charity shops, she said. Amazing woman.

Long live #fringetheatre! Thanks very 3 inspiring & very different shows at WolvesLitFest today @pandemonialists.bsky.social @artscouncilengland.bsky.social @susanmurraycomic.bsky.social @naomipaulwrites.bsky.social @robinince.bsky.social #Wolverhampton