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Poet, writer and grant writing guru based in Andalucía, Spain. New poetry collection ‘Melancholia I have known’ available now at https://www.amazon.com/author/jd_smith
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had a Saturday binge on three movies. First up: Dunkirk. A pretty low key affair. I like Nolan’s films but this one wasn’t quite there for me. He does internalized mind-bending time fucked up films really well. He externalises the time/narrative in Dunkirk and maybe that’s why it didn’t gel…#filmsky

I hate to say I told you so…but… #poetry #trump #democracyisdead

Just thoughts really… #poetry #poetsofbluesky

Just wondering about those Gaza Marine gas fields #gaza #trump #israel #palestine en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural...

Round two of the hot sauce starts today. This one will be mango and lime - still with the Carolina Reapers of course. #fermentedhotsauce #bahiahotsauce #salsapicante #casares

Sunday rant

Happy new year! I’m thrilled as I just checked my sales for my chapbook ‘Melancholia I have known’ and I’ve sold 2! That’s two more than I’ve ever sold before. Thank you to the two people. The only way is up! tinyurl.com/melancholiab... #poetry #torturedpoet #poetsonbluesky #go2025

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New Christmas toy upcycled from the community garbage container. #happydogs #podencosonbluesky #podenco #notpinscher #dogsatchristmas #dogsonbluesky

Great joke on Isihac. A letter from a Mrs Trellis from North Wales, “Dear Flog It, for many years now I’ve been the owner of the original Sooty and Sweep puppets. Despite growing very attached to them, I would appreciate it if you could now take them off my hands. Yours sincerely, Mrs. Trellis.”

Starting the new collection. A sort of reflective bio-geologic Anthropocene affair. This the first work in progress. #poetry #poemsonbluesky #geology

I have decided to make the great leap up the mountain. A permaculture hectare awaits. There will be grant writing workshops plus wwoofrs welcome. Hiking, biking, climbing, relaxing, hiding. I’ll be looking for sponsors of course. Probably patreon and certainly kofe. Exciting stuff. Updates at 11.

Candelabra aloe south of spain current #botanics #plants #aloe #spain

Lightning strikes a gas station Twice Can you believe it? The first time Thankfully there were no injuries The second time however Things werent so fortunate #poemoftheday #discardedpoetry #poetry

Off season parasols wondering what to do. #photography #fotografia #espana

Anyone else experiencing feed issues? #blueskyteam @bsky.app

Good morning from the King Frog holding a parasol wearing a plaid shirt and purple pants in the mountain town of Trevelez of course! #fotografia #photography #frogs

Some of you have asked me for the ebook version. Please be patient. I’m trying to get my head around spreads on #kindledirectpublishing. In the meantime pulped tree version available here: tinyurl.com/melancholiab... #poetry #illustration #poetsonbluesky #haiku #picturebook #welshpoets

If I lived in London or thereabouts this is what I’d be doing on the 28th November.

Beach cleaning: a paradox. #textures #beach #machines #anthropocene

Where’s Michael Rennie when you need him? The world could really do with a Gort moment. Stop all the clocks, I want to get off.

The power of words… #wales #stories #theatr #justice well done @theatrnanog.bsky.social “An apology costs nothing” @bbbofc (not on bsky just X) www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...

It was 22c here today but it drops in the night. Not quite this severe though. My Podenco, Rubie, obviously disagrees. Not yet fire time Rubie! #podencosonbluesky #podencos

Blimey. It’s escalated a bit from “Get orf my laaand!” #farmerprotest

If you were the richest person in the world, what would you do? I think I'd end world poverty. If I was vain too (like Muskrat) my name would go down in history. His name won't go down in history, even if he achieves his goal, cos this planet will be destroyed. #MuskISPresident

It’s been an odd week. My wife came back after 7 months living with another man, just in time to see the 1st episode of the final part of Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall. She left me again this week, just before episode 2 aired. Thoughtful I guess. I got to watch it without interruptions. #PoetsOnBlueSky

"If you’re going to try, go all the way." – Bukowski Send us poetry that embodies this spirit: bare, true, and daring. Submissions for High Rise close Nov 30. shorturl.at/iBnV5

Peek inside tinyurl.com/melancholiab... Here's two of the spreads #PoetsOnBluesky #naturepoetry #poetrycommunity #torturedpoets #neurodivpoets #welshpoets #chapbooks #poetrysky

Hello everyone! Its so nice to not have unsolicited videos of people getting shot and worryingly labelled 'For You' on my feed...What me? But why? In a strange segue my new illustrated chapbook 'Melancholia I have known' is available here: tinyurl.com/melancholiab... #poetsofbluesky #torturedpoets