Came across a friendly little fellow on this mornings clifftop walk.

The quiet humble one.

Darn modern poets breaking all the rules and ruining poetry.

She has my vote.

A very vivid painting full of truth.

Too true, it is just a very polished empty shell without the living soul.

Smoke and Fluff!

Now I'm trying to remember where the picture is from.

You still have spare space! That is an achievement.

There is always a welcome for happy ghosts.

Renaming . . . From 15 September to 15 November, we feature this special submission window to honour the memory of Clair Chilvers (1946 – 2024), an outstanding and much-loved poet in Cheltenham cultural lif…

Delighted my #poem 'I Change Kiss to Slap' is one of Wildfire #Poetry's chosen poems in their 'Renaming' edition. Look forward to reading the other contributions. Scroll down to read mine. Any comments welcome.🌿

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In this case, if the child's worst experience in life is someone being overly worried about their safety and acting on it, they are pretty lucky.

Schools are in an unwinnable game. If something happens to a child, the media screams that the school should have done more. If they intervene, then the media screams about over policing.

Pretty sure the software just reports to the school. If police were involved, humans sent them.

That's what peace looks like.

and then we made love breeze moving through branches like small gasps in the night stream barely breathing as it flowed between banks an owl calling the long reply

#smallpoemsunday

He was fantastic at shining a light on the real world from an unexpected angle. Loved all the Vimes stories.

It seems wrong that we block students from using AI powered tools while demanding they are left open for the teaching staff to use.

"Grief Chronicle" from 'Fruitful' by Stefanie Kirby

For #smallpoemsunday & @tomsnarsky.bsky.social, sharing this beauty "Grief Chronicle" from 'Fruitful' (@driftwoodpress.bsky.social) by @msstefaniekirby.bsky.social

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Who sits down and keeps a tally of all the books they read and how long it took. That would take the enjoyment out of reading for me.

I love repeatedly reporting them to Google as fake and misleading while Google ignores my reports and continues to feed them to me.

Verified, I work in IT support and everything starts working 10 seconds before I arrive.

Are there any Cheltenham poetry folk here? I've just been confirmed to return next June! Please share (we need a Bluesky word for retweet!)!

Thanks for sharing.

Glad you asked first, I had the same question.

Everyone meets to discuss their favourite books, but they are too embarrassed to let the wider world know they are readers.

Always good to get feedback you trust.

Having just looked this up (I like to fact check 😁) It seems like it could be worse than this. pec.ac.uk/policy_brief... (page 7 of the PDF)
With an ever widening gender gap, along with other demographics.

A masterclass in understatement.

Do we cover the mice or teabags with cling film?