Thanks!

Thanks, Jan, glad you liked it - I was trying to keep up sone hope but also leave the ending ambiguous, going with the prompt... what does happen next?

Thanks, Merril, appreciate that 🙏

Thanks Ann 🙏

You're not kidding - I'm flat out with work this week so didn't think I'd manage to write anything!

Thank you 🙏

There certainly was, John! I sat on it for a few days and then saw the #poemsabout prompt and it fell into place!

Thank you, Mike 🙏

Stepping stones I put you on a shelf with the other saints ready to forget your transgressions all the shadows the silence your stories your lies tomorrow we will cross the river on stepping stones made of broken promises

Turns out the #FragmentsFriday I posted last week was the perfect opening to this week's #PoemsAbout #EdgeOfKnowing! So now I do know where that was going! Thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk / @thebrokenspine.co.uk for the prompt! #poems #poetry #blueskypoetry

A night sky filled with stars stretches above a dark mountain range. The foreground is in deep shadow, with silhouettes of trees and parked caravans faintly visible. A soft glow from a small building sits low in the scene. The Broken Spine logo, shaped like a black fountain pen nib, appears in the top left. "@thebrokenspine.co.uk" is written in white at the top right. Bold white text at the bottom reads: "Read Repost Reply #POEMSABOUT #EDGEOFKNOWING".

The point where language gives out.
#PoemsAbout #EdgeOfKnowing — write up to the edge of what can be known, then stop. Don’t resolve it. Sit in it. New theme begins Friday. Don’t post early. Use Alt Text. Tag #PoemsAbout to be found.

Thanks 🙏

Thanks Philippa 🙏

I don’t know it, John, will have to track it down!

Thank you, John 🙏

Could be, Merril!

I put you on the shelf with the other saints ready to forget your transgressions but not forgive

As we've no #PoemsAbout this week, I'm going to share this little starting piece for @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social #fragmentsfriday instead... sprang into my head walking the hound this morning, I wonder where it's going to go...

#poems #poetry #blueskypoets #poetrycommunity #wrtingcommunity

Congratulations, Beth - can't wait to read it! What a fantastic title too!

Well done, Paul, a huge effort to get this excellent anthology out - and congratulations to all the poets in there, it's a fantastic read raising money for an important cause!

Sadly, no, especially when there are parts of our society that normalise this kind of behaviour. I think my contribution this week might be the antidote 🙂

At the top, the words: "A Bardic Experiment" In the middle, an illustration of a medieval goat playing a lute. Underneath the medieval goat are the words: POEMS ALOUD Use the hashtag #PoemsAloud Share your own audio or video poems!

Calling all troubadours!

An idea.

Post your audio poems. Tag them #PoemsAloud so they're easy to find & share.

That's the idea. 🥳

Why?

#PoemsAloud syncs perfectly w/ #PoemsAbout or can stand on its own.

Some poems live beyond the page.

I recorded a bunch & don't know what else to do w/ them 🤷‍♀️

The voice of control really stands out in this, Debbie, a well spent lunch hour 👏👏

Thanks, Paul! yes, I think you're right!

Thanks, Jan 🙏

Definitely! 🙏

You are enough. You are allowed. Ignore all messages to the contrary.

Going minimalist for this week's #promptcombo #allowed, hope you like it! Thanks to @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social for another excellent prompt #poems #poetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity

To Know is weakness. Not to know is power. Knowledge leads to prejudice. Don't tell me anything. I don't want to know. News is forbidden. Information cannot be allowed to undermine society. Wear gloves so you can't touch. Ear plugs so you can't hear. Ideally your tongue should be removed. Don't listen so IGNORE THIS MESSAGE.

Thank you @janpsolivagant.bsky.social Jan for last weeks amazing stint. The #promptcombo for this week is #Allowed
All can contribute. Please use the above hashtags and tag me @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social

There’s an expression here ‘lambing snow’ - Always goes back to winter when the lambs are due

Thanks, Stace. Spring has now vanished here, hopefully returning soon!

Delighted that @zoomburst.substack.com chose to review my new collection, thanks Mike 🙏

What great news, John - congratulations 🥳