More stories behind the poems. Children’s poets reveal their inspirations. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-...
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@candlestickpress.bsky.social publish beautiful things. Here is another, and they even let a poem of mine appear in its pages. Order from their website.
Post-Whitley Bay parkrun bathtime reading. Grey and damp at the coast before, during and after. Dreich is the word, as Frankie Valli nearly sang. #parkrun #WhitleyBay
Great to arrive home to this treat from @rhiannonoliver.bsky.social @chrisriddell.bsky.social and @fireflypress.bsky.social . Perfect weekend reading!
Delighted to get post from Australia. A poem in Orbit, illustrated by Ross Morgan. A double-page spread - maybe I should start writing more longer poems! #kidlit #poetryforchildren
Post-Windy Nook parkrun. Bit hilly for me. Whitley Bay cancelled for the Easter fair. I screamed because I wanted to go faster, but it didn’t work. #parkrun #windynook
Delighted to be back on @paragraphplanet.bsky.social , the home for stories of exactly 75 words. www.paragraphplanet.com #flashfiction #microfiction
@thetoypress.bsky.social Word of the Week is POOTLE.
Very chuffed to have been chosen as a winner for this @poetrysociety.org.uk members’ competition. Very chuffed to have made Clare Pollard snort-laugh. Whole thing and other winners and some Poetry News that isn’t about me me me at poetrysociety.org.uk/poems/the-bo...
Post-Whitley Bay parkrun. Cold and windy, but job done, and lots of good reading in store. #whitleybay #parkrun @parkrunuk.bsky.social
Thanks for sharing!
Is it a brother? Is it a brother?
@thetoypress.bsky.social Word of the Week is MONSTER.
Post-Whitley Bay parkrun parkwalker duties. New role for me. Walking, smiling and chatting in the sunshine. Yuk. #WhitleyBay #parkrun
We‘ve had big problems with purple cows round here lately. Rather like those goats that took residence in some village during the pandemic. These cows have been eating all our plums and aubergines, changing the colour of their hides.
Silky - @thetoypress.bsky.social Word of the Week.
Congratulations, Rachel! 👏 👏
Thanks so much, Sharon!
Thank you!
Delighted to make the cut for the @natflashfictionday.bsky.social 2026 Anthology. Thanks to Editors @sharontelfer.bsky.social and @karjon.bsky.social www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/2026/03/16/national-flash-fiction-day-2026-anthology-line-up/
Beautiful sunny morning in #WhitleyBay for parkrun pacer duties, then back for obligatory bath time books. #parkrun 29:55 for 30 mins pacing:acceptable.
Delighted to be back on a Dirigible Balloon flight. Lots of good stuff on there, and all for free. Thanks to editor Jonathan Humble.https://dirigibleballoon.org
Thanks to Valerie and the team at New Flash Fiction Review for choosing my tiny story for the latest issue. The whole thing and my dulcet tones reading it at newflashfiction.com/rock-paper-s... #flashfiction
I’m on here, along with a host of brilliant writers who could make a real difference to your plans for the National Year of Reading. Many thanks to @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social for compiling this.
Delighted to get my hands on a copy of this verse novel by Brian Moses, illustrated by Bethan Welby and published by @scallywagpress.bsky.social Official publication day March 5th - this Thursday, World Book Day.
Post-Whitley Bay parkrun. A bit grey. Then a bit sunny. But always loads of warmth. #parkrun #WhitleyBay
My daughter and her boyfriend forced me to spend the weekend drinking Bavarian beer. I will never forgive them. #Bavaria #Bayern #Germanbeer #Deutschland #Germany #bavariantourism
I recommend it. Lovely and friendly.
Thanks for the re-post! I’d forgotten about this one. 🐈 😊
