Huge thanks to esteemed poet Joseph Fasano's
Lightbox contribution josephfasano.net helping Gloucester Foodbank raise awareness - need has has doubled since pre-pandemic. Every donation, however small keeps this vital service alive ✨ gloucester.foodbank.org.uk

With thanks to @Joseph_Fasano_ for kindly sharing his poems for Gloucester Foodbank's LIGHTBOX 🙏🏻His inspiring words helping to promote our work feeding those who need our help. Sign up to read them in our newsletter ✨ gloucester.foodbank.org.uk

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☘️ Happy St Patrick's Day from the mighty River Moy and St Muredach's under a moody sky in my folk's home town, Ballina Co. Mayo. ☘️

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Mary Wollstonecraft: Tyranny of Wealth - Money Quotes Daily Mary Wollstonecraft Money Quote saying when you replace abusive economic systems with shiny new egalitarian approaches have risks for those in control of finance

Mary Wollestonecraft
Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark (1796)

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'England and America owe their liberty to commerce, which created a new species of power to undermine the feudal system. But let them beware of the consequences: the tyranny of wealth is still more galling and debasing than that of rank.'

Mary Wollestonecraft

#InternationalWomensDay
#IWD2025

My choice for #worldbookday25 mesmeric, insightful - I think, especially now, that we and our planet would benefit from this perspective

It’s a Grape Hyacinth, apologies ☺️

A lone bluebell blooms in the shadows, balm for troubled times 🌍🌎🌏🪻🌤️

Today by the field, shy Spring braves the light 💮⛅

Exciting opportunity to join the @changingrealities.bsky.social team at a time when the work we do together has never mattered more. Please do share widely

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Okay so I've now broken my own record. Yet another forgotten Christmas decoration - discovered 18 February! 🌲❄️🙄

'... what did I know of love's austere and lonely offices?' - wonderful. 😌

Sweet harbingers of Spring 🌱💮🐰

Morning News by Nina Parmenter Morning News Overnight, more people have been sunk by crueltythan I have ever met.I put them in my pocket. Grab my coat, and tethered to the nose of the dogam jolted over the stileinto the field with ...

Today’s poem from the new issue is Morning News by Nina Parmenter.

Read it here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/morning...

Today in the field, clouds are landlocked to frosted earth ❄️☁️🌳

Okay so 31 January is my new record for finding a forgotten Christmas decoration! Anyone beat that?! ❄️🎄☺️

23 January 2025 - when you think you've packed all the Christmas decorations and there's always one left darn it! 🌲😆

Eek! The Big Garden Birdwatch is just around the corner! 🐦

Here's another chance to practise your spotting... did you get it right?

Sign up for the big weekend here: www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen... 👈

Very glad to share - it is so effective Corinna 😊💚

A wonderful ecopoem by @corinnaboard.bsky.social this '...City of grass/grass as a body; a hive mind...' just glorious 🌱✨

I hear you! This is wonderful 😊

Poem of the week: Reciprocity by John Drinkwater Formally adventurous for its time, this poem arrives at its Romantic epiphany by a down to earth route

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Work with us - Royal Society of Literature Literature for Everyone The RSL team is led by an ethos of respect and compassion for each other and the communities we work with, and these values are reflected in everything we do. We believe litera...

Applications for 2025 Illustrator in Residence now open at The RSL for twelve months to explore the relationship between literature and illustration. This is a paid residency of £5,000 from springtime 2025 until springtime 2026.

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Afternoon sun on frosty fields - the glories of our natural world ❄️🌤️

We're delighted to announce that our 2025 competition, judged by Jamila Gavin and Kate Potts, on the theme of Edges, is now open.
All info here gloswriters.org.uk/competition/

Absolutely right Iris

I wrote this in solidarity with the great work of @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social in calling out violence against women and girls. Each year in Parliament, she names all the killed women and girls in the UK - this, and so much more. We owe her our deepest thanks...
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10 less common garden birds for the Big Garden Birdwatch. Coal Tit: Black cap, white cheeks. Wren: Brown, upright tail. Nuthatch: Blue-grey back, orange underside. Dunnock: Brown, grey tones. Song Thrush: Brown, speckled chest. Great Spotted Woodpecker: Black, white, red. Rock Dove: Grey, iridescent neck. Collared Dove: Pale beige, black collar. Chaffinch: Male pinkish, female brown.

These 10 not-so-common birds might not visit every garden, but they’re worth keeping an eye out for this #BigGardenBirdwatch! 🐦👀

Have you seen any of these visitors on your patch before?

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