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The poem has some special spacing…difficult to add in “alt space” Through the Depths By C. Oulens Every day, or perhaps every other day Irrespective of whether it's a Tuesday or a Saturday Regardless of a dark-draped night or a silk-skein day Notwithstanding a lazing a musing or a bustling day At some point of time, I stand pointless at the tip of some bay sinking sans gravity Just the one weight - the head; and void sinks in and swells like a torrid tempest in a mouthful of water of some known alien taste Images refuse to surface inside eyes of iron- clad casks The chest — a dead sea — and in it the only thing alive that kicks — tentacled despair. Still, every time, not Just every other time the limbs in nick of time make their presence felt Eyes light up with infinite rainbowed bubbles — Amazement abounds all around in the depths and I stretch my arms and kick my feet back all the way up thrust by buoyancy of the indefatigable the lithe life!

For #PoemsAbout #Gravity, one of my old pieces written sometime in 2024, and featuring on my poet’s page on #sixtyoddpoets on #substack by @zoomburst.substack.com
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#Oulens #NaPoWriMo #poetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity

An honour to share space with some remarkable poets in #sixtyoddpoets on Substack. Many thanks to editor Mike O’Brien @zoomburst.substack.com for his efforts in putting this together and featuring my work.
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#Oulens #poetrycommunity #BlueSkyPoetry

Artwork by sally Anne Wickenden from the cover of Odd - The Journal of the Sixty Odd Poets - featuring three women on a boat at night-time.

Odd - the Journal of the #SixtyOddPoets is already available on amazon. It will be officially launched at The Fox Gallery in Mexborough on Sunday 22nd Feb at 3pm. If you can come along, please do. If not, please buy a copy of the book. If you can’t afford to buy a book, God bless you. #poetry

Heresy! You can't say that!!!

it is 462 years since the birth of Galileo! Some fabulous poets of Bluesky have contributed to this small celebration of heresy on #SixtyOddPoets.

Remember to speak truth to power wherever possible!

Delighted to have my poem “Fae the Cabrach” including in this wee collection. Hope the poem sounded great and I’ll raise a dram to @zoomburst.substack.com for including me in the #sixtyoddpoets Burns’ Night Special.
Thanks Mike!

#poetrycommunity #poems #poetsofbluesky #scottishpoems

Out With the Old - In With the New Some thoughts to take into the New Year

Happy New Year
and thankyou to Mike O'Brien
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And #sixtyoddpoets
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For including two of my poems about #NewYearsEve. A lovely little collection

A picture of the poet John Betjeman Laughing - Betjeman or Bollocks One of these verses is genuine Betjeman, the other is bollocks - which is which? Gracious Lord, oh Bomb the Germans Spare their women for thy Sake And if that is not too easy We will Pardon thy mistake May bombs rain down on Milton Keynes And blow the place to smithereens Let all the buildings there be cursed But let the people get out first

Here's a little #poetry game - Classic or Codswallop - We'll be playing it on Sunday afternoon in the Fox Gallery in Mexborough if you can make it, at #SixtyOddPoets, Poetry and Palaver.

84. Gerry Stewart Finland based poet with a manga loving otter son.

Come over to Finland this morning to enjoy the #poetry of Gerry Stewart, a temporarily relocated Scotswoman who is this week's inductee to the order of the #SixtyOddPoets

Visions of Heaven Poetry of paradise.

Some thoughts on Heaven from contributors to #SixtyOddPoets on Substack. Some fine #poetry.

83. Peter J King Veteran of the poetry wars, poet and translator of poetry.

Mike O'Brien's 60 Odd Poets: poems from my sequence of "Pocket Lights".

#poem #poetry #skypoets #blueskypoets #poetsofbluesky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #sixtyoddpoets
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#WednesdayWIPs is like lighting candles in a church and hoping that they are seen. Here are a few. (i) Producing #sixtyoddpoets Soixante Neuf, (ii) Learning the Gospel of Mark (iii) Editing and formatting The madness of Edward W Smith (iv) family life. It's not inspiration I need Lord, it's time!

What I did in my Summer Holidays The old favourite school essay title for the imminent month of September

"Summer Holidays in Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire".

in "60 Odd Poets: What I did in my Summer Holidays"

#poem #poetry #skypoets #blueskypoets #poetsofbluesky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #sixtyoddpoets

Promoting Independent Literature #1 A selection from some fabulous independently produced poetry collections.

There are excellent independent #poetry publications listed here. I enjoyed reading the poems and I enjoyed writing the reviews. #Sixtyoddpoets

31. Glenn Barker A man who muses on a wide canvas

Glenn Barker @rotherwrites.bsky.social was featured on #sixtyoddpoets in July last year with #poetry musing on nature, body image, a British lunar outing and the speech for his daughter's wedding.

A tiny little oddity called Moving On for #smallpoemsunday - which can be found, with some others of mine, over here! #sixtyoddpoets @zoomburst.substack.com open.substack.com/pub/sixtyodd... #poetry #blueskypoets

Poetic Windows An encounter with a lovely Sheffield poetry group.

I had a great time in Sheffield the other week, running a #poetry workshop with the Spammers poetry group. It all culminated in their having their own page on #SixtyOddPoets Perhaps you might like me to do the same with your group. Drop me a message, maybe we can sort something out.

29. Carol Special Fuelled by thirty years experience of nursing and teaching

The unique #poetry of Carol Special was featured on #SixtyOddPoets in June last year. This month she was one of the six poets published in An Eighth of Sixty, the latest print volume of the Sixty Odd series (bit.ly/3GVujqd)

79. John Hobson A plant-based performance poet living in Sheffield

Some witty and enjoyable #poetry from the Sheffield based Plant poet, John Hobson on #SixtyOddPoets today.

27. Fiona Kearns An artivist, peppered with quirkiness and humour.

Once a closet poet, now an Artivist. Fiona Kearns was published on #SixtyOddPoets just over a year ago. Since, she has featured in Six Free Range Eggs) which was the sixth printed volume of the Sixty Odd Poets. And the poetry keeps on coming. We have just released volume eight - An Eighth of Sixty.

77. Kimneet Dhatt A British-Indian poet who explores themes of identity and belonging.

Some wonderful #poetry from Kim Dhatt, a second generation British Indian, comes to #SixtyOddPoets this morning. Set aside fifteen minutes to put your feet up and enjoy her words.

The first eight volumes of Sixty Odd Poets, all available on Amazon. Or from me.Or from the fox gallery at Mexborough when volume eight is Launched on Sunday 27th July at 2pm

I have been working on An Eighth of Sixty, the eighth #poetry compilation featuring members of the Order of the Sixty Odd.
You can join the order by submitting to #SixtyOddPoets. take a look bit.ly/sixtysubs

Amazing Stories Science Fiction, Weird Tales, Secrets of the Unknown and Time Travelling Paradoxes

Science Fiction, where the boundaries of the mind meet the final frontier. Where human technology meets the possibility of other intelligences. Where the fabric of time itself is a tissue that can be folded, crumpled and discarded. Where realty is not what it seems. #Sci-Fi #Poetry on #SixtyOddPoets