Bernard Pearson
@bernp.bsky.social
Poet, novelist, Reviewer, published in over one hundred and fifty journals magazines, including Wild Court, The York Literary Review, Aesthetica Magazine . Husband, father, hankering after peace in a protected planet www.abookatberntime.uk
Once again thanks to @thebrokenspine.co.uk and @alanparrywriter.co.uk for hosting #PoetryAbout #Mouths see below look forward to reading everyone's throughout the day
February 6, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Once again thanks to @thebrokenspine.co.uk and @alanparrywriter.co.uk for hosting #PoetryAbout #Mouths see below look forward to reading everyone's throughout the day
Chuffed and delighted tonight to have work (two poemsaccepted in The Spring one time special issue Of Otherwise Engaged Literature and Arts Journal due to be published in March
February 5, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Chuffed and delighted tonight to have work (two poemsaccepted in The Spring one time special issue Of Otherwise Engaged Literature and Arts Journal due to be published in March
Wonderful words and so brilliantly performed Shame to those who fail to hear these words
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Wonderful words and so brilliantly performed Shame to those who fail to hear these words
The spirits of dead Trees
Stay until finally they live again.
Men could learn a lot
from their patience
Stay until finally they live again.
Men could learn a lot
from their patience
February 4, 2026 at 4:42 PM
The spirits of dead Trees
Stay until finally they live again.
Men could learn a lot
from their patience
Stay until finally they live again.
Men could learn a lot
from their patience
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A real shame if this photo went viral again today.
January 18, 2026 at 8:18 AM
A real shame if this photo went viral again today.
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I made a childhood dream come true when I joined the Royal Navy but it wasn’t all plain sailing as I was due in court the day I joined up…
Read these raw and gritty memoirs to find out about the rascal I was before, during and after my service…
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Read these raw and gritty memoirs to find out about the rascal I was before, during and after my service…
amzn.eu/d/eRr5gYU
February 4, 2026 at 4:05 PM
I made a childhood dream come true when I joined the Royal Navy but it wasn’t all plain sailing as I was due in court the day I joined up…
Read these raw and gritty memoirs to find out about the rascal I was before, during and after my service…
amzn.eu/d/eRr5gYU
Read these raw and gritty memoirs to find out about the rascal I was before, during and after my service…
amzn.eu/d/eRr5gYU
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🚨BREAKING: The UK economy would be 3.6% smaller by 2040 if net migration fell to zero, forcing the government to raise taxes to combat a much bigger budget deficit, a thinktank has predicted.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
February 4, 2026 at 9:09 AM
🚨BREAKING: The UK economy would be 3.6% smaller by 2040 if net migration fell to zero, forcing the government to raise taxes to combat a much bigger budget deficit, a thinktank has predicted.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Following today's developments The Prince of Darkness is to be stripped of his title and will henceforth be known simply as 'Darkness'
February 3, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Following today's developments The Prince of Darkness is to be stripped of his title and will henceforth be known simply as 'Darkness'
Inside Knowledge
Moths are
Plain clothed butterflies
He used to say,
And he should know,
Having retired, himself
From the Flying Squad,
Some thirty years ago.
© Bernard Pearson
Moths are
Plain clothed butterflies
He used to say,
And he should know,
Having retired, himself
From the Flying Squad,
Some thirty years ago.
© Bernard Pearson
February 3, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Inside Knowledge
Moths are
Plain clothed butterflies
He used to say,
And he should know,
Having retired, himself
From the Flying Squad,
Some thirty years ago.
© Bernard Pearson
Moths are
Plain clothed butterflies
He used to say,
And he should know,
Having retired, himself
From the Flying Squad,
Some thirty years ago.
© Bernard Pearson
Always found the most interesting statement in the recent Kuenssberg Mandleson interview the bit he said about admiring Trump as a risk taker
February 3, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Always found the most interesting statement in the recent Kuenssberg Mandleson interview the bit he said about admiring Trump as a risk taker
Reservoir
Canada geese land
on winter water,
with the stealth
of a parent checking
upon a sleeping child.
© Bernard Pearson
Canada geese land
on winter water,
with the stealth
of a parent checking
upon a sleeping child.
© Bernard Pearson
February 2, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Reservoir
Canada geese land
on winter water,
with the stealth
of a parent checking
upon a sleeping child.
© Bernard Pearson
Canada geese land
on winter water,
with the stealth
of a parent checking
upon a sleeping child.
© Bernard Pearson
Ambition
Be love when you
Have lost everything,
be love in every breath,
Be love in every thought,
Be love even when It seems
That life has come to nought,
Be love, be love, be love.
© Bernard Pearson
Be love when you
Have lost everything,
be love in every breath,
Be love in every thought,
Be love even when It seems
That life has come to nought,
Be love, be love, be love.
© Bernard Pearson
February 2, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Ambition
Be love when you
Have lost everything,
be love in every breath,
Be love in every thought,
Be love even when It seems
That life has come to nought,
Be love, be love, be love.
© Bernard Pearson
Be love when you
Have lost everything,
be love in every breath,
Be love in every thought,
Be love even when It seems
That life has come to nought,
Be love, be love, be love.
© Bernard Pearson
Pastoral Symphony
The outline of a hare,
In the hatching morning.
Demure in a flint- rusted field .
Eyes aroused to the deal,
Slippered ears glinting
Like discarded oyster shells.
Alarmed by the clack of crows
Away in the twisting of time.
© Bernard Pearson
The outline of a hare,
In the hatching morning.
Demure in a flint- rusted field .
Eyes aroused to the deal,
Slippered ears glinting
Like discarded oyster shells.
Alarmed by the clack of crows
Away in the twisting of time.
© Bernard Pearson
February 1, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Pastoral Symphony
The outline of a hare,
In the hatching morning.
Demure in a flint- rusted field .
Eyes aroused to the deal,
Slippered ears glinting
Like discarded oyster shells.
Alarmed by the clack of crows
Away in the twisting of time.
© Bernard Pearson
The outline of a hare,
In the hatching morning.
Demure in a flint- rusted field .
Eyes aroused to the deal,
Slippered ears glinting
Like discarded oyster shells.
Alarmed by the clack of crows
Away in the twisting of time.
© Bernard Pearson
Striking painting by my Great Uncle Wallace Wood
January 31, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Striking painting by my Great Uncle Wallace Wood
Ding Dong Bell
There is no water in my well.
In here it’s just as dark as hell,
The sides they are too steep,
And I am down way so deep,
I was clinging to the edge.
And then – just kind of fell.
© Bernard Pearson
There is no water in my well.
In here it’s just as dark as hell,
The sides they are too steep,
And I am down way so deep,
I was clinging to the edge.
And then – just kind of fell.
© Bernard Pearson
January 31, 2026 at 8:13 AM
Ding Dong Bell
There is no water in my well.
In here it’s just as dark as hell,
The sides they are too steep,
And I am down way so deep,
I was clinging to the edge.
And then – just kind of fell.
© Bernard Pearson
There is no water in my well.
In here it’s just as dark as hell,
The sides they are too steep,
And I am down way so deep,
I was clinging to the edge.
And then – just kind of fell.
© Bernard Pearson
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The White House is calling this irrelevant.
You all know what to do, lovers of democracy!!
www.forbes.com/sites/hughmc...
You all know what to do, lovers of democracy!!
www.forbes.com/sites/hughmc...
Bruce Springsteen’s ICE Protest Song Soars To No. 1
Bruce Springsteen releases ICE protest song “Streets of Minneapolis,” which quickly becomes a bestseller and takes over the iTunes Top Songs chart in the United States.
www.forbes.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:56 PM
The White House is calling this irrelevant.
You all know what to do, lovers of democracy!!
www.forbes.com/sites/hughmc...
You all know what to do, lovers of democracy!!
www.forbes.com/sites/hughmc...
Dylan's 'Black Diamond Bay ' a song for our times
January 30, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Dylan's 'Black Diamond Bay ' a song for our times
Enormous thanks to @thebrokenspine.co.uk and @alanparrywriter.co.uk for hosting #PoemsAbout #Blackveils
January 30, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Enormous thanks to @thebrokenspine.co.uk and @alanparrywriter.co.uk for hosting #PoemsAbout #Blackveils
My father once owned this picture of John Pipers He knew him slightly not my thing but there we go
January 29, 2026 at 8:47 PM
My father once owned this picture of John Pipers He knew him slightly not my thing but there we go