Clare Starling
@clarestarling.bsky.social
Poetry and milky tea - ‘Magpie’s Nest’, won the Frosted Fire First Pamphlet Award 2023
Powerful exhibition of work by Ishiuchi Miyako on the 80th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombings. There is so much life in these preserved textiles ❤️
November 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Powerful exhibition of work by Ishiuchi Miyako on the 80th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombings. There is so much life in these preserved textiles ❤️
Winter lunch - udon, miso, beetroot. A day for rest and poetry ❤️
November 19, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Winter lunch - udon, miso, beetroot. A day for rest and poetry ❤️
Delighted to have a poem in the Fig Tree about a day at the Crazy Golf in the off season…⛳️
November 3, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Delighted to have a poem in the Fig Tree about a day at the Crazy Golf in the off season…⛳️
At the Musical Instrument Museum in Brussels you can see (and hear) what trumpets might have turned out like ❤️
October 27, 2025 at 8:53 AM
At the Musical Instrument Museum in Brussels you can see (and hear) what trumpets might have turned out like ❤️
Hanging out with the Choking Charlies at First Aid Training ❤️
October 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Hanging out with the Choking Charlies at First Aid Training ❤️
Summer might be over but the heated laundry rack is on ❤️
October 4, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Summer might be over but the heated laundry rack is on ❤️
This week I started studying to be a nurse. This antique silver ‘nursing belt’ belonged to my Granny. The designs were specific to the hospitals the nurses trained at ❤️
September 27, 2025 at 9:02 AM
This week I started studying to be a nurse. This antique silver ‘nursing belt’ belonged to my Granny. The designs were specific to the hospitals the nurses trained at ❤️
Good medicine at the Poetry Pharmacy on Oxford Street ❤️💊
September 16, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Good medicine at the Poetry Pharmacy on Oxford Street ❤️💊
I’m in great company in this excellent journal Dream Catcher, and delighted to have a number of poems in it including this duplex with probably the strangest title I’ve ever used, thank you James Joyce! ❤️
September 15, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I’m in great company in this excellent journal Dream Catcher, and delighted to have a number of poems in it including this duplex with probably the strangest title I’ve ever used, thank you James Joyce! ❤️
Lady Jane Grey joins me for lunch, rudely facing the other way
September 8, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Lady Jane Grey joins me for lunch, rudely facing the other way
Delighted to be included in issue #10 of the Fig Tree with my football (and life) related poem Extra Time ⚽️
September 2, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Delighted to be included in issue #10 of the Fig Tree with my football (and life) related poem Extra Time ⚽️
First time in Cornwall, at the beautiful Trevaunance Cove ❤️
August 31, 2025 at 11:52 AM
First time in Cornwall, at the beautiful Trevaunance Cove ❤️
Beautiful southern Norway ❤️
August 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Beautiful southern Norway ❤️
London Hydraulic Power Company 1882
Some interesting history on the penultimate leg of my 5 year long Thames walk from Oxford to the Barrier ❤️
Some interesting history on the penultimate leg of my 5 year long Thames walk from Oxford to the Barrier ❤️
August 3, 2025 at 11:51 AM
London Hydraulic Power Company 1882
Some interesting history on the penultimate leg of my 5 year long Thames walk from Oxford to the Barrier ❤️
Some interesting history on the penultimate leg of my 5 year long Thames walk from Oxford to the Barrier ❤️
Made a new friend on my rest day ❤️
August 1, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Made a new friend on my rest day ❤️
The view from St Mary’s Hospital today - dragon boat races on Paddington Basin
July 31, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The view from St Mary’s Hospital today - dragon boat races on Paddington Basin
Thanks to N2 magazine for publishing my nature poem ‘wild’ 🪶
July 29, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Thanks to N2 magazine for publishing my nature poem ‘wild’ 🪶
Enjoying the Do Ho Suh memory houses at the Tate Modern ❤️
July 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Enjoying the Do Ho Suh memory houses at the Tate Modern ❤️
Perfect day on the Heath ❤️
July 9, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Perfect day on the Heath ❤️
A highlight of my week was the launch of Matthew Paul’s new book - exceptional poems that tell stories of times and people I feel I know ❤️
June 21, 2025 at 11:38 AM
A highlight of my week was the launch of Matthew Paul’s new book - exceptional poems that tell stories of times and people I feel I know ❤️
The cat brought in a slow worm today!
This friendly chap was put safely in the undergrowth at the back of the garden ❤️
This friendly chap was put safely in the undergrowth at the back of the garden ❤️
June 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The cat brought in a slow worm today!
This friendly chap was put safely in the undergrowth at the back of the garden ❤️
This friendly chap was put safely in the undergrowth at the back of the garden ❤️
Delighted to receive this gift of poetry in the post from my good friend Steve Moran, who I would describe as the Walt Whitman of Willesden ☺️
@stephen-moran.bsky.social
@stephen-moran.bsky.social
June 17, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Delighted to receive this gift of poetry in the post from my good friend Steve Moran, who I would describe as the Walt Whitman of Willesden ☺️
@stephen-moran.bsky.social
@stephen-moran.bsky.social
This mural cheered me up on a fruitless mission this morning - it’s June Rose Barber, the longest remaining tenant in her block near Kilburn, done by Global Art Collective in 2020
June 16, 2025 at 12:18 PM
This mural cheered me up on a fruitless mission this morning - it’s June Rose Barber, the longest remaining tenant in her block near Kilburn, done by Global Art Collective in 2020
Enjoyed this Thames timeline mosaic as we passed St Paul’s on our epic walk of the Thames from Oxford to the Barrier - I’m writing time travel, currently lost in 1995 ❤️
June 1, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Enjoyed this Thames timeline mosaic as we passed St Paul’s on our epic walk of the Thames from Oxford to the Barrier - I’m writing time travel, currently lost in 1995 ❤️