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Daragh

@daraghfleming.bsky.social

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Writer, poet, silly goose. A BRIEF INHALATION OUT NOW with @brokensleepbooks | writer | PK Award highly commended | FFP PRIZE highly commended | Duncairn Comp winner @daraghfleming everywhere else

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Daragh @daraghfleming.bsky.social · Aug 21

Lovely to have new work in the latest issue of Horizon Magazine ❤️

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Daragh @daraghfleming.bsky.social · Jul 7

Submissions for the very first Mo Poems Anthology are now open for the next month!

Link to submit is below and in my bio - happy writing x

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Daragh @daraghfleming.bsky.social · Jul 21

❤️❤️❤️

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Eibhlís Carcione @eibhliscarcione.bsky.social · Jul 19

Some recent gems in Irish and English from my bookshelf! 📚✍️✨
@liamcarson.bsky.social @munsterlitcentre.bsky.social @daraghfleming.bsky.social @scratchbooks.bsky.social @eabhloid.bsky.social @carcanet.bsky.social

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Daragh @daraghfleming.bsky.social · Jul 7

Submissions for the very first Mo Poems Anthology are now open for the next month!

Link to submit is below and in my bio - happy writing x

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Daragh @daraghfleming.bsky.social · Jul 1

Friends, I’m teaching an Advanced Poetry Course with creative writing ink. 6 weeks, starts at the beginning of every month. We’ll do lots of poems. Lots of them. If you’re interested!

creativewriting.ie/our-courses/...

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Daragh @daraghfleming.bsky.social · Jul 1

MO POEMS 2025

Last year we started Mo Poems by asking 30 people to write a poem for each day of Movember - we ended up with far more than that!

So this year, we’re doing a Mo Poems Anthology. Submissions will open next week for a month. Everyone is welcome to submit their work for consideration.

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Nialler9 @nialler9.com · Jun 24

Throwing Snow collaborates with Cork writer @daraghfleming.bsky.social on 'Pedalling', a euphoric song about summer longing and nostalgia.

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Throwing Snow collaborates with Cork writer Daragh Fleming on 'Pedalling' | Nialler9

Pedalling (feat Daragh Fleming) by Throwing Snow

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Daragh @daraghfleming.bsky.social · Jun 18

July 2nd - a Dublin launch of A Brief Inhalation alongside the incredible Alice Kinsella - do come along!

Daragh @daraghfleming.bsky.social · Jun 15

This week’s blog:

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Lame Cool Guy Guitar Solo - Thoughts Too Big | Daragh

Lame cool guy guitar solo and also remember when people were saying Be Kind and now they're berating others online?

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Daragh @daraghfleming.bsky.social · Jun 9

How To Tell If You’re The Villain #2

Daragh @daraghfleming.bsky.social · May 28

Totally overwhelmed to find out the Society of Authors and the Authors’ Foundation have granted me funding to work on my novel!!

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Daragh @daraghfleming.bsky.social · May 22

Celtic Life International Magazine interview

Daragh @daraghfleming.bsky.social · May 22

Daragh @daraghfleming.bsky.social · May 16

Cool one today - a therapist in Ottawa made contact to get my full catalog for the library in his practice for clients to use as a resource for their wellbeing ❤️

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Daragh @daraghfleming.bsky.social · May 15

It’s me mother’s birthday!

Daragh @daraghfleming.bsky.social · May 14

I think so, it seems to be constant announcements of news these days, a never ending barage of ‘just breaking’ 😂

Daragh @daraghfleming.bsky.social · May 14

Delighted to announce that I have no real news or updates. I have no news that I can’t tell you about yet but am excited to share in the coming weeks. I am simply existing.

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Daragh @daraghfleming.bsky.social · May 13

‘I was reading this the other day…’
is code for ‘I was scrolling through social media and saw this’

Daragh @daraghfleming.bsky.social · May 12

Why do people on this platform think that a followback is an invitation to attempt a sales pitch via DMs?

Daragh @daraghfleming.bsky.social · May 12

Earth’s Silliest Heroes

Daragh @daraghfleming.bsky.social · May 7

Our mental health services still aren’t good enough. Our budget for mental health is still way below the minimum threshold.

The state isn’t doing enough but is taking credit for the hard work of charities and organisations that fill the gaps the state has left. Let’s not forget that.

Daragh @daraghfleming.bsky.social · May 6

At least once a week I get a DM from a young person who is being blackmailed by someone using intimate images. It’s staggering and heartbreaking. And there doesn’t seem to be anything that can be done. There’s almost never any recourse. There has to be more we can do

Daragh @daraghfleming.bsky.social · May 6

May is mental health awareness month.

My thoughts circle around leading with empathy. Understanding that everyone is dealing with something. That people are often acting out because they’re hurting, and how we should try and show compassion rather than resistance

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Daragh @daraghfleming.bsky.social · May 5

This week’s blog!

thoughtstoobig.ie/2025/05/05/i...

Imperfect Lives - Thoughts Too Big | Daragh

I think so much of our online lives pave over the imperfect. We hide them from the world and from ourselves.

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