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David Birch
@davidbirch.bsky.social
Worked in education and mostly taken up with poetry these days: see some of my poems at https://wildfire-words.com/?s=David+Birch and in the latest @thebrokenspine.co.uk collection 'Beautiful Little Fools'. Also editor at https://www.tiptontimes.org.uk/
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So tomorrow we start our 9th #FebMusicChallenge can't wait to see what songs you pick this year #FebMusicChallenge26
January 31, 2026 at 12:21 PM
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Good morning everyone, happy to share this draft poem with you for #poemsabout #blackveils. Another tricky prompt from @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk! Look forward to reading others later!

#poems #poetry #scottishpoetry #scottishwriting
January 30, 2026 at 9:06 AM
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Good morning! This one was another difficult one from #PoemsAbout #BlackVeils Thank you as always to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk
January 30, 2026 at 11:30 AM
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#PoemsAbout #Blackveils @thebrokenspine.co.uk
I will put a reading in the comments.
January 30, 2026 at 12:57 PM
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January 30, 2026 at 1:23 PM
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#BlackVeils #PoemsAbout #tanka

Your apologies,
simply black veils to cover
a void of concern.
Know I see through the dark gauze
as I would the mists of dusk.
January 30, 2026 at 5:08 PM
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#FridayFive is nostalgic.
1. Nightswimming. REM.
2. Grand Canyon. The Drive by Truckers.
3. Life in a Northern Town. The Dream Academy.
4. The Little Pot Stove. Nic Jones.
5. River. Joni Mitchell.
January 30, 2026 at 4:09 PM
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Here's a voice that wants to make a statement. Don't think I've written anything like this before for #PoemsAbout #BlackVeils
@thebrokenspine.co.uk #PoetsOnBluesky
January 30, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Delighted to hear that 3 of my poems have just been published by @wildfirewords.bsky.social. you can read them here (and listen to me read them) pol01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
Open Submissions 9: Share Your Original Writing Today
Join Wildfire Words for Open Submissions 9! Submit your poetry or flash fiction by Jan 1—original work only, audio welcome!
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January 29, 2026 at 8:11 PM
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Hullo @rfsmith.bsky.social
and to #promptcombo #moment
Will look for something else too but this is the sort of short write @victoriaspires.bsky.social delightfully calls a poetic ‘trinket’.
Have a great week all!
January 26, 2026 at 11:49 AM
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For @rfsmith.bsky.social and your #PromptCombo #Moment.

Death, indeterminacy and musical notation.
January 27, 2026 at 12:09 PM
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I'm an abundance
of incomplete thoughts swirling,
snow drifting moments
with feet frozen to the ground.
I'm screaming, without a sound.

#promptcombo #moments #tankathursday #frozen #wildwalkprompt #abundance #tanka #tankaboutit #poem #poetry #micropoem #micropoetry
January 27, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Thank you @rfsmith.bsky.social for your #PromptCombo #Moment which brought to mind a recent moment that brought home the fragility of existence. Looking forward to other contributions later
January 27, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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For this week's #PoemsAbout #FalseCrowns, I'm thinking about shine mistaken for sanctity.

Thank you to the host @alanparrywriter.co.uk
and @thebrokenspine.co.uk and to all of the other writers.

#poetry #poem #writing #PoetryCommunity #BlueSkyPoets
January 23, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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I think our system falsely peddles intelligence as the key to success - it’s definitely overated! 😂Thanks @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk 🥰 for the #PoemsAbout #FalseCrowns prompt. Apologies to those who aren’t familiar with our exam system! (GCSEs at 16 - graded 1-9) #poetry
January 23, 2026 at 6:59 AM
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For #PoemsAbout we have been given an easy and prescient carrot to savour with #FalseCrowns. For this week my dramatic personae are:
Jack, Lord of the Flies
Biff, Back to the Future II

You may guess where I'm going with this.

@thebrokenspine.co.uk
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
January 23, 2026 at 8:27 AM
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January 22, 2026 at 11:20 PM
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#PoemsAbout #FalseCrowns @thebrokenspine.co.uk
I will put a link to a reading in the comments.
January 23, 2026 at 5:53 AM
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It's Friday, it's #PoemsAbout day.

Here is my offering for #FalseCrowns.

@thebrokenspine.co.uk
January 23, 2026 at 8:15 AM
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January 23, 2026 at 8:18 AM
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#PoemsAbout #FalseCrowns

He put me up there
on a throne
with a gaudy crown

and what was I then
but a symbol for him?...
January 23, 2026 at 7:17 AM
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In a time of rising fear and fragile freedoms, this #PoemsAbout #FalseCrowns speaks to the quiet strength of people who refuse to bow. Many thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk
January 23, 2026 at 5:58 AM
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January 22, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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January 23, 2026 at 6:02 AM