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Dawn McLachlan
@deemclachlan.bsky.social
Poet and author for hire or loan. Won some prizes. Account is stuff from a small town in NE Scotland.
Hoping to kickstart #HaikuAltText & #PoemAltText
See #FridayPoem
She/Her

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Time for another #FridayPoem. Still struggling with the #poemsabout prompt this week so instead here’s the fresh start of a snowy day in a #haikuset
#haiku #poetry #poems #poets #poetsofbluesky #poetrycommunity #alttext #HaikuAltText #PoemAltText
The hour turned quick from day to eve
On frosted snow beneath my feet
Shadows chased across the walls
In fleeting patterns darkness falls
Long the reach of trees now bare
I walked on knowing you’re still there

#huntlycastle #buster #inremembrance #winterpoems
November 26, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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A starter pack of #Poets seeking a publisher for their collections. @bethbpoet.bsky.social @pdevonald.bsky.social @benedictan.bsky.social @owlnsquirrels1111.bsky.social and many more. Please follow and repost if you can #poetsonbluesky #poetrycommunity
November 25, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Final thread of all my starter packs for the year by way of thank you to all the people who have helped and supported me this year. First: Great Writers in Search of an Agent starter pack. @shinewoman.bsky.social @clareobrien.bsky.social @tooriekep.bsky.social & many more. Please follow & repost
November 25, 2025 at 8:56 AM
I’m always so chuffed to be on a good list. I’m honoured to be in such great company on this one. Lots of amazing poets to follow and fill your feeds with beautiful and powerful poems.
November 25, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Hello #promptcombo crew Thanks Paul @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social for this week’s #onrooftops theme. I’m just about to go out, but thought I’d post my wee offering first. Photo by me, Jerusalem rooftops looking towards the Dome of the Rock.

#poetry #poem
November 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
This is an easy one for me, because I’m also in it.
(Long story)
November 23, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Husband’s version…
November 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Last week was fire. This week? Ashes. #PoemsAbout #NoFuture starts Friday. Write ruin, hopelessness, rage. The end of days or just Tuesday. Don’t post early—fade into the feed. Tag #PoemsAbout. Use Alt Text. Sign up for Saturday prompts: shorturl.at/0Xm7A
November 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Ah… t’is the season for nostalgic discussions about how you could possibly run yourself over after eating too many jacket potatoes.
Magical times.

#StayAnotherDay
November 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
So beautiful. So powerful.
james baldwin
UNTITLED
November 22, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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Quite why Maya Forstater thinks her views are more important than the sizeable majority who voted to keep the ponds trans inclusive, as they always have been. But she does. She and her gazillionaire backers have a hearing in the High Court next month - and we're fighting back. goodlaw.social/vs0d
We’re standing with trans people against hate at Hampstead women’s pond | Good Law Project
It’s almost crunch time for a legal challenge from an anti-trans pressure group which could see trans people banned from Hampstead women’s pond. We’re not backing down.
goodlaw.social
November 22, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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My heart in #retrograde
looking back
with #gratitude

those dumb kids,
so #emotional,
so full of #wonderment
at one another

we didn't heed
the #shadow growing
that would
#demolished us,
even when
what we were
was so #unfinished

I still ache
to remember
that beautiful ruin

#RetroArtPrompt
7 in 1
November 22, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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She bends, never breaks
Stronger than a willow branch
Always snapping back.

#PennedReveries #Stronger
#haiku #senryu
November 22, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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7th October 2025
289 Detected Iron Age coins.

"as the years move on, I feel it is time to pass on part of this collection to fellow enthusiasts, collectors & historians."

AKA flogging them to highest bidder to do what they want with...

#Archaeology 🏺 #Detecting

www.noonans.co.uk/archive/spec...
www.noonans.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 10:23 AM
This poem is so beautiful. I absolutely love short form poetry. It’s incredibly difficult to pack a punch in less space and this poem is soaringly gorgeous.
@rburrows.bsky.social - love your work!
November 22, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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I read a poem at The Book Bag Open Mic @paulwritespoems.bsky.social called My Owl Child. @helenlaycock.bsky.social This is another one of the trilogy! You said you’d like to read it - I thought I’d wait til it looked like this! 😂 @dustpoetry.bsky.social www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/my-daug...
My Daughter is a Gannet by Rachel Burrows
My Daughter is a Gannet With blue sea-eyes meticulously lined, and fixed on the horizon,she soars above us.The sun crowns herflawless feathers -a golden bequeathment.Streamlined and focussed, she swoo...
www.dustpoetry.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Remember when you were small and all books were this exciting? Lovely.
A dog ran into the yard! Charlie and the dog played and ran around for a while! The dog ran away! It started to rain! Charlie and I went inside! A busy day! Naps for everyone!
November 21, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Time for another #FridayPoem. Still struggling with the #poemsabout prompt this week so instead here’s the fresh start of a snowy day in a #haikuset
#haiku #poetry #poems #poets #poetsofbluesky #poetrycommunity #alttext #HaikuAltText #PoemAltText
November 21, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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We four, trauma-bonded
children of war,
trapped between
two superpowers—
Him and Her...

#DogTags #PoemsAbout
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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November 21, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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November 21, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Happy Friday #BlueSkyPoets! #PoemsAbout #DogTags
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@karenpgonzalez.bsky.social
Have a glorious day and weekend! Excited as always to read the amazing artistic work presented here!
November 21, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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Good morning! For #PoemsAbout #DogTags Another tough one! Thank you to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk #Poetry
November 21, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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#PoemsAbout #DogTags drops Friday. Write into memory, sacrifice, names etched or erased. Tags on a chain, weight on a neck. Post from Friday. Use Alt Text. Always tag it right. Prompts hit inboxes Saturdays: shorturl.at/0Xm7A
November 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM