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Jean Atkin

@jmatkin.bsky.social

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British, mostly Scottish, poet in education + community projects / The Poetry Wire online courses / 3rd collection HIGH NOWHERE from IDP / out walking / plagued by the cat / www.jeanatkin.com

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Jean Atkin @jmatkin.bsky.social · Feb 1

I had a wonderful opportunity recently to share a poem with Shrewsbury-based sound artist Chris Renshaw, who has made a marvellous soundscape around it. Here's 'Real at Last' (about adventuring by bicycle with a woman friend back when we were 20). Thank you!
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Lego Lost At Sea @legolostatsea.bsky.social · 3h

Playmobil horse lost to the sea

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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 4h

“Uncritical adoption of AI, will inevitably create people without critical thinking, and this may be a feature - not a bug, as it represents an attack on human agency itself.”

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The infrastructure of meaninglessness

Listen, there are two realities that we should be aware of. AI exists to make your job obsolete because the alternative is that AI makes managers obsolete. Let me try to break down this theory, which...

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Jean Atkin @jmatkin.bsky.social · 9h

Signs of Shrewsbury, various and mysterious.

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Greens Organise @greensorganise.bsky.social · 12h

Let’s make different political choices.

For decades now British people have been told to simply swallow austerity. They’ve been told that the NHS needs cuts, that libraries need closing and that child poverty can’t be tackled.

Greens say: Bullshit!
Join the Green Party today.

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Jean Atkin @jmatkin.bsky.social · 1d

A glimpse of the Hey! Earthlings! Cabinet, now in Shrewsbury Library till 1 November. A project that's been all about welcomes, multiculturalism, local heritage and art.

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 2d

Tech wythout heart ys harmful.

For a bettir future we need poetrye, creativitye, historical studye, love of languages, dreames, dialogues, new storyes, & intellectual curiositye.

We must fund & expand higher educacioun yn HEART:

H umanityes
E thiques
A rtes
R hetorique & the crafte of
T eaching

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Poets for the Planet @poetsfortheplanet.bsky.social · 8d

If you haven't heard of Poets for the Planet until now please take a look at our website for more information about who we are and what we do. Our artwork was created by the wonderful Henny Beaumont. #poetrysky #nationalpoetryday poetsfortheplanet.org.uk

Blue and white watercolour painting with Poets for the Planet in large letters painted across the centre

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Jean Atkin @jmatkin.bsky.social · 2d

A whole summer's workshop days are over, and we held a wonderful Celebration event for the Hey! Earthlings! project, along with lots of people who'd participated, plus supportive audience. PLEASE DO come and visit the Hey! Earthlings! Cabinet in Shrewsbury Library until the end of October.

Jean Atkin @jmatkin.bsky.social · 2d

October brings overnight mushrooms.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 3d

The Bishop of Birmingham has written to the Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick about his comments about Handsworth

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Jean Atkin @jmatkin.bsky.social · 5d

Mast year, our boots grinding a bushel of acorns in the woods.

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Jean Atkin @jmatkin.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you Jim!

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Jean Atkin @jmatkin.bsky.social · 8d

A new blog post for National Poetry Day, celebrating the diversity and welcomes of a roomful of women on our Hey! Earthlings! project.
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HEY! EARTHLINGS! Women sharing Shropshire

Between May and October 2025 our Hey! Earthlings! project has worked with people from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds, creating opportunities for them to respond to our Shropshire heritage …

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Jean Atkin @jmatkin.bsky.social · 8d

Hey-ho :)

Jean Atkin @jmatkin.bsky.social · 8d

Happy National Poetry Day everyone!

Liz Brownlee @lizpoet.bsky.social · 8d

It's National Poetry Day! Here's my playing with words puffin poem, animated! youtu.be/p0dao3PqRBA

Puffin, by Liz Brownlee, an animated shape poem

YouTube video by Liz Brownlee Poet

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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 9d

And we’re off! #Inktober

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Jean Atkin @jmatkin.bsky.social · 9d

Vanishing soil!

Jean Atkin @jmatkin.bsky.social · 9d

October ploughland, skywards.

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Jean Atkin @jmatkin.bsky.social · 10d

Huge tree.
Little castle.

#ActonBurnell

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Jean Atkin @jmatkin.bsky.social · 11d

In Shrewsbury, in a fortnight!

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Jean Atkin @jmatkin.bsky.social · 11d

September mist and hawthorn berries up by Mitchell's Fold.

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Ghostcards @ghostcards.bsky.social · 15d

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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 11d

I mean yes this is funny, but the fact that these unconstitutional stormtroopers are so directionless that they literally stand around waiting for random nonwhite delivery guys to bike past them is just pathetic. No mandate, no mission, no clue. Just racism.

Steve Marmel @marmel.bsky.social · 11d

ICE attempted
and failed to disappear a food delivery guy.
It needed to be scored.

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Jean Atkin @jmatkin.bsky.social · 13d

Yes, this. I worry for my young adult sons.

Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 14d

Millennials face post-work poverty if they remain renters.

On retirement income shrinks. State pension is inadequate. Low wages - millions can't save for private pension or buy a home. Rents keep on rising.

Need social housing, rent controls, state pension aligned with living wage.

Comment: London's millennials face post-work poverty if they remain renters

Today’s working age population face a ticking timebomb as they approach middle age and beyond without getting on the housing ladder