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Sue Finch (she/her) @suefinch.bsky.social · 6h

Today’s joy involves badgers and poetry and this wonderful bottle of ‘Badgered’ pills from @poetrypharmacy.bsky.social Delighted to see my lines there and to read all the others.

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Sue Finch (she/her) @suefinch.bsky.social · 1d

There are many things that brought me to coaching...

'Knowing What Potential Burnout Feels Like' is one of them.

Sue Finch (she/her) @suefinch.bsky.social · 3d

There are many things that brought me to coaching...

'The Spark of 1:1 Connection' is one of them.

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Dave Bonta @davebonta.bsky.social · 3d

A gun utters a death wish; a spare poem spares us nothing— @victoriamoul.bsky.social @suefinch.bsky.social @alinaetc.bsky.social @clareshawpoet.bsky.social @myheadtheforest.bsky.social @dharmabam.bsky.social @vanopticon.bsky.social @richfergusonpoet.bsky.social 2/3
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Poetry Blog Digest 2025, Week 40

A personal selection of posts from the Poetry Blogging Network and beyond.

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Sue Finch (she/her) @suefinch.bsky.social · 4d

PodBean Link for those who like to listen: soopoftheday.podbean.com/e/play-episo...

PLAY (Episode 104) | Singing as the Darkness Lifts

This is ‘Singing as the Darkness Lifts’ a podcast by me, Sue Finch, where my week starts with finding out what Monday smells like, and I look for the joy that makes my heart sing. Welcome to Episode 1...

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Sue Finch (she/her) @suefinch.bsky.social · 4d

Monday is Blog Day where my week starts with finding out what Monday smells like, and I look for the joy that makes my heart sing. Here’s 'PLAY'...
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PLAY (Episode 104)

PLAY This morning the air is mild and is scented with floral notes. Alt text suggests this week’s photo is of a person wearing a ye...

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Sue Finch (she/her) @suefinch.bsky.social · 7d

Today’s joy is an Autumn Wreath…

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Sue Finch (she/her) @suefinch.bsky.social · 7d

The most delightful session for #NationalPoetryDay today. I read a dozen poems, people read poems, and then we all wrote poems based on the @poetrydayuk.bsky.social writing prompt. Coffee, cakes, conversation and laughter all mixed in. I think I am definitely suited to this year's theme of 'Play'.

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Sue Finch (she/her) @suefinch.bsky.social · 8d

TOFFEE HAMMERS

Chinks of tarnish interrupt the shine now,
and our hiding places have all grown small.

Days of, don’t tell mum,
of wrestling,
of being winded
and still not telling,
have fallen behind us.

Not blemished back then,
no hint of rust on those solid hammers.
We could be on the floor and up again,
sitting on the settee,
crossing our legs,
tapping for the reflex,
laughing as a foot kicked out involuntarily.

The brown rug our tournament ring
where we fought for possession.

Each round ended with the warning
of mum’s slippered feet
as her hips swayed her up the passageway.
We flung ourselves against cushions
to look settled, pretend our innocence.

Made the hammer invisible;
stuffed in a pocket,
gripped in a fist,
or shoved down inside a sock –
a hard cold knock on the knuckle
of an ankle bone.

One point to the one who had it
in their keeping when she entered.

A momentary win
while we were getting our breath back,
eyeing each other for the next round.
Preparing to hold tight, fight on.

Sue Finch (she/her) @suefinch.bsky.social · 9d

Readying for #NationalPoetryDay with this poem about wrestling for toffee hammers with my brother...
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TOFFEE HAMMERS

YouTube video by Sue Finch

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Sue Finch (she/her) @suefinch.bsky.social · 9d

October on the calendars brings:

#LookThere Ronnie jumping for joy in Margate.

#ElasticBandPhotos ‘Welwyn Garden City 2’ A discarded elastic band droops in the stairwell of the shopping centre.

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Sue Finch (she/her) @suefinch.bsky.social · 9d

I didn't! But I like this fact.

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Sue Finch (she/her) @suefinch.bsky.social · 9d

It seems like the toffee hammers will be getting a poem of their own after all this time...

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Sue Finch (she/her) @suefinch.bsky.social · 10d

There are many things that brought me to coaching. 'The Joy of Thinking Forward' is one of them...

#Coaching
#TimeToThinkBreatheandBe

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Dave Bonta @davebonta.bsky.social · 10d

This week in the poetry blogs with @emmalee1.bsky.social @jamesmcconachie1.bsky.social @vanopticon.bsky.social @johnglenday.bsky.social @pi-and-anne.bsky.social @clareshawpoet.bsky.social @alinaetc.bsky.social @suefinch.bsky.social 1/3
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Poetry Blog Digest 2025, Week 39

A personal selection of posts from the Poetry Blogging Network and beyond.

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Sue Finch (she/her) @suefinch.bsky.social · 11d

And here's the listening link: soopoftheday.podbean.com/e/mandalas-a...

MANDALAS AND THE JOY OF THINKING | Singing as the Darkness Lifts

This is ‘Singing as the Darkness Lifts’ a podcast by me, Sue Finch, where my week starts with finding out what Monday smells like, and I look for the joy that makes my heart sing. Welcome to Episode 1...

soopoftheday.podbean.com

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Sue Finch (she/her) @suefinch.bsky.social · 11d

Monday is Blog Day where my week starts with finding out what Monday smells like, and I look for the joy that makes my heart sing. Here’s MANDALAS AND THE JOY OF THINKING
#SingingAsTheDarknessLifts
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Sue Finch (she/her) @suefinch.bsky.social · 13d

Today’s joy is yarn based with a heart-shaped crisp at packed lunch time!

Sue Finch (she/her) @suefinch.bsky.social · 14d

I forgot to empty the compost bin this morning so to encourage myself to get it done I told myself that future me would be glad if I did. I laughed at my need for self-encouragement and the fact I knew it would work. And the real joy? Two blue tits on the apple tree.

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Sue Finch (she/her) @suefinch.bsky.social · 15d

There are many things that brought me to coaching. 'Corridor Conversations' is one of them...
#Coaching #TimeToThinkBreatheandBe

Sue Finch (she/her) @suefinch.bsky.social · 16d

Today's joy is harvesting our apples. When I was young, my primary school always held a service for harvest and I loved the messages of sharing and being thankful. It was also the first time I read a poem to an audience... I loved being chosen to take part in such an important event.

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Sue Finch (she/her) @suefinch.bsky.social · 17d

Kath and I used this approach this week to see where we had come from since we last went to a particular yarn show. We looked back a year, celebrated the achievements, and took time to identify our next steps forward.

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Kath Andrews @kathandrews.bsky.social · 17d

This week's blog post, "Licensed to Crenellate", is now available! Read about Crenellate, due to be re-launched this Friday and why I think it's one of my easier designs.

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Licenced to Crenellate!

On Friday I will be (re-)launching Crenellate! We had lots of fun at the end of last week taking new photographs and I have been scouring through the pattern to make sure everything is listed in th…

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Dave Bonta @davebonta.bsky.social · 17d

How poems happen, the early-autumn dreamtime & more with @suefinch.bsky.social @annettemakino.bsky.social @pi-and-anne.bsky.social @vanopticon.bsky.social @frankbpoet24.bsky.social @webbish6.bsky.social @velveteenrabbi.bsky.social @aempoet.bsky.social 2/3
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Poetry Blog Digest 2025, Week 38

A personal selection of posts from the Poetry Blogging Network and beyond.

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Sue Finch (she/her) @suefinch.bsky.social · 17d

Thank you very much!

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