@alanmckeanpoet.bsky.social
Grandad of 4
North West England
“The Four o'clock in the morning moon” is now on Amazon
For I was a poet once https://amzn.eu/d/7aLe9aG
North West England
“The Four o'clock in the morning moon” is now on Amazon
For I was a poet once https://amzn.eu/d/7aLe9aG
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Any publishers out there? ~ or if you are in contact with a publisher ~ I have a Word document of 12 poems and 16 haiku to the theme ‘my dad’ ~ please DM for my contact details 🙏 < Jim
December 13, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Any publishers out there? ~ or if you are in contact with a publisher ~ I have a Word document of 12 poems and 16 haiku to the theme ‘my dad’ ~ please DM for my contact details 🙏 < Jim
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Comic actor Harry Worth's famous window sequence - first used in his 1960s TV show Here's Harry - was filmed on St Ann's Square, Manchester, at Hector Powes tailor's shop.
December 12, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Comic actor Harry Worth's famous window sequence - first used in his 1960s TV show Here's Harry - was filmed on St Ann's Square, Manchester, at Hector Powes tailor's shop.
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THE ELF
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#poem #limerick #funny #spokenword #spokenpoetry #poems #reallife #book #comedy #humor #humour #fypシ゚viralシ #fyp #foryoupagereels #foryouシ #jokes #jokeofday #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #santa #santaclaus #elf #elfonashelf #elves #christmas2025 #Christmas #christmastime #xmas
December 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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December 8, 2025 at 3:16 PM
December
I've not posted much these last few weeks - been a bit busy, so today I spent some time on social media promoting my latest poetry collect.I tend to promote my books using a poem, seeing as that is what I write, so here it comes. First the picture, and then the poem. CHRISTMAS BOOKit’s…
I've not posted much these last few weeks - been a bit busy, so today I spent some time on social media promoting my latest poetry collect.I tend to promote my books using a poem, seeing as that is what I write, so here it comes. First the picture, and then the poem. CHRISTMAS BOOKit’s…
December
I've not posted much these last few weeks - been a bit busy, so today I spent some time on social media promoting my latest poetry collect.I tend to promote my books using a poem, seeing as that is what I write, so here it comes. First the picture, and then the poem. CHRISTMAS BOOKit’s Christmas timeit might be worth…
alan-mckean.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 6:48 PM
December
I've not posted much these last few weeks - been a bit busy, so today I spent some time on social media promoting my latest poetry collect.I tend to promote my books using a poem, seeing as that is what I write, so here it comes. First the picture, and then the poem. CHRISTMAS BOOKit’s…
I've not posted much these last few weeks - been a bit busy, so today I spent some time on social media promoting my latest poetry collect.I tend to promote my books using a poem, seeing as that is what I write, so here it comes. First the picture, and then the poem. CHRISTMAS BOOKit’s…
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"Where's my #magenta scarf?" he asked.
"The one your secretary gave you?" his wife replied.
"Yeah."
"It's in the garage."
"Why is it in the garage?" he asked as he opened the garage door.
"Because it looks better on her." She gestured at the secretary's body hanging from the scarf. #vss365
"The one your secretary gave you?" his wife replied.
"Yeah."
"It's in the garage."
"Why is it in the garage?" he asked as he opened the garage door.
"Because it looks better on her." She gestured at the secretary's body hanging from the scarf. #vss365
December 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
it’s Christmas time
it might be worth
having another look
you never know
you might enjoy
reading my new book
on Amazon
for a few pounds
to ease your Christmas cash flow
a pic’s below
and up above
the link is in my bio
#books
#BooksMakeGreatGifts
it might be worth
having another look
you never know
you might enjoy
reading my new book
on Amazon
for a few pounds
to ease your Christmas cash flow
a pic’s below
and up above
the link is in my bio
#books
#BooksMakeGreatGifts
December 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
it’s Christmas time
it might be worth
having another look
you never know
you might enjoy
reading my new book
on Amazon
for a few pounds
to ease your Christmas cash flow
a pic’s below
and up above
the link is in my bio
#books
#BooksMakeGreatGifts
it might be worth
having another look
you never know
you might enjoy
reading my new book
on Amazon
for a few pounds
to ease your Christmas cash flow
a pic’s below
and up above
the link is in my bio
#books
#BooksMakeGreatGifts
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sun in a puddle
the painful cold of last night
soaking through my shoes
the painful cold of last night
soaking through my shoes
December 3, 2025 at 10:15 PM
sun in a puddle
the painful cold of last night
soaking through my shoes
the painful cold of last night
soaking through my shoes
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time is different
in winter's house
it will sit and look
you in the eye
while you sit
staring back
in winter's house
it will sit and look
you in the eye
while you sit
staring back
November 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
time is different
in winter's house
it will sit and look
you in the eye
while you sit
staring back
in winter's house
it will sit and look
you in the eye
while you sit
staring back
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wishing on strange stars
for a planet we would love
into a new world
secret mapmakers
we whisper like withered reeds
naming our rivers
sometimes dream hikers
over the boulders down scree
in the cargo bay
👾
#SciFaikuSaturday (world)
#DailyHaikuPrompt (w'd reeds)
#inkMine (scree)
for a planet we would love
into a new world
secret mapmakers
we whisper like withered reeds
naming our rivers
sometimes dream hikers
over the boulders down scree
in the cargo bay
👾
#SciFaikuSaturday (world)
#DailyHaikuPrompt (w'd reeds)
#inkMine (scree)
November 29, 2025 at 10:24 AM
wishing on strange stars
for a planet we would love
into a new world
secret mapmakers
we whisper like withered reeds
naming our rivers
sometimes dream hikers
over the boulders down scree
in the cargo bay
👾
#SciFaikuSaturday (world)
#DailyHaikuPrompt (w'd reeds)
#inkMine (scree)
for a planet we would love
into a new world
secret mapmakers
we whisper like withered reeds
naming our rivers
sometimes dream hikers
over the boulders down scree
in the cargo bay
👾
#SciFaikuSaturday (world)
#DailyHaikuPrompt (w'd reeds)
#inkMine (scree)
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even in winter
grey is not everything
rooks eat the rosehips
grey is not everything
rooks eat the rosehips
December 1, 2025 at 10:49 PM
even in winter
grey is not everything
rooks eat the rosehips
grey is not everything
rooks eat the rosehips
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December 2, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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Ten-month-old Susan Torkington, of Regent Road, Stockport, gets a tow on the snow-clad slopes of Lyme Park, Disley, from her three-year-old sister Linda, January 1960 (Mirrorpix/@manchestereveningnews.co.uk).
November 30, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Ten-month-old Susan Torkington, of Regent Road, Stockport, gets a tow on the snow-clad slopes of Lyme Park, Disley, from her three-year-old sister Linda, January 1960 (Mirrorpix/@manchestereveningnews.co.uk).
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If you’re in the Nottinghamshire(UK) area this month, maybe pop into Patchings Art Centre at Calverton for the A5 Exhibition - lots of lovely small artworks, including my trio of Sanderlings 🔽
More details here: www.patchingsartcentre.co.uk
🪶🐡
#art
More details here: www.patchingsartcentre.co.uk
🪶🐡
#art
November 30, 2025 at 7:07 PM
If you’re in the Nottinghamshire(UK) area this month, maybe pop into Patchings Art Centre at Calverton for the A5 Exhibition - lots of lovely small artworks, including my trio of Sanderlings 🔽
More details here: www.patchingsartcentre.co.uk
🪶🐡
#art
More details here: www.patchingsartcentre.co.uk
🪶🐡
#art
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glancing up at dusk
scrolling from the western sky
dragon-haunted clouds
scrolling from the western sky
dragon-haunted clouds
November 30, 2025 at 10:28 PM
glancing up at dusk
scrolling from the western sky
dragon-haunted clouds
scrolling from the western sky
dragon-haunted clouds
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when the red red robin
goes taunt taunt taunting
the cat
goes taunt taunt taunting
the cat
November 29, 2025 at 8:59 AM
when the red red robin
goes taunt taunt taunting
the cat
goes taunt taunt taunting
the cat
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Wet swim at Rotherslade
November 27, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Wet swim at Rotherslade
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November 25, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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you delicate moon
slicing the cold into shreds
that bare-blade sickle
slicing the cold into shreds
that bare-blade sickle
November 25, 2025 at 10:24 PM
you delicate moon
slicing the cold into shreds
that bare-blade sickle
slicing the cold into shreds
that bare-blade sickle
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marshmallow clouds
soft as a lover’s first kiss
drifting on the breeze
#Photography Breezie
@breeze420.bsky.social
soft as a lover’s first kiss
drifting on the breeze
#Photography Breezie
@breeze420.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
marshmallow clouds
soft as a lover’s first kiss
drifting on the breeze
#Photography Breezie
@breeze420.bsky.social
soft as a lover’s first kiss
drifting on the breeze
#Photography Breezie
@breeze420.bsky.social
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into the dusk sky
all the finches of the field
leaving us behind
all the finches of the field
leaving us behind
November 15, 2025 at 9:20 PM
into the dusk sky
all the finches of the field
leaving us behind
all the finches of the field
leaving us behind
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childhood wonderment
straight rail joined to a curved rail
on a train of thought
oyoguhito
#senryu
haikueye.blogspot.com
straight rail joined to a curved rail
on a train of thought
oyoguhito
#senryu
haikueye.blogspot.com
haiku eye
as eyes seize it
haikueye.blogspot.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:55 PM
childhood wonderment
straight rail joined to a curved rail
on a train of thought
oyoguhito
#senryu
haikueye.blogspot.com
straight rail joined to a curved rail
on a train of thought
oyoguhito
#senryu
haikueye.blogspot.com
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these endless flat fields
clouds mutating above us
blackbird hawk dragon
clouds mutating above us
blackbird hawk dragon
November 14, 2025 at 10:34 PM
these endless flat fields
clouds mutating above us
blackbird hawk dragon
clouds mutating above us
blackbird hawk dragon
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we rise again
from the storm cellar …
only traces
of the house remain
yet all of us are home
—Denis M. Garrison
#TankaThursday cellar #TankaPoem #micropoetry #5Lines #Tanka
Chinese translation & poet’s bio at Chen-ou Liu’s blog, link below.
neverendingstoryhaikutanka.blogspot.com/2022/05/one-...
from the storm cellar …
only traces
of the house remain
yet all of us are home
—Denis M. Garrison
#TankaThursday cellar #TankaPoem #micropoetry #5Lines #Tanka
Chinese translation & poet’s bio at Chen-ou Liu’s blog, link below.
neverendingstoryhaikutanka.blogspot.com/2022/05/one-...
One Man's Maple Moon: Storm Cellar Tanka by Denis M. Garrison
English Original we rise again from the storm cellar … only traces of the house remain yet all of us are home Denis M. Garrison Chinese Tran...
neverendingstoryhaikutanka.blogspot.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:18 PM
we rise again
from the storm cellar …
only traces
of the house remain
yet all of us are home
—Denis M. Garrison
#TankaThursday cellar #TankaPoem #micropoetry #5Lines #Tanka
Chinese translation & poet’s bio at Chen-ou Liu’s blog, link below.
neverendingstoryhaikutanka.blogspot.com/2022/05/one-...
from the storm cellar …
only traces
of the house remain
yet all of us are home
—Denis M. Garrison
#TankaThursday cellar #TankaPoem #micropoetry #5Lines #Tanka
Chinese translation & poet’s bio at Chen-ou Liu’s blog, link below.
neverendingstoryhaikutanka.blogspot.com/2022/05/one-...