Beth Brooke
@bethbpoet.bsky.social
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Poet, Quaker, retired teacher, socialist, runner (just) , proud Omi . She/her
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Looking forward to this
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Today’s the day. Launching my debut poetry collection @sladersyard.bsky.social in West Bay Dorset. Couldn’t be more excited!
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Meet the Issue V Stormers

Mo Schoenfeld’s work appears in Irisi Magazine, Fevers of the Mind, Wombwell Rainbow, Haiku Crush’s Best Haiku 2021-2024, Sidhé Press’s Our Own Coordinates: Poems & A Thousand Shades of Green podcast
 
The Storms is supported by #fingalarts & @dublincityoflit.bsky.social
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Would love to go to one of these. Alas…nothing in my part of the country
faberbooks.bsky.social
Events for The Poems of Seamus Heaney begin on publication day tomorrow. See below for dates and locations 🎟️
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peterstefanovic.bsky.social
Let’s also remember that the ECHR has protected British people from abuses of power by its own government.

We must protect the ECHR, not leave it
peterstefanovic.bsky.social
When the Tories were last in office - according to international Human Rights Watch - UK was on course to make list of countries that abuse rather than protect human rights. Is it any wonder they want us to join Russia & Belarus as only European countries outside the ECHR
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🚨UK will leave the ECHR if Tories win next election Kemi Badenoch has announced
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bethbpoet.bsky.social
#poetrycommunity. I want to share my new pamphlet (and other work) and am looking for suggestions about poetry groups/events I could approach. South/southwest. Bristol would be great. Anyone???
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Absolutely. Also…parents. I have just sent the link to my son and his partner
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oyoguhito.bsky.social
Morning Jules @hool415.bsky.social #promptcombo #visitor
an one one from my poetry blog

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bethbpoet.bsky.social
Sort of. Not one I rescued but a friend did. They have a dog so after vetting the premises the hog rescue agreed we were suitable foster parents!
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This hog has come to stay in my spare hog house.
Close up of a hedgehog. Its snout and eyes are fully visible
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The msm pursued the Rayner story in such detail it forced her resignation . Now there’s a much bigger scandal concerning Farage of possible treason it’s like they’ve forgotten how to spell investigate & corruption. It’s not only Farage who has a Russian problem, if our msm protects him we all do .
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🚨EXCLUSIVE

‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem

Insiders reveal that the former MEP - convicted of bribery for his part in the Kremlin’s strategic plan to crush Ukrainian independence - was one of Farage’s closest aides
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‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem
Far from being distant from the Reform UK Leader, insiders told Byline Times that the former MEP convicted of bribery was one of Farage’s closest aides – and that he worked on the Kremlin’s strategic ...
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bethbpoet.bsky.social
Nice 6:5kms around Hardys Monument. Not as epic as our German walks but a pretty autumn amble
Grassy fields in the foreground rise to a bracken covered hill. Hardys Monument is on the skyline
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“My Soul, A Shining Tree” by #JamilaGavin is a lyrical WWI tale weaving three lives: a Belgian girl fleeing war, a German boy volunteered too young, and Khudadad Khan, the first Indian VC hero. A moving story of innocence, courage & connection in a moment and place. @farshorebooks.bsky.social
bethbpoet.bsky.social
Draft of a holiday inspired poem
A Walk In The Landscape Of The Brothers Grimm


This     is the forest
dark trees    dark stories 
grow together      
roots thread underfoot 
toadstools grow     red 
as a girl’s cape

Twisting paths    tangled 
narratives of pine    beech   
unexpected meadows 
rowan trees     heavy 
with berries

Stones that trip 
fell the walker     surely 
as a woodsman’s axe     
and between the arms   
of  trees    light    through 
a cottage window   
flickering hope
   of fairy tale endings
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franifio.bsky.social
Not a single Greta hater could do what she has done, face what she's faced, bear abuse and humiliation at the hands of the most psychotic and genocidal army. They haven't an ounce of her bravery and that's what drives them crazy. Free Greta, free Palestine🇵🇸
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Today is the anniversary of my father’s death. 41years ago.
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Take a moment to enjoy This Moment by Eavan Boland
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Now the train is stuck at Winchester because there’s a problem with the doors. Sighs - got all the way to Hinterzarten in the Black Forest (5 trains) without a hitch. 😳