@mattdolezal.bsky.social
I am a writer, published poet and professional gardener. I am happiest when I am immersed in nature....
Below is one place you can find my poetry 👇
https://troubador.co.uk/bookshop/poetry-short-stories-and-plays/the-birds-were-the-only-ones-singing
Below is one place you can find my poetry 👇
https://troubador.co.uk/bookshop/poetry-short-stories-and-plays/the-birds-were-the-only-ones-singing
Today while gardening, I saw a bumblebee. Thing is it's the 19th of December, in Rural Oxfordshire UK. The temperature today was 10°c. Lots of bulbs are already coming up, including daffodils. EVERYTHING IS CONFUSED, CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL & HAPPENING! #climatechange #bumblebee #nature #environment
December 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Today while gardening, I saw a bumblebee. Thing is it's the 19th of December, in Rural Oxfordshire UK. The temperature today was 10°c. Lots of bulbs are already coming up, including daffodils. EVERYTHING IS CONFUSED, CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL & HAPPENING! #climatechange #bumblebee #nature #environment
I hear people who talk about the need for a strong man to lead a nation, personally I would choose a wisdom over strength. So question:
Do people who talk about the need for a strong man to lead them, have a serf mentality? Are they victims of their own mental weakness? 🤔
#serfmentality #society
Do people who talk about the need for a strong man to lead them, have a serf mentality? Are they victims of their own mental weakness? 🤔
#serfmentality #society
December 17, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I hear people who talk about the need for a strong man to lead a nation, personally I would choose a wisdom over strength. So question:
Do people who talk about the need for a strong man to lead them, have a serf mentality? Are they victims of their own mental weakness? 🤔
#serfmentality #society
Do people who talk about the need for a strong man to lead them, have a serf mentality? Are they victims of their own mental weakness? 🤔
#serfmentality #society
When art, music & literature become less about the creative expression & experiences of individuals & shared experiences of expression from one human to another & becomes about consumerism, something that is bought & sold, that is the death of civilization as we know it. 🎭
#art #creativity #society
#art #creativity #society
December 16, 2025 at 7:47 PM
When art, music & literature become less about the creative expression & experiences of individuals & shared experiences of expression from one human to another & becomes about consumerism, something that is bought & sold, that is the death of civilization as we know it. 🎭
#art #creativity #society
#art #creativity #society
Something just occurred to me while, kneeling in a flower bed, whilst weeding, interacting with Robins & worms, whilst listening to the transatlantic sessions, through my headphones...AI will never replace real interaction with nature or real human live performance. 💚
#liveperformance #1st4reality
#liveperformance #1st4reality
December 11, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Something just occurred to me while, kneeling in a flower bed, whilst weeding, interacting with Robins & worms, whilst listening to the transatlantic sessions, through my headphones...AI will never replace real interaction with nature or real human live performance. 💚
#liveperformance #1st4reality
#liveperformance #1st4reality
So I asked AI if AI was bad for the environment & AI said "Yes it is" which I know anyway. We are in a climate emergency & we are ploughing billions of money into something that can only have a negative impact on people & planet...
November 26, 2025 at 7:32 PM
So I asked AI if AI was bad for the environment & AI said "Yes it is" which I know anyway. We are in a climate emergency & we are ploughing billions of money into something that can only have a negative impact on people & planet...
Today's the day for the Oxford indie book fair 📚
At The Examination School on the Oxford High St. 11am
#Oxfordindiebookfair #Oxford #books #poetry
At The Examination School on the Oxford High St. 11am
#Oxfordindiebookfair #Oxford #books #poetry
November 23, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Today's the day for the Oxford indie book fair 📚
At The Examination School on the Oxford High St. 11am
#Oxfordindiebookfair #Oxford #books #poetry
At The Examination School on the Oxford High St. 11am
#Oxfordindiebookfair #Oxford #books #poetry
I'll be at the Oxford indie book fair this Sunday 23rd November, so pop along if you're in the area. 📚 💜 #booksky
#oxfordindiebookfair
#oxfordindiebookfair
November 17, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I'll be at the Oxford indie book fair this Sunday 23rd November, so pop along if you're in the area. 📚 💜 #booksky
#oxfordindiebookfair
#oxfordindiebookfair
Less than a week to go till The Oxford indie book fair 📚, where I will be selling copies of my Poetry Anthology.
"The Birds Were The Only Ones Singing"
So pop along if you are in Oxford on Sunday 23rd.
#Oxfordindiebookfair #bookfair #indiewriters
"The Birds Were The Only Ones Singing"
So pop along if you are in Oxford on Sunday 23rd.
#Oxfordindiebookfair #bookfair #indiewriters
November 17, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Less than a week to go till The Oxford indie book fair 📚, where I will be selling copies of my Poetry Anthology.
"The Birds Were The Only Ones Singing"
So pop along if you are in Oxford on Sunday 23rd.
#Oxfordindiebookfair #bookfair #indiewriters
"The Birds Were The Only Ones Singing"
So pop along if you are in Oxford on Sunday 23rd.
#Oxfordindiebookfair #bookfair #indiewriters
Here is a picture of a back bone, I often wonder if Kier Starmer actually has one ?
November 17, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Here is a picture of a back bone, I often wonder if Kier Starmer actually has one ?
. On 17 November 1989, students gathered to mark the 50th anniversary of the closure of Czech universities by the Nazis. The peaceful demonstration was brutally suppressed, yet that very moment became the fuse that mobilised an entire nation. And so began The Velvet Revolution!
#Velvetrevolution 💜
#Velvetrevolution 💜
November 16, 2025 at 9:40 PM
. On 17 November 1989, students gathered to mark the 50th anniversary of the closure of Czech universities by the Nazis. The peaceful demonstration was brutally suppressed, yet that very moment became the fuse that mobilised an entire nation. And so began The Velvet Revolution!
#Velvetrevolution 💜
#Velvetrevolution 💜
So only 2 Sundays till the Oxford indie book fair. If you are free & in Oxford on the 23rd & like fresh independent writing, pop along & join me & other writers, authors & poets. At the examination hall on the High St. 📚
#Oxfordindiebookfair #books #poetry #writers #Oxford #Author #dreamingspires ❤️
#Oxfordindiebookfair #books #poetry #writers #Oxford #Author #dreamingspires ❤️
November 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
So only 2 Sundays till the Oxford indie book fair. If you are free & in Oxford on the 23rd & like fresh independent writing, pop along & join me & other writers, authors & poets. At the examination hall on the High St. 📚
#Oxfordindiebookfair #books #poetry #writers #Oxford #Author #dreamingspires ❤️
#Oxfordindiebookfair #books #poetry #writers #Oxford #Author #dreamingspires ❤️
Today is Czech Independence Day. Vaclav Havel wrote the poem "It is I who must begin"during the Velvet revolution. He then went on to be the first Democratically elected president of the new Republic.
#czechrepublic #CzechIndependenceDay #vaclavhavel #poetry
#czechrepublic #CzechIndependenceDay #vaclavhavel #poetry
October 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Today is Czech Independence Day. Vaclav Havel wrote the poem "It is I who must begin"during the Velvet revolution. He then went on to be the first Democratically elected president of the new Republic.
#czechrepublic #CzechIndependenceDay #vaclavhavel #poetry
#czechrepublic #CzechIndependenceDay #vaclavhavel #poetry
October 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
It was his left ear that got shot wasn't it? It has certainly healed up very well, almost like he never got shot at all?
He does have quite a scraggy neck though....
#Trumpsear #noscars #Trumphasascraggyneck #Trumpton
He does have quite a scraggy neck though....
#Trumpsear #noscars #Trumphasascraggyneck #Trumpton
October 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
It was his left ear that got shot wasn't it? It has certainly healed up very well, almost like he never got shot at all?
He does have quite a scraggy neck though....
#Trumpsear #noscars #Trumphasascraggyneck #Trumpton
He does have quite a scraggy neck though....
#Trumpsear #noscars #Trumphasascraggyneck #Trumpton
This an old poem, from my book the birds were the only ones singing.. Thought I'd have a bit of fun with Adobe...
October 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This an old poem, from my book the birds were the only ones singing.. Thought I'd have a bit of fun with Adobe...
Autumn, walks in the woods 🍁
October 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Autumn, walks in the woods 🍁
October 8, 2025 at 8:48 PM
September squeezing out the last few days of summer, as we now enter autumn, with its golden days & huw light.
#seasonalchange #autumn #latesummer
#seasonalchange #autumn #latesummer
September 19, 2025 at 9:26 PM
September squeezing out the last few days of summer, as we now enter autumn, with its golden days & huw light.
#seasonalchange #autumn #latesummer
#seasonalchange #autumn #latesummer
Been reading Silent Earth, by Dave Goulson. And this graphic shows the impact of cropped seeds dressed with Neonicotinoids can have of the soil & surrounding environment. Only 5% of the insectide is taken up by the crop while 94% is leached into the soil & water. Over time this accumulates.
September 18, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Been reading Silent Earth, by Dave Goulson. And this graphic shows the impact of cropped seeds dressed with Neonicotinoids can have of the soil & surrounding environment. Only 5% of the insectide is taken up by the crop while 94% is leached into the soil & water. Over time this accumulates.
You can really learn the demographic of an area, by what you might find in the local charity shops. Found these in Princes Risboro. It would make quite an interesting study. I wonder what you may find in Clacton on Sea? The Hungry Caterpillar next to Mien Kampf & Tax for Dummies 🤔
#charityshopfinds
#charityshopfinds
September 9, 2025 at 5:32 PM
You can really learn the demographic of an area, by what you might find in the local charity shops. Found these in Princes Risboro. It would make quite an interesting study. I wonder what you may find in Clacton on Sea? The Hungry Caterpillar next to Mien Kampf & Tax for Dummies 🤔
#charityshopfinds
#charityshopfinds
September 8, 2025 at 9:13 PM