Rachel Burrows
@rburrows.bsky.social
Pushcart Prize Nominated. Cheshire Novel Prize SL‘25, Guppy Open Submission LL’25
Write Mentor Picturebook SL’23/LL’24
Poetry - The Dirigible Balloon, Northern Gravy, Tyger Tyger, The Toy, The Yorkshire Times, Motherhood Uncensored, LTP, BBC Upload.🏴
Write Mentor Picturebook SL’23/LL’24
Poetry - The Dirigible Balloon, Northern Gravy, Tyger Tyger, The Toy, The Yorkshire Times, Motherhood Uncensored, LTP, BBC Upload.🏴
Delighted to have a poem stomping round the wonderful Motherhood Uncensored! It’s about my hatred of Mother’s Day! 😂 www.motherhood-uncensored.org/post/mother-... #poetry #motherhood #mothersday
January 23, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Delighted to have a poem stomping round the wonderful Motherhood Uncensored! It’s about my hatred of Mother’s Day! 😂 www.motherhood-uncensored.org/post/mother-... #poetry #motherhood #mothersday
I think our system falsely peddles intelligence as the key to success - it’s definitely overated! 😂Thanks @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk 🥰 for the #PoemsAbout #FalseCrowns prompt. Apologies to those who aren’t familiar with our exam system! (GCSEs at 16 - graded 1-9) #poetry
January 23, 2026 at 6:59 AM
I think our system falsely peddles intelligence as the key to success - it’s definitely overated! 😂Thanks @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk 🥰 for the #PoemsAbout #FalseCrowns prompt. Apologies to those who aren’t familiar with our exam system! (GCSEs at 16 - graded 1-9) #poetry
More of a slipped than a slippery I’m afraid! Thanks @thetoypress.bsky.social for #wordoftheweek #slippery #prompt. I’ll work on a slippery!
#poetryforkids #kidlituk #writingforchildren @legolostatsea.bsky.social
#poetryforkids #kidlituk #writingforchildren @legolostatsea.bsky.social
January 20, 2026 at 8:25 PM
More of a slipped than a slippery I’m afraid! Thanks @thetoypress.bsky.social for #wordoftheweek #slippery #prompt. I’ll work on a slippery!
#poetryforkids #kidlituk #writingforchildren @legolostatsea.bsky.social
#poetryforkids #kidlituk #writingforchildren @legolostatsea.bsky.social
One of my favourite stories has just been accepted by @littlethoughtspress.com I’m so pleased - I love the little person in it and I know @clairemtaylor.com will take such good care of him and his bellybutton! Thank you! 🙏 #writingforkids #kidlit #kidlituk #writing
January 18, 2026 at 5:22 PM
One of my favourite stories has just been accepted by @littlethoughtspress.com I’m so pleased - I love the little person in it and I know @clairemtaylor.com will take such good care of him and his bellybutton! Thank you! 🙏 #writingforkids #kidlit #kidlituk #writing
My barnacles are in! Thanks @paulwritespoems.bsky.social for accepting Sentinel Species in The Book Bag x Write Here, Write Now Unwhispered Legacy Anthology! Happy Sunday! 🪸🐚🦀🦐🌊 #poetry
January 18, 2026 at 7:55 AM
My barnacles are in! Thanks @paulwritespoems.bsky.social for accepting Sentinel Species in The Book Bag x Write Here, Write Now Unwhispered Legacy Anthology! Happy Sunday! 🪸🐚🦀🦐🌊 #poetry
Just wondering John - have you read Cicada by Shaun Tan? If you haven’t, you must! 😊
January 17, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Just wondering John - have you read Cicada by Shaun Tan? If you haven’t, you must! 😊
Morning @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk This #PoemsAbout #TimeSlips was sparked by a poem earlier in the week by @hool415.bsky.social for #PromptCombo His was about getting up the stairs - mine’s about hitting the ground! It hit a nerve! #poetry
January 16, 2026 at 6:36 AM
Morning @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk This #PoemsAbout #TimeSlips was sparked by a poem earlier in the week by @hool415.bsky.social for #PromptCombo His was about getting up the stairs - mine’s about hitting the ground! It hit a nerve! #poetry
Morning @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social and #PromptCombo friends. Hope you don’t mind me posting a children’s poem for #TakingItUpstairs. Currently in The Dirigible Balloon - a brilliant free poetry bank for children. #poetry #NationalYearofReading2026 dirigibleballoon.org/poem/Goodnig...
January 14, 2026 at 7:50 AM
Morning @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social and #PromptCombo friends. Hope you don’t mind me posting a children’s poem for #TakingItUpstairs. Currently in The Dirigible Balloon - a brilliant free poetry bank for children. #poetry #NationalYearofReading2026 dirigibleballoon.org/poem/Goodnig...
A very tiny #PoemsAbout #Static - which is weird because as someone who gets electric shocks off everything, and has to close the car door with a foot - I have a lot to say about them! 😂 @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk
#smallpoemsunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
#smallpoemsunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
January 11, 2026 at 9:52 AM
A very tiny #PoemsAbout #Static - which is weird because as someone who gets electric shocks off everything, and has to close the car door with a foot - I have a lot to say about them! 😂 @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk
#smallpoemsunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
#smallpoemsunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
A piece I wrote for @natflashfictionday.bsky.social is being aired on #BBCUpload tomorrow. So much of my writing comes from prompts set on this day - thank you! And thank you @adamcrowther.bsky.social for choosing it! #flashfiction #writing
January 7, 2026 at 5:37 PM
A piece I wrote for @natflashfictionday.bsky.social is being aired on #BBCUpload tomorrow. So much of my writing comes from prompts set on this day - thank you! And thank you @adamcrowther.bsky.social for choosing it! #flashfiction #writing
The challenge - 26 words about new beginnings/clearing traces, imagistic and metaphor-full.
Thanks for getting 2026 started for me! @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
#poetry
Thanks for getting 2026 started for me! @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
#poetry
January 6, 2026 at 7:04 AM
The challenge - 26 words about new beginnings/clearing traces, imagistic and metaphor-full.
Thanks for getting 2026 started for me! @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
#poetry
Thanks for getting 2026 started for me! @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
#poetry
Fancy listening to some children’s poetry? There are hundreds at The Dirigible Balloon to read and hear - what a great free resource for #NationalYearofReading2026
Thanks @northernjim.bsky.social for all you do!
Here is one of my latest.
dirigibleballoon.org/poem/Space
#poetryforkids #kidlit
Thanks @northernjim.bsky.social for all you do!
Here is one of my latest.
dirigibleballoon.org/poem/Space
#poetryforkids #kidlit
January 5, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Fancy listening to some children’s poetry? There are hundreds at The Dirigible Balloon to read and hear - what a great free resource for #NationalYearofReading2026
Thanks @northernjim.bsky.social for all you do!
Here is one of my latest.
dirigibleballoon.org/poem/Space
#poetryforkids #kidlit
Thanks @northernjim.bsky.social for all you do!
Here is one of my latest.
dirigibleballoon.org/poem/Space
#poetryforkids #kidlit
Sometimes they ended up quite surreal! 😂
Noel Streatfield by Lewis Baumer 1926
Noel Streatfield by Lewis Baumer 1926
December 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Sometimes they ended up quite surreal! 😂
Noel Streatfield by Lewis Baumer 1926
Noel Streatfield by Lewis Baumer 1926
Found this from a while ago -
seems like a good time to post! 😂
My New Year’s Resolution is to take part in the wonderful @studioteabreak.bsky.social #portraitchallenge again every week!
Here’s ‘Hanging Up His Hat’ inspired by ‘The Reader’ by Ferdinand Hodler 1885
Happy Christmas Eve!
seems like a good time to post! 😂
My New Year’s Resolution is to take part in the wonderful @studioteabreak.bsky.social #portraitchallenge again every week!
Here’s ‘Hanging Up His Hat’ inspired by ‘The Reader’ by Ferdinand Hodler 1885
Happy Christmas Eve!
December 24, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Found this from a while ago -
seems like a good time to post! 😂
My New Year’s Resolution is to take part in the wonderful @studioteabreak.bsky.social #portraitchallenge again every week!
Here’s ‘Hanging Up His Hat’ inspired by ‘The Reader’ by Ferdinand Hodler 1885
Happy Christmas Eve!
seems like a good time to post! 😂
My New Year’s Resolution is to take part in the wonderful @studioteabreak.bsky.social #portraitchallenge again every week!
Here’s ‘Hanging Up His Hat’ inspired by ‘The Reader’ by Ferdinand Hodler 1885
Happy Christmas Eve!
A poem from the Winter Edition of @dreich.bsky.social about a very different Christmas - from my younger, fieldwork days 🦟
Merry Christmas poetry friends - wherever you are and however you spend it! Thanks Jack for your support this year!
#poetry #Christmas #writing
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Merry Christmas poetry friends - wherever you are and however you spend it! Thanks Jack for your support this year!
#poetry #Christmas #writing
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December 23, 2025 at 11:36 AM
A poem from the Winter Edition of @dreich.bsky.social about a very different Christmas - from my younger, fieldwork days 🦟
Merry Christmas poetry friends - wherever you are and however you spend it! Thanks Jack for your support this year!
#poetry #Christmas #writing
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Merry Christmas poetry friends - wherever you are and however you spend it! Thanks Jack for your support this year!
#poetry #Christmas #writing
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I’m afraid I’ve arrived at the last day of term without anything profound to say about money! So here is another one from the kids’ collection. Have a wonderful day. 🥳
#PoemsAbout #money @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk 🥰
#poetry
#PoemsAbout #money @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk 🥰
#poetry
December 19, 2025 at 6:47 AM
I’m afraid I’ve arrived at the last day of term without anything profound to say about money! So here is another one from the kids’ collection. Have a wonderful day. 🥳
#PoemsAbout #money @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk 🥰
#poetry
#PoemsAbout #money @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk 🥰
#poetry
December 18, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Evening @hool415.bsky.social and the #PromptCombo crew. Here is a little poem about #decisions that have been reached! Tis’ the season! #dilemma no more!
#poetry
#poetry
December 16, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Evening @hool415.bsky.social and the #PromptCombo crew. Here is a little poem about #decisions that have been reached! Tis’ the season! #dilemma no more!
#poetry
#poetry
Couldn’t resist the challenge!
‘if ….. were christmas’
Chose Leonard Cohen and Benjamin Zephaniah … and I can’t wait to see who everyone else went for!
Thanks @dreich.bsky.social for this festive feast!
#poetry #poetrycommunity
‘if ….. were christmas’
Chose Leonard Cohen and Benjamin Zephaniah … and I can’t wait to see who everyone else went for!
Thanks @dreich.bsky.social for this festive feast!
#poetry #poetrycommunity
December 16, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Couldn’t resist the challenge!
‘if ….. were christmas’
Chose Leonard Cohen and Benjamin Zephaniah … and I can’t wait to see who everyone else went for!
Thanks @dreich.bsky.social for this festive feast!
#poetry #poetrycommunity
‘if ….. were christmas’
Chose Leonard Cohen and Benjamin Zephaniah … and I can’t wait to see who everyone else went for!
Thanks @dreich.bsky.social for this festive feast!
#poetry #poetrycommunity
Guilty as charged! I had planned to look it up but forgot my phone is worse than useless in Bath. Anyway - the funny picture book with fish in the title was this one! 😂
December 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Guilty as charged! I had planned to look it up but forgot my phone is worse than useless in Bath. Anyway - the funny picture book with fish in the title was this one! 😂
Thanks @northernjim.bsky.social editor at the helm of the wonderful Dirigible Balloon - flying high with new cargo! Jump aboard- it’s a beautiful ride! #poetryforchildren dirigibleballoon.org #kidlit #kidlituk #poemsforkids
December 13, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Thanks @northernjim.bsky.social editor at the helm of the wonderful Dirigible Balloon - flying high with new cargo! Jump aboard- it’s a beautiful ride! #poetryforchildren dirigibleballoon.org #kidlit #kidlituk #poemsforkids
Hello @rfsmith.bsky.social and #PromptCombo folk. Here is a piece that features the Sophie Scholl/White Rose #memorial - and new motherhood. There’s a reading on The Starbeck Orion if you fancy listening. 😊 Thanks Ronnie - happy Saturday! #poetry
December 13, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Hello @rfsmith.bsky.social and #PromptCombo folk. Here is a piece that features the Sophie Scholl/White Rose #memorial - and new motherhood. There’s a reading on The Starbeck Orion if you fancy listening. 😊 Thanks Ronnie - happy Saturday! #poetry
A poem about Mince Spies!
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Currently on the Children’s Poetry Summit ‘s Christmas Poems 2025 Collection Part One ❤️🎄. childrenspoetrysummit.com 🤩@lizpoet.bsky.social #poetry #poetryforkids #poetryforchildren
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Currently on the Children’s Poetry Summit ‘s Christmas Poems 2025 Collection Part One ❤️🎄. childrenspoetrysummit.com 🤩@lizpoet.bsky.social #poetry #poetryforkids #poetryforchildren
December 12, 2025 at 7:02 AM
A poem about Mince Spies!
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Currently on the Children’s Poetry Summit ‘s Christmas Poems 2025 Collection Part One ❤️🎄. childrenspoetrysummit.com 🤩@lizpoet.bsky.social #poetry #poetryforkids #poetryforchildren
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Currently on the Children’s Poetry Summit ‘s Christmas Poems 2025 Collection Part One ❤️🎄. childrenspoetrysummit.com 🤩@lizpoet.bsky.social #poetry #poetryforkids #poetryforchildren