Penny Dedman
@spanishtom.bsky.social
Writer, Writer's HQ, feminist, just about hanging in there. Any photos my own unless stated otherwise.
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This always cracks me up. I have a good friend whose pet peeve is calling it Frank instead of The Monster. I frequently send them this pic.
December 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
This always cracks me up. I have a good friend whose pet peeve is calling it Frank instead of The Monster. I frequently send them this pic.
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December 8, 2025 at 6:06 AM
I bought youngAlfie a cat tree for Xmas to match with his coat, as he's a bit dapper like that. He likes looking at birds.
December 8, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I bought youngAlfie a cat tree for Xmas to match with his coat, as he's a bit dapper like that. He likes looking at birds.
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"Do you have the patience to wait
'til your mud settles and the water is clear?
Can you remain unmoving
'til the right action arises by itself?"
tao te ching, Stephen Mitchell translation
'til your mud settles and the water is clear?
Can you remain unmoving
'til the right action arises by itself?"
tao te ching, Stephen Mitchell translation
December 5, 2025 at 5:14 PM
"Do you have the patience to wait
'til your mud settles and the water is clear?
Can you remain unmoving
'til the right action arises by itself?"
tao te ching, Stephen Mitchell translation
'til your mud settles and the water is clear?
Can you remain unmoving
'til the right action arises by itself?"
tao te ching, Stephen Mitchell translation
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For #PoemsAbout #Imps here’s my quick take on the prompt. I wanted something fun for the festive season.
This is Elf & Safety
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
This is Elf & Safety
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 10:34 AM
For #PoemsAbout #Imps here’s my quick take on the prompt. I wanted something fun for the festive season.
This is Elf & Safety
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
This is Elf & Safety
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
Seems to be the theme of the day.
December 5, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Seems to be the theme of the day.
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@paulwritespoems.bsky.social is a great host. I’ve got my ticket. Have you? #poetrycommunity #poemsonbluesky
Start the new year with an open mic!
Tickets 🎟️ available on the link:
5 mins per reader in a suppprtive and encouraging environment🎙️
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1975125745...
Tickets 🎟️ available on the link:
5 mins per reader in a suppprtive and encouraging environment🎙️
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1975125745...
The Book Bag Open Mic Poetry Sessions: Session 2
Following Session 1's success, The Book Bag Open Mic Sessions Return - Share Roughcut Coals & Uncut Gems - in a supportive environment
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December 4, 2025 at 4:51 PM
@paulwritespoems.bsky.social is a great host. I’ve got my ticket. Have you? #poetrycommunity #poemsonbluesky
Last year's repotted cyclamen decided to do a bit of festive flowering on the outside windowsill of my 'studio' (aka backroom glory-hole).
December 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Last year's repotted cyclamen decided to do a bit of festive flowering on the outside windowsill of my 'studio' (aka backroom glory-hole).
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‘All true Germans should return to the Fatherland’
Ohio senator introduces measure to eliminate dual citizenship
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December 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
‘All true Germans should return to the Fatherland’
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Lovely to have a poem in here with so many accomplished writers. Thank you @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk
Delighted to have a poem in the new #RitesandTrials anthology out today. Huge thankyous to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk
Many great pieces by Sam Szanto @pdevonald.bsky.social @louisepoetical.bsky.social Rachel Burrows and many others:
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Many great pieces by Sam Szanto @pdevonald.bsky.social @louisepoetical.bsky.social Rachel Burrows and many others:
amzn.eu/d/8lSpOBI
Rites & Trials: Coming of Age Poetry (The Broken Spine: Thematic Slimline Poetry Anthologies)
Buy Rites & Trials: Coming of Age Poetry (The Broken Spine: Thematic Slimline Poetry Anthologies) by Parry, Alan (ISBN: 9798275738094) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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December 3, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Lovely to have a poem in here with so many accomplished writers. Thank you @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk
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December 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Save our Juries sending out a short film in support of PA demo arrests
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November 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Save our Juries sending out a short film in support of PA demo arrests
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I mean, look, I'm not a reporter, so who am I to talk?
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
November 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I mean, look, I'm not a reporter, so who am I to talk?
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
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It baffles me who Labour think actually do vote for them.
November 18, 2025 at 12:38 PM
It baffles me who Labour think actually do vote for them.
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It's genuinely nuts to me that Labour are spending so much effort to try and win the vote of people that almost certainly won't vote for them, at the expense of the people who actually did vote for them.
November 18, 2025 at 12:26 PM
It's genuinely nuts to me that Labour are spending so much effort to try and win the vote of people that almost certainly won't vote for them, at the expense of the people who actually did vote for them.
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teaching a short excerpt from rob nixon’s ‘slow violence’ this morning. this is how nixon starts the book, reminding you that the global south has always known larry summers for the moral degenerate that he is.
November 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
teaching a short excerpt from rob nixon’s ‘slow violence’ this morning. this is how nixon starts the book, reminding you that the global south has always known larry summers for the moral degenerate that he is.
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Have this for a bit. Might tinker later.
‘Brummagem Song’
‘Brummagem Song’
November 16, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Have this for a bit. Might tinker later.
‘Brummagem Song’
‘Brummagem Song’
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The case for privatising water (at low prices) was that the companies would run things better & use financial leverage to invest in modern infrastructure.
Infrastructure has deteriorated disastrously, shareholders grow fat, & the water companies’ managers couldn’t run a bath.
Renationalise. Now.
Infrastructure has deteriorated disastrously, shareholders grow fat, & the water companies’ managers couldn’t run a bath.
Renationalise. Now.
Plastic beads spreading on Sussex coast after ‘catastrophic’ spill, meeting told
Local people describe devastating impact of millions of toxic beads from Southern Water site near Camber Sands
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November 14, 2025 at 10:21 PM
The case for privatising water (at low prices) was that the companies would run things better & use financial leverage to invest in modern infrastructure.
Infrastructure has deteriorated disastrously, shareholders grow fat, & the water companies’ managers couldn’t run a bath.
Renationalise. Now.
Infrastructure has deteriorated disastrously, shareholders grow fat, & the water companies’ managers couldn’t run a bath.
Renationalise. Now.
But impossible for all other creatives/writers/artists hmmm?https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/nov/11/matthew-mcconaughey-michael-caine-ai-voice
November 14, 2025 at 4:28 PM
But impossible for all other creatives/writers/artists hmmm?https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/nov/11/matthew-mcconaughey-michael-caine-ai-voice
So if Michael Caine can receive royalties/payment for licensing his voice for the creation of an AI voice over will that alsot be the case for artists/writers/musician's creations? If not why not?
November 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
So if Michael Caine can receive royalties/payment for licensing his voice for the creation of an AI voice over will that alsot be the case for artists/writers/musician's creations? If not why not?
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Another beautiful leaf at the tail end of a beautiful Fall in Portland, Oregon - everyone’s favorite he’ll hole. #Photography #Flora #WashingtonPark #Portland 📷🐸💕
November 13, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Another beautiful leaf at the tail end of a beautiful Fall in Portland, Oregon - everyone’s favorite he’ll hole. #Photography #Flora #WashingtonPark #Portland 📷🐸💕
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This year, we mourned the loss of Devon-based poet Sarah Connor - here is her Christmas special feature on the #SilverBranch in 2021. @sarahsouthwest.bsky.social
www.blackboughpoetry.com/christmas-special-21-sarah-connor
www.blackboughpoetry.com/christmas-special-21-sarah-connor
November 8, 2025 at 9:19 AM
This year, we mourned the loss of Devon-based poet Sarah Connor - here is her Christmas special feature on the #SilverBranch in 2021. @sarahsouthwest.bsky.social
www.blackboughpoetry.com/christmas-special-21-sarah-connor
www.blackboughpoetry.com/christmas-special-21-sarah-connor