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Sue Hardy-Dawson @suehardy-dawson.bsky.social · 4d

Aparently today is #WorldAnimalDay so here's a poem about disappearing habitats from If I Were Other Than Myself @troikabooks.bsky.social

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Sue Hardy-Dawson @suehardy-dawson.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you x

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Sue Hardy-Dawson @suehardy-dawson.bsky.social · 5d

To finish #NationalPoetryDay week I'm sharing 1 of my poems from APES TO ZEBRAS my book with @rogerstevens.bsky.social & @lizpoet.bsky.social the most playful of animals the Otter @bloomsbury @piecorbett.bsky.social @brianbilston.bsky.social @brianmosespoet.bsky.social @domconlon.bsky.social

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Sue Hardy-Dawson @suehardy-dawson.bsky.social · 6d

Sad to hear of the passing of Jane Goodall. Here's my poem about her from Shaping the World ed Liz Brownlee Macmillan @lizpoet.bsky.social @macmillankidsuk.bsky.social @brianbilston.bsky.social @brianmosespoet.bsky.social @piecorbett.bsky.social @openingdoors.bsky.social

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Sue Hardy-Dawson @suehardy-dawson.bsky.social · 7d

Happy #NationalPoetryDay
Here's why I choose poetry. @brianbilston.bsky.social @brianmosespoet.bsky.social @domconlon.bsky.social @lizpoet.bsky.social @piecorbett.bsky.social @openingdoors.bsky.social

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Sue Hardy-Dawson @suehardy-dawson.bsky.social · 7d

Today's #NationalPoetryDay poem is a word play and a concrete poem. @domconlon.bsky.social @piecorbett.bsky.social @brianbilston.bsky.social @brianmosespoet.bsky.social

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Sue Hardy-Dawson @suehardy-dawson.bsky.social · 8d

Today's #NationalPoetryDay poem is in part about a game that is probably less common than when I was a child... @@brianbilston.bsky.social @brianmosespoet.bsky.social @@piecorbett.bsky.social @lizpoet.bsky.social @domconlon.bsky.social

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Sue Hardy-Dawson @suehardy-dawson.bsky.social · 9d

Today's #NationalPoetryDay poem plays with the idea of what a poet is. @brianbilston.bsky.social @brianmosespoet.bsky.social @piecorbett.bsky.social @domconlon.bsky.social @openingdoors.bsky.social

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Sue Hardy-Dawson @suehardy-dawson.bsky.social · 10d

Today's #NationalPoetryDay poem is another concrete poem and plays with the many ways animals are. This time from my 3 up collection APES TO ZEBRAS with Roger Stevens and Liz Brownlee Bloomsbury @domconlon.bsky.social @piecorbett.bsky.social @brianbilston.bsky.social @brianmosespoet.bsky.social

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Sue Hardy-Dawson @suehardy-dawson.bsky.social · 11d

Today's #NationalPoetryDay poem is another concrete poem. The most playful of animals the squirrel. @domconlon.bsky.social @brianbilston.bsky.social @brianmosespoet.bsky.social @piecorbett.bsky.social @lizpoet.bsky.social #NationalPoetryDay

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Sue Hardy-Dawson @suehardy-dawson.bsky.social · 12d

Today's #NationalPoetryDay poem, what could be more playful than a shape poem. This one from my 1st collection Where Zebras Go Otter-Barry Books @domconlon.bsky.social @piecorbett.bsky.social @brianbilston.bsky.social @brianmosespoet.bsky.social

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Sue Hardy-Dawson @suehardy-dawson.bsky.social · 13d

Today's National Poetry Day poem.
Many years ago I worked in secondary. It was an old building & the Yr 9 French classroom seemed to have a life of it's own so I invented Monsieur Morte. @piecorbett.bsky.social @brianmosespoet.bsky.social @lizpoet.bsky.social

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Sue Hardy-Dawson @suehardy-dawson.bsky.social · 14d

Today's #NationalPoetryDay poem is one from a number based on an 1818 job sensus David Orme and I had lots of fun playing with. Here's one of mine... @domconlon.bsky.social @piecorbett.bsky.social @brianmosespoet.bsky.social @lizpoet.bsky.social

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Sue Hardy-Dawson @suehardy-dawson.bsky.social · 15d

Today's #NationalPoetryDay poem on Play
a little riddle, perhaps not the hardest, maybe you could try and write a better one... @domconlon.bsky.social @piecorbett.bsky.social @brianmosespoet.bsky.social

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Sue Hardy-Dawson @suehardy-dawson.bsky.social · 16d

Poem for #NationalPoetryDay 02.10.2022
As a girl we often played a game where children stood in a circle & whispered. You might know it as Telephone. This poem, also from If I Were Other Than Myself, plays with this. @domconlon.bsky.social @piecorbett.bsky.social @brianmosespoet.bsky.social

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Sue Hardy-Dawson @suehardy-dawson.bsky.social · 18d

Sunday's #NationalPoetryDay 02.09.2025 'Play' poem was written this morning in the rain. Well not actually in the rain, maybe that's Monday's poem. So it may not be finished... @domconlon.bsky.social @piecorbett.bsky.social @brianmosespoet.bsky.social @nic-davisson.bsky.social @lizpoet.bsky.social

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Sue Hardy-Dawson @suehardy-dawson.bsky.social · 19d

Tomorrow's poem for #NationalPoetryDay 02.09.2025 plays with the dark. Personally love darkness but I can seewhy others don't. From my 2nd solo collection "If I Were Other Than Myself" Troika Books @piecorbett.bsky.social @brianmosespoet.bsky.social @domconlon.bsky.social @rogerstevens.bsky.social

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Sue Hardy-Dawson @suehardy-dawson.bsky.social · 20d

Today's #NationalPoetryDay poem on the theme of play is bird related. @brianmosespoet.bsky.social @piecorbett.bsky.social

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Sue Hardy-Dawson @suehardy-dawson.bsky.social · 22d

Tomorrow's NPD poem plays with words. A shape poem, and a word play. @brianmosespoet.bsky.social @piecorbett.bsky.social

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Sue Hardy-Dawson @suehardy-dawson.bsky.social · 23d

What could be more playful than a visual 1 word poem. Tomorrow's poem for @nationalpoetryday this year Thursday October 2nd
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Sue Hardy-Dawson @suehardy-dawson.bsky.social · 24d

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Sue Hardy-Dawson @suehardy-dawson.bsky.social · 24d

Tomorrow's NPD poem is also from Do Poems Grow on Trees? A playful take on the much eulogised and clichéd moon.

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Sue Hardy-Dawson @suehardy-dawson.bsky.social · 24d

Tomorrow's NPD poem is also from Do Poems Grow on Trees? A playful take on the much eulogised and clichéd moon.

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Sue Hardy-Dawson @suehardy-dawson.bsky.social · 25d

@piecorbett.bsky.social @lizpoet.bsky.social @brianmosespoet.bsky.social @coralrumble.bsky.social @rogerstevens.bsky.social

Sue Hardy-Dawson @suehardy-dawson.bsky.social · 25d

4Tomorrow's NPD Poem I'm playing with FAQ. It's not that never start with a plan but often I just take my pen for a walk or start scribbling down random words. Some of my best poems start that way. Of course I often spend hours, days or years polishing. So I try&explain my brain

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Sue Hardy-Dawson @suehardy-dawson.bsky.social · 25d

4Tomorrow's NPD Poem I'm playing with FAQ. It's not that never start with a plan but often I just take my pen for a walk or start scribbling down random words. Some of my best poems start that way. Of course I often spend hours, days or years polishing. So I try&explain my brain

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Sue Hardy-Dawson @suehardy-dawson.bsky.social · 26d

@piecorbett.bsky.social @domconlon.bsky.social @coralrumble.bsky.social @lizpoet.bsky.social @#NationalPoetryDay @theclpe.bsky.social

Sue Hardy-Dawson @suehardy-dawson.bsky.social · 26d

Tomorrow's poem leading up to National @PoetryDayUK (subject of PLAY) is a poem that came from comments from @RumbleCoral 's FB post, saying she was enjoying sunshine for lunch. Well brain began to wirring & fizzing... It's from If I Were Other Than Myself, @TroikaBooks @brianmosespoet.bsky.social

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