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roger waldron

@throwawayreg.bsky.social

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a throwaway poet lives in Sheffield has never been a lover of slip-on-shoes writes poetry for people who don’t read poetry his pamphlet “My C&A Years” published by Dreich my best review “My husband loves this but he doesn’t know anything about poetry”

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roger waldron @throwawayreg.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you Debra so pleased you enjoyed my little “throwaway” poem 🚶🏽‍➡️🚮

roger waldron @throwawayreg.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks Glenn that’s a lovely compliment 🚶🏼‍♂️‍➡️🚶🏻‍♀️

roger waldron @throwawayreg.bsky.social · 5d

Hi Frank
we had a ventriloquist on the Light programme (BBC)
my uncle Frank used to joke about it
😂 I’m to young to remember 🤷‍♂️

roger waldron @throwawayreg.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks John 👍

roger waldron @throwawayreg.bsky.social · 5d

pleased you smiled Sue
take care 🚶🏽‍➡️🚮

roger waldron @throwawayreg.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you Karen
hope my little “throwaway” poem wasn’t to painful 🙋‍♂️🚮

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roger waldron @throwawayreg.bsky.social · 5d

so pleased you guffawed Rachel that makes my Friday 🕺🚮

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roger waldron @throwawayreg.bsky.social · 5d

Brilliant great work Jim 👏👏👏

Jim Young @oyoguhito.bsky.social · 5d

For this week's #PoemsAbout #Mannequin with thanks to host @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

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roger waldron @throwawayreg.bsky.social · 6d

Afternoon Friday here’s my little “throwaway” poem for #PoemsAbout #Mannequin and hope it fits the bill and thank @alanparrywriter.co.uk
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
@poetsonbluesky.bsky.social
hope everyone everywhere enjoys their weekend 🚶🏼‍♂️‍➡️🚶🏻‍♀️

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roger waldron @throwawayreg.bsky.social · 6d

the first line pulls me in and takes me on the journey which I love 👏👏👏
Great work Paul 🙋‍♂️

Paul Brookes @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social · 6d

Morning @rfsmith.bsky.social. For your marvellous #promptcombo #characters another poem from my collection: "Please Take Change":

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He always comes with his own bags for life,
Thin blue plastic double bagged.
She always calls me darling when
she thanks me for my usual politeness.
Next is the man whom when I ask how he is he says
Another inch on both legs and I’ll be right,
or don’t call me sir because I was once
a worker like you, which leads to a story
of the vicar who used these quotes
And you know he wants to chat
As my queue materialises in an empty shop.
Then there are the ones who stay glum,
or state I love your shop. I’d stay here all day
If I could. I tell everyone about your shop

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roger waldron @throwawayreg.bsky.social · 6d

Love it
It shows there’s poetry everywhere 👏👏👏

Mike O’Brien @zoomburst.substack.com · 6d

There is some fine poetry in this week's #PoemsAbout challenge #Mannequin.I have loved the creepy horror tinged ones, and the conformist figures ones, and the cheap life ones - and the rest. I can't write anything to compare. So I have just torn a page out of an old Radio Times.

A page from an old Radio Times featuring synopses of six episodes of the detective series "Mannequin"

roger waldron @throwawayreg.bsky.social · 6d

Excellent work from Sue 👏👏👏

Sue Ibrahim @sueimnw.bsky.social · 6d

For this week's #PoemsAbout #Mannequin with thanks to host @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk and all those participating. An odd one to think about. Look forward to seeing what others have written.

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Mike O’Brien @zoomburst.substack.com · 9d

Six pieces from the master of the throwaway poem - @throwawayreg.bsky.social

37. Roger Waldron

Razzamatazz, throw away poetry, and an aversion to slip on shoes.

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roger waldron @throwawayreg.bsky.social · 9d

thank you Sue for your support and comment 🙋‍♂️very much appreciated 🚶‍♂️

Sue Ibrahim @sueimnw.bsky.social · 9d

Every one a winner from @throwawayreg.bsky.social 👍👏

Mike O’Brien @zoomburst.substack.com · 9d

Six pieces from the master of the throwaway poem - @throwawayreg.bsky.social

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roger waldron @throwawayreg.bsky.social · 11d

It was going to be Sean Bean but I thought that would be too obvious
and it didn’t read right 🚶‍♂️🚶🏽‍➡️

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roger waldron @throwawayreg.bsky.social · 11d

thank you Rachel for your lovely comment very much appreciated
🚶🏽‍➡️🚶‍➡️🕺

roger waldron @throwawayreg.bsky.social · 11d

Thank you Alan for your feedback
as you’ve seen I write a lot of
unvarnished poetry 🚶🏽‍➡️🚶🏼‍♂️
thanks again much appreciated

Alan Parry He/Him @alanparrywriter.co.uk · 12d

‘I thought I was talking to Daniel Day-Lewis but it was just another bloke off the telly’ — the misrecognition sets the tone, wry and unvarnished. This is all casual glamour and grit.
#KeepWriting #PoemsAbout #NeverAgain

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roger waldron @throwawayreg.bsky.social · 11d

Thank you for reading and your feedback
yes it’s everyday poetry 🚶🏽‍➡️👓

roger waldron @throwawayreg.bsky.social · 11d

Hi Paul
love your comment, I needed something posh so artichoke fitted
and cigarettes is fit me 🚶🏼‍♂️

roger waldron @throwawayreg.bsky.social · 11d

Evening John
Yeah it had to be artichokes
I thought it needed something posh 👍🕺

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roger waldron @throwawayreg.bsky.social · 12d

thank you Carolyn
so pleased you loved it means a lot 🙋‍♂️

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roger waldron @throwawayreg.bsky.social · 12d

Thanks John for reading and enjoying
I did try that line with bloke then actor
“some other actor from the telly”
then I thought “bloke” is more my kind of word

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roger waldron @throwawayreg.bsky.social · 12d

Wow this is a poem a raw poem from Sue. keep writing my friend and take care 🙋‍♂️

Sue Ibrahim @sueimnw.bsky.social · 13d

For #PoemsAbout #NeverAgain with thanks to host @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk and all those participating. This week has been difficult, but/so I wrote this.

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roger waldron @throwawayreg.bsky.social · 12d

Thank you Bernard so pleased you enjoyed my little “throwaway” poem

roger waldron @throwawayreg.bsky.social · 12d

Thanks Mike that’s a lovely comment which I will treasure 📝