Ali
@alibutterfly.bsky.social
Mother, sister, daughter, teacher, caregiver, knitter, crafter, fair weather gardener. Seeking some joy after a super difficult year. Thankful for the poetry community on Bluesky and the distraction of the arts challenges 💕.
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Ali
@alibutterfly.bsky.social
· Nov 23
#EastCoastKin #Stunday
#onlybeautifulthings #photography #flowers #bloomscrolling #imageandverse #poetry
Dahlias, kind
from sunnier times
before the dark shadows
of heartbreaking crimes—
when we were still three
and still thick as thieves
my beautiful
spiky-and-soft
family.
August 2019
#onlybeautifulthings #photography #flowers #bloomscrolling #imageandverse #poetry
Dahlias, kind
from sunnier times
before the dark shadows
of heartbreaking crimes—
when we were still three
and still thick as thieves
my beautiful
spiky-and-soft
family.
August 2019
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekFforFramed #church #photograph #stainedglass
A view through the quire to the High Altar and east window framed by an archway in the organ screen at #Beverley #Minster #Yorkshire.
A view through the quire to the High Altar and east window framed by an archway in the organ screen at #Beverley #Minster #Yorkshire.
February 13, 2026 at 11:37 PM
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekFforFramed #church #photograph #stainedglass
A view through the quire to the High Altar and east window framed by an archway in the organ screen at #Beverley #Minster #Yorkshire.
A view through the quire to the High Altar and east window framed by an archway in the organ screen at #Beverley #Minster #Yorkshire.
#FebruArty2026 #flow
#EastCoastKin #artchallenge
Very fast flowing beck running into the sea at Robin Hood’s Bay, #Yorkshire.
#EastCoastKin #artchallenge
Very fast flowing beck running into the sea at Robin Hood’s Bay, #Yorkshire.
February 12, 2026 at 11:47 PM
#FebruArty2026 #flow
#EastCoastKin #artchallenge
Very fast flowing beck running into the sea at Robin Hood’s Bay, #Yorkshire.
#EastCoastKin #artchallenge
Very fast flowing beck running into the sea at Robin Hood’s Bay, #Yorkshire.
#EastCoastKin #birds #photography
#iphonephotography
For today’s alt #BirdOfTheDay theme #EverydayBirds a very bold robin posing to be photographed with a hand held iPhone. My husband managed to get an even closer shot on his phone. Photo taken yesterday in North Yorkshire.
#iphonephotography
For today’s alt #BirdOfTheDay theme #EverydayBirds a very bold robin posing to be photographed with a hand held iPhone. My husband managed to get an even closer shot on his phone. Photo taken yesterday in North Yorkshire.
February 12, 2026 at 7:34 PM
#EastCoastKin #birds #photography
#iphonephotography
For today’s alt #BirdOfTheDay theme #EverydayBirds a very bold robin posing to be photographed with a hand held iPhone. My husband managed to get an even closer shot on his phone. Photo taken yesterday in North Yorkshire.
#iphonephotography
For today’s alt #BirdOfTheDay theme #EverydayBirds a very bold robin posing to be photographed with a hand held iPhone. My husband managed to get an even closer shot on his phone. Photo taken yesterday in North Yorkshire.
#vss365 #poetry
how easily the #dark seeps in,
uninvited, unannounced,
to steal the light from memories
and plant a shadow—
flouncy, bright
and so we’re forced to learn which parts
of love can see in darkest glare,
illusions burnt away by truth,
the trusted light of old
a glimmer, barely there.
how easily the #dark seeps in,
uninvited, unannounced,
to steal the light from memories
and plant a shadow—
flouncy, bright
and so we’re forced to learn which parts
of love can see in darkest glare,
illusions burnt away by truth,
the trusted light of old
a glimmer, barely there.
February 12, 2026 at 7:05 PM
#FebruArty2026 #family
#EastCoastKin #artchallenge
A funny little family of #moorhens made a regular trek from our pond to the pond over the road last summer.
#BirdOfTheDay #prompt #WaterBirds
#EastCoastKin #artchallenge
A funny little family of #moorhens made a regular trek from our pond to the pond over the road last summer.
#BirdOfTheDay #prompt #WaterBirds
February 11, 2026 at 9:25 PM
#FebruArty2026 #family
#EastCoastKin #artchallenge
A funny little family of #moorhens made a regular trek from our pond to the pond over the road last summer.
#BirdOfTheDay #prompt #WaterBirds
#EastCoastKin #artchallenge
A funny little family of #moorhens made a regular trek from our pond to the pond over the road last summer.
#BirdOfTheDay #prompt #WaterBirds
February 11, 2026 at 6:27 PM
#alphabetchallenge #weekfforframed
#sea #seaside #yorkshire #coast
Misty and windy,
Filey Beach, yesterday.
#sea #seaside #yorkshire #coast
Misty and windy,
Filey Beach, yesterday.
February 10, 2026 at 5:04 PM
#alphabetchallenge #weekfforframed
#sea #seaside #yorkshire #coast
Misty and windy,
Filey Beach, yesterday.
#sea #seaside #yorkshire #coast
Misty and windy,
Filey Beach, yesterday.
February 9, 2026 at 7:55 PM
February 8, 2026 at 4:05 PM
#bloomscrolling #flowers #nature
Today I was treated to my first sighting of #crocuses, daffodils, hellebores and #cyclamen as well as my second sighting of #snowdrops so far this year.
Abbey Gardens, Bury St Edmunds, #Suffolk
Today I was treated to my first sighting of #crocuses, daffodils, hellebores and #cyclamen as well as my second sighting of #snowdrops so far this year.
Abbey Gardens, Bury St Edmunds, #Suffolk
February 1, 2026 at 2:00 AM
#bloomscrolling #flowers #nature
Today I was treated to my first sighting of #crocuses, daffodils, hellebores and #cyclamen as well as my second sighting of #snowdrops so far this year.
Abbey Gardens, Bury St Edmunds, #Suffolk
Today I was treated to my first sighting of #crocuses, daffodils, hellebores and #cyclamen as well as my second sighting of #snowdrops so far this year.
Abbey Gardens, Bury St Edmunds, #Suffolk
#vss365 #poetry #bravewrite
It fills my senses,
His sound, his scent, his flow,
The rhythm of life,
The #thrum of his soul.
His breath will #soothe me
With lies I’ll not know.
It fills my senses,
His sound, his scent, his flow,
The rhythm of life,
The #thrum of his soul.
His breath will #soothe me
With lies I’ll not know.
January 31, 2026 at 7:12 PM
#vss365 #poetry #bravewrite
It fills my senses,
His sound, his scent, his flow,
The rhythm of life,
The #thrum of his soul.
His breath will #soothe me
With lies I’ll not know.
It fills my senses,
His sound, his scent, his flow,
The rhythm of life,
The #thrum of his soul.
His breath will #soothe me
With lies I’ll not know.
January 27, 2026 at 1:33 PM
#vss365 #poetry #bravewrite
hidden
in plain sight.
in friendly smiles,
and songs of praise,
and
apparent agape.
faith turned
from
refuge into shame.
no longer love;
#ruse: a duplicitous game.
hidden
in plain sight.
in friendly smiles,
and songs of praise,
and
apparent agape.
faith turned
from
refuge into shame.
no longer love;
#ruse: a duplicitous game.
January 25, 2026 at 6:05 PM
#vss365 #poetry #bravewrite
hidden
in plain sight.
in friendly smiles,
and songs of praise,
and
apparent agape.
faith turned
from
refuge into shame.
no longer love;
#ruse: a duplicitous game.
hidden
in plain sight.
in friendly smiles,
and songs of praise,
and
apparent agape.
faith turned
from
refuge into shame.
no longer love;
#ruse: a duplicitous game.
#vss365 #poetry #imageandverse
#Photo taken at Orwell Country Park, #Suffolk.
Barely clinging on—
Perhaps I’ll slip away,
Into the deepest blue,
Into the Orwell bay.
#Photo taken at Orwell Country Park, #Suffolk.
Barely clinging on—
Perhaps I’ll slip away,
Into the deepest blue,
Into the Orwell bay.
January 25, 2026 at 3:55 AM
#vss365 #poetry #imageandverse
#Photo taken at Orwell Country Park, #Suffolk.
Barely clinging on—
Perhaps I’ll slip away,
Into the deepest blue,
Into the Orwell bay.
#Photo taken at Orwell Country Park, #Suffolk.
Barely clinging on—
Perhaps I’ll slip away,
Into the deepest blue,
Into the Orwell bay.
#emoetry #poetry #uncertain #bravewrite
You stand in church
proudly, lips pursed,
singing of Ransom
paid for the cursed.
Yet in grey eyes
uncertainty lies.
Are sins washed away
while she still cries
e a c h day?
You stand in church
proudly, lips pursed,
singing of Ransom
paid for the cursed.
Yet in grey eyes
uncertainty lies.
Are sins washed away
while she still cries
e a c h day?
January 18, 2026 at 6:06 PM
#emoetry #poetry #uncertain #bravewrite
You stand in church
proudly, lips pursed,
singing of Ransom
paid for the cursed.
Yet in grey eyes
uncertainty lies.
Are sins washed away
while she still cries
e a c h day?
You stand in church
proudly, lips pursed,
singing of Ransom
paid for the cursed.
Yet in grey eyes
uncertainty lies.
Are sins washed away
while she still cries
e a c h day?