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Deborah Harvey Poetry 🪶
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Bristolian. 6th collection, 'Love the Albatross', pub by Indigo Dreams Publishing. Letters after my name include BA, MA, AuDHD. She/her

https://theleapingword.com https://indigodreamspublishing.com/deborah-harvey
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Deborah Harvey Poetry 🪶 @deborahharvey.bsky.social · Nov 9
Here's a link to a review, written by Chaucer Cameron & published in Ink Sweat & Tears, of my new poetry collection, Love the Albatross.

inksweatandtears.co.uk/chaucer-came...

We need to talk ... & read & write poems about ... estrangement, whichever side of the divide we find ourselves on.
Image shows book cover by artist and illustrator, Katie Marland, of a Laysan albatross and its chick, which looks, in Katie's words, as if it's been in the tumble dryer and is none too pleased about it. Book photographed against ancient stone coffin lid, covered in lichen, in local churchyard in Bristol, UK.
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Thrilled to have some poems in the Street! initiative organised by Ralph Hoyte & @bristollibraries.bsky.social. Here's how to access them; plus, at 1.30, a snatch of my poem about my great-great grandmother who lived on Christmas Steps in 1880s #Bristol #poetry

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STREET - geo located poetry of the street
YouTube video by Ralph Hoyte
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November 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Night after night of ultra-loud fireworks. This is my poor collie, Cwtch, hiding in an old airing cupboard. #fireworks #dogsofbluesky
November 8, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Autism, ADHD and me

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#Autism #ADHD #AuDHD #neurodivergence #poetry
A woman with brown hair, wearing sunglasses, is smiling into the camera. She has a leafy branch caught in her hair and a smudge of green face paint on the end of her nose.
November 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Dragon's breath on the fields and down the lanes #Winterbourne #Bristol #autumn
A small border collie stands in a lane leaved with autumn foliage; in the adjacent fields misty sunlight
October 23, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Remembering Andi Langford-Woods #poetry #bristol #transrightsarehumanrights

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Text of poem written about poet Andi Langford-Woods' funeral and read at her memorial in Bristol
October 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Big birthdays aren't the ones with a 0 in them, they're the ones when Paul McCartney writes you a song. I've been waiting for today since I was five. Reckon I'm coming into my own now.

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The Beatles - When I'm Sixty Four (Official Video)
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October 20, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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We want the media and politicians to recognise that there is a large number of women who are supportive of the trans+ community. We call on them to report truthfully about the sources of violence against women and to address the systems that perpetuate harm. notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...
Women in support of the trans+ community - Not in our name
notinourname.org.uk
October 20, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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Well, at least it's quite autumnal looking ... #bristol #love
A man in a black coat and a border collie are walking through a wood, away from the viewer, having passed a truncated oak with the words Fuck Love sprayed on it in orange paint
October 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Join us at Silver Street #Poetry & #OpenMic on Friday 31st October, when our guest poet will be David Goldstein.

Our event runs from 12.30 - 2pm, with entry £4 or what you can afford. Venue is St Stephen's Church off #Bristol City Centre. Wrap up warm & be sure to bring a (not epic) poem to share!
October 17, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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The evenings are drawing in #autumn #seasonalaffectivedisorder
Sunset by a railway siding, a light taking the place of the moon
October 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Happy UK Fungus Day!

Tentative IDs (clockwise): Beefsteak fungus, Black Bulgar, Earth Star, Dryad's Saddle, Amethyst Deceiver (I think), Turkey Tail

#ukfungusday #fungi
Collage of colourful fungi found in UK
October 4, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Delighted to have some poems in this initiative organised by Ralph Hoyte and Bristol Libraries. Happy #NationalPoetryDay X
bristollibraries.bsky.social Bristol Libraries @bristollibraries.bsky.social · Oct 2
🎧 STREET! launches today on #NationalPoetryDay!
A digital poetry project placing GPS-triggered soundpools outside 12 Bristol libraries.

Walk into a soundpool & hear poems about street life, neighbourhoods & local vibes.

📱 Find out more and download the app: ralphhoyte.org/home/street/
October 2, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Can't eat - or even contemplate - an orange without thinking of this poem by Brian Patten. RIP. 🍊💔 🍊
September 30, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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'Well, hello, Mistress Squizzle with an acorn in yer gob'
In the branches of a tree, a grey squirrel with wide eyes and an acorn in its mouth looks straight down the lens of the camera
September 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Before the thunderstorm #bristol
Dawn, in a welter of colour, above a horizon of trees and distant hills
September 7, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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Well done, Bristol, and especially Bristol City Museum, this is the way to do it

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Bristol Museum returns ‘deeply significant’ cultural objects
The amazing collection of artefacts was donated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
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September 2, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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Two perfectly-formed mags are finding their way to subscribers this morning. Brimming with poetry: packed with good writing. Take yourself away from it all & get one. share.google/e1tS0ARLtyxn...

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August 28, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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Cwtch the Collie (the best girl there ever was) says Happy International Dog Day 2025 and why not give @niallharbison.bsky.social of Happy Doggo a follow?
A small tri border collie, with possibly a bit of terrier in there somewhere, is sitting on fallen leaves. She's wearing a turquoise harness and looks every inch the very very good girl that she is.
August 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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We only saw the notice prohibiting dogs during the summer months afterwards. Apologies to anyone we might have disturbed. #nodogsallowed
A small black and white border collie stands on an empty sandy beach. In the background, the distant mountains of the Lake District.
August 20, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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Remembering Andi Langford-Woods, poet, who died yesterday. Organiser of Bristol Acoustic Night, and a pivotal member of the #bristolpoetrycommunity. I think it's safe to say we'll never forget you, Andi 🎇 🎇 🎇 #bristol #poetry #poetrycommunity
Andi Langford-Woods, in green jacket, and Colin Brown holding a placard that says Poets for Corbyn, at the Jeremy for Labour rally in Bristol in 2016
August 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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‪Join us at Silver Street #Poetry & #OpenMic on Friday 29th August, when our guest poet is the extraordinary Daniel Richardson.

Our event runs from 12.30 - 2pm, with entry £4 or what you can afford. Venue is St Stephen's Church off #Bristol City Centre. Be sure to bring a (not epic) poem to share!
August 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Absolute respect for Alice Oswald
jeremymillar.bsky.social Jeremy Millar @jeremymillar.bsky.social · Aug 9
Alice Oswald arrested this afternoon for supporting Palestine Action.
A screenshot of an Instagram post noting the arrest of Alice Oswald for supporting Palestine Action.
August 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Happiness is a warm dog on the Teignmouth and Shaldon ferry
A small tri border collie is sitting on a ferry boat, next to a woman in a red top. Both are smiling at the photographer. In the background is a red ensign at the stern of the ferry, which is blowing in the breeze, and more boats on an estuary with hills behind them.
August 4, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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Reading 'How the Worst Day of My Life Became the Best' by Andrea Gibson at today's Silver Street #poetry #openmic #spokenword #andreagibson
Woman with brown curly hair wearing a blue dress is standing at a microphone and reading from a piece of paper in her hand; behind her is an early 17th century tomb and eighteenth century wall monuments
July 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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I'm in.
jeremycorbyn.bsky.social Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · Jul 24
It's time for a new kind of political party - one that belongs to you.

Sign up at yourparty.uk.
July 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM