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Trying to make gentle the life of the world. Nonviolence. Occasional scribbles. Kindness is catchy.
Is there anything more satisfying than shining your shoes of a Sunday night?
I’ll wait…
November 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Five years later and I return to this subject of dementia. Much like the repeated conversations that happen in a short space of time. Every moment precious, though painful. Still, it demands dignity. #HiyaSon
#dementia #poetry #poet
July 15, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Why do children starve in a world of plenty?
Plenty Denied is a poem I have written reflecting on the inhumanity and depravity of famine, war, and the systems that let suffering persist — from Gaza to Ireland and beyond.

📖👇 #PoetryWithPurpose #PlentyDenied #JusticeForAll #Gaza #CeasefireNow
May 24, 2025 at 11:18 AM
🌳An ode to those who offer wisdom, shelter, and nourishment. I’ve sat at the foot of many teachers, and remain ever grateful for the #MotherTree

#poetry #forest #nature #tree #irish #writing
April 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Trump and Vance are bullies.
We all know that because of their own insecurities, bullies try to isolate, alienate and make the other person feel powerless and alone.

Our greatest tool against bullies is our ability to stand together. That’s our #ClarionCall
#poetry #irishpoetry #kindness
March 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I haven’t written in a while. I haven’t been able to not curse, or just make sense of the utter enveloping madness, which is breaking my heart a bit. Tonight I took a step, to dissent. This is how #ItBegins

#poetry #KindnessIsPower #nonviolence
February 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Keen to build up a community of fellow readers and writers here as the new year begins! So please, if you know any send em this way for a follow and follow back!

#writers #readers #writing #poetry #follow
January 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
First new verse of 2025! This is the #GoldenThread. It’s about the ties that bind, the opportunity of encounter and of course, a little bit of Wonder. Thanks for reading, and those who share!

#poetry #wonder #writers
January 2, 2025 at 11:55 AM
God rest his gracious and gentle soul. May he now enter his heavenly reward. Rest in peace President Carter ❤️
December 29, 2024 at 9:23 PM
Back to a #SonnetSunday, with a brand new verse. This is the #InexhaustibleWell . Something we can access at any time, for the good of others and ourselves. A well of deep empathy and compassion 🕊️
@helenorahillytv.bsky.social @joannesansome.bsky.social @gymforthesoul.bsky.social
December 29, 2024 at 7:45 PM
Looking forward to developing more of this in the new year. For now, this (slightly longer than usual) is the #Nonviolent, and is simply the lens through which I view the world, or that which inspires me!🕊️
#kindness #compassion #heart #inspire #poetry
December 28, 2024 at 10:46 PM
As Advent begins it is a time for preparation. It is a time for Hope. This is the #ProphetsHope 💜

#advent #hope #poetry
December 4, 2024 at 12:22 PM
Just the cutest decoration. Hard to get a good Santa these days 😅
November 28, 2024 at 7:12 PM
If you get a chance, catch Alan Bennett’s #TalkingHeads on BBC iPlayer, not least the exquisite Patricia Routledge in A Woman of No Importance. They’re just bloody brilliant. Perfect symbiosis of writing and performance.
November 24, 2024 at 12:17 AM
Reposted by Dominic O’Reilly 🕊️
Got this sudden yearning for fancy chocolate ice cream for some reason
November 19, 2024 at 10:18 AM
Post a gif from a movie in the year you were born...
November 19, 2024 at 8:23 PM
The sheer genius of @stephenfry.bsky.social in his Gossiping Heads is always worth a rewatch and chuckle! Spot on! youtu.be/SNzUmSnh6I8?...
Stephen Fry's Gossiping Heads
YouTube video by Paul Naylor
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November 19, 2024 at 8:17 PM
A Monday night spent reading up on St Hildegard von Bingen’s (exceptional woman) remedies and healing plants…while eating mince pies. #ThisIstheLife
November 18, 2024 at 9:34 PM
Beloved to me tonight “I can’t believe the Eras tour is nearly over.”
Me (after a few glasses of delicious red) “About time too!”
……..

“Are you feeling brave?”
🙈🙈
November 15, 2024 at 8:58 PM
Quote post with a picture of yourself and show the newbies who they're dealing with.
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November 14, 2024 at 2:27 PM
For the new BlueSkiers, I love to scribble. It’s nothing special. But it’s all mine 😊
This one is a fairly basic and constant value of mine: #BeKind

#writers #poetry #MidnightPoems
November 14, 2024 at 12:04 AM
@joannesansome.bsky.social great to have the rays of positivity here! Long may it continue!!
November 13, 2024 at 11:59 PM
Introduce yourself with some jobs you’ve done, apart from what you do now.

1. Kids party clown 🤡
2. Full time dishwasher 🫧
3. Retreat leader 🙏
4. Amusement Arcade staffer 🎟️
Introduce yourself with some jobs you’ve done apart from what you do now.

1. Millionaire Playboy
2. Calvin Klein model
3. Astronaut
4. Profession Liar
November 13, 2024 at 11:58 PM
Where to begin? With simple love. A new sonnet titled #InsideOut. Enjoy ❤️

#writer #writing #poem #poetry #newday
November 13, 2024 at 12:50 AM