Stephen Kerr
@kidcobbler.bsky.social
Lapsed writer. Through a series of unfortunate events I have been handed the gift of time.
Pinned
Here's to every furrowed groove
That’s marched across my brow,
Proof I’ve lived, I’ve laughed, I’ve stressed
Behind Time's skin-deep plough.
That’s marched across my brow,
Proof I’ve lived, I’ve laughed, I’ve stressed
Behind Time's skin-deep plough.
Under ancient Wordle bylaw you can claim one position higher up if you complete the game using no yellow tiles. Therefore, I claim Four Club.
Sound convincing? Thought not. 😂
Good luck everyone.
Wordle 1,700 5/6
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Sound convincing? Thought not. 😂
Good luck everyone.
Wordle 1,700 5/6
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February 13, 2026 at 7:39 AM
Under ancient Wordle bylaw you can claim one position higher up if you complete the game using no yellow tiles. Therefore, I claim Four Club.
Sound convincing? Thought not. 😂
Good luck everyone.
Wordle 1,700 5/6
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Sound convincing? Thought not. 😂
Good luck everyone.
Wordle 1,700 5/6
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Reposted by Stephen Kerr
Ratfcliffe is a billionaire Brexiteer. His a football club is full of migrant players. When he talks about “colonisation” he’s talking about all black and brown people in the UK. People who do more for their communities than a billionaire who steals from them and trashed the economy they live in.
February 12, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Ratfcliffe is a billionaire Brexiteer. His a football club is full of migrant players. When he talks about “colonisation” he’s talking about all black and brown people in the UK. People who do more for their communities than a billionaire who steals from them and trashed the economy they live in.
Reposted by Stephen Kerr
Early stroll. Birdsong greets my shadow. Deep tyre tracks in mud. The woman in the hi-vis jacket no longer walks up the hill. A dropped coat hanger’s metal question mark. The sky is hosting the reverse fixture of last night’s Darkness V Light match.
February 12, 2026 at 6:17 AM
Early stroll. Birdsong greets my shadow. Deep tyre tracks in mud. The woman in the hi-vis jacket no longer walks up the hill. A dropped coat hanger’s metal question mark. The sky is hosting the reverse fixture of last night’s Darkness V Light match.
Reposted by Stephen Kerr
Another poem from Mary Ruefle's Dunce (2019)
February 11, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Another poem from Mary Ruefle's Dunce (2019)
My first Three Club of the month. My first Three Club in 15 days. Pull your socks up, Stephen!
Good luck everyone. 😊🤞
Wordle 1,699 3/6
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Good luck everyone. 😊🤞
Wordle 1,699 3/6
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February 12, 2026 at 8:24 AM
My first Three Club of the month. My first Three Club in 15 days. Pull your socks up, Stephen!
Good luck everyone. 😊🤞
Wordle 1,699 3/6
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Good luck everyone. 😊🤞
Wordle 1,699 3/6
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Reposted by Stephen Kerr
Somnambulation. Rules of Life.
February 11, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Somnambulation. Rules of Life.
Reposted by Stephen Kerr
Early stroll. I leave the house a minute later than I usually do. I see someone in the distance; he sees me in the distance. Trees like an audience wanting an encore. Birds scatter song-pepper on Wednesday’s plate. Morning’s slow unfolding.
February 11, 2026 at 6:19 AM
Early stroll. I leave the house a minute later than I usually do. I see someone in the distance; he sees me in the distance. Trees like an audience wanting an encore. Birds scatter song-pepper on Wednesday’s plate. Morning’s slow unfolding.
Reposted by Stephen Kerr
See you all there!
February 10, 2026 at 4:15 PM
See you all there!
This one was a little tricky to put to bed. Five Club.
Good luck everyone. 😊🤞
Wordle 1,698 5/6
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Good luck everyone. 😊🤞
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February 11, 2026 at 7:39 AM
This one was a little tricky to put to bed. Five Club.
Good luck everyone. 😊🤞
Wordle 1,698 5/6
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Good luck everyone. 😊🤞
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Taking Son2 for a haircut as he's started to look like he's fronting a Bon Jovi tribute act. Catch you later.
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February 10, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Taking Son2 for a haircut as he's started to look like he's fronting a Bon Jovi tribute act. Catch you later.
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Good morning, Wordler's. Just a quick visit to post my Four Club effort.
Win streak...🥁🥁🥁🥁...2!
Good luck everyone. 😊🤞
Wordle 1,697 4/6
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Win streak...🥁🥁🥁🥁...2!
Good luck everyone. 😊🤞
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February 10, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Good morning, Wordler's. Just a quick visit to post my Four Club effort.
Win streak...🥁🥁🥁🥁...2!
Good luck everyone. 😊🤞
Wordle 1,697 4/6
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Win streak...🥁🥁🥁🥁...2!
Good luck everyone. 😊🤞
Wordle 1,697 4/6
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Reposted by Stephen Kerr
memories falter
edited by fear or hope
never quite the same
#BSPP50 #falter #haiku #writing #writingcommunity
#micropoetry
edited by fear or hope
never quite the same
#BSPP50 #falter #haiku #writing #writingcommunity
#micropoetry
February 9, 2026 at 5:21 AM
memories falter
edited by fear or hope
never quite the same
#BSPP50 #falter #haiku #writing #writingcommunity
#micropoetry
edited by fear or hope
never quite the same
#BSPP50 #falter #haiku #writing #writingcommunity
#micropoetry
Judy knows the score. And so does Alf Dubs.
Alf Dubs. One of the good guys.
Alf Dubs: “We must not run scared of Reform. They will always outdo us in hostility. What we have got to do is to say that certain basic human rights principles must apply."
February 9, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Judy knows the score. And so does Alf Dubs.
Reposted by Stephen Kerr
happy #smallpoemsunday! 💜
feel free to post small poems you wrote, or ones you like by other poets :)
here’s a little one I love by Tom Pickard~
feel free to post small poems you wrote, or ones you like by other poets :)
here’s a little one I love by Tom Pickard~
February 8, 2026 at 2:24 PM
happy #smallpoemsunday! 💜
feel free to post small poems you wrote, or ones you like by other poets :)
here’s a little one I love by Tom Pickard~
feel free to post small poems you wrote, or ones you like by other poets :)
here’s a little one I love by Tom Pickard~
Reposted by Stephen Kerr
Early stroll. A pair of dropped socks, halted mid stride. A hopping blackbird defines the path. Someone at the bus stop stares at the sky, trying to magic the bus up. Today: yesterday’s echo. An unlit car passes like a car in dark glasses.
February 9, 2026 at 6:19 AM
Early stroll. A pair of dropped socks, halted mid stride. A hopping blackbird defines the path. Someone at the bus stop stares at the sky, trying to magic the bus up. Today: yesterday’s echo. An unlit car passes like a car in dark glasses.
Win streak=1 🙄
Good luck everyone. 😊🤞
Wordle 1,696 5/6
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Good luck everyone. 😊🤞
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February 9, 2026 at 7:13 AM
Win streak=1 🙄
Good luck everyone. 😊🤞
Wordle 1,696 5/6
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I'm confidently predicting a 4-0 Liverpool win this afternoon.
Erm, you can edit these posts, can't you? 🤔😂⚽⚽⚽⚽
Erm, you can edit these posts, can't you? 🤔😂⚽⚽⚽⚽
February 8, 2026 at 4:28 PM
I'm confidently predicting a 4-0 Liverpool win this afternoon.
Erm, you can edit these posts, can't you? 🤔😂⚽⚽⚽⚽
Erm, you can edit these posts, can't you? 🤔😂⚽⚽⚽⚽
Reposted by Stephen Kerr
February 7, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Reposted by Stephen Kerr
I like this poem of loss and detail by Jennifer Wong from her @ninearchespress.bsky.social collection Light Year. ‘A life so loved and rented…’
February 8, 2026 at 10:27 AM
I like this poem of loss and detail by Jennifer Wong from her @ninearchespress.bsky.social collection Light Year. ‘A life so loved and rented…’
TALES FROM THE M1
I nearly went to Barnsley
I nearly saw The Bard
I nearly saw That Ian McMillan
In his own backyard.
I nearly went to Barnsley
The M1 took me by
I'll hear The Verb, to curb the urge,
When I home and dry. 📻
@imcmillan.bsky.social
I nearly went to Barnsley
I nearly saw The Bard
I nearly saw That Ian McMillan
In his own backyard.
I nearly went to Barnsley
The M1 took me by
I'll hear The Verb, to curb the urge,
When I home and dry. 📻
@imcmillan.bsky.social
February 8, 2026 at 1:01 PM
TALES FROM THE M1
I nearly went to Barnsley
I nearly saw The Bard
I nearly saw That Ian McMillan
In his own backyard.
I nearly went to Barnsley
The M1 took me by
I'll hear The Verb, to curb the urge,
When I home and dry. 📻
@imcmillan.bsky.social
I nearly went to Barnsley
I nearly saw The Bard
I nearly saw That Ian McMillan
In his own backyard.
I nearly went to Barnsley
The M1 took me by
I'll hear The Verb, to curb the urge,
When I home and dry. 📻
@imcmillan.bsky.social
I've just paid £1.269 a litre at the pumps in Bury, Lancs.
Proof, if proof be needed, that it's better up north. ⛽⬆️
Proof, if proof be needed, that it's better up north. ⛽⬆️
February 8, 2026 at 12:50 PM
I've just paid £1.269 a litre at the pumps in Bury, Lancs.
Proof, if proof be needed, that it's better up north. ⛽⬆️
Proof, if proof be needed, that it's better up north. ⛽⬆️
Ian loves it.
If you love words then you will love the gymnastic routines @anthonyetherin.bsky.social puts them through. Well worth a follow. 👍
If you love words then you will love the gymnastic routines @anthonyetherin.bsky.social puts them through. Well worth a follow. 👍
More astonishing linguistic magic from @anthonyetherin.bsky.social
THE YETI SPEAKS (whose two halves use the same letters, in the same order):
February 8, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Ian loves it.
If you love words then you will love the gymnastic routines @anthonyetherin.bsky.social puts them through. Well worth a follow. 👍
If you love words then you will love the gymnastic routines @anthonyetherin.bsky.social puts them through. Well worth a follow. 👍
Having driven to Lancashire and back this morning, taking our daughter's BF back, I was looking forward to today's Wordle, as I lay prostrate on the bed, willing the back pain to go away.
I shouldn't have bothered. 😂
Better luck, everyone. 😊🤞
Wordle 1,695 X/6
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I shouldn't have bothered. 😂
Better luck, everyone. 😊🤞
Wordle 1,695 X/6
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February 8, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Having driven to Lancashire and back this morning, taking our daughter's BF back, I was looking forward to today's Wordle, as I lay prostrate on the bed, willing the back pain to go away.
I shouldn't have bothered. 😂
Better luck, everyone. 😊🤞
Wordle 1,695 X/6
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I shouldn't have bothered. 😂
Better luck, everyone. 😊🤞
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Reposted by Stephen Kerr
This is from Matthew Rice’s collection ‘Plastic’.
A microcosm of working class life set in a single 12 hour factory night shift.
It is an astonishing book, its acute observations are at times stark and bleak, at other surreal, funny and humane
#poetry
#poemoftheday
A microcosm of working class life set in a single 12 hour factory night shift.
It is an astonishing book, its acute observations are at times stark and bleak, at other surreal, funny and humane
#poetry
#poemoftheday
February 7, 2026 at 10:01 AM
This is from Matthew Rice’s collection ‘Plastic’.
A microcosm of working class life set in a single 12 hour factory night shift.
It is an astonishing book, its acute observations are at times stark and bleak, at other surreal, funny and humane
#poetry
#poemoftheday
A microcosm of working class life set in a single 12 hour factory night shift.
It is an astonishing book, its acute observations are at times stark and bleak, at other surreal, funny and humane
#poetry
#poemoftheday
Reposted by Stephen Kerr
Early stroll. Gatherings of enigmatic shadows. Ghost miners work beneath my feet. I have a walk-on part in the morning. This is where Keith Barlow dropped that bottle, decades ago. In the distance a dog sends a voice note.
February 7, 2026 at 6:20 AM
Early stroll. Gatherings of enigmatic shadows. Ghost miners work beneath my feet. I have a walk-on part in the morning. This is where Keith Barlow dropped that bottle, decades ago. In the distance a dog sends a voice note.