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Ragged Rascal Rhymes
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Publishing stuff for kidz, parents, grandparents, teachers and anyone who likes a rhyme and a smile.
https://raggedrascal.blogspot.com/
#kidlit #HaikuSaturday #quietposters
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robwaltonwriter.bsky.social
scaryness.com is the place
to head for all your gently scary Halloween poem for the bairns. Mild peril - bring it on. #kidlit #poetryforchildren
October 31, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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carmellapoetry.bsky.social
HAPPY ALL HALLOWS' EVE!
🧟‍♀️💚🧌
Thank you to the editors at THE POETRY EXPRESS for publishing two of my poems about #Overcoming
COSTUMES and
WHAT I USED TO BE AFRAID OF... ⬇️
scaryness.com/costumes-car...
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#HalloweenPoems
#PoemsAboutOvercoming
#BonfireNightPoems
#BeYourself
October 31, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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attielime.bsky.social
I'll take that, thanks! My festive poetry collection for all the family, is out TOMORROW! 🎉🎄🍾
@tinytreebooks.bsky.social
Love your new book. Poems delightful + fun, illustrations brilliant. Hope a best seller this Christmas. It's smashing! It really is fabulous. Reckon you've got an adult audience out there too. A Welly Full of Christmas, Poems for Festive Fun by Attie Lime, illustrated by Nadine Licence. Out 30.10.25.
October 29, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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littlethoughtspress.com
We are here for helter-skelter leaves and bouncing, boppy poems!

Helter-Skelter by @valpoet.bsky.social, accompanied by artwork by Imogen Hartland is part of Little Thoughts Press Issue 11: Stirring Words, available now in print & pdf.

www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
A page from Little Thoughts Press Issue 11: Stirring Words featuring the poem Helter-Skelter by Val Harris. The poem is accompanied by an illustration from Imogen Hartland of colorful leaves scattered across the page.
October 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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haikucrush.bsky.social
Judges @haikucrush.bsky.social add to today's shortlist for possible publication in The Best #Haiku '25.

Joanne Scott
Graham Seal @rhymster.bsky.social
Breuna Walker @sincerelybreuna.bsky.social
Micheal Feil @michaelfeil.bsky.social
John Browne y Ayes @ayesart80.bsky.social

More later.

#poetry
October 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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haikucrush.bsky.social
#Haiku is alive!

The judges @haikucrush.bsky.social announced these #poets' haiku have been #shortlisted for possible publication in *The Best Haiku* 2025 anthology.

Mara Gajic
Carlo K Brown @carlokb.bsky.social
Mo Schoenfeld @moschoenfeld.bsky.social
+ Jay Friedenberg

More finalists tomorrow.
October 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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haikucrush.bsky.social
#Haiku is alive!

The judges @haikucrush.bsky.social announced these #poets' haiku have been #shortlisted for possible publication in *The Best Haiku* 2025 anthology.

Tracy Davidson
J. L. Abbott @jeshila.bsky.social
Roger Bonner @bonnerr.bsky.social
and brett brady

More finalists coming tomorrow!
October 17, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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haikucrush.bsky.social
#Haiku is alive in 2025!

The Judges @haikucrush.bsky.social are pleased to announce these #poets' haiku have been #shortlisted -- are finalists -- for possible publication in *The Best Haiku* annual anthology.

Edward Cody Huddleston
thomas david
and David Oates

More finalists to come tomorrow!
October 16, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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attielime.bsky.social
I have neglected BlueSky! I've been busy being busy, poorly, and losing a chunk of tooth 🤦🏻‍♀️ Anyway...A Welly Full of Christmas is out in 2 weeks & you can pre-order now! This poem is about the realisation that something magical has happened...❄️ @tinytreebooks.bsky.social
#UKKidLit #KidLitUK #Books
October 16, 2025 at 9:21 PM
rhymster.bsky.social
raggedrascal.blogspot.com
#kidlit #HaikuSaturday #quietposters

Well into Spooktober now, here’s a spooklet:

A young spook from Tipperary
Found she was not very scary,
Even on Halloween
She could not raise a scream,
So she became a sugarplum fairy.
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October 15, 2025 at 11:29 PM
rhymster.bsky.social
@littlethoughtspress.com

Just arrived in the mail, another fine edition of a fine magazine with stories, poems and pictures by poets and artists big and small
Cover of Little Thoughts mag 11 with a boy and a girl stirring a pot of weird words for the Stirring Words issue
October 12, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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Step inside a child's imagination in this charming story by young writer Ada Freer! "Ivy's Imagination" was inspired by Kathryn Powers' illustration Spring Jig, and can be found in Little Thoughts Press Issue 10: An Ekphrasis Adventure, available in print & pdf.

www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
Illustration by Kathryn Powers of a bear, raccoon and hedgehog happily dancing among spring flowers. Accompanying the illustration is part of the story "Ivy's Imagination" by Ada Lucia Freer.
October 3, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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stefankarlsson.bsky.social
If you’re looking for Halloween poems this spooky season, check out scaryness.com, a new webzine featuring spooky poems for kids! Great for educators, parents, and young ghouls 👻 I’m honored to have a couple silly-scary poems there 🎃 #kidlit #poetry
Scary Jack-o-lantern and bats on an orange background. Text reads Halloween Poems for Kids! Ticket to scary-ness on the poetry express. Scary poems for children (with a sprinkle of fun). Scaryness.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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thetoypress.bsky.social
To celebrate, if you order a copy of our 'hobbies' edition between now and the end of Thursday, we'll include a copy of our 'toys' edition for FREE! (UK only, while stocks last).

Don't miss out, visit our website to order.
September 28, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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northernjim.bsky.social
On the Dirigible Balloon dirigibleballoon.org you'll find a cornucopia of wonderful poems imagining the future. They're free, they're safe, they'll take you to fantastical places, they'll make you smile, they'll make you think ... what are you waiting for?
#PoetryForChildren #ImagineTheFuture
September 25, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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carmelamartino.bsky.social
I'm honored to have a poem in this issue!
littlethoughtspress.com Little Thoughts Press @littlethoughtspress.com · Sep 17
Issue 11: Stirring Words is here!

Guest edited by @jthomasabc.bsky.social, Stirring Words is a celebration of words that will inspire, delight, and entrance young readers.

Available now in print and pdf.

www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
ISSUES | Little Thoughts
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September 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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rburrows.bsky.social
Launching today - the beautiful Stirring Words edition of Little Thoughts Press, guest edited by @jthomasabc.bsky.social Come along and have a look - and maybe even try an instrument on page 6! 🎺It’s #pandemonium !
www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues @littlethoughtspress.com
#poetry #poetryforkids
ISSUES | Little Thoughts
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September 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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barbarableiman.bsky.social
So lovely to have a poem published in this beautiful issue of @littlethoughtspress.com magazine! It's one dear to my heart, as it brings in memories of my grandmother and thoughts about language and cultural identity. www.littlethoughtspress.com
September 17, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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ianbrownlie.bsky.social
Very pleased to have a few scary poems boarding The Poetry Express. A whole bunch of fantastic writers along for the ride by the looks of it! scaryness.com/new-poems-no...

#WritingCommunity #WritingForChildren #PoetryCommunity #PoetryForKids #KidLit #WordPrompt
Picture of a "Ticket to Scary-ness on The Poetry Express (Scary poems for children, with a sprinkle of fun). scaryness.com"
September 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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lisasbilla.bsky.social
Honored to have a poem included in Stirring Words!

What a fun issue- "capturing the magic of language in all its quirky, stupendous, and surprising forms"!

#kidlit #writingcommunity #poetry #poetryforkids

www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
September 18, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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littlethoughtspress.com
Issue 11: Stirring Words is here!

Guest edited by @jthomasabc.bsky.social, Stirring Words is a celebration of words that will inspire, delight, and entrance young readers.

Available now in print and pdf.

www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
ISSUES | Little Thoughts
www.littlethoughtspress.com
September 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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northernjim.bsky.social
#Teachers #Schools #Families
#NationalPoetryDay2025 is coming.
This way for high quality, safe, thought provoking, informative and funny poems for key stage 2 and 3 children >>> dirigibleballoon.org
#PoetryForChildren #DirigibleBalloon 🎈
September 18, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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robwaltonwriter.bsky.social
Great to have some mildly scary poems for kids aboard the scary-ness express. scaryness.com
September 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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stefankarlsson.bsky.social
Yikes! I have two new spooky poems for kids on the Scary-ness Express poetry website! Delighted to join the talented bunch of children’s poets in this scary-fun webzine 👻🚂✨

Bones & Boo Inn: scaryness.com/new-poems-no...

Book of Beware: scaryness.com/new-poems-no...

#poetry #kidlit #halloween
Green train ticket graphic on a purple background. The text reads: The Poetry Express. New poems boarding the scary-ness express. Ticket.
September 17, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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jthomasabc.bsky.social
I still can’t believe I got to guest edit an issue of @littlethoughtspress.com. I’m hugely grateful to the editor, @clairemtaylor.com, for giving me this chance, and to all the writers and artists who embraced our theme.

Come and be stirred by beautiful words!
littlethoughtspress.com/issues
Cover of the Stirring Words issue of Little Thoughts Press magazine, showing two children stirring a pot of glowing words.
September 19, 2025 at 2:01 AM