S.C. Flynn
@scyflynn.bsky.social
Poet. The Colour of Extinction (@renardpress, October 2024) - Observer Poetry Book of the Month. An Ocean Called Hope (@downingfield, May 2025).
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S.C. Flynn
@scyflynn.bsky.social
· May 26
An Ocean Called Hope
From the windswept Famine Trail of Ireland to the starlit skies of the Southern Hemisphere, this collection by S.C. Flynn explores places and the memo...
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It's publication day for my new poetry collection "An Ocean Called Hope" @downingfield.bsky.social
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Learn to ode.
among everything else this week dunno if you heard but coding is over. huge opp for humanities folks. should be megaphoning 'learning to think never goes out of style'
January 30, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Learn to ode.
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friend of mine is an undocumented immigrant and has been hiding in Melania theaters bc he knows people assume no one is in there
January 29, 2026 at 9:34 PM
friend of mine is an undocumented immigrant and has been hiding in Melania theaters bc he knows people assume no one is in there
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McGonagall's life is ripe to be made into a slapstick comedy
![McGonagall realised if he were to succeed as a poet, he required a patron and wrote to Queen Victoria. He received a letter of rejection, written by a royal functionary, thanking him for his interest.[10]: vii McGonagall took this as praise for his work.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:avdefhwuiifkhljghynjyah6/bafkreidc2stnodjnym6w6tuwsutqwp2yvmmoshilaeztlksdnbkwhy42ya@jpeg)
January 27, 2026 at 12:05 PM
McGonagall's life is ripe to be made into a slapstick comedy
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Just reading about the incredible things William McGonagall got up to
January 27, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Just reading about the incredible things William McGonagall got up to
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Two guards stand either side of the door. One likes big butts and cannot lie. One likes big butts and cannot tell the truth.
January 14, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Two guards stand either side of the door. One likes big butts and cannot lie. One likes big butts and cannot tell the truth.
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For those joining Bluesky from the Bad Place: welcome.
Yes, you could/should have made the decision sooner, but it is never too late to make a good decision.
And there is a lot on this site which will remind you of the Bad Place before it was bad.
Yes, you could/should have made the decision sooner, but it is never too late to make a good decision.
And there is a lot on this site which will remind you of the Bad Place before it was bad.
January 12, 2026 at 3:50 PM
For those joining Bluesky from the Bad Place: welcome.
Yes, you could/should have made the decision sooner, but it is never too late to make a good decision.
And there is a lot on this site which will remind you of the Bad Place before it was bad.
Yes, you could/should have made the decision sooner, but it is never too late to make a good decision.
And there is a lot on this site which will remind you of the Bad Place before it was bad.
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Buddy, hope left the building, went to lunch, had 4 margaritas and a bloody mary, got into a fight with the server, was tossed through a window, severed an artery, had its leg amputated, spent three nights in ICU, got divorced, defaulted on the mortgage, and is living in a van down by the river
Asked about the possibility of impeachment, Schumer says "we hope that we can have support from our Republican colleagues to put a brake on this long before it gets that far"
January 3, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Buddy, hope left the building, went to lunch, had 4 margaritas and a bloody mary, got into a fight with the server, was tossed through a window, severed an artery, had its leg amputated, spent three nights in ICU, got divorced, defaulted on the mortgage, and is living in a van down by the river
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“These are the hard ribs
Of a body that our prayers have failed To animate.”
So good.
Of a body that our prayers have failed To animate.”
So good.
In Church
by R.S. Thomas
I've spent some time in empty churches, and this reminded me. 🕯
by R.S. Thomas
I've spent some time in empty churches, and this reminded me. 🕯
January 3, 2026 at 10:08 PM
“These are the hard ribs
Of a body that our prayers have failed To animate.”
So good.
Of a body that our prayers have failed To animate.”
So good.
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Happy New Year from me (and from Philebus)
January 1, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Happy New Year from me (and from Philebus)
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Official now: people who used to vote Labour should vote Green at the next election so as not to split the left
so it happened - greens just met labour in the polling average
December 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Official now: people who used to vote Labour should vote Green at the next election so as not to split the left
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Merry Christmas, everyone!
December 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Merry Christmas, everyone!
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at that was King's Lynn Sausage Miracle,
December 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
at that was King's Lynn Sausage Miracle,
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Everyone who drinks coffee has at some point wondered whether they could brew a pot of coffee using coffee instead of water.
The ones who actually did it, found themselves magically transported to 5th century Finland
The ones who actually did it, found themselves magically transported to 5th century Finland
December 22, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Everyone who drinks coffee has at some point wondered whether they could brew a pot of coffee using coffee instead of water.
The ones who actually did it, found themselves magically transported to 5th century Finland
The ones who actually did it, found themselves magically transported to 5th century Finland
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I love idea that he has a unique blindness to cakes and other things. That if you say "buy me something sweet" he might come home with a loaf of bread and some nails.
December 22, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I love idea that he has a unique blindness to cakes and other things. That if you say "buy me something sweet" he might come home with a loaf of bread and some nails.
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my daughter used to call every bird she saw "Duck". And why not? 28 years old she was
December 22, 2025 at 10:37 AM
my daughter used to call every bird she saw "Duck". And why not? 28 years old she was
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My other half is pushing me to go to the doctors to investigate my insomnia. I don't have insomnia, I just stay up stupidly late because that's the only time where I don't have a man/child/dog/cat/parent/friend bothering me for stuff and I can read/sew/play games in peace.
December 21, 2025 at 2:20 PM
My other half is pushing me to go to the doctors to investigate my insomnia. I don't have insomnia, I just stay up stupidly late because that's the only time where I don't have a man/child/dog/cat/parent/friend bothering me for stuff and I can read/sew/play games in peace.
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“Why do you write poetry?”
To make a gazillion dollars in order to fly to the moon and kiss her rocky face
To make a gazillion dollars in order to fly to the moon and kiss her rocky face
December 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
“Why do you write poetry?”
To make a gazillion dollars in order to fly to the moon and kiss her rocky face
To make a gazillion dollars in order to fly to the moon and kiss her rocky face
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If only we knew then what we knew then
February 15, 2025 at 8:23 AM
If only we knew then what we knew then
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Isn't it a lovely day to get lost in a maze
December 15, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Isn't it a lovely day to get lost in a maze
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—I’ve been asked to baptise the King of Spain’s daughter
—Infanta?
—No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly
—Infanta?
—No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly
December 15, 2025 at 1:08 PM
—I’ve been asked to baptise the King of Spain’s daughter
—Infanta?
—No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly
—Infanta?
—No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly
