Liz Young
youngliz.bsky.social
Liz Young
@youngliz.bsky.social
Old bird from the Deep South of England. ❤️ writing, family, kindness. Several books on Amazon. No DMs please.
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I don't understand
why people are afraid of the #dark
At night
the trees hold the sky
at just the right height
for you to breathe
February 12, 2026 at 6:43 PM
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The #dark kept receipts. Every step Jonah took, it whispered the total. He tried walking backward to get a refund. The forest rang like a broken till. At dawn, he found pockets full of leaves and a note: Paid in full. Don’t come back #vss365
February 12, 2026 at 5:51 PM
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Sleepless in the #dark
of the wee small hours,
I recall your #touch on my skin -
tender as velvet
yet hot enough to boil my #blood
and melt my #bones.
You've been gone many years
but while I remember
you still live.
February 12, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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I have felt sick to my stomach all day about this horrific news, and it has yet to be covered by MSM, or even acknowledged by the WH.

🔊 JUSTICE FOR TREY REED.
⏰ NOW.

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September 16, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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I wish I could walk like I used to
But the #ache in my joints is too tough,
And I can't exercise
As the pundits advise
So I do what I can. Which ain't much!
February 10, 2026 at 1:40 PM
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In these troubled times
It's hard not to rejoice
That I'm too old for anyone
To heed my small voice
When I say how I hate
All the self-serving ones -
Until I remember
My #blood and my #bones
Live on in my four
And their children - five more.
February 9, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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This is overt racism. Full stop. There’s no ‘misinterpretation’ and no excuse. This is who he is, who he’s always been, and why he should never be anywhere near power again. And there’s a reason the tapes from The Apprentice have never been released.
February 6, 2026 at 8:26 AM
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The King needs to disown his brother,
Though it's never been done before -
A clean #wound will heal much better
Than a stinking, festering sore.
February 6, 2026 at 9:28 AM
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The #ghost of the man I left forty years ago
invades my dreams -
nothing special
he's just there
as if he still belongs -
and I wonder if he runs in my blood
with the traces of the children
I bore him.
February 4, 2026 at 11:11 AM
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It is #soul destroying
Watching the daily scenes from America
The crying of children torn from parents
The #pain on victims' faces
The lack of action to stop it -
And all this across an ocean.
February 3, 2026 at 9:49 PM
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Perhaps we'll dance again
In #shadows cast
By an unspent Sun
Donning hemlock wreaths
We'll sing nightshade songs
And crush Death Cap mushrooms
Beneath our feet
Screaming with the laughter
Of the newly insane:

We're all fun-guys

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February 1, 2026 at 9:06 PM
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This poem we cannot write
empty rooms
with teddy bears
lonely for their owners
empty schools
but for the footfalls
of violence
innocent babies stolen
from the arms
of loving parents
this is the song we must sing
the poem we must write
until all children
are finally safe in their beds

#MPPrompt
Today's #poetryprompt:

"This poem we cannot write"

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February 1, 2026 at 7:42 PM
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Murphy on Fox News Sunday: "I mean -- c'mon. We're still pretending that ICE is going after dangerous people? They aren't. What is happening in Minnesota right now is a dystopia. ICE is teargassing elementary schools, it is disappearing legal residents into cars, it is murdering American citizens."
February 1, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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We moved home when I was two,
from Oz to England,
summer sun to winter snow
leaving g/parents.
No coupons for furniture
& a back-street school,
canvas cot sleep after lunch.
2 more moves before age 12
- no wonder I recall my life
only in #shadows.
February 1, 2026 at 9:35 PM
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I sit down with a coffee
To #soothe my shattered nerves,
My neighbour begins drilling -
I'll be happy when he moves!
January 31, 2026 at 12:46 PM
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Terrorism is the calculated use of violence or threat of violence to induce fear, intending to coerce governments or societies to achieve political, religious, or ideological goals. It often targets civilians and critical infrastructure to disrupt safety and advance specific agendas.
January 30, 2026 at 3:53 PM
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Today's prompt takes me back to the silence of lockdown. It was only when the traffic returned to the motorway that I realised how accustomed I'd become to that constant background #thrum.
January 30, 2026 at 11:04 PM
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A warning…
January 25, 2026 at 5:51 PM
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The StraightDope

Look at how they want to create
The most magnificent United State
When in reality they obfuscate
Try to get us to take the bait
But pay attention, slow down, wait
Know how to make America great
Let me tell it to you straight
It is not done through elevating hate
#vss365 #obfuscate
January 29, 2026 at 11:12 AM
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Is it too much to ask for a news outlet that tells the truth and doesn't #obfuscate?
January 29, 2026 at 9:40 AM
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I thought I had my #quiver full
Of children - stopped at three
But number four crept past the pill
An extra gift for me.
January 29, 2026 at 9:39 AM
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Are we on the #cusp of a possible world war, or are the dreadful scenes in America orchestrated in the hope that our interest in the obscenities still being inflicted on Ukraine will #wane?
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January 27, 2026 at 5:26 PM
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Disguised as a benefactor,
he grabbed the top job.
Before the ink was dry
on his pussy signature,
he #slipped off his outer skin
to reveal it was all a #ruse.
Send for the vermin squad
to flush him out of his hole,
cage him and his offspring,
then fumigate his den.
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January 25, 2026 at 9:07 AM
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Like Arachne he crouches
in his sticky web
weaving a net on a #loom of greed
and casts it wide for more.
But Athena's #loom is a continent
and she will prevail.
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January 20, 2026 at 12:55 PM