@alanmckeanpoet.bsky.social
Grandad of 4
North West England
“The Four o'clock in the morning moon” is now on Amazon
For I was a poet once https://amzn.eu/d/7aLe9aG
North West England
“The Four o'clock in the morning moon” is now on Amazon
For I was a poet once https://amzn.eu/d/7aLe9aG
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Ten-month-old Susan Torkington, of Regent Road, Stockport, gets a tow on the snow-clad slopes of Lyme Park, Disley, from her three-year-old sister Linda, January 1960 (Mirrorpix/@manchestereveningnews.co.uk).
November 30, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Ten-month-old Susan Torkington, of Regent Road, Stockport, gets a tow on the snow-clad slopes of Lyme Park, Disley, from her three-year-old sister Linda, January 1960 (Mirrorpix/@manchestereveningnews.co.uk).
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If you’re in the Nottinghamshire(UK) area this month, maybe pop into Patchings Art Centre at Calverton for the A5 Exhibition - lots of lovely small artworks, including my trio of Sanderlings 🔽
More details here: www.patchingsartcentre.co.uk
🪶🐡
#art
More details here: www.patchingsartcentre.co.uk
🪶🐡
#art
November 30, 2025 at 7:07 PM
If you’re in the Nottinghamshire(UK) area this month, maybe pop into Patchings Art Centre at Calverton for the A5 Exhibition - lots of lovely small artworks, including my trio of Sanderlings 🔽
More details here: www.patchingsartcentre.co.uk
🪶🐡
#art
More details here: www.patchingsartcentre.co.uk
🪶🐡
#art
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glancing up at dusk
scrolling from the western sky
dragon-haunted clouds
scrolling from the western sky
dragon-haunted clouds
November 30, 2025 at 10:28 PM
glancing up at dusk
scrolling from the western sky
dragon-haunted clouds
scrolling from the western sky
dragon-haunted clouds
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when the red red robin
goes taunt taunt taunting
the cat
goes taunt taunt taunting
the cat
November 29, 2025 at 8:59 AM
when the red red robin
goes taunt taunt taunting
the cat
goes taunt taunt taunting
the cat
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Wet swim at Rotherslade
November 27, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Wet swim at Rotherslade
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November 25, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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you delicate moon
slicing the cold into shreds
that bare-blade sickle
slicing the cold into shreds
that bare-blade sickle
November 25, 2025 at 10:24 PM
you delicate moon
slicing the cold into shreds
that bare-blade sickle
slicing the cold into shreds
that bare-blade sickle
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marshmallow clouds
soft as a lover’s first kiss
drifting on the breeze
#Photography Breezie
@breeze420.bsky.social
soft as a lover’s first kiss
drifting on the breeze
#Photography Breezie
@breeze420.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
marshmallow clouds
soft as a lover’s first kiss
drifting on the breeze
#Photography Breezie
@breeze420.bsky.social
soft as a lover’s first kiss
drifting on the breeze
#Photography Breezie
@breeze420.bsky.social
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into the dusk sky
all the finches of the field
leaving us behind
all the finches of the field
leaving us behind
November 15, 2025 at 9:20 PM
into the dusk sky
all the finches of the field
leaving us behind
all the finches of the field
leaving us behind
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childhood wonderment
straight rail joined to a curved rail
on a train of thought
oyoguhito
#senryu
haikueye.blogspot.com
straight rail joined to a curved rail
on a train of thought
oyoguhito
#senryu
haikueye.blogspot.com
haiku eye
as eyes seize it
haikueye.blogspot.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:55 PM
childhood wonderment
straight rail joined to a curved rail
on a train of thought
oyoguhito
#senryu
haikueye.blogspot.com
straight rail joined to a curved rail
on a train of thought
oyoguhito
#senryu
haikueye.blogspot.com
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these endless flat fields
clouds mutating above us
blackbird hawk dragon
clouds mutating above us
blackbird hawk dragon
November 14, 2025 at 10:34 PM
these endless flat fields
clouds mutating above us
blackbird hawk dragon
clouds mutating above us
blackbird hawk dragon
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we rise again
from the storm cellar …
only traces
of the house remain
yet all of us are home
—Denis M. Garrison
#TankaThursday cellar #TankaPoem #micropoetry #5Lines #Tanka
Chinese translation & poet’s bio at Chen-ou Liu’s blog, link below.
neverendingstoryhaikutanka.blogspot.com/2022/05/one-...
from the storm cellar …
only traces
of the house remain
yet all of us are home
—Denis M. Garrison
#TankaThursday cellar #TankaPoem #micropoetry #5Lines #Tanka
Chinese translation & poet’s bio at Chen-ou Liu’s blog, link below.
neverendingstoryhaikutanka.blogspot.com/2022/05/one-...
One Man's Maple Moon: Storm Cellar Tanka by Denis M. Garrison
English Original we rise again from the storm cellar … only traces of the house remain yet all of us are home Denis M. Garrison Chinese Tran...
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November 13, 2025 at 5:18 PM
we rise again
from the storm cellar …
only traces
of the house remain
yet all of us are home
—Denis M. Garrison
#TankaThursday cellar #TankaPoem #micropoetry #5Lines #Tanka
Chinese translation & poet’s bio at Chen-ou Liu’s blog, link below.
neverendingstoryhaikutanka.blogspot.com/2022/05/one-...
from the storm cellar …
only traces
of the house remain
yet all of us are home
—Denis M. Garrison
#TankaThursday cellar #TankaPoem #micropoetry #5Lines #Tanka
Chinese translation & poet’s bio at Chen-ou Liu’s blog, link below.
neverendingstoryhaikutanka.blogspot.com/2022/05/one-...
rejoice, rejoice
'cos with marketing vigours
my books sales climb
to single figures
🤣🤣 amzn.eu/d/7aLe9aG
#books
'cos with marketing vigours
my books sales climb
to single figures
🤣🤣 amzn.eu/d/7aLe9aG
#books
The four o'clock in the morning moon: Amazon.co.uk: McKean, Alan: 9798293285747: Books
Buy The four o'clock in the morning moon by McKean, Alan (ISBN: 9798293285747) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
amzn.eu
November 13, 2025 at 4:27 PM
rejoice, rejoice
'cos with marketing vigours
my books sales climb
to single figures
🤣🤣 amzn.eu/d/7aLe9aG
#books
'cos with marketing vigours
my books sales climb
to single figures
🤣🤣 amzn.eu/d/7aLe9aG
#books
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Yeah, love hurts
not in tears or fights
just in silence
after a good night
ends too soon
It’s when
your chest tightens
when their name shows up
their laugh fades
before u finished
u tell yourself
you’re fine
and mostly
you are
but sometimes
it still stings
right where
it used to feel warm
not in tears or fights
just in silence
after a good night
ends too soon
It’s when
your chest tightens
when their name shows up
their laugh fades
before u finished
u tell yourself
you’re fine
and mostly
you are
but sometimes
it still stings
right where
it used to feel warm
November 11, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Yeah, love hurts
not in tears or fights
just in silence
after a good night
ends too soon
It’s when
your chest tightens
when their name shows up
their laugh fades
before u finished
u tell yourself
you’re fine
and mostly
you are
but sometimes
it still stings
right where
it used to feel warm
not in tears or fights
just in silence
after a good night
ends too soon
It’s when
your chest tightens
when their name shows up
their laugh fades
before u finished
u tell yourself
you’re fine
and mostly
you are
but sometimes
it still stings
right where
it used to feel warm
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November 11, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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November 11, 2025 at 9:11 AM
TICK HERE
I find it quite ironic
that
in order to prove
that
I'm a human being
that
I have to tick a box
that
asks me to tell a robot
that
I am human
©Alan McKean
#poetry
#poetrycommunity
#Irony
#human
I find it quite ironic
that
in order to prove
that
I'm a human being
that
I have to tick a box
that
asks me to tell a robot
that
I am human
©Alan McKean
#poetry
#poetrycommunity
#Irony
#human
November 11, 2025 at 10:34 AM
TICK HERE
I find it quite ironic
that
in order to prove
that
I'm a human being
that
I have to tick a box
that
asks me to tell a robot
that
I am human
©Alan McKean
#poetry
#poetrycommunity
#Irony
#human
I find it quite ironic
that
in order to prove
that
I'm a human being
that
I have to tick a box
that
asks me to tell a robot
that
I am human
©Alan McKean
#poetry
#poetrycommunity
#Irony
#human
Norfolk Sunset
River Yare, Brundall, Norfolk ©Alan McKean a Norfolk sunsetreflecting the warmth of daycatching a shadow
River Yare, Brundall, Norfolk ©Alan McKean a Norfolk sunsetreflecting the warmth of daycatching a shadow
Norfolk Sunset
River Yare, Brundall, Norfolk ©Alan McKean a Norfolk sunsetreflecting the warmth of daycatching a shadow
alan-mckean.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Norfolk Sunset
River Yare, Brundall, Norfolk ©Alan McKean a Norfolk sunsetreflecting the warmth of daycatching a shadow
River Yare, Brundall, Norfolk ©Alan McKean a Norfolk sunsetreflecting the warmth of daycatching a shadow
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Hi Julian @hool415.bsky.social here's my response to your #promptcombo #workinglove
my working glove (sic)
is blue and hypoallergenic
a rash choice
my working glove (sic)
is blue and hypoallergenic
a rash choice
November 10, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Hi Julian @hool415.bsky.social here's my response to your #promptcombo #workinglove
my working glove (sic)
is blue and hypoallergenic
a rash choice
my working glove (sic)
is blue and hypoallergenic
a rash choice
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Quack medicine stall, Bolton’s open market, 1937, photo by Humphrey Spender. Visiting a doctor was expensive, so people relied on such stalls.
November 10, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Quack medicine stall, Bolton’s open market, 1937, photo by Humphrey Spender. Visiting a doctor was expensive, so people relied on such stalls.
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I'm so excited to be giving a poetry reading as part of Hannah's Bookshelf's (North Manchester FM) Poetry Special on Saturday! You can listen live from 2 pm via the radio if you're based in Manchester, or online if you live elsewhere 🦉
hannahkate.net/north-manche...
hannahkate.net/north-manche...
North Manchester FM: Hannah’s Bookshelf Live Poetry Special, Saturday 8 Nov, 2-4pm - Hannah Kate
Join me on Saturday 8th November, 2-4pm, for my annual Hannah’s Bookshelf Live Poetry Special on North Manchester FM. I’ve got 12 amazing poets lined up to perform their work for you, live from the st...
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November 6, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I'm so excited to be giving a poetry reading as part of Hannah's Bookshelf's (North Manchester FM) Poetry Special on Saturday! You can listen live from 2 pm via the radio if you're based in Manchester, or online if you live elsewhere 🦉
hannahkate.net/north-manche...
hannahkate.net/north-manche...
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subscapularis pain
such a beautiful name
for a strain
such a beautiful name
for a strain
November 4, 2025 at 8:49 AM
subscapularis pain
such a beautiful name
for a strain
such a beautiful name
for a strain
ouch - not nice is that
thanks ~ alas a true scenario
November 4, 2025 at 8:47 AM
ouch - not nice is that