Alison McCrossan
@alison-mc.bsky.social
Paints for the pure joy hobby of it. Writes poetry and fiction-hard working and persistent it seems. Writing in Southword, Orbis, Prole, The Honest Ulsterman, Abridged, Stand, Anthropocene, elsewhere. LL, The National Poetry Comp. SL, Bridport
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My book will be published in a couple of days -
“Amidst the climate disaster, in I, bird Róisín dares us to find solace in roots, trees, and birds, to find communion in and with wilderness, pouring 'the water of vowels' into our mouths, fulfilling her poetic interest in 'what has been carved out.”
December 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
My book will be published in a couple of days -
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Support the hunger strike 🇵🇸
December 28, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Support the hunger strike 🇵🇸
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Poem-a-day advent calendar 🎁 Day 24 is 'Weather' from Kevin Graham's 'Time's Guest' 🌹✨ @thegallerypress.bsky.social
December 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Poem-a-day advent calendar 🎁 Day 24 is 'Weather' from Kevin Graham's 'Time's Guest' 🌹✨ @thegallerypress.bsky.social
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Before the Storm — Gregory Jacek Olejniczak, 2024
Oil on canvas
Oil on canvas
December 23, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Before the Storm — Gregory Jacek Olejniczak, 2024
Oil on canvas
Oil on canvas
December 21, 2025 at 7:49 PM
happy sostice, beautiful misty damp morning that it was.
December 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
happy sostice, beautiful misty damp morning that it was.
hits!
Poem-a-day advent calendar 🎁 Day 15 is 'Language' from 'The Migrant Dictionary' by Rafael Mendes @howlwriting.bsky.social 🌹
December 15, 2025 at 8:59 PM
hits!
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Audacious #FoxOfTheDay , thank you to @robdumbarton.bsky.social for sharing !
December 11, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Audacious #FoxOfTheDay , thank you to @robdumbarton.bsky.social for sharing !
mid december ferns
December 11, 2025 at 8:50 AM
mid december ferns
Lurgy keeps promising to lift then comes back like a tsunami.
I'm a stress oversharer! Been a lot of that in your life lately, you ask? There has but I've got, in contradiction, solace in music and trees and friends and stuff like that.
I'm a stress oversharer! Been a lot of that in your life lately, you ask? There has but I've got, in contradiction, solace in music and trees and friends and stuff like that.
December 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Lurgy keeps promising to lift then comes back like a tsunami.
I'm a stress oversharer! Been a lot of that in your life lately, you ask? There has but I've got, in contradiction, solace in music and trees and friends and stuff like that.
I'm a stress oversharer! Been a lot of that in your life lately, you ask? There has but I've got, in contradiction, solace in music and trees and friends and stuff like that.
In light of the Irish government's appalling record in addressing homelessness, a powerful poem from Patrick Cotter's excellent new collection Quality Control at the Miracle Factory: #Poetry #QualityControlattheMiracleFactory #PatrickCotter
December 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Thank you to Kath Rogers for today's #FoxOfTheDay ( @kath-r-photos.bsky.social )
December 8, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Thank you to Kath Rogers for today's #FoxOfTheDay ( @kath-r-photos.bsky.social )
Dad died August this year. Brightest morning star I had ever seen was out. If I was to believe it would be in this. I wrote a poem prior to his death regarding the inevitable, the wind down, in which he is a metaphorical star. Sounds corny, but it's prob my best received poem. 👇 Morn Moon. Hi Dad!
December 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Dad died August this year. Brightest morning star I had ever seen was out. If I was to believe it would be in this. I wrote a poem prior to his death regarding the inevitable, the wind down, in which he is a metaphorical star. Sounds corny, but it's prob my best received poem. 👇 Morn Moon. Hi Dad!
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Your #FoxOfTheDay today is from @matthewjames86.bsky.social on BlueSky , thank you Matthew !
December 3, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Your #FoxOfTheDay today is from @matthewjames86.bsky.social on BlueSky , thank you Matthew !
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Another shed roof fox ! Have you spotted a fox atop a roof ? If so , please share it !
Thanks to @billiegee.bsky.social for today's #FoxOfTheDay
Thanks to @billiegee.bsky.social for today's #FoxOfTheDay
December 2, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Another shed roof fox ! Have you spotted a fox atop a roof ? If so , please share it !
Thanks to @billiegee.bsky.social for today's #FoxOfTheDay
Thanks to @billiegee.bsky.social for today's #FoxOfTheDay
Sometimes a golden oldie is needed. Although with various big looming changes, I'm chicken shit, not uplifted. But I'm a drama queen when it comes to stepping out of comfort zones. Apparantly, contrary to what their job interviews would lead you to believe 😁, a lot of people ARE flaky around change👇
November 29, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Sometimes a golden oldie is needed. Although with various big looming changes, I'm chicken shit, not uplifted. But I'm a drama queen when it comes to stepping out of comfort zones. Apparantly, contrary to what their job interviews would lead you to believe 😁, a lot of people ARE flaky around change👇
Lisa Gerard is releasing a rendition of Gorecki symphony 3 of sorrowful songs....my god.....perfect
Górecki’s Symphony No. 3: Symphony of Sorrowful Songs - Air Edel -
The Genesis Orchestra, led and conducted by Yordan Kamdzhalov collaborated with Lisa Gerrard to record Górecki’s Symphony No. 3: Symphony of Sorrowful Songs
www.air-edel.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Lisa Gerard is releasing a rendition of Gorecki symphony 3 of sorrowful songs....my god.....perfect
Feeling defeated re writing today. I read across forms/genres but not sure I learn. I write what/how I write Anybody any thoughts on this?
November 26, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Feeling defeated re writing today. I read across forms/genres but not sure I learn. I write what/how I write Anybody any thoughts on this?
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Thank you to @craig1979smith for today's #FoxOfTheDay , a beauty !
November 24, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Thank you to @craig1979smith for today's #FoxOfTheDay , a beauty !
today's lonely offering. Is there anybody out there?
November 15, 2025 at 6:50 PM
today's lonely offering. Is there anybody out there?
Is fiction or poetry preferrable to write?
I dunno, but I'm reminded of a recent poetry workshop where I got a little tetchy. Whereas you could probably tell me to include flying pigs in fiction and I'd be down with it in the moment.
I dunno, but I'm reminded of a recent poetry workshop where I got a little tetchy. Whereas you could probably tell me to include flying pigs in fiction and I'd be down with it in the moment.
November 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Is fiction or poetry preferrable to write?
I dunno, but I'm reminded of a recent poetry workshop where I got a little tetchy. Whereas you could probably tell me to include flying pigs in fiction and I'd be down with it in the moment.
I dunno, but I'm reminded of a recent poetry workshop where I got a little tetchy. Whereas you could probably tell me to include flying pigs in fiction and I'd be down with it in the moment.