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
coz their cute as a bird and have a red hue as does the robin on its breast, maybe a robin visited you the day you chose each other.
December 23, 2025 at 5:23 PM
coz their cute as a bird and have a red hue as does the robin on its breast, maybe a robin visited you the day you chose each other.
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.
mid december ferns
December 11, 2025 at 8:50 AM
mid december ferns
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!
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👇
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?
Today's offering
October 26, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Today's offering
NASA no commenting due to cuts. Fortunate or unfortunate. We shall see I guess.
Here's a flower.
Here's a flower.
October 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
NASA no commenting due to cuts. Fortunate or unfortunate. We shall see I guess.
Here's a flower.
Here's a flower.
Autumn. Go forth and be a witch.
October 17, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Autumn. Go forth and be a witch.
Some study suggests random interactions can lift people. Today, a man I talk to from around the place (in his eighties, fascinating story teller) remembered a chat, pulled a folded newspaper page from his pocket. An upmarket dating site, still, his intentions were sound. An improbable sky, yet.....
October 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Some study suggests random interactions can lift people. Today, a man I talk to from around the place (in his eighties, fascinating story teller) remembered a chat, pulled a folded newspaper page from his pocket. An upmarket dating site, still, his intentions were sound. An improbable sky, yet.....
Black and white cat. A once regular visitor returned today. Happy.
September 27, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Black and white cat. A once regular visitor returned today. Happy.
Just hanging out on a misty morning, chilling.
September 23, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Just hanging out on a misty morning, chilling.
“One day, everyone will have always been against this.” - Omar El Akkad.
July 20, 2025 at 7:03 PM
“One day, everyone will have always been against this.” - Omar El Akkad.
The sea The sea, funny what you draw from a book (Iris Murdoch), always vividly remember the description of stones and pebbles in particular
April 8, 2025 at 8:24 AM
The sea The sea, funny what you draw from a book (Iris Murdoch), always vividly remember the description of stones and pebbles in particular
March 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
March 30, 2025 at 6:29 PM
the horse chestnut, soon to set candle-blossoms alight
March 30, 2025 at 5:26 PM
the horse chestnut, soon to set candle-blossoms alight
and breathe......
March 23, 2025 at 9:12 PM
and breathe......