Beth Spencer
@bethspen.bsky.social
Writer. Latest book - The Age of Fibs: fiction, memoir, microlit - Green lefty - she/her/dr. Living on Darkinjung land. https://linktr.ee/bethspen / substack at https://bethspen.substack.com
Send a sign: post & tag
@jewishcouncilau.bsky.social
w/ #notinourname, #letgazalive or #endthegenocide.
If you’re Jewish, take a selfie w/ a sign saying JEWS SAY STOP STARVING GAZA or JEWS SAY END THE GENOCIDE. If you’re not Jewish, take one w LET GAZA LIVE. Thxyou ❤️
@jewishcouncilau.bsky.social
@jewishcouncilau.bsky.social
w/ #notinourname, #letgazalive or #endthegenocide.
If you’re Jewish, take a selfie w/ a sign saying JEWS SAY STOP STARVING GAZA or JEWS SAY END THE GENOCIDE. If you’re not Jewish, take one w LET GAZA LIVE. Thxyou ❤️
@jewishcouncilau.bsky.social
May 21, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Send a sign: post & tag
@jewishcouncilau.bsky.social
w/ #notinourname, #letgazalive or #endthegenocide.
If you’re Jewish, take a selfie w/ a sign saying JEWS SAY STOP STARVING GAZA or JEWS SAY END THE GENOCIDE. If you’re not Jewish, take one w LET GAZA LIVE. Thxyou ❤️
@jewishcouncilau.bsky.social
@jewishcouncilau.bsky.social
w/ #notinourname, #letgazalive or #endthegenocide.
If you’re Jewish, take a selfie w/ a sign saying JEWS SAY STOP STARVING GAZA or JEWS SAY END THE GENOCIDE. If you’re not Jewish, take one w LET GAZA LIVE. Thxyou ❤️
@jewishcouncilau.bsky.social
I do feel inordinately happy when I get Square Words in 5 --
April 16, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I do feel inordinately happy when I get Square Words in 5 --
Had this little poem, called 'The Pine Forest' in the latest issue of The Marrow. Lots of international goodies in this relatively new journal, all available to read here -- www.themarrowpoetry.com/issue-three-...
..and some backstory to this poem at - bethspen.substack.com/p/pine-needl...
..and some backstory to this poem at - bethspen.substack.com/p/pine-needl...
April 11, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Had this little poem, called 'The Pine Forest' in the latest issue of The Marrow. Lots of international goodies in this relatively new journal, all available to read here -- www.themarrowpoetry.com/issue-three-...
..and some backstory to this poem at - bethspen.substack.com/p/pine-needl...
..and some backstory to this poem at - bethspen.substack.com/p/pine-needl...
This was a lovely surprise at my local library. (Great company to be in!)
It's World Poetry Day/Month - so check out your library and borrow some #poetry books so they know to keep stocking them, and maybe they'll do displays like this more often.
It's World Poetry Day/Month - so check out your library and borrow some #poetry books so they know to keep stocking them, and maybe they'll do displays like this more often.
March 8, 2025 at 5:14 AM
This was a lovely surprise at my local library. (Great company to be in!)
It's World Poetry Day/Month - so check out your library and borrow some #poetry books so they know to keep stocking them, and maybe they'll do displays like this more often.
It's World Poetry Day/Month - so check out your library and borrow some #poetry books so they know to keep stocking them, and maybe they'll do displays like this more often.
Back on Sub-stack after a break - with 2 poems, one from Best of Australian Poems, and the other from 100 Poets (Flying Islands) -
'The trees shimmy / with an invisible clutch of life... a white-trousered parrot inspects / a drunken coven of witches hats'
...& a bit of this and that.
'The trees shimmy / with an invisible clutch of life... a white-trousered parrot inspects / a drunken coven of witches hats'
...& a bit of this and that.
February 28, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Back on Sub-stack after a break - with 2 poems, one from Best of Australian Poems, and the other from 100 Poets (Flying Islands) -
'The trees shimmy / with an invisible clutch of life... a white-trousered parrot inspects / a drunken coven of witches hats'
...& a bit of this and that.
'The trees shimmy / with an invisible clutch of life... a white-trousered parrot inspects / a drunken coven of witches hats'
...& a bit of this and that.
According to a now-outdated report from UNICEF, more than 14,500 children have been killed in Gaza since Oct 7th 2023, including 700+ infants. 25,000 children injured or maimed. 17,000 children have become orphaned or separated from their parents. Over a million children have been displaced.
February 22, 2025 at 5:19 AM
According to a now-outdated report from UNICEF, more than 14,500 children have been killed in Gaza since Oct 7th 2023, including 700+ infants. 25,000 children injured or maimed. 17,000 children have become orphaned or separated from their parents. Over a million children have been displaced.
I do love these guys.
February 21, 2025 at 12:14 PM
I do love these guys.
Reality is a little bizarre for all of us these days:
February 12, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Reality is a little bizarre for all of us these days:
every picture tells...
February 1, 2025 at 4:41 AM
every picture tells...
from over on S-ub-stack
February 1, 2025 at 3:13 AM
from over on S-ub-stack
..and will keep paying and paying for it in so many ways for generations (if we last that long). Eg, the air pollution from all the burning buildings will have massive health effects.. etc etc etc etc....
January 14, 2025 at 4:03 AM
..and will keep paying and paying for it in so many ways for generations (if we last that long). Eg, the air pollution from all the burning buildings will have massive health effects.. etc etc etc etc....
One hundred poems from 100 poets spanning over a decade of Flying Islands Press. Book launch at The Shop Gallery in Glebe, NSW, 2pm 26 January. And if you're not familiar with Flying Islands gorgeous little pocket books - check them out here (including one of mine) - flyingislandspocketpoets.com.au
January 4, 2025 at 11:56 AM
One hundred poems from 100 poets spanning over a decade of Flying Islands Press. Book launch at The Shop Gallery in Glebe, NSW, 2pm 26 January. And if you're not familiar with Flying Islands gorgeous little pocket books - check them out here (including one of mine) - flyingislandspocketpoets.com.au
What a year. So much horror & pain, and yet every day is still a miracle in all the small joys.
Wishing you peace, love & curiosity as we join hands in another spin around the sun in a body. ♥️
Wishing you peace, love & curiosity as we join hands in another spin around the sun in a body. ♥️
December 31, 2024 at 7:41 AM
What a year. So much horror & pain, and yet every day is still a miracle in all the small joys.
Wishing you peace, love & curiosity as we join hands in another spin around the sun in a body. ♥️
Wishing you peace, love & curiosity as we join hands in another spin around the sun in a body. ♥️
How wonderful to be able to exchange messages with @Nancy Cato - someone so dear to me in my 1960s childhood, and who looked through the television screen right into my heart. #AdventureIsland #ChildrensTV bethspencer.com/blog/vale-br...
December 22, 2024 at 3:52 AM
How wonderful to be able to exchange messages with @Nancy Cato - someone so dear to me in my 1960s childhood, and who looked through the television screen right into my heart. #AdventureIsland #ChildrensTV bethspencer.com/blog/vale-br...
Mighty pleased to be in this year's Best of Australian Poems with lots of lovely writers. A very readable collection curated by Kate Lilley & @shastradeo.bsky.social & published by Australian Poetry. Great for xmas stockings (shld be able to find it in good bookshops or ask for it at your library).
December 15, 2024 at 8:29 AM
Mighty pleased to be in this year's Best of Australian Poems with lots of lovely writers. A very readable collection curated by Kate Lilley & @shastradeo.bsky.social & published by Australian Poetry. Great for xmas stockings (shld be able to find it in good bookshops or ask for it at your library).
Here's a bit about Flowerpots - written 12 years ago.. before all those ridiculous wars about Drag story times, as if it was something new.
bethspencer.com/blog/vale-br...
bethspencer.com/blog/vale-br...
December 13, 2024 at 8:05 AM
Here's a bit about Flowerpots - written 12 years ago.. before all those ridiculous wars about Drag story times, as if it was something new.
bethspencer.com/blog/vale-br...
bethspencer.com/blog/vale-br...
‘Make my daughter cry, will you? For every tear my daughter sheds, may buckets of water fall on your head.’
Everyone needs a mother like Endora!
My piece on #Bewitched : bethspen.substack.com/p/bewitching...
Everyone needs a mother like Endora!
My piece on #Bewitched : bethspen.substack.com/p/bewitching...
December 13, 2024 at 6:39 AM
‘Make my daughter cry, will you? For every tear my daughter sheds, may buckets of water fall on your head.’
Everyone needs a mother like Endora!
My piece on #Bewitched : bethspen.substack.com/p/bewitching...
Everyone needs a mother like Endora!
My piece on #Bewitched : bethspen.substack.com/p/bewitching...
Apparently Gina Davis and Samuel E Jackson both say this is one of their favourite movies they starred in.
November 26, 2024 at 10:14 AM
Apparently Gina Davis and Samuel E Jackson both say this is one of their favourite movies they starred in.
...and some great 1990's subversive images of maternal love --
November 26, 2024 at 10:13 AM
...and some great 1990's subversive images of maternal love --
The Long Kiss Goodnight is on iview. Ages since I last watched it & yes, some of the jokes are pretty ickily dated, (but at least they are in keeping with Mitch's character arc) & a lot more violence than I remember, but it's such a wild amazing ride. A great xmas buddy movie & what a superheroine!
November 26, 2024 at 10:11 AM
The Long Kiss Goodnight is on iview. Ages since I last watched it & yes, some of the jokes are pretty ickily dated, (but at least they are in keeping with Mitch's character arc) & a lot more violence than I remember, but it's such a wild amazing ride. A great xmas buddy movie & what a superheroine!
so... this kind of cow cake ... or what we used to call 'cow pats' ? (grew up on a dairy farm)
November 16, 2024 at 7:39 AM
so... this kind of cow cake ... or what we used to call 'cow pats' ? (grew up on a dairy farm)