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Clare Bryden
@clarebryden.bsky.social
Born at 325ppm
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For an intro, see the pinned post

Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?
— Mary Oliver

May you experience each day as a sacred gift woven around the heart of wonder.
— John O’Donohue
For the start of #COP30 one of my shortest poems

#Chaos #Butterfly #Tornadoes #Weather #Climate
#Poems #Poetry
Thank you to Consilience for publishing
November 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
For #TombTuesday here's the Cross Dermond Coffin Stone near Old Penallt Church, where the mourners rested to sing psalms, quench their thirst with ale and cider, and eat substantial meat pies.

#WyeValley #Wales
November 4, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Spent a beautiful afternoon with the lovely folk of Exeter Seed Bank sorting flocks of broad beans for next season's sowing. Aiming to create a strain that can thrive in the future #climate of #Exeter 
#AdaptiveAgriculture
November 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Birch Polypore, European Platterful, Fly Agaric, Shaggy Mane ?
#FungiFriends #FungiFriday
10/10
October 31, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Aniseed Funnel, Common Rustgill, Parasol Mushroom, Whitelaced Shank ?
#FungiFriends #FungiFriday
9/10
October 31, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Hare's Foot Inkcap, Porcelain Mushroom x2, Sulphur Tuft ?
#FungiFriends #FungiFriday
8/10
October 31, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Amethyst Deceiver, Blusher, False Chanterelle, Slippery Jack ?
#FungiFriends #FungiFriday
7/10
October 31, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Brown Roll-Rims ?
#FungiFriends #FungiFriday
6/10
October 31, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Bearded Milkcap, Butter Cap, Woolly Milkcap, Yellow Fieldcap
#FungiFriends #FungiFriday
5/10
October 31, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Brown Birch-bolete, King Bolete, Red-cracking Bolete, Scarletina Bolete ?
#FungiFriends #FungiFriday
4/10
October 31, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Brittlegills, but which ?
#FungiFriends #FungiFriday
3/10Brittlegills, but which ?
October 31, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Spotted Toughshank or St George's Mushroom or Sweetbread Mushroom (The Miller) ?
#FungiFriends #FungiFriday
2/10
October 31, 2025 at 11:27 AM
My favourite oak through the seasons
Mucknell Abbey, a few years ago

#Oaktober #Oak #Eiche #Trees #ThickTrunkTuesday
#Worcestershire #UK
October 28, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I think it's about time I posted this

#Poems #Poetry #PoetsOfBluesky #UKPoets #Triolet
#WhiteHouse #EastWing #Ballroom #NativeLand #Climate

It draws on native-land.ca, a living map of indigenous land, knowledge and stories
October 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I made "Dress for overcast" 8 years ago, one of the many hacks of Taroko Gorge by @docmofo.bsky.social

clarebryden.co.uk/coding/mozfr...

#ALD25 #Random #Poetry #Javascript #Weather
October 14, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Cleddon Falls not quite living up to its billing!
#WaterfallWednesday #WyeValley #Wales
October 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Citizen science in #Cotehele orchard
October 7, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Something fun for #NationalPoetryDay2025 on its theme of #Play
October 2, 2025 at 3:44 PM
My small offering, for Jyoti and the other peaceful protestors arrested under #Article13 of the #TACT2000, and for environmental campaigners willing to risk the same. Respect. This what it is coming to.

#Poetry #Poem

Numbers (522/532) and individuals taken from www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
August 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
It's never too late to start —

Quotes brought to mind by one of the threads in this morning's sermon — with @mrjohnharvey.bsky.social at @exetercathedral.bsky.social

#Poetry #Poetry #MaryOliver #Life
August 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM
“Where the bells of Urakami tolled
     a thousand penitents making their confession
          will be cindered again and again and again until—“

#NeverAgain #NoMoreNagasakis #Lakenheath #MAD #Disarmament #Peace
#Poem #Poetry for #VJ80 #VJDay #VJDay80 #VPDay #WW2
August 9, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Just sitting on a rock* eating my lunch, and had some visitors

* Hookney Tor with a grand view of Grimspound that you'll just have to imagine #Dartmoor
August 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Amazing beardy lichen on an oak near Coombe Down

#LichenSubscribe #Trees #Dartmoor
August 8, 2025 at 3:18 PM
So it's back to the #dentist tomorrow 😬
Still, at least I got a #poem out of the whole malarkey. Content warning for the squeamish!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Poetry #Teeth
August 4, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Target achieved with a little time to spare! 😂

The #Declinometer was a recommendation. It's dual-purpose:
1. each #rejection becomes a step to achieving the target
2. more submissions means I need to write more that I'd be happy to see out there

#Poetry #Writing #Tips #UKPoets
August 4, 2025 at 7:29 PM