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Deborah Harvey Poetry 🪶
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Bristolian. 6th collection, 'Love the Albatross', from Indigo Dreams Publishing. Letters after my name: BA, MA, AuDHD. She/her

https://theleapingword.com https://indigodreamspublishing.com/deborah-harvey
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What a tender, life-affirming experience. Thank you, Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley ❤️ Can't recommend enough x
November 18, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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November's Silver Street #Poetry is on Friday 28th, when our guests will be @chaucercameron.bsky.social & @helendewbery.bsky.social

Event runs from 12.30 - 2pm, entry £4 or what you can afford. Venue: St Stephen's Church off #Bristol City Centre. Wrap up warm & bring a (not epic) poem to share!
November 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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PLEASE DON'T MAKE ME GO THERE
A border collie with a worried look on her face sits at the entrance to a footpath close to an old milestone with the legend 'To Bath 9 1/4' inscribed on it
November 16, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Night after night of ultra-loud fireworks. This is my poor collie, Cwtch, hiding in an old airing cupboard. #fireworks #dogsofbluesky
November 8, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Autism, ADHD and me

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#Autism #ADHD #AuDHD #neurodivergence #poetry
A woman with brown hair, wearing sunglasses, is smiling into the camera. She has a leafy branch caught in her hair and a smudge of green face paint on the end of her nose.
November 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Dragon's breath on the fields and down the lanes #Winterbourne #Bristol #autumn
A small border collie stands in a lane leaved with autumn foliage; in the adjacent fields misty sunlight
October 23, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Remembering Andi Langford-Woods #poetry #bristol #transrightsarehumanrights

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Text of poem written about poet Andi Langford-Woods' funeral and read at her memorial in Bristol
October 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Well, at least it's quite autumnal looking ... #bristol #love
A man in a black coat and a border collie are walking through a wood, away from the viewer, having passed a truncated oak with the words Fuck Love sprayed on it in orange paint
October 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Join us at Silver Street #Poetry & #OpenMic on Friday 31st October, when our guest poet will be David Goldstein.

Our event runs from 12.30 - 2pm, with entry £4 or what you can afford. Venue is St Stephen's Church off #Bristol City Centre. Wrap up warm & be sure to bring a (not epic) poem to share!
October 17, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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The evenings are drawing in #autumn #seasonalaffectivedisorder
Sunset by a railway siding, a light taking the place of the moon
October 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Happy UK Fungus Day!

Tentative IDs (clockwise): Beefsteak fungus, Black Bulgar, Earth Star, Dryad's Saddle, Amethyst Deceiver (I think), Turkey Tail

#ukfungusday #fungi
Collage of colourful fungi found in UK
October 4, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Can't eat - or even contemplate - an orange without thinking of this poem by Brian Patten. RIP. 🍊💔 🍊
September 30, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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'Well, hello, Mistress Squizzle with an acorn in yer gob'
In the branches of a tree, a grey squirrel with wide eyes and an acorn in its mouth looks straight down the lens of the camera
September 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Before the thunderstorm #bristol
Dawn, in a welter of colour, above a horizon of trees and distant hills
September 7, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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Cwtch the Collie (the best girl there ever was) says Happy International Dog Day 2025 and why not give @niallharbison.bsky.social of Happy Doggo a follow?
A small tri border collie, with possibly a bit of terrier in there somewhere, is sitting on fallen leaves. She's wearing a turquoise harness and looks every inch the very very good girl that she is.
August 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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We only saw the notice prohibiting dogs during the summer months afterwards. Apologies to anyone we might have disturbed. #nodogsallowed
A small black and white border collie stands on an empty sandy beach. In the background, the distant mountains of the Lake District.
August 20, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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Remembering Andi Langford-Woods, poet, who died yesterday. Organiser of Bristol Acoustic Night, and a pivotal member of the #bristolpoetrycommunity. I think it's safe to say we'll never forget you, Andi 🎇 🎇 🎇 #bristol #poetry #poetrycommunity
Andi Langford-Woods, in green jacket, and Colin Brown holding a placard that says Poets for Corbyn, at the Jeremy for Labour rally in Bristol in 2016
August 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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‪Join us at Silver Street #Poetry & #OpenMic on Friday 29th August, when our guest poet is the extraordinary Daniel Richardson.

Our event runs from 12.30 - 2pm, with entry £4 or what you can afford. Venue is St Stephen's Church off #Bristol City Centre. Be sure to bring a (not epic) poem to share!
August 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Happiness is a warm dog on the Teignmouth and Shaldon ferry
A small tri border collie is sitting on a ferry boat, next to a woman in a red top. Both are smiling at the photographer. In the background is a red ensign at the stern of the ferry, which is blowing in the breeze, and more boats on an estuary with hills behind them.
August 4, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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It's Rippon Tor. Haytor is to the right. You can see it, with Saddle Tor between them, from the Point in Teignmouth.
August 4, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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Reading 'How the Worst Day of My Life Became the Best' by Andrea Gibson at today's Silver Street #poetry #openmic #spokenword #andreagibson
Woman with brown curly hair wearing a blue dress is standing at a microphone and reading from a piece of paper in her hand; behind her is an early 17th century tomb and eighteenth century wall monuments
July 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Even the bird poo is beautiful in the woods right now, by which I mean purple and strangely glittery
A vaguely heart-shaped blob of bird poo, stained purple by blackberries the bird has been eating and also glittery (insect wings?) lies on a fallen green leaf with an orange leaf to one side, which provides a pleasing colour contrast
July 21, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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A wren feather, one inch long and beautiful
A tiny wren feather in shades of brown, russet and cream is held between forefinger and thumb against an out-of-focus background of earth and leaf litter
July 17, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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A bit over-awed to be guest-poetting at Verbatim in Bishop’s Castle, Shropshire on Weds 30th July, in The Lab, just up the road from the Poetry Pharmacy. It's spacious & accessible, so if you’re local, come along with a poem to read. Start is 7.30pm; sign up for an open mic slot on the door #poetry
Poster for poetry reading and open mic at the Lab in Bishop's Castle, Shropshire. Picture gives details of accessible venue: The Lab; date: 30th July; time: 7.30pm. Also a photo of a woman in brown jacket and blue top with silver necklace, with background of moorland landscape.
July 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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So. One moment you're happy because the wood’s just given you another jay covert; then, moments later, on the other side of the river, you’re desolate because suddenly there’s too many.

(I need to point out our dog, Cwtch, is a gentle and caring spirit. Poor jay was like this when we got here.)
A newly dead Eurasian jay lies on the woodland floor, on earth, twigs and leaf litter. A concerned border collie nuzzles it gently.
July 3, 2025 at 4:09 PM