Jane Dougherty
@janedougherty47.bsky.social
Writer of fiction and poetry, lives in a green fortress. Not interested in 'communities'. Learn to live together, the rest of the natural world manages to.
Visit my Substack https://substack.com/@janedougherty47 for short fiction and poetry
Visit my Substack https://substack.com/@janedougherty47 for short fiction and poetry
November 14, 2025 at 8:28 AM
A poem about raw grief and trauma, even if they're not mine.
#PoemsAbout #LockedDoors for @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk
#PoemsAbout #LockedDoors for @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 10:50 AM
A poem about raw grief and trauma, even if they're not mine.
#PoemsAbout #LockedDoors for @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk
#PoemsAbout #LockedDoors for @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I wrote this yesterday, before I hurt my back. I'm posting it and will try to read some of the other submissions today but probably won't be up to doing much.
#PoemsAbout #Blood @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk #PoetsofBluesky
#PoemsAbout #Blood @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk #PoetsofBluesky
October 31, 2025 at 9:51 AM
I wrote this yesterday, before I hurt my back. I'm posting it and will try to read some of the other submissions today but probably won't be up to doing much.
#PoemsAbout #Blood @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk #PoetsofBluesky
#PoemsAbout #Blood @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk #PoetsofBluesky
The tide is darkest before the dawn
Hope clings longest when the light has died
Love is strongest that has wings to fly.
www.northodox.co.uk/bookstore
#BookSky #fantasy #mythology
Reduced prices for the Samhain period.
Hope clings longest when the light has died
Love is strongest that has wings to fly.
www.northodox.co.uk/bookstore
#BookSky #fantasy #mythology
Reduced prices for the Samhain period.
October 25, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The tide is darkest before the dawn
Hope clings longest when the light has died
Love is strongest that has wings to fly.
www.northodox.co.uk/bookstore
#BookSky #fantasy #mythology
Reduced prices for the Samhain period.
Hope clings longest when the light has died
Love is strongest that has wings to fly.
www.northodox.co.uk/bookstore
#BookSky #fantasy #mythology
Reduced prices for the Samhain period.
A poem for the @thebrokenspine.co.uk #BurnForTheCamera prompt. Camera as metaphor for both the voyeur and the 'performer'.
#PoemsAbout
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
#PoemsAbout
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 8:25 AM
A poem for the @thebrokenspine.co.uk #BurnForTheCamera prompt. Camera as metaphor for both the voyeur and the 'performer'.
#PoemsAbout
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
#PoemsAbout
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
'Pasiphaë' is the story of the Moon Princess from Kolchis on the Black Sea who became Queen of Knossos, wife of the Bull King and mother of two of the most enigmatic figures in mythology as written by the Greeks.
Last day of the Waterstones pre-order promotion.
#Fiction
#BookSky
#mythology
Last day of the Waterstones pre-order promotion.
#Fiction
#BookSky
#mythology
October 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
'Pasiphaë' is the story of the Moon Princess from Kolchis on the Black Sea who became Queen of Knossos, wife of the Bull King and mother of two of the most enigmatic figures in mythology as written by the Greeks.
Last day of the Waterstones pre-order promotion.
#Fiction
#BookSky
#mythology
Last day of the Waterstones pre-order promotion.
#Fiction
#BookSky
#mythology
Good morning @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk This is my contribution to the #PoemsAbout prompt #breakthemould
#poetry
#poetry
October 17, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Good morning @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk This is my contribution to the #PoemsAbout prompt #breakthemould
#poetry
#poetry
Pre-order 'Pasiphaë' today and profit from 25% reduction from Waterstones. Offer ends tomorrow. Don't miss it!
The story of Pasiphae, girl, wife, mother, queen, alone against a tide of bronze spears, the changing world order.
#myth #BookSky #fiction #TheBookSocial
The story of Pasiphae, girl, wife, mother, queen, alone against a tide of bronze spears, the changing world order.
#myth #BookSky #fiction #TheBookSocial
October 16, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Pre-order 'Pasiphaë' today and profit from 25% reduction from Waterstones. Offer ends tomorrow. Don't miss it!
The story of Pasiphae, girl, wife, mother, queen, alone against a tide of bronze spears, the changing world order.
#myth #BookSky #fiction #TheBookSocial
The story of Pasiphae, girl, wife, mother, queen, alone against a tide of bronze spears, the changing world order.
#myth #BookSky #fiction #TheBookSocial
Out today from @northodoxpress.bsky.social Stephen Wade's gripping WWII drama set in Leeds!
#BookSky #fiction #WWII
#BookSky #fiction #WWII
October 16, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Out today from @northodoxpress.bsky.social Stephen Wade's gripping WWII drama set in Leeds!
#BookSky #fiction #WWII
#BookSky #fiction #WWII
'Pasiphae: an incredible feminist retelling of a woman wronged by myth'
The story of a girl, wife, mother, queen, alone against a tide of bronze spears, the changing world order.
Pre-order promotion now from Waterstones UK
#mythology #historicalfiction #LegendPress
The story of a girl, wife, mother, queen, alone against a tide of bronze spears, the changing world order.
Pre-order promotion now from Waterstones UK
#mythology #historicalfiction #LegendPress
October 15, 2025 at 9:33 AM
'Pasiphae: an incredible feminist retelling of a woman wronged by myth'
The story of a girl, wife, mother, queen, alone against a tide of bronze spears, the changing world order.
Pre-order promotion now from Waterstones UK
#mythology #historicalfiction #LegendPress
The story of a girl, wife, mother, queen, alone against a tide of bronze spears, the changing world order.
Pre-order promotion now from Waterstones UK
#mythology #historicalfiction #LegendPress
October 14, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I wasn't going to do this #PoemsAbout until ten minutes ago. #imperfectme seems so self-evident. So that's what I said.
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
October 10, 2025 at 8:49 AM
I wasn't going to do this #PoemsAbout until ten minutes ago. #imperfectme seems so self-evident. So that's what I said.
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
October 3, 2025 at 7:49 AM
October 1, 2025 at 9:11 AM
This is my #AMPHIBIAN #PoetryTheme poem for
@thepaulconnolly.bsky.social
Thanks Paul for the nudge to get head-scratching!
@thepaulconnolly.bsky.social
Thanks Paul for the nudge to get head-scratching!
September 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
This is my #AMPHIBIAN #PoetryTheme poem for
@thepaulconnolly.bsky.social
Thanks Paul for the nudge to get head-scratching!
@thepaulconnolly.bsky.social
Thanks Paul for the nudge to get head-scratching!
#NeverAgain is quite a recent expression, one that would have made any monarch or ploughboy laugh out loud in perhaps more honest times.
For #PoemsAbout
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
For #PoemsAbout
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
September 26, 2025 at 7:34 AM
#NeverAgain is quite a recent expression, one that would have made any monarch or ploughboy laugh out loud in perhaps more honest times.
For #PoemsAbout
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
For #PoemsAbout
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
Just posted the wrong poem... Here's the right one for #PoemsAbout #silentplanets
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
Sorry, it's another grim one.
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
Sorry, it's another grim one.
September 19, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Just posted the wrong poem... Here's the right one for #PoemsAbout #silentplanets
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
Sorry, it's another grim one.
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
Sorry, it's another grim one.
A very short poem for @iantattum.bsky.social in response to his prompt on the other channel. #poem #poetry #BlueSkyPoets #micropoetry
September 16, 2025 at 8:34 AM
A very short poem for @iantattum.bsky.social in response to his prompt on the other channel. #poem #poetry #BlueSkyPoets #micropoetry
September 13, 2025 at 7:57 PM
One just for you.
September 12, 2025 at 12:43 PM
One just for you.
A suitable prompt for this gloomy weather. A #PoemsAbout #candlelight for @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk
#poetrycommunity
#poetrycommunity
September 12, 2025 at 7:21 AM
A suitable prompt for this gloomy weather. A #PoemsAbout #candlelight for @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk
#poetrycommunity
#poetrycommunity
As often happens for the #PoemsAbout prompt, I spent hours toiling over a messy sketch, scrapped it and wrote a #facades poem in a few minutes. Thank you @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk for making me bin things.
September 5, 2025 at 8:29 AM
As often happens for the #PoemsAbout prompt, I spent hours toiling over a messy sketch, scrapped it and wrote a #facades poem in a few minutes. Thank you @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk for making me bin things.
August 29, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Northodox Press has a summer sale, just starting. Includes pre-orders (like my book). Use the code: SUMMER25
www.northodox.co.uk/bookstore
Don't leave it to the last minute or all the bargains will be gone!
#Books #writingcommunity
www.northodox.co.uk/bookstore
Don't leave it to the last minute or all the bargains will be gone!
#Books #writingcommunity
August 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Northodox Press has a summer sale, just starting. Includes pre-orders (like my book). Use the code: SUMMER25
www.northodox.co.uk/bookstore
Don't leave it to the last minute or all the bargains will be gone!
#Books #writingcommunity
www.northodox.co.uk/bookstore
Don't leave it to the last minute or all the bargains will be gone!
#Books #writingcommunity