Jen the Cat
@jetheridgebooks.bsky.social
Reader. Writer. Loves cats and gardening. Believes in Human Rights for all.
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I missed posting this earlier this week on this year’s #MichaelRosenDay The Sad Book means everything to me. This poem is my own story. I think Quentin Blake is a genius to catch this image so perfectly. Thank you for your exquisite words @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social #defeatmeningitis
November 15, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I missed posting this earlier this week on this year’s #MichaelRosenDay The Sad Book means everything to me. This poem is my own story. I think Quentin Blake is a genius to catch this image so perfectly. Thank you for your exquisite words @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social #defeatmeningitis
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Writers of poetry, prose & everything in between, this is for you.
#WednesdayWIPs launches 20 August.
Scraps. Struggles. Works in progress.
shorturl.at/YY1dr
#PoemsAbout #Writers #PoetsOfBluesky #BlueskyWriters
Let’s build this.
#WednesdayWIPs launches 20 August.
Scraps. Struggles. Works in progress.
shorturl.at/YY1dr
#PoemsAbout #Writers #PoetsOfBluesky #BlueskyWriters
Let’s build this.
#WednesdayWIPs: Make It a Habit - Share Your Work-in-Progress Every Wednesday - The Broken Spine
Writing is never just a solo act. Even when it’s just me and the page, I know the real work happens in community. The Broken Spine has always been about
shorturl.at
August 16, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Writers of poetry, prose & everything in between, this is for you.
#WednesdayWIPs launches 20 August.
Scraps. Struggles. Works in progress.
shorturl.at/YY1dr
#PoemsAbout #Writers #PoetsOfBluesky #BlueskyWriters
Let’s build this.
#WednesdayWIPs launches 20 August.
Scraps. Struggles. Works in progress.
shorturl.at/YY1dr
#PoemsAbout #Writers #PoetsOfBluesky #BlueskyWriters
Let’s build this.
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FlashFlood is now open for submissions until Saturday 26 April. Flashes up to 300 words. Previously published accepted (2022 & earlier). Debut writer spots. Free to enter. For more details see here: flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com/p/submission...
a cartoon of homer simpson in an orange raft
ALT: a cartoon of homer simpson in an orange raft
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April 20, 2025 at 7:06 AM
FlashFlood is now open for submissions until Saturday 26 April. Flashes up to 300 words. Previously published accepted (2022 & earlier). Debut writer spots. Free to enter. For more details see here: flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com/p/submission...
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This week’s #PoemsAbout theme is #WolvesAtTheDoor! 🐺🚪
🖋 Write your poem.
📅 Share it Friday for feedback from @alanparry83.bsky.social.
Let’s create poetry that #TakesRisks and #LeavesScars!
#Authentic #EndOnAnImage #LightAndDark
🖋 Write your poem.
📅 Share it Friday for feedback from @alanparry83.bsky.social.
Let’s create poetry that #TakesRisks and #LeavesScars!
#Authentic #EndOnAnImage #LightAndDark
April 20, 2025 at 11:17 AM
This week’s #PoemsAbout theme is #WolvesAtTheDoor! 🐺🚪
🖋 Write your poem.
📅 Share it Friday for feedback from @alanparry83.bsky.social.
Let’s create poetry that #TakesRisks and #LeavesScars!
#Authentic #EndOnAnImage #LightAndDark
🖋 Write your poem.
📅 Share it Friday for feedback from @alanparry83.bsky.social.
Let’s create poetry that #TakesRisks and #LeavesScars!
#Authentic #EndOnAnImage #LightAndDark
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The Pedro and Daniel Intersectionality Book Award Winners!
SISTER FRIEND
@authorjamilah.bsky.social & Shahrzad Maydani
THE MAID AND THE CROCODILE
Jordan Ifueko
More details: ReadYourWorld.org/awards
#PADIBA #PADIBA2025 #KidlitBookNews #kidlit #kidlitcommunity #TLSky #SkyBrarians #edusky
SISTER FRIEND
@authorjamilah.bsky.social & Shahrzad Maydani
THE MAID AND THE CROCODILE
Jordan Ifueko
More details: ReadYourWorld.org/awards
#PADIBA #PADIBA2025 #KidlitBookNews #kidlit #kidlitcommunity #TLSky #SkyBrarians #edusky
April 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
The Pedro and Daniel Intersectionality Book Award Winners!
SISTER FRIEND
@authorjamilah.bsky.social & Shahrzad Maydani
THE MAID AND THE CROCODILE
Jordan Ifueko
More details: ReadYourWorld.org/awards
#PADIBA #PADIBA2025 #KidlitBookNews #kidlit #kidlitcommunity #TLSky #SkyBrarians #edusky
SISTER FRIEND
@authorjamilah.bsky.social & Shahrzad Maydani
THE MAID AND THE CROCODILE
Jordan Ifueko
More details: ReadYourWorld.org/awards
#PADIBA #PADIBA2025 #KidlitBookNews #kidlit #kidlitcommunity #TLSky #SkyBrarians #edusky
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if you are a cis person it costs you nothing to just say today that you see & hear your trans sisters & brothers & others over in the UK today -- and around the world, too, knowing that rulings like today's ripple out in ugly ways.
April 16, 2025 at 12:18 PM
if you are a cis person it costs you nothing to just say today that you see & hear your trans sisters & brothers & others over in the UK today -- and around the world, too, knowing that rulings like today's ripple out in ugly ways.
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Here's my long comic essay about breaking up with Harry Potter and JKR's increasing transphobia. Please boycott the new TV show and all of her future projects ✨ #harrypotter #transphobia #jkrowling
redgoldsparkspress.com/projects/718...
redgoldsparkspress.com/projects/718...
The Problematic Author
The online portfolio of Maia Kobabe.
redgoldsparkspress.com
April 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Here's my long comic essay about breaking up with Harry Potter and JKR's increasing transphobia. Please boycott the new TV show and all of her future projects ✨ #harrypotter #transphobia #jkrowling
redgoldsparkspress.com/projects/718...
redgoldsparkspress.com/projects/718...
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One of my new favorite words,“Sonder”: the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own, with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries, and inherited craziness. The awareness that everyone has a story.
an aerial view of a city at night with the words metaphysics at the top
Alt: an aerial view of a city at night with the words metaphysics at the top
media.tenor.com
April 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
One of my new favorite words,“Sonder”: the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own, with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries, and inherited craziness. The awareness that everyone has a story.
🎉 @rburrows.bsky.social this is is amazing
We are so excited to announce our Cheshire Novel Prize Kids Shortlist 2024/25. There was so much talent this year. Congratulations to all our listed writers; we wish you could all have gone through. And a massive well done to these 9 who made it past 1000+ entries!
April 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
🎉 @rburrows.bsky.social this is is amazing
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Rach! You either have the most fantastic imagination or a future best selling memoir on the way! I love this. Tertiary education and syphilis. Clever! Love the presentation of this canter. No time to take breath. Something of a police report, slightly distancing yourself from these horrors. Superb🏆
April 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Rach! You either have the most fantastic imagination or a future best selling memoir on the way! I love this. Tertiary education and syphilis. Clever! Love the presentation of this canter. No time to take breath. Something of a police report, slightly distancing yourself from these horrors. Superb🏆
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@brianmosespoet.bsky.social I’ve just seen your post!
My #LiftToTheSky is for a poet whose work I have used in the classroom for years - especially this one from A Poem a Day @macmillankidsuk.bsky.social Thank you Judith Nicholls for SS Titanic 15 April 1912
April 14, 2025 at 8:15 PM
@brianmosespoet.bsky.social I’ve just seen your post!
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Half a pink grapefruit, a sugared slice; a whole peach—my snack, my joy from the punnet: a serving suggestion.
Halves of peaches— Del Monte tinned peaches in fruity juice— a party food in a Saturday kitchen.
#wordoftheweek
Halves of peaches— Del Monte tinned peaches in fruity juice— a party food in a Saturday kitchen.
#wordoftheweek
April 14, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Half a pink grapefruit, a sugared slice; a whole peach—my snack, my joy from the punnet: a serving suggestion.
Halves of peaches— Del Monte tinned peaches in fruity juice— a party food in a Saturday kitchen.
#wordoftheweek
Halves of peaches— Del Monte tinned peaches in fruity juice— a party food in a Saturday kitchen.
#wordoftheweek
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We are announcing our CNP Kids shortlist today at 2pm so watch this space!
April 15, 2025 at 9:12 AM
We are announcing our CNP Kids shortlist today at 2pm so watch this space!
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WTF
Iconic Golden Girls actress Bea Arthur, who served in the Marine Corps, has had her contribution scrubbed from Department of Defence website
Web page about iconic Golden Girls actress becomes latest victim of DEI purge
Bea Arthur, who served in the Marine Corps, has had her wartime contribution scrubbed from the Department of Defence (DOD) website. The URL now reads "DEIBefore".
www.thepinknews.com
March 22, 2025 at 11:06 PM
WTF
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Trump claims he didn’t sign the proclamation used to deport migrants under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 — but his signature is right there in the Federal Register. So… who is signing these things? And is that even legal? And did he sign any of these executive orders either?
March 22, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Trump claims he didn’t sign the proclamation used to deport migrants under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 — but his signature is right there in the Federal Register. So… who is signing these things? And is that even legal? And did he sign any of these executive orders either?
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I mean... holy shit.
March 22, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I mean... holy shit.
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Let’s work together. If you have any extra food, please consider donating it to your local food bank.
March 22, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Let’s work together. If you have any extra food, please consider donating it to your local food bank.
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Americans are going hungry under Trump. Food banks across the country — already strained by deep cuts to locally grown food programs — the U.S. Department of Agriculture is canceling $500 million in expected food deliveries, further disrupting aid as demand continues to grow.
March 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Americans are going hungry under Trump. Food banks across the country — already strained by deep cuts to locally grown food programs — the U.S. Department of Agriculture is canceling $500 million in expected food deliveries, further disrupting aid as demand continues to grow.
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With recent layoffs, many of our coalition members have found extra time ;) — and they’re helping organize nationwide.
America, you are rising. We’re proud of you.💚
America, you are rising. We’re proud of you.💚
March 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
With recent layoffs, many of our coalition members have found extra time ;) — and they’re helping organize nationwide.
America, you are rising. We’re proud of you.💚
America, you are rising. We’re proud of you.💚
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What a weekend!
Across the U.S., over 100,000 Americans mobilized — including more than 34,000 attendees at the Bernie/AOC rally, marking the biggest political event since Obama. Protests erupted in multiple states to defend Social Security, Tesla takedown protest gained momentum, and so much more!
Across the U.S., over 100,000 Americans mobilized — including more than 34,000 attendees at the Bernie/AOC rally, marking the biggest political event since Obama. Protests erupted in multiple states to defend Social Security, Tesla takedown protest gained momentum, and so much more!
March 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
What a weekend!
Across the U.S., over 100,000 Americans mobilized — including more than 34,000 attendees at the Bernie/AOC rally, marking the biggest political event since Obama. Protests erupted in multiple states to defend Social Security, Tesla takedown protest gained momentum, and so much more!
Across the U.S., over 100,000 Americans mobilized — including more than 34,000 attendees at the Bernie/AOC rally, marking the biggest political event since Obama. Protests erupted in multiple states to defend Social Security, Tesla takedown protest gained momentum, and so much more!
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These people are spectacularly petty.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
U.S. limits Canadian access to iconic Stanstead, Que., border-straddling library | CBC News
The U.S. government is making it more difficult for Canadians to access the Stanstead, Que., library, an iconic building that straddles the border, according to town and library officials.
www.cbc.ca
March 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
These people are spectacularly petty.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
Overflow crowd for Bernie/AOC rally in Greeley, CO — the small one today, big one is in Denver later
March 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
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The poetry of
Rachel Burrows
Rachel Burrows
Thanks for the #prompt #poemsabout #bonesoftrust @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social @alanparry83.bsky.social Have a wonderful Friday!
#poetry #blueskypoets
#poetry #blueskypoets
February 14, 2025 at 8:11 AM
The poetry of
Rachel Burrows
Rachel Burrows
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As a teacher, the word #fuzzy always reminds me of a conversation I had with an incredible child in my class explaining how they feel at school. On his his end of year report, I wrote "Xxxx taught me more than I could ever hope to teach him." @thetoypress.bsky.social #teaching #poems4kids #kidlit
March 20, 2025 at 7:26 PM
As a teacher, the word #fuzzy always reminds me of a conversation I had with an incredible child in my class explaining how they feel at school. On his his end of year report, I wrote "Xxxx taught me more than I could ever hope to teach him." @thetoypress.bsky.social #teaching #poems4kids #kidlit
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Trump and Musk want poor people to die. It may sound too cold to be believable, but that's exactly what's going on.
March 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Trump and Musk want poor people to die. It may sound too cold to be believable, but that's exactly what's going on.