Bridget Khursheed
@khursheb.bsky.social
poet & geek #exactcolourofsnow #lastdaysofpetrol
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My uncle used to tell folk that I explained the World Wide Web to Bill Gates.
Bad luck #RachelReeves new low from #DailyFail
Bad luck #RachelReeves new low from #DailyFail
November 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
My uncle used to tell folk that I explained the World Wide Web to Bill Gates.
Bad luck #RachelReeves new low from #DailyFail
Bad luck #RachelReeves new low from #DailyFail
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Ukraine could have surrendered in 2014. But we didn’t.
Ukraine could have surrendered in 2022. But we didn’t.
And we could surrender now. But we will not.
We. Are. Ukrainians. We will not surrender.
Ukraine could have surrendered in 2022. But we didn’t.
And we could surrender now. But we will not.
We. Are. Ukrainians. We will not surrender.
November 22, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Ukraine could have surrendered in 2014. But we didn’t.
Ukraine could have surrendered in 2022. But we didn’t.
And we could surrender now. But we will not.
We. Are. Ukrainians. We will not surrender.
Ukraine could have surrendered in 2022. But we didn’t.
And we could surrender now. But we will not.
We. Are. Ukrainians. We will not surrender.
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Only a few days left to enter the Cafe Writers poetry competition. Our sole judge is Jessica Mookherjee. First prize is £1000 and there are other prizes too. #poetry www.cafewriters.co.uk/home/poetry-...
Poetry Competition | Cafe Writers
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November 20, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Only a few days left to enter the Cafe Writers poetry competition. Our sole judge is Jessica Mookherjee. First prize is £1000 and there are other prizes too. #poetry www.cafewriters.co.uk/home/poetry-...
Callum James' South Downs: Paths of the Dead is partly a grimoire of the walk, partly a linear topography, partly a treatise on necromancy. Subverting the expectation that books on landscape are divorced from folklore, spirits & the magic of a place. @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social 🔥
November 20, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Callum James' South Downs: Paths of the Dead is partly a grimoire of the walk, partly a linear topography, partly a treatise on necromancy. Subverting the expectation that books on landscape are divorced from folklore, spirits & the magic of a place. @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social 🔥
Coming in 2026 #coverreveal & yes it is fiction
November 2, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Coming in 2026 #coverreveal & yes it is fiction
Okkkkayyyyyyyy 🔥
November 1, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Okkkkayyyyyyyy 🔥
Thank you @bordertelegraph.bsky.social for your support for Exact Colour of Snow #poetry #saltires
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www.bordertelegraph.com/news/2551344...
Borders poet longlisted for national literary award
A BORDERS poet’s latest collection has been longlisted for a national book award.
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October 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Thank you @bordertelegraph.bsky.social for your support for Exact Colour of Snow #poetry #saltires
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www.bordertelegraph.com/news/2551344...
Honoured to be included on the #poetry longlist for the Scottish National Book Awards with #ExactColourOfSnow
September 11, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Honoured to be included on the #poetry longlist for the Scottish National Book Awards with #ExactColourOfSnow
Anas Al-Sharif “killed in what appears to be a targeted Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists outside al-Shifa hospital.”
What are they hiding? This removal of witnesses wasn’t accidental.
www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
What are they hiding? This removal of witnesses wasn’t accidental.
www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif killed in Israeli attack in Gaza City
Al-Sharif killed in what appears to be a targeted Israeli attack on tent housing journalists outside al-Shifa hospital.
www.aljazeera.com
August 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Anas Al-Sharif “killed in what appears to be a targeted Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists outside al-Shifa hospital.”
What are they hiding? This removal of witnesses wasn’t accidental.
www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
What are they hiding? This removal of witnesses wasn’t accidental.
www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
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SOME NEWS: Dust will open for submissions 20th August - 20th September.
This will be for our fifteenth issue which will have the title and theme ‘Dear World’.
We can’t wait to read your poems 💛
(Poems sent before 20.08.25 won’t be read)
This will be for our fifteenth issue which will have the title and theme ‘Dear World’.
We can’t wait to read your poems 💛
(Poems sent before 20.08.25 won’t be read)
August 6, 2025 at 6:34 PM
SOME NEWS: Dust will open for submissions 20th August - 20th September.
This will be for our fifteenth issue which will have the title and theme ‘Dear World’.
We can’t wait to read your poems 💛
(Poems sent before 20.08.25 won’t be read)
This will be for our fifteenth issue which will have the title and theme ‘Dear World’.
We can’t wait to read your poems 💛
(Poems sent before 20.08.25 won’t be read)
It’s real privilege to be reviewed alongside the much missed #GerryLoose & the Leaving Songs of Donald S Murray - you can find all three of us including #ExactColourOfSnow critiqued by Lewis poet Ian Stephen in the new & lovely issue of #northwordsnow #poetry
www.northwordsnow.co.uk/issue46/enti...
www.northwordsnow.co.uk/issue46/enti...
entitled to sing by Ian Stephen | Northwords Now
without title Gerry Loose Shearsman Books (2024) £12.95 Exact Colour of Snow Bridget Khurshee...
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August 4, 2025 at 9:53 PM
It’s real privilege to be reviewed alongside the much missed #GerryLoose & the Leaving Songs of Donald S Murray - you can find all three of us including #ExactColourOfSnow critiqued by Lewis poet Ian Stephen in the new & lovely issue of #northwordsnow #poetry
www.northwordsnow.co.uk/issue46/enti...
www.northwordsnow.co.uk/issue46/enti...
August 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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“I was going to tell you…
I saw a fox in the hospital grounds
when I was orienteering & that
the sky was very blue & fine &”
The closing poem of Issue 14 is ‘I was going to tell you…’ by Bridget Khursheed @khursheb.bsky.social
Read it here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/i-was-g...
I saw a fox in the hospital grounds
when I was orienteering & that
the sky was very blue & fine &”
The closing poem of Issue 14 is ‘I was going to tell you…’ by Bridget Khursheed @khursheb.bsky.social
Read it here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/i-was-g...
I was going to tell you… by Bridget Khursheed
I was going to tell you…I saw a fox in the hospital groundswhen I was orienteering & thatthe sky was very blue & fine & I was so glad I found the hole inthe wall where the cut ivy almostblocked the pa...
www.dustpoetry.co.uk
August 4, 2025 at 11:54 AM
“I was going to tell you…
I saw a fox in the hospital grounds
when I was orienteering & that
the sky was very blue & fine &”
The closing poem of Issue 14 is ‘I was going to tell you…’ by Bridget Khursheed @khursheb.bsky.social
Read it here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/i-was-g...
I saw a fox in the hospital grounds
when I was orienteering & that
the sky was very blue & fine &”
The closing poem of Issue 14 is ‘I was going to tell you…’ by Bridget Khursheed @khursheb.bsky.social
Read it here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/i-was-g...
Thank you for publishing my poem in this beautiful issue #poetry @dustpoetry.bsky.social 💚
“I was going to tell you…
I saw a fox in the hospital grounds
when I was orienteering & that
the sky was very blue & fine &”
The closing poem of Issue 14 is ‘I was going to tell you…’ by Bridget Khursheed @khursheb.bsky.social
Read it here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/i-was-g...
I saw a fox in the hospital grounds
when I was orienteering & that
the sky was very blue & fine &”
The closing poem of Issue 14 is ‘I was going to tell you…’ by Bridget Khursheed @khursheb.bsky.social
Read it here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/i-was-g...
I was going to tell you… by Bridget Khursheed
I was going to tell you…I saw a fox in the hospital groundswhen I was orienteering & thatthe sky was very blue & fine & I was so glad I found the hole inthe wall where the cut ivy almostblocked the pa...
www.dustpoetry.co.uk
August 4, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Thank you for publishing my poem in this beautiful issue #poetry @dustpoetry.bsky.social 💚
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NEW: 18,500 children have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza.
The Washington Post has just published every single known name.
A seminal moment.
The Washington Post has just published every single known name.
A seminal moment.
July 30, 2025 at 10:29 AM
NEW: 18,500 children have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza.
The Washington Post has just published every single known name.
A seminal moment.
The Washington Post has just published every single known name.
A seminal moment.
Make this a black and white picture and these children could be in Belsen #CeaseFireNow & let aid in
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
‘We faced hunger before, but never like this’: skeletal children fill hospital wards as starvation grips Gaza
For months Israel kept food shipments to Gaza far below starvation rations. Now the death toll is rising rapidly
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July 24, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Make this a black and white picture and these children could be in Belsen #CeaseFireNow & let aid in
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Beautiful #NorthwordsNow #poetry out now. It's a great pleasure to have some poems included in such good company - thank you Kenny Taylor! plus a review of #ExactColourOfSnow from Ian Stephen. Proud to be reviewed alongside our much missed Gerry Loose 🔥
www.northwordsnow.co.uk/issue46
www.northwordsnow.co.uk/issue46
Issue 46 | Summer-Autumn 2025 | Northwords Now
New writing, fresh from Scotland and the wider North
www.northwordsnow.co.uk
July 24, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Beautiful #NorthwordsNow #poetry out now. It's a great pleasure to have some poems included in such good company - thank you Kenny Taylor! plus a review of #ExactColourOfSnow from Ian Stephen. Proud to be reviewed alongside our much missed Gerry Loose 🔥
www.northwordsnow.co.uk/issue46
www.northwordsnow.co.uk/issue46
July 20, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Gaza's largest functioning hospital facing disaster, medics warn, as Israel widens offensive
#Ceasefirenow where is the humanity?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#Ceasefirenow where is the humanity?
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Gaza's largest functioning hospital facing disaster, medics warn, as Israel widens offensive
Nasser hospital in Khan Younis has a critical shortage of fuel and had to stop admitting patients after Israeli tanks advanced nearby on Thursday.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 11, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Gaza's largest functioning hospital facing disaster, medics warn, as Israel widens offensive
#Ceasefirenow where is the humanity?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#Ceasefirenow where is the humanity?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
There are now no functioning hospitals in the north Gaza governate, according to the UN.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Gaza hospital director killed in Israeli strike, Hamas-run health ministry says
Dr Marwan Sultan was killed along with several family members in a strike on his home, the health ministry says.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 2, 2025 at 8:46 PM
There are now no functioning hospitals in the north Gaza governate, according to the UN.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Epic Tour of Britain Women #ScottishBorders @tourofbritain.bsky.social
June 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Epic Tour of Britain Women #ScottishBorders @tourofbritain.bsky.social
Delighted to have a poem in the beautiful new issue of Dust poetry - packed with goodies - enjoy!
Issue 14 of Dust Poetry is now live ✨
And you can read it all here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/issues/categ...
And you can read it all here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/issues/categ...
Issue 14
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June 7, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Delighted to have a poem in the beautiful new issue of Dust poetry - packed with goodies - enjoy!
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At least 27 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire at food point, Gaza officials say
At least 27 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire at food point, Gaza officials say
Gaza spokesperson says Israel fired with tanks and drones as Israeli military acknowledges troops shot at ‘suspects’
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Middle East crisis – live updates
At least 27 people were killed by Israeli fire as they waited for food at a distribution point set up by an Israeli-backed foundation in Gaza, according to health officials in the strip.
It is the third such incident in three days, with Israel admitting for the first time during the recent events that its forces shot at individuals who were moving towards them.
The Associated Press, Reuters and Agence France-Presse contributed to this report. Continue reading...
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June 3, 2025 at 12:22 PM
At least 27 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire at food point, Gaza officials say
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Palestinians gunned down while trying to reach food aid site in Gaza, hospital says
Palestinians gunned down while trying to reach food aid site in Gaza, hospital says
Witnesses say Israeli forces opened fire on people near distribution point run by Israel-backed foundation
More than 20 people were killed on Sunday as they went to receive food at an aid distribution point set up by an Israeli-backed foundation in the Gaza Strip, according to a hospital run by the Red Cross that received the bodies.
Witnesses told the Associated Press that Israeli forces had opened fire on people as they headed toward the aid distribution site run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF). “There were many martyrs, including women,” the 40-year-old resident said. “We were about 300 metres away from the military.” Continue reading...
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June 1, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Palestinians gunned down while trying to reach food aid site in Gaza, hospital says