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S.C. Flynn
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Poet. The Colour of Extinction (@renardpress, October 2024) - Observer Poetry Book of the Month. An Ocean Called Hope (@downingfield, May 2025).
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Really pleased to be included in the @renardpress.com anthology, celebrating five years of the prese

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November 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I got as far as Lair of the White Worm, which was so bad that I decided to remain permanently unhip
November 8, 2025 at 12:21 PM
My poem "Ayurveda" just published in The @eatthestorms.com; a lovely edition with very nice artwork!

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October 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
My return of service this evening:
September 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Just published in @thelonelycrowd.bsky.social

Uploading the Impossible

This deep-sea fish is as black as its home

that lies a kilometre under

in a freezing silence of pressure

where no light arrives.....

thelonelycrowd.org/2025/07/07/p...
July 7, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Just published in @abridgedmagazine.bsky.social, with artwork by Louise Manifold:

SPOILER ALERT

A crow describes a black line on the wind
and the fields mutter hoarsely in despair. 1....

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www.abridged.zone/louise-manif...
June 25, 2025 at 6:16 PM
"I want to screech at the manager," says Karen gull

#gulls #birds
June 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
June 22, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Roisin (left) and Deirdre (right). D is much bigger; may be a male, but we cannot confirm that.
New feathers appearing, but fluff and spots in head still there

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June 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Very pleased to have read this evening at the @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social

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June 18, 2025 at 9:28 PM
This year's chicks Deirdre and Roisin in action, with mother Niamh on guard

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June 16, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The online launch of my new poetry collection "An Ocean Called Hope" will take place on Wednesday 4 June 2025 at: 8.30pm Melbourne / 6.30pm Perth / 11.30am Dublin.

Register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/844546...

@downingfield.bsky.social
June 2, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Back in the Baroque era...
May 29, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Still in the top ten! If you can, please buy to keep us there
@downingfield.bsky.social
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May 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
My new collection "An Ocean Called Hope", published yesterday, is number 7 on Kindle sales and number 11 on book sales!
@downingfield.bsky.social
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May 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
📖✨ You're invited to the launch of AN OCEAN CALLED HOPE by S.C. Flynn.

🗓️ Wednesday 4 June 2025

🕣 8.30pm Melbourne / 11.30am Dublin

📍 Online – join from anywhere!

🔗 Register now: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/844546...

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May 24, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Only five days to publication day now!
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@downingfield.bsky.social
May 21, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Just published in Cyphers magazine: my poem "After the Light Show"
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May 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Oh yes. I lived a Beckettian childhood
May 7, 2025 at 9:40 PM
My copies of my next collection An Ocean Called Hope and bookmarks, just arrived from @downingfield.bsky.social

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May 5, 2025 at 12:24 PM
My new poetry collection "An Ocean Called Hope" from @downingfield.bsky.social will be published on 26 May; pre-order if you can!

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April 23, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Currently listening
#nono
#prometeo
March 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
March 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
March 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Currently listening
@bastillemusique.bsky.social
Luke Bedford: Besilvering
#contemporaryclassical
March 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM