Rachel Burrows (@rburrows.bsky.social)

@rburrows.bsky.social Mar 25, 2026, 6:24 PM Pinned

Absolutely giddy to hear that John Agard has chosen my poem for The Guernsey Literature Festival exhibition #PoemsOnTheMove 🚌⛴️✈️ poemsonthemove.com Thank you - and congratulations to everyone there! 🥳
#poetry #writing

@rburrows.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 9:05 AMReposted by @rburrows.bsky.social

Not sure if this should be a new tag of arsey poem Sunday. Thoroughly depressed about seeing the shop shelves stacked with landfill. 💀👻🎃
#halloween #plastic #sealife #pollution #poetry

@jumpingjulespoetry.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 3:44 PMReposted by @rburrows.bsky.social

Great selection of poems for children here on books and reading. Thanks for including mine Brian.

@rburrows.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 11:29 AM

Absolutely you have! 💪

@rburrows.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 11:21 AM

Oh - I thought you were! I read it a couple of days ago and happily recognised a few names. Sorry!

@rburrows.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 10:59 AM

Yay - great news! Congratulations Ella!

@rburrows.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 9:05 AM

Not sure if this should be a new tag of arsey poem Sunday. Thoroughly depressed about seeing the shop shelves stacked with landfill. 💀👻🎃
#halloween #plastic #sealife #pollution #poetry

@rburrows.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 8:42 AM

🥳

@rburrows.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 6:52 AM

I spotted your name! Huge congratulations Paul!

@thebrokenspine.co.uk Oct 11, 2026, 6:00 AMReposted by @rburrows.bsky.social

Next up: #Possessed. By love. By rage. By money. By memory. By the thing in the dark that absolutely promised it wasn't there. New theme begins Friday. Don’t post early. Use Alt Text. Tag #PoemsAbout. Read. Repost. Reply.

@rburrows.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 8:25 PM

😊

@rburrows.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 5:48 PM

Absolutely!

@rburrows.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 5:18 PM

Thanks for including mine Brian! 😊

@brianmosespoet.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 5:11 PMReposted by @rburrows.bsky.social

More poems about books and reading by top children's poets. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2026/01/poem... @ciaraoconnor.bsky.social @valpoet.bsky.social @rburrows.bsky.social @josiedefalco.bsky.social

@rburrows.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 4:02 PM

Ooh I love this Sue - those spider lashes and hayed breath - wonderful stuff!

@deemclachlan.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 9:18 AMReposted by @rburrows.bsky.social

A poem for the @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poetryprompt #bites
My slant on it after the wind blew in from the sea.
#poetrycommunity #poets #poems #poetsofbluesky #poemsabout

Westerly
By Dawn Mclachlan
On that day
an insistent breeze
came from the west
and gathered in its bite
the siren's song
of far dark oceans
It sung of moon guided ships
and the endless horizon
In the teeth of the moment
I felt it
the hard urge to follow
the tugging of the tide
a kiss of salt upon my lips
as a run away wind
called my name

@rburrows.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 3:58 PM

Beautiful Dawn - it reads like waves lapping. ❤️

@rburrows.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 11:55 AM

Yes- her words not mine! I know what you mean. Thank you!

@rburrows.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 7:55 AM

🙏😊

@stacebot.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 6:24 AMReposted by @rburrows.bsky.social

For this week's #PoemsAbout #Bites I'm thinking about how much we can do with our teeth without ever biting anyone.

@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@thebrokenspine.co.uk

#prompt #poetry #blueskypoetry #writesky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #poets #creativewriting

the smile problem

my mother always told me
not to show my teeth
in photographs

you see,
a smile and a threat
are simply
the difference between
having teeth and
using them

sometimes
i still catch myself
smiling into the dark
like a feral animal
searching for meat
between the teeth

@rburrows.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 7:33 AM

Love this Stace!