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Mike O’Brien

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Sixty odd years old - Sixty Odd Press
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@zoomburst.substack.comOct 9, 2026, 9:51 AM

If you are able to get to Morley for some #poetry on an October Tuesday Night...

That's tom on the left and me on the right. Not on the far right. In fact we are both well to the left of centre- in case you were wondering.
@zoomburst.substack.comOct 9, 2026, 9:09 AM

#PoemsAbout #Bites

A poem about nibbles. Which I think is a terrible word. I don't know why. But I have tried to think about it in writing this.
@zoomburst.substack.comOct 9, 2026, 9:04 AM

clever!

@zoomburst.substack.comOct 9, 2026, 9:03 AM

someone left that cake out in the rain...

@zoomburst.substack.comOct 9, 2026, 9:01 AM

Very true. I have experienced both sides of this as an SEN teacher and a grandparent.

@zoomburst.substack.comOct 5, 2026, 9:19 PM

Poignant and memorable Suzy. You keep them alive with your words.

@zoomburst.substack.comOct 5, 2026, 10:57 AM

Previous Challenge Pages Poetic Recipes

@zoomburst.substack.comOct 5, 2026, 10:57 AM

Previous challenge pages... Poems in the Future Tense

@zoomburst.substack.comOct 5, 2026, 10:55 AM

Previous challenge pages include Titled in Other Tongues....

@zoomburst.substack.comOct 5, 2026, 10:49 AM

October challenge. Find an old photo (preferably in a biscuit tin or an older relative's biscuit tin or wherever they keep old photos) and write a poem about it. Post both the photo and the poem on here with the #oddchallenge tag. I'll pick a selection for a #60Odd #poetry page later in the month.

This is my Dad (left) and My Uncle John (Right) on the beach in Blackpool in the late 1950s. Uncle John had driven there. He had been trying to teach my dad to drive, but gave up - no patience My dad never learned to drive.
@zoomburst.substack.comOct 5, 2026, 8:23 AM

What's all the fuss about #JaneAusten? I have been heartened by the comments/discussion on this little speculative article I put on #60Odd poems, even though there's no #poetry in it. I've been using Jane to temper my addiction to Charlie. With mixed results. And the watercolour is all my own work!

@zoomburst.substack.comOct 3, 2026, 12:40 PM

Is there an already established first?

@zoomburst.substack.comOct 2, 2026, 2:49 PM

You've done it all - broken every code!

@zoomburst.substack.comOct 2, 2026, 2:45 PM

those deodorants! I have a couple of cans of 72 hour ones - they're doing themselves out of business.

@zoomburst.substack.comOct 2, 2026, 10:24 AM

Theres more than one way to read a #poem about a dead cat

@zoomburst.substack.comSep 30, 2026, 8:06 AM

#Poetry, music and good companionship. This Saturday evening on the banks of the River Ouse (or thereabouts).

@zoomburst.substack.comSep 28, 2026, 7:59 PM

here's the latesr #60Odd page from a prompt given on Bluesky - There will be another #oddChallenge at the beginning of October - but if you want an early preview, its at the bottom of this small collection.

@zoomburst.substack.comSep 27, 2026, 8:24 PM

#poetry #substack #nonsense

I had to do something to mark the occasion. So I wrote a humblebragIsn't substack sweet!
@zoomburst.substack.comSep 27, 2026, 8:20 PM

bravo! c'est magnifique!

@zoomburst.substack.comSep 27, 2026, 8:19 PM

Great illustration!

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