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Penny Dedman

@spanishtom.bsky.social

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Writer, Writer's HQ, feminist, just about hanging in there. Any photos my own unless stated otherwise.

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@thepaulconnolly.bsky.socialOct 14, 2026, 8:06 PMReposted by @spanishtom.bsky.social

I am thrilled to have 6 poems (Christmas Past, Lebanese Sublime, Beata Viscera, Fire Sky, A Memory & Obstetrics) in the Lothlorien Poetry Journal @lothlorienpoetryj.bsky.social Huge thanks to wonderful editor @stridermarcusjones.bsky.social #poetrycommunity

@lindafly.bsky.socialOct 13, 2026, 11:07 AMReposted by @spanishtom.bsky.social

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@bladeofthes.bsky.socialOct 13, 2026, 6:54 PMReposted by @spanishtom.bsky.social

Reform's policy of blaming illegal migration for everything, and claiming that dealing with it will fix everything is ripped apart beautifully, in just 1 minute. It's the same scam Hitler and Mussolini were selling 100 years ago.

@spanishtom.bsky.socialOct 13, 2026, 7:16 PM

#acrosticoctober, #elemental

Everything man-made
Looks more than a bit like us
Even if not flesh or bone or skin,  it
Manifests as human predictably and always;
Even those electronic, digital,  cryptic things -
Nothing the worst of humans might think
That we can construct to be us. Doesn't it look
As greedy, as human and as frail?  It may
Look different, but it is the worst of us.
@spanishtom.bsky.socialOct 13, 2026, 7:02 PM

So you should be. Part of my valued collection!

@johnchmura.bsky.socialAug 14, 2026, 1:48 PMReposted by @spanishtom.bsky.social

I am so proud of this collection. #Poetry #NewJersey #Pines #People #SugarSand #Ghosts and, of course, #PorkRoll

The book, 539: A Year in the Pine Barrens, by John Chmura.
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@spanishtom.bsky.socialOct 13, 2026, 6:59 PM

My God I miss John Peel - flawed human, but so instrumental for all young talents of the times.

@piperformissouri.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 11:41 AMReposted by @spanishtom.bsky.social

“Donald Trump is way less popular than he wants you to believe. And you are significantly more powerful than he wants you to think.” ~Pete Buttigieg

@rbreich.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 8:01 PMReposted by @spanishtom.bsky.social

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@spanishtom.bsky.socialOct 13, 2026, 6:25 PM

Poem expected shortly!

@spanishtom.bsky.socialOct 13, 2026, 12:22 PM

Damn!

@bernp.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 7:52 AMReposted by @spanishtom.bsky.social

Available from www.leafbyleafpress.com and on Amazon

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@spanishtom.bsky.socialOct 3, 2026, 12:31 PM

👌

@jamesmcconachie1.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 6:51 AMReposted by @spanishtom.bsky.social

Not quite sure what the rules are here, hope I’m not gatecrashing. Apocalypse you say? Thanks to @rfsmith.bsky.social #PromptCombo #apocalypse

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@cjmcg1966.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 12:48 PMReposted by @spanishtom.bsky.social

Sometimes I have to step out of the Twighlight Zone, and recognize that the actual President of the United States fabricated a crime, and had the US Department of Justice press charges against an innocent man to advance and double down on a string of lies designed to conceal his own incompetence.

@jenthorne.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 9:38 AMReposted by @spanishtom.bsky.social

I hope everyone is having a good Friday. I am having a busy one, so am going to post this and run! I will leave reading everyone else's until tonight when I can hopefully relax 😌

#PoemsAbout
#Rot
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
#Poetry

Slow Death

My mother's garden once held itself together
the way a thought survives a sleepless night,
each bed and border aligned
to some private geometry of care.

Now rot works through it
like a forgotten language returning
to the mouth.

Apples soften where they land.
Pears remain aloft, unchosen,
moons refusing their eclipse.

The shed folds inward by degrees,
its boards separating from one another
old friends who have exhausted
every story.
Rain collects in the bench.
The wood drinks and drinks,
remembering old thirsts.
The fence gives up its straight lines.
One panel lies down in the nettles,
gravity has won the argument.

Nothing is cleared.
Leaves gather,
brown receipts from a season
that no longer keeps records.

I walk there and feel
time changing shape.
Not passing, but thickening.

Everything she touched
continues the cycle without her.

The trees stand crowded with
their unfinished offerings,
and death hangs on the branches:
a bruised apple
holding one square of light.
@spanishtom.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 1:36 PM

I had to look up limerent up, and was a tiny bit disappointed it didn't mean the urge to write a limerick.

@johnchmura.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 12:48 PMReposted by @spanishtom.bsky.social

#AcrosticOctober #Pumpkin @daveashleypoet.bsky.social

Pet names for those
under the thrall of
moonlight and music
playful pretty shorthands for love
kind of irk me so can you tell
I never was anyone’s
Nooky Poo?

@thepaulconnolly.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 7:34 AMReposted by @spanishtom.bsky.social

To all my friends in the #poetrycommunity Happy National Poetry Day. I’m spending today doing some polishing on my poetry collection, which will be published next year👇. Whatever poetic projects you’re undertaking, I wish you every success with them. The world needs poetry & poets #NationalPoetryDay

@victoriaspires.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 6:01 AMReposted by @spanishtom.bsky.social

Lovely and surprising news from @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social , thank you! And congratulations to @jakkybankong-obi.bsky.social @rhonagreene.bsky.social @helenlaycock.bsky.social @rotherwrites.bsky.social and Kate ☺️

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