Joyce Butler
@joycebwriter
Married Mam. Writer. Poet. Author. Currently querying a YA Speculative/Literary fiction novel. Contributor - Irish Times, Poetry as Commemoration, The Munster Express. The Galway Review. From Waterford, Ireland.
This was listed in the Best TV of the Weekend in my weekly @thetimes.com TV newsletter. With @guywalters.bsky.social as one of the talking heads is an added bonus.
Saw this in the Imperial War Museum, London. German troops occupying Prague, March 1939. Am sure you have a mine of information on this.
It’s fab! Really suits you. You definitely need more sparkly jackets. For some reason I keep thinking of the sparkly one Madonna wore in Desperately Seeking Susan. ✨
My Home - Published on @spillwordspress.bsky.social For #poetrydayireland
Delighted to have my poem, 50, published in the Poetry Pages of The Munster Express this week. It’s a mashup of memories on turning 50. #poetrycommunity #50thBirthday #Waterford
Was taking out my summer clothes today and I found this! @adieupsidedown.bsky.social @guywalters.bsky.social @claremulley.bsky.social
Delighted to make the Shortlist for the Secret Service call with @sidekickbooks.bsky.social #JamesBond #007
For #worldpoetryday here’s Ballybricken Hill. Published in Déise Voices #ballybricken #waterford
A bit late to the party, but here’s my #PoemsAbout #Melt My Poem, Spring Thaw, is published on Spill Words Press @spillwordspress.bsky.social www.spillwords.com/spring-thaw/ Thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poetrycommunity
On this Mother’s Day I still put washing on the line And on the clothes horse And put the dry clothes away But I did receive two cards Made with love So that makes everything ok #MothersDay
For #worldbookday let’s Dance This Mess Around @b52sofficial.bsky.social
I love Daffodils. A sign that Spring is here and brighter days are coming. My poem, Daffodil on Waking, is up on The Galway Review along with four other poems. thegalwayreview.com/2026/02/22/j... #Daffodils #Spring
Love this, Lil’s Answer, from @helenmort.bsky.social brilliant book of poetry, No Map Could Show Them. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
From The Stinging Fly - The Climate Issue - a short story of brilliance - Night of the Big Wind by @junec.bsky.social - Quick witted, sharp as a tack. Writing like this is hugely inspiring. 🙏🏻
Snap June! I was a flower girl at my big sisters wedding in February 1988.
My debut WW2 novel, Love Will Have Its Way, would make a great Christmas present. Set in #waterford, Ireland, Cornwall and Kent. Available in The Book Centre, Waterford and through my website www.joycebwriter.com
Delighted to get a place on this series of @thegallerypress.bsky.social poetry Workshops with the brilliant Grace Wilentz. 🙏🏻
I guess Bunty was my equivalent back in the day. I loved the Cut Out Wardrobe. Here’s some inspo for Hunting Nazi Gold. A fabulous selection of rain macs.