Jane Dougherty
@janedougherty47
Writer of fiction and poetry, lives in a green fortress. Not interested in 'communities'. Learn to live together, the rest of the natural world manages to. Visit my Substack for short fiction and poetry
Hello Friday and @thebrokenspine.co.uk ! My stab at a haibun for #PoemsAbout. Like @jenthorne.bsky.social I'm a #CharityShop person rather than #ThriftStore
This #PoemsAbout #LastTrain for @thebrokenspine.co.uk is unashamedly nostalgic/sentimental. The world is just too awful for more misery writing.
A kind of #ExitWounds that I'm familiar with. For #PoemsAbout @thebrokenspine.co.uk
Wrote this yesterday in what I thought was a moment of lucidity. Not so sure now, but I'm not going to manage anything better today. Inspired by events, Bonnie, Binface and Belgium. #PoemsAbout #PowerCut @thebrokenspine.co.uk
My experience of motels cheap or otherwise is limited to watching Psycho. Here’s a cheap hotel poem instead. #PoemsAbout #CheapMotels for @thebrokenspine.co.uk
Not so much #ThatLook as 'the look (your eyes had once). A #PoemsAbout for @thebrokenspine.co.uk
I've only just remembered this aspect of Friday, so here's a quick one for #PoemsAbout #OutAfterMidnight @thebrokenspine.co.uk Back tomorrow to read.
For @thebrokenspine.co.uk co.uk #PoemsAbout #EarnTheRight Aother migraine, another bitchy poem. I think it's the heat. Reposting because double vision messed up the #
Got another migraine starting so won't be back until it's easier. A sort of sonnet. @thebrokenspine.co.uk #PoemsAbout #BearingWitness
For #PoemsAbout #WhatRemains @thebrokenspine.co.uk Not the poem I had been going to post, but have just read @fiftywords.bsky.social poem about Pandora and wrote this instead.
Another one I didn't see myself writing #PoemsAbout #NamesNotNumbers for @thebrokenspine.co.uk
There's something in the Greek myths for every occasion. @thebrokenspine.co.uk #PoemsAbout #AfterTheSirens
Taking a breather. A poem for #PoemsAbout #edgeofknowing for @thebrokenspine.co.uk
Ship of clouds and flowers sailing an ocean not of this world.
A short and sharp one for #Melt #PoemsAbout and @thebrokenspine.co.uk
I haven't done this for a while, but after hearing the shameful figures about the tsunami of masculism in our enlightened world, I felt moved to say something. #PoemsAbout #BeingWatched @thebrokenspine.co.uk
I'm not at home today so will read later this evening. This poem/sonnet is inspired by 'Pasiphaë' my novel that will be published February 12th. I can't think about anything else at the moment For #PoemsAbout #Mouths @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk
Good morning! One for #PoemsAbout #BlackVeils @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk
A short one for @thebrokenspine.co.uk and @alanparrywriter.co.uk #PoemsAbout #FalseCrowns
A poem that started last night as I lay awake with a migraine brewing. For #PoemsAbout #Timeslips @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poetry
Remembering, ten years already. #PoemsAbout #static @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk
A very quick one for #PoemsAbout #Money Hope to catch up this evening @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk
A poem in response to the #PoemsAbout #YouShouldn'tHave for @thebrokenspine.co.uk and @alanparrywriter.co.uk #poetry
Almost every week I think this prompt isn't for me. Then something appears. For #PoemsAbout #Imps @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk
A bleak offering for #PoemsAbout #NoFuture @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk with a nod and a wink to James Stephens.
For the #PoemsAbout #Desire prompt from @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk
A poem about raw grief and trauma, even if they're not mine. #PoemsAbout #LockedDoors for @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk