Here’s my response to the prompt #depart - thanks and welcome to Andy, the incoming #vss365 host @aperrincycling Photo by Illiya Vjestica on Unsplash #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

Here’s my response to the prompt #conquer - thanks to Dave, our #vss365 host @daveagardener.bsky.social for all his brilliant prompts. Photo by Kari Bjorn Photography on Unsplash #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

Here’s my response to the prompt #patient - thanks to Dave, our #vss365 host @daveagardener.bsky.social Photo by Tsai Sen Yu on Unsplash #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

Delighted to have my short story about a visit to The Factory to interview Andy Warhol is published in Great Cities Vol 3 from www.pureslush.com – big thanks to EIC Matt Potter and all at Bequem Publishing. #NewYork #AndyWarhol

Here's 56 words on the #Elements theme @TopTweetTuesday. Thanks for hosting to EIC @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity #Cleethorpes #Humber

Here’s my response to the prompt #unabashed - thanks to Dave, our #vss365 host @daveagardener.bsky.social r Photo by Andrew Neel on Unsplash #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

Here’s my response to the prompt #embrace - thanks to Dave, our #vss365 host @daveagardener.bsky.social Photo by Simon Wilkes on Unsplash #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

Here’s my response to the prompt #roses - thanks to Dave, our #vss365 host @daveagardener.bsky.social Photo by Waldemar Brandt on Unsplash #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

Here’s my response to the prompt #frolic - thanks to Dave, our #vss365 host @daveagardener.bsky.social image by www.magnific.com #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

Here’s my response to the prompt #defiance - thanks to Dave, our #vss365 host @daveagardener.bsky.social #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

Here’s my response to the prompt #revealing - thanks to Dave, our #vss365 host @DaveAGardener Image from www.magnific.com #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

Great opportunity for @TopTweetTuesday me to read and respond to ‘Binsey Poplars’ (1879), a poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins . Thanks for hosting to EIC @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

Here’s my response to the prompt #tenderly - thanks to Dave, our #vss365 host @daveagardener.bsky.social The painting ‘La Belle Dame sans Merci’ (1893) is by John William Waterhouse (1849-1917) who was in turn responding to the ballad poem by John Keats. #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity #ekphrasis

Here’s my response to the prompt #swoon - thanks to Dave, our #vss365 host @daveagardener.bsky.social Image by prostooleh on Magnific #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity #monorhyme

For #fragmentsfriday from @blackboughpoems #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

Here’s my response to the prompt #stunning - thanks to Dave, our #vss365 host @DaveAGardener Photo by Jonathan Trans on Unsplash #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

Here’s my response to the prompt #appraisal - thanks to Dave, our #vss365 host @daveagardener.bsky.social Photo by Evan Wise on Unsplash #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

Here’s my response to the prompt #apprehension - thanks and welcome to Dave, our #vss365 host @daveagardener.bsky.social Photo by Prateek Katyal on Unsplash #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

For @TopTweetTuesday here’s a piece responding to Tennyson’s poem ‘The Eagle’. Thanks for hosting to EIC @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

Here’s my response to the prompt #carrion - thanks to Mike Reynolds, our #vss365 host @MikeRey61920141 photo my own #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

Here’s my response to the prompt #villain - thanks to Mike Reynolds, our #vss365 host @MikeRey61920141 #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

Here’s my response to the prompt #immerse - thanks to Jeff, our #vss365 host @jshaw_six #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

Here’s a late response to the prompt #tether - thanks to Jeff, our #vss365 host @jshaw_six #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

Delighted to have a 4,000 word short story in this new anthology (now available on Amazon) from www.sonderbooks.co.uk – many thanks to editor Ruth Masters

For #fragmentsfriday from @blackboughpoems – thanks to EIC @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

Here’s my response to the prompt #linger - thanks to Jeff, our #vss365 host @jshaw_six #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

Here’s my response to the prompt #betrayal - thanks to Jeff, our #vss365 host @jshaw_six Photo by Eugeniya Belova on Unsplash #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

Here’s my response to the prompt #intent - thanks to Jeff, our #vss365 host @jshaw_six Photo by Nick Gosset on Unsplash #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

The prompt #subterranean for @TopTweetTuesday led me to the painting ‘The Golden Thread’ (1885) by JM Strudwick (1845-1937). Thanks for hosting to EIC @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity #ekphrasis

Here’s my response to the prompt #luminous - thanks to Jeff, our #vss365 host @jshaw_six photo by Anne Buckle #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity