Joyce Butler

Joyce Butler

@joycebwriter.bsky.social

Married Mam. Writer. Poet. Author. Historical fiction. Contributor - Irish Times, Poetry as Commemoration, The Galway Review. From Waterford, Ireland. www.joycebwriter.com

255 Followers 103 Following 324 Posts Joined Nov 2024
2 days ago

It’s only 552km to Hamelin.

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2 days ago

😂😂😂

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3 days ago

Could call it the Awks Prize 🏆 😂

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4 days ago

5 star tv. You’re one of the best talking heads in the business.

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4 days ago

Mick, my brother said it’s hard once you get near the summit. Hiking for eight hours on summit day. Then sleep for a few hours and hike for fourteen hours through the night. With the Sherpas people do it in six days. But without the Sherpas it can be done in three.

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4 days ago

Yes my brother said it was very hard! He has massive blisters on his feet. He did a lot of hill walking for the last few months to prepare, like Slieve na mBan and others. He climbed Ben Nevis last year. Did your brother go with a Sherpa group? It’s a funny coincidence they both went isn’t it?!

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4 days ago

My brother is only back from climbing #Kilimanjaro 🤗

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4 days ago
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Hello—here’s the official trailer for UNDERLAND, based on my book of the same name, dir. by Rob Petit, with a haunting, glittering score by @hannahpeel.bsky.social, & the ‘Storyteller’ voiced by Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall, The Zone of Interest). Hope you like it.

In UK/Irish cinemas 27 March.

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4 days ago

2 hours 22 minutes and counting until I tell my family ‘I’m friends with yer man with the mad socks on the telly’ and No, they will Not believe me.

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6 days ago

Yes, every time. And rejected every time mostly 😂

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1 week ago

Kristi Noem testified under oath yesterday that detainees receive medical attention within 12 hours. Yet another shameless lie.

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6 days ago

On a good day, Farage looks like a Spitting Image caricature.

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6 days ago

An awkward prize would suit me. 🏆

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1 week ago
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Hello—Is a River Alive? is published in paperback in the UK today.
It’s dedicated to the rivers & their guardians.
Thanks to all who’ve supported its journey into the world: read it, talked about it, got in touch.
It’s @waterstones.bsky.social book of the month.
“Hope is the thing with rivers…”

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6 days ago
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For #worldbookday let’s Dance This Mess Around @b52sofficial.bsky.social

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1 week ago
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So delighted to be on the longlist for the @womensprize.bsky.social.

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1 week ago

Congratulations.

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1 week ago

I’m tuning in for the colourful ties and snazzy socks 🧦

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2 weeks ago
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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

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2 weeks ago
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Joyce Butler – Five Poems Joyce Butler is from Waterford, Ireland and a working class background. She’s been writing for the last fifteen years. Since 2021 she’s had several articles on writers and writing published by The …

I love Daffodils. A real sign that Spring is here and brighter days are coming. My poem - Daffodil on Waking, is up now on The Galway Review, along with four others.

thegalwayreview.com/2026/02/22/j...

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2 weeks ago
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Love this, Lil’s Answer, from @helenmort.bsky.social brilliant book of poetry, No Map Could Show Them. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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3 weeks ago

Tell your Italian friend that he should be in a remake of The Italian Job.

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3 weeks ago

I thought he was a Cockney geezer!

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3 weeks ago
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You change the world by being yourself. ~
Yoko Ono

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1 month ago
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We're open to submissions next Friday (13th February) for gorse 15: Eureka!/EYPHKA! Full details on the website:
gorse.ie/gorse-15-eur...

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3 weeks ago

Thank you so much 🙏🏻

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3 weeks ago

Thank you for this amazing feedback on my poem - Skinny Dipping 🙏🏻

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3 weeks ago

@deemclachlan.bsky.social Thanks for sharing my poem! 🙏🏻

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