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Writer of pantomimes, poetry, and flash fiction. Loves PG Tips, haiku, and challenging perceptions about โ€˜women of a certain age!โ€™ ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ

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For #nationalpoetryday one of my first published poems from the short lived bee house journal. I still like it and I canโ€™t say that about all my early stuff ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ #change #poem

www.beehousejournal.com/winter-2021-...

03.10.2025 00:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

organic eggsโ€”
contemplating the cost
of IVF
#senryu

From @prunejuicejournal.bsky.social
#prompt03 eggs

#PJJournal
#WritingCommunity

02.10.2025 19:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a raccoon is peeking out of a pot of eggs on a table . ALT: a raccoon is peeking out of a pot of eggs on a table .

Welcome to PJ's prompt feature! We invite you to write senryu concerning: #eggs (with or without the word in your senryu)

What is senryu? Itโ€™s similar to haiku, but centered on humans
Find more here: www.hsa-haiku.org/hsa-definiti...

Tag: #PJJournal
#prompt 03
#WritingCommunity

02.10.2025 18:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Very excited to have 2 of my poems in Faith, a new anthology from @paddlerpress.bsky.social
poetry #whatdoesfaithmean #faith #writing

02.10.2025 19:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Grateful to be a finalist in The Brew Poetry Awards 2025 with my poem โ€˜crumblingโ€ฆโ€™
Thank you to everyone who clicked the link to my poem you catapulted the poem on to the โ€˜Community Favoritesโ€™ as well.
You can read it on the website but this is how it should be formatted #poetry

26.09.2025 17:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Wilton Writerโ€™s New Book Brings Local History to Life One of your neighbors posted in Neighbor News. Click through to read what they have to say. (The views expressed in this post are the authorโ€™s own.)

Itโ€™s publication day!! A History of Hand Thrown Walls is released into an unsuspecting world. A huge thank you to @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social
and the other women who have made up The Year of Womxn 2025 such a fabulous experience. #newbook

patch.com/connecticut/...

23.09.2025 12:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Lovely to be back in @freshoutmag.bsky.social on this first day of Fall #haiku #poem

22.09.2025 18:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Love @trashcatlit.bsky.social
commitment to promoting their writers. I lived in Singapore where this flash is set so chuffed it made it in to the pop up.
#SINGAPORE #flashfiction #WomensWorlds

19.09.2025 14:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Grateful to have this tongue in cheek ku published in Haiku Dialogue from the prompt- islands, utopia or dystopia
Thank you to guest editor, Marietta McGregor #haiku #badback

17.09.2025 20:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Author Talk with local poet Adele Evershed | New Canaan Library New Canaan Library is pleased to celebrate poet and essayist Adele Evershed, a long-time attendee of the Libraryโ€™s writing classes, as she shares her newest book, A History of Hand-Thrown Walls.

If there are any local CT peeps on here Iโ€™m doing a little thing @ New Canaan Library next Sunday (21st ) from 3 pm to 4. Iโ€™d love to see you there- itโ€™s free but please register.
Here is the link #booklaunch #writerlife

www.newcanaanlibrary.org/event/hold-a...

13.09.2025 16:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Classic Welsh response to flags appears on bridge and people are loving it "I've been feeling so downhearted but this is glorious"

I usually only post poetry or haiku but I love this so I thought Iโ€™d share #flagsisit

www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...

13.09.2025 12:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A History of Hand Thrown Walls by Adele Evershed โ€” Unsolicited Press A HISTORY OF HANDTHROWN WALLS by Adele Evershed is a captivating novella-in-flash, blending interconnected flash fiction pieces with the timeless presence of hand-built walls scattered across Connect...

www.unsolicitedpress.com/shop/p/a-his...

Today is #NationalBuyaBookDay so Iโ€™m just going to leave this hereโ€ฆ

07.09.2025 19:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Feeling all the itches! Happy to be back in Five Fleas. Thank you flea keeper Roberta Beach Jacobson for including these #poetryasprotest #EpsteinFiles #RefugeesWelcome

07.09.2025 12:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A History of Hand Thrown Walls by Adele Evershed โ€” Unsolicited Press A HISTORY OF HANDTHROWN WALLS by Adele Evershed is a captivating novella-in-flash, blending interconnected flash fiction pieces with the timeless presence of hand-built walls scattered across Connecticut. Each story stands alone with its own beginning, middle, and end, yet together they weave a nar

Day 5 of my cover reveal. A History of Hand Thrown Walls will be published by Unsolicited Press on September 23rd. If you would like to win a copy repost and I will enter you into a raffle once the book is published #booksforsale #IndieAuthors

www.unsolicitedpress.com/shop/p/a-his...

05.09.2025 17:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Prompted Stories Pop-Up 2025 #2 Our Prompted Stories challenge was so good this year, we needed two bins! This bin contains twelve flash from the repeat bin offenders โ€“ existing Trash Family CLICK HERE FOR BIN #1 โ€“ FUโ€ฆ

So happy to have this hermit crab meets historical flash fiction in the latest edition of @trashcatlit.bsky.social
I lived in Singapore for 6 years but this is the first story I have written about that island nation- hopefully it wonโ€™t be the last one

trashcatlit.com/prompted-sto...

05.09.2025 13:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Day 4 of my cover reveal! The title
#newbookrelease #title #coverart

04.09.2025 18:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Day 3 of my cover tease #coverart #novella #flashfiction

03.09.2025 19:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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So enjoyed Haiku Girl Summer. Here is my haiku from the last post for 2025. Thanks to all the editors, especially editor extraordinaire, Allyson Whipple #haiku

02.09.2025 16:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Day 2 of my cover tease #BooksWorthReading #CoverArt

02.09.2025 16:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Grateful to have these in the last issue of Failed Haiku. They have been a big part of my haiku journey - Ihave so enjoyed the creativity, variety, and openness of the journal. Also the very unsnobbish approach was a breath of fresh air- they will be missed. #senryu

01.09.2025 22:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you!

01.09.2025 14:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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September is the month my novella-in-flash is published! So for the first day of publication month a cover tease
#newbookrelease #flashisback #HistoricalFiction #flowers

01.09.2025 13:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And for some inspiration here is a flash fiction from issue 4

A haunting tale of desperation and betrayal, The Blue Eye by Eve Rifkah captures the desolate cost of blind faith.
#oldbutstillkicking #flashfiction

thin-skin.com/flash-fictio...

01.09.2025 13:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Couldnโ€™t be happier to be back in the bin and with such lovely company! Looking forward to Thursday #flashfiction #HistoricalFiction

01.09.2025 13:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Canโ€™t believe an idea that was born on Twitter, gestated over Zoom, birthed online, and all grown up to be 4!
Congratulations to all the writers- there are some fabulous flash and stunning shorts so grab a cuppa and dig in #litmag #oldbutgold

31.08.2025 12:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I have really enjoyed having Haiku Girl Summer popping in to my inbox for the last couple of months. Editor, @teatimehaiku.bsky.social
and all guest editors have done a fabulous job. #haiku #summervibes

29.08.2025 11:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
crumbling... - The Chrysalis BREW Project

Have just been accepted by the BREW Poetry Award!

The entry with the highest number of views will receive the Community's Pick title. I think you just have to click the link( you donโ€™t even have to read the poem but I love it if you would!) #poetry

thechrysalisbrewproject.com/BREW-directo...

25.08.2025 11:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Grateful to editor Amos Greig for publishing 4 of my poems in latest issue of New Ulster. Iโ€™m sharing one, read the whole issue anuanewulster.wixsite.com/anewulster?fbcโ€ฆ
#poetry #miscarriage

21.08.2025 15:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Delighted to be debuting in @Avalon Literary Review #poetry

09.08.2025 19:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Bridging The Gap, story by Adele Evershed at Spillwords.com Spillwords.com presents: Bridging The Gap, a short story written by Adele Evershed, who was born in Wales and ...

Always lovely to have a story up Spill Words. Thank you to editor, Dagmara K #shortstories #myth #welshfolklore #postnataldepression

spillwords.com/bridging-the...

09.08.2025 12:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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