Rachel Burrows

Absolutely thrilled to have 2 poems in the gorgeous Dream Catcher magazine edited by Hannah Stone. Many thanks! Remember when I was breaking all those bones (hip, foot, toe), here’s my poem Wreck.

Likewise!

Thrilled to have a couple of new poems up on the latest flight of the Dirigible Balloon. Thank you @northernjim.bsky.social for everything to do to build this wonderful poetry resource for children #amwriting

Really looking forward to this! ‘Birds’ was fabulous. 😊

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Oh that’s bad! 😱
I thought that’s what the blank page at the front was for! And in our defence - we didn’t have paper like we do now - and an artist has to draw…
The first three I pick up…

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😂 I think it might have been one of the ones I scribbled on in fact!

She inspired this though which you may appreciate! 😂

No! 😂 Even as a child I wanted her to toughen up! 😬

I truly can’t tell you how delighted I am that the first Lizards book has been shortlisted for the @carnegiemedals.bsky.social I love writing these books sooooooo much; they’re just pure joy for me. Plus Tim Miller’s hilarious illustrations, it’s just utter pleasure. Made my day.

You are my perfect audience then - thanks Bernard! 😊🏏

Thank you! They are inspirational for sure!

A poem from the heart! 😂

Wonderful poems Shaun! I was that bench warmer! 😂

Excellent! 😊

@poets please connect. I think I’m done with Meta as they threw me out.

Struggling with writer’s block, I went to Brian’s blog brian-moses.blogspot.com?m=1 for inspiration and wrote a poem from his prompt - Five Random Lost Things. It’ll be on #BBCUpload this week! #poetry #writing Thanks @brianmosespoet.bsky.social Thanks @adamcrowther.bsky.social

Thank you! 😊🐦🐦🐦🏏

The poetry of
Rachel Burrows

A very skillful knack! 😊

Thank you Sue! 😊

Totally! I’ve written a picture book about crow antics! 😂 Starlings are my other favourites for comedy!

Thanks Jan! They do make me laugh!

I was about to say hooray I’ll join you - but then realised it might not be the poem of delight I first read it as! 😬 I hope the former. ❤️

For this week's #PromptCombo #Free40 - a tricky challenge from @hool415.bsky.social - I think I've just scraped in under the limit. Will try to catch up with others later.

Liking this from Rachel
in fact loving it 👏👏👏

😂 He was! Definitely! Thanks Roger.

An Edward Gorey drawing showing a morose looking black bird on a branch. He (and this feels very much like a he) is pointing downwards with one scraggly wing, and looking straight ahead with debt-filled eyes. His beak is long and sharp, like winter on the Great Plains. He is pointing with his right wing, but this means he is pointing to your left. Your wicked, sinister side. This is no accident. The Bird makes no such mistakes. But he is talking, and the text tells us that he is saying, "Beware of this and that." Honestly, you feel his message in your bones.

Some days I just feel like this Edward Gorey bird gets it.

Standing bug talks to man wearing a suit across cloth covered table, has one leg of some kind of tea cosy, tea cabin table, patterned carpet floor, illustration

Hello Tuesday.
'I am the Bahum Bug,' it declared. Edward Gorey.