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Beth Hartley

@beesmade

Mama, Wife, Poet, Preacher. Homemade, handmade. I like people. I believe in home and justice. Methodist. (she/her)

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Joined December 2011
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Looking forward to writing 'Poetry on Demand' for the good people of Whitchuch tomorrow (Saturday 6th October) with @BigStevePoet my fellow @pandemonialists . If you're at Blackberry Fare then come and find us.
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It seems fitting that, in this, the 70th anniversary year of the publication of #LucyMBoston's 'The Children of #GreenKnowe,' the garden should be flooded. Photographs by Kate Boston.
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Beth Hartley@beesmade28 Jun 2024
You feel far away and I try not to hold too tight in case you have actually left.
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The wonder of the internet is that you can research *anything*. Which means that if you're popping on Twitter to misgender Imane Khelif, when five minutes research would educate you, it's because you WANT to. In which case, stop drinking the Kool Aid and give your head a wobble.
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So @TheGreenParty now have 4 seats - as many as the revolting Reform party are forecast to get. So why in god’s name is @BBCNews rabbiting on about Reform still and not talking about extraordinary Green performance??
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Nigel Farage will hate being an MP. He'll hate dealing with constituents. He'll hate having to comply with Parliamentary transparency rules. He'll hate all the scrutiny into his dodgy affairs. Being an MP will break Farage as a political figure. #GeneralElection2024
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@TWLOHA28 Jun 2024
You're still here, still breathing. Keep going.
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We need social housing so young people can grow up without homelessness – it just makes sense bigissue.com/opinion/social-…

We need social housing so young people can grow up without homelessness – it just makes sense

Building social housing is the way to prevent the next generation from going up with homelessness, writes Centrepoint's Tom Kerridge.

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Building more social housing could save NHS and DWP billions – and add even more to UK's economy bigissue.com/news/housing/bu…

Building more social housing could save NHS and DWP billions – and add even more to UK's economy

Building social housing could save renters thousands of pounds a year and boost the economy by billions, says new research.

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Jesse’s Fashion Tips #TheFastShow
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Happy #NaPoWriMo! The challenge to write a poem every day of April has begun and to help you on your way The Poetry Society will be providing a prompt each day - today's is from Moniza Alvi! Check back here for more.
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The next WE, THE POETS online workshop is being run by Máire Stephens, and you can get your tickets now! The workshop is taking place at 6pm on Thursday 18th April, and tickets are £7 each. Total bargain! Get yours now! eventbrite.co.uk/e/wordplay-…
Wordplay and Constraints (with Máire Stephens)

Wordplay and Constraints (with Máire Stephens)

Explore how restrictions can help you develop your writing, and how creative boundaries can take us in new and exciting directions.

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Tony D@tonydpoison19 Mar 2024
Do you know who benefits from NOT teaching kids sex Ed? ABUSERS. We're teaching them accurate names for their private parts and bodily autonomy, not the pros and cons of backshot over foot pon shoulder.
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I do not want primary school children full stop to have sex education. Nor do I want children to be taught about changing gender. We need to protect their innocence and childhood.
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Calling all disabled/ND creatives .⁦@dk4poetry⁩ & I are starting an online poetry course for folk with visible & invisible disabilities. Get involved! Shares appreciated! .⁦@a_george_parker⁩ .⁦@CharlotteLPoet⁩ ⁦@multistable⁩ 🖊❤️⭐️ eventbrite.com/e/poetry-work…
Poetry Workshops for Individuals with Visible and Invisible Disabilities

Poetry Workshops for Individuals with Visible and Invisible Disabilities

Join our online Zoom Poetry Workshops for individuals with visible and invisible disabilities, starting on March 18, 2024, at 7:00 PM UTC!

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Heavy emotions will demand to be felt, and it’s OK if we need others to help lighten the load.
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Endlessly grateful to have been awarded @ace_national funding for our 2024 artistic programme. We'll be bringing you books & pamphlets from these incredible poets + spring/autumn live tours, free workshops, and Bad Betty Live Nottingham events at lush new venue @peggysskylight
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It's day 4 of #28SonnetsLater and @rascalapache's poem is based on number five of George Carlin’s ‘Seven Dirty Words’: 28sonnetslater.blogspot.com/…
A blonde woman with a 1940s hairstyle, light coloured eyes and full red lips. She is facing the camera but looking off to the side. She is wearing a brown shirt and brown jacket, and the background behind her is a fiery orange colour.

ALT A blonde woman with a 1940s hairstyle, light coloured eyes and full red lips. She is facing the camera but looking off to the side. She is wearing a brown shirt and brown jacket, and the background behind her is a fiery orange colour.

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#28SonnetsLater is back! This year, sonnets are back in style, and our brave sonneteers are writing about SEVENS. First up today @AndyBennettPoet introduces us to Ebisu, the Japanese god of fishermen and luck! 28sonnetslater.blogspot.com/…
A statue of Ebisu, the Japanese god of fishermen and luck. He is one of the Seven Gods of Fortune. He is shown as a Japanese man wearing traditional Japanese clothes (green), and he is smiling and holding an enormous fish! The fish is making a very sad face.

ALT A statue of Ebisu, the Japanese god of fishermen and luck. He is one of the Seven Gods of Fortune. He is shown as a Japanese man wearing traditional Japanese clothes (green), and he is smiling and holding an enormous fish! The fish is making a very sad face.

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It's day 2 of #28SonnetsLater, and this is one of my poems. I'm writing about the Magnificent Seven London Graveyards, and this one is about a ghostly tiger, loose in Tower Hamlets: 28sonnetslater.blogspot.com/…
A bengal tiger walking towards the camera, on a dirt road. The tiger has beautiful orange and black stripes, with white patches on its muzzle, and around its eyes.

ALT A bengal tiger walking towards the camera, on a dirt road. The tiger has beautiful orange and black stripes, with white patches on its muzzle, and around its eyes.

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