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GrimalkinGerry
@grimalkingerry.bsky.social
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Poet and teacher based in Finland.
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Thank you @davebonta.bsky.social for sharing our work.
August 18, 2026 at 4:41 PM
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New post on the blog. thistlewren.blogspot.com/2026/08/a-nu... #thistlewren #poetryblogger #poetrybloggingnetwork
A Nugget of Reality Wrapped in Silver Foil.
First week at school with the kids in session. Nothing to say but exhaustion.  It's more fun to talk about the eclipse. We saw it here in Fi...
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August 16, 2026 at 1:31 PM
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Performing poems in care homes, being the forbidden lover of a prince & other adventures @jannoble.bsky.social @richfergusonpoet.bsky.social @saudaminideo.bsky.social @sbpoet.bsky.social @robmclennan.bsky.social @suefinch.bsky.social @grimalkingerry.bsky.social 3/3
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Poetry Blog Digest 2026, Week 32
A personal selection of posts from around the Anglophone blogosphere.
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August 10, 2026 at 11:23 PM
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New post on the Thistle Wren blog, looking at Ithaka and memory.
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Mind the Gaps
Horrible week. Ok, maybe not horrible, but frustrating and difficult and too, too real. Going back to work after a teacher's summer is tough...
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August 8, 2026 at 12:04 PM
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This week in the poetry blogs with @alinaetc.bsky.social @grimalkingerry.bsky.social @clareshawpoet.bsky.social @kent-nj.bsky.social @encyclopaediac.bsky.social @matriches.bsky.social @samrasnake.bsky.social @suefinch.bsky.social @garybarwin.bsky.social 1/3
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Poetry Blog Digest 2026, Week 31
A personal selection of posts from around the Anglophone blogosphere.
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August 3, 2026 at 9:51 PM
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New post on the Thistle Wren blog - my AI debate continues.
thistlewren.blogspot.com/2026/08/do-i... #thistlewren #poetryblogger #poetrybloggingnetwork (sorry new link and image, but same post)
Do I Continue to Feed the Beast?
Aghh, I've lost two days of my holiday because I've had to change roles at work. This year I get to look forward to more hours, more busy wo...
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August 1, 2026 at 3:17 PM
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Nolan's Odyssey & more w/ @victoriamoul.bsky.social @sallythomasnc.bsky.social @grimalkingerry.bsky.social @webbish6.bsky.social @velveteenrabbi.bsky.social @renee-emerson.bsky.social @jannoble.bsky.social @adamcairnspoet.bsky.social @thepoetslizard.bsky.social 2/2 www.vianegativa.us/2026/07/poet...
Poetry Blog Digest 2026, Week 29
A personal selection of posts from around the Anglophone blogosphere, including Substack.
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July 20, 2026 at 11:33 PM
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New post on the blog - Slow Summer Urgency. thistlewren.blogspot.com/2026/07/slow... #thistlewren #poetryblogger #poetrybloggingnetwork
Slow Summer Urgency
It's been a long summer of contrasts, weeks where it rains like a judgement, weeks where the heat clings and drags us down. I have course wo...
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July 15, 2026 at 7:43 AM
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Thanks @davebonta.bsky.social for sharing our work.
June 16, 2026 at 7:24 AM
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New post on the blog, Collecting the Collections. thistlewren.blogspot.com/2026/06/coll... #thistlewren #poetryblogger #poetrybloggingnetwork
Collecting the collections
Another long day summer and another attempt to clear the desk I bought to do my writing. It overlooks the back of the house, a stretch of li...
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June 15, 2026 at 6:56 AM
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Thanks @davebonta.bsky.social
June 9, 2026 at 6:17 AM
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New post on the blog, beginning of summer.
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Writing for No Reward
Summer is finally here and we've finally got a decent burst of rain, so everything is greening up.  School has been finished for a week and ...
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June 8, 2026 at 8:01 AM
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4/4 @dylan20.bsky.social @andotheritems.bsky.social @thepoetslizard.bsky.social @mariapopova.bsky.social @jillpearlman.bsky.social @kristybowen.bsky.social @grimalkingerry.bsky.social @richfergusonpoet.bsky.social @matriches.bsky.social @saudaminideo.bsky.social
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Poetry Blog Digest 2026, Week 12
A personal selection of posts from the Poetry Blogging Network and beyond.
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March 23, 2026 at 11:14 PM
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New post on the Thistle Wren blog: thistlewren.blogspot.com/2026/03/wall... #thistlewren #poetryblogger #poetrybloggingnetwork
Wallowing in nostalgia is better than red tape.
I used to write letters to family, friends, lovers and pen-pals. I've kept a lot of the letters I received, but have rarely been tempted to ...
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March 21, 2026 at 1:58 PM
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Thanks @davebonta.bsky.social for sharing these posts. Always great to see what other poets are doing.
February 28, 2026 at 6:48 AM
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New post on the blog: my 2025 writing stats. thistlewren.blogspot.com/2026/02/swee... #thistlewren #poetryblogger #poetrybloggingnetwork
Sweeping Away the Last Clutter of 2025
I've just been sorting through my mess of admin, how I keep track of submissions, what poems I've written, where they've been published. Thi...
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February 22, 2026 at 1:16 PM
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New post on the Thistle Wren blog: AI Trigger Warning. #aidebate #poetryblogger #poetrybloggingnetwork #thistlewren thistlewren.blogspot.com/2026/01/ai-t...
AI Trigger Warning
A member of my writing group asked last night what we would think about them bringing a story that AI had translated for them. I have to adm...
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January 31, 2026 at 11:14 AM
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The first poetry blog digest of 2026 with @lauragraceweldon.bsky.social @kristybowen.bsky.social @grimalkingerry.bsky.social @matthewepaul.bsky.social @kerstenak.bsky.social @shawnalemay.bsky.social @robmclennan.bsky.social @pearlpoet.bsky.social
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Poetry Blog Digest 2026, Week 1
A personal selection of posts from the Poetry Blogging Network and beyond.
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January 6, 2026 at 1:09 AM
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New post on the blog: Scottish Book Tour 2025. #thistlewren #poetryblogger #poetrybloggingnetwork
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Scottish Book Tour 2025
Every summer when I go to Scotland to work, I order an obscene amount of books from a small independent bookseller in the Scottish Borders. ...
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January 2, 2026 at 6:54 PM
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I'm excited to share and be a part of the 2025 Helsinki Writers Group Anthology. Check it out. #helsinkiwritersgroup

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January 2, 2026 at 8:20 AM
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Reading poetry to pigs, yellow stretchy man, the canon of spiteful literature, & other curiosities w/ @webbish6.bsky.social @lesleymwheeler.bsky.social @kristybowen.bsky.social @grimalkingerry.bsky.social @robinhoughton.bsky.social @rebeccaloudon.bsky.social 3/3 www.vianegativa.us/2025/08/poet...
Poetry Blog Digest 2025, Week 31
A personal selection of posts from the Poetry Blogging Network and beyond.
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August 4, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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New post on the blog: A Summer Ending. thistlewren.blogspot.com/2025/07/a-su... #thistlewren #poetryblogger #poetrybloggingnetwork
A Summer Ending
Today is the last day of my holidays and I'm still in my jammies, writing with tea, playing solitaire until my head quiets. I'm blessed with...
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July 29, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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Thanks @davebonta.bsky.social for collecting these blogs and sharing them. Honoured to be a part of it.
July 16, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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New post on the blog: thistlewren.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-... #thistlewren #poetryblogger #poetrybloggingnetwork
The Blank Page
Less than a month left of my summer holidays and I've been thinking about the blank page . . . I don't fear it, I fill it with nonsense most...
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July 14, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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Thanks for sharing @davebonta.bsky.social
June 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM