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roger waldron

@throwawayreg.bsky.social

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a throwaway poet lives in Sheffield has never been a lover of slip-on-shoes writes poetry for people who don’t read poetry his pamphlet “My C&A Years” published by Dreich my best review “My husband loves this but he doesn’t know anything about poetry”

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roger waldron @throwawayreg.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks Alan 👏👏👏

Alan Parry He/Him @alanparrywriter.co.uk · 3d

‘I said I’d make that minor adjustment’ — wry and weary in equal measure. Ageing becomes comedic!
#KeepWriting #PoemsAbout #ImperfectMe

roger waldron @throwawayreg.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you Sue glad you enjoyed this little “throwaway” poem 🥰

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roger waldron @throwawayreg.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks John so pleased you enjoyed this 🚶🏽‍➡️🚮🎣🐟🐡

roger waldron @throwawayreg.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks Gary so pleased you enjoyed my little “throwaway” poem

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roger waldron @throwawayreg.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks Bernard really appreciate your comments 🚶🏽‍➡️

roger waldron @throwawayreg.bsky.social · 4d

thank you Karen really appreciate your kind comments “masterful”
🤦‍♂️

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roger waldron @throwawayreg.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you Carolyn for the “brilliant”
comment really appreciate it
have a lovely weekend 🚶🏽‍➡️

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roger waldron @throwawayreg.bsky.social · 4d

thank you Rachel
really appreciate yours & your daughter’s laughter 🚮😊🚶🏽‍➡️

roger waldron @throwawayreg.bsky.social · 5d

morning Friday here’s my little “throwaway” poem for #PoemsAbout #ImperfectMe
and a thank you to Alan @alanparrywriter.co.uk
and @thebrokenspine.co.uk
#poetry #PoetryCommunity
#BlueSkyPoets
have a great weekend everyone everywhere 🚶🏼‍➡️

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roger waldron @throwawayreg.bsky.social · 10d

Thank you Debra so pleased you enjoyed my little “throwaway” poem 🚶🏽‍➡️🚮

roger waldron @throwawayreg.bsky.social · 11d

Thanks Glenn that’s a lovely compliment 🚶🏼‍♂️‍➡️🚶🏻‍♀️

roger waldron @throwawayreg.bsky.social · 11d

Hi Frank
we had a ventriloquist on the Light programme (BBC)
my uncle Frank used to joke about it
😂 I’m to young to remember 🤷‍♂️

roger waldron @throwawayreg.bsky.social · 11d

Thanks John 👍

roger waldron @throwawayreg.bsky.social · 11d

pleased you smiled Sue
take care 🚶🏽‍➡️🚮

roger waldron @throwawayreg.bsky.social · 11d

Thank you Karen
hope my little “throwaway” poem wasn’t to painful 🙋‍♂️🚮

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roger waldron @throwawayreg.bsky.social · 11d

so pleased you guffawed Rachel that makes my Friday 🕺🚮

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roger waldron @throwawayreg.bsky.social · 11d

Brilliant great work Jim 👏👏👏

Jim Young @oyoguhito.bsky.social · 12d

For this week's #PoemsAbout #Mannequin with thanks to host @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

hop
skip
and jump

roger waldron @throwawayreg.bsky.social · 12d

Afternoon Friday here’s my little “throwaway” poem for #PoemsAbout #Mannequin and hope it fits the bill and thank @alanparrywriter.co.uk
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
@poetsonbluesky.bsky.social
hope everyone everywhere enjoys their weekend 🚶🏼‍♂️‍➡️🚶🏻‍♀️

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roger waldron @throwawayreg.bsky.social · 12d

the first line pulls me in and takes me on the journey which I love 👏👏👏
Great work Paul 🙋‍♂️

Paul Brookes @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social · 12d

Morning @rfsmith.bsky.social. For your marvellous #promptcombo #characters another poem from my collection: "Please Take Change":

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He always comes with his own bags for life,
Thin blue plastic double bagged.
She always calls me darling when
she thanks me for my usual politeness.
Next is the man whom when I ask how he is he says
Another inch on both legs and I’ll be right,
or don’t call me sir because I was once
a worker like you, which leads to a story
of the vicar who used these quotes
And you know he wants to chat
As my queue materialises in an empty shop.
Then there are the ones who stay glum,
or state I love your shop. I’d stay here all day
If I could. I tell everyone about your shop

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roger waldron @throwawayreg.bsky.social · 12d

Love it
It shows there’s poetry everywhere 👏👏👏

Mike O’Brien @zoomburst.substack.com · 12d

There is some fine poetry in this week's #PoemsAbout challenge #Mannequin.I have loved the creepy horror tinged ones, and the conformist figures ones, and the cheap life ones - and the rest. I can't write anything to compare. So I have just torn a page out of an old Radio Times.

A page from an old Radio Times featuring synopses of six episodes of the detective series "Mannequin"

roger waldron @throwawayreg.bsky.social · 12d

Excellent work from Sue 👏👏👏

Sue Ibrahim @sueimnw.bsky.social · 12d

For this week's #PoemsAbout #Mannequin with thanks to host @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk and all those participating. An odd one to think about. Look forward to seeing what others have written.