Eleanor Holmes | Eliot North
@eleanorholmes.bsky.social
Previously @eliot_north on Twitter/X. ND mum-doctor-writer of poetry & prose. Living in Valencian Country, working as NHS GP Weston-super-mare.
Commended NPC & Hippocrates, Pushcart Nom, Bridport Shortlisted
Pubs below 👇
https://linktr.ee/eleanorholmes
Commended NPC & Hippocrates, Pushcart Nom, Bridport Shortlisted
Pubs below 👇
https://linktr.ee/eleanorholmes
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Super excited my poem 'Hand to mouth' and story 'The Knife Sharpener of Alzira' have been shortlisted for the 'Walking In The Dark' comp by @walklistencreate.org judged by @marcellenewbold.bsky.social and Damaris West for poetry, @chantallyons.bsky.social and Matthew Beaumont for prose
Whoop 🥳
Whoop 🥳
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Good morning #BlueskyPoetry Community on this Friday’s #PoemsAbout #NoFuture @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social
I wrote this about Mum’s Dementia. A #WIP still. Look forward to reading the other takes on the theme. #poetry #poems
I wrote this about Mum’s Dementia. A #WIP still. Look forward to reading the other takes on the theme. #poetry #poems
November 28, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Good morning #BlueskyPoetry Community on this Friday’s #PoemsAbout #NoFuture @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social
I wrote this about Mum’s Dementia. A #WIP still. Look forward to reading the other takes on the theme. #poetry #poems
I wrote this about Mum’s Dementia. A #WIP still. Look forward to reading the other takes on the theme. #poetry #poems
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Hullo #poemsabout #nofuture Thoughts too for the not forgotten @alanparrywriter.co.uk
@brokenspinejournal.bsky.social
@brokenspinejournal.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Hullo #poemsabout #nofuture Thoughts too for the not forgotten @alanparrywriter.co.uk
@brokenspinejournal.bsky.social
@brokenspinejournal.bsky.social
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Here's my second poem written for #poemsabout #nofuture, thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk for the prompt, a bit of a tricky one for me! #poems #poetry
November 28, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Here's my second poem written for #poemsabout #nofuture, thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk for the prompt, a bit of a tricky one for me! #poems #poetry
So a short poem today for #poemsabout #nofuture
A meditation on the climate emergency
Thank you as always for the prompt @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk
A meditation on the climate emergency
Thank you as always for the prompt @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
So a short poem today for #poemsabout #nofuture
A meditation on the climate emergency
Thank you as always for the prompt @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk
A meditation on the climate emergency
Thank you as always for the prompt @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk
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Here is my poem "Ocean" from The Amphibian Literary & Art Journal. ❤️ #PoemsAbout #BlueSkyPoets
November 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Here is my poem "Ocean" from The Amphibian Literary & Art Journal. ❤️ #PoemsAbout #BlueSkyPoets
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#PoemsAbout #NoFuture hits Friday. Write climate collapse, political burnout, joy lost in the algorithm. The ground beneath us is cracking. Draft now. Post Friday. Use Alt Text. Tag it or be lost. Sign up for more prompts: shorturl.at/0Xm7A
November 25, 2025 at 6:39 PM
#PoemsAbout #NoFuture hits Friday. Write climate collapse, political burnout, joy lost in the algorithm. The ground beneath us is cracking. Draft now. Post Friday. Use Alt Text. Tag it or be lost. Sign up for more prompts: shorturl.at/0Xm7A
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Thank you so much @dustpoetry.bsky.social for publishing my poem My Daughter is a Gannet. It is part of a trilogy of birds - and just for family harmony … my other two fledglings are beautiful too! 😂
#poetry #blueskypoets
www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/my-daug...
#poetry #blueskypoets
www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/my-daug...
My Daughter is a Gannet by Rachel Burrows
My Daughter is a Gannet With blue sea-eyes meticulously lined, and fixed on the horizon,she soars above us.The sun crowns herflawless feathers -a golden bequeathment.Streamlined and focussed, she swoo...
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November 22, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Thank you so much @dustpoetry.bsky.social for publishing my poem My Daughter is a Gannet. It is part of a trilogy of birds - and just for family harmony … my other two fledglings are beautiful too! 😂
#poetry #blueskypoets
www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/my-daug...
#poetry #blueskypoets
www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/my-daug...
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On December 21, from 2-4 PM EST, I’ll be teaching a 2‑hour generative craft class diving into the underrated, luminous work of poet Laura Gilpin. We will read well beyond “The Two-Headed Calf,” discussing the work of caregiving & poetry, approaching both with deep curiosity & attention to mystery.
Generative Craft Class with Maya C. Popa · Zoom · Luma
On December 21, from 2-4 PM EST, I’ll be teaching a 2‑hour generative craft class diving into the underrated, luminous work of poet Laura Gilpin. We will read…
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November 25, 2025 at 12:48 AM
On December 21, from 2-4 PM EST, I’ll be teaching a 2‑hour generative craft class diving into the underrated, luminous work of poet Laura Gilpin. We will read well beyond “The Two-Headed Calf,” discussing the work of caregiving & poetry, approaching both with deep curiosity & attention to mystery.
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This is a truly fabulous way to spend each morning in January/ as many as you can !
January Writing Hours are up! Come and join Clare Shaw and I every day throughout January at 10am for a Writing Hour. Pas as you go and bursary tickets available www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/january-wr...
January Writing Hours 2026
Come and join Kim Moore and Clare Shaw in a daily Writing Hour throughout January 2026
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November 25, 2025 at 11:48 AM
This is a truly fabulous way to spend each morning in January/ as many as you can !
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So proud to be in the second Aftershock Review, can’t wait to read it all. Thanks so much @maxwallis.bsky.social
#poemsabout #poetsonbluesky
#poemsabout #poetsonbluesky
November 8, 2025 at 1:45 PM
So proud to be in the second Aftershock Review, can’t wait to read it all. Thanks so much @maxwallis.bsky.social
#poemsabout #poetsonbluesky
#poemsabout #poetsonbluesky
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Thankyou so much to the wonderful editors @dustpoetry.bsky.social for selecting my poem on antenatal counselling and prematurity for the very moving Dear World Issue www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/the-tin...
#poetsonbluesky
#poemsabout
#poetsonbluesky
#poemsabout
The Tiny Nappy by Elizabeth Osmond
The Tiny Nappy I find it helps to show, so I takeone of the tiny nappies with me.Smaller than the smallest panty liner-you cannot find them in Tescos.I hand them around at lecturesa palm-width slip of...
www.dustpoetry.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Thankyou so much to the wonderful editors @dustpoetry.bsky.social for selecting my poem on antenatal counselling and prematurity for the very moving Dear World Issue www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/the-tin...
#poetsonbluesky
#poemsabout
#poetsonbluesky
#poemsabout
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Sometimes you write the feeling of a thing rather than the thing itself. If the feeling you have about the thing you're writing lines up with the feeling the thing creates—that's a good thing.
#DogTags #PoemsAbout
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@karenpgonzalez.bsky.social
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
#poem
#DogTags #PoemsAbout
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@karenpgonzalez.bsky.social
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
#poem
November 21, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Sometimes you write the feeling of a thing rather than the thing itself. If the feeling you have about the thing you're writing lines up with the feeling the thing creates—that's a good thing.
#DogTags #PoemsAbout
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@karenpgonzalez.bsky.social
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
#poem
#DogTags #PoemsAbout
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@karenpgonzalez.bsky.social
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
#poem
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That arrived fast! @dustpoetry.bsky.social Dear World issue out tomorrow, with a little breakfast from me...
November 21, 2025 at 6:55 PM
That arrived fast! @dustpoetry.bsky.social Dear World issue out tomorrow, with a little breakfast from me...
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More snails I’m afraid! #PoemsAbout #Desire @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk Happy Friday!
#parasite #poetry
#parasite #poetry
November 14, 2025 at 6:35 AM
More snails I’m afraid! #PoemsAbout #Desire @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk Happy Friday!
#parasite #poetry
#parasite #poetry
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They folded the flag
corner by careful corner
honor kept in a triangle box.
One dog tag,
medals with meaning
illegible with distance and time.
Mantelpiece memories,
all that remains
are echoes of the coffin closing.
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
#poemsabout #dogtags #poem #poetry #4amwritersclub #poemaday
corner by careful corner
honor kept in a triangle box.
One dog tag,
medals with meaning
illegible with distance and time.
Mantelpiece memories,
all that remains
are echoes of the coffin closing.
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
#poemsabout #dogtags #poem #poetry #4amwritersclub #poemaday
November 21, 2025 at 8:56 AM
They folded the flag
corner by careful corner
honor kept in a triangle box.
One dog tag,
medals with meaning
illegible with distance and time.
Mantelpiece memories,
all that remains
are echoes of the coffin closing.
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
#poemsabout #dogtags #poem #poetry #4amwritersclub #poemaday
corner by careful corner
honor kept in a triangle box.
One dog tag,
medals with meaning
illegible with distance and time.
Mantelpiece memories,
all that remains
are echoes of the coffin closing.
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
#poemsabout #dogtags #poem #poetry #4amwritersclub #poemaday
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I offer this for #poemsabout #dogtags @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk #StayCreative #PoetsSupportPoets
November 21, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Short this week, and not particularly sweet.
#DogTags #PoemsAbout #Haiku
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
#DogTags #PoemsAbout #Haiku
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Short this week, and not particularly sweet.
#DogTags #PoemsAbout #Haiku
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
#DogTags #PoemsAbout #Haiku
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
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#Poemsabout #dogtags @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk #triolet #chain #tanka #haiku #poem #poetry #writingcommunity
November 21, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Here is my flash fiction 'The Knife Sharpener of Alzira', with thanks to the actor Paul Graham who read this for me. I'm always interested in collaborating with other artists so this was an exciting part of the @walklistencreate.org comp
Here is my flash fiction 'The Knife Sharpener of Alzira', with thanks to the actor Paul Graham who read this for me. I'm always interested in collaborating with other artists so this was an exciting part of the @walklistencreate.org comp
The Knife Sharpener of Alzira
write.walklistencreate.org
November 20, 2025 at 12:19 PM
write.walklistencreate.org/wr_writing/t...
Here is my flash fiction 'The Knife Sharpener of Alzira', with thanks to the actor Paul Graham who read this for me. I'm always interested in collaborating with other artists so this was an exciting part of the @walklistencreate.org comp
Here is my flash fiction 'The Knife Sharpener of Alzira', with thanks to the actor Paul Graham who read this for me. I'm always interested in collaborating with other artists so this was an exciting part of the @walklistencreate.org comp
write.walklistencreate.org/wr_writing/h...
I was practicing for this audio at the recent @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social #openmic #poetry
Here is my poem 'Hand to mouth' dedicated to my neighbour Mari, the little old lady over the way, who very sadly died recently. 💔
Thank you @walklistencreate.org
I was practicing for this audio at the recent @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social #openmic #poetry
Here is my poem 'Hand to mouth' dedicated to my neighbour Mari, the little old lady over the way, who very sadly died recently. 💔
Thank you @walklistencreate.org
Hand to Mouth
write.walklistencreate.org
November 20, 2025 at 11:58 AM
write.walklistencreate.org/wr_writing/h...
I was practicing for this audio at the recent @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social #openmic #poetry
Here is my poem 'Hand to mouth' dedicated to my neighbour Mari, the little old lady over the way, who very sadly died recently. 💔
Thank you @walklistencreate.org
I was practicing for this audio at the recent @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social #openmic #poetry
Here is my poem 'Hand to mouth' dedicated to my neighbour Mari, the little old lady over the way, who very sadly died recently. 💔
Thank you @walklistencreate.org
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Great to be shortlisted with @erinbondo.com @elizafevwrites.bsky.social @eleanorholmes.bsky.social @sarahleavesley.bsky.social @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social @lauratheis.bsky.social @penny-walker-sd.bsky.social & more. Thanks to @walklistencreate.org & judges @marcellenewbold.bsky.social & Damaris West
November 20, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Great to be shortlisted with @erinbondo.com @elizafevwrites.bsky.social @eleanorholmes.bsky.social @sarahleavesley.bsky.social @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social @lauratheis.bsky.social @penny-walker-sd.bsky.social & more. Thanks to @walklistencreate.org & judges @marcellenewbold.bsky.social & Damaris West
Super excited my poem 'Hand to mouth' and story 'The Knife Sharpener of Alzira' have been shortlisted for the 'Walking In The Dark' comp by @walklistencreate.org judged by @marcellenewbold.bsky.social and Damaris West for poetry, @chantallyons.bsky.social and Matthew Beaumont for prose
Whoop 🥳
Whoop 🥳
November 20, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Super excited my poem 'Hand to mouth' and story 'The Knife Sharpener of Alzira' have been shortlisted for the 'Walking In The Dark' comp by @walklistencreate.org judged by @marcellenewbold.bsky.social and Damaris West for poetry, @chantallyons.bsky.social and Matthew Beaumont for prose
Whoop 🥳
Whoop 🥳
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Today's #LiftToTheSky goes out to @happyautist.bsky.social - thank you for sharing your journey with late-diagnosed autism and for supporting awareness and acceptance of our neurotype 🧠 ✨️
#autistic #autism
#autistic #autism
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ALT: a rainbow colored infinity symbol with the words celebrate neurodiversity written below it
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November 18, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Today's #LiftToTheSky goes out to @happyautist.bsky.social - thank you for sharing your journey with late-diagnosed autism and for supporting awareness and acceptance of our neurotype 🧠 ✨️
#autistic #autism
#autistic #autism
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#PoemsAbout #DogTags drops Friday. Write into memory, sacrifice, names etched or erased. Tags on a chain, weight on a neck. Post from Friday. Use Alt Text. Always tag it right. Prompts hit inboxes Saturdays: shorturl.at/0Xm7A
November 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
#PoemsAbout #DogTags drops Friday. Write into memory, sacrifice, names etched or erased. Tags on a chain, weight on a neck. Post from Friday. Use Alt Text. Always tag it right. Prompts hit inboxes Saturdays: shorturl.at/0Xm7A
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Morning #promptcombo #poemsabout crews, save the date for another night of quality poetry I'm hosting in Jan. Readers to be revealed soon, but they are all incredible talents who you won't want to miss.
Would love to see some of you there ☺️
Would love to see some of you there ☺️
November 18, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Morning #promptcombo #poemsabout crews, save the date for another night of quality poetry I'm hosting in Jan. Readers to be revealed soon, but they are all incredible talents who you won't want to miss.
Would love to see some of you there ☺️
Would love to see some of you there ☺️