Alison McCrossan
@alison-mc.bsky.social
Paints for the pure joy hobby of it. Writes poetry and fiction-hard working and persistent it seems. Writing in Southword, Orbis, Prole, The Honest Ulsterman, Abridged, Stand, Anthropocene, elsewhere. LL, The National Poetry Comp. SL, Bridport
The sea, the sea
Alison McCrossan | Abridged Zone
www.abridged.zone
January 30, 2026 at 5:33 PM
The sea, the sea
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Afternoon. We're pleased to present Abridged 0 - 108: Adrenochrome. Read it at www.abridged.zone/abridged-0-1... for free! The print version will be available in libraries throughout Northern Ireland and in our usual arts organisations and comic shops soon.
January 30, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Afternoon. We're pleased to present Abridged 0 - 108: Adrenochrome. Read it at www.abridged.zone/abridged-0-1... for free! The print version will be available in libraries throughout Northern Ireland and in our usual arts organisations and comic shops soon.
soon the flowers, Oil Pastels
January 29, 2026 at 9:37 AM
soon the flowers, Oil Pastels
Very end of january
January 27, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Very end of january
Just in Limber lake featuring Lustin Bieber
January 14, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Just in Limber lake featuring Lustin Bieber
Before I go looking, presumably needing to set up an account, what is Substack?
January 12, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Before I go looking, presumably needing to set up an account, what is Substack?
Painted this some years ago with a can of cider or two on the go
January 10, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Painted this some years ago with a can of cider or two on the go
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Strange that the US kidnapped a foreign country’s president and then will try him in US courts for drug trafficking yet the former Honduran president was recently pardoned for…drug trafficking
January 3, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Strange that the US kidnapped a foreign country’s president and then will try him in US courts for drug trafficking yet the former Honduran president was recently pardoned for…drug trafficking
I've had life altering kindness, but I won't delve into that. Instead:
Was on bus, foggy headed and dithery with middle-age. Gave driver too little money, and he was gruff telling me so. Tap on back. Young fella behind me held out handful of coins. 'Do you need change', in other words 'I'll pay'.
Was on bus, foggy headed and dithery with middle-age. Gave driver too little money, and he was gruff telling me so. Tap on back. Young fella behind me held out handful of coins. 'Do you need change', in other words 'I'll pay'.
December 31, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I've had life altering kindness, but I won't delve into that. Instead:
Was on bus, foggy headed and dithery with middle-age. Gave driver too little money, and he was gruff telling me so. Tap on back. Young fella behind me held out handful of coins. 'Do you need change', in other words 'I'll pay'.
Was on bus, foggy headed and dithery with middle-age. Gave driver too little money, and he was gruff telling me so. Tap on back. Young fella behind me held out handful of coins. 'Do you need change', in other words 'I'll pay'.
1. Hell's Kitchen
An optimistic 2. A Farewell to Arms
An optimistic 2. A Farewell to Arms
December 30, 2025 at 1:14 PM
1. Hell's Kitchen
An optimistic 2. A Farewell to Arms
An optimistic 2. A Farewell to Arms
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Poem-a-day advent calendar 🎁 Day 24 is 'Weather' from Kevin Graham's 'Time's Guest' 🌹✨ @thegallerypress.bsky.social
December 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Poem-a-day advent calendar 🎁 Day 24 is 'Weather' from Kevin Graham's 'Time's Guest' 🌹✨ @thegallerypress.bsky.social
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Before the Storm — Gregory Jacek Olejniczak, 2024
Oil on canvas
Oil on canvas
December 23, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Before the Storm — Gregory Jacek Olejniczak, 2024
Oil on canvas
Oil on canvas
December 21, 2025 at 7:49 PM
happy sostice, beautiful misty damp morning that it was.
December 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
happy sostice, beautiful misty damp morning that it was.
hits!
Poem-a-day advent calendar 🎁 Day 15 is 'Language' from 'The Migrant Dictionary' by Rafael Mendes @howlwriting.bsky.social 🌹
December 15, 2025 at 8:59 PM
hits!
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Audacious #FoxOfTheDay , thank you to @robdumbarton.bsky.social for sharing !
December 11, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Audacious #FoxOfTheDay , thank you to @robdumbarton.bsky.social for sharing !
mid december ferns
December 11, 2025 at 8:50 AM
mid december ferns
Lurgy keeps promising to lift then comes back like a tsunami.
I'm a stress oversharer! Been a lot of that in your life lately, you ask? There has but I've got, in contradiction, solace in music and trees and friends and stuff like that.
I'm a stress oversharer! Been a lot of that in your life lately, you ask? There has but I've got, in contradiction, solace in music and trees and friends and stuff like that.
December 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Lurgy keeps promising to lift then comes back like a tsunami.
I'm a stress oversharer! Been a lot of that in your life lately, you ask? There has but I've got, in contradiction, solace in music and trees and friends and stuff like that.
I'm a stress oversharer! Been a lot of that in your life lately, you ask? There has but I've got, in contradiction, solace in music and trees and friends and stuff like that.
In light of the Irish government's appalling record in addressing homelessness, a powerful poem from Patrick Cotter's excellent new collection Quality Control at the Miracle Factory: #Poetry #QualityControlattheMiracleFactory #PatrickCotter
December 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
