David Birch
@davidbirch.bsky.social
Worked in education and mostly taken up with poetry these days: see some of my poems at https://wildfire-words.com/?s=David+Birch and in the latest @thebrokenspine.co.uk collection 'Beautiful Little Fools'. Also editor at https://www.tiptontimes.org.uk/
Many thanks, Paul @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social
for your brilliant prompt #OnRoofs, which brought to mind a recent encounter with a former student. Looking forward to reading other responses from #BlueSkyPoets during the course of the week #PromptCombo
for your brilliant prompt #OnRoofs, which brought to mind a recent encounter with a former student. Looking forward to reading other responses from #BlueSkyPoets during the course of the week #PromptCombo
November 25, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Many thanks, Paul @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social
for your brilliant prompt #OnRoofs, which brought to mind a recent encounter with a former student. Looking forward to reading other responses from #BlueSkyPoets during the course of the week #PromptCombo
for your brilliant prompt #OnRoofs, which brought to mind a recent encounter with a former student. Looking forward to reading other responses from #BlueSkyPoets during the course of the week #PromptCombo
Many thanks @dragonslayerma.bsky.social for this week's #PromptCombo #NorthStar. Here's a quick #Haiku in response but I may think longer and harder... #PoetryCommunity #BlueSkyPoets
November 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Many thanks @dragonslayerma.bsky.social for this week's #PromptCombo #NorthStar. Here's a quick #Haiku in response but I may think longer and harder... #PoetryCommunity #BlueSkyPoets
A quick #haiku in response to today's #PoemsAbout response #Desire from @thebrokenspine.co.uk. Very best wishes to @alanparrywriter.co.uk. Looking forward to reading and responding to other responses #PoetryCommunity #BlueSkyPoets
November 14, 2025 at 11:14 AM
A quick #haiku in response to today's #PoemsAbout response #Desire from @thebrokenspine.co.uk. Very best wishes to @alanparrywriter.co.uk. Looking forward to reading and responding to other responses #PoetryCommunity #BlueSkyPoets
Many thanks @hool415.bsky.social for this week's #PromptCombo #WorkingLove. Hope this one fits, albeit obliquely! Looking forward to catching up with others later today.
November 11, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Many thanks @hool415.bsky.social for this week's #PromptCombo #WorkingLove. Hope this one fits, albeit obliquely! Looking forward to catching up with others later today.
Many thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk for yet another thought-provoking #PoemsAbout prompt #LockedDoors. Here's my response and I look forward to catching up with others later #PoetryCommunity #BlueSkyPoets
November 7, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Many thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk for yet another thought-provoking #PoemsAbout prompt #LockedDoors. Here's my response and I look forward to catching up with others later #PoetryCommunity #BlueSkyPoets
I've read some great responses to @rfsmith.bsky.social's brilliant #PromptCombo #Storm. Here's mine: a fragment of memory which might be worth developing a bit more #BlueSkyPoets #PoetryCommunity
November 4, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I've read some great responses to @rfsmith.bsky.social's brilliant #PromptCombo #Storm. Here's mine: a fragment of memory which might be worth developing a bit more #BlueSkyPoets #PoetryCommunity
Many thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk for today's #PoemsAbout prompt #Blood. I look forward to reading everyone's submissions later #BlueSkyPoets #PoetryCommunity
October 31, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Many thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk for today's #PoemsAbout prompt #Blood. I look forward to reading everyone's submissions later #BlueSkyPoets #PoetryCommunity
Many thanks to @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social for hosting #PoemsAbout #BreaktheMould for @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk. Here's my offering: an attempt at a mini dramatic monologue. I'll try and catch up with others in due course but I'm travelling this week
October 17, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Many thanks to @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social for hosting #PoemsAbout #BreaktheMould for @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk. Here's my offering: an attempt at a mini dramatic monologue. I'll try and catch up with others in due course but I'm travelling this week
Many thanks, Fidel, @dragonslayerma.bsky.social for your enticing #PromptCombo #SimplePleasures. I'm sure I've posted this before but I think this bit of nostalgia fits the bill
October 13, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Many thanks, Fidel, @dragonslayerma.bsky.social for your enticing #PromptCombo #SimplePleasures. I'm sure I've posted this before but I think this bit of nostalgia fits the bill
Thanks again @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk for an excellent #PoemsAbout prompt #ImperfectMe. Here's a poem about the imperfection of yielding to hope over experience
October 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Thanks again @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk for an excellent #PoemsAbout prompt #ImperfectMe. Here's a poem about the imperfection of yielding to hope over experience
Many thanks @hool415.bsky.social for a great #PromptCombo #Visitor. Here's a something from a few years back about visiting my Mum in her final weeks
October 6, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Many thanks @hool415.bsky.social for a great #PromptCombo #Visitor. Here's a something from a few years back about visiting my Mum in her final weeks
A little late for #StandingStoneSunday but here is Scorhill stone circle near Gidleigh on #Dartmoor
October 6, 2025 at 8:08 AM
A little late for #StandingStoneSunday but here is Scorhill stone circle near Gidleigh on #Dartmoor
Many thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk for your intriguing #PoemsAbout prompt #Mannequin. Several responses I've read so far are suitably disturbing; I'm a little disconcerted by mine, too #PoetryCommunity #BlueSkyPoets
October 3, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Many thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk for your intriguing #PoemsAbout prompt #Mannequin. Several responses I've read so far are suitably disturbing; I'm a little disconcerted by mine, too #PoetryCommunity #BlueSkyPoets
For #NationalPoetryDay here's something of a tribute to three wonderful but very different poets. Wishing all #BlueSkyPoets and everyone in the #PoetryCommunity a great day
October 2, 2025 at 12:38 PM
For #NationalPoetryDay here's something of a tribute to three wonderful but very different poets. Wishing all #BlueSkyPoets and everyone in the #PoetryCommunity a great day
Many thanks @rfsmith.bsky.social for your excellent #promptcombo #Characters. I've chosen a poem recently included in the @thebrokenspine.co.uk anthology #BeautifulLittleFools which describes the characters who brought the Jazz Age to these shores
September 29, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Many thanks @rfsmith.bsky.social for your excellent #promptcombo #Characters. I've chosen a poem recently included in the @thebrokenspine.co.uk anthology #BeautifulLittleFools which describes the characters who brought the Jazz Age to these shores
Many thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk for the challenging #SilentPlanets #PoemsAbout prompt. Here's an off-the-cuff #haiku in response. Looking forward to reading and responding to others later from the #poetrycommunity #BlueSkyPoets
September 19, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Many thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk for the challenging #SilentPlanets #PoemsAbout prompt. Here's an off-the-cuff #haiku in response. Looking forward to reading and responding to others later from the #poetrycommunity #BlueSkyPoets
Many thanks @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social for today's #promptcombo #history. I posted this a while ago in response to #poemsabout but I think it fits the bill in the way it explores the idea of nationhood. Looking forward to reading and responding to others later.
September 15, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Many thanks @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social for today's #promptcombo #history. I posted this a while ago in response to #poemsabout but I think it fits the bill in the way it explores the idea of nationhood. Looking forward to reading and responding to others later.
Thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk for the intriguing #poemsabout prompt #facades. Here's my response and I'm looking forward to reading and responding to others later #poetrycommunity #BlueSkyPoets
September 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk for the intriguing #poemsabout prompt #facades. Here's my response and I'm looking forward to reading and responding to others later #poetrycommunity #BlueSkyPoets
Great #PromptCombo #Winged from @hool415.bsky.social today. Here's something written after witnessing an exultant display on the banks of the River Otter a few years ago. Looking forward to reading other contributions from the #poetrycommunity #BlueSkyPoets later today
September 1, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Great #PromptCombo #Winged from @hool415.bsky.social today. Here's something written after witnessing an exultant display on the banks of the River Otter a few years ago. Looking forward to reading other contributions from the #poetrycommunity #BlueSkyPoets later today
Many thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk for today's wonderfully provocative #PoemsAbout prompt #Riots. I was provoked anyway and look forward to other responses from the #PoetryCommunity #BlueSkyPoets
August 29, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Many thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk for today's wonderfully provocative #PoemsAbout prompt #Riots. I was provoked anyway and look forward to other responses from the #PoetryCommunity #BlueSkyPoets
Many thanks to @rfsmith.bsky.social for this week's #promptcombo #banality. I had to think about this but dug up this oddity from a few years back - hope it fits the bill. Looking forward to reading other offerings from the #PoetryCommunity #BlueSkyPoets
August 25, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Many thanks to @rfsmith.bsky.social for this week's #promptcombo #banality. I had to think about this but dug up this oddity from a few years back - hope it fits the bill. Looking forward to reading other offerings from the #PoetryCommunity #BlueSkyPoets
I'm away on holiday so not able to devote as much thought as I'd like to the wonderful #promptcombo #woods from @victoriaspires.bsky.social. So here's something I posted a few months back: apologies to those who've seen it; for those who didn't, I hope it lands with you
August 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I'm away on holiday so not able to devote as much thought as I'd like to the wonderful #promptcombo #woods from @victoriaspires.bsky.social. So here's something I posted a few months back: apologies to those who've seen it; for those who didn't, I hope it lands with you
In response to the brilliant #promptcombo #mariner from @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social here's an autobiographical poem about never quite making it to the sea. I have posted a shorter version for #poemsabout but this seemed to fit today #poetrycommunity #BlueSkyPoets
August 12, 2025 at 11:09 AM
In response to the brilliant #promptcombo #mariner from @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social here's an autobiographical poem about never quite making it to the sea. I have posted a shorter version for #poemsabout but this seemed to fit today #poetrycommunity #BlueSkyPoets
A quick haiku in response to today's #PoemsAbout prompt #BlackSky. Many thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk. #PoetryCommunity #BlueSkyPoets
August 8, 2025 at 11:42 AM
A quick haiku in response to today's #PoemsAbout prompt #BlackSky. Many thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk. #PoetryCommunity #BlueSkyPoets
In response to @hool415.bsky.social's #promptcombo #MyGod here's my first reaction to seeing the Northern Lights - quite rare in Devon. Photo courtesy of Paul Taylor.
July 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
In response to @hool415.bsky.social's #promptcombo #MyGod here's my first reaction to seeing the Northern Lights - quite rare in Devon. Photo courtesy of Paul Taylor.