Penny Dedman
spanishtom.bsky.social
Penny Dedman
@spanishtom.bsky.social
Writer, Writer's HQ, feminist, just about hanging in there. Any photos my own unless stated otherwise.
Google & AI
November 26, 2025 at 12:53 PM
@thebrokenspine.co.uk #PoemsAbout #BreakTheMould.

I hope I have tagged this right. Here's A Word with the Ancestors.
October 17, 2025 at 10:51 AM
#promptCombo #simplePleasures
#senryu #poem #poetry

I am not entirely sure this fits the brief, but here's Hot Drinks!
October 14, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Happy crunchy Autumn!
September 21, 2025 at 6:53 PM
#riots #poemsabout @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

An oldie, called 'Tap for done' - had to re-format to post.
August 29, 2025 at 7:42 AM
same - legs and arms covered in kitten scratches to prove it. Lucy (diva Ms now No 1 in household) smacks new little Alfie at least 10 times a day, and hard... and he bounces back. Here's the great desk invasion:
August 28, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Ok - deep breath. Still working on 'flags' - these are a fragment - the ending verses - flag/page imagery, conflating domestic violence with other conflicts, but the image idea falls flat at the end - this has been driving me nuts.
August 20, 2025 at 11:38 AM
These beauties arrived today, so that's the weekend sorted along with a long cold drink #victoriaspires #wendyallen #salopress#galiaadmoni
August 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
A damp Sunday of welcome rain: sat down to finish a short story - then this happened: I'll try and drop an audio in comments. wish me luck!
July 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
When a young girl thinks being a poet might be a thing:
July 10, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Wrong version posted - and I can't seem to delete it to replace it. This is the one - Urgh...
May 9, 2025 at 8:05 AM
The lesser-known umbrella flowering hedge (var. 'sepem umbraculam') or an ill wind perhaps...
May 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The chocolate vine smells divine
the sun coaxes notes of
cinnamon and vanilla
so a misnomer aroma?
April 13, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The longed-for spring colouring up my gaff.
March 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
March 15, 2025 at 11:50 AM
@brokenspinearts.bsky.social

Exciting news from Broken Spine: Glow -City at Night (edited by Alan Parry) - my first acceptance of 2025 for ' Party on a Hot Night' Thank you!
February 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Billy and Lucy calling a truce because weather. If they were awake, like me, I'm sure they'd be wishing you a Happy Birthday.
January 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
December 18, 2024 at 5:38 PM
I had to rise at 5 am from a dream that this one came to tell me her ailing and elderly partner in crime :(Billy-cat, 17) had to go out and pee. I believe her even in my dreams.
November 19, 2024 at 10:34 AM
Edmonton Green incinerator burning up the sky.
November 18, 2024 at 1:06 PM
These growing on my windowsill. Nature/benign neglect slowly consuming my home. I will not eat them.
November 18, 2024 at 12:52 PM
This is about a neighbour's rogue eucalyptus tree which I came to feel sorry for. Eventually. Don't yet know how to align photo with words on here.
November 15, 2024 at 9:47 AM
The unusually warm autumn in the UK made me fear my front yard acer would lose its leaves before giving me a shout of red. It has made me ridiculously happy - but the omens of climate changes lurks there too...
November 14, 2024 at 9:21 AM