Penny Dedman
@spanishtom.bsky.social
Writer, Writer's HQ, feminist, just about hanging in there. Any photos my own unless stated otherwise.
@thebrokenspine.co.uk #PoemsAbout #BreakTheMould.
I hope I have tagged this right. Here's A Word with the Ancestors.
I hope I have tagged this right. Here's A Word with the Ancestors.
October 17, 2025 at 10:51 AM
@thebrokenspine.co.uk #PoemsAbout #BreakTheMould.
I hope I have tagged this right. Here's A Word with the Ancestors.
I hope I have tagged this right. Here's A Word with the Ancestors.
#promptCombo #simplePleasures
#senryu #poem #poetry
I am not entirely sure this fits the brief, but here's Hot Drinks!
#senryu #poem #poetry
I am not entirely sure this fits the brief, but here's Hot Drinks!
October 14, 2025 at 8:39 AM
#promptCombo #simplePleasures
#senryu #poem #poetry
I am not entirely sure this fits the brief, but here's Hot Drinks!
#senryu #poem #poetry
I am not entirely sure this fits the brief, but here's Hot Drinks!
Happy crunchy Autumn!
September 21, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Happy crunchy Autumn!
#riots #poemsabout @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk
An oldie, called 'Tap for done' - had to re-format to post.
An oldie, called 'Tap for done' - had to re-format to post.
August 29, 2025 at 7:42 AM
#riots #poemsabout @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk
An oldie, called 'Tap for done' - had to re-format to post.
An oldie, called 'Tap for done' - had to re-format to post.
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
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:
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
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.
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
These beauties arrived today, so that's the weekend sorted along with a long cold drink #victoriaspires #wendyallen #salopress#galiaadmoni
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
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!
When a young girl thinks being a poet might be a thing:
July 10, 2025 at 10:05 AM
When a young girl thinks being a poet might be a thing:
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
Wrong version posted - and I can't seem to delete it to replace it. This is the one - Urgh...
The lesser-known umbrella flowering hedge (var. 'sepem umbraculam') or an ill wind perhaps...
May 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The lesser-known umbrella flowering hedge (var. 'sepem umbraculam') or an ill wind perhaps...
The chocolate vine smells divine
the sun coaxes notes of
cinnamon and vanilla
so a misnomer aroma?
the sun coaxes notes of
cinnamon and vanilla
so a misnomer aroma?
April 13, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The chocolate vine smells divine
the sun coaxes notes of
cinnamon and vanilla
so a misnomer aroma?
the sun coaxes notes of
cinnamon and vanilla
so a misnomer aroma?
The longed-for spring colouring up my gaff.
March 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The longed-for spring colouring up my gaff.
@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!
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
@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!
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!
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
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.
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
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.
Edmonton Green incinerator burning up the sky.
November 18, 2024 at 1:06 PM
Edmonton Green incinerator burning up the sky.
These growing on my windowsill. Nature/benign neglect slowly consuming my home. I will not eat them.
November 18, 2024 at 12:52 PM
These growing on my windowsill. Nature/benign neglect slowly consuming my home. I will not eat them.
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
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.
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
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...