Clare Bryden

Bother, forgot the #TinyJoys tag

Close-up on the level of a daff, with many others blurry in the background

A sward of wild daffs, dead bracken, and a few winter trees in the background

Oh all right, here are some daffs, taken last year

This weekend I made the annual pilgrimage to the host of wild daffs at Steps Bridge, on the edge of Dartmoor, so here's a video of an amazing ant heap

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Text of the poem follows, © Clare Bryden. Framing the poem above is a line of tiny repetitions of 'glass ceiling', and on the right reading vertically, repetitions of 'glass cliff'. ** Who shatter upwards ** Raise a glass to the women  who shatter upwards. Cheer the women  who are wise and say no  or if they say yes  know how executives hedging their bets appoint them to run over cliffs  ready to crumble and either way claim the credit. And who are these architects designing glass ceilings  into every office block?  No need  to bow beneath such impractical fragility.  Raise a glass to the women  who shatter upwards. 

Women and under-represented minorities are more likely to be appointed to leadership roles during a crisis, perhaps breaking a glass ceiling but at the risk of falling over a glass cliff. They may think they are taking the reins but wind up taking the blame.

International Women's Day #IWD2026 #Poem

Four Haiku and One - Clare Bryden redefining pink – bursting magnolia buds stretch their baby fists

redefining pink –
bursting magnolia buds
stretch their baby fists

#Haiku #BloomScrolling

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Also, Dydd Gŵyl Dewi hapus!

#DysguCymraeg

Daffodils among the grass and trees at Killerton NT

Daffodils among the grass and trees at Killerton NT

#SilentSunday

Thank you for posting!

Bright coral. Text overlayed on photo reads: history heaps sheering waves shattering across reefs. Title reads: The long arc Bottom text reads: Clare Bryden (c)

@clarebryden.bsky.social's 'The long arc' explores alternative ways of knowing, paying respect to the ways in which coral knows history and its environment, and the power it has to communicate that knowledge.

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#EcoPoetry #FeaturedPoem #InkSweatandTears

The Firm - Star Trekkin' YouTube video by roopert

Unexpected cultural reference of the day... while working with a nun on digitising her community's #DailyOffice and #Mass settings

#StarTrek #NunsOfBluesky
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My #TinyJoys include my tiny #philosophy club, basically me and a mate discussing OUP's Very Short Introductions over a cup or glass of something.

This afternoon was VSI Hannah #Arendt part 2 (the first we decided warranted a part 2) over tea and homemade flapjack.

Well, you can Open and Save as MS documents. But the interfaces are different so there will be a learning curve

... and experimenting... Windows-Shift-hyphen (ie underscore on my keyboard) gives you an em-dash!
I'd already set up LibreOffice to autocorrect -- to –, --- to —, and –- to —, but this will be helpful everywhere else 💪

You can't repeal the laws of physics 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♀️ #climate

It's not one I'll try writing in a hurry

The Energy-Environment Analyst of the Wye Valley 🤔

Yellow celandine opening amid leaves dead and alive

First celandine in my garden today
#TinySuns #TinyJoys

Gorgeous. Read to the end.

I think I might take one of these "under 20 minutes" AI skills courses the UK Govt. seems very keen on everyone doing and live-post it here... Maybe we can all learn something together! The press release sends me to aiskillshub.org.uk/aiskillsboost/ - let's go and see!

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Your response to an accessibility-related request is not good enough for a government agency

One of my gripes about the old app was that it disappeared all the info if it didn't have internet access, and that doesn't seem to be an issue any more - correct?

Maps: It used to be possible to hide the 6 hours 5 days panel. It takes up a lot of screen real estate, and the swipe-y timeline only needs to label every hour, which would mean the timesteps could be much closer together, and swiping be slicker.

Will there be a cross-app choice of units?

if you need some extra welly,
add the works of Keats and Shelley

#Poetry

Glorious waning crescent moon in Exeter

As did I, before I looked at the label

*Passing of the Artist* /for Veronica/ You promised to return as a seagull. Why not? While not entirely welcomed, you will be allowed to get away with modern public art and muggings. Your relatives have decorated many a town centre and harbour wall. Once, a great aunt sat on a lamp post took perfect aim and shat on my head. Or the summer a distant cousin ambushed a waiter at the station café and swallowed a croissant whole while I just watched and wondered. That must have been you on Thursday over lunch in Piazza Terracina, making off with my banana bread. © Clare Bryden

Herring gull on a green post. Photo credit: Doncoombez on Unsplash.

Many thanks to Pulsebeat Poetry Journal for publishing my poem celebrating the artist Veronica Gosling, 10 May 1931 – 20 November 2025

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#Exeter #Studio36 #Artist #VisualArt #Poetry #Poem
#HerringGulls #TrueStories

No flies on you