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Three Bridges, Four Tunnels #FundBritainsWaterways wastiesspace.co.uk/2025/01/08/thr… #poem #BlackCountry #canals #Dudley #FundBritainsWaterways Canal & River Trust Canal & River Trust Boating Canal & River Trust West Midlands Fund Britain's Waterways

A bit of poetry for Friday morning with Heather Wastie celebrating the canals and heritage of the Black Country. Once critical part of an industrial past, now a precious asset for people and wildlife and for going boating. #KeepCanalsAlive

I’ll be brushing off some of my Burns inspired #poems for this #openmic remembering the beautiful Betti Moretti #Stouport #BurnsNight worcs_lit_fest BlackPearPress

Applications open to find Worcestershire's next young poet laureate ift.tt/wfeTs2H

New short #poem up on my blog today. Short but full of love. wastiesspace.co.uk/2025/01/17/ope… PS Please find me on BlueSky!

I’ll be doing 10 mins or so in #Stourport on Saturday. As well as #poems inspired by #Burns I’ll read some praising the local cut & river, thinking of #FundBritainsWaterways campaign. Worleys at the Swan, 56 High Street, Stourport-On-Severn DY13 8BX. Come & listen or join in!

What a fab night that was! An eclectic mix of poets & poems plus haggis & tatties, with many a tribute to Betti. I managed to drink my pint slowly in readiness for my set at the end of the night. How good to have a wee dram as reward 😊 PS Find me on BlueSky!

Hey Real Arts Workshops l’ve shared the video work we did together on BlueSky and people are liking and sharing it. I’d like to tag you. Do you have an account?

Thanks so much Heather Wastie for performing this lovely poem in #Stourport on #Burns Night to highlight the #FundBritainsWaterways campaign. I Dig Canals - Histrionic Water with BSL and subtitles youtu.be/eU1KFyXU9I4?si… via YouTube

Some conversations are like this… (PS they’re better on BlueSky) wastiesspace.co.uk/2025/02/09/con…

Remarks by President Trump at the World Economic Forum, January 23, 2025 wastiesspace.co.uk/2025/02/10/rem… #poem #foundpoem #DonaldTrump #PresidentTrump #Trump

Wonderful to welcome Alarum Productions to the #FundBritainsWaterways campaign! If you haven't watched I Dig Canals and heard the stories of women who helped to save #Birmingham and #BlackCountry canals, visit alarumproductions.org.uk/portfolios/i-d… Heather Wastie

On Sunday 6th April I will be launching my latest illustrated poetry collection. wastiesspace.co.uk/2025/02/13/new… #poetry #poems #butterfly #smalltortoiseshell #poetrycollection #Covid #Covid19 #lockdown #photographs

Watch the number of Bluesky users increasing at a rate of about one per second bcounter.nat.vg Thanks for this Mslexia ✨.

A taste of my new collection of poetry and photographs - YOU ARE HERE - to be launched 6th April. wastiesspace.co.uk/2025/02/25/you…

On this day in 1967 #supertanker #TorreyCanyon ran aground with disastrous consequences. Please read my poem ‘Pastrengo Rugiati’s short cut to Milford Haven, 18th March 1967’ wastiesspace.co.uk/2025/03/18/pas…

My ninth poetry collection YOU ARE HERE is now available from lapalpublications.co.uk “...the best account I have read of lockdown and its mixed legacies” Jo Bell