Phil Hyde

Russell posted a question about the best use of social media. The replies came back: 'Make it ludic, Russ!'

Here’s my response to the prompt #immerse - thanks to Jeff, our #vss365 host @jshaw_six #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

Early morning #sun bathers, #Cleethorpes Promenade

Here’s a late response to the prompt #tether - thanks to Jeff, our #vss365 host @jshaw_six #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

Delighted to have a 4,000 word short story in this new anthology (now available on Amazon) from sonderbooks.co.uk – many thanks to editor Ruth Masters

Hi all #FragmentsFriday poets. Hi & THANKS to @MatthewMCSmith, @blackboughpoems. My #micropoem 'Pentecostal Pout' is what I see in her lips (see close-up photo), you may have to squint-blur your vision, & stretch your imagination to see it. 'Pentecost' is this Sunday, May 24th.

A snippet by Kitty Donnelly from ‘Shored Fragments…’ our anthology responding to Eliot’s The Waste Land, available on Amazon. blackboughpoetry.com/shored-fragmen… #poetry #eliot #modernism

Hullo #poetry

This week's Thursday Throwback features Pot Washer by Emyr Payne. A sharp and candid piece, we thought it excelled in voice and enjoyed its resonant authenticity. Read it now in Issue 4. Friendly reminder, submissions for Issue 7 close tomorrow!

This week’s #fragmentsfriday. Thank you @blackboughpoems and @MatthewMCSmith for hosting 🙏

Hullo @blackboughpoems @MatthewMCSmith and to glorious 18 word only #fragmentsfriday #poetry

not everyone can hear the trees although they hear the birds and not everyone can hear the ocean although they hear the waves. and not everyone can linger in silence and hear all that needs to be heard #vss365 #linger

Hullo #vss365 and to #linger

For #fragmentsfriday from @blackboughpoems – thanks to EIC @MatthewMCSmith #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

For #fragmentsfriday ‘Swoon’ 🦊 ✨ #foxes #poems #poetry #poet #writing

@TopTweetTuesday @MatthewMCSmith 🙏

@gphydeauthor @MatthewMCSmith Erudite indeed! Scholarly!

The prompt #subterranean for @TopTweetTuesday led me to the painting ‘The Golden Thread’ (1885) by JM Strudwick (1845-1937). Thanks for hosting to EIC @MatthewMCSmith #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity #ekphrasis

@PaulWritesPoems @TopTweetTuesday @MatthewMCSmith Cheer's Paul, as always appreciate your thoughts. 🙏

@gphydeauthor @TopTweetTuesday @MatthewMCSmith Class Phil. Your Ekphrastic work is always excellent but this may be one of my favourites.

@ArtistDora @TopTweetTuesday @MatthewMCSmith 🙏

@gphydeauthor @TopTweetTuesday @MatthewMCSmith Nice!

@GJGreenlea @TopTweetTuesday @MatthewMCSmith Thanks, Gayle, it's a fantastic painting so all I had to do was to react. It's in the collection of Tate Britain but sadly not on display at the moment.

@gphydeauthor @TopTweetTuesday @MatthewMCSmith How evocatively you portray the Fates, Phil, breathing life into each of these mythical beings apportioning life and dreams and endings to humans from their subterranean sanctuary. Marvelous Ekphrastic yarn.

Here’s my response to the prompt #linger - thanks to Jeff, our #vss365 host @jshaw_six #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity

Here’s my response to the prompt #betrayal - thanks to Jeff, our #vss365 host @jshaw_six Photo by Eugeniya Belova on Unsplash #vsspoem #poet #poetrycommunity