Beth Brooke
Poet, Quaker, retired teacher, socialist, runner (just) , proud Omi . She/her
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- Reposted by Beth BrookeLawyers, genocide scholars, the ICJ, and the UN Commission of Inquiry state the Israeli govt's actions in Gaza amount to genocide - so why does the UK still maintain there is no plausible risk of genocide, in the face of overwhelming evidence? Why does the UK continue to be complicit?
- Reposted by Beth BrookeGenius! Blackmail countries which have significant human rights concerns to take back people who often should not be being sent back and then celebrate it by threatening more countries with similar blackmail. Labour really is digging down with its xenophobic policies. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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- Reposted by Beth BrookeWhat will we do with the loneliness of the mythical? - Eavan Boland, “Eurydice Speaks”
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- Had a nice word of mouth review of my collection Chalk Stories. I have always felt it was the Cinderella of my books. 😊
- Reposted by Beth BrookeDid you know that wolves are monogamous and mate for life? 💓 As a team, the pair will maintain a territory, search for prey, and, above all, remain loyal to one another and their family unit. #wolffact
- Oh the excitement of a new iPad! Last one died a couple of days ago. What can a poet do…?
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- This is a wonderful journal
- Six years ago, a new online poetry journal launched against an inauspicious backdrop of a pandemic and Britain's exit from the EU. @iamb.uk has since sailed many waves. Its 25th will appear this March. Last night, these 18 poets celebrated the journal's first six years. And it was bloody brilliant!
- Reposted by Beth BrookeThe salvation of this human world lies nowhere else than in the human heart, in the human power to reflect, in human meekness and human responsibility. Václav Havel, 21/2/1990
- Reposted by Beth BrookeJudge Biery signed the order with a photo of Liam and two bible verses: The first is "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The second is simply "Jesus wept." Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
- NEWS: Judge Biery has ordered the release of 5-year-old Liam Ramos. A thunderous rebuke against ICE’s violent campaign in Minnesota. Read the order below. Link: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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- Week one of get me running again completed 🏃🏻♀️💪🏻
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- Reposted by Beth BrookeSame Tory MPs, same austerity-led ideology, same failure.
- Reposted by Beth BrookeThis is absolutely shocking. Something has to be done about this appalling situation in which so many now find themselves. The government needs to act
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- Reposted by Beth BrookeThank you to all those primary teachers filling this in for us! If you are involved with KS2, we'd love to hear from you! Please share @ruthswailes.bsky.social @uklitassociation.bsky.social @teresacremin.bsky.social @writingrocks.bsky.social
- Are you a KS2 teacher? We're adding an extra dimension to our survey of poetry at KS3 by asking some KS2 teachers to respond to one question. Please could you take 2 mins to click this link & answer the question? Huge thanks! www.surveymonkey.com/r/MapKS2Coll...
- Reposted by Beth BrookeThe Boss has spoken.
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- Today the rain has stopped. Good. Builders are replacing our Velux window 🙀. I have finished reading The Guardian (up early for builders) and am in reflective mad as fuck mode about the world. Look at Britain. All Thatcher’s chickens are coming home to roost. That woman salted our land.
- Reposted by Beth Brooke“A THIRD of people who turn to our community of food banks are in a household where someone works” @trusselluk.bsky.social
- Reposted by Beth BrookeAuschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers. This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.
- I have had a rating on Godreads. Do add your own or write a review if you’re inclined. 😁 www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
- Reposted by Beth BrookeIf the Greens defeat Farage in Gorton and Denton, it'll change politics forever. I think that's worth donating a few quid to, don't you? donatetothe.greenparty.org.uk/parliamentar...
- Reposted by Beth BrookeWe're so excited about this year's #Bookspark books! Here's Emma from our Books team to tell us about Choose Your Own Evolution by @juleshoward.bsky.social and @gordywright.bsky.social - one of 15 brilliant books included in the 2026 pack. Find out more: bit.ly/4r4FfmI
- Lovely morning with the stanza group ❤️
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- I spent most of last year either ill or injured which was not much fun. Today I have done my first run of couch to 5kms (it had been so long I thought this was the best thing to do). Feels wonderful 🏃🏻♀️
- Reposted by Beth BrookeFool us once with Brexit, shame on us. Fool us twice with UKIP, shame on you. Fooled us three times with the Brexit Party. Fooled us four times with Reform - Tory Lite. Fool us 17 times, time to Resign. #ResignFarage
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- Reposted by Beth BrookeMy friend Sara posted this about the superb care her father received from with Alex Pretti Absolutely heartbreaking
- Reposted by Beth BrookeI’m really quite surprised at the BBC website today. ‘Here is a video, some people say it does not show what it very obviously shows’ is not how you report this.
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- Jet-lag. Don’t expect any sense from me for the next couple of days.
- Reposted by Beth BrookeI couldn’t ignore recent events for today’s #vss365
- Reposted by Beth BrookeHorrified & heartbroken by the latest ICE murder in Minneapolis. Alex Pretti was an intensive care nurse & beloved son. Americans, please know how many millions of us here in the UK are sickened by Trump and his fascist thugs, and stand in solidarity with all of you resisting them 🇬🇧🇺🇸
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- It has taken longer to travel from Heathrow to Dorchester than from Paddington station to Cochrane Alberta. Southwestern Trains are dreadful
- Managed to travel nearly 7000kms from home to Cochrane. Returning we are stuck at Woking. Jeez. 😟🙀
- Final brunch with my Canadian son. Said goodbye and now we are waiting to board the plane. We had a wonderful time. 🇨🇦❤️
- We go home tomorrow 💔
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- Today I am 68. Today I saw my first elk and walked out onto a frozen lake. ❤️🇨🇦
- Banff and a trip to the top of the mountain for my birthday treat.
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- 🇨🇦 Elbows up for my first ice hockey game. Loved it.
- Driving back from Canmore this evening
- Happily ensconced in Cochrane, Alberta with my lovely Canadian 🇨🇦 son
- Today we have walked to Stanley Park. Glorious day and a good view of the mountains beyond the city.
- 🇨🇦🇨🇦 Just so darned nice.
- Well, I have seen Fox News for the first time. What bullshit!
- Vancouver is great. We have walked a long way, took this cute water bus to Granville Island, met lovely people and now we are having a little rest before heading out again in a little while.
- We have made it to the departure lounge. Hurrah! 🙌🏼
- The train from Dorchester to London is bloody interminable
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- Reposted by Beth BrookeMonday is Blog Day where my week starts with finding out what Monday smells like, and I look for the joy that makes my heart sing. Here’s THE MOON POEMS ARE WAXING LYRICAL... #SingingAsTheDarknessLifts soopoftheday-soo.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...
