Eleanor Holmes | Eliot North
Previously @eliot_north on Twitter/X. ND mum-doctor-writer of poetry & prose. Living in Valencian Country, working as NHS GP Weston-super-mare.
Commended NPC & Hippocrates, Pushcart Nom, Bridport Shortlisted
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- Reposted by Eleanor Holmes | Eliot NorthThis week: #Mouths. Hunger. Confession. The place where wanting first shows itself. Write the almost-touch. The thing said too close. The heat before contact. New theme opens Friday. Don’t post early. Use Alt Text. Tag #PoemsAbout to be found.
- Reposted by Eleanor Holmes | Eliot NorthFor today’s #LiftToTheSky shout out to the supportive #poetry peeps here, too many to name @alanparrywriter.co.uk @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social @victoriaspires.bsky.social @hool415.bsky.social @rotherwrites.bsky.social @missyerem.bsky.social @merrildsmith.bsky.social @markantonyowen.com Check them out
- Reposted by Eleanor Holmes | Eliot NorthThe effervescent @hool415.bsky.social is this week's #PromptCombo host, with the theme #Tracks. Plenty of scope for something interesting. Share your poems before 4pm Friday ☺️
- Hullo @rfsmith.bsky.social @dragonslayerma.bsky.social @victoriaspires.bsky.social @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social everyone welcome till 4pm Friday, use to post poems: @hool415.bsky.social #promptcombo #tracks (rail journey? walks? music? or just wanting to get off them!) Anything goes. Have fun…
- Reposted by Eleanor Holmes | Eliot NorthTo the #poetrycommunity Everyone must follow Paul Short @paulwritespoems.bsky.social Not only do his poems contain some of the most intricate & uncompromising poetic language on here. He’s also a tireless advocate for the importance of poetry & promoter of other poets. Paul deserves a #lifttothesky
- Reposted by Eleanor Holmes | Eliot NorthWe’re close to closing the window. If you’ve read the call more than once, that’s your answer. #PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #WednesdayWIPs #SpineEdicts #PoetryCommunity #SubmissionWindow #OpenCall #Poetry
- Reposted by Eleanor Holmes | Eliot NorthLast week bent time. This week: #FalseCrowns — borrowed authority, inherited power, praise that doesn’t fit. Who crowned you? Who benefits from you believing it? New theme opens Friday. Don’t post early. Use Alt Text. Tag #PoemsAbout to be found.
- Reposted by Eleanor Holmes | Eliot NorthA second starter pack of #Novelists on Bluesky. Please follow them and repost the pack #writingcommunity #bookskyat://did:plc:76eswu3qlyukauv7jpwgt4k6/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lvbbpg25ma2m
- Reposted by Eleanor Holmes | Eliot NorthA starter pack of people and poets associated with #prompts Please follow them and repost the pack #promptcombo #vss365 #poemsabout #poetrycommunity #poetsonblueskyat://did:plc:76eswu3qlyukauv7jpwgt4k6/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lsmipnv3bz2j
- Reposted by Eleanor Holmes | Eliot NorthAs a New Year lift for people who have been kind to me on here, a thread featuring all my starter packs. First up, a starter pack of Writers Looking for an Agent. Please follow the writers here and repost the pack #booksky #writingcommunityat://did:plc:76eswu3qlyukauv7jpwgt4k6/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lgktbo4k7b2a
- Reposted by Eleanor Holmes | Eliot NorthWhat causes and cures #static? @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk #PoemsAbout #Poetry #PoetsSupportPoets #PoetsOfBlueSky
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- Reposted by Eleanor Holmes | Eliot NorthHello all poemsabout poets, HNY. For #PoemsAbout #Static here’s a very quick piece - Vignettes From the Nineties. Thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk & @thebrokenspine.co.uk for the prompt.
- Reposted by Eleanor Holmes | Eliot NorthComing up this Friday! Don't miss this gorgeous feast of talent & creativity. Free tickets via Eventbrite: oncemorewithfeeling.eventbrite.co.uk @moette.bsky.social @benedictan.bsky.social @racheljeffcoat.bsky.social @jenferoze.bsky.social
- Reposted by Eleanor Holmes | Eliot NorthSharing this little-read (by me) poem from my @salopress.bsky.social pamphlet Soi-même, in honour of last night's #SuperWolfMoon.
- Reposted by Eleanor Holmes | Eliot NorthJust a reminder to get your full or half subscription for 2026! www.ethelzine.com/shop/ethel-2...
- Reposted by Eleanor Holmes | Eliot NorthOut now! It's Time, a chronomemoir by @taniahershman.bsky.social is a beautiful book blending memoir, play and poetry, with this glorious cover by CF Sherratt and it's released today. Come and take a look on our website for more information and a few sample pages: www.guillemotpress.co.uk/nonfiction
- Reposted by Eleanor Holmes | Eliot North#poetry friends - I'm looking for recommendations for some handsome and recent pamphlet publications. Particularly anything handmade, beautiful, minimalist, letterpress etc #PromptCombo #PoemsAbout
- Reposted by Eleanor Holmes | Eliot NorthLet’s go! Favourite thing of the year- January Writing Hours @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social @clareshawpoet.bsky.social
- Reposted by Eleanor Holmes | Eliot NorthWhen there are no #poemsabout or #promptcombo prompts and you need to fill the void... Wishing everyone a poetic year.
- Reposted by Eleanor Holmes | Eliot NorthSubmissions are open. Poetry that remembers. That mourns. That refuses to let go. Read the call carefully. Take your time. Send the work that needs to exist. #PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #WednesdayWIPs #SpineEdicts #PoetryCommunity #SubmissionWindow #OpenCall #Poetry
- Reposted by Eleanor Holmes | Eliot NorthPeck...peck... Heart wrenching new poetry I Hate The Sound by Debra J. Nordyke @dnwritespoetry.bsky.social now up on DarkWinter Lit! www.darkwinterlit.com/post/i-hate-...
- Reposted by Eleanor Holmes | Eliot NorthI am very excited to share that my first poetry pamphlet is being published in 2026 with @vpresslit.bsky.social #poemsabout #poetsonbluesky vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/our-poets....
- Reposted by Eleanor Holmes | Eliot NorthThis week's Editorial Staff Spotlight features our new Editorial Intern: Zephyr Hameem. Zephyr is a third year medical student at Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine. Outside of studying, Zephyr enjoys spending time with her family, writing poetry, and being out in nature.
- Melon Moon, a filmpoem by me, published by @inksweatandtears.co.uk on Christmas Day! 🥳 Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to all the wonderful #poemsabout #promptcombo poetry crowd, what a fab #poetrycommunity you all are! I've been not posting much recently, but getting back on that horse in the NY!
- Reposted by Eleanor Holmes | Eliot NorthI enjoyed your filmpoem very much! The mother and child both make fine use of their imaginations, and the conversation between them is delightful. And the video complements the words. I especially love that toad !! ❤️✨
- Merry Christmas Everyone! So excited to have my first ever solo Filmpoem published by @inksweatandtears.co.uk today for their 12 Days of Christmas #poetrycommunity #filmpoem it’s been such a brilliant year publishing under my real name, exploring new creative paths & relationships! Hap🎉🍈 🌒🐸🙏
- Eleanor Holmes' 'Melon Moon' is a surreal collage which evokes the magic of storytelling shared between a mother and her child. @eleanorholmes.bsky.social Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/eleanor-holme #12DaysOf #FilmPoem #ChristmasPoem
- Reposted by Eleanor Holmes | Eliot NorthA #LifttotheSky and festive greetings to all my friends in tha amazingly brilliant and supportive #poetrycommunity #BlueSkypoets #PoetsSupportPoets who come together in #PoemsAbout #promptscombo. Have a fine time and may ‘26 be kind to us all @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk
- Reposted by Eleanor Holmes | Eliot NorthMorning #poemsabout crew! Here’s a poem about an unexpected gift which was not unwelcome to a poet and neonatologist 😊. Published this year by the wonderful @atriumpoetry.bsky.social atriumpoetry.com/2025/05/27/m... #youshouldnthave @alanparrywriter.co.uk @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social
- Reposted by Eleanor Holmes | Eliot NorthMorning Poets! Bit busy with end of term - so putting out one from my children’s archive! Happy Friday! #PoemsAbout #YouShouldntHave @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk #poetry
- Reposted by Eleanor Holmes | Eliot NorthWe made final decisions on our Summer 2025 #Competition & notified all entrants today. In 2026, we'll publish work by @ronanmurphymusic.com @lozzakidwriting.bsky.social @belrimmer.bsky.social The standard was phenomenal across the board, but these three truly stood out. Congratulations to all!
- Reposted by Eleanor Holmes | Eliot North#PoemsAbout #Imps @alanparrywriter.co.uk #music #poetry When I saw this week's subject I thought of this poem by Leigh Hunt (something of the Zelig/Forrest Gump of the English Romantic movement). I wrote music for the poem & recorded a performance of it here: frankhudson.org/2025/10/26/r...
- Reposted by Eleanor Holmes | Eliot NorthI enjoyed this prompt so much that I ended up doing two poems. This one definitely embraces the whimsy! @thebrokenspine.co.uk #PoemsAbout #Imps #poetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoets
- Reposted by Eleanor Holmes | Eliot NorthMorning! I’m not sure what flu-fuelled babble I’m offering here - I hope it makes sense. My #PoemsAbout #Imps is about a child who used to apparently bring me up in hives. Sorry it’s nothing more cerebral! Best wishes @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poetry Happy Friday!
- Reposted by Eleanor Holmes | Eliot NorthI haven't slept well in weeks so the #Imps must be running wild in my head. Thanks @thebrokenspine.co.uk for the latest #PoemsAbout prompt! #Insomnia #Exhaustion
- Reposted by Eleanor Holmes | Eliot NorthFor #PoemsAbout #Imps here’s my quick take on the prompt. I wanted something fun for the festive season. This is Elf & Safety @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk
- Reposted by Eleanor Holmes | Eliot NorthGood morning #BlueskyPoetry @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk and #PoemsAbout peeps. Today is an off the cuff maybe even off subject offering for #imps At least it’s short! Look forward to reading the other #poems through the day. Thanks for the platform. #poems #poetry
- Reposted by Eleanor Holmes | Eliot NorthWell, I really struggled with this weeks #poemsabout prompt, #imps. Nice one @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk for that, really had me working hard. Well done everyone who managed something, I think I might have gone a bit off piste, as it were 😂 #poems #poetry
- Reposted by Eleanor Holmes | Eliot NorthTomorrow, another round of poetry community hugs; likes, comments, quotes and reposts. For this week's #PoemsAbout it's #Imps. Take it how you may, but go easy on the self-reflection. Theres a lot of hurt in the world; lighten it if you wish. No, please do lighten it up.
- Reposted by Eleanor Holmes | Eliot NorthHad to reshare this for @victoriaspires.bsky.social #PromptCombo because #ThisPoem very much came out in poetic frustration at writer's block for a previous #PoemsAbout 😅
- I struggled with the #BurnItDown prompt for #PoemsAbout all week so it's a hastily written piece of whimsy from me this morning for @alanparry83.bsky.social and @brokenspinearts.bsky.social #WritersBlock
- Reposted by Eleanor Holmes | Eliot NorthCongratulations to our #SilverBranch series @pushcartprize.bsky.social nominees this year @jakkybankong-obi.bsky.social 🪷 @rotherwrites.bsky.social 🐦⬛ @suefinch.bsky.social 🪆 @helenlaycock.bsky.social ✒️ @vikkicwrites.bsky.social 💎 @oormilaprahlad.bsky.social 💫 #poetry #writingcommunity #poet
- Reposted by Eleanor Holmes | Eliot North#PoemsAbout #Imps starts Friday. Write the saboteurs, the whisperers, the sharp-toothed elves in your psyche. Krampus doesn’t come for the good ones. Draft now. Post Friday. Use Alt Text. Tag #PoemsAbout. Prompts here: shorturl.at/0Xm7A
- Reposted by Eleanor Holmes | Eliot NorthAny #PoemsAbout poets looking to submit any finished pieces? You can submit to the Unwhispered Legacy Anthology. Details here: shorturl.at/L8qD3
- Congratulations 🥳 to very deserving winners for @walklistencreate.org ‘Writing In The Dark’ competition @penny-walker-sd.bsky.social and @elizafevwrites.bsky.social - such a wonderful evening of prose & poetry this evening and fab awareness raising of the work Walk | Write | Create do 🎉
- Reposted by Eleanor Holmes | Eliot NorthYou gave us heat last week—now let’s cause some chaos. This Friday begins: #PoemsAbout #Imps. Mischief with teeth. Lies wrapped in ribbon. It’s Krampus season—write the troublemakers. Post from Friday. Use Alt Text. Tag #PoemsAbout. Prompts here: shorturl.at/0Xm7A
- Reposted by Eleanor Holmes | Eliot NorthPaul Short's 'Midnight Swingball' captures the vertigo and shape of the restless unease before sleep arrives. @paulwritespoems.bsky.social Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/paul-short/ #Insomnia #InkSweatandTears #Poetry
- Reposted by Eleanor Holmes | Eliot NorthGood morning #BlueskyPoetry Community on this Friday’s #PoemsAbout #NoFuture @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social I wrote this about Mum’s Dementia. A #WIP still. Look forward to reading the other takes on the theme. #poetry #poems
- Reposted by Eleanor Holmes | Eliot NorthHullo #poemsabout #nofuture Thoughts too for the not forgotten @alanparrywriter.co.uk @brokenspinejournal.bsky.social
- Reposted by Eleanor Holmes | Eliot NorthHere's my second poem written for #poemsabout #nofuture, thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk for the prompt, a bit of a tricky one for me! #poems #poetry
- So a short poem today for #poemsabout #nofuture A meditation on the climate emergency Thank you as always for the prompt @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk
- Reposted by Eleanor Holmes | Eliot NorthHere is my poem "Ocean" from The Amphibian Literary & Art Journal. ❤️ #PoemsAbout #BlueSkyPoets
- Reposted by Eleanor Holmes | Eliot North#PoemsAbout #NoFuture hits Friday. Write climate collapse, political burnout, joy lost in the algorithm. The ground beneath us is cracking. Draft now. Post Friday. Use Alt Text. Tag it or be lost. Sign up for more prompts: shorturl.at/0Xm7A
- Reposted by Eleanor Holmes | Eliot NorthThank you so much @dustpoetry.bsky.social for publishing my poem My Daughter is a Gannet. It is part of a trilogy of birds - and just for family harmony … my other two fledglings are beautiful too! 😂 #poetry #blueskypoets www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/my-daug...
- Reposted by Eleanor Holmes | Eliot NorthOn December 21, from 2-4 PM EST, I’ll be teaching a 2‑hour generative craft class diving into the underrated, luminous work of poet Laura Gilpin. We will read well beyond “The Two-Headed Calf,” discussing the work of caregiving & poetry, approaching both with deep curiosity & attention to mystery.
- Reposted by Eleanor Holmes | Eliot NorthThis is a truly fabulous way to spend each morning in January/ as many as you can !
