Debbie Ross
@DRnaturegirl
Baker, writer, painter. Euro-Celt. #Writing #Poetry #Photography #Gardening #Food #swimming #Environment #Equality #books
A reminder that you can still see my #dailyphoto of #scotland over where the skies are blue and on the gram. I’m Drnaturegirl there too!

For @TopTweetTuesday (sliding into Twednesday?) collections from the subcontinent that I've been dipping into... Pinpricks by @ankit_raj01 , editor at @HooghlyReview is a recent arrival... looking forward to reading it!
"From deeply embodied origins, the poet conjures the profound thin spaces between womb and shadowland, fairytale and fever dream." It was an honour to provide an endorsement for @taylorhamannlos' BETWEEN MY SPINE & THE RIVER (Ridge Books) @eastridgereview. @TopTweetTuesday
This week’s write was a hard bit of research, based on a friend’s difficulties. Do have a read. drnaturegirl.substack.com/p/playing-to-w… #gambling #addiction #help

The kind of walk where I misidentified a piece of orange fluff attached to my tissue as a caterpillar and encouraged this guy to cross the road safely… (Photo of frog/toad in the road)
**UPDATE** Our Short Story Award announcement schedule is live!
We've just announced the schedule of announcements for the @frazzledlitmag Short Story Award. Nearly there! frazzledlit.com/p/announcement…
Thanks @PaulDragonwolf1 for this. & all are mentioned in this feature:- @Reineguerrieree , @optionurol , @RubyMohans ,@PoetryOnTheRoc2 , @nee_miller @DRnaturegirl The link is below:- open.substack.com/pub/the880/p/w…
Sailing in a sea of silver and a sky of gold. The Shiant Isles from our mainland croft in Wester Ross, Scottish Highlands. @ShiantIsles
'A hurtling Gulliver in the kingdom of her toys' 'The world attained, for mama' 🧸🍼 A touching poem by @oormilaprahlad from her #SilverBranch feature, shared on @TopTweetTuesday blackboughpoetry.com/oormila-vijaya…
THIS:
At this point, Gaza has become an extermination zone—a disgrace to the world that has witnessed and allowed it to happen. This has forever changed my political conscience. Our political institutions no longer represent me in any way.
Sharing for our @TopTweetTuesday community and this week's boost - if you're interested in reading contemporary Australian poets, @RedRoomPoetry is a great place to start.
My thanks goes to Paul Brookes @PaulDragonwolf1 for featuring me on The Starbeck Orion Summer Feast of Poetry And Artwork for Day Twenty. Hope #poetrylovers will take a read and/or listen #poetrycommunity #IARTG #poems
Welcome to The Starbeck Orion Summer Feast Of Poetry And Artwork Day Twenty featuring the poetry of Patricia M. Osborne open.substack.com/pub/the880/p/w…
Sharing on @TopTweetTuesday Sarah Connor’s tribute page. ♥️ @sacosw blackboughpoetry.com/sarah-connor-a…
Some of my new poems and some old. Kindly posted by @PaulDragonwolf1
open.substack.com/pub/the880/p/w…
A quick post in @TopTweetTuesday with another review. This time we have @RegineEbner Mountains That See In The Dark. paulwritespoems.com/2025/03/23/the…
✨🌳✨ Explore @blackboughpoems fantastic #SilverBranch series showcasing the extraordinary work of poets from round the world. Recent sparklers on the Bough include @oormilaprahlad✨ @VWC_Writes✨ @frede_kenter ✨ #Review week @TopTweetTuesday ✨🌳✨ 👉tinyurl.com/3rsp2nhp
For @TopTweetTuesday sharing @eliot_north’s feature on shiny platform. iambapoet.com/eliot-north
Currently reading Eurydice in The Ruined House by @AnnaSaund1 it is breathtakingly good, each poem is brilliant with every word carefully placed. @TopTweetTuesday @MatthewMCSmith
A quick dip into @TopTweetTuesday on #reviews week with a shoutout to fabulous desert poet @RegineEbner. Here's my review for her latest book, 'Mountains that See in the Dark' amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DYDQM7B5#… And below is my review of her earlier collection 'Oxidized Pennies'.
'Here is the still light of your planting from a shell' 'the mantra of another world' Sharing on @TopTweetTuesday - @VWC_Writes's #SilverBranch feature from last month Vikki C - June 2025 | Mysite
For @TopTweetTuesday I wanted to recommend checking out Ohioan poet Hanif Abdurraqib. Was lucky enough to get the chance to see Hanif in Cleveland last week where he read a selection of thoughtful, socially conscious poetry with grace and humour… abdurraqib.com