I like to tell stories, mostly through poetry…occasionally performing them. Live in Cornwall (Kernow), Land of my Fathers. Socialist, Humanist. SWFC www.graylightfoot.co.ukhttps://bsky.app/profile/graylight.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/graylight.bsky.social/post/3miivef4jmc2fCheck out my poetry website #poetry graylightfoot.co.uk https://graylightfoot.co.uk/02 Apr 2026 09:29 +0000at://did:plc:odifujyxzdr3ffaphbiynooo/app.bsky.feed.post/3miivef4jmc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/graylight.bsky.social/post/3mhy52tm3lc2rThe light brimming around St Clement’s Island and a lovely pink house. “Adrift, St Clement’s Island made skeletal by the high tide Resembles some waking kraken full of hideous intent To plunder Mousehole’s harbour wall And coil a tentacle or two around an unsuspecting tourist” #Cornwall26 Mar 2026 17:31 +0000at://did:plc:odifujyxzdr3ffaphbiynooo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhy52tm3lc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/graylight.bsky.social/post/3mhlfifvogc23https://bsky.app/profile/rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social/post/3mhl5ie3xe62z [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Mar 2026 15:57 +0000at://did:plc:odifujyxzdr3ffaphbiynooo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhlfifvogc23https://bsky.app/profile/graylight.bsky.social/post/3mhl7sr7h7c23Lovely walk around Cape Cornwall yesterday and spotted the first Hottentot Fig flower of the year.21 Mar 2026 14:16 +0000at://did:plc:odifujyxzdr3ffaphbiynooo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhl7sr7h7c23https://bsky.app/profile/graylight.bsky.social/post/3mgzfu4baqc2f#PostBoxSaturday Nice Victorian post box in the Kennal Vale between Stithians and Ponsanooth, Cornwall, UK14 Mar 2026 12:16 +0000at://did:plc:odifujyxzdr3ffaphbiynooo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgzfu4baqc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/graylight.bsky.social/post/3mgpj6qpqxk2fA poem about a hero - Shelagh Delaney #poem #ShelaghDelaney https://graylightfoot.co.uk/2023/10/04/finding-shelagh-delaney/10 Mar 2026 13:49 +0000at://did:plc:odifujyxzdr3ffaphbiynooo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgpj6qpqxk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/graylight.bsky.social/post/3mgnznaetn224After 40 days and nights of rain (seems like it!), it was nice to get down to Mousehole and walk home with the blue sky, sea and birdsong as accompaniment. #Cornwall09 Mar 2026 23:38 +0000at://did:plc:odifujyxzdr3ffaphbiynooo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgnznaetn224https://bsky.app/profile/graylight.bsky.social/post/3mfbrxg2gn226A poem about Cornwall, its geology, its history and its language #Kernow #poetry #TheLizard #Serpentine https://youtu.be/VYFIghmJcd0?si=64nFi7fU9q0qKThX20 Feb 2026 09:23 +0000at://did:plc:odifujyxzdr3ffaphbiynooo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfbrxg2gn226https://bsky.app/profile/graylight.bsky.social/post/3mf5a652ovk2vIf you’d like to check out my poetry (much of it inspired by Cornwall, where I live) go to graylightfoot.co.uk https://graylightfoot.co.uk18 Feb 2026 13:54 +0000at://did:plc:odifujyxzdr3ffaphbiynooo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf5a652ovk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/graylight.bsky.social/post/3megu6yosus27http://graylightfoot.co.uk/2022/04/05/john-cooper-clarke-competition/ #johncooperclarke #Iwannabeyours09 Feb 2026 16:22 +0000at://did:plc:odifujyxzdr3ffaphbiynooo/app.bsky.feed.post/3megu6yosus27https://bsky.app/profile/graylight.bsky.social/post/3me6mtr7nz223A short poem about religion where bling is the thing. #poetry #organisedreligion https://youtube.com/shorts/7FqYjuH_vmY?si=OYBueL99Lt3autqM06 Feb 2026 09:49 +0000at://did:plc:odifujyxzdr3ffaphbiynooo/app.bsky.feed.post/3me6mtr7nz223https://bsky.app/profile/graylight.bsky.social/post/3mdxghxiii22aTREKEIVESTEPS, RIVER FOWEY, CORNWALL A poem about a beautiful peaceful place near the Golitha Falls in East Cornwall https://youtube.com/shorts/RwVeQToNlVg?si=BDmBWHfHJNyTqDUX03 Feb 2026 13:06 +0000at://did:plc:odifujyxzdr3ffaphbiynooo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdxghxiii22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/graylight.bsky.social/post/3mdpwxh7pc22bCornwall’s housing problems 5 #Cornwall #Kernow https://youtu.be/g22gg419S44?si=CboooUzE04ewrp5431 Jan 2026 13:40 +0000at://did:plc:odifujyxzdr3ffaphbiynooo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdpwxh7pc22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/graylight.bsky.social/post/3mdpwv6u6mc2bCornwall’s housing problems 4 #Cornwall #Kernow https://youtu.be/Lysn5YPTq6M?si=DBg6uWn7ATT9YvBQ31 Jan 2026 13:38 +0000at://did:plc:odifujyxzdr3ffaphbiynooo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdpwv6u6mc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/graylight.bsky.social/post/3mdpwt63u5s2bCornwall’s housing problems 3 #Cornwall #Kernow https://youtu.be/APY7qRtpWB4?si=Hpp7eJ7Z4KJ_48ZA31 Jan 2026 13:37 +0000at://did:plc:odifujyxzdr3ffaphbiynooo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdpwt63u5s2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/graylight.bsky.social/post/3mdpwqu2it22bCornwall’s housing problems #Cornwall #Kernow https://youtu.be/0ecOECHaQ-E?si=UWPhQpRhy6kpMXFA31 Jan 2026 13:36 +0000at://did:plc:odifujyxzdr3ffaphbiynooo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdpwqu2it22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/graylight.bsky.social/post/3mdpwom4los2b#Cornwall #Kernow Cornwall’s housing problems https://youtu.be/gqAXaTxXBtI?si=lC51jlzA5W-RG1O631 Jan 2026 13:35 +0000at://did:plc:odifujyxzdr3ffaphbiynooo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdpwom4los2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/graylight.bsky.social/post/3md6gghrdjs2tA poem about the repression of language #welshlanguage #cornishlanguage #cymraeg #kernewek https://youtu.be/AFpFoxc1xwg?si=S_wHBprw-SvzB8fC24 Jan 2026 14:29 +0000at://did:plc:odifujyxzdr3ffaphbiynooo/app.bsky.feed.post/3md6gghrdjs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/graylight.bsky.social/post/3ma4kulkpzk2vA poem about the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall, its unusual geology, history and the Cornish language http://graylightfoot.co.uk/2025/10/08/serpentine/ #LizardCornwall #geology #poetry16 Dec 2025 16:27 +0000at://did:plc:odifujyxzdr3ffaphbiynooo/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma4kulkpzk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/graylight.bsky.social/post/3m7unm5isik2zJust back from shopping, Penzance, Cornwall ❤️13 Dec 2025 12:55 +0000at://did:plc:odifujyxzdr3ffaphbiynooo/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7unm5isik2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/graylight.bsky.social/post/3m7oa7bvjx22kA Christmas poem from someone who doesn’t do Christmas poems. A real robin seen at The Range, Penzance, Cornwall #poetry #Christmaspoem youtu.be/3llYKqyPE-k https://youtu.be/3llYKqyPE-k10 Dec 2025 23:39 +0000at://did:plc:odifujyxzdr3ffaphbiynooo/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7oa7bvjx22khttps://bsky.app/profile/graylight.bsky.social/post/3m7d4cnplnk2dDidn’t win the Moth Nature Prize with this but I’m happy with it. #Cornwall #RiverFowey #Trekeivesteps #CornishPoetry http://graylightfoot.co.uk/2025/12/06/trekeivesteps-river-fowey-cornwall/06 Dec 2025 13:30 +0000at://did:plc:odifujyxzdr3ffaphbiynooo/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7d4cnplnk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/graylight.bsky.social/post/3m6gz2rnxt22dLovely calm day on the Mousehole to Newlyn road last week. Cornwall at its best.25 Nov 2025 09:17 +0000at://did:plc:odifujyxzdr3ffaphbiynooo/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6gz2rnxt22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/graylight.bsky.social/post/3m6afdvzt7k2d“I think everyone should have a Pendle Hill growing up.” Milly Hayward A poem about a life of 70 years and how a wonderful landmark meant so much in it. http://graylightfoot.co.uk/2025/11/22/pendle-hill-the-nearly-mountain/ #poetry #PendleHill #LancashireLife22 Nov 2025 18:09 +0000at://did:plc:odifujyxzdr3ffaphbiynooo/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6afdvzt7k2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/graylight.bsky.social/post/3m2os5gwux22vA poem about geology, Cornwall, The Lizard Peninsula and the Cornish language. #Kernewek #Serpentine #poem http://graylightfoot.co.uk/2025/10/08/serpentine/08 Oct 2025 13:54 +0000at://did:plc:odifujyxzdr3ffaphbiynooo/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2os5gwux22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/graylight.bsky.social/post/3m274sen6522bIt’s #NationalPoetryDay and here’s a poem about the view out of my Cornish window. http://graylightfoot.co.uk/2024/11/28/the-abbey-slip-summer-morning/02 Oct 2025 08:22 +0000at://did:plc:odifujyxzdr3ffaphbiynooo/app.bsky.feed.post/3m274sen6522bhttps://bsky.app/profile/graylight.bsky.social/post/3lz24azshek2nMy poem RAIN CARNATIONS about the over-indulgence of floral tributes was filmed at The National Dahlia Collection, formerly at Varfell, Penzance but now at Kehelland, Camborne. Couldn’t find any carnations… #poem #floraltributes Worth watching for the dahlias. https://youtu.be/qMxHxmdrPhw?si=QvxJbJgcCW9SigvN17 Sep 2025 15:04 +0000at://did:plc:odifujyxzdr3ffaphbiynooo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz24azshek2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/graylight.bsky.social/post/3lysmqk73q225http://graylightfoot.co.uk/2025/09/14/its-bronn-wennili-stupid/ #Cornishlanguage #Kernewek, #poem #repressionoflanguage #BronnWennili #BrownWilly14 Sep 2025 15:38 +0000at://did:plc:odifujyxzdr3ffaphbiynooo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lysmqk73q225https://bsky.app/profile/graylight.bsky.social/post/3lysjmctpzs2jIT’S BRONN WENNILI, STUPID! image from Jetty Street Press It’s BRONN WENNILI, stupid! (for Craig Weatherhill, Delynyer Hendhyscans/Draughtsman of Archeology) Revered height, capstone of Kernow. Which ancient Cornish kings lay Beneath your snaggle-toothed cairns? What mystical alignment emanates… http://graylightfoot.co.uk/2025/09/14/its-bronn-wennili-stupid/14 Sep 2025 14:42 +0000at://did:plc:odifujyxzdr3ffaphbiynooo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lysjmctpzs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/graylight.bsky.social/post/3lxz2tjoyt22dA poem about Glendalough, Co.Wicklow, Ireland #Ireland #poem #poetry #Glendalough #StKevin #Heaney http://graylightfoot.co.uk/2025/09/03/a-soft-evening-at-glendalough/04 Sep 2025 11:41 +0000at://did:plc:odifujyxzdr3ffaphbiynooo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxz2tjoyt22d