reyt Friday this is it girls & boys over the hill and into #PoemsAbout here’s my little “throwaway” poem for #Faultlines and give thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk enjoy your weekend everyone everywhere not forgetting it’s my birthday weekend 🛋️🚶‍➡️🚶‍♂️🚶‍➡️🚶‍♂️🫶🏿👩‍🦰

Here's a fairly literal response to today's #PoemsAbout #Faultlines but it fits in with recent attempts to write about our local Jurassic Coast. Many thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

#PoemsAbout #FaultLines starts Friday. Write what happens under pressure. The hairline crack. The old division. The thing everybody stepped over until the ground moved. Draft now. Share from Friday. Tag #PoemsAbout. Use Alt Text.

Next up: #FaultLines. The crack rarely starts where everyone can see it. Families. Lovers. Bodies. Borders. Beliefs. Find the pressure underneath. New theme begins Friday. Don’t post early. Use Alt Text. Tag #PoemsAbout. Read. Repost. Reply.

Many thanks to @rabblereview.bsky.social for including one of my #poems in their new issue: rabblereview.com/rr10

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Here's a poem of mine, "Dripping Gown" for #PoemsAbout #SheddingSkins @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk

If you like our #PoemsAbout prompts, you should be reading the poets we publish. AFTER HOURS: BEAT CULTURE MADE NEW is full of the territory we keep returning to: outsiders, restless lives, rebellion, memory and the world beyond respectable hours. shorturl.at/ETO6h

Tomorrow: #PoemsAbout #SheddingSkins. What had to come off before you could move? Don’t polish the transformation. Give us the split, the scrape, the raw bit underneath. Don’t post before Friday. Tag #PoemsAbout. Use Alt Text.

POEM 364: "Gift" by Leah Muncy "The secret is that we all wish we had it worse than anyone else. The doctor rides in on his horse and says: I’m sorry, this pain is original." stonecirclereview.com/gift/ #Poem #Poetry #NewPoem #PoetryCommunity

For #PoemsAbout #DeepCuts With much thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk

I have no stigmata to show you no bleeding heart but I can talk about the names of birds and trees politics wild plums agricultural policies and the secret life of a meadow if you're interested. #PoemsAbout #DeepCuts

she smiles with her mouth but look closely those eyes reveal deep cuts #PoemsAbout #DeepCuts @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

Here’s one for #PoemsAbout #DeepCuts many thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk

Last week's poets brought it. This week: #PoemsAbout #EndOfSummer. Not sunsets. Consequences. The season is leaving. What stays behind? Theme opens Friday. Use Alt Text.

#PoemsAbout #MainStage is live. Post through Thursday. We favour image-driven poems, emotional honesty, working-class grit, sharp endings, and work that avoids cliché. #TakeRisks #EndOnAnImage. Read 3+, repost, reply. Use Alt Text.

#PoemsAbout #MainStage starts Friday. The spotlight. The crowd. The encore. The stage fright. The person nobody noticed. We favour vivid imagery over explanation. Draft now. Use Alt Text.

I'm pleased to be included in this new poetry anthology! a.co/d/0dAtL97P

For this week's #PoemsAbout #ExitWounds, I'm thinking about how infrastructure is invisible when it works. @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poetry #poem #writing #PoetryCommunity #BlueSkyPoets #writingcommunit

Yay it's #PoemsAbout day again. Here is my offering to @thebrokenspine.co.uk for #ExitWounds Have a good weekend everyone 😊 #Poetry #Home

For all who post #poemsabout, or #poetry of any kind on Bluesky or other social Media. Good for you!

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#PoemsAbout #ExitWounds starts Friday. A slammed door. An empty chair. A scar. A city after the crowd has gone. We favour vivid imagery over explanation. Draft now. Use Alt Text.

For #PoemsAbout #Powercut with much thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk

For today's #PoemsAbout #Powercut, here's a poem I've shared before as a response to a #PromptCombo but, since it's called Powercut, here it is again... Many thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk I'll have a good read of others later....

#PoemsAbout #CheapMotels starts Friday. Cigarette burns. Ice machines. Checkout times. Lovers passing through. We favour vivid imagery over explanation. Draft now. Use Alt Text.

look of jade piercing bone, holding me captive, prisoner to glances sparingly given; loneliness dished out desire, uncertainty pulling apart seams, undone frustration, lips unkissed, air tickling temptations- this is unbearable #poemsabout @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poetry

Last week's poets brought it. This week: #PoemsAbout #CheapMotels. Temporary rooms. Permanent mistakes. Thin walls. Flickering signs. Theme opens Friday. Use Alt Text.

#PoemsAbout #TheLook is live. Post through Thursday. We favour image-driven poems, emotional honesty, queer voices, sharp endings, and work that avoids cliché. #TakeRisks #EndOnAnImage. Read 3+, repost, reply. Use Alt Text.

For this week's #PoemsAbout theme #OutAfterMidnight from @thebrokenspine.co.uk More Keats than clubbing...

Morning @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk Thanks for the #PoemsAbout prompt #OutAfterMidnight Happy Friday! #poetry #doomsdayclock @thebulletin.org

Pride month continues. This week: #PoemsAbout #WrongBody. Write the disconnect. The body inherited, desired, rejected, escaped. We favour image-driven poems, emotional honesty, and work that avoids cliché. Theme opens Friday. Use Alt Text.