Locked Thing is inspired by #poem + #prompt 044 hosted by @neonpajamas.bsky.social @bartonsmock.bsky.social and also this week's #PoemsAbout #LockedDoors. #writingcommunity #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writercommunity #blueskypoet #poetsofbluesky #writingprompts

Finally a breather to be here with #PoemsAbout #lockeddoors. can't wait to read everyone's work. @thebrokenspine.co.uk. @brokenspinearts.bsky.social @alanparry83.bsky.social @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social cial #poetrycommunity #poetry #poems #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry

Hi @rfsmith.bsky.social and #PromptCombo - here's my offering for #Storm, based on notes made after our summer wind storm #poem #poetry

#promptcombo. Thank you @rfsmith.bsky.social for a great #storm prompt. #poetrycommunity #poetry #poems #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry #poetry. This one has no title. It was written after a real event.

🙏 @rfsmith.bsky.social as #PromptCombo #Storm host #newpoem / #photography: ©Jan Peters/Solivagant Wisdom, 2025/2021 #Expressionism #Trakl #feverdream #delirium #darkpoetry #deathpoetry #monochrome #scape

For this week's #PoemsAbout #Blood, I'm thinking about the blood list. Thank you to the host @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk and to all of the other writers. #poetry #poem #writing #PoetryCommunity #BlueSkyPoets

Slightly cheating today as this has been published before but there's a poem for #blood and @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk I'll pop back in later for sharing and reading.

Do we know the true cost of our phones #PoemsAbout #Blood @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

🩸Blood🩸 Originally published by @anodynemag.bsky.social in vol. 6 along with other #flinta authors with #body related work, available at anodynemag.com #PoemsAbout #Blood @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk

Good morning! Happy Halloween! For #PoemsAbout #Blood This is also for a prompt where the first line comes from a horror movie--this one "The Sixth Sense." We're seeing Macbeth this weekend, so there may be more blood poems! Thank you @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk

A second late offering for #PoemsAbout #blood. @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poetrycommunity #poetry #poems #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry

A late post for #PoemsAbout #blood today. Today's prompt very appropriate for the day. Thank you to our host @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk for this virtual Samhain gathering!😉 @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social #poetrycommunity #poetry #poems #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry

For this week's #PoemsAbout #BurnForTheCamera, I'm thinking about proof of visibility. Thank you to the host @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk and to all of the other writers. #poetry #poem #writing #PoetryCommunity #BlueSkyPoets

Hello @thebrokenspine.co.uk and another Friday of #PoemsAbout. And hello @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social. This week I #BurnForTheCamera with a slightly different format; the emdash found me.

A poem for the @thebrokenspine.co.uk #BurnForTheCamera prompt. Camera as metaphor for both the voyeur and the 'performer'. #PoemsAbout @alanparrywriter.co.uk

A Choka for #PoemsAbout #BurnForTheCamera with much thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk

On #PoemsAbout Friday we #burnforthecamera together. Thank you to our host @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk for another great one. @brokenspinearts.bsky.socia @alanparry83.bsky.social @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social #poetrycommunity #poetry #poems #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry

‘a finely-wrought creature / from the flaming heart of god’ — that’s astonishing. This is something utterly primal. It feels both fallen & forged anew. #KeepWriting #PoemsAbout #BreakTheMould

We smash the old gods. Then carve new ones from the rubble. Inspired by the Byzantine iconoclasts, this poem is about what comes after we break the mould, when belief reforms itself in the dust, and beauty refuses to stay buried. #PoemsAbout #BreaktheMould @alanparrywriter.co.uk@thebrokenspine.co.uk

Many thanks to @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social for hosting #PoemsAbout #BreaktheMould for @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk. Here's my offering: an attempt at a mini dramatic monologue. I'll try and catch up with others in due course but I'm travelling this week

Morning @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk In 2016, Scientists at Liverpool Uni worked out that the genetic mutation that led to the peppered moth having black wings, took place in a 10yr window around 1819. Darwin was born in 1809. #PoemsAbout #breakthemould #naturalselection #poetry

#PoemsAbout #BreakTheMould @thebrokenspine.co.uk Depending on what the app allows, I will either put a reel or a link in the comments for the 🎤…

With thanks to @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social, our guest host for this week's #PoemsAbout. I did struggle to #BreakTheMould until dawn yesterday when a page of illiterate auto-writing in the dark got me somewhere...

I’m new to this, so I hope I’m doing it right. @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poemsabout #breakthemould #poetry #betterthantherapy

This space created by @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk is where it's at on #PoemsAbout Fridays. Here's anamnesis for #BreakTheMould. @brokenspinearts.bsky.social @alanparry83.bsky.social @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social #poetrycommunity #poetry #poems #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry

Thanks again @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk for an excellent #PoemsAbout prompt #ImperfectMe. Here's a poem about the imperfection of yielding to hope over experience

#PoemsAbout #ImperfectMe @thebrokenspine.co.uk I will put a reel in the comments.

For #PoemsAbout #ImperfectMe ✨ for @thebrokenspine.co.uk & @alanparrywriter.co.uk I apologize for the ungodly length and extend my sincerest gratitude to everyone who still endeavors to read it. Thank you.

‘even my clichés are the easy middle’ self-aware, and weary, but sharp as flint. This owns its in-betweenness with honesty. Half this, half that, wholly human. Gorgeous work. #KeepWriting #PoemsAbout #ImperfectMe

‘the membrane wont part’ nails that sickly in-between—where self blurs & reality won’t let you through. The poem spirals with grace, all static & slip; identity dissolving mid-spin. Stunningly disorienting. #KeepWriting #PoemsAbout #ImperfectMe

Hello @thebrokenspine.co.uk and host @alanparrywriter.co.uk for #PoemsAbout #ImperfectMe. This week I am personifying the inanimate. I'm not sure about it...

The mirror me is shattered glass, a self in splinters. Each jagged shard spreading my flaws across tiny multitudes. They dance and mock in unison #ImperfectMe #poemsabout @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

I’ve lost my faith in poetry, a personal experience, yet when I saw this brilliant prompt #imperfectme from @thebrokenspine.co.uk & host @alanparrywriter.co.uk it triggered something; so here’s a contribution. It opened it door & could start an avalanche; tread softly.. Je vous remercie #poemsabout

Hello @hool415.bsky.social, I am a bit late dropping in on #promptcombo for #Visitor. What a great prompt. Just a little dashed-off piece for fun. #poetrycommunity #poetry #poems #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry

For #Poemsabout #ImperfectMe @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk I'm posting early as I have an early tomorrow. Here's a poem from my ebook collection "As Folktaleteller":

For this week's #PoemsAbout #ImperfectMe, I'm thinking about a small devotion to the unhinged and unhealed parts of ourselves. Thank you to the host @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk and to all of the other writers. #poetry #poem #writing #PoetryCommunity #BlueSkyPoets

This #ImperfectMe is October grey in a second poem for #PoemsAbout. Thank you @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk @brokenspinearts.bsky.social @alanparry83.bsky.social @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social #poetrycommunity #poetry #poems #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry

#PoemsAbout. An October Friday seems perfect for an #ImperfectMe... @alanparrywriter.co.uk brought 🔥 this week with this prompt. @thebrokenspine.co.uk @brokenspinearts.bsky.social @alanparry83.bsky.social @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social #poetrycommunity #poetry #poems #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry

For #PoemsAbout #Mannequin ✨ for @thebrokenspine.co.uk & @alanparrywriter.co.uk “Some girls wander by mistake Into the mess that scalpels make” — Leonard Cohen, “Teachers”

I found another #Mannequin in my closet. #PoemsAbout @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk for another provocative prompt. @brokenspinearts.bsky.social @alanparry83.bsky.social @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social #poetrycommunity #poetry #poems #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry

Let your #Mannequin come forth for #PoemsAbout Friday! Thank you to our host @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk for another provocative prompt. @brokenspinearts.bsky.social @alanparry83.bsky.social @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social #poetrycommunity #poetry #poems #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry

For this week's #PoemsAbout #Mannequin, I'm thinking about big dogs. Thank you to the host @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk and to all of the other writers. #poetry #poem #writing #PoetryCommunity #BlueSkyPoets

For this week's #PoemsAbout #NeverAgain, I'm thinking about going bankrupt. Thank you to the host @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk and to all of the other writers. #poetry #poem #writing #PoetryCommunity #BlueSkyPoets

Bit late but hope it counts! @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poemsabout #neveragain

For #PoemsAbout #NeverAgain ✨ for @thebrokenspine.co.uk & @alanparrywriter.co.uk My poem is about Salem, an unarmed boy, who was shot by an IDF sniper while trying to retrieve the corpse of his brother. Later, Salem’s father would also be killed when trying to collect his sons’ bodies.

Happy Friday all. Here's a wee stream.of consciousness prose poem thingy for today's #poemsabout #neveragain for @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk it's meant to be breathless and fast. The lack of punctuation isn't a mistake. I'll check in later and read the others! Sorry it's so small

Hi @alanparrywriter.co.uk and your wonderful #PoemsAbout #NeverAgain:

4-year-old Amani knew she wanted to be a doctor. She and her brother Zayn were on Air India flight 171. This #PoemsAbout was written for an anthology compiled by their teacher @dreambeastpoems.bsky.social for their classmates and family. #NeverAgain @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk