Here's another I finally got around to typing. And I only cried once this time. Originally meant for #poemsabout #signal loss. It first pulled out of me for their poetry reading. I may do this one in a few a video recordings this week. Anyway, enjoy 🤗 #poetry #5amwritersclub #6amwritersclub

For #PoemsAbout #BearingWitness @thebrokenspine.co.uk

Happy #PoemsAbout day everyone. I am very much looking forward to a long and sunny bank holiday weekend and I hope you all have a good one too. Now I've been nice, please find below a suitably depressing poem 🤭 @thebrokenspine.co.uk #BearingWitness #Poetry

bearing witness is survival #PoemsAbout #BearingWitness @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poetry #poem #writing #PoetryCommunity #BlueSkyPoets

Sharing a second for #PoemsAbout #bearingwitness Many thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poetrycommunity #poetry #poem #poems #skypoets #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry #poetsofbluesky #skypoet #writingcommunity

Apologies for the late post for #PoemsAbout #BearingWitness. Sharing a true story poem I shared w the promptcombo crowd last mo. @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poetrycommunity #poetry #poem #poems #skypoets #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry #poetsofbluesky #skypoet #writingcommunity

@dragonslayerma.bsky.social , @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social , @victoriaspires.bsky.social , @hool415.bsky.social Hi All, this week’s #PromptCombo is up, please spread the word…

This week's #promptcombo's #home is compelling. So very many possible interpretations. Appreciate you @rfsmith.bsky.social. #poetrycommunity #poetry #poem #poems #skypoets #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry #poetsofbluesky #skypoet #writingcommunity

For #promptcombo theme #home and @rfsmith.bsky.social Apologies for the overly sweet nostalgia of this one! Docken = dock, but is what they're called where I grew up

For #PoemsAbout #WhatRemains with much thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk And @thebrokenspine.co.uk

#WhatRemains #PoemsAbout

the soft edge between visible and invisible dims quieter than a sunset gradual the gloam descending on the world as if to kiss or bring a silent vesper to my lips the stain and you eventide @vss365hq.bsky.social‬ #vss365 @bithipaulauthor.bsky.social #eventide #poetry #poem #writing

after enough loss even the light changes shape #PoemsAbout #WhatRemains @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poetry #poem #writing #PoetryCommunity #BlueSkyPoets

I've read a lot of amazing and strong pieces this morning, but hands down -- this is my absolute favorite. The if/then construction. The annihilation. The force that comes through from beginning to end. BRAVO. I LOVE THIS!!

In the earliest versions of the story, Pandora does not open a box but a storage jar. What leaves the jar is not clearly named. What remains, elpis, is usually translated as hope, though whether it consoles or prolongs suffering is uncertain. #PoemsAbout #WhatRemains @thebrokenspine.co.uk

A bit late, but here's my offering for #PoemsAbout #WhatRemains @thebrokenspine.co.uk #villanelle #poetry

Mixing reportage, quotes and poetic rendering, an article from The Times by Marc Bennetts; a first-hand account from Druzhkivka, Ukraine for this week's #PoemsAbout. Sharing it here, with his permission, for both #NamesNotNumbers and #WhatRemains. @thebrokenspine.co.uk @poetsonbluesky.bsky.social

A second #PoemsAbout #whatremains if you will indulge me. An experiment in form that needs more work. Thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk & @thebrokenspine.co.uk for teeing this one up. #poetrycommunity #poetry #poem #poems #skypoets #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry #poetsofbluesky #skypoet #writingcommunity

For #PoemsAbout #WhatRemains @thebrokenspine.co.uk:

For #PoemsAbout #whatremains we consider the unimaginable. @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poetrycommunity #poetry #poem #poems #skypoets #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry #poetsofbluesky #skypoet #writingcommunity

#NamesNotNumbers #PoemsAbout

Many thank yous to @victoriaspires.bsky.social for a challenging and inspirational #promptcombo lat week. This week's #promptcombo is #DoCollageandBricolagePoem Assemble a poem out of random bits of media, such as Social Media, reference books, tv news and so on. Contributions open till Friday.

@thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social, your #DoCollageAndBricolagePoem #PromptCombo has inspired another #poem: ©Jan Peters/Solivagant Wisdom, 2026 😅 #Covid #Brainrot #DeepTime #Cosmos #Voyager #ScienceAndPoetry #poetrycommunity #DeepSpace

For @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social's challenging #promptcombo #docollageandbricolagepoem I set out to build a poem of quotes. The result is decidedly mixed. In order w/ a little connecting: John Muir Vladimir Nabokov Orson Scott Card Bertrand Russel Bill McKibben Ernest Hemingway William Wordsworth

@lozzawriting.bsky.social LOZZ_83 record partially recovered a kitchen light left on a wet handprint beside the sink someone saying your name softly to test if it still answers outside the porch lights flickering like numbers trying to become stars #PoemsAbout #NamesNotNumbers

Thanks to @thebrokenspine.co.uk #PoemsAbout #NamesNotNumbers #poetry: ©Jan Peters/Solivagant Wisdom, 2025 Out all day - will catch up #WorkingClassHistory #DHLawrence #Ancestry #poetrycommunity #PoetsOfBluesky

A second one for #PoemsAbout #namesnotnumbers. I wanted to use this prompt for a piece about imposter syndrome. Thanks to host @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poetrycommunity #poetry #poem #poems #skypoets #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry #poetsofbluesky #skypoet #writingcommunity

#PoemsAbout #namesnotnumbers As ever, gratitude to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poetrycommunity #poetry #poem #poems #skypoets #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry #poetsofbluesky #skypoet #writingcommunity

Hello @victoriaspires.bsky.social. Here's my #inthestyleof #promptcombo.

Well I was inspired after reading the stellar piece by @jude-brucemoll.bsky.social for @victoriaspires.bsky.social's #promptcombo #Inthestyleof. #poetrycommunity #poetry #poem #poems #skypoets #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry #poetsofbluesky #skypoet #writingcommunity

#InTheStyleOf: What an interesting #PromptCombo @victoriaspires.bsky.social! I have long loved a line from Jim Morrison: "Retire now to your tents and to your dreams / Tomorrow, we enter the town of my birth." This gave me the chance to play with that idea. Of course it's not as weird as Jim's work.

There's something in the Greek myths for every occasion. @thebrokenspine.co.uk #PoemsAbout #AfterTheSirens

For this week's #PoemsAbout #AfterTheSirens: going quiet. Thank you to the host @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk and to all of the other writers. #poetry #poem #writing #PoetryCommunity #BlueSkyPoets

A second one for #PoemsAbout #AfterTheSirens @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poetrycommunity #poetry #poem #poems #skypoets #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry #poetsofbluesky #skypoet #writingcommunity

#PoemsAbout #AfterTheSirens @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poetrycommunity #poetry #poem #poems #skypoets #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry #poetsofbluesky #skypoet #writingcommunity This prompt sent me digging in the archives. This is a VERY old piece I hadn't read in a long time.

In delerium to have a poem featured amongst an array of amazing authors in this new anthology edited by @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social and his @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social :

#PoemsAbout #AfterTheSirens @thebrokenspine.co.uk I will post a reading in the comments.

#poetrycommunity #poetry #poem #poems #skypoets #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry #poetsofbluesky #skypoet #writingcommunity #emoetry #keepwriting

Early Irish sources speak of five great sacred trees, they were centres of meaning, places where land, memory and authority met. Their loss trees marked not just physical loss, but the ending of a way of understanding the world. @janpsolivagant.bsky.social #TotemTree #PromptCombo

With gratitude to @janpsolivagant.bsky.social for this week's #promptcombo #totemtree #poetrycommunity #poetry #poem #poems #skypoets #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry #poetsofbluesky #skypoet #writingcommunity

#PoemsAbout #SignalLoss

Here's a poem from my new collection "Hedgerow of Voices" publizhed by JCStudio Press For #PoemsAbout #SignalLoss :

For this week's #PoemsAbout #SignalLoss -- it doesn't. Thank you to the host @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk and to all of the other writers. #poetry #poem #writing #PoetryCommunity #BlueSkyPoets

Good morning! For #PoemsAbout #Signalloss I woke up with this story in my head this morning. Thank you as always to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk

#PoemsAbout #signalloss Thank you to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk for keeping us writing! #poetrycommunity #poetry #poem #poems #skypoets #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry #poetsofbluesky #skypoet #writingcommunity

This is a really great prompt @dragonslayerma.bsky.social and it's inspired some great poems. Here is my offering for #NatureHasWeapons #promptcombo #poetry

I am so very late for #PromptCombo #NatureHasWeapons. Its been a week! This poem was written many years ago about a real event. It is untitled and I have never shared it. #poetrycommunity #poetry #poem #poems #skypoets #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry #poetsofbluesky #skypoet #writingcommunity

With apologies for the late offering for #promptcombo #visions Thank you @rfsmith.bsky.social. Sneaking one in before your wonderful prompt rolls. I wrote this one a couple weeks ago and as far as I can tell haven't shared it, but sometimes I forget to track. Apologies if this is a re-post.

Another that emerged from #gravity for #PoemsAbout @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poetrycommunity #poetry #poem #poems #skypoets #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry #poetsofbluesky #skypoet #writingcommunity

For this week's #PoemsAbout #Gravity, I'm thinking about the weight of things. Thank you to the host @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk and to all of the other writers. #poetry #poem #writing #PoetryCommunity #BlueSkyPoets Original version of this piece: bsky.app/profile/stac...