Today is the last day to enter our #kidlit #poetrycontest!

Thanks Rob Jelly for having me on BBC Upload last night, interview and 2 poems. I really enjoyed listening, feel rather special. I’m on after about 17 minutes, link below 🙂🌟 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

For this week's #PoemsAbout #Desire with thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk and all those participating.

Too long for me to post the text really, this is my #PoemsAbout #Desire I read my poem, I Want, here. vm.tiktok.com/ZNdENbt9c/

Looking forward to reading all of the other #PoemsAbout #Desire. Here's mine. @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk

For #poemsabout #desire @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk Three faces of desire:

Looking forward to hearing my interview and poem on BBC Upload tonight and Saturday night at 6pm with Rob Jelly. Thanks Rob!

Time to get back on #track with @thetoypress.bsky.social's #WordOfTheWeek. Or is it? #WritingCommunity #WritingForChildren #PoetryCommunity #PoetryForKids #KidLit #WordPrompt

Lately I’ve been tucking #kidlit poetry zines into neighborhood Little Free Library boxes 📚 Everyone has the power to make something beautiful—something that reflects your hopes for a kinder, more joyful world—and share it with others ✨ #NationalPoetryMonth #poetry #zines #PoetryCommunity

👀 #kidlit writers & artists! We will be open for submissions again on November 20th for Issue 13: Head, Shoulders, Spleen & Nose! www.littlethoughtspress.com/theme

Thank you for all your supportive comments on our post yesterday. Here is your #wordoftheweek! #writingcommunity #writingforchildren #writingprompt #poetryforkids #poetryforchildren #poetrycommunity

We would usually have opened up submissions again by now, but we are taking a pause to think about what's next. For the past few editions, we haven't recouped all of our costs and this is largely down to the increasing expense of sending out contributor copies...

It's here! What a terrific collection of words this is. Delighted to have my flash, "Who's afraid of little old me?" on P42. Watch this space for a novella in flash with this character. Link below. Take a peek at everyone! @underbellypress.bsky.social Thanks! @pdevonald.bsky.social issue bud!

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

#poemsabout #lockeddoors I seem to write a lot about teachers... ahh well.

My #PoemsAbout for the prompt #LockedDoors Thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk It's a counterpoint to my children's poem Outside In, which ends: "But where else can we all explore A world with countless open doors?" dirigibleballoon.org/poem/Outside... @northernjim.bsky.social

Thanks to @thetoypress.bsky.social for their #WordOfTheWeek #Spark. Here's where my brain went this week: #WritingCommunity #WritingForChildren #PoetryCommunity #PoetryForKids #KidLit #WordPrompt

Three poems written for @thetoypress.bsky.social #wordoftheweek and #PoemsAbout prompts on #BBCUpload @chrisarnoldinc.bsky.social this week! Thanks everyone! 😊

Delighted to have my poem 'haircut' in the new issue of Cosmic Daffodil, The Body Archive. Check it out here: cosmic-daffodil.squarespace.com/ebook-collec... #Poetry #Poem #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity @cosmicdaffodil.bsky.social

Here is your #wordoftheweek! #writingcommunity #writingforchildren #writingprompt #poetryforkids #poetryforchildren #poetrycommunity

Delighted to have my poem 'haircut' in the new issue of Cosmic Daffodil, The Body Archive. Check it out here: cosmic-daffodil.squarespace.com/ebook-collec... #Poetry #Poem #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity @cosmicdaffodil.bsky.social

grateful that my Electra piece was chosen as the cover for this issue 🖤

ISSUE XII: TIDAL LIGHT NOW OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS 🌊✨️ Keywords: emotional immensity, nature as metaphor, dreamlike reality, oceanic feeling, ecstatic fear. Submit here: duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...

Dear #PoemsAbout #PromptCombo and poetry friends - you normally see my adult poetry on Bluesky. If you would like to find out more about my children’s stuff, please check this out! 😊 #kidlituk #kidlit #writingforchildren Thanks @littlethoughtspress.com #interview

My final ticket to scaryness.com on the Poetry Express. The spookiest of all #poetry forms: the villanelle! Mine is called, errr, Villainelle. scaryness.com/cobweb-vines... #WritingCommunity #WritingForChildren #PoetryCommunity #PoetryForKids #KidLit #Halloween #ChildrensPoetry #HappyHalloween

As always my thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk for hosting #PoemsAbout #Blood look forward to seeing all this the other poets in this wonderful community's work

Hello there @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk and the #poetrycommunity here’s my rough draft drop for #PoemsAbout #Blood A little fem’ rant for you! Will check in throughout the day for all the #poems. Thanks for reading, sharing, supporting. #poetry #poem

This is actually not the first #Poem I've written about blood. This week. Thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk #PoemsAbout

A creepy 14 word micropoem for blackboughpoetry.bsky.social. Felt like this one needed the rhyme.

Here's the second of three #poems I have on the spooky #ChildrensPoetry website scaryness.com. #HappyHalloween! scaryness.com/cobweb-vines... #WritingCommunity #WritingForChildren #PoetryCommunity #PoetryForKids #KidLit #Halloween

A micro poem for a mega prize! Fingers crossed! Go on #blueskypoets! @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social #poetry

The news that Knights Of is closing is so incredibly sad. Maybe if you're planning on buying any books for Christmas, go visit an indie press website - stuff is hard out there. Tag your indie presses here and let's make a list for people. 🧵

One of three #poems I have on this scary(ish) #ChildrensPoetry website. #HappyHalloween! scaryness.com/cobweb-vines... #WritingCommunity #WritingForChildren #PoetryCommunity #PoetryForKids #KidLit #Halloween

It's nearly #Halloween so perhaps not surprising that @thetoypress.bsky.social's #WordOfTheWeek #Back took me in a slightly spooky direction! #WritingCommunity #WritingForChildren #PoetryCommunity #PoetryForKids #KidLit #WordPrompt

Hello, here is your #wordoftheweek! Apologies for the brief pause in words of the week - our designer (aka husband) is juggling a full-time job and a university course at the moment so his time is very limited! #writingcommunity #writingforchildren #poetrycommunity #poetryforchildren #kidlit

Here's a video of me reading Ali the Artist, a poem based on the picture Portrait Painting by Olivia McGinty, and originally published in the Ekphrasis Adventure issue of @littlethoughtspress.com: www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues

For #poemsabout #burnforthecamera with thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @brokenspinejournal.bsky.social #poetrylovers #writingcommunity

Flutter, Shutter, Click, Snap. And before you know it, you're splayed, wondering if the film is burning, or if you are. #poemsabout #burnforthecamera @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

As a child, I was shot so many times. A warzone of shutter buttons and flashing bulbs, I was ever captured mid-escape... #PoemsAbout #BurnForTheCamera @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

Morning @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk Thank you for the #PoemsAbout prompt #BurnForTheCamera Have a wonderful Friday! #poetry

How do the media still manage to give Reform so much coverage even when they lose badly? Caerphilly.

#PoemsAbout #BurnForTheCamera @thebrokenspine.co.uk Due to the numbet of quotes, I might consider this a found poem. I will put a link to the video/commentary in the comments.

I completed 'the assignment' for #PoemsAbout #BurnForTheCamera. Thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

Genuinely brilliant news, i'm made up!

@littlethoughtspress.com takes kid lit seriously—and so do we. They’ve been spotlighted for #IndieLitMagGala 2025 for their stunning, thoughtful, contributor-friendly work. Big thanks to @tracierenee.bsky.social for the beautiful nomination. Read the full piece: thebrokenspine.co.uk...

#PoemsAbout #BurnForTheCamera starts Friday. Write into overexposure. Lights too hot. Love as theatre. Fame’s funeral. Draft now. Share from Friday. Tag your post. Use Alt Text. Sign up for prompts: shorturl.at/0Xm7A

My litmag Frazzled Lit is open for submissions till 31st Ocober. Loving what is coming in so far! But we'd especially love to see more #poetry from the #poetrycommunity! @louloumach.bsky.social @paulwritespoems.bsky.social Reshares appreciated! @frazzledlit.bsky.social www.frazzledlit.com

There was some stopping and starting on this one so didn't think I'd end up posting it at all. Glad to get the #Sub above the surface. @thetoypress.bsky.social #WordOfTheWeek #WritingCommunity #WritingForChildren #PoetryCommunity #PoetryForKids #KidLit #WordPrompt

Thanks to @thetoypress.bsky.social for their word of the week: Sub! Here's my little offering. #poetry #poetrycommunity #kidlit #poetryforkids #writingprompt

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