My #MyLiftToTheSky this week goes out to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk itself. You've been an inspiration to me as a writer, enabling me to accept the grit within my work. I have explored more facets of myself as a person thru #poemsabout than I could’ve possibly imagined.

I'm so excited to be a Stormer again! Thank you @eatthestorms.com and @rhonagreene.bsky.social 💙

@carolynthomas.bsky.social is so wonderful. Thank you!

It's Monday, and I'm musing! This is my weekly compilation of #poetry, #photos, and commentary on the past week. merrildsmith.org/2025/10/13/c...

A(nother) #Lifttothesky today for the wonderful Carolyn Thomas @carolynthomas.bsky.social for her beautiful poetry and her incredible support for me and all those in the poetry community. With love and thanks 💙

This Poetry Starter Pack list has grown a lot since I shared it last. Now up to 76 poetry creators! You can also use the link to just browse! Go to the "posts" tab and scroll through to read from the #BSkyPoets #Poetry community. go.bsky.app/6yHVpGM

Here’s 6am Sunblessed my #PoemsAbout #imperfect. Thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk Have a perfect day! #poetry

Been a week my fellow poets! I am late in posting for #PoemsAbout #ImperfectMe! Hopefully it will find you well and enjoying life! I played with form this week! @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk

#ekphrastic #poetrycommunity #poetsofbluesky This is an amazing opportunity to find out more about Ekphrastic poetry from one of the finest Ekphrastic practitioners. And it's free For your local time if not UK or Central Europe use www.timeanddate.com NB Daylight Savings end for some on 25th!

Thanks for tearing it up on last week’s #PoemsAbout. This Friday we shift: #BreakTheMould. Think refusal, escape, iconoclast energy. Start posting Friday—early drops get buried. Use Alt Text. Tag #PoemsAbout to be seen. Sign up for deeper prompts: shorturl.at/0Xm7A

the truth is. i've already posted #PoemsAbout #ImperfectMe this week. but i guess i just can't stop thinking about it. thanks a lot @alanparrywriter.co.uk and all of the ridiculously talented writers. @thebrokenspine.co.uk sorry for being greedy and drafty and posting twice.

Another #poem that can speak for herself. #PoemsAbout #ImperfectMe @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #StayCreative #PoetsSupportPoets #PoetsOfBlueSky

For an October #PoemsAbout #ImperfectMe, it only seemed right to revisit (tweak again) this piece. @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk Thank you, @epistemiclit.bsky.social, for including this poem in issue 4! Audio: epistemiclit.com/past-issues/... Print copy: is.gd/epistemiclit...

For this #PoemsAbout I’ve found the perfect #ImperfectMe (no lying🤥) and now that the 🐱 out of the 🎩 (was it a 🛍️?) I’m gonna 💨 for the day (JK…) Thanks to host @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk also for #haikuchallenge #anecdote for host @bleuowl.bsky.social #tanka #Oulens #blueskypoetry

The Government Shed – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon Photo: ©️Tony Bailey 2006, shared under creative commons licence. The Government Shedold shedsalvageabletin roof needs rust treatmentthe silver lining corrodedhow long? Copyright 2025 ©️Paul Vincent CannonAll Rights Reserved ®️

A Seox for #PoemsAbout #ImperfectlyMe with thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk

I am delighted that my #poem Resurrection is published today in @eunoiareview.bsky.social Just in time for @hool415.bsky.social’s #PromptCombo theme #Visitor & @thebrokenspine.co.uk & @alanparrywriter.co.uk’s #PoemsAbout theme #imperfectme (Recording in thread) #poetsonbluesky #poetrycommunity

#poemsabout #imperfectme @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

A piece from my would-be manuscript (probably now a zine series because I'm now a zine-obsessed twaffle) "Behind the Mirror". A bit more simplistic than my usual fair, but it's got a hopeful side to it that you may appreciate. Enjoy 🤗 @alanparrywriter.co.uk #poemsabout #imperfectme #poem #poetry

#PoemsAbout #ImperfectMe Thanks @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk for nudging me into discomfort writing. Started life in @wendypratt.bsky.social workshop,been festering.

I am thrilled to have a piece published in Issue 6 & overcome the hurdle of audio recording. Like many things, the idea was worse than the reality. Support from @thebrokenspine.co.uk poets encouraged me to submit. Thanks to all of you & the gentle guidance of Kristin @epistemiclit.bsky.social 😁

The window is open, poets ... come on in. #opensubmissions #poetry #afterpoetry #ekphrastic #ekphrasis

Roberta Writes - Reblog: “The Soldier and the Radium Girl Part 1: The Bloom of Youth, Chapter 1: Enlist in haste, repent at leisure” by Roberta Eaton Cheadle roberta-writes.com/2025/10/11/r...

Turning the imperfection around into an honest reflection of why a relationship failed for #poemsabout #imperfectme. Thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk & @thebrokenspine.co.uk for the prompt and glad to be back writing after an enforced break!

How is it Friday?! This week it’s #PoemsAbout #ImperfectMe This is ‘Sudden Impacts & Ripples’ Will try to catch up through the day and after work. @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk great to see the community growing

For #PoemsAbout #ImperfectMe Posting my effort now but madly busy so will try to catch up with everyone’s work later - the ones I have seen are great 😊 @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

Here’s to the imperfect, the mislabeled, the beautifully unfitting. This piece is for all of us who will not be named by other people’s judgment. #PoemsAbout #ImperfectMe Thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and this wonderful community @thebrokenspine.co.uk

I was planning to write something centring on my total inability to be on time for anything for this week's #PoemsAbout prompt, #ImperfectMe - but it took my in a very different direction! Weekly big fat thanks to @thebrokenspine.co.uk and @alanparrywriter.co.uk. Happy Friday poets! 💜

Happy Friday to this week's theme!😃🖐 #poemsabout #imperfectme @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

aerial slipstream alive with geese sounding off— digital detox #haiku #poem #nature #birds

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 with thanks as ever to our host @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk and to everyone.

I wasn't going to do this #PoemsAbout until ten minutes ago. #imperfectme seems so self-evident. So that's what I said. @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

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

Good morning! I wasn't going to do this prompt for #PoemsAbout #imperfectMe but started writing it yesterday @paulwritespoems.bsky.social writing group. It's still rough. Thanks as always to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk

Roberta Writes - d'Verse: Tripping October and The Flower Hour #photography #poetry roberta-writes.com/2025/10/09/r...

Something Gothic this way comes… Submissions are OPEN for The Havisham Steps: Modern Gothic Poetry. We want poems of neon dread, fractured love, haunted minds. Closing date: October 31st #PoetrySubmissions #SubmissionWindow #TheHavishamSteps #ModernGothicPoetry

From Pure Haiku Encircling - Guidelines purehaiku.wordpress.com/2025/10/08/g...

This Thursday. Write Here, Right Now. A supportive and inclusive poetry writing group. Prompt. WiP. Peer Feedback. Interested? Drop me a message.

If you’re working on #WednesdayWIPs this is a potential opportunity for you…

A #Poem for dVerse. I'm bringing the fire with this one. merrildsmith.org/2025/10/07/o...

#PoemsAbout #ImperfectMe kicks off Friday. Think fractured reflections, messy middles, scars that still speak. Draft, hold, then post from Friday. Use Alt Text. Tag properly or we won’t find it. For inbox prompts every Saturday: shorturl.at/0Xm7A

Roberta Writes - Book reviews: Miira (Innerscape #1) and Happy Hour and Other Sorrows #fiction #bookreviews #reading community roberta-writes.com/2025/10/06/r...

Good morning! It's Monday, and I'm musing. This is my weekly post with a poem, photos, and commentary about the past week. merrildsmith.org/2025/10/06/r...

This week I want to #LiftToTheSky poet Brian Patten, who died September 29th; not so much for his poetry but this quote from him in a newspaper obituary, which goes to the heart of why we come together every week for #PoemsAbout #PromptCombo and others. @thebrokenspine.co.uk #PoetsInBluesky

I'm a little late. Here's my piece for #PoemsAbout #Mannequin @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

Big thanks for last week’s fierce drops on #PoemsAbout. Next up: #ImperfectMe — bruised reflections, warped mirrors, un-Photoshopped truths. The new theme starts this Friday. Sign up for prompts: shorturl.at/0Xm7A#PoemsAbout.#ImperfectMese Alt Text. Tag #PoemsAbout or get lost in the feed.

Hopelessly late but here’s another of the Ruth Ellis poems (this one’s a bit rough and needs tidying) for #PoemsAbout #Mannequins @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

Roberta Writes - d'Verse, Dipping our Poetic Paddles and CFFC roberta-writes.com/2025/10/04/r...

Something Gothic this way comes… Submissions are OPEN for The Havisham Steps: Modern Gothic Poetry. We want poems of neon dread, fractured love, haunted minds. Closing date: October 31st #PoetrySubmissions #SubmissionWindow #TheHavishamSteps #ModernGothicPoetry