m.youtube.com/watch?v=gvSY... I get the feeling that I don't belong here But there's no welcome in the window anyway And I look down for a number on my keychain 'Cause it feels more like a hotel everyday #ElvisCostello #GeorgeJones

#PoemsAbout #EarnTheRight @thebrokenspine.co.uk I will put a reading or link in the comments.

ssssssh Friday it’s early (4:16am) let’s post this little “throwaway” poem for #PoemsAbout #EarntheRight and get out of here but first thank @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poetry #blueskypoets on your toes Friday best foot forward but first have a great weekend everyone everywhere

Hi @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk My #PoemsAbout #EarnTheRight #poetry #writing:

Hello, a piece for #PoemsAbout #EarnTheRight @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk

A #tanka contribution for #PoemsAbout #BearingWitness @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk

Greetings, my contribution for #fragmentsfriday - many thanks to @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social and @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social for your inclusivity to American voices.

To a slightly lesser extent, Larry Mullen’s drum kit from the Rattle and Hum sessions at Sun Studio - no offense Larry we still love ya #sunstudio #u2

Oh hey just the original Shure Unidyne 55 at Sun Studio that Elvis recorded “That’s All Right” on in addition to his earliest recordings - likewise used by Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison, Car Perkins, etc. but nothin’ to see here move along

Greetings, for #PoemsAbout #SignalLoss an anaphoric poem (a version previously featured in @rfpress.bsky.social). Many thanks to @thebrokenspine.co.uk and @alanparrywriter.co.uk for hosting.

Dropping by the Carnegie MOA and something tells me I need to get back to work

Co-starring Mary Magdalene as barkeep

Greetings, some early-April absurdity for #fragmentsfriday. Many thanks to @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social and @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social

Enjoying the new #RitesandTrials anthology from @thebrokenspine.co.uk and I’m chuffed to have a lil piece here from my wayward youth. So many great writers here!.

This just in: virtual serf throws a tomato (thanks to @dadakuku.bsky.social)

For this #FragmentsFriday, a little one based in historical/scientific fact. Thanks for hosting, @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social!

Grateful to America Magazine for publishing my poem "Bad Timing." www.americamagazine.org/poetry/2026/... #poem #poetry #skypoets #blueskypoets #poetsofbluesky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity

A new verse from returning contributor J. R. Wilkerson: 𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗵 got my spine got these thumbs got this family phone plan — J. R. Wilkerson

Greetings, my #fragmentsfriday contribution today for @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social #poetry #zoo #primates #magic

Bonjour. The shortest month of the year deserves the smallest and mightiest issue of the year. Tell your local short king. www.roifaineantpress.com/blog #writingcommunity

My contribution to #fragmentsfriday for @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social #haiku #senryu #poetry #micropoetry guy who found my phone called mom, dad’s old numbers rank strangers, everyone

Dear beautiful internet people: Not to be overdramatic, but if you ever cared for me at all I beseech you to check out my lil poem “bloodworks” as well as some other amazing scribblers @rfpress.bsky.social this Sunday 2/23. 🩸🦟

Today’s Friday Video featured Robert Nesta Marley, born this day in 1945 🇯🇲 #BobMarley The Wailers will be there The Damned, The Jam, The Clash Maytals will be there Dr. Feelgood too m.youtube.com/watch?v=SBAi...

For those who observe, from a wintry corner of Virginia: All on that charming coast is no bitter snow and frost, Like the lands of Virginia-ginia, O; There streams for ever flow, and there flowers for ever blow, And alas! I am weary, weary O! - The Slaves Lament #RobertBurns 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Enjoying the new #RitesandTrials anthology from @thebrokenspine.co.uk and I’m chuffed to have a lil piece here from my wayward youth. So many great writers here!.

Today’s Friday Video featured Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska album, not to be confused with his time with E-Street Band: License, registration I ain’t got none But I got a clear conscience ‘Bout the things that I done m.youtube.com/watch?v=wpvX...

A new verse from returning contributor J. R. Wilkerson: 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗮 𝗳𝗶𝘀𝗵 for a lifetime he’ll remember to take the cannoli — J. R. Wilkerson

A new verse from new contributor J. R. Wilkerson: 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴’𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲𝘀 came ill-equipped in mending the eggman, his goo goo g’joob — J. R. Wilkerson

Cake still going the distance

Nevermore

Going through an Elvis Costello #elviscostello phase m.youtube.com/watch?v=snPD...

I’m a sucker for van Gogh, I like to get thisclose to see the paint textures

A lil Colombian-inspired haiku, previously published with @rfpress.bsky.social 🐸 #PoemsAbout #Green @brokenspinearts.bsky.social @alanparry83.bsky.social

This haunting piece from Syreeta Muir colored me like permanent Sharpie. Not for the dry-erase: @brokenspinearts.bsky.social #LiftToTheSky @phantomsspleen.bsky.social roifaineantarchive.wixsite.com/rf-arc-hive/...

A little something previously published with @rfpress.bsky.social #PoemsAbout #WolvesAtTheDoor @brokenspinearts.bsky.social @alanparry83.bsky.social

It’s 3AM and I must be lonely

For whoever needs it

Poetry Foundation not fucking around with today's poem of the day www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/89897/...