Thank you to @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social for hosting last week! This week's #promptcombo is #ancestry. This piece was published in Freeverse Revolution Issue XII & is something of a letter to my younger self. Also doubling up as a fairly seamless segue from #history 😁 Tag me/use # to join in

Another Big Up #lifttothesky to @markantonyowen.com & @iambapoet.com Mark is such a super supportive creator & curator! This experience with iamb, back in wave 3, when my life was a little bit all over the place was such a joy to be a part of! Get auditioning below 👇 you won’t regret it 🤩

Poets, the time is NOW ... and through till Sept 27th, when the window for auditions (submissions) for (to) @iambapoet.com closes. I'm looking to fill a whole eight waves worth of the journal across 2026/27 – so don't be shy! Go to the Audition page, and give me your best. iambapoet.com/audition

A second #LifttotheSky from me today. This one’s for Laura Cooney @lozzawriting.bsky.social who is back among us, writing terrific poetry and continuing to be hugely supportive to #poetrycommunity #BlueskyPoets #PoetsSupportPoets @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

This weeks #lifttothesky is for @julianday.bsky.social Julian I follow a trail of kindness & support of #blueskypoets , checking in on people’s wellbeing as well as offering brilliant support, feedback & advice. You are an example of the best of this #poetrycommunity & a super talented poet 🙌

My friends, I'm v happy to share that one of my poems has been accepted for publication in the forthcoming issue V of The Storms Journal! As some of you may know, one of my poems was published in issue III @thestormshelter.bsky.social Keep your eyes out for further news & promo! Yay! 🌬🌊🥳🎉🎊🕺⚡️🎸

And yet a third #LifttotheSky for The Candyman’s Trumpet @dreich.bsky.social a new online mag curated by the supportive and generous Jack Caradoc. It’s already published great work by fantastic poets and it’s free to subscribe (and submit). Get to know it! #poetrycommunity @alanparrywriter.co.uk

Totally awesome - absolutelly to the #LifttotheSky - thanks Jack for everything you are doing, it really is so exceptional, and the quick response time so appreciated. Such a wonderful project - quality poetry by email, so appreciated and excellent.

For this week’s #LiftToTheSky I’m boosting @martinkennedyyates.bsky.social whose collection ‘This Wilderness & Other Concerns’ is astounding in its scope and delivery. Do buy a copy! #poetry #poems

Since no one has named him yet this week, for my first #lifttothesky, I will honour @daveashleypoet.bsky.social While his poetry is heart-catching, his real artistry is in the life-giving community he continuously creates. With warmth, humour and humility, he cultivates a living poem out of poets.

I would like to #lifttothesky @poetkatiratejeda.bsky.social as she uses her platform to help human atrocities not be ignored while also posting about nature's beauty. The way she speaks through her poetry is honest, raw, and stunning.

Giving a #lifttothesky to @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social for all the support she provides other poets, opportunities she gives other poets and for the launch of the new initiative from @thebrokenspine.co.uk - also I’m honoured I was asked to read at an event showcasing @alanparrywriter.co.uk 🙌

My #LiftToTheSky is for CAPS - Calling All Poets Series! www.callingallpoets.net Be The Feature is a 10 Minute Open Mic - 3rd Thursday of each month. @mjpj55.bsky.social #PoemsAbout #BlueSkyPoets Make connections with poets from around the world, hear inspiring work and let your words speak!

This morning may I #LifttotheSky the wonderful @rosannamcglone.bsky.social , whose fascinating book on the process of poetry and the journey of different writers, from first draft to published piece, arrived on my doormat Saturday...?👌🥰

If you’re not already following by @alanparrywriter.co.uk and #poemsabout you really should. Huge thanks to Alan for the massive amount of support and dedication he puts into supporting poets. We all owe you a debt of gratitude. #lifttothesky

Join poets @poetbex.bsky.social @alicestainer.bsky.social @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social Martin Kennedy Yates @judemarr.bsky.social @miriamo77.bsky.social @marcellenewbold.bsky.social @annpelletiert.bsky.social 7.00pm - 8.30pm UK time Free on Zoom www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/last-satur...

A #LifttotheSky for the brilliant @louisepoetical.bsky.social - no one does more for poetry, a very talented poet and endless supporter for us all. Organises fantastic readings with Last Saturday Poets free on Zoom - and an awesome book out too @alanparrywriter.co.uk @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social

for the Monday #LiftToTheSky @thebrokenspine.co.uk see @iambapoet.com with a new wave out last week, take a look & have a listen, celebrate the work of the poets & the curator @markantonyowen.com

This is amazing Jim! @oyoguhito.bsky.social What an advocate / inspiration you are… this video is all about living well / living life to the fullest (whilst living with diabetes.) I too love to sea swim and your poetry pebbles are such an act of love ❤️ connecting through #poemsabout

#Poemsabout #SilentPlanets @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk #Prompters #SilentPlanets Drifters We grift like silent planets in our shared bedroom orbiting our space— where touch once lived holiness gravity grows hollow. #poetry #5AMWritersClub #art #tanka #skypoets #arw-raw

#PoemsAbout #SilentPlanets

Here’s my small offering for #poemsabout #silentplanets Written a while back, to cheer up my autistic son, who adores space and sometimes finds life difficult. Thanks for the prompt @alanparrywriter.co.uk

.⁣ 𝐛𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐬⁣ ⁣ infinite space does⁣ indeed⁣ serve a purpose⁣ so God need not hear⁣ our screams⁣ ⁣ #PoemsAbout #SilentPlanets #poem #poetry ⁣

And one more, to lighten the dark just a bit for #PoemsAbout #SilentPlanets. Thank you @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk. @brokenspinearts.bsky.social @alanparry83.bsky.social @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social #poetrycommunity #poetry #poems #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry

Matrix comes from the Latin for womb, mother, source. This poem is not about absence, but the silence of listening. Not gone, only unheard. She waits. She pulses. We forgot how to hear her. #PoemsAbout #SilentPlanets @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

For this week's #PoemsAbout #SilentPlanets with thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk and all those taking part.

Recent stats show that the number of Native American and Alaska Native women murdered or never found is 10x that of the national average. #OneIsTooMany #PoemsAbout #SilentPlanets @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #StayCreative #PoetsOfBlueSky #PoetsSupportPoets

Going tangent to #PoemsAbout #SilentPlanets to write about the void, orbiting & silence around reproductive trauma. This poem was published in the #WriteOutLoud anthology & I want to share it here to spark the conversations that so rarely happen. @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

Tomorrow’s your drop for #PoemsAbout #SilentPlanets Write the void. Write the orbit. Write the unspoken. Tag your poem + tag us: @alanparry83.bsky.social @brokenspinearts.bsky.social Read. Repost. Reply. Saturday’s prompts will keep you writing: shorturl.at/oEXAM

... I journey to jupiter, that gaseous sphere, vast world unto itself- a giant, #silentplanet... #poemsabout @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

The first #PoetryTheme prompt is #AMPHIBIAN Nature's amphibians move across habitats. Metaphorical ones might shift in class or identity Take your time. Post a poem by the end of 30 September. Tag @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social Use #PoetryTheme & #AMPHIBIAN hashtags & please say if you want DM comment

For @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social , with thanks for the #promptcombo. #History gathers its shadows until they burst into vision. This poem is about that moment — when solitude stops being empty and becomes a place of revelation, when the desert turns to a path and the silence begins to speak.

Many thanks @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social for today's #promptcombo #history. I posted this a while ago in response to #poemsabout but I think it fits the bill in the way it explores the idea of nationhood. Looking forward to reading and responding to others later.

For #PromptCombo #history and with thanks to host, Paul @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social a personal history poem, which I don't think I've posted before. First published in Under the Radar.

Thank you, Fidel @dragonslayerma.bsky.social for last week's #promptcombo. All are welcome to contribute. Use hashtags #promptcombo #history and my tag:

For #PromptCombo #ClocksTicking & #PoemsAbout #Candlelight, this was in Autumn Sky Poetry, Nov 2020. Bit bleak, but long past. Currently in a season of renewal, & if you've gone through this w/ family, wishing you peace. 'Remember the year a fox' @dragonslayerma.bsky.social @alanparrywriter.co.uk

For #PromptCombo #ClocksTicking ✨ for @dragonslayerma.bsky.social

#poemsabout #candlelight 🙏 to @alanparrywriter.co.uk & @thebrokenspine.co.uk #adaptation / #poetry: ©Jan Peters/Solivagant Wisdom, 2025 After #Trakl #Expressionism #Death #Wake #Visions #PoetryInTranslation

Lucky him! We were very similar - our kids are just beginning to express how grateful they were for it! 😊 Here’s a poem I wrote about a similar experience to yours - I think it was ‘81.

I so appreciate the journey this #PoemsAbout #Candlelight prompt took me on ... @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #PoetsSupportPoets #PoetsOfBlueSky #StayCreative #Poetry

My today’s contribution for #PoemsAbout #Candlelight @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #Oulens #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry #poetrycommunity #poems #poetry Thanks for reading!

Hello @thebrokenspine.co.uk and everyone, and perennial host @alanparrywriter.co.uk. After #Riots and #UrbanDecay (elsewhere), must come calm. Yes (1986) sang 'Soon, oh soon the light, pass within and soothe this endless night'. For this week's #PoemsAbout #Candlelight I turn metaphysical.

How have I only just seen this! Following #NotJustPretty now and coming along to the fab sounding line up and Open Mic 🎤 on 4th October 🎉 details 👇

Your #PoemsAbout on chandeliers, glamour, or wax tears and beyond may already be perfect for #Verdigris: #PoetryOfDecay. Submit throughout September:

Thinking for a while about #poemsabout #candlelight and kept returning to this memory from childhood from the snow of 1987. This and playing with candle wax in restaurants, good times! Thanks as always for the prompt 🙏 and fab #writingcommunity @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

Excited to have 2 poems in the Write Out Loud 20th Anniversary Anthology! The theme was 'echoes' and the winners and commended poems are stellar, such an honour to be longlisted with such fantastic poets! Copies available WOL website 🚀 Will post poems when I get my copy! #poetrycommunity #echoes

Looking forward to giving my first reading from New Arcana at Morecambe Poetry Festival this Saturday 🔮✨️ @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social url:https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Lancaster/Morecambe-Winter-Gardens/Morecambe-Poetry-Festival-2025/40609946/

Second #lifttothesky Big Up is for super talent @rburrows.bsky.social who’s writing just connects with me & always packs a punch! Super craft 🖊️ 💥 Also love her support of so many people posting to #poemsabout & really enjoy our conversations on here! #poetrycommunity @thebrokenspine.co.uk

#lifttothesky Big Up to the super talented and inspirational @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social who never fails to amaze me with the breadth and brilliance of her poetic responses - but also with her insightful & intelligent feedback and support of #poetrycommunity #poemsabout @thebrokenspine.co.uk