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

Very pleased to have two poems published this week in the latest Lapidus Magazine – Issue Six: From the writing for wellbeing community for the writing for wellbeing community. Huge thanks to Lapidus International #lapidus

We’re halfway through the #submissions window for #Verdigris: #PoetryOfDecay. Opulence cracking. Glamour rotting. Decay made luminous. Send your poems by Sept 30:

I Am (Just a Story Written by Other People) Longlisted in the New Writers Poetry Competition 2025 from 700 entries (25 longlisted) newwriters.org.uk/competitions...

Thanks for keeping the thread alive on Friday. This week’s theme drifts into deep space: #PoemsAbout #SilentPlanets 🌌 Post your poem this Friday. Tag it and tag us: @alanparry83.bsky.social @brokenspinearts.bsky.social Read. Repost. Reply. Prompts arrive Saturday: shorturl.at/oEXAM

Over 150 calls for literary competitions & submissions including poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, art, photography, & more - contests, literary journals, residencies, bursaries etc - open or with deadlines in September 2025. Please share & best of luck! www.thisiswordbox.com/wordbox-blog...

Writing for #PoemsAbout #Candlelight? Let the shadows speak. Let the wax run. Post this Friday. Tag your poem + tag us: @alanparry83.bsky.social @brokenspinearts.bsky.social Read. Repost. Reply. Gothic doesn’t mean dead. It means burning slow. Prompts: shorturl.at/oEXAM

One more time for the folks that missed it the first go around...

// OPEN CALL - Issue 65 - Memorabilia // HAUS-A-REST accepting submissions (art, photo, digital, collage, painting, sound, video, poetry) on Memorabilia: objects, fragments of memory, gestures, feelings we cling to, reimagine or transform. www.haus-a-rest.com/connecting-w... Closes: 5.10.2025

SHINE Quarterly Issue 4 has arrived! If you missed it, you can watch the launch video here: includes a wonderful reading of one of my poems youtu.be/WgZ2H8QIL0c?...

Delighted to feature today in Poems_Revived 🌱- a great site that revists old poems every Tuesday 🌱 '(M)OTHER COURAGE' was first published in York Literary Review - huge thanks to the original editors and publishers, as well as David Hanlon. www.instagram.com/poems_revived/

Delighted to have two poems in the latest @shinepoetry.bsky.social edited by Samantha Terrell - which is just out now. Huge thanks to Samantha Such a great collection including wonderful poems by Marie Louise Plum and Özge Lena www.amazon.co.uk/SHINE-Issue-... #poetrycommunity #poetry

The excellent Haus-a-rest is live! Contains new and old poems by me, wonderful writing by fellow Resident Michaela Hall and stunning poets Do look around the site - art is always off the scale impressive www.haus-a-rest.com/issue-64-wri... #poetrycommunity #poetry #hausarest @hausarest.bsky.social

Some of last year’s most-read pieces came from your nominations. Not hype. Just heart. #IndieLitMagGala2025 is still open. Keep them coming. Let’s lift each other. 🖤

Something for the weekend - just published in the Manchester Post, Stockport Post and all the Post Newspapers! Huge thanks to the @postcommunitynews.bsky.social and all the wonderful poets

So delighted to be selected for this wonderful gallery show that runs from 6th October 2025 to 30th January 2026. SEASONS is inspired by feelings, gestures and emotions that the four cycles of the year evoke. The group exhibition is at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge.

Tomorrow we write #PoemsAbout #Riots Write fury. Write loss. Write truth. Tag your poem + tag: @alanparry83.bsky.social @brokenspinearts.bsky.social Then Read. Repost. Reply. 3 interactions minimum. Because one voice isn't enough. Prompts drop Saturday: shorturl.at/oEXAM

1/2. It's an honour to feature Mark in the September issue of a poetry showcase I started on 1st April this year. Back then, it was just me and my dear friend John Isbell, but as the year has progressed we've branched out a little...

Delighted that my poem 'The Costume Party' has achieved an Honorable Mention out of 1500 submissions from 20 countries for the 2025 Small Space Deep Impact Award. Huge thanks to the editors and judges #poetry #smallspacedeepimpactaward #darkpoets

Tomorrow we open for #submissions to #Verdigris: #Poetry of Decay. Poems where splendour cracks, glamour rots, and beauty corrodes into something strange. Guidelines: thebrokenspine.co.uk/2025/06/14/d...

Delighted to have two poems in the wonderful new The Candyman’s Trumpet which is out today! Huge thanks to the editor Jack Caradoc and all the wonderful poets included. To subscribe - see below. #poetry #poetrycommunity

Delighed to receive a Special Mention in The Whispering Wisdom Poetry Prize 2025 Huge thanks to Chris Allen and Whispering Wisdom www.whisperingwisdom.co.uk/general-4

Totally delighted to have a poem included in this new anthology alongside Henry Normal, John Hegley and Nigel Planer. And the wonderful @johndredge.bsky.social #poetry #morecambepoetry

So delighted to be part of the next issue with so many talented poets, out on September the first. Subscribe (FREE!) by sending an email to [email protected] saying simply 'Subscribe please' THEY DO NOT SHARE OR SELL EMAILS TO ANYONE, EVER #TheCandyman’sTrumpet #poetry

So delighted to be part of this 9th Issue of 3 poems from past and Future Candyman's Trumpets. Huge thanks to Jack Caradoc - the excellent editor - and fellow poets Katy Ewing and Trevor Wedge www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgjV... #candymanstrumpet

#TheCut with @pdevonald.bsky.social Fresh poems. Proper questions. Strong visuals. Poetry journalism that does the work justice. 🔗

#PoemsAbout #Ceasefire #poemsaboutpeace ​Huge thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk ​and @thebrokenspine.co.uk We write peace into the silence.

Today is #PoemsAbout #Ceasefire Use your poem as a flag, a fist, or a flame. Tag your piece + tag us: @alanparry83.bsky.social @brokenspinearts.bsky.social Then Read. Repost. Reply to 3+ poets. We write peace into the silence.

Opportunity for writers and artists for our next online exhibition, “Changing Patterns.” We invite work that engages with concepts of whether it is possible to change or adapt or break free. Deadline: 1st September 2025 www.haus-a-rest.com/opportunities @hausarest.bsky.social #poets

He's right. #BeautifulLittleFools isn't 'a nostalgic toast to' the #JazzEra #TheGreatGatsby. It's a reckoning. Thank you so much @markantonyowen.com for your sharp insights. @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk bit.ly/3GWpPzy #PoetsOfBlueSky #PoetryCommunity #StayCreative #Poetry

So pleased to be on this list by Paul Rance, a great editor. I was 2nd in a comp he run and published by Peace & Freedom Press in 1992. Such a significent moment in my life, an affirmation. To all editors - thank you, it is so appreciated, even 33 years on! pandf.booksmusicfilmstv.com/fame.htm

So pleased to be in this wonderful anthology - coming in September Huge thanks to @samanthaterrell.bsky.social and everyone involved #shine #shinepoetry #shinequarterly @shinepoetry.bsky.social

Something for the weekend... Poetry Corner has once again been printed in the Manchester, Stockport, Trafford, Cheshire and Salford Posts! Huge thanks to the eclectic poets and writers who contribute, always so inspired by your talent. Have a great weekend. #poetry #shortpoem

Had totally forgotten that the second piece was to be published today… here it is… Many thanks to Editor #DJTyrer 575haikujournal.wordpress.com

LATEST ZINE DROP: GRAFFITI ISSUE 🔥 63 Delighted to have haiku, photos of graffiti and poerym in this latest issue as part of my poet in residence at @Haus_a_rest 🗯️ Art by the people. For the people. www.haus-a-rest.com/new-page-iss... #GraffitiWriters @jennafox.bsky.social

"To be nobody-but-yourself — in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else — means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting." e.e cummings

So pleased to be part of this in September. To subscribe to this wonderful free poetry magazine - The Candyman's Trumpet - email the editor Jack at [email protected]

So great to see my poem/ art installation at the Stockport Open Exhibition 2025 at Stockport War Memorial Art Gallery - with my mum! A great show, beautifully curated and put together by #stockportwarmemorialartgallery. Huge thanks to everyone involved ​ #stockportrt #artist #art

Only 8 copies left of the wonderful The Perpendicular Poetry Prize 2025 - which I am delighted to be included in This 59 page A6 book includes shortlisted experimental poetry from the inaugural competition. #PerpendicularPoetryPrize #poetry theknockouts.bandcamp.com/merch/the-pe...

Edition 18 is now available to buy as a PDF file from www.steeljackdaw.com - and delighted to have a poem in this wonderful art and literary magazine Huge thanks to the editor JasonConway #poetry #steeljackdaw

Welcome to your super Tuesday -- delighted to share another Haiku published recently Huge thanks to DJ Tyrer and #575haikujournal #haiku #poetry #DJTyrer 575haikujournal.wordpress.com/page/2/?fbcl...

Subs are open. Reading now for Issue 4. Details at: www.SHINEpoetry.com #poetry #poetrysubmissions #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity

Congratulations to the lionesses! And my poem from 2022's Women In Sport journal - reedited for 2025 #Lionesses #lionesspoetry #poetry

Just added 10 new titles to our online shop today. Go feast your eyes on the stunning covers, see all our publications in one place, or even treat yourself to a copy (or three). #SummerReading thebrokenspine.co.uk/shop/?orderb...

Delighted to say I have a new poem out today in the wonderful Hobo Camp Review Huge thanks to the Editor James Duncan. So many other talented poems on David Lynch here #hobocampreview #davidlynch #davidlynchtribute #davidlynchpoetry hobocampreview.blogspot.com/2025/07/pete...

The Jazz Age sold dreams wrapped in sequins and soaked in silence. Our poets come for the silence. They come armed with verse. This is Beautiful Little Fools. 🔗 thebrokenspine.co.uk... #WritingCommunity #GatsbyDeconstructed

Welcome to your terrifc Thursday -- delighted to share another Haiku just published Huge thanks to DJ Tyrer and #575haikujournal #haiku #poetry #DJTyrer 575haikujournal.wordpress.com

Huge thanks to @hausarest.bsky.social for publishing my poetry as part of my residence --- // Issue 63 - The Graffiti Issue // Our resident poet has written a series of poems inspired by graffiti artists. Mural of Jimi Hendrix in Stockport’s Underbank created by artist Otto Schade

Delighted to have a new #haiku published in @freshoutmag.bsky.social Poetry Collective Huge thanks to Eric Lohman #micropoetry #poetry #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #woods #winter #manchester #uk

Welcome to your wonderful new week -- delighted to share another Haiku just published Huge thanks to DJ Tyrer and #575haikujournal #haiku #poetry #DJTyrer 575haikujournal.wordpress.com