For #PromptCombo this week, it's #ecstasy. Use the hastags & tag me to get involved. ❤️ This video of me reading my poem "My Man" is from a series of poetry videos Julie & I did during Covid. @victoriaspires.bsky.social @hool415.bsky.social @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social @rfsmith.bsky.social

For @hool415.bsky.social Ju’s #PromptCombo #tracks this week I’m sharing this wee #poem. Hope you like the bonus photo Ju, of the west Highland line near Plockton. Thanks to the crew.

Inspired by a poem by @fhpowellwriter.bsky.social earlier this week, I thought I'd inflict this on @hool415.bsky.social and the #Promptcombo Massive for #tracks I have loads of these almost-poems in my archives.

Like so many, I have a train poem or two in the locker. Here's a rare foray into rhyme from around 5 years ago. For @hool415.bsky.social and #promptcombo #tracks

🙏 @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk #PoemsAbout #BlackVeils #newpoem: ©Jan Peters/Solivagant Wisdom, 2026 Will catch up! #Reading 👇👇 #Saturn #Goya #Melancholy #Archetype #DepthPsychology #Alchemy #DarkPoetry #poetrycommunity

Here's what came to mind for me for @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk #PoemsAbout #Blackveils Back to read and comment tomorrow

A bit cheekily I have taken inspiration from @victoriaspires.bsky.social brilliant #promptcombo #moment to respond with a tangential, playful effort of my own

Written in just a #moment for @rfsmith.bsky.social and #promptcombo

Good morning all at #PromptCombo It’s my turn and this week’s theme is #Moment , any moment you can think of. See mine below. Love to all. @dragonslayerma.bsky.social , @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social @hool415.bsky.social @victoriaspires.bsky.social @coastalpoet.bsky.social

#PoemsAbout #FalseCrowns 🙏 @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk #newpoem: ©Jan Peters/Solivagant Wisdom, 2025 #WickerMan #Satire #FanFiction #FolkHorror #WeirdSisters #70s #Cults #ProsePoem #image: ©Richard Littler, 2016

Dear @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk and the #poetrycommunity here for #PoemsAbout #FalseCrowns a not very serious attempt, which I’ve not had time to work on. Hope it fits. Thanks to all who read and repost. Will check out the offerings over the weekend. #poems #poetry

A piece I wrote to an Ekphrastic prompt, which The Ekphrastic Review published in their challenge selection. It was written just after the terrorist attack in Israel and when what was obvious even then as a disproportionate response was beginning. #PoemsAbout #FalseCrown @thebrokenspine.co.uk

Tomorrow: #PoemsAbout #FalseCrowns. Not royalty — rot. Don’t post before Friday. That shine? That reverence? That’s the problem. Tag it. Use Alt Text.

A personal thread about using rhyme in poetry🧵 Despite once being a mainstay of form & despite its persistence in popular song, rhyme has lost favour with many poets. Some eschew it on principle. Others, even those who use it, are nervous of it. To many it seems old-fashioned, trivial, nursery stuff

And wow again! 😄 Big thank you to @afterpoetry.com and @markantonyowen.com again! 🙏🏼 And congratulations to @hareontherun.bsky.social and @philvernon.bsky.social 👏🏼💐

I don't often do that much #Subtext so thanks to @victoriaspires.bsky.social for the #PromptCombo incentive. I was also inspired by her Late Poppies poem, so here's one I created in November and have edited a wee bit. The original prompt was 5 line vignette, a Proper Noun and onomatopoeia.

Morning #PromptCombo crew. It's me hosting this week and the theme is #Subtext. This poem is a #terzarima and very much not in my usual style (written as an exercise with @noelcowley.bsky.social some while ago). You don't have to write one, though (I know how much @hool415.bsky.social hates form) 😁

Thank you Fidel for last weeks stunning stint. The #promptcombo for this week is #TakingItUpStairs All can contribute. Please use the above hashtags and tag me @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social

A poem about the heron that surprised us as we walked across the bridge. Or is it? There may be other thoughts behind this one. We've often seen herons but rarely heard that strange call. #PoemsAbout #Static @thebrokenspine.co.uk

Tickets are flying out for this event... #promptcombo #poemsabout crews, hope to see some of you there! 🤗

#PoemsAbout #Static starts Friday. Write into the interference. Unsaid words. Broken transmission. What flickers when meaning won’t settle? Draft now. Share from Friday. Tag your post. Use Alt Text.

Thanks @dragonslayerma.bsky.social for our first 2026 #promptcombo. My #nightfall poem is steeped in ancient Turkish traditions, superstitions and folklore. Happy new year to all. #poetry #poems

Fidel, @dragonslayerma.bsky.social I loved your prompt poem for #PromptCombo #Nightfall and I was sure I had one somewhere that was on topic. I finally found it, from back in summer 2021, though I have reformatted it to share here. Happy New Year to the #PromptCombo community

Happy New Year, Crew🎆 Thrilled to start off 2026 as your host for #PromptCombo. I'll kick us off with my 1st poem of this year with my beloved #Nightfall as your theme. Special 🏅 if you use #Nightfall in your response! Use the hastags & tag me to get involved. I'm here till Friday❤️

#promptcombo #dilemmas/decisions #poem #freeverse #vss365 #regrets @hool415.bsky.social

I was a little stumped for #PromptCombo #Dilemma/Decisions but reading through the great poems already posted I decided to throw this old one of mine into the mix, for @hool415.bsky.social Originally in Dreich Mag issue 4 No.12

Hullo @rfsmith.bsky.social @dragonslayerma.bsky.social @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social @victoriaspires.bsky.social All welcome, tag me @hool415.bsky.social and use as well #promptcombo #dilemmas/decisions **TILL 5pm FRIDAY!!** (NB The four-legged one is doing ok currently with some new meds…)🤞

Hi @rfsmith.bsky.social Ronnie, my fourth response to your smart #promptcombo #Memorial is from my 2017 collection "A World Where', turning ideas upside down:

Posting another for @rfsmith.bsky.social and #PromptCombo #Memorial @jenthorne.bsky.social brilliant Pipe poem reminded me I'd written this almost a year ago, there's something about New Year that revives old memories.

I'm not sure why this old memory popped up today. Perhaps it was prompted by the few poems I've read here so far. Back later to read more. For @rfsmith.bsky.social and #PromptCombo #Memorial

It’s no secret that I have the toughest job on #PromptCombo , following @victoriaspires.bsky.social . Still, I soldier on this week with #Memorial . @dragonslayerma.bsky.social @hool415.bsky.social @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social @coastalpoet.bsky.social @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social

Tomorrow: #PoemsAbout #Imps Unleash your tricksters. Write what hides behind holiday cheer. Chaos in small doses. Or full-blown curse. Tag it. Use Alt Text. Post from Friday. Saturday prompts hit inboxes: shorturl.at/0Xm7A

This #PromptCombo #ThisPoem is bringing out my whimsical side, so here's an older one of mine from my drafts. I rarely rhyme but thought this one might be fun to read out loud. I hear it in the voice of Craig Charles. @victoriaspires.bsky.social

#promptcombo #thispoem and thanks to @victoriaspires.bsky.social for the inspiration

#promptcombo #thispoem #poem #blankverse #enjambment #arspoetica @victoriaspires.bsky.social

A very quick instinctual scribble as a bit of fun for @victoriaspires.bsky.social wonderful poem prompt. If I have time I will try another more considered response. #promptcombo #ThisPoem

Thank you @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social for last week's prompt! This week I'm hosting #PromptCombo & the prompt is #ThisPoem. You can interpret that however you wish, but I dare you to try something a little different 😇 All welcome to join, replies until Friday.

Calling all editors (and poets)!!

For anyone in the UK, If you text ‘SHOUT’ to 85258 when you are in a dark place or suicidal, a trained crisis volunteer will text you back. This is great If you find talking on the phone challenging. It’s completely free 24/7. Please Repost, you never know who might need this support

What a beautiful anthology from The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press, curated and co-edited by @marcellenewbold.bsky.social and Bronwen Evans. I was delighted to have a poem chosen alongside many wonderful poets. Find out more about it here: www.theweesparrowpoetrypress.com/lines-of-com...

Luckily for me I had written a wee poem about the North Star a short time ago. I just had to find it again! Written to a picture prompt, I hope it works without it too. Sharing for #PromptCombo #NorthStar @dragonslayerma.bsky.social

Enormously pleased to host #PromptCombo this week. Theme is #NorthStar Here's my poem 'Navigating a Wilderness' to kick us off. Tag me & use the hastags to get involved, open till Friday! @victoriaspires.bsky.social @hool415.bsky.social @rfsmith.bsky.social @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social

I can honestly say this is the only poem I've written of this nature, not quite sure what I was on at the time. It was early in the Covid pandemic, if that had a bearing? Back to read more posts later. For #PoemsAbout #Desire @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk #poetry #poetsonBlueSky

#PoemsAbout #Desire is live. Post from today through Thursday. Tag your post. Use Alt Text. #TakeRisks #EndOnAnImage #AvoidCliché. Engage—don’t ghost. Read 3+, repost, reply. Sign up for prompt packs: shorturl.at/0Xm7A

Delighted to have a poem on this new anthology highlighting the unexpected unconventional beauty of urban spaces and often unconsidered small creatures. My poem is in praise of Woodlice 🙂 Available world wide via Amazon All proceeds to charity. #blueskypoets #naturepoetry #poetrycommunity

Good morning, my #lifttothesky this week is @dnwritespoetry.bsky.social. She is a wonderful part of the #poemsabout community, gives fantastic feedback to everyone every week, and is a brilliant poet to boot. All the warmest of hugs 🤗 #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #poets #writers #skypoet

An old poem of mine that I can't exactly say where it came from and I'm still not sure what it means for me. It was inspired by "The Room" by Kevin Hart, the Anglo-Australian poet-theologian, not the US comedian. For #PoemsAbout #LockedDoors @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk

This week’s prompt wants your ghosts, your don’t ask me about thats, your barricaded memories. Post from today through Thursday. Tag it. Use Alt Text. #TakeRisks #EndOnAnImage #AvoidCliché Read 3. Repost. Reply. Don’t be a ghost. Sign up: shorturl.at/0Xm7A