A quiet nudge for the week ahead. #WednesdayWIPs is coming up. A space to share what you’re working on — or how it’s going. A line. A paragraph. A struggle. A pause. No polish required. Progress counts. Care is reciprocal here.

#PoemsAbout #Mouths is live. Write the heat. What’s tasted. What’s withheld. What stays on the lips after. Post from today. Tag #PoemsAbout #Mouths to be read and shared. Use Alt Text. Take care with each other.

Can you name names in a poem? Can you break a line like it’s breaking a window? We’re open. We’re listening. Bring the fury, bring the craft. #PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #PoetsOfBluesky #WednesdayWIPs #Poetry #SubmissionWindow

Tomorrow: #PoemsAbout #Mouths. Not romance — appetite. Not sweetness — need. Don’t post before Friday. That pause? That closeness? That’s the poem. Tag it. Use Alt Text.

It’s #WednesdayWIPs. Share a glimpse of what you’re working on. A fragment. A note. A feeling. Or just tell us where you’re at with it. Read generously. Respond kindly. Care moves both ways. Use #WednesdayWIPs so we can find each other.

Tired of journals that ask for poems about your garden and then ghost you? This one wants the bin, the syringe, the protest chant. This one’s built with spit. #PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #PoetsOfBluesky #WednesdayWIPs #Poetry #SubmissionWindow

Survival’s not a show, it’s evidence. Bring the autopsy. #SpineEdicts #DissectTheWound #ChooseTuesdays

#PoemsAbout #Mouths starts Friday. Write the wanting before touch. Breath shared. Words swallowed instead of spoken. Teeth. Tongue. Silence that leans in. Draft now. Share from Friday. Tag your post. Use Alt Text.

Tomorrow is #WednesdayWIPs. Bring your work-in-progress — or bring your update. What’s moving. What’s stuck. What you’re sitting with. This is about process, not perfection. We show up for each other by showing where we are.

Tired of journals that ask for poems about your garden and then ghost you? This one wants the bin, the syringe, the protest chant. This one’s built with spit. #PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #PoetsOfBluesky #WednesdayWIPs #Poetry #SubmissionWindow 👉 thebrokenspine.co.uk/2025/06/14/c...

Today’s #LiftToTheSky invitation: Who are you grateful for in this writing space? Say their name. Share their work. Let them be seen.

This week: #Mouths. Hunger. Confession. The place where wanting first shows itself. Write the almost-touch. The thing said too close. The heat before contact. New theme opens Friday. Don’t post early. Use Alt Text. Tag #PoemsAbout to be found.

A quiet nudge for the week ahead. #WednesdayWIPs is coming up. A space to share what you’re working on — or how it’s going. A line. A paragraph. A struggle. A pause. No polish required. Progress counts. Care is reciprocal here.

Final day. This submission window closes tonight. If the poem is ready, send it now. Thank you to everyone who trusted us with this work. #PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #WednesdayWIPs #SpineEdicts #PoetryCommunity #SubmissionWindow #OpenCall #Poetry

#PoemsAbout #BlackVeils is live. Write into concealment. What you guard. What you refuse to translate. What survives because it stays covered. Post from today. Tag #PoemsAbout #BlackVeils to be read and shared. Use Alt Text. Take care with each other.

Get ready for a fantastic event this Saturday! Don't miss The Broken Spine Live at The Grasshopper, Southport. 🕖 7–9pm | Free Entry 🎤 Jay Rafferty 🎤 Martin Kennedy Yates 🎤 Hosted by Alan Parry He/Him #PoetryAndPints #NorthWestWriters #LivePoetry

Tomorrow: #PoemsAbout #BlackVeils. Not secrecy — care. Don’t post before Friday. That shadow? That covering? That’s intention. Tag it. Use Alt Text.

Final days. Submissions close at the end of January. Once the window shuts, that’s it. If the poem is ready, send it. #PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #WednesdayWIPs #SpineEdicts #PoetryCommunity #SubmissionWindow #OpenCall #Poetry

It’s #WednesdayWIPs. Share a glimpse of what you’re working on. A fragment. A note. A feeling. Or just tell us where you’re at with it. Read generously. Respond kindly. Care moves both ways. Use #WednesdayWIPs so we can find each other.

This Saturday, get ready for an unforgettable evening with The Broken Spine Live at The Grasshopper in Southport! 🎤 Featuring performances by Jay Rafferty, Martin Kennedy Yates, and hosted by Alan Parry He/Him Don't miss out! #PoetryAndPints #NorthWestWriters

Write for the silence after you’re gone. #SpineEdicts #LegacyOverLikes #ChooseTuesdays

#PoemsAbout #BlackVeils starts Friday. Write into what you don’t show. Boundaries. Silence. Chosen obscurity. The dignity of not being legible. Draft now. Share from Friday. Tag your post. Use Alt Text.

This window is nearly shut. If you want your work considered, now is the time — not tomorrow. #PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #WednesdayWIPs #SpineEdicts #PoetryCommunity #SubmissionWindow #OpenCall #Poetry

This Saturday. It’s on. The Broken Spine Live at The Grasshopper, Southport. 🕖 7–9pm | Free Entry 🎤 Jay Rafferty 🎤 Martin Kennedy Yates 🎤 Hosted by Alan Parry He/Him #PoetryAndPints #NorthWestWriters #LivePoetry

It’s #LiftToTheSky Monday. This is not self-promo. This is shared oxygen. Lift someone whose work deserves more readers.

Last week interrogated power. This week: #BlackVeils — concealment, protection, refusal. What is hidden to survive? What is withheld on purpose? New theme opens Friday. Don’t post early. Use Alt Text. Tag #PoemsAbout to be found.

We’re close to closing the window. If you’ve read the call more than once, that’s your answer. #PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #WednesdayWIPs #SpineEdicts #PoetryCommunity #SubmissionWindow #OpenCall #Poetry

A quiet nudge for the week ahead. #WednesdayWIPs is coming up. A space to share what you’re working on — or how it’s going. A line. A paragraph. A struggle. A pause. No polish required. Progress counts. Care is reciprocal here.

Submissions close soon. Don’t wait for the poem to become easier. Send it because it isn’t. #PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #WednesdayWIPs #SpineEdicts #PoetryCommunity #SubmissionWindow #OpenCall #Poetry

#PoemsAbout #FalseCrowns is live. Write into illusion. Unquestioned power. Respect without reckoning. What we’re taught to bow to. Post from today. Tag #PoemsAbout #FalseCrowns to be read and shared. Use Alt Text. Take care with each other.

Also featuring the brilliant @katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social!

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

Get ready for The Broken Spine live show at The Grasshopper, Southport! 🎤 Featuring Jay Rafferty, Martin Kennedy Yates, and hosted by Alan Parry He/Him 🕖 7–9pm, Free Entry. #PoetryAndPints #NorthWestWriters #LivePoetry

End of January isn’t far off. If this work matters to you, make space for it this week. #PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #WednesdayWIPs #SpineEdicts #PoetryCommunity #SubmissionWindow #OpenCall #Poetry

It’s #WednesdayWIPs. Share a glimpse of what you’re working on. A fragment. A note. A feeling. Or just tell us where you’re at with it. Read generously. Respond kindly. Care moves both ways. Use #WednesdayWIPs so we can find each other.

#PoemsAbout #FalseCrowns starts Friday. Write into performance and pretence. Titles without labour. Power that survives only because it’s never questioned. Draft now. Share from Friday. Tag your post. Use Alt Text.

Rip it up. Rewrite the rules. Then set fire to those. #SpineEdicts #BreakEverything #ChooseTuesdays

Tomorrow is #WednesdayWIPs. Bring your work-in-progress — or bring your update. What’s moving. What’s stuck. What you’re sitting with. This is about process, not perfection. We show up for each other by showing where we are.

We’re into the final stretch. If you’ve been circling this call, stop circling. Submit. #PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #WednesdayWIPs #SpineEdicts #PoetryCommunity #SubmissionWindow #OpenCall #Poetry

It’s on. The Broken Spine Live at The Grasshopper, Southport. 🕖 7–9pm | Free Entry 🎤 Jay Rafferty 🎤 Martin Kennedy Yates 🎤 Hosted by Alan Parry He/Him #PoetryAndPints #NorthWestWriters #LivePoetry

Mondays are for looking outward. For #LiftToTheSky, name a poet, press, or project you believe in and tell us why. Let’s widen the circle.

Last week bent time. This week: #FalseCrowns — borrowed authority, inherited power, praise that doesn’t fit. Who crowned you? Who benefits from you believing it? New theme opens Friday. Don’t post early. Use Alt Text. Tag #PoemsAbout to be found.

January sharpens things. If there’s a poem you meant to send last year, send it now. #PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #WednesdayWIPs #SpineEdicts #PoetryCommunity #SubmissionWindow #OpenCall #Poetry

A quiet nudge for the week ahead. #WednesdayWIPs is coming up. A space to share what you’re working on — or how it’s going. A line. A paragraph. A struggle. A pause. No polish required. Progress counts. Care is reciprocal here.

🎤 Wanna grab a 5-min slot at The Broken Spine Live? It's happenin' at The Grasshopper on Sat, Jan 31 from 7-9pm! Shoot an email to mail@thebrokenspine.... to sign up. Hosted by Alan Parry He/Him with Jay Rafferty & Martin Kennedy Yates Don't miss out! #PoetryAndPints

#PoemsAbout #TimeSlips is live. Write into the misalignment. Moments replaying out of order. What time stole. What it keeps returning. Post from today. Tag #PoemsAbout #TimeSlips to be read and shared. Use Alt Text. Take care with each other.

Tomorrow: #PoemsAbout #TimeSlips. Not nostalgia — disruption. Don’t post before Friday. That pause? That overlap? That’s the poem. Tag it. Use Alt Text.

If the festive season feels heavy, this might be the work that meets you where you are. Submissions stay open into January — but don’t disappear from it. #PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #WednesdayWIPs #SpineEdicts #PoetryCommunity #SubmissionWindow #OpenCall #Poetry

It’s #WednesdayWIPs. Share a glimpse of what you’re working on. A fragment. A note. A feeling. Or just tell us where you’re at with it. Read generously. Respond kindly. Care moves both ways. Use #WednesdayWIPs so we can find each other.

Open mic slots (5 mins) for The Broken Spine Live at The Grasshopper. 📅 Sat 31 Jan | 7–9pm 📧 mail@thebrokenspine.... Hosted by Alan Parry He/Him With Jay Rafferty & Martin Kennedy Yates #PoetryAndPints #NorthWestWriters