It’s not right, it’s just not right Moe mai rā, Sam Neill

@thebrokenspine.co.uk #PoemsAbout #Powercuts One for this week whilst I'm away, waiting for the storms over water.

Mānawatia a Matariki! There will be nine short stories in the August edition of takahē in celebration of the nine stars of Matariki. I am honoured mine is one of those chosen. I am excited to read them all! Thank you to Zoe and the takahē team.

Hello #poemsabout friends, I have been reading from afar and finally have felt the urge to write. I look forward to reading your works. Thank you @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #cheapmotels #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #BlueSkyPoets

It’s been a long time between posts but time to put pencil to ipad. Thank you @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social #fragmentsfriday

Happy #PoemsAbout day everyone. I am very much looking forward to a long and sunny bank holiday weekend and I hope you all have a good one too. Now I've been nice, please find below a suitably depressing poem 🤭 @thebrokenspine.co.uk #BearingWitness #Poetry

Who’s lying: Glen McConnell or Oriini Kaipara? #NZPol

Please help! I am trying to find a micro fiction that I read about a year ago. The narrator was paying tribute to his friend who had lost a health battle. It started with him talking about hospital then their childhood and finished in a bar. Any help greatly appreciated #micro #flash #write #fiction

I am so very proud to have my poem included in the latest Takahē. I hope you take the time to read the wonderful mahi in this issue.

www.audible.com.au/pd/B0G4PPBXT4 Dominic Hoey's poetic reading of his second novel draws you in to 1985. Each quickfire chapter a stanza of Obi's struggles and the goings-on around him. I hope one day I see this movie, where Hoey's characters and humour shine as they do with his reading of them.

I don’t usually post #PoemsAbout @thebrokenspine.co.uk this early, but I’m taking some antihistamines and may sleep through a good portion of the night, or not. Will post a reel for #DogTags in the comments.

A second one for #PoemsAbout #desire. @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poetrycommunity #poetry #poems #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry

#PoemsAbout #BreakTheMould @thebrokenspine.co.uk Depending on what the app allows, I will either put a reel or a link in the comments for the 🎤…

Aotearoa poet Joel LeBlanc has been nominated for Best of the Net 2026 for his magical poem ‘in my dreams i saved us’ Published in Stone Circle Review @cottageinwood.bsky.social @stonecirclereview.bsky.social stonecirclereview.com/in-my-dreams/

Author and filmmaker Justine Bateman on generative AI

"Jason regretted the extra sugar in his coffee" by Cindy Kurukaanga @kakapowhakatoi.bsky.social is today's 75-word #story on Paragraph Planet paragraphplanet.com #writingcommunity

Thank you @paragraphplanet.bsky.social My little story is today’s paragraph.

Last call for entries! The Monica Taylor Poetry Prize closes at the end of September, so don't miss your chance to be part of this beloved competition. 💚$300 first prize + publication in the December issue of takahē 💚$150 runner up www.takahe.org.nz/submit/

This is so good!

Congratulations @merrildsmith.bsky.social !

Here's my offering for #PoemsAbout #SilentPlanets @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk

**AUDITIONS NOW OPEN TILL SEP 27** Want three of your poems with text and recordings of you reading them to feature in popular online poetry quarterly @iambapoet.com? You now have just 7 days to audition for your place in a wave in either 2026 or 2027. Good luck! 🍀 iambapoet.com/audition

“But dawn, Because you hid behind the horizon torches blazed, blinding, breaking sleep and families as parents were taken from screaming kids to be jailed then charged then sent back to the islands   Dawn, because you were silent, because all murmurings were silenced.” - @kakapowhakatoi.bsky.social

It’s my online launch tonight!

I am thrilled this poem got a special mention in Given Words 2025. It is amongst a wonderful collection of works, please fill your Friday afternoon reading. I have added a glossary in the comments for those unfamiliar with Te Reo. nzgivenwords.blogspot.com/2025/09/give...

we are currently accepting submissions for our FALL 2025 issue, & we'd love to hear from you! ✨🍁✨ voicemailpoems.org/submit 🧡 deadline october 1st 🧡

Another item from Becoming Altar (this one originally appeared in Dawn's Fool). Becoming Altar is coming in mid November, God willing and the creek don't rise.

Eden Rock Charles Causley

What a pleasure to find a completely original love poem that takes you on a journey through the literal heart. "Diminuendo" by @johnpauldavis.org does just that. Read it in Issue 4! asteralesjournal.com/1-3-davis-wi...

For #vss365 Disability is a name given by others

Bloody brilliant!

Received my contributor copies of this year’s Best American Poetry anthology & I’m hype af!! All these amazing ass writers & lil ole me somehow in the mix. 🤣 Shoutouts to The Indiana Review for first putting this poem into the world.

For this week's #PoemsAbout #Chandelier, I'm offering "Cavities." Thank you to the host @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk and to all of the other writers. #poetry #poem #writing #PoetryCommunity #BlueSkyPoets

Nice to write something fresh for #poemsabout #chandeliers after a week away, hope you enjoy it. Thanks as always @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk for the great prompt and everyone for the wonderful poems I'm enjoying reading instead of getting work done! #poetry #poemsonbluesky

For #PoemsAbout #Chandeliers ✨ For @thebrokenspine.co.uk & @alanparrywriter.co.uk

A late submission for #poemsabout #chandeliers , with thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poems #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity

#PoemsAbout #Chandelier With thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk

I have found that sometimes saying too much about a #Poem can weaken its power. So I let this #DoubleCherita speak for itself. #PoemsAbout #Chandeliers @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #PoetsSupportPoets #PoetsOfBlueSky #StayCreative

After a little break I'm back and looking forward to reading everyone's interpretations of #PoemsAbout #Chandeliers. Thanks as always to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk for hosting! #PoetryCommunity #BlueSkyPoetry

#PoemsAbout #Chandeliers @thebrokenspine.co.uk Leans heavily on PWEI. I will put a reel in the comments.

Happy Friday! Here's a poem for #poemsabout #chandeliers for @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk. Lovely to be back at this. I'll pop in to look at people's poems through the day!

For #poemsabout #Chandeliers @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk

Hello @thebrokenspine.co.uk and host @alanparrywriter.co.uk for another Friday #PoemsAbout #Chandeliers. A difficult latch to catch this week, with pages and pages of attempts to shape those words. Gah.

One for #PoemsAbout #chandeliers and @alanparrywriter.co.uk at @thebrokenspine.co.uk

A poem about being selfish. My submission for #poemsabout #chandelier thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poetry #poetsofbluesky #vssdaily - #barrel

I have lost track of the days, I’ll blame travelling rather than age. Here’s a late submission for this weeks #poemsabout #chandeliers Thank you @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

I stopped trying after another published poet and writer told me my poems were therapy, not poetry. It took years to write again, even just for myself.