Good morning! I wasn't going to do this prompt for #PoemsAbout #imperfectMe but started writing it yesterday @paulwritespoems.bsky.social writing group. It's still rough. Thanks as always to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk

For #PoemsAbout #ImperfectMe Posting my effort now but madly busy so will try to catch up with everyone’s work later - the ones I have seen are great 😊 @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

#PoemsAbout #ImperfectMe @thebrokenspine.co.uk I will put a reel in the comments.

#PoemsAbout #ImperfectMe Thanks @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk for nudging me into discomfort writing. Started life in @wendypratt.bsky.social workshop,been festering.

Thanks again @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk for an excellent #PoemsAbout prompt #ImperfectMe. Here's a poem about the imperfection of yielding to hope over experience

I wasn't going to do this #PoemsAbout until ten minutes ago. #imperfectme seems so self-evident. So that's what I said. @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

Don't miss Holly Ringland at the Bronte Women's Writing Festival this year ⭐ Get tickets at www.bronte.org.uk/whats-on/cat... #HollyRingland #TheSevenSkinsOfEstherWilding #TracyChevalier #LegendPress #BronteWomensWriting2025

Cosy Season is upon us 🍂✨☕️ Which of these recommendations will you be cosying up with a blanket to read? 📚 #OctoberRecommendations #CosySeason #TheBookSocial

With everything that there is noteworthy, tragic, important or horrific that's going on in the world, why is it that the only things that are ever trending on Bluesky are US sports fixtures? Who cares???

For #PoemsAbout #Mannequins This was a hard one for me. Thank you @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk I'll be back to read and comment later after I finish some work.

Dogs can tell if an acorn fell or if it was pushed. #poem #3lines

Greetings to @alanparrywriter.co.uk @brokenspinejournal.bsky.social keeping us on our toes with the theme of #PoemsAbout #Mannequin. It turned out to be a very thought provoking subject

For #poemsabout #mannequin, I write about Elena Milagro de Hoyos and Carl Tanzler. I read about them in a library book when I was quite young, and have never forgotten what I read. @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

A #mannequin poem for @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk #PoemsAbout prompt.

A small boon for those who have contributed to the #PoetryTheme prompt is that they can now be found in this new starter pack. Please follow, share, repost #poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky #poetry #prompts #booksky #writingcommunity

Can't recommend this enough. Luckily, we found Jane Dougherty before a bigger publisher did because she is amazing! 😍

Step inside the ancient word of Ys with Jane Dougherty's brilliant new novel! The Darkest Tide is an immersive fantasy epic inspired by Norse and Irish myths, perfect for fans of folk and fairy tales, written in the most incredible style! Order here: share.google/cxcjX4QByfPc...

Read my flash, "Spin Down" in this brand new (and #Spooktober...) issue.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, Abraxus Elijah Honey is one of my all time favourite books. Definitely go along if you can!

Sheffield! See you Saturday with one of my favourite Northodox books, some local (and amazing) authors, and some brand spanking new books for the first time! It's going to be a great one, so come down to The Mowbray at 2!

ICYMI:

October season... Take a chance on my dark thriller The Great Orme... This isn’t a rescue mission. It’s a descent, haunted by ghosts, and drowned in guilt. The deeper Zach goes, the clearer it becomes: no one escapes the justice of the Great Orme. #Booksky📚💙 #Darkthriller

This Saturday, we will be bookselling at The Mowbray in Sheffield with the SYP at a talk with Ella Ruby Self about her debut novel, Abraxus Elijah Honey, plus local authors Valeriya Salt and Benjamin Wylde will be joining us, and some books will be with us for the first time! Join us if you can!

Of all the best and kindest humans to ever live, Jane Goodall is near the top of my list. Rest in Peace, you beautiful soul. On behalf of the earth, I thank you www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...

#poem #poetry #skypoets #blueskypoets #poetrycommunity #sonnet

Look at this delicious cover…for the most intriguing story. It’s out now from Northodox.

I am pinching myself that this day is finally here! Sound up and enjoy! And huge thanks to @northodoxpress.bsky.social

President of Moldova “The Moldovan people have spoken. Sunday’s election results are clear: the Moldovans are united in our desire for peace, democracy, and Europe — and in the courage to defend them. This is not just a party’s victory, it is Moldova’s victory. The European path is our way forward”.

Hush... rain after the drought's buzzsawing insect hatred - the still small voice. #haiku #micropoetry

migrating geese pulling the stars back home autumn equinox #haiku #DailyHaikuPrompt

Goodnight #poem Night and dogs howl at wild things passing beneath the stars among the trees their world unfenced uncollared.

Great book. Great author. Get involved!

Zach is drowning... in guilt He has to confess... to their terrible crimes But his friends won't let him. They want to fight.. for their freedom #haunted #DarkThriller #BookSky💙📚

Nearly showtime…

"You deserve good things" Including my story that graces the pages of this anthology of edgy tales... you'll get to read it if you back this campaign, so follow it to its launch!

It has been a VERY busy few weeks for the team, with book releases, launch events, fairs, talks and panels! Have you had the chance to check out any of our incredible new reads yet? You'll likely be seeing some of these around awards season next year 🤞 share.google/i4Cg4VTpozgY...

There's a new interview available with the incredible @janedougherty47.bsky.social about her brand new novel, The Darkest Tide, and all things writing! Both the book and the interview are great reads 😍 share.google/eU2dSwTh3xSQ...

Ethel Greenglass, later to become, Ethel Rosenberg, is born on September 28 (1915). “The Rosenbergs” remembers Ethel, the aspiring actress and singer, wife and mother, while living in New York. Listen here: soundcloud.com/hillipsand/t...

@janedougherty47.bsky.social's #PoetryTheme poem is a wondrous epic description of a Titanic #AMPHIBIAN emergence. Microscopic inert dirty rises like Ezekiel's bones and swirls like galaxies in this mix of classical ideas, scientific motion and creation myth 👏👏👏

A slight delay in The Darkest Tide arriving, but the Northodox shelf is officially up to date! Not bad for a company started in 2020, whose first book was 2021 😍

This is my #AMPHIBIAN #PoetryTheme poem for @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social Thanks Paul for the nudge to get head-scratching!

well (as usual) the first #WIP dropped out and this popped up after I was reading about Freud and generational trauma it's #NeverAgain all right for #PoemsAbout … enjoy. NB @alanparrywriter.co.uk I might post the other poem too, let's see.

Showing my age for #PoemsAbout #NeverAgain Huge thanks to @thebrokenspine.co.uk and @alanparrywriter.co.uk for this wonderful prompt every week that keep us pushing words around. (Alt Text on the image) #poetlife #poetrycommunity #PoemAltText #poetsofbluesky #poetrymatters #poetryforall

For #PoemsAbout #NeverAgain I’ve tried to address the alarming failure to make connections between the past and what’s happening today which makes ‘Never Again’ nothing more than a cliché. It’s rough and could do with editing but all I have for now @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

Good morning! This is a revision of a poem I wrote after a bombing of a theater in Mariupol filled with children. There's a tradition in theaters to keep a ghost light burning. For #PoemsAbout #NeverAgain Thanks as always to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk .

#PoemsAbout #NeverAgain @thebrokenspine.co.uk I will post either a reel or a link in the comments, in which I will say I don’t want to disparage or discount anyone’s service but I don’t like being in a society in which only those who wear uniforms and carry guns can be heroic.

#poetsofbluesky #promptcombo #poemsabout Hope you don't mind a polite shout-out for this zoom event happening soon! Would love to see many of you there to hear these fantastic poets. DM me for zoom link x

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