I really do. I'm not sure how you make leg shaving and foot pain so wonderful!

I've got my copy and can heartily recommend it. Such a lovely poetry book, full of personal moments, beautifully told. Love it. Well done @poetbex.bsky.social ❤️

Buy indie this Christmas! 🎄 My publisher, @writtenoffbooks.bsky.social, is an unfunded press relying on sales of books like my pamphlet, Circulaire, to stay afloat for 2026. You can grab your copy of Circulaire here and it will arrive before Christmas! 🎁 writtenoffpublishing.com/shop/p/circu...

Buy indie this Christmas! 🎄 My publisher, @writtenoffbooks.bsky.social, is an unfunded press relying on sales of books like my pamphlet, Circulaire, to stay afloat for 2026. You can grab your copy of Circulaire here and it will arrive before Christmas! 🎁 writtenoffpublishing.com/shop/p/circu...

It's Walrus Awareness Week! 🦭 To celebrate, I'm selling my remaining author copies of Walrussey (@blackcatpress.bsky.social, 2023) for just £5 so you too can be aware of walruses! 💙 DM me for a signed copy, £5 via PayPal/BACS, I'll cover p&p 🌊

The BLACK BOUGH @pushcartprize.bsky.social nominations for this year. Ashley Linkletter @lozzawriting.bsky.social @andyperrincycling.bsky.social @poetbex.bsky.social Guinevere Clark Jude Brigley Well done to all!

🎄🎄🎄 @poetbex.bsky.social spreading poetic festive joy with a wonderful offer 🎅🎅🎅 #poetry #gifts

Delighted to have a poem in the wonderful new Christmas Anthology from @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social! 🎄 My copy arrived just as I discovered 'Hellebore' has also been nominated for the Pushcart Prize! ❄️

Absolutely honoured to find Circulaire on @paulwritespoems.bsky.social's Christmas Gift List! 🎄 If you'd like a signed copy as a stocking filler, please drop me a comment! £10 via PayPal/BACS, I'll cover p&p 🎅

For #smallpoemsunday I'm sharing my poem 'Shortbread' from my new pamphlet, Circulaire 💛 writtenoffpublishing.com/shop/p/circu...

"Cunning chimera, desperate for loneliness, you stacked eucalyptus. Webbed paws slapped dirt into an expectant mound." My poem 'Penelope Escapes the Platypusary' is now up at the wonderful @anthro-poetry.bsky.social 🌊 anthropocenepoetry.org/post/penelop...

"Cunning chimera, desperate for loneliness, you stacked eucalyptus. Webbed paws slapped dirt into an expectant mound." My poem 'Penelope Escapes the Platypusary' is now up at the wonderful @anthro-poetry.bsky.social 🌊 anthropocenepoetry.org/post/penelop...

Truly a dream publication!! 'Penelope Escapes the Platypusary' is now up at @anthro-poetry.bsky.social 🌊 www.anthropocenepoetry.org/post/penelop...

🌸🌺 MORE FLOWERS 🌸🌺 forthcoming February 2026 from Trio House Press! Enjoy this little unboxing video and pre-order at the link in the replies! Endless gratitude to so many! @triohousepress.org @krisbigalk.bsky.social @natashakane.bsky.social

Delighted to receive a Pushcart nomination for my poem 'Goblin Shark', published in @thebraag.bsky.social 🦈

Latest review is up on my Substack, These Expectant Rooms. Today featuring Circulaire by @poetbex.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/victoria... Thanks for reading! x

Huge thank you to Victoria for this beautiful review of Circulaire 💛☕️

Honoured to be a part of Ghost Light Lit's stunning new issue, 'of myths & monsters'. Here is my ode to Hecate 🖤

I've now posted signed copies of Circulaire, my new pamphlet from @writtenoffbooks.bsky.social, to six different countries! 📨 I still have copies available, so if cosy odes about family, femininity, and home are your jam, please drop me a comment - £10 via PayPal, I'll cover p&p 💛 ☕️

My poem 'The Olive Tree of Vouves' is in the latest issue of @poetrybrum.bsky.social 🌳 You can read Issue 11.5, exploring the fragility and endurance of nature, here: poetrybirmingham.com/current-issue

So excited to have a poem in the new issue of @poetrybrum.bsky.social! Fragility and Tenacity: Nature in the Balance is curated by the wonderful Paul Roberts and I was honoured to be a part of it. You can read 'The Olive Tree of Vouves' here: poetrybirmingham.com/bex-hainswor...

"The spire of Christchurch rises like a splinter, desperate to slide free from slum muck. Itchy Park stinks like Eden, the rotten fruit of our bodies hasn’t fallen far. We are Eve, we are Hagar, we are Magdalene." theinterpretershouse.org/hainsworth-84

‘Autumn dawn is the colour of old bruises with a moon like a nail print in a neck.’

Delighted to have a poem in the new issue of The Interpreter's House alongside @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social and @moette.bsky.social! My piece 'Fourpence', narrated by the women of Whitechapel during the time of Jack the Ripper, can be read here: theinterpretershouse.org/hainsworth-84

"my journal...like a planchette" "what is it you want me to know?"

Happy Halloween! 🎃 Here's 'Séance', from my new pamphlet, Circulaire 🖤

Just a reminder that Circulaire, my new pamphlet, has all the spooky vibes of the season! 🎃 If haunted houses, séances, and bonfires are your jam, you can grab a copy from Written Off Publishing here: writtenoffpublishing.com/shop/p/circula…💀 Or drop me a comment for a signed copy 🖤

"Mewed". The latest in a series of poems on which I'm working, each starting and ending with the first and last lines of another poet's poem. #poem #poetry #skypoets #blueskypoets #poetsofbluesky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #topped&tailed @poetbex.bsky.social @writtenoffbooks.bsky.social

Just wanted to share my poem 'Dancing with Mercutio in Klute Nightclub', published in the latest issue of @poetrywales.bsky.social 💙

Thank you so much for the shout out, @teniemi.bsky.social! Another copy of Circulaire has crossed the Atlantic ☕️ Just a friendly reminder that if you fancy a signed copy, please do drop me a comment, £10 via PayPal, I ship internationally 💛

Very excited by my poetic birthday haul!! @carolinehardaker.bsky.social @jesstraynor.bsky.social @alinaetc.bsky.social 📚

It was wonderful to interview the brilliant Bex Hainsworth @poetbex.bsky.social on her truly amazing poetry collection Circulaire - she's got some fascinating things to say about her poems and process so please read and share, then buy Circulaire! #poetry www.samszanto.com/post/bex-hai...

Absolutely loved being interviewed by the wonderful @samszanto.bsky.social about my new pamphlet, Circulaire. 💛☕

"Then, dreams of being left on the sand to burn up like a gift shop starfish, the unthinkable driftwood of my body beached and baking." My poem 'Snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef the first time I used a tampon' is now up at @anmlymag.bsky.social 🪸 anmly.org/ap41/bex-hains…

Delighted to have a poem in Issue #41 of @anmlymag.bsky.social! You can read 'Snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef the first time I used a tampon' here: anmly.org/ap41/bex-hai...

My gran died this evening. Posting this poem again so she knows her stories are safe with me 💙

I will never get tired of seeing Walrussey on the shelves in my favourite bookshop in the world, Salts Mill! 💙 I still have a few author copies available, if anyone would like a signed copy 🌊

I completely missed two poems of mine being published by the incomparable Columbia Journal in the spring. You can read 'Mary Visits a Magdalene Laundry' and 'Diary of Shem's Wife' here: www.columbiajournal.org/articles/two...

I've been keeping this quiet, but I can now share that my poem 'Arboreal' won First Prize in the Whispering Wisdom Poetry Competition! 💙

It's October! 🍂 If you're looking for an autumnal read, Circulaire, my new pamphlet, features cosy cooking, bonfires, and benevolent hauntings 🎃 You can grab your copy from @writtenoffbooks.bsky.social here: tinyurl.com/4cw3e27r 🧡 Or drop a comment for a signed copy (£10 via PayPal) ☕️

Happy National Poetry Day! 🎉 And the winners are @victoriaspires.bsky.social and Emily Tee over on Instagram! 🥳 Thank you to everyone who responded! 💛 If you missed out but would still like a signed copy, do drop me a comment! (£10 via PayPal, I ship internationally!) ☕️

Delighted to hear that my poem 'Moeritherium' has received a Best of the Net nomination! Published by the wonderful @whaleroadreview.bsky.social, it was inspired by this model in the Natural History Museum 💙

Absolutely loved spending my weekend with I Am Not Light by @louloumach.bsky.social . This collection is vivid, raw, and full of blistering seascapes that made my landlocked heart sing! Grab your copy from @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social 🖤

GIVEAWAY ALERT! 💛 Circulaire is a month old today and to celebrate I'm giving away two FREE copies! ☕️ Please like, share, and drop a comment below if you want to be entered into the draw - which will happen on Thursday, National Poetry Day! ✨

Join poets @poetbex.bsky.social @alicestainer.bsky.social @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social Martin Kennedy Yates @judemarr.bsky.social @miriamo77.bsky.social @marcellenewbold.bsky.social @annpelletiert.bsky.social 7.00pm - 8.30pm UK time Free on Zoom www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/last-satur...

A beautiful poem from MistakenMagic @poetbex.bsky.social and from her new collection for our Pick of the Day. You can read Santarcangelo di Romagna here: www.abctales.com/user/mistake...

Circulaire has made it to The Waitākere Ranges, New Zealand! 🇳🇿 If you live outside of the UK and would like a signed copy, please do drop a comment! (£10 via PayPal, I'll cover p&p) 💛☕️

Huge fan of Bex Hainsworth too. Will be getting this one. Walrussey was fantastic. 👇

Also in today’s post! Circulaire by Bex Hainsworth @poetbex.bsky.social Huge fan of Bex since reading her wonderful collection Walrussey, so very excited to read this now!💫

My poem 'Shortbread' from my new pamphlet, Circulaire, for anyone who many need a reminder 💛 Circulaire, a collection of thirty-four poems about family, love, and being in a body, is available from Written Off Publishing here: tinyurl.com/4cw3e27r ☕️