For this week's #PoemsAbout #Mannequin with thanks to host @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk and all those participating. An odd one to think about. Look forward to seeing what others have written.

Smiles, poorly painted on ghastly echoes of mannequin memories (I will use bits of this in a rondel I was playing with, so call this a preview) @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #haikufeels #onelineoctober #ghastly #poemsabout #mannequin #micropoem #micropoetry #monoku #poem #poetry

For #PoemsAbout #Mannequin here is ‘Disjointed’ Big shout to @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk for creating this space to share with a vast array of prompts. Will catch up later…

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

Good morning #poetry community here for @thebrokenspine.co.uk #PoemsAbout #mannequin prompt and Hello to maestro @alanparrywriter.co.uk I wasn’t going to contribute but this popped out when I thought about how my sister was lured into dubious modelling when she was just 16.. Thanks for the prompt.

Here is Formed - my #PoemsAbout #mannequin Thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk Happy Friday! #poetry

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

Break my stiff body into equal parts. Give me her arm, their legs and his head - in my hands. Make me whole again. I want to look into those eyes. I want to drink deep from the plastic lips until they are soft, mine. #poemsabout #mannequin @thebrokenspine.co.uk

This! 🔥 Just sayin'

#PoemsAbout #Mannequin begins tomorrow morning. No early drops. Use the tag or get missed. Use Alt Text for images. This is about stripping the surface, exposing what’s beneath the gloss. You ready?

Break my stiff body into equal parts. Give me her arm, their legs and his head - in my hands. Make me whole again. I want to look into those eyes. I want to drink deep from the plastic lips until they are soft, mine. #poemsabout #mannequin @thebrokenspine.co.uk

🌟 BOTN nomination! 🌟 Laura Cooney (Polyrhythmic Cake Mix) @lozzawriting.bsky.social

I was delighted to find that I've been nominated in the #BOTN awards 2026 by @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social for the poem Polyrhythmic Cake Mix. Thanks so much to Editor Leia for the belief in my work. Couldn't be happier.

We are delighted to announce the @frazzledlit.bsky.social nominations for #BOTN 2026! It's a real honour to get to choose these pieces, so a big THANK YOU to all of our contributors! www.frazzledlit.com/p/best-of-th...

Hullo. Ever so chuffed and very grateful that this has just received a Best Of The Net nomination from @lozzawriting.bsky.social of Frazzled Lit fame. Congrats to all the nominees!

Brilliant news!

We had eight nominations on top of this lovely thing from @lozzawriting.bsky.social - all eight pieces for #IndieLitMagGala 2025 are now scheduled for October. I'm just going to tag the presses, it'll be a pleasant surprise when they open the app. Thanks to those who responded!

We open on Wednesday 1st October for free submissions in, Prose, CNF and Flash Fiction. So what are we looking for? Laura @lozzawriting.bsky.social riffs a little on just that in relation to Poetry in this post below. Take a look! www.frazzledlit.com/p/hurt-us-a-...

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Tomorrow is #PoemsAbout #NeverAgain Dig deep. Write with precision. This one demands more than feeling—it needs truth. Tag your post + tag: @alanparry83.bsky.social @brokenspinearts.bsky.social Then Read. Repost. Reply. Prompts arrive Saturday: shorturl.at/oEXAM

Got a busy day today but will catch up after work and at the weekend. Here’s my piece for #PoemsAbout #NeverAgain. This is a really important prompt, thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk & @thebrokenspine.co.uk for asking us to share words on this. (Alt text added)

It’s Wednesday. Got a WIP? Doesn’t matter if it’s raw or rolling. If it’s yours, it belongs. Drop a line. Share a note. Let us know where you’re at. #WednesdayWIPs #PoetsOfBluesky #BlueskyWriters #PoemsAbout

You promise yourself, never again- and you float away to nostalgic pasts of the kind lover, and he strums your empathy chords perfectly; and you you start to remove your sentinels, and predictably, he he picks up his elixirs and spews pure venom Again. #poemsabout #poetry @ala

Happy Friday all. Here's a wee stream.of consciousness prose poem thingy for today's #poemsabout #neveragain for @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk it's meant to be breathless and fast. The lack of punctuation isn't a mistake. I'll check in later and read the others! Sorry it's so small

For this weeks #PoemsAbout #NeverAgain with thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk

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

For #PoemsAbout #NeverAgain with thanks to host @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk and all those participating. This week has been difficult, but/so I wrote this.

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

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 .

#NeverAgain is quite a recent expression, one that would have made any monarch or ploughboy laugh out loud in perhaps more honest times. For #PoemsAbout @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

Here is another #PoemsAbout that must speak for itself. Suffice to say it is #raw #NeverAgain @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk Thanks for #Likes #Reposts #Responses #PoetsSupportPoets #StayCreative #PoetsOfBlueSky

Just a reminder that @frazzledlit.bsky.social opens on the 1st of.October for general submissions. www.frazzledlit.com Some exciting news about our new poetry readers for this issue coming soon! 👀👀👀

Hullo @alanparrywriter.co.uk and to #poemsabout #neveragain Found this tricky, so it’s not quite fully on topic. Apologies.

Hello, Poets. It’s good to join you on an important theme: #PoemsAbout #NeverAgain. Many thanks to @hool415.bsky.social for the invitation, and to @alanparry83.bsky.social and @brokenspinearts.bsky.social for hosting.

Happy Friday all. Here's a wee stream.of consciousness prose poem thingy for today's #poemsabout #neveragain for @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk it's meant to be breathless and fast. The lack of punctuation isn't a mistake. I'll check in later and read the others! Sorry it's so small

Yesterday. 45 mins to deadline I remembered this was a thing. It puts me in mind of that part in the Shawshank Redemption where Red is bored if trying to get parole 😂. Iykyk. Maybe this will be my year. It didn't feel too tricky to rattle that application form off. Perhaps I know enough now. 😂😂

I’m nominated for two UK Book Blogger Awards Thank you so much for the nominations for Creative Excellence and the Book Blogger of the Year for the UK Book Blogger Awards 2025. I pride myself on trying to bring something different to the book review and blogging community - combining my love of…

My current project is this… www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1731620827... #WednesdayWiPs

You ever been told to tone it down? Don’t. Be loud, be raw, be here. #NotJustPretty 🗓 Oct 4 | 8pm GMT 🎟 Free (donate if you can) thebrokenspine.co.uk...#NotJustPretty@karenpgonzalez.bsky.social #WednesdayWIPs

A wonderful new podcast from the brilliant Rebecca Leek check it out! I was DELIGHTED!!! To find my poem Granny Smith is the first to be read! You can find it on the mentioned Dirigible Balloon @northernjim.bsky.social "Poetry for children is poetry for everyone" substack.com/@rebeccaleek...

With our submissions opening in October for Issue 4 of @frazzledlit.bsky.social, I wrote a post in which I attempt to define what it is we look for in prose submissions. Follow-up posts will cover poetry, flash fiction and CNF. www.frazzledlit.com/p/the-alchem...

Ahead of our open window in October, Jennifer has written a post about what we are looking for in prose. With a particular set of hints and tips about openings. It's worth a read! www.frazzledlit.com/p/the-alchem...

Icymi! 💥 Frazzled News 💥

Writing for #PoemsAbout #NeverAgain? Don’t soften it. Don’t flinch. Write what must be remembered—and what must never repeat. Post Friday. Tag your poem + tag us: @alanparry83.bsky.social @brokenspinearts.bsky.social Read. Repost. Reply. Prompts: shorturl.at/oEXAM

If it didn’t bruise you, don’t expect it to touch us. #SpineEdicts #WriteWhatHurts #NoPainNoPoem

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A second #LifttotheSky from me today. This one’s for Laura Cooney @lozzawriting.bsky.social who is back among us, writing terrific poetry and continuing to be hugely supportive to #poetrycommunity #BlueskyPoets #PoetsSupportPoets @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

Ooh! Fantastic! Love this collection.❤️

Icymi!

This absolute heartbreaker by @jmgatford.bsky.social in @frazzledlit.bsky.social “You don't know yet that you will feel the track-rattling impact in your guts every time you pass through a tunnel for the next ten years.” Oh 💔💔💔