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Thin Skin magazine @thin-skin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

So sorry folks, we've had to suspend submissions due to major tech faults in our system. Please do not submit until it's fixed. If you haven't heard back from us about your submission, please be patient. We'll get back to you as soon as we can.

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M.F. Sutherland @megsdregs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

In the wine world and elsewhere, noble rot is a desired condition. I have an anniversary and a birthday coming up, so this was a fitting prompt once I was able to muck it out. Thanks to @thebrokenspine.co.uk for hosting. #PoemsAbout #Rot #PoetryPrompt #Autumn #CanadianPoet

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Philippa Bowe @philippabowe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Beautifully mucked out - took me there with the sounds and sights and smells! 🤩

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Philippa Bowe @philippabowe.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

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Philippa Bowe @philippabowe.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Another quickie for #PoemsAbout and the #Rot prompt. Apologies for lack of engagement but am deep deep in a writing retreat and staying mostly offline - normal service will resume next week! Thanks as ever to @thebrokenspine.co.uk and @alanparrywriter.co.uk 🙏

White letters of a prose poem on a black background:

The Plum

The plum was much too big and kept getting bigger, too vast to fit in our small fierce mouths, we would never get it past our teeth. We scratched drum-tight purple skin with our hungry nails but no flesh seeped through, our scratching left twisted runes to be deciphered by someone not us. We Sisyphus-ed the plum to the top of the mountain and watched it roll back down flattening everything in its way, rotting as it went.

Large purple plum sitting on a white and blue tiled surface.

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Philippa Bowe @philippabowe.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Such an amazing journey, so much joyful inspiration!! 🤩💜💙 @saloneurope.bsky.social

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Philippa Bowe @philippabowe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Thanks John - love playing with white space when the piece asks for it.... 🙏

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Philippa Bowe @philippabowe.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

My offering for the #PoemsAbout #Strays prompt: I love the Friday inspiration and seeing where it takes me. Thanks as ever to @thebrokenspine.co.uk and @alanparrywriter.co.uk 🙏💜

Pale pink box with the words of a poem:

Stray

Where are my limbs straying
to
now –
can they not be controlled?
Across that fiery mountain range
curled round that warm tempting flesh
stiff with fear
flapping
happily –
no they cannot.
So I will tend you
my dear limbs
I will bathe you
in tongues
of shining oil
of stellar dust
of affection
until you rest quietly at my side.

Where are my eyes straying

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Philippa Bowe @philippabowe.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

So much to love in this John! I only 'got' the spray of the first stanza, then read your comments on the others, didn't need the context to enjoy them but it adds even more depth. My fave thing maybe is the repeated 'what are we' lines with the noun immediately following, echoing a jumping mind. 🌟

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Philippa Bowe @philippabowe.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I love the image of them yowling if they knew about the dreams... 🌟

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Philippa Bowe @philippabowe.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This is so lovely Jen, particularly love the 'small permissons' - hope you're enjoying the poetry festival! 🌟

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Philippa Bowe @philippabowe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Bloody gorgeous poems (of course!) from @pleomorphic2.bsky.social, visceral, beautiful, plenty of weird. And yes, love that line (resonates maybe too hard! 😅). 💜

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European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Pressing send on final numbers tomorrow.... Any last minute literary adventure seekers out there? Join us!

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Philippa Bowe @philippabowe.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Dolphins, encouragement and mindfulness - what an excellent day! 🙏

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Philippa Bowe @philippabowe.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Ah that's sweet - I'd love to be a cake cherry! And yes, always got to dream.... enjoy! 😍

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Philippa Bowe @philippabowe.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Looks and sounds bloody amazing - wish I was there! 🥰

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Philippa Bowe @philippabowe.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Absolutely everything to love ! So wish I was there .... have a fabulous creative time my friend! 🥰

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Philippa Bowe @philippabowe.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Those sounds echoing each other are hypnotic - and a wonderful vehicle for the bitterness of the voice. 🌟

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Philippa Bowe @philippabowe.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

So much sadness in this piece - I particularly love the layer of discarded skin that sings! 🌟

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Philippa Bowe @philippabowe.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Excellent (crab-inspired) response to the prompt - those bullying moments mark us for life, right? 🌟

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Philippa Bowe @philippabowe.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Ooh I like that - we are Icarus! 🙏

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Philippa Bowe @philippabowe.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Oh I love this - such a great summing up of the eternal human uneasiness! 🌟

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Philippa Bowe @philippabowe.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Happy Sunday Rachel! Such a lovely piece - that 'soft-backed panic' is delicious...I'm visiting my parents at the seaside so it particularly resonates! 🌟

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Philippa Bowe @philippabowe.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

My feet are the opposite - they tend to be quite cracked and hardened at the end of summer. 🤷🏽‍♀️

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Philippa Bowe @philippabowe.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

At least you made it back in one piece! 😆

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Philippa Bowe @philippabowe.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Thanks for the lovely words Ella! Having to wear shoes today as travelling to a cooler place and my feet are not happy! 🙏

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Philippa Bowe @philippabowe.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Thank you! Yes, good news right? 🙏

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Philippa Bowe @philippabowe.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Love those 'amniotic clouds'! ✨

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Philippa Bowe @philippabowe.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Beautiful image - love the alliteration with the ´b's especially! ✨

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Philippa Bowe @philippabowe.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Thanks John - love how other eyes see different and interesting aspects - I hadn't noticed that ! 🤣🙏

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Philippa Bowe @philippabowe.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Another corker by @kathyfish.bsky.social - I'm going to call it deadpan weird. And looks like a great new journal. Congrats Kathy! 😍

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Philippa Bowe @philippabowe.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

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Philippa Bowe @philippabowe.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Just such a perfect prompt for #PoemsAbout: #EndOfSummer. I do love September but can't help heeling summer-sad this last week of August...happy Friday poets! Thanks as ever to @thebrokenspine.co.uk and @alanparrywriter.co.uk 💜

Yellow box with black shading and the words of a poem:

summer’s end

the snake may or may not eat its tail
but the summer does not last and
last –
the bright dims
sky pulls up dark covers
green admits yellow, orange, brown –
and our skins
remember to shiver

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Philippa Bowe @philippabowe.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Love this and the story you've conjured up! 🌟

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Philippa Bowe @philippabowe.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Perfect summing up of this time of year! 🌟

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Philippa Bowe @philippabowe.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Love the image conjured here - reminds me of some gorgeous Icelandic novels I've been reading. 🌟

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