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A Thousand Shades of Green @shadesofgreen.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

For today's Sunday Poetry Series poem, I am delighted to share this powerful piece from a writer new to A Thousand Shades of Green, #MariMaxwell You can learn more about Mari on our Featured Writers Page athousandshadesofgreen.com/featured-wri...

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The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN) @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 11/10/2026

Next up: #Possessed. By love. By rage. By money. By memory. By the thing in the dark that absolutely promised it wasn't there. New theme begins Friday. Don’t post early. Use Alt Text. Tag #PoemsAbout. Read. Repost. Reply.

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David Hanlon @vespertine4.bsky.social · 22h

I cheated and chose 18! 🙈💃

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Finn Cassidy @finncassidy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Hi all #FragmentsFriday poets. Hi & SPECIAL THANKS 🙏 to @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social, @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social. Today's #micropoem is from Paris. Apollo & his muses, upset, Tour Montparnasse's rooftop viewing-point, shut for renovations. THANKS for sharing your #Poetry, & #PoetryCommunity🙏💚

A photo - a morning skyline of Paris, with the Eiffel Tower on the left, and Tour Montparnasse on the right.

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Paul Brookes @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

From my out of print collection "Port of Souls" for #PoemsAbout #Bites and @thebrokenspine.co.uk

Hand Biters

Always snap at the hand that feeds,
cossets, cuddles and hugs,

fists, hits and kicks. Oppose,
depose, make of it yourself.

Pull on the leash, snap the manacle,
challenge this ships captain,

sit on your plastic chair. Tell
your voices you'll decide yourself.

If she does not wake you know your job.
Before she closed her eyes she rehearsed

tasks that you must be complete. How
to empty her home, sell it, pass

your childhood on to others. Be firm
In what must be done. Make yourself.

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The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN) @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 09/10/2026

#PoemsAbout #Bites is live. Bare your teeth. Post from today through Thursday. Tag #PoemsAbout. Use Alt Text. #TakeRisks #EndOnAnImage #AvoidCliché Read 3+. Repost. Reply.

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David Hanlon @vespertine4.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Absolutely enchanted to have a poem published today by Poetry.onl! Such an honour! Huge thanks to Tarik Dobbs and the editors for choosing to feature my Fantasia poem! 🪄✨️

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Paul Brookes @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Doubly chuffed to have my poem and audio featured on Open Arts Forum Front Page: openartsforum.com/low-kick/

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Paul Brookes | Low Kick

Poetry by Paul Brookes

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Bex Hainsworth @poetbex.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

A tiny poem about a mighty tree, published in the lovely @apricotpress.bsky.social 🌳

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The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN) @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 08/10/2026

We wanted BEAUTIFUL LITTLE FOOLS to look gorgeous. Of course we did. It's a book about glamour. But glamour gets interesting when you ask what it's hiding. A beautiful hardback with teeth. Edited by Alan Parry He/Him & Karen Pierce Gonzalez shorturl.at/126Ks

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The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN) @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 08/10/2026

Tomorrow: #PoemsAbout #Bites. What sank its teeth into you? Better question: what did you bite back? Don’t post before Friday. Tag #PoemsAbout. Use Alt Text.

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David Hanlon @vespertine4.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

"In winter, her fabrics swaddle like angels." Glorious poetry (as always) by @vikkicwrites.bsky.social in Poetry.onl 💙

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David Hanlon @vespertine4.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Absolutely enchanted to have a poem published today by Poetry.onl! Such an honour! Huge thanks to Tarik Dobbs and the editors for choosing to feature my Fantasia poem! 🪄✨️

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Anteroom (formerly The Winged Moon) @anteroompoetry.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Enjoying exploring #Biophilia with us? What better way to start your week than a fresh poem by E.M.Davis. Read it here: www.anteroompoetry.com/biophilia/e.... #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #EcoPoetry

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The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN) @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 06/10/2026

“Bones of child labor thrown away – unbeautiful uneasy” From “Decadence Built This” by Karen Pierce Gonzalez Look at the glitter. Then look at who paid for it. Edited by Alan Parry He/Him & Karen Pierce Gonzalez shorturl.at/126Ks

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The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN) @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 04/10/2026

This isn't Gatsby fan fiction. BEAUTIFUL LITTLE FOOLS treats the novel as cultural evidence. Class. Labour. Sex. Money. Desire. Myth. Cut the seams. Steal the thread. Make something new. Edited by Alan Parry He/Him & Karen Pierce Gonzalez shorturl.at/126Ks

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David Hanlon @vespertine4.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Thrilled to have a poem published by @anteroompoetry.bsky.social alongside a transfixing piece by Louise Longson! Huge thanks to the editors! 🪼 thewingedmoon.substack.com/p/new-poetry...

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David Hanlon @vespertine4.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Introducing my author website! 📚✍️ Huge thanks to Kris Davies for helping me bring it to life! I’m so excited to keep working on it and sharing more of my writing with you all. Check it out here: davidhanlonpoetry.carrd.co

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The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN) @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 03/10/2026

The apocalypse doesn't have to arrive with a mushroom cloud. Sometimes it is environmental collapse. Sometimes a society ending. Sometimes one person's world disappearing while everybody else's carries on. LAST LIGHT: APOCALYPSE POETRY. shorturl.at/hFE9K

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Matthew M C Smith @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

In this poem, Taliesin is a prince consumed by depression and grief. The italicised lines are from the medieval text ‘The Book of Taliesin’. Thanks to talented #poet and guest editor @carolynthomas.bsky.social for publishing with the Candyman’s Trumpet. #Welshpoetry #poetry #mabinogion

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Helen Laycock @helenlaycock.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Beyond thrilled to get 3rd & 4th Best of the Net nominations from @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social for ‘Heavenly Bodies’ & @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social for ‘After the Hunt’. Enormous thanks to @leiabutler.bsky.social & @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social Congratulations to all nominees! 🥳 #poetry

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Matthew M C Smith @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

For my grandfather Brian, who passed away over 20 years ago and suffered from dementia. 😔 Thanks to Jack from the Candyman’s Trumpet and guest editor @carolynthomas.bsky.social #grief #dementia #dementiaawareness💜

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Anteroom (formerly The Winged Moon) @anteroompoetry.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Two gorgeous poems from @vespertine4.bsky.social and Louise Longson on the Anteroom #Substack today. Read them here: thewingedmoon.substack.com/p/new-poetry... #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #EcoPoetry

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David Hanlon @vespertine4.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Aww, thank you for reading and for your kind praise, @ella-b-winters.bsky.social!

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David Hanlon @vespertine4.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Overjoyed and grateful to receive my second Best of the Net nomination this year, this time from the wonderful @sageciggs.bsky.social! 🤍 A huge thank you to the editors for choosing my poem. I’m truly grateful for the recognition!

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David Hanlon @vespertine4.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Huge thanks to @sageciggs.bsky.social for publishing my new pop-culture poem about Roy Orbison, his tender, innocent voice, and the possibility of renewal that it holds. 🌱 Here’s the link to read: sagecigarettes.com/held-too-lon...

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The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN) @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 25/09/2026

#PoemsAbout #DeadLetters is live. Address it. Stamp it. Confess something. Then decide whether it deserves to arrive. Post from today through Thursday. Tag #PoemsAbout. Use Alt Text. #TakeRisks #EndOnAnImage #AvoidCliché Read 3+. Repost. Reply.

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Matthew M C Smith @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

‘If I had to describe poetry Beautiful contagion, ghost-code— infestation.’ #poetry #fragmentsfriday

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Ella B. Winters @ella-b-winters.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Getting my #FragmentsFriday in early. Inspired by an apocalyptic sunset over the motorway on my way home from work the other evening. As always, thanks to @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social

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Heavy Cloud @heavycloud.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This week’s #fragmentsfriday celebrates the importance of cultivating imagination. Thank you to @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social and @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social for hosting 🙏

P R O P H E T I C I M A G I N I S T

unthrottle
the unborn-seeing

burst through
reality-rigged
thought-clots—
flood dream-droughts
with unfenced possibility

keep
the betterworldgift
unkillably seedwild

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David Hanlon @vespertine4.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Overjoyed to have a poem in the new issue of @tapintopoetry.bsky.social 🧡 Thanks to the team for including my work. Check out the full issue here: tapintopoetry.wordpress.com/2026/09/20/t...

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The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN) @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 22/09/2026

A book about influence deserves another voice at the door. For Alan Parry He/Him it was Jim Morrison: first literary hero, lifelong influence, and eventually the starting point for these 27 poems. Foreword by Matthew M C Smith shorturl.at/FnHJS

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Ella B. Winters @ella-b-winters.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I will never not be inspired by water, so here's a little river-based #FragmentsFriday. Thanks, as always, to @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social for holding this space.

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Ella B. Winters @ella-b-winters.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Unexpected, overwhelming and delightful! Thank you so much for getting my Spring 2026 off to such a wonderful start, @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social @leiabutler.bsky.social @forwardprizes.bsky.social

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The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN) @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 18/09/2026

#PoemsAbout #Strays is live. Get lost. Go feral. Refuse to come when called. Post from today through Thursday. Tag #PoemsAbout. Use Alt Text. #TakeRisks #EndOnAnImage #AvoidCliché Read 3+. Repost. Reply.

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The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN) @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 17/09/2026

You don't need to own every Doors record to understand 27. You just need to remember the artist who cracked open a door for you. The one who made another kind of art seem possible. For Alan Parry He/Him it was Jim Morrison. Foreword by Matthew M C Smith shorturl.at/FnHJS

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