Bex Hainsworth
@poetbex.bsky.social
Teacher and Poet. Pamphlets - Walrussey (The Black Cat Poetry Press, 2023) and Circulaire (Written off Publishing, 2025).
Circulaire available to purchase here: https://writtenoffpublishing.com/shop/p/circulaire-bex-hainsworth
Circulaire available to purchase here: https://writtenoffpublishing.com/shop/p/circulaire-bex-hainsworth
"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...
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...
November 25, 2025 at 6:44 PM
"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...
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...
www.anthropocenepoetry.org/post/penelop...
Penelope Escapes the Platypusary by Bex Hainsworth
Bronx Zoo, 1957Your disappearance was not unforeseen.Dragged across continents, far fromthe vast and unbroken heat of home,you found yourself in imitationmud and pool, encircled by foreignroars and sc...
www.anthropocenepoetry.org
November 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Truly a dream publication!! 'Penelope Escapes the Platypusary' is now up at @anthro-poetry.bsky.social 🌊
www.anthropocenepoetry.org/post/penelop...
www.anthropocenepoetry.org/post/penelop...
Reposted by Bex Hainsworth
🌸🌺 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
@triohousepress.org
@krisbigalk.bsky.social
@natashakane.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 2:54 AM
🌸🌺 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
@triohousepress.org
@krisbigalk.bsky.social
@natashakane.bsky.social
Delighted to receive a Pushcart nomination for my poem 'Goblin Shark', published in @thebraag.bsky.social 🦈
November 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Delighted to receive a Pushcart nomination for my poem 'Goblin Shark', published in @thebraag.bsky.social 🦈
Reposted by Bex Hainsworth
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
Today featuring Circulaire by @poetbex.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/victoria...
Thanks for reading! x
November 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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
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 💛☕️
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
Today featuring Circulaire by @poetbex.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/victoria...
Thanks for reading! x
November 19, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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 🖤
November 17, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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 💛 ☕️
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 💛 ☕️
November 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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 💛 ☕️
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
@poetrybrum.bsky.social 🌳 You can read Issue 11.5, exploring the fragility and endurance of nature, here: poetrybirmingham.com/current-issue
November 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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
@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...
@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...
Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal – Issue 11.5 – Bex Hainsworth – The Olive Trees of Vouves — Poetry Birmingham
Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal – Issue 11.5 – Bex Hainsworth – The Olive Trees of Vouves
poetrybirmingham.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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...
@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
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
Hainsworth 84 — The Interpreter's House
theinterpretershouse.org
November 5, 2025 at 7:24 PM
"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
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
Reposted by Bex Hainsworth
‘Autumn dawn is the colour of old bruises with a moon
like a nail print in a neck.’
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 piece 'Fourpence', narrated by the women of Whitechapel during the time of Jack the Ripper, can be read here:
theinterpretershouse.org/hainsworth-84
Hainsworth 84 — The Interpreter's House
theinterpretershouse.org
November 3, 2025 at 7:13 AM
‘Autumn dawn is the colour of old bruises with a moon
like a nail print in a neck.’
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 piece 'Fourpence', narrated by the women of Whitechapel during the time of Jack the Ripper, can be read here:
theinterpretershouse.org/hainsworth-84
Hainsworth 84 — The Interpreter's House
theinterpretershouse.org
November 2, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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 piece 'Fourpence', narrated by the women of Whitechapel during the time of Jack the Ripper, can be read here:
theinterpretershouse.org/hainsworth-84
Reposted by Bex Hainsworth
"my journal...like a planchette"
"what is it you want me to know?"
"what is it you want me to know?"
Happy Halloween! 🎃
Here's 'Séance', from my new pamphlet, Circulaire 🖤
Here's 'Séance', from my new pamphlet, Circulaire 🖤
November 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
"my journal...like a planchette"
"what is it you want me to know?"
"what is it you want me to know?"
Happy Halloween! 🎃
Here's 'Séance', from my new pamphlet, Circulaire 🖤
Here's 'Séance', from my new pamphlet, Circulaire 🖤
October 31, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Happy Halloween! 🎃
Here's 'Séance', from my new pamphlet, Circulaire 🖤
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 🖤
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 🖤
October 29, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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 🖤
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 🖤
Reposted by Bex Hainsworth
"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
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
October 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
"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
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 💙
@poetrywales.bsky.social 💙
October 26, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Just wanted to share my poem 'Dancing with Mercutio in Klute Nightclub', published in the latest issue of
@poetrywales.bsky.social 💙
@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 💛
Just a friendly reminder that if you fancy a signed copy, please do drop me a comment, £10 via PayPal, I ship internationally 💛
Thrilled to receive this lovely inscribed copy from @poetbex.bsky.social. Thanks again, Bex — and congratulations! 👏👏👏
October 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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 💛
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 📚
@carolinehardaker.bsky.social @jesstraynor.bsky.social @alinaetc.bsky.social 📚
October 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Very excited by my poetic birthday haul!!
@carolinehardaker.bsky.social @jesstraynor.bsky.social @alinaetc.bsky.social 📚
@carolinehardaker.bsky.social @jesstraynor.bsky.social @alinaetc.bsky.social 📚
Reposted by Bex Hainsworth
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...
www.samszanto.com/post/bex-hai...
Bex Hainsworth: "The act of writing these poems was very much a celebration"
A chat with Bex Hainsworth about her poetry book Circulaire (Written Off Publishing, 2025)How would you describe Circulaire in one sentence? Circulaire is my confessional era, a collection of poems ex...
www.samszanto.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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...
www.samszanto.com/post/bex-hai...
Absolutely loved being interviewed by the wonderful @samszanto.bsky.social about my new pamphlet, Circulaire. 💛☕
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...
www.samszanto.com/post/bex-hai...
Bex Hainsworth: "The act of writing these poems was very much a celebration"
A chat with Bex Hainsworth about her poetry book Circulaire (Written Off Publishing, 2025)How would you describe Circulaire in one sentence? Circulaire is my confessional era, a collection of poems ex...
www.samszanto.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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…
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…
https://anmly.org/ap41/bex-hains…
October 16, 2025 at 5:13 PM
"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…
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...
@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...
ANMLY #41 is here! We’re thrilled to share new translations, fiction, a double issue of poetry, CNF, with a folio on autistic protest poetry!
>>> anmly.org/ap41 And we're open for new work until February 1
>>> anmly.submittable.com
>>> anmly.org/ap41 And we're open for new work until February 1
>>> anmly.submittable.com
October 15, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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...
@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 💙
October 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM
My gran died this evening. Posting this poem again so she knows her stories are safe with me 💙