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This week: #Mouths.
Hunger.
Confession.
The place where wanting first shows itself.
Write the almost-touch.
The thing said too close.
The heat before contact.
New theme opens Friday.
Don’t post early.
Use Alt Text.
Tag #PoemsAbout to be found.
Hunger.
Confession.
The place where wanting first shows itself.
Write the almost-touch.
The thing said too close.
The heat before contact.
New theme opens Friday.
Don’t post early.
Use Alt Text.
Tag #PoemsAbout to be found.
February 1, 2026 at 9:00 AM
This week: #Mouths.
Hunger.
Confession.
The place where wanting first shows itself.
Write the almost-touch.
The thing said too close.
The heat before contact.
New theme opens Friday.
Don’t post early.
Use Alt Text.
Tag #PoemsAbout to be found.
Hunger.
Confession.
The place where wanting first shows itself.
Write the almost-touch.
The thing said too close.
The heat before contact.
New theme opens Friday.
Don’t post early.
Use Alt Text.
Tag #PoemsAbout to be found.
A quiet nudge for the week ahead.
#WednesdayWIPs is coming up.
A space to share what you’re working on — or how it’s going.
A line. A paragraph. A struggle. A pause.
No polish required.
Progress counts.
Care is reciprocal here.
#WednesdayWIPs is coming up.
A space to share what you’re working on — or how it’s going.
A line. A paragraph. A struggle. A pause.
No polish required.
Progress counts.
Care is reciprocal here.
January 31, 2026 at 8:00 AM
A quiet nudge for the week ahead.
#WednesdayWIPs is coming up.
A space to share what you’re working on — or how it’s going.
A line. A paragraph. A struggle. A pause.
No polish required.
Progress counts.
Care is reciprocal here.
#WednesdayWIPs is coming up.
A space to share what you’re working on — or how it’s going.
A line. A paragraph. A struggle. A pause.
No polish required.
Progress counts.
Care is reciprocal here.
Final day.
This submission window closes tonight.
If the poem is ready, send it now.
Thank you to everyone who trusted us with this work.
#PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #WednesdayWIPs #SpineEdicts #PoetryCommunity #SubmissionWindow #OpenCall #Poetry
This submission window closes tonight.
If the poem is ready, send it now.
Thank you to everyone who trusted us with this work.
#PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #WednesdayWIPs #SpineEdicts #PoetryCommunity #SubmissionWindow #OpenCall #Poetry
Call for Submissions: Poetry That Remembers, Mourns, and Refuses to Let Go - The Broken Spine
Submissions Open Throughout January 2026 | Publication Later That Year
thebrokenspine.co.uk
January 31, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Final day.
This submission window closes tonight.
If the poem is ready, send it now.
Thank you to everyone who trusted us with this work.
#PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #WednesdayWIPs #SpineEdicts #PoetryCommunity #SubmissionWindow #OpenCall #Poetry
This submission window closes tonight.
If the poem is ready, send it now.
Thank you to everyone who trusted us with this work.
#PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #WednesdayWIPs #SpineEdicts #PoetryCommunity #SubmissionWindow #OpenCall #Poetry
#PoemsAbout #BlackVeils is live.
Write into concealment.
What you guard.
What you refuse to translate.
What survives because it stays covered.
Post from today.
Tag #PoemsAbout #BlackVeils to be read and shared.
Use Alt Text.
Take care with each other.
Write into concealment.
What you guard.
What you refuse to translate.
What survives because it stays covered.
Post from today.
Tag #PoemsAbout #BlackVeils to be read and shared.
Use Alt Text.
Take care with each other.
January 30, 2026 at 9:00 AM
#PoemsAbout #BlackVeils is live.
Write into concealment.
What you guard.
What you refuse to translate.
What survives because it stays covered.
Post from today.
Tag #PoemsAbout #BlackVeils to be read and shared.
Use Alt Text.
Take care with each other.
Write into concealment.
What you guard.
What you refuse to translate.
What survives because it stays covered.
Post from today.
Tag #PoemsAbout #BlackVeils to be read and shared.
Use Alt Text.
Take care with each other.
Get ready for a fantastic event this Saturday! Don't miss The Broken Spine Live at The Grasshopper, Southport. 🕖 7–9pm | Free Entry 🎤 Jay Rafferty 🎤 Martin Kennedy Yates 🎤 Hosted by Alan Parry He/Him #PoetryAndPints #NorthWestWriters #LivePoetry
January 30, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Get ready for a fantastic event this Saturday! Don't miss The Broken Spine Live at The Grasshopper, Southport. 🕖 7–9pm | Free Entry 🎤 Jay Rafferty 🎤 Martin Kennedy Yates 🎤 Hosted by Alan Parry He/Him #PoetryAndPints #NorthWestWriters #LivePoetry
Tomorrow: #PoemsAbout #BlackVeils.
Not secrecy — care.
Don’t post before Friday.
That shadow? That covering? That’s intention.
Tag it.
Use Alt Text.
Not secrecy — care.
Don’t post before Friday.
That shadow? That covering? That’s intention.
Tag it.
Use Alt Text.
January 29, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Tomorrow: #PoemsAbout #BlackVeils.
Not secrecy — care.
Don’t post before Friday.
That shadow? That covering? That’s intention.
Tag it.
Use Alt Text.
Not secrecy — care.
Don’t post before Friday.
That shadow? That covering? That’s intention.
Tag it.
Use Alt Text.
Final days.
Submissions close at the end of January.
Once the window shuts, that’s it.
If the poem is ready, send it.
#PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #WednesdayWIPs #SpineEdicts #PoetryCommunity #SubmissionWindow #OpenCall #Poetry
Submissions close at the end of January.
Once the window shuts, that’s it.
If the poem is ready, send it.
#PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #WednesdayWIPs #SpineEdicts #PoetryCommunity #SubmissionWindow #OpenCall #Poetry
Call for Submissions: Poetry That Remembers, Mourns, and Refuses to Let Go - The Broken Spine
Submissions Open Throughout January 2026 | Publication Later That Year
thebrokenspine.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Final days.
Submissions close at the end of January.
Once the window shuts, that’s it.
If the poem is ready, send it.
#PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #WednesdayWIPs #SpineEdicts #PoetryCommunity #SubmissionWindow #OpenCall #Poetry
Submissions close at the end of January.
Once the window shuts, that’s it.
If the poem is ready, send it.
#PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #WednesdayWIPs #SpineEdicts #PoetryCommunity #SubmissionWindow #OpenCall #Poetry
It’s #WednesdayWIPs.
Share a glimpse of what you’re working on.
A fragment. A note. A feeling.
Or just tell us where you’re at with it.
Read generously.
Respond kindly.
Care moves both ways.
Use #WednesdayWIPs so we can find each other.
Share a glimpse of what you’re working on.
A fragment. A note. A feeling.
Or just tell us where you’re at with it.
Read generously.
Respond kindly.
Care moves both ways.
Use #WednesdayWIPs so we can find each other.
January 28, 2026 at 8:00 AM
It’s #WednesdayWIPs.
Share a glimpse of what you’re working on.
A fragment. A note. A feeling.
Or just tell us where you’re at with it.
Read generously.
Respond kindly.
Care moves both ways.
Use #WednesdayWIPs so we can find each other.
Share a glimpse of what you’re working on.
A fragment. A note. A feeling.
Or just tell us where you’re at with it.
Read generously.
Respond kindly.
Care moves both ways.
Use #WednesdayWIPs so we can find each other.
This Saturday, get ready for an unforgettable evening with The Broken Spine Live at The Grasshopper in Southport! 🎤 Featuring performances by Jay Rafferty, Martin Kennedy Yates, and hosted by Alan Parry He/Him Don't miss out! #PoetryAndPints #NorthWestWriters
January 28, 2026 at 7:00 AM
This Saturday, get ready for an unforgettable evening with The Broken Spine Live at The Grasshopper in Southport! 🎤 Featuring performances by Jay Rafferty, Martin Kennedy Yates, and hosted by Alan Parry He/Him Don't miss out! #PoetryAndPints #NorthWestWriters
January 27, 2026 at 10:21 AM
#PoemsAbout #BlackVeils starts Friday.
Write into what you don’t show.
Boundaries. Silence. Chosen obscurity.
The dignity of not being legible.
Draft now.
Share from Friday.
Tag your post.
Use Alt Text.
Write into what you don’t show.
Boundaries. Silence. Chosen obscurity.
The dignity of not being legible.
Draft now.
Share from Friday.
Tag your post.
Use Alt Text.
January 27, 2026 at 9:20 AM
#PoemsAbout #BlackVeils starts Friday.
Write into what you don’t show.
Boundaries. Silence. Chosen obscurity.
The dignity of not being legible.
Draft now.
Share from Friday.
Tag your post.
Use Alt Text.
Write into what you don’t show.
Boundaries. Silence. Chosen obscurity.
The dignity of not being legible.
Draft now.
Share from Friday.
Tag your post.
Use Alt Text.
This window is nearly shut.
If you want your work considered, now is the time — not tomorrow.
#PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #WednesdayWIPs #SpineEdicts #PoetryCommunity #SubmissionWindow #OpenCall #Poetry
If you want your work considered, now is the time — not tomorrow.
#PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #WednesdayWIPs #SpineEdicts #PoetryCommunity #SubmissionWindow #OpenCall #Poetry
Call for Submissions: Poetry That Remembers, Mourns, and Refuses to Let Go - The Broken Spine
Submissions Open Throughout January 2026 | Publication Later That Year
thebrokenspine.co.uk
January 27, 2026 at 8:01 AM
This window is nearly shut.
If you want your work considered, now is the time — not tomorrow.
#PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #WednesdayWIPs #SpineEdicts #PoetryCommunity #SubmissionWindow #OpenCall #Poetry
If you want your work considered, now is the time — not tomorrow.
#PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #WednesdayWIPs #SpineEdicts #PoetryCommunity #SubmissionWindow #OpenCall #Poetry
This Saturday. It’s on.
The Broken Spine Live at The Grasshopper, Southport.
🕖 7–9pm | Free Entry
🎤 Jay Rafferty
🎤 Martin Kennedy Yates
🎤 Hosted by Alan Parry He/Him
#PoetryAndPints #NorthWestWriters #LivePoetry
The Broken Spine Live at The Grasshopper, Southport.
🕖 7–9pm | Free Entry
🎤 Jay Rafferty
🎤 Martin Kennedy Yates
🎤 Hosted by Alan Parry He/Him
#PoetryAndPints #NorthWestWriters #LivePoetry
January 26, 2026 at 8:00 AM
This Saturday. It’s on.
The Broken Spine Live at The Grasshopper, Southport.
🕖 7–9pm | Free Entry
🎤 Jay Rafferty
🎤 Martin Kennedy Yates
🎤 Hosted by Alan Parry He/Him
#PoetryAndPints #NorthWestWriters #LivePoetry
The Broken Spine Live at The Grasshopper, Southport.
🕖 7–9pm | Free Entry
🎤 Jay Rafferty
🎤 Martin Kennedy Yates
🎤 Hosted by Alan Parry He/Him
#PoetryAndPints #NorthWestWriters #LivePoetry
It’s #LiftToTheSky Monday.
This is not self-promo. This is shared oxygen.
Lift someone whose work deserves more readers.
This is not self-promo. This is shared oxygen.
Lift someone whose work deserves more readers.
January 26, 2026 at 7:00 AM
It’s #LiftToTheSky Monday.
This is not self-promo. This is shared oxygen.
Lift someone whose work deserves more readers.
This is not self-promo. This is shared oxygen.
Lift someone whose work deserves more readers.
Last week interrogated power.
This week: #BlackVeils — concealment, protection, refusal.
What is hidden to survive?
What is withheld on purpose?
New theme opens Friday.
Don’t post early.
Use Alt Text.
Tag #PoemsAbout to be found.
This week: #BlackVeils — concealment, protection, refusal.
What is hidden to survive?
What is withheld on purpose?
New theme opens Friday.
Don’t post early.
Use Alt Text.
Tag #PoemsAbout to be found.
January 25, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Last week interrogated power.
This week: #BlackVeils — concealment, protection, refusal.
What is hidden to survive?
What is withheld on purpose?
New theme opens Friday.
Don’t post early.
Use Alt Text.
Tag #PoemsAbout to be found.
This week: #BlackVeils — concealment, protection, refusal.
What is hidden to survive?
What is withheld on purpose?
New theme opens Friday.
Don’t post early.
Use Alt Text.
Tag #PoemsAbout to be found.
We’re close to closing the window.
If you’ve read the call more than once, that’s your answer.
#PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #WednesdayWIPs #SpineEdicts #PoetryCommunity #SubmissionWindow #OpenCall #Poetry
If you’ve read the call more than once, that’s your answer.
#PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #WednesdayWIPs #SpineEdicts #PoetryCommunity #SubmissionWindow #OpenCall #Poetry
Call for Submissions: Poetry That Remembers, Mourns, and Refuses to Let Go - The Broken Spine
Submissions Open Throughout January 2026 | Publication Later That Year
thebrokenspine.co.uk
January 25, 2026 at 11:27 AM
We’re close to closing the window.
If you’ve read the call more than once, that’s your answer.
#PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #WednesdayWIPs #SpineEdicts #PoetryCommunity #SubmissionWindow #OpenCall #Poetry
If you’ve read the call more than once, that’s your answer.
#PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #WednesdayWIPs #SpineEdicts #PoetryCommunity #SubmissionWindow #OpenCall #Poetry
A quiet nudge for the week ahead.
#WednesdayWIPs is coming up.
A space to share what you’re working on — or how it’s going.
A line. A paragraph. A struggle. A pause.
No polish required.
Progress counts.
Care is reciprocal here.
#WednesdayWIPs is coming up.
A space to share what you’re working on — or how it’s going.
A line. A paragraph. A struggle. A pause.
No polish required.
Progress counts.
Care is reciprocal here.
January 24, 2026 at 9:00 AM
A quiet nudge for the week ahead.
#WednesdayWIPs is coming up.
A space to share what you’re working on — or how it’s going.
A line. A paragraph. A struggle. A pause.
No polish required.
Progress counts.
Care is reciprocal here.
#WednesdayWIPs is coming up.
A space to share what you’re working on — or how it’s going.
A line. A paragraph. A struggle. A pause.
No polish required.
Progress counts.
Care is reciprocal here.
Submissions close soon.
Don’t wait for the poem to become easier.
Send it because it isn’t.
#PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #WednesdayWIPs #SpineEdicts #PoetryCommunity #SubmissionWindow #OpenCall #Poetry
Don’t wait for the poem to become easier.
Send it because it isn’t.
#PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #WednesdayWIPs #SpineEdicts #PoetryCommunity #SubmissionWindow #OpenCall #Poetry
Call for Submissions: Poetry That Remembers, Mourns, and Refuses to Let Go - The Broken Spine
Submissions Open Throughout January 2026 | Publication Later That Year
thebrokenspine.co.uk
January 23, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Submissions close soon.
Don’t wait for the poem to become easier.
Send it because it isn’t.
#PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #WednesdayWIPs #SpineEdicts #PoetryCommunity #SubmissionWindow #OpenCall #Poetry
Don’t wait for the poem to become easier.
Send it because it isn’t.
#PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #WednesdayWIPs #SpineEdicts #PoetryCommunity #SubmissionWindow #OpenCall #Poetry
#PoemsAbout #FalseCrowns is live.
Write into illusion.
Unquestioned power.
Respect without reckoning.
What we’re taught to bow to.
Post from today.
Tag #PoemsAbout #FalseCrowns to be read and shared.
Use Alt Text.
Take care with each other.
Write into illusion.
Unquestioned power.
Respect without reckoning.
What we’re taught to bow to.
Post from today.
Tag #PoemsAbout #FalseCrowns to be read and shared.
Use Alt Text.
Take care with each other.
January 23, 2026 at 9:00 AM
#PoemsAbout #FalseCrowns is live.
Write into illusion.
Unquestioned power.
Respect without reckoning.
What we’re taught to bow to.
Post from today.
Tag #PoemsAbout #FalseCrowns to be read and shared.
Use Alt Text.
Take care with each other.
Write into illusion.
Unquestioned power.
Respect without reckoning.
What we’re taught to bow to.
Post from today.
Tag #PoemsAbout #FalseCrowns to be read and shared.
Use Alt Text.
Take care with each other.
Also featuring the brilliant @katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social!
Get ready for The Broken Spine live show at The Grasshopper, Southport! 🎤 Featuring Jay Rafferty, Martin Kennedy Yates, and hosted by Alan Parry He/Him 🕖 7–9pm, Free Entry. #PoetryAndPints #NorthWestWriters #LivePoetry
January 22, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Also featuring the brilliant @katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social!
Tomorrow: #PoemsAbout #FalseCrowns.
Not royalty — rot.
Don’t post before Friday.
That shine? That reverence? That’s the problem.
Tag it.
Use Alt Text.
Not royalty — rot.
Don’t post before Friday.
That shine? That reverence? That’s the problem.
Tag it.
Use Alt Text.
January 22, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Tomorrow: #PoemsAbout #FalseCrowns.
Not royalty — rot.
Don’t post before Friday.
That shine? That reverence? That’s the problem.
Tag it.
Use Alt Text.
Not royalty — rot.
Don’t post before Friday.
That shine? That reverence? That’s the problem.
Tag it.
Use Alt Text.
Get ready for The Broken Spine live show at The Grasshopper, Southport! 🎤 Featuring Jay Rafferty, Martin Kennedy Yates, and hosted by Alan Parry He/Him 🕖 7–9pm, Free Entry. #PoetryAndPints #NorthWestWriters #LivePoetry
January 22, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Get ready for The Broken Spine live show at The Grasshopper, Southport! 🎤 Featuring Jay Rafferty, Martin Kennedy Yates, and hosted by Alan Parry He/Him 🕖 7–9pm, Free Entry. #PoetryAndPints #NorthWestWriters #LivePoetry
End of January isn’t far off.
If this work matters to you, make space for it this week.
#PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #WednesdayWIPs #SpineEdicts #PoetryCommunity #SubmissionWindow #OpenCall #Poetry
If this work matters to you, make space for it this week.
#PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #WednesdayWIPs #SpineEdicts #PoetryCommunity #SubmissionWindow #OpenCall #Poetry
Call for Submissions: Poetry That Remembers, Mourns, and Refuses to Let Go - The Broken Spine
Submissions Open Throughout January 2026 | Publication Later That Year
thebrokenspine.co.uk
January 21, 2026 at 10:00 AM
End of January isn’t far off.
If this work matters to you, make space for it this week.
#PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #WednesdayWIPs #SpineEdicts #PoetryCommunity #SubmissionWindow #OpenCall #Poetry
If this work matters to you, make space for it this week.
#PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #WednesdayWIPs #SpineEdicts #PoetryCommunity #SubmissionWindow #OpenCall #Poetry
It’s #WednesdayWIPs.
Share a glimpse of what you’re working on.
A fragment. A note. A feeling.
Or just tell us where you’re at with it.
Read generously.
Respond kindly.
Care moves both ways.
Use #WednesdayWIPs so we can find each other.
Share a glimpse of what you’re working on.
A fragment. A note. A feeling.
Or just tell us where you’re at with it.
Read generously.
Respond kindly.
Care moves both ways.
Use #WednesdayWIPs so we can find each other.
January 21, 2026 at 9:00 AM
It’s #WednesdayWIPs.
Share a glimpse of what you’re working on.
A fragment. A note. A feeling.
Or just tell us where you’re at with it.
Read generously.
Respond kindly.
Care moves both ways.
Use #WednesdayWIPs so we can find each other.
Share a glimpse of what you’re working on.
A fragment. A note. A feeling.
Or just tell us where you’re at with it.
Read generously.
Respond kindly.
Care moves both ways.
Use #WednesdayWIPs so we can find each other.
#PoemsAbout #FalseCrowns starts Friday.
Write into performance and pretence.
Titles without labour.
Power that survives only because it’s never questioned.
Draft now.
Share from Friday.
Tag your post.
Use Alt Text.
Write into performance and pretence.
Titles without labour.
Power that survives only because it’s never questioned.
Draft now.
Share from Friday.
Tag your post.
Use Alt Text.
January 20, 2026 at 10:00 AM
#PoemsAbout #FalseCrowns starts Friday.
Write into performance and pretence.
Titles without labour.
Power that survives only because it’s never questioned.
Draft now.
Share from Friday.
Tag your post.
Use Alt Text.
Write into performance and pretence.
Titles without labour.
Power that survives only because it’s never questioned.
Draft now.
Share from Friday.
Tag your post.
Use Alt Text.