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The Broken Spine @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 2d

Something Gothic this way comes… Submissions are OPEN for The Havisham Steps: Modern Gothic Poetry. We want poems of neon dread, fractured love, haunted minds.

Closing date: October 31st

#PoetrySubmissions #SubmissionWindow #TheHavishamSteps #ModernGothicPoetry

Something Gothic This Way Comes: Submit to The Havisham Steps: Modern Gothic Poetry - The Broken Spine

Submissions Open Throughout October 2025 | Publication in 2026

thebrokenspine.co.uk

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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 6d

Delighted to have three poems in the latest issue of Shearsman. 'Organisation', 'Reporting Live From the Dissection Table', and 'Locomotion' are looking fab amongst so much beautiful writing. #poems #poetry

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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 9d

For this weeks #LiftToTheSky with @thebrokenspine.co.uk and @alanparrywriter.co.uk I'm recommending Virgil by Steve Orlando, J.D Faith, Chris Beckett, and Thomas Mauer. A 'queersploitation revenge tale' set in Jamaica. This graphic novel combines tense action, emotiinal nuance and beautiful visuals.

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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 9d

Thanks! Trying to keep my work direct, good to hear the clarity is coming through😄

Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you! I wanted to keep it as concrete as possible. 😄

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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 9d

Thanks! I always aim to defy.✌️

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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you! I think that by giving this eradicatory process form, it helps to realise the reality of what is being enacted.

Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 13d

For #PoemsAbout #NeverAgain with @thebrokenspine.co.uk and @alanparrywriter.co.uk I looked at the idea that 'never again' can come to late. It never needs to happen again because the deed has been done. What is happening between now and never? In mourning the dead do we look away from the survivors?

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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 14d

Dapolite Sandstorm

Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 14d

Sometimes this joint really just looks like Linkedin vol. 2

Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 16d

For #LiftToTheSky with @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk I'm recommending 'Human Costume' by A.E. Stringer. This poetry collection explores the interonnectivity between physical existance and our sense of self. "Eerie marriage of form / and purpose, the empty / pentagon, ill omen"

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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 17d

Woo!☀️🌻🌼🌞

Damien B Donnelly @eatthestorms.com · 17d

⚡️Meet the Stormers of Issue V ⚡️

Ellen Harrold is an Irish artist, writer, & editor-in-chief of Metachrosis Literary. She uses painting, drawing, text, and textiles to explore anatomy, physics, and ecology. ellenharrold.art

Supported by #fingalarts & @dublincityoflit.bsky.social

Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 20d

Conceptualising space exploration and the machines we create as both extents and reflections of humanity is fascinating. Love the humanising elements and spirituality that has been incorporated. 🚀🌌

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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 20d

For this weeks #PoemsAbout #SilentPlanets with @thebrokenspine.co.uk and @alanparrywriter.co.uk I was looking at the nasa archive photos and thinking about the conservation of natural geologic landscapes and the destructive nature of the theory of terraforming (see: the entire Dune series)

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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 20d

All for a nazi podcaster who liked to dress as an infant, no less

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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 22d

'Camouflage I - The Orchid Mantis', pencil on paper, 21 x 30 cm.
#drawing #pencildrawing #art #artwork

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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 22d

'Camouflage I - The Orchid Mantis', pencil on paper, 21 x 30 cm.
#drawing #pencildrawing #art #artwork

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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 25d

Thanks! Prophecy and con-artistry are so often intertwined that we can fail to see real wonders when they occur.

Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 25d

It's a heavy phrase. the beginning of an impulse, entirely defined by its context and follow-through. Thanks for parsing it through. I always appreciate it when people sift through those layers. I enjoy building them.

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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 25d

Thank you! Always good to save the best for last🌙

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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 25d

Thanks! It's a murky space often seen in videos people upload to the internet.🌞

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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 27d

For #PoemsAbout #Candlelight with @thebrokenspine.co.uk and @alanparrywriter.co.uk I'm thinking about ritual practices and the commodification of spiritual practices through culutral appropritaion and colonisation. Coming up to samhain, it seems relevant. #poetry

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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 29d

Some shots from Lumen Street Theatre #photography

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Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · 29d

And you bet I got myself a little treat while I was there

Metachrosis Literary Magazine @metachrosislitmag.bsky.social · 29d

Just popped down to @salmonpoetry.bsky.social in Ennistymon to drop off some copies of metachrosis. Looking great amongst the tresure trove of poetry. #litmag #literarymagazine

Ellen Harrold @ellenharrold.bsky.social · Sep 8

A little late for #LiftToTheSky with @thebrokenspine.co.uk . For this week I'm recommending 'Angels the Size of Houses' by Aaron Kent. A lyrical and tightly wound collection of that explores temporality, loss and renewal. "We've wrapped the horse in blessings from the Artic's snow- driven tide."

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