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Katie Jenkins @katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social · 3d

You’re a force Karen - thank you

Katie Jenkins @katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social · 4d

Huge shout out to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social for bringing together such an incredible group of women. I was honoured and humbled to be among them 🙏✨🙌

The Broken Spine @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 4d

Well, #NotJustPretty was an absolute blast. I'm a little teary after hearing @katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social read my fave poem from her forthcoming collection. Compound that with the event itself, the vision from @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social wonderfully hosted! Everything we could have wanted!

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The Broken Spine @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 4d

From wife → widow → witch.
From silence → elegy → incantation.
Trilogy Wife Widow Witch by @katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social lands Halloween.
#Trilogy #ComingSoon #BookLaunch

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The Broken Spine @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 4d

Well, #NotJustPretty was an absolute blast. I'm a little teary after hearing @katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social read my fave poem from her forthcoming collection. Compound that with the event itself, the vision from @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social wonderfully hosted! Everything we could have wanted!

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Katie Jenkins @katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks @vespertine4.bsky.social - I didn’t realise that poem was online
❤️💜🧡 It was such a thrill to appear in @lucentdreaming.bsky.social Stunning production quality!

David Hanlon @vespertine4.bsky.social · 11d

"Years I spent abandoned
in that lonely totem of loss
my braid a dead gold chain
the crone my only caregiver
bitterness lacing my blood."

@katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social in @lucentdreaming.bsky.social ❤️

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Origin Story by Katie Jenkins (Lucent Dreaming Issue 9)

It was sucker-punch simplicity: heavy with her umbilical burdenshe craved rampionfrom the neighbour’s thorny garden. Heavy with his responsibilityher expectationhe relented, fetched it. The price t…

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Katie Jenkins @katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social · 8d

It’s been years in the making, but on 31st October 2025, Trilogy -
wife:widow:witch will be coming into the world. It explores marriage and separation, death and complex grief, and what it may mean to move forward from there. It’s a very personal work, but one I hope will resonate.

The Broken Spine @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 11d

“No-one votes for grief. / No-one puts their cross in the box / with a flourish thinking yes, yes please.” (Disenfranchised)
@katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social gives grief its voice in Trilogy Wife Widow Witch.
Out Oct 31.
#Trilogy #ComingSoon #PoetsOfBluesky

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The Broken Spine @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 18d

🕯️ Trilogy Wife Widow Witch — the debut from @katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social.
“Once you hear it, it can’t be unheard.” (Deathwatch)
Out this Halloween.
#Trilogy #ComingSoon #WifeWidowWitch #PoetryCommunity

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Katie Jenkins @katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social · 20d

@alanparrywriter.co.uk can’t wait to show you!

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Katie Jenkins @katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social · 20d

I’ve just seen a proof of the cover art for my forthcoming collection, Trilogy [wife:widow:witch] and oh my goodness it’s 🔥🔥🔥

I can’t quite believe we have reached this point. Scary and exhilarating?! Tell me how it was when you published your first collections! I’d love to know 🙏

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Katie Jenkins @katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social · 23d

Pleasure to co-edit with you, as always!

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Katie Jenkins @katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social · 23d

Exciting! It was a joy to read so much excellent work. Thank you to everyone who submitted!
🙏🙏🙏

The Broken Spine @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 25d

All responses to submissions for #SelectedPoetry #Autumn2025 have now been sent out.

The work will be published as a free downloadable PDF on The Broken Spine website in the coming weeks.

Huge thanks to our Co-Poetry Editors — @katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social & @vespertine4.bsky.social

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The Broken Spine @thebrokenspine.co.uk · Apr 14

Catch up on everything Broken Spine: open + upcoming submission windows, latest releases, and all the links you need in one place.

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Updated, organised, no faff.

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Katie Jenkins @katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social · Jul 12

Wow…. What can I say? I’ll say this, categorically: I have never had a more meticulous and expansive editor than Alan. He “sees” my work with such acuity it’s an absolute pleasure to hear his suggestions. This kind of collaborative editorial experience is new on me, and I’m so very here for it.

Alan Parry He/Him @alanparrywriter.co.uk · Jul 9

I only came on here to praise @katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social's fully formed, brilliant collection and share how few line edits I'm having to offer. Pretty much pure praise! Got briefly sidetracked by an unfamiliar press’s sub call, now back to uploading my notes. #EditorLife

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The Broken Spine @thebrokenspine.co.uk · Jun 20

Poets, this is your moment. Submit to #SelectedPoetry—free, unthemed, and open to all styles. Contributor directory inclusion for published poets.
@katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social @vespertine4.bsky.social
shorturl.at/W8jbo
#SubmissionWindow

Submissions Open: Selected Poetry June – For Autumn 2025 Release - The Broken Spine

June means the gates are open. We’re now accepting submissions for Selected Poetry: Autumn 2025, our unthemed digital poetry anthology, free to download, and

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Katie Jenkins @katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social · Mar 29

Can I reach a thousand followers?? It seems possible?! #followme #follow 🙏 I follow back all creatives. If I’ve missed you please let me know!!!

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The Broken Spine @thebrokenspine.co.uk · Apr 8

📢 FREE POETRY ALERT! Selected Poetry: Spring 2025 is a must-read—fierce, tender, unforgettable. Don’t miss this groundbreaking collection.

📥 Get it now: shorturl.at/NrpSt

Edited by @vespertine4.bsky.social & @katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social.

#FreeDownload #PoetryMatters #PoetryIsLife

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Katie Jenkins @katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social · Apr 2

Getting there!

Katie Jenkins @katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social · Mar 29

Can I reach a thousand followers?? It seems possible?! #followme #follow 🙏 I follow back all creatives. If I’ve missed you please let me know!!!

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The Broken Spine @thebrokenspine.co.uk · Mar 4

📢 Want to be included in #SootAndBoots?

We’re open for short festive fiction submissions until April 30th! Give us grit, nostalgia, or something unexpected—festive / wintry fiction with an edge.

📩 Submit here: thebrokenspine.co.uk/2025/01/12/c...

#FestiveFiction #ShortStoryCall

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Katie Jenkins @katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social · Mar 29

Can I reach a thousand followers?? It seems possible?! #followme #follow 🙏 I follow back all creatives. If I’ve missed you please let me know!!!

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Alan Parry He/Him @alanparrywriter.co.uk · Mar 23

Buzzing to be hosting the launch & open mic for Debone & Fold by @ontheoutbreath.bsky.social!
The book drops tomorrow—but tickets for the online launch (17 April) are live now.
Let’s send this beauty out into the world right.

The Broken Spine @thebrokenspine.co.uk · Mar 23

📣 Join us on 17 April, 19:00–21:00 (UK) for the online launch of Debone & Fold by @ontheoutbreath.bsky.social.
A celebration of an extraordinary debut. Hosted by @alanparry83.bsky.social.
🎟️ Book now → shorturl.at/GMOue

From Kitchen to Page: Debone & Fold Online Launch

Join us for the online launch of Debone & Fold by Si Griffiths—poetry from the heat of the kitchen. Open mic slots available.

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The Broken Spine @thebrokenspine.co.uk · Mar 8

📢 FREE POETRY ALERT! Selected Poetry: Spring 2025 is a must-read—fierce, tender, unforgettable. Don’t miss this groundbreaking collection.

📥 Get it now: shorturl.at/NrpSt

Edited by @vespertine4.bsky.social & @katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social.

#FreeDownload #PoetryMatters #PoetryIsLife

Selected Poetry: Spring 2025 - Eds. David Hanlon & Katie Jenkins (Digital) - The Broken Spine

Selected Poetry: Spring 2025 (Digital Edition) For the first time, The Broken Spine presents its Selected Poetry series as a fully downloadable PDF, shaped entirely by the vision of editors David Hanlon and Katie Jenkins. This collection brings together dynamic contemporary voices exploring themes of identity, memory, loss, resilience, and the surreal. Featuring works from Philip Gross, Julia Webb, Natasha Tanna, and more, this edition redefines modern poetry in a striking new format. Download now and experience poetry without limits. This is a digital product. No hard copy will be sent out.

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David Hanlon @vespertine4.bsky.social · Mar 8

It was an absolute pleasure to read all the submissions and select these bold and exquisite poems with the brilliant @katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social for @brokenspinearts.bsky.social! @alanparry83.bsky.social

The Broken Spine @thebrokenspine.co.uk · Mar 8

📢 FREE POETRY ALERT! Selected Poetry: Spring 2025 is a must-read—fierce, tender, unforgettable. Don’t miss this groundbreaking collection.

📥 Get it now: shorturl.at/NrpSt

Edited by @vespertine4.bsky.social & @katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social.

#FreeDownload #PoetryMatters #PoetryIsLife

Selected Poetry: Spring 2025 - Eds. David Hanlon & Katie Jenkins (Digital) - The Broken Spine

Selected Poetry: Spring 2025 (Digital Edition) For the first time, The Broken Spine presents its Selected Poetry series as a fully downloadable PDF, shaped entirely by the vision of editors David Hanlon and Katie Jenkins. This collection brings together dynamic contemporary voices exploring themes of identity, memory, loss, resilience, and the surreal. Featuring works from Philip Gross, Julia Webb, Natasha Tanna, and more, this edition redefines modern poetry in a striking new format. Download now and experience poetry without limits. This is a digital product. No hard copy will be sent out.

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Katie Jenkins @katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social · Mar 3

Thrilled to have been part of bringing this to poetry lovers everywhere, totally FREE. The work is stunning. A cosmic pleasure to curate with the excellent @vespertine4.bsky.social and @brokenspinearts.bsky.social

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

🔥 Selected Poetry: Spring 2025 is HERE! 🔥 A bold, unmissable collection of contemporary poetry—FREE to download. Edited by @vespertine4.bsky.social & @katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social.

📥 Get it now: shorturl.at/NrpSt

#PoetryCommunity #FreePoetry #ReadMorePoetry

Selected Poetry: Spring 2025 - Eds. David Hanlon & Katie Jenkins (Digital) - The Broken Spine

Selected Poetry: Spring 2025 (Digital Edition) For the first time, The Broken Spine presents its Selected Poetry series as a fully downloadable PDF, shaped entirely by the vision of editors David Hanlon and Katie Jenkins. This collection brings together dynamic contemporary voices exploring themes of identity, memory, loss, resilience, and the surreal. Featuring works from Philip Gross, Julia Webb, Natasha Tanna, and more, this edition redefines modern poetry in a striking new format. Download now and experience poetry without limits. This is a digital product. No hard copy will be sent out.

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Katie Jenkins @katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social · Feb 27

Had a lil turn at the Bluebird bakery, in my chosen hometown of York last night! Wowed by all the poets, the venue, the audience, the lot! Can’t wait for the next one 🙌

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Alan Parry He/Him @alanparrywriter.co.uk · Feb 27

I will keep plugging this until December. Unless we hit the target earlier. Come December I'll know what I've got to work with & I'll recalibrate if I have to. But already we've enough to do something. But let's go bigger! #ByPoetsForPoets #TheBrokenSpineAward

The Broken Spine @thebrokenspine.co.uk · Feb 27

Just put another 60% of our last open mic earnings into the #TheBrokenSpinePoetryAward #Fundraiser!

We're at 9% of our £5,000 target in under a week—on track for something huge in 2026 with a major cash prize!

Donate here:

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