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

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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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 17h

I, however,
Have such meagre power,

Clutching at a
Moment,

While you control
An hour.

But your hour is
A stone.

My moment is
A flower.

-Langston Hughes, "Poet to Bigot"
#everynightapoem As ever.

I have done so little
For you.
And you have do little
For me.
That we have good reason
Never to agree.

I, however,
Have such meagre power,
Clutching at a
Moment,
While you control
An hour.
But your hour is
A stone.
My moment is
A flower.
-Langston Hughes, "Poet to Bigot"

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Ronita Chattopadhyay @ronita.bsky.social · 6h

Congratulations!

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SG @silverlightgal.bsky.social · 10h

Mumbai Art Fair at Nehru Centre, Worli, Mumbai to be held between Oct 10-12.

In case you're interested.

#artexhibition #artfair #Mumbai

Invite of Mumbai Art Fair at Nehru Centre Worli Mumbai to be held between Oct 10-12.

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Ronita Chattopadhyay @ronita.bsky.social · 21h

Thanks for sharing. These are amazing @ezhang77.bsky.social

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Melissa Ostrom @melostrom.bsky.social · 21h

“Writing has always been a way of understanding myself…”

Check out @charhamrick.bsky.social’s wonderful interview with @ronita.bsky.social!📚💚

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Ronita Chattopadhyay @ronita.bsky.social · 21h

Thanks @melostrom.bsky.social for reading and sharing. And supporting 😊

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Chembu🌺🧶 @chembarathi.bsky.social · 1d

Someone is busy

in the kitchen of the heart with the window wide open.

Someone is cooking joy soup with mint leaves.

Let the aroma pull you awake and draw you toward the pot.

Watch the light simmer on top. Someone waits for you. - William Palmer
#Poetry #LiteratureSky 💙📚👀

JOY SOUP

by William Palmer

"We should start cooking/the joy soup." - Rumi

Too much sad soup will turn your raspberries gray.

Sleeping all day won't make them red again.

But Someone is pulling up humble carrots, rutabagas, and sweet potatoes. Someone is busy

in the kitchen of the heart with the window wide open.

Someone is cooking joy soup with mint leaves.

Let the aroma pull you awake and draw you toward the pot.

Watch the light simmer on top. Someone waits for you.

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Ronita Chattopadhyay @ronita.bsky.social · 1d

Amazing.

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 1d

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com
p.s. My new book of science cartoons 'Physics for Cats' is out this week. Details at www.tomgauld.com

Panel 1
A figure stands at a lectern
"This image illustrates my theory that, presented with a sufficient quantity of intricate formulae, overcomplicated diagrams and impenetrable acronyms, an audience will agree with almost anything."
The screen is completely packed with such things

Panel 2,3,4,5.
Four audience members say enthusiastically: "My thoughts exactly!", "Hear, hear!", "I quite agree!" and "Excellent point!"

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Reckon Review @reckonreview.bsky.social · 3d

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Ronita Chattopadhyay @ronita.bsky.social · 1d

It is amazing.

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Ronita Chattopadhyay @ronita.bsky.social · 1d

This is beautiful.

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DeMisty D. Bellinger - Ice Is for Tea, Not Fascism. @demisty.bsky.social · 2d

Do you like writing the whimsical in your short fiction? Do you amuse your readers, or make them muse? If so, send me a story at Necessary Fiction! I'm guess editing this month: necessaryfiction.submittable.com/Submit

Necessary Fiction Submission Manager

necessaryfiction.submittable.com

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Ronita Chattopadhyay @ronita.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely agree. @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social @tejaswineerc.bsky.social @ankitrajojha.bsky.social do an amazing job at holding space for diverse creative expressions with their website, lit mag issues and specials.

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Ronita Chattopadhyay @ronita.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations. And good luck with the book.

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Ronita Chattopadhyay @ronita.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks @charhamrick.bsky.social for the engaging questions. And I also did learn a lot from your writings @charhamrick.bsky.social @kimsrogers.bsky.social @kristinatabor.bsky.social and Janet Murie @emergejournal.bsky.social @dianegotauthor.bsky.social
reckonreview.com/the-nitty-gr...

THE NITTY GRITTY INTERVIEW WITH RONITA CHATTOPADHYAY – Reckon Review

The eight pieces in Ronita’s collection explore feelings of grief and confusion as a young girl at the death of a dear friend, her first loss, and how the experience might influence future losses.

reckonreview.com

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Ronita Chattopadhyay @ronita.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for this. It was great to answer your questions.

Ronita Chattopadhyay @ronita.bsky.social · 2d

It is amazing @pleomorphic2.bsky.social

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Jason Conway @daydreamacademy.bsky.social · 2d

Hi, everyone,

Submissions close for my magazine, Steel Jackdaw, for Edition 19 on Sunday, the 12th October (midnight UK time).

Submit your best work for consideration – poetry & flash fiction:
www.steeljackdaw.com/submissions

#poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #poetrysky #writingcommunity

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Ronita Chattopadhyay @ronita.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations

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Victoria Spires @victoriaspires.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 Happening this Friday!! 🚨

Let me know if you want the zoom link. You're not going to want to miss these incredible readers ❤️

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The Doctor of Spooktober Past @lucidillusions.in · 2d

Want a limited edition postcard in your mailbox?
(run of 9) ko-fi.com/s/ee6af4d821

But if you think it's too small, and you'd want a larger print? I have it on Darkroom: lucidillusions.darkroom.com/products/bir...

#Mammals #Tiger #Nature #Wildlife #BigCats #SciArt #Photography #Prints #BSNM 🌿🖌️ 🦊

Tigress - Postcard - Lucid Illusions's Ko-fi Shop

I am offering to send a postcard to you, this is a limited run of this postcard (black and white) - there are a total of 9, and I will number each of ...

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Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · 2d

This is where my afternoon has descended to. I blame it on
@sugarpigblog.bsky.social. Introducing the IMPOSTROPHE, a punctuation mark for all the writers out there who need a way of representing their impostor syndrome on the page...

A comma with two "perspiration" marks and a question mark sparking out from the dot

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HAD @havehashad.com · 3d

Upcoming submission call!

Theme "LUCK"

In honor of the lucky number SEVEN, the call opens at 7pm EDT on October 7th.

Submissions capped at 154 total works: 77 works of "prose" and 77 works of "poetry"

guest eds: @tanyazilinskas.com will curate "prose" & @jlyocum.com willcurate the "poetry"

The theme is "LUCK".

In honor of the lucky number SEVEN, the call opens at 7pm EDT on October 7th.

Submissions capped at 154 total works: 77 works of "prose" and 77 works of "poetry".

POETRY GUIDELINES: Up to 500 words in 77 lines total (titles not included); submit any number of poems as long as totals don't go over this cap.
PROSE GUIDELINES: No more than 500 words per piece.
Form is an illusion, so if the form is strange or some hybrid of prose and poetry, we especially want to see it! We encourage writers with such work to flip a coin to decide which category to submit under.
Tanya Žilinskas will curate the "prose" submissions, J. L. Yocum will curate the "poetry".
All submissions will receive a response within 24 hours

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