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Katie Jenkins @katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social · 4d

🤩Cover reveal🤩

Thanks to the immensely talented Matt Oxborrow who read my manuscript and brought this mesmeric piece of visual art into the world to grace the cover.

💍🖤🕸️

The Broken Spine @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 5d

Katie Jenkins’ #Trilogy wife:widow:witch is almost here—feminist, fearless, & feral in all the right ways.

Artwork by the visionary Matt Oxborrow (Duolingo, Headspace, M&S).

This one lingers.

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#Poetry #CoverReveal #Trilogy #FeministLit

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The Broken Spine @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 5d

Because @katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social is just an absolutely boss poet and you should read her work!

An excerpt from Because by Katie Jenkins. The text is a short free verse passage describing a woman criticised for her defiance and individuality — her sharp features, sharp tongue, refusal to conform, and unsettling laughter that disrupts silence and norms. The typography is plain, with black text on a white background.

Because she had a straight nose and a sharp tongue
and her mouth turned down at the corners.
Because she refused to do as she was told.
Because her laugh was a cackle stabbing the silence
and she found all the wrong things funny.

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The Broken Spine @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 5d

“I am a ribbon whipping on the wind / my feet are match-tips / blood red phosphorus.” (Red Shoes)
@katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social delivers a debut that dances through grief.
Trilogy Wife Widow Witch — Halloween.
#Trilogy #ComingSoon #PoetsOfBluesky

A pair of red high-heeled shoes placed on a lace-covered table, with hanging lanterns and blurred string lights glowing in the background.

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The Broken Spine @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 7d

103 years since The Waste Land first landed. Yates replies from the wreckage of modern Birmingham. A century later, the questions still rot.
@martinkennedyyates.bsky.social #ThisWilderness
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Book cover of This Wilderness & Other Concerns by Martin Kennedy Yates, published by The Broken Spine. The cover artwork depicts an urban canal or waterway running between old brick and industrial buildings, with graffiti on one wall and a dark, moody atmosphere. A quote from writer and poet Jonathan Davidson reads: “These poems are a pleasure both to encounter and to read.”

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Katie Jenkins @katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social · 12d

I will be donating all proceeds from my short collection ‘Trilogy: wife:widow:witch’ to pancreaticcanuk.bsky.social to help them bring more than hope to everyone affected by this cruel disease 💜

The Broken Spine @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 13d

“Because she didn’t die. / Because she was the one who didn’t die.” (Because)
Poems that burn, whisper & howl.
Trilogy Wife Widow Witch by @katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social — Oct 31.
Proceeds to Pancreatic Cancer UK.
#Trilogy #ComingSoon #PoetryCommunity

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The Broken Spine @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 13d

“Because she didn’t die. / Because she was the one who didn’t die.” (Because)
Poems that burn, whisper & howl.
Trilogy Wife Widow Witch by @katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social — Oct 31.
Proceeds to Pancreatic Cancer UK.
#Trilogy #ComingSoon #PoetryCommunity

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Katie Jenkins @katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social · 18d

You’re a force Karen - thank you

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Katie Jenkins @katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social · 19d

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 · 19d

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 · 19d

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

Three glowing street lamps at night, their white light standing out against a completely dark sky.

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The Broken Spine @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 19d

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 · 23d

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 · 26d

"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 · 23d

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 · 26d

“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 · Sep 20

🕯️ 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 · Sep 19

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

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Katie Jenkins @katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social · Sep 18

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 · Sep 15

Pleasure to co-edit with you, as always!

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Katie Jenkins @katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social · Sep 15

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

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

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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