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Midwestern Gen Xer scouting for hope
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thebrokenspine.co.uk
#PoemsAbout #NoFuture hits Friday. Write climate collapse, political burnout, joy lost in the algorithm. The ground beneath us is cracking. Draft now. Post Friday. Use Alt Text. Tag it or be lost. Sign up for more prompts: shorturl.at/0Xm7A
wildfire scene, with bare trees silhouetted in front of roaring orange flames. The sky is blood-dark and hazy. The Broken Spine branding appears top left and right, and bottom right reads: "Read Repost Reply #POEMSABOUT #NOFUTURE".
November 25, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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merrildsmith.bsky.social
"dogtags are all the same color" --so perfect!
November 23, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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November 23, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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karenpgonzalez.bsky.social
Bullseye: #dogtags are all / the same color. Really enjoyed this, Rebekah. #poemsabout #dogtags @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk #staycreative
November 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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thebrokenspine.co.uk
Two new drops before month’s end. Couldn’t be more different. Couldn’t be more us.

#SootAndBoots – our first seasonal fiction set – hits in hardback & paperback. Wintry stories with dirt under their nails.

#RitesAndTrials Coming-of-age poems stitched with class, becoming, longing, & defiance.
A book cover for Soot & Boots: An Anthology of Short Festive Fiction by The Broken Spine. The right-hand side shows an illustration of a pair of worn, frost-covered black boots with fur at the top, standing on a cold wooden floor against a textured, wintry blue-grey wall. The title “Soot & Boots” appears above the boots in large, pale, glowing letters. At the bottom, the Broken Spine publisher logo is present. The left-hand side, presented as the back cover, features centred white text on a dark green background. The text describes the anthology as a gritty, unsentimental seasonal fiction collection filled with longing and winter magic. It highlights contributions from writers including Sadie Maskery, Ellen Harrold, Victoria Harris, and Jordan River, and notes that the anthology is edited by Alan Parry. A bright yellow rectangle sits near the bottom, reserved for a barcode. A book cover for Rites & Trials: Coming of Age Poetry, part of The Broken Spine’s Slimline series. The right-hand panel features an abstract, atmospheric illustration: a silhouetted profile of a person facing right, rendered in deep black, set against a vivid red circular shape that resembles a sun or moon. Dark plant leaves overlap the silhouette, creating layered shadows. The background blends burnt orange and textured black. The title “Rites & Trials” appears in white, with “SLIMLINE” in a rounded rectangular frame. The left-hand panel shows the back cover text on a white rounded-rectangle box set against a dark background. The text describes the anthology as a stitched-together testament to becoming, naming contributors such as Molli Russell, Sam Szanto, Debbie Ross, Dave Kurley, Mana Misaghi, Rachel Burrows, Simon Maddrell, and others. The description highlights themes of class, faith, queerness, desire, and family, and characterises the poems as intimate, raw, and reaching toward connection. The Broken Spine logo sits at the bottom of the right-hand panel.
November 22, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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dnwritespoetry.bsky.social
This is quite lovely! And congratulations on its publication! It softly shows #desire, and the slipping off of the shoe under the table, so delicate, imagery at its best! Well done! ❤️
November 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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johnchmura.bsky.social
So good, so succinct. This poem should have been on the teleprompter when Trump and Hegseth made all the generals gather instead of the hate they preached.
November 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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thebrokenspine.co.uk
Thirty writers, thirty winter visions. Soot & Boots brings them together in one seasonal anthology. Out soon. #SootAndBoots
Book cover for “Soot & Boots: An Anthology of Short Festive Fiction.” The illustration shows a pair of tall, black, soot-dusted boots standing on a scuffed wooden floor against a textured blue-grey wall. The title appears in bold white lettering above the boots, and The Broken Spine’s logo sits at the bottom of the cover.
November 22, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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altnps.bsky.social
Another win!
November 22, 2025 at 5:56 AM
rteller.bsky.social
Two things I learned
growing up next to
a military base
friends can come
from anywhere and
#dogtags are all
the same color

#PoemsAbout
@thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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skuzy1572.bsky.social
Found this through @bundtkake.bsky.social piece which I reposted and then Decided to give it a try myself.

#poem #poemsabout #dogtags
Screenshot from my notes app of my attempt at a poem about dog tags The sounds Of mourning Pouring Out the back door Like pain Became An explorer Exploring To find her On the back yard swing Swinging She’s out back Thinking Of his name Carved into metal showing he served searched And saved
November 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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johnchmura.bsky.social
I don’t usually post #PoemsAbout @thebrokenspine.co.uk this early, but I’m taking some antihistamines and may sleep through a good portion of the night, or not. Will post a reel for #DogTags in the comments.
DOG TAGS Send them into space, all of the dog tags and toe tags, Trumps’ three Purple Hearts, and the mindset of men who pay dear and trade cheap that the God who abandoned this sorry blue world might see the joylessness of man’s desiring and act as a “signpost up ahead” so benevolent passengers may be forewarned drifting near our debris field on their judicious excursions coming from and returning to, hopefully, better planets smelling of ginger melon balls and mint, where space travel was a glorious culmination, not an escape or an escapade, where they needn’t keep people like me as pets or souvenirs anymore.
November 21, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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stacebot.bsky.social
This week's #PoemsAbout #DogTags got me thinking about what should the world know about you in an emergency?

Thank you to the host
@alanparrywriter.co.uk and
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
and to all of the other writers.

#poetry #poem #writing #PoetryCommunity #BlueSkyPoets
Dog Tag On hold with the repair shop I draw concentric circles on a lavender piece of junk mail. I write my own name so many times it starts to feel vulgar— unspeakable. There’s a flyer telling me to be all I can be-- dog tags dangling. The small weight of a name you can’t put down. To pass the time, I make a list of the three things the world would need to know to save me. But nothing comes. Only my own breathing down the dumb phone and the blank page waiting.
November 22, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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zentinl.bsky.social
For #PoemsAbout #DogTags I did not feel I had the right to write. Finally, a meager offering emerged. Thank you to all those who serve and have served.

Thank you @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk.

#poetrycommunity #poetry #poems #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry
November 22, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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thecorlew.bsky.social
wishing everyone a day of poetry
November 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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thebrokenspine.co.uk
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November 19, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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paulwritespoems.bsky.social
🚨🚨🚨The Final Countdown🚨🚨🚨

Support Poets, Presses, Give Gift Ideas to Fellow Poetics.

What collections/anthologies/pamphlets, chapbooks/zines would you recommend as a Christmas Gift?

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November 20, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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thebrokenspine.co.uk
Our festive & wintry short-fiction anthology Soot & Boots lands later this month. Hardback + paperback. Sharp stories for dark nights. More soon. #SootAndBoots
Book cover for “Soot & Boots: An Anthology of Short Festive Fiction.” The illustration shows a pair of tall, black, soot-dusted boots standing on a scuffed wooden floor against a textured blue-grey wall. The title appears in bold white lettering above the boots, and The Broken Spine’s logo sits at the bottom of the cover.
November 16, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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thebrokenspine.co.uk
Last week hit hard. This week: #PoemsAbout #DogTags. Name, number, silence, war. Identity reduced to metal and chain. Begins Friday—don’t post early. Tag #PoemsAbout. Use Alt Text. For detailed prompts: shorturl.at/0Xm7A
A close-up of military dog tags hanging on metal ball chains from a dark wooden surface. The focus is on the foreground while the background fades into soft blur. Top left: The Broken Spine logo. Top right: "@thebrokenspine.co.uk". Bottom right text reads: "Read Repost Reply #POEMSABOUT #DOGTAGS".
November 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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johnchmura.bsky.social
I love the tension and the challenge. I may never look at zucchini the same way again. The prude in me hopes that table had a pretty long tablecloth! Great poem!
November 14, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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stacebot.bsky.social
I love the way the tension builds here -- the little hesitations, the apologies, the eyebrow lift. Such great pacing.
November 15, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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rayhourigan.bsky.social
Desire's inferno,
Glowing warmth of love, the fire
Lives inside us all.
#PoemsAbout #Desire #haiku #poem #writing #writingcommunity
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November 14, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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inperfectwander.bsky.social
#poemsabout #desire @brokenspinejournal.bsky.social @alanparrywriter.co.uk

#poetry #poem #blueskypoets #amwriting
I bend reality towards that which I desire–that gravity– Consider: my hand seeking your skin, our protons charging the air, bodies buzzing in the ripple and sway of space. Here on this endless plane, we pulse infinitely through the void: dazzling quanta of energy ever leaping to connect.
November 14, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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For #PoemsAbout #Desire, here's one of mine that was published recently in Locust Shells Journal locustshellsjournal.com/volume-2-iss...

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that tension between the zucchini Change my mind about the sordid way he smiled at me and brushed his shoe against mine I apologize my foot was in his way again then again so I lift an eyebrow as the server arrives with a plate of appetizers and I’m granted another smile temptation tension I slip my foot out of its shoe desperate daring slide it between his knees into his lap he caresses the ankle my Achilles heel and finds out he loves zucchini
November 14, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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thebrokenspine.co.uk
#PoemsAbout #Desire is live. Post from today through Thursday. Tag your post. Use Alt Text. #TakeRisks #EndOnAnImage #AvoidCliché. Engage—don’t ghost. Read 3+, repost, reply. Sign up for prompt packs: shorturl.at/0Xm7A
A halved papaya lies open on a dark, wet surface. Its glistening red interior, filled with pomegranate seeds and dripping juice, carries a sensual, sexually suggestive tone. Scattered berries surround it. The Broken Spine logo, shaped like a black fountain pen nib, appears top left. "@thebrokenspine.co.uk" is written top right in white. At the bottom right, bold white text reads: "Read Repost Reply #POEMSABOUT #DESIRE".
November 14, 2025 at 6:26 AM