If poetry’s ever meant anything to you, don’t sit this one out.
Rooms like this don’t build themselves.
#PoemsAbout #OpenMic #Return

Call for Submissions: Poetry That Reaches Beyond - The Broken Spine Submissions Open Throughout April 2026 | Publication Later That Year

This anthology doesn’t soften the world.
It reframes it.
#Firmament #Slimline #PoemsAbout #PoetsOfBluesky

A black-and-white photograph of seabirds flying above a calm sea. Gentle waves roll toward the shore beneath a pale sky. In the centre of the image, handwritten-style text reads “#LIFTTOTHESKY,” with “@thebrokenspine.co.uk” beneath it. The Broken Spine fountain pen logo appears in the top right corner.

#LiftToTheSky Monday:
One post. One recommendation.
That’s how ecosystems survive.

No ego. No industry nonsense. Just people trying to say what matters.
#PoemsAbout is back.
#PoemsAbout #OpenMic #Return

Call for Submissions: Poetry That Reaches Beyond - The Broken Spine Submissions Open Throughout April 2026 | Publication Later That Year

Two poems. That’s all we need.
Make them precise.
Make them necessary.
#Firmament #Slimline #PoemsAbout #PoetsOfBluesky

A blurred, outstretched human hand reaches forward through a hazy, warm-toned atmosphere, as if fading or disappearing. The image feels distorted and unclear, suggesting disconnection. The Broken Spine logo is in the top left, "@thebrokenspine.co.uk" appears at the top right, and bold white text reads: "Read Repost Reply #POEMSABOUT #SIGNALLOSS".

The message cuts out. What’s left?
#PoemsAbout #SignalLoss — write what survives the silence.

You ever stop writing because everything got too heavy?
Yeah. This is for that.
26 April.
#PoemsAbout #OpenMic #Return

Call for Submissions: Poetry That Reaches Beyond - The Broken Spine Submissions Open Throughout April 2026 | Publication Later That Year

A reminder:
Abstraction is welcome.
But it must still carry weight.
#Firmament #Slimline #PoemsAbout #PoetsOfBluesky

Not every return is easy. Some are necessary.
#PoemsAbout is one of those.
Be in the room.
#PoemsAbout #OpenMic #Return

Call for Submissions: Poetry That Reaches Beyond - The Broken Spine Submissions Open Throughout April 2026 | Publication Later That Year

We want poems that understand scale —
and still locate the human within it.
#Firmament #Slimline #PoemsAbout #PoetsOfBluesky

A vast, dark blue space scene with a small astronaut floating alone in the distance near the curve of a massive planet. The scale emphasises isolation and insignificance. The Broken Spine logo appears in the top left, "@thebrokenspine.co.uk" in white at the top right, and bold white text at the bottom reads: "Read Repost Reply #POEMSABOUT #GRAVITY".

#PoemsAbout #Gravity is live. Post from today through Thursday.
#TakeRisks #EndOnAnImage #AvoidCliché
Engage—don’t ghost. Read 3+, repost, reply.

Alan Parry is hosting. That alone should tell you something about what this night means.
Come through properly.
#PoemsAbout #OpenMic #Return

Call for Submissions: Poetry That Reaches Beyond - The Broken Spine Submissions Open Throughout April 2026 | Publication Later That Year

If your work looks outward to understand inward — send it.
#Firmament is open.
#Slimline #PoemsAbout #PoetsOfBluesky

A vast, dark blue space scene with a small astronaut floating alone in the distance near the curve of a massive planet. The scale emphasises isolation and insignificance. The Broken Spine logo appears in the top left, "@thebrokenspine.co.uk" in white at the top right, and bold white text at the bottom reads: "Read Repost Reply #POEMSABOUT #GRAVITY".

Tomorrow: #PoemsAbout #Gravity. Not floating—falling.
Don’t resist it. Let it drag the poem where it needs to go.

This is bringing the sunshine the weather has forgotten, thank you Alan ☀️💙

Really looking forward to attending @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poemsabout #openmic … thank you 🙏 @alanparrywriter.co.uk , these evenings have always been super wonderful supportive spaces 🥰

This night matters more than it looks.
To the room. To the people in it. To the ones rebuilding.
26 April, 19:00.
#PoemsAbout #OpenMic #Return

Call for Submissions: Poetry That Reaches Beyond - The Broken Spine Submissions Open Throughout April 2026 | Publication Later That Year

The best poems here will resist easy meaning.
They’ll sit in the gap between knowing and not knowing.
#Firmament #Slimline #PoemsAbout #PoetsOfBluesky

5 minutes. That’s all you get.
Say something real or don’t take the slot.
#PoemsAbout returns.
#PoemsAbout #OpenMic #Return

Call for Submissions: Poetry That Reaches Beyond - The Broken Spine Submissions Open Throughout April 2026 | Publication Later That Year

Mid-month check:
Have you written something that unsettles scale, belief, or certainty?
That’s what #Firmament is for.
#Slimline #PoemsAbout #PoetsOfBluesky

A vast, dark blue space scene with a small astronaut floating alone in the distance near the curve of a massive planet. The scale emphasises isolation and insignificance. The Broken Spine logo appears in the top left, "@thebrokenspine.co.uk" in white at the top right, and bold white text at the bottom reads: "Read Repost Reply #POEMSABOUT #GRAVITY".

#PoemsAbout #Gravity starts Friday. Write pressure. Pull. Weight.
What happens when the self can’t hold its shape?

So many stars in that lineup! Cheers to all.

Congrats!

Absolutely honoured to be part of this. Many thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk

No need to worry about tagging us for #LiftToTheSky

"Bluets" by Maggie Nelson | Broad Strokes Blog | National Museum of Women in the Arts Shop Manager Alisha Negron Cruz reviews Maggie Nelson's cult-favorite Bluets, a poetic exploration of the color blue. Available in the Museum Shop.

Today's #LiftToTheSky goes to one of my absolute favourite books, Maggie Nelson's Bluets. 'Reading Bluets is a way of being still, of contemplating a color that insists on staying, even when everything else has gone.'

nmwa.org/blog/book-re...

People disappear from poetry for reasons you don’t always see.
#PoemsAbout is about showing up again anyway.
26 April.
#PoemsAbout #OpenMic #Return

These are deep and perfectly suited for surfing #poetry that catches the waves to and from any shore. Another great @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk project! bsky.app/profile/theb...

Call for Submissions: Poetry That Reaches Beyond - The Broken Spine Submissions Open Throughout April 2026 | Publication Later That Year

We’re not interested in postcard skies.
We want the tension behind them.
#Firmament #Slimline #PoemsAbout #PoetsOfBluesky

A black-and-white photograph of seabirds flying above a calm sea. Gentle waves roll toward the shore beneath a pale sky. In the centre of the image, handwritten-style text reads “#LIFTTOTHESKY,” with “@thebrokenspine.co.uk” beneath it. The Broken Spine fountain pen logo appears in the top right corner.

It’s #LiftToTheSky.
If you’ve ever thought “more people should read this,” today is the day to act on it.