Amazing -
Congratulations!🥳

“The nappies reach the armpits
of the smallest; straps fasten
around their chests.”
From The Tiny Nappy in Hatchery by Elizabeth Osmond @bethosmond.bsky.social
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Hatchery

Preterm babies were first offered care in Victorian side shows. They were first shown in the UK in 1897 at Earl’s Court. Find out more in my chapbook Hatchery from @vpresslit.bsky.social, published on 1 May and available to pre order

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#poetsonbluesky

Where it Hurts Anthology from the editor of Intima

Contents page, including my poem “Newbie”

Spotted in the wild! / in my UK spring garden. Donna Bulseco, editor of the wonderful Intima selected my poem Newbie for this anthology- I can’t wait to dive in. Particularly thrilled to be next to a short story I really admired “Your First Paediatric Intubation” by Rachel Kowalsky.

#MOTH by Eleanor Holmes

Congratulations to my brilliant friend @eleanorholmes.bsky.social on the launch of her luminous hybrid collection #moth last night. An amazing evening of poetry, prose, art making, music, medicine, mental health discussion and an amazing shirt !
Order here: www.ethelzine.com/moth

#Moth Launch Night with Eleanor Holmes & Special Guests Join Eleanor Holmes for the launch of her new hybrid mini-book #Moth (available to pre-order from Ethel Zine) alongside guest readers.

Tonight! It's free! #moth by @eleanorholmes.bsky.social gets its online launch. #launch #free #today #poetry #poem
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Thankyou!!!!

“Then you put your laptop safely in the fridge
called the consultant Mum
put a kiss at the end of the handover text”
From Hatchery by Elizabeth Osmond @bethosmond.bsky.social
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Three images of a long dress with flowing skirt and elegant book spine motifs, including a close-up and an image of the dress on a model and one of the dress on a woman in a library

Steampunk style 'book dress' by French designer Sylvie Facon #womensart

Thankyou Eleanor xxx

Up like Icarus We walk our kite where others walk dogs; watch as its long tail races on ahead, wagging over awestruck buttercups. Then up – up like Icarus. Our eyes follow it like fools. Climb, until they burn and fall.

For #poemsabout #gravity, a poem about gravity ...

Thankyou!

Thankyou!

Awww that’s lovely 🥰

Thankyou Roger! Sometimes the right image just presents itself

Thanks Debbie x

Sadly I’m on nights then ! Have a great evening and I will come to the next @alanparrywriter.co.uk

Responding to news of last two weeks, here is my #PoemsAbout #gravity Thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk for the prompt and @rspb.bsky.social for the fact file! 😊 #poetry #swifts

For this week's #PoemsAbout #Gravity @thebrokenspine.co.uk a little something.
Will catch up later. Thanks to everyone in the #poetrycommunity

Perfect ! 👌

Fab! ✈️ seems impossible doesn’t it- best not to think about it when up in the air!

I’m not sure is any other pop stars have been into space Men who blasted six women into space Don’t understand gravity Don’t know how it feels to push Against a boundary Don’t know roots reach down Don’t know the sensation Of being sealed in a capsule A Tupperware lip slurps As it loses its vacuum Song lost in endless blackness Turn to look at earth 🌍

Good morning #poemsabout
#gravity
The title is after a Katy Perry quote
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“Under the ventilator’s spell,
watch the tiny chest rise and fall
into the rhythm of it, the physics
of it, a brief calm.”
From Hatchery by Elizabeth Osmond @bethosmond.bsky.social
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Hatchery books

Loved this- Ship Breakers of Bangladesh

magma Breaks from 2014

Lunch Menu for the Royal Party of George V at nearby Hickleton Hall on the Day after the Cadeby Mining Disaster 1912

Mistress, by Elizabeth Parker

Lovely poetry reading with Elizabeth Parker and Nicola Heaney with coffee and cake. My friend Bob had his first matcha, his face was a picture. Lizzie was having a clear out and had a table of journals and books she was giving away. I picked up a Magma from 2014 and have loved exploring the poems.

Hurrah! So glad #moth made it to Madrid and for this lovely summary @madridlitmag.bsky.social
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The @lyrafest.com workshops are nearly fully booked! Don't miss out! There is so much to enjoy in the Lyra Bristol Poetry Festival. Many of our events and workshops are also online. 17-26 April. www.lyrafest.com

I really enjoyed it! I love concrete images like that- the peel of the orange 🍊

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".

What holds you in place? What pulls you under?
#PoemsAbout #Gravity — write the force you can’t escape.

Love this! 🍊