October 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
My contribution for #PoemsAbout #ImperfectMe, this is Flood..
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October 10, 2025 at 6:51 AM
My contribution for #PoemsAbout #ImperfectMe, this is Flood..
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Thanks again @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk for an excellent #PoemsAbout prompt #ImperfectMe. Here's a poem about the imperfection of yielding to hope over experience
October 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Thanks again @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk for an excellent #PoemsAbout prompt #ImperfectMe. Here's a poem about the imperfection of yielding to hope over experience
Happy Friday to this week's theme!😃🖐
#poemsabout #imperfectme
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#poemsabout #imperfectme
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October 10, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Happy Friday to this week's theme!😃🖐
#poemsabout #imperfectme
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#poemsabout #imperfectme
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I wasn't going to do this #PoemsAbout until ten minutes ago. #imperfectme seems so self-evident. So that's what I said.
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October 10, 2025 at 8:49 AM
I wasn't going to do this #PoemsAbout until ten minutes ago. #imperfectme seems so self-evident. So that's what I said.
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For this week's #PoemsAbout #ImperfectMe with thanks as ever to our host @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk and to everyone.
October 10, 2025 at 6:07 AM
For this week's #PoemsAbout #ImperfectMe with thanks as ever to our host @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk and to everyone.
The mirror me
is shattered glass,
a self in splinters.
Each jagged shard
spreading my flaws
across tiny multitudes.
They dance and mock
in unison
#ImperfectMe #poemsabout
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is shattered glass,
a self in splinters.
Each jagged shard
spreading my flaws
across tiny multitudes.
They dance and mock
in unison
#ImperfectMe #poemsabout
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@thebrokenspine.co.uk
October 9, 2025 at 7:47 AM
The mirror me
is shattered glass,
a self in splinters.
Each jagged shard
spreading my flaws
across tiny multitudes.
They dance and mock
in unison
#ImperfectMe #poemsabout
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
is shattered glass,
a self in splinters.
Each jagged shard
spreading my flaws
across tiny multitudes.
They dance and mock
in unison
#ImperfectMe #poemsabout
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
I am delighted that my #poem Resurrection is published today in @eunoiareview.bsky.social
Just in time for @hool415.bsky.social’s #PromptCombo theme #Visitor & @thebrokenspine.co.uk & @alanparrywriter.co.uk’s #PoemsAbout theme #imperfectme
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Just in time for @hool415.bsky.social’s #PromptCombo theme #Visitor & @thebrokenspine.co.uk & @alanparrywriter.co.uk’s #PoemsAbout theme #imperfectme
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Resurrection
A ladybird glistens on a tuft tiny tomato in the dew spat out M&M drop of blood. Buried, he always returns. Unseen hands knead her daily. She licks rustiness, a trickle at the corner of her mouth. Her eye compresses. He calls her name. The voice stumbles her in breath clenched. She…
A ladybird glistens on a tuft tiny tomato in the dew spat out M&M drop of blood. Buried, he always returns. Unseen hands knead her daily. She licks rustiness, a trickle at the corner of her mouth. Her eye compresses. He calls her name. The voice stumbles her in breath clenched. She…
Resurrection
A ladybird glistens on a tuft tiny tomato in the dew spat out M&M drop of blood. Buried, he always returns. Unseen hands knead her daily. She licks rustiness, a trickle at the corner of her mouth. Her eye compresses. He calls her name. The voice stumbles her in breath clenched. She wonders what bands will swaddle the rebirths down,
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October 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I am delighted that my #poem Resurrection is published today in @eunoiareview.bsky.social
Just in time for @hool415.bsky.social’s #PromptCombo theme #Visitor & @thebrokenspine.co.uk & @alanparrywriter.co.uk’s #PoemsAbout theme #imperfectme
(Recording in thread)
#poetsonbluesky #poetrycommunity
Just in time for @hool415.bsky.social’s #PromptCombo theme #Visitor & @thebrokenspine.co.uk & @alanparrywriter.co.uk’s #PoemsAbout theme #imperfectme
(Recording in thread)
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October 10, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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#Poemsabout #ImperfectMe
Please see my poem for the prompt in the screenshots :) Thank you.
#Poemsabout #ImperfectMe
Please see my poem for the prompt in the screenshots :) Thank you.
October 10, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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#Poemsabout #ImperfectMe
Please see my poem for the prompt in the screenshots :) Thank you.
#Poemsabout #ImperfectMe
Please see my poem for the prompt in the screenshots :) Thank you.
#PoemsAbout #ImperfectMe
Thanks @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk for nudging me into discomfort writing. Started life in @wendypratt.bsky.social workshop,been festering.
Thanks @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk for nudging me into discomfort writing. Started life in @wendypratt.bsky.social workshop,been festering.
October 10, 2025 at 9:32 AM
#PoemsAbout #ImperfectMe
Thanks @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk for nudging me into discomfort writing. Started life in @wendypratt.bsky.social workshop,been festering.
Thanks @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk for nudging me into discomfort writing. Started life in @wendypratt.bsky.social workshop,been festering.
corrected a couple of bloopers! huge thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk for hosting #PoemsAbout #imperfectme
October 10, 2025 at 11:38 AM
corrected a couple of bloopers! huge thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk for hosting #PoemsAbout #imperfectme
For #PoemsAbout #ImperfectMe Posting my effort now but madly busy so will try to catch up with everyone’s work later - the ones I have seen are great 😊
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October 9, 2025 at 11:18 PM
For #PoemsAbout #ImperfectMe Posting my effort now but madly busy so will try to catch up with everyone’s work later - the ones I have seen are great 😊
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This #ImperfectMe is October grey in a second poem for #PoemsAbout. Thank you @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk @brokenspinearts.bsky.social @alanparry83.bsky.social @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social #poetrycommunity #poetry #poems #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry
October 10, 2025 at 4:01 AM
This #ImperfectMe is October grey in a second poem for #PoemsAbout. Thank you @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk @brokenspinearts.bsky.social @alanparry83.bsky.social @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social #poetrycommunity #poetry #poems #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry
A bit of a #WIP I've been working on just as #PoemsAbout #ImperfectMe hit.
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Thanks! @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk
October 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
A bit of a #WIP I've been working on just as #PoemsAbout #ImperfectMe hit.
Thanks! @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk
Thanks! @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk
Hello to @brokenspinejournal.bsky.social and our host Alan @alanparry.bsky.social with our theme #PoemsAbout #Imperfectme. Many thanks for getting us to dig deep this week
October 10, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Hello to @brokenspinejournal.bsky.social and our host Alan @alanparry.bsky.social with our theme #PoemsAbout #Imperfectme. Many thanks for getting us to dig deep this week
Broken
I'm no model of high society
I have not inherited great legacies
If you cut me, I bleed profusely
My tears sometimes fall incessantly
My words don't always roll perfectly
I still survive life's edge
with an imperfect me.
#poemsabout
#imperfectMe
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I'm no model of high society
I have not inherited great legacies
If you cut me, I bleed profusely
My tears sometimes fall incessantly
My words don't always roll perfectly
I still survive life's edge
with an imperfect me.
#poemsabout
#imperfectMe
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
October 10, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Broken
I'm no model of high society
I have not inherited great legacies
If you cut me, I bleed profusely
My tears sometimes fall incessantly
My words don't always roll perfectly
I still survive life's edge
with an imperfect me.
#poemsabout
#imperfectMe
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
I'm no model of high society
I have not inherited great legacies
If you cut me, I bleed profusely
My tears sometimes fall incessantly
My words don't always roll perfectly
I still survive life's edge
with an imperfect me.
#poemsabout
#imperfectMe
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
Getting ready to post my #poemsabout #imperfectme on FRIDAY. Lots of promise in this theme!!! bsky.app/profile/theb...
Big thanks for last week’s fierce drops on #PoemsAbout. Next up: #ImperfectMe — bruised reflections, warped mirrors, un-Photoshopped truths. The new theme starts this Friday. Sign up for prompts: shorturl.at/0Xm7A Use Alt Text. Tag #PoemsAbout or get lost in the feed.
October 5, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Getting ready to post my #poemsabout #imperfectme on FRIDAY. Lots of promise in this theme!!! bsky.app/profile/theb...
Been a week my fellow poets! I am late in posting for #PoemsAbout #ImperfectMe! Hopefully it will find you well and enjoying life! I played with form this week!
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October 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Been a week my fellow poets! I am late in posting for #PoemsAbout #ImperfectMe! Hopefully it will find you well and enjoying life! I played with form this week!
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Forgive me, I am by nature an open book,
but was discarded carelessly halfway through
a reading, pages splayed, binding strained.
But regard the spine: creases long and smooth
as the lines of the South Downs viewed from afar.
A chance, my friend, that’s all I ask.
#PoemsAbout #ImperfectMe
but was discarded carelessly halfway through
a reading, pages splayed, binding strained.
But regard the spine: creases long and smooth
as the lines of the South Downs viewed from afar.
A chance, my friend, that’s all I ask.
#PoemsAbout #ImperfectMe
October 10, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Forgive me, I am by nature an open book,
but was discarded carelessly halfway through
a reading, pages splayed, binding strained.
But regard the spine: creases long and smooth
as the lines of the South Downs viewed from afar.
A chance, my friend, that’s all I ask.
#PoemsAbout #ImperfectMe
but was discarded carelessly halfway through
a reading, pages splayed, binding strained.
But regard the spine: creases long and smooth
as the lines of the South Downs viewed from afar.
A chance, my friend, that’s all I ask.
#PoemsAbout #ImperfectMe
#PoemsAbout. An October Friday seems perfect for an #ImperfectMe... @alanparrywriter.co.uk brought 🔥 this week with this prompt. @thebrokenspine.co.uk @brokenspinearts.bsky.social @alanparry83.bsky.social @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social #poetrycommunity #poetry #poems #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry
October 10, 2025 at 3:59 AM
#PoemsAbout. An October Friday seems perfect for an #ImperfectMe... @alanparrywriter.co.uk brought 🔥 this week with this prompt. @thebrokenspine.co.uk @brokenspinearts.bsky.social @alanparry83.bsky.social @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social #poetrycommunity #poetry #poems #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry
the truth is. i've already posted #PoemsAbout #ImperfectMe this week. but i guess i just can't stop thinking about it. thanks a lot @alanparrywriter.co.uk and all of the ridiculously talented writers. @thebrokenspine.co.uk
sorry for being greedy and drafty and posting twice.
sorry for being greedy and drafty and posting twice.
a field guide for biochemical exhaustion
is inspired by
#fatigued
#Emoetry
@fafo-poets-society.bsky.social
@mwplovesmusic.bsky.social
#oeuvre
@poetickunal.bsky.social
#BlueSkyRelay @blueskyrelay.bsky.social
is inspired by
#fatigued
#Emoetry
@fafo-poets-society.bsky.social
@mwplovesmusic.bsky.social
#oeuvre
@poetickunal.bsky.social
#BlueSkyRelay @blueskyrelay.bsky.social
October 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
the truth is. i've already posted #PoemsAbout #ImperfectMe this week. but i guess i just can't stop thinking about it. thanks a lot @alanparrywriter.co.uk and all of the ridiculously talented writers. @thebrokenspine.co.uk
sorry for being greedy and drafty and posting twice.
sorry for being greedy and drafty and posting twice.
My husband, Robert Guzikowski, has aphasia. These poems are from his book, Unwordly, published by UnCollected Press. #PoemsAbout#ImperfectMe
October 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
My husband, Robert Guzikowski, has aphasia. These poems are from his book, Unwordly, published by UnCollected Press. #PoemsAbout#ImperfectMe