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A poem about Tibet.
May 30, 2025 at 6:47 AM
rotherwrites.bsky.social
Hello @brokenspinearts.bsky.social and host @alanparry83.bsky.social
For this week's #PoemsAbout #Saltwater, here's a piece about exploitation. But does it #LeaveScars or #TakeRisks?
April 11, 2025 at 6:17 AM
drdeepakdev.bsky.social
-Crossing Into Silence-
'the #threshold between noise and knowing'

#PoemsAbout #LeaveScars #TakeRisks
April 3, 2025 at 12:34 PM
thebrokenspine.co.uk
This week’s #PoemsAbout theme is #Thresholds! 🌟

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#Authentic #EndOnAnImage #LightAndDark
March 30, 2025 at 7:00 AM
thebrokenspine.co.uk
This week’s #PoemsAbout theme is #Saltwater! 🌊

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Let’s create poems that #TakeRisks & #LeaveScars!

#Authentic #EndOnAnImage #LightAndDark
April 6, 2025 at 11:17 AM
thebrokenspine.co.uk
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Make poetry a daily practice! #LeaveScars #TakeRisks
April 3, 2025 at 11:17 AM
thebrokenspine.co.uk
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Poetry is a daily hunt. #LeaveScars #TakeRisks
April 24, 2025 at 11:17 AM
thebrokenspine.co.uk
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Make poetry a daily practice! #LeaveScars #TakeRisks
April 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
thebrokenspine.co.uk
This week’s #PoemsAbout theme is #GutterPrayer! 🕯️

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April 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
thebrokenspine.co.uk
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Make poetry a daily practice! #LeaveScars #TakeRisks
April 17, 2025 at 11:17 AM
thebrokenspine.co.uk
On #StarWarsDay announcing this Friday’s #PoemsAbout theme is #Stardust
Ash, cosmos, glamour, ghosts.
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#TakeRisks #LeaveScars #EndOnAnImage
A dark night sky filled with stars, with the cloudy band of the Milky Way stretching diagonally across. Silhouetted power lines and poles cross the foreground. The words “#POEMSABOUT” and “#STARDUST” appear in bold white text. Bottom-left corner shows The Broken Spine logo.
May 4, 2025 at 7:00 AM
thebrokenspine.co.uk
This Friday’s #PoemsAbout theme is #Green
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#TakeRisks #LeaveScars #EndOnAnImage
A dense spread of lush green leaves, layered and overlapping, creating a rich, textured backdrop. The words “#POEMSABOUT” and “#GREEN” are overlaid in bold white text. In the bottom-left corner is The Broken Spine logo, shaped like a black ink nib.
April 27, 2025 at 7:00 AM
thebrokenspine.co.uk
Announcing this Friday’s #PoemsAbout theme is #ItsASin
Blame, blood, bodies.
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#TakeRisks #LeaveScars #EndOnAnImage
A black silhouette of a church roof with a cross at its peak stands against a dramatic pink-purple sky. The image is tinged with both reverence and defiance. Bold white text reads “#POEMSABOUT” and “#ITSASIN.” The Broken Spine logo appears in the bottom-left corner.
June 22, 2025 at 9:00 AM
thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social
For #PoemsAbout #FierceBattle #LeaveScars
#TakeRisks @brokenspinearts.bsky.social @alanparry83.bsky.social
Warhead seeds burst from the barrels of flowerheads. There was traffic here once. Listen. Listen. Ghosts. Bustling, raucous silence elbows treads invisible in wounded streets, broken. The seeds strike, make hollows of busy homes. Absences are in full bloom, vibrant glades. Stroll between rainbow bloomed borders of bones. Inhale aromatic fragrant dead shades. This city a garden of the fresh gone. Snipers make spaces for new shoots to grow. Refugees tell the way it carried on. Their stories keep their children in the know. They rename their city atrocity. Actual help is needed, not pity.
June 13, 2025 at 7:21 PM
thebrokenspine.co.uk
This Friday’s #PoemsAbout theme is #Defeat
Write from the aftermath.
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A black-and-white image of a chessboard. A hand holds a white king piece, knocking over a black king mid-fall. The motion captures the moment of defeat. Bold white text in the top right reads “#POEMSABOUT” and “#DEFEAT.” The Broken Spine logo sits in the bottom-left corner, shaped like an ink nib.
May 29, 2025 at 7:00 AM
thebrokenspine.co.uk
This Friday’s #PoemsAbout theme is #Defeat
Collapse, concession, cold hands.
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#TakeRisks #LeaveScars #EndOnAnImage
A black-and-white image of a chessboard. A hand holds a white king piece, knocking over a black king mid-fall. The motion captures the moment of defeat. Bold white text in the top right reads “#POEMSABOUT” and “#DEFEAT.” The Broken Spine logo sits in the bottom-left corner, shaped like an ink nib.
May 25, 2025 at 7:00 AM
thebrokenspine.co.uk
This Friday’s #PoemsAbout theme is #Stardust — fractured light, quiet gravity.
📅 Your words land Friday.
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#LeaveScars #PoemsAbout #TakeRisks
A dark night sky filled with stars, with the cloudy band of the Milky Way stretching diagonally across. Silhouetted power lines and poles cross the foreground. The words “#POEMSABOUT” and “#STARDUST” appear in bold white text. Bottom-left corner shows The Broken Spine logo.
May 8, 2025 at 7:00 AM
thebrokenspine.co.uk
This Friday’s #PoemsAbout theme is #Glory
Not silence—spotlight. Not shame—survival.
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#TakeRisks #LeaveScars #EndOnAnImage
Close-up of a drag queen applying makeup, carefully blending under one eye with a brush. Bold, glittering eye shadow and strong brows frame an intense gaze. The words “#POEMSABOUT” and “#GLORY” appear in white in the upper right. Bottom-left corner features The Broken Spine logo shaped like an ink nib.
May 18, 2025 at 7:00 AM
thebrokenspine.co.uk
Announcing this Friday’s #PoemsAbout theme is #Spectacle
Loud, loved, loathed.
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#TakeRisks #LeaveScars #EndOnAnImage
Two young people in bold leopard print and dramatic makeup pose confidently at a Pride event. One sticks out their tongue; the other closes their eyes, lips painted blue. A rainbow flag waves in the background. Text reads “#POEMSABOUT” and “#SPECTACLE.” Bottom-left corner shows The Broken Spine logo.
June 1, 2025 at 6:00 AM
thebrokenspine.co.uk
This Friday’s #PoemsAbout theme is #Green — fresh, filthy, familiar.
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💬 Engage with 3+ others.
🖼 Alt-text helps your words land.
#LeaveScars #TakeRisks
A dense spread of lush green leaves, layered and overlapping, creating a rich, textured backdrop. The words “#POEMSABOUT” and “#GREEN” are overlaid in bold white text. In the bottom-left corner is The Broken Spine logo, shaped like a black ink nib.
May 1, 2025 at 7:00 AM
thebrokenspine.co.uk
This Friday’s #PoemsAbout theme is #NeverForget
📅 Time to shape what lingers.
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#PoemsAbout #LeaveScars #TakeRisks
A red Imation floppy disk lies on a white surface, slightly angled. A handwritten date, “12/11/03,” is scrawled on the label. The words “#POEMSABOUT” and “#NEVERFORGET” appear in bold black text in the upper right. Bottom-left corner features The Broken Spine logo, shaped like an ink nib.
May 15, 2025 at 6:00 AM
thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social
Hi Alan, @alanparry83.bsky.social is for #PoemsAbout #Glory
#LeaveScars #TakeRisks:
A Change in the air in my landscaped head when I recognise a tree or plant I can name, after years coddled by cities concrete illumination. To see the stars for real above this bonce instead of orange lamplight spooled like juice over a tarmacadammed floor. That's a daff or fanny dill as our lass at home calls it. That's a crocus, means cheerfulness and gladness, if you ken owt our lass says. It's a wonder I can carry it all in this addled head. A glory of Orion's belt above that dunt expand with years like mine. Perhaps I do remember summat after all
May 23, 2025 at 6:29 AM
thebrokenspine.co.uk
This Friday’s #PoemsAbout theme is #NeverForget
Dust, data, loss, legacy. What still haunts.
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#TakeRisks #LeaveScars #EndOnAnImage
A red Imation floppy disk lies on a white surface, slightly angled. A handwritten date, “12/11/03,” is scrawled on the label. The words “#POEMSABOUT” and “#NEVERFORGET” appear in bold black text in the upper right. Bottom-left corner features The Broken Spine logo, shaped like an ink nib.
May 11, 2025 at 6:00 AM
thebrokenspine.co.uk
This Friday’s #PoemsAbout theme is #NeverForget
Dust, data, loss, legacy. What still haunts.
📅 Share your poem Friday for feedback from @alanparry83.bsky.social.
🖼 Use alt-text if posting an image.
#TakeRisks #LeaveScars #EndOnAnImage
A red Imation floppy disk lies on a white surface, slightly angled. A handwritten date, “12/11/03,” is scrawled on the label. The words “#POEMSABOUT” and “#NEVERFORGET” appear in bold black text in the upper right. Bottom-left corner features The Broken Spine logo, shaped like an ink nib.
May 13, 2025 at 6:00 AM
thebrokenspine.co.uk
Announcing this Friday’s #PoemsAbout theme is #FierceBattle
Claws out. Teeth bared. Still breathing.
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#TakeRisks #LeaveScars #EndOnAnImage
A close-up, shadow-drenched profile of a lion’s face, its eye hidden in darkness. Light catches its snout and mane, giving a sense of quiet strength and dignity. The text reads “#POEMSABOUT” and “#FIERCEBATTLE.” The Broken Spine logo sits in the bottom-left corner, shaped like a black ink nib.
June 8, 2025 at 7:00 AM