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Independent poetry press + cultural review platform. We publish narrative-led work with edge. #PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #WednesdayWIPs #PromoteIndieLit Edited by @alanparrywriter.co.uk www.thebrokenspine.co.uk https://linktr.ee/brokenspinearts
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Use #LiftToTheSky to amplify the writers and presses building something real.
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It’s #LiftToTheSky. If someone’s work has stayed with you, let them know — publicly.
Submissions close today. This was never about volume. It was about truth. #DoveCry #Slimline #AntiWarPoetry
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Tomorrow: #PoemsAbout #WrongBody. Less explanation. More image. The crossed-out name. The changing room mirror. The body as battleground. Theme opens tomorrow. Use Alt Text.
Poetry doesn't need more branding, networking, gatekeeping or performance. In this new piece, @alanparrywriter.co.uk reflects on why poetry still matters, the value of paying attention, and why ordinary lives remain the raw material of great writing. thebrokenspine.co.uk/2026/06/07/n...
#PoemsAbout #WrongBody starts Friday. Write identity, transformation, discomfort, liberation—or something entirely different. Surprise us. Draft now. Use Alt Text.
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Pride month continues. This week: #PoemsAbout #WrongBody. Write the disconnect. The body inherited, desired, rejected, escaped. We favour image-driven poems, emotional honesty, and work that avoids cliché. Theme opens Friday. Use Alt Text.
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Closing soon. Thank you to those who trusted us with their truth. #DoveCry #AntiWarPoetry #PoetsOfBluesky
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Call for Submissions: Poetry That Crushes Silence and Breaks Systems - The Broken Spine
Submissions Open Throughout May 2026 | Publication Later That Year
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I didn't come to poetry because I wanted a profile, a brand, or a place within a literary scene. Like many people, I came to it because I was trying to make
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Not Here for the Performance - The Broken Spine
I’m a straight, cis, white male writer from Europe. I write poetry (mostly) and some prose. I often write about masculinity. And I know the risk in that.
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Pride, Pain, and the Taste of Cocks: What Camila Sosa Villada’s Novel Reveals About Masculinity - The Broken Spine
Submissions Open Throughout May 2026 | Publication Later That Year
Call for Submissions: Poetry That Crushes Silence and Breaks Systems - The Broken Spine
thebrokenspine.co.uk
‘Trilogy’ listed on the pages of the latest gorgeous @mslexia.bsky.social with praise from @janethomas.bsky.social and the latest new Northern poet @nickykippax.bsky.social 🙏💚🙏 Published by @thebrokenspine.co.uk available here: www.amazon.co.uk/Trilogy-wife...
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