Bex Hainsworth

‘D is for Deficiency’ from my latest pamphlet, Circulaire 💛

If poetry about the joy and messiness of existing in a body is your jam, then you can grab a copy here: writtenoffpublishing.com/shop/p/circu...

I also have signed author copies available, just drop a comment! £10 via PayPal) ☕️

Walrussey, my debut pamphlet of ecopoetry, is now back in stock at the @blackcatpress.bsky.social shop! 🌊

Each copy is signed and you can grab yours here: www.blackcatpress.co.uk/product-page... 😘

Over the moon to have been commended in the @vervepoetryfest.bsky.social competition, judged by Victoria Kennefick, a poet I so admire! 🎉

Honoured to be on this list with so many poets and friends ❤️

Thank you Bex! Xx

Thank you @poetbex.bsky.social ! 😁🙏🏼

So excited to receive post from Salo Press today! 📦

Can’t wait to dive into these fantastic pamphlets from @victoriaspires.bsky.social @galiamelon.bsky.social @wendycaitlin.bsky.social and @corinnaboard.bsky.social 🍃

Thank you so much for reading, Francois!! 😊

Happy Valentine's Day!! 💕

The winners of the Circulaire draw are @pdevonald.bsky.social and Charys Ellmer over on Instagram! Your free copies will be on their way to you this week 💘

Thank you to everyone who entered, spread the word, and shared their favourite love poems! 💛☕️

What a delicious poem!! Thank you for sharing, your name is in the draw! ❤️

ICYMI: My ekphrastic poem ‘The Fall of [Man] and the La[men]tation’ is in the latest issue of The Marrow 🍎

You can read the full poem here: www.themarrowpoetry.com/issue-six/th...

Of course!! 😊❤️

Thank you for the shout out!! So honoured to have placed a poem with you 🐡🐡🐡

Pufferfish by Bex Hainsworth   La Specola Zoological Museum, Florence She hangs like a novelty lampshade in this bright aquarium, sterile light crimping into pale waves across the bristled balloon of her body...

Stone Circle #ThrowbackThursday poem : "Pufferfish" by Bex Hainsworth (@poetbex.bsky.social) #Tbt

stonecirclereview.com/pufferfish/

Really interesting choice, Paul, and brilliantly read!! Your name is in the draw 😊

GIVEAWAY REMINDER! 🚨

This Valentine's Day, I'm giving away TWO free copies of Circulaire, my collection of love poems. 💘

Please like and comment your favourite love poem below and I'll enter your name into the draw! 💕

Delighted to have a poem in Issue Six of The Marrow! 🍎

'The Fall of [Man] and the La[men]tation' is an ekphrastic poem after the diptych by Hugo van der Goes and you can read it here: www.themarrowpoetry.com/issue-six/th...

An absolute classic!! Thank you, Gary, your name is in the draw! 😊

Thank you, Rick!! Loving my Saturday mornings in this space, it’s getting the poetry flowing 😊

Thank you, Linda!! 😊

FREE GIVEAWAY ALERT!! 🚨

I'm giving away TWO copies of Circulaire, my collection of love poems, this Valentine's Day! 💘

Please like and comment your favourite love poem below and I'll enter your name into the draw 💕

So excited to finally get a #shelfie of my poetry publications in my new library!! 📚

Delighted to have a poem in the TIDAL LIGHT issue of @cosmicdaffodil.bsky.social! 🌊

You can read ‘flying mobula’ below and the rest of the wonderful issue here: static1.squarespace.com/static/62f08...

Thank you so much, Jen!! 😊

This Weeks Book Bag is Circulaire by
@poetbex.bsky.social published by
@writtenoffbooks.bsky.social

Also shoutouts/news @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
@iamb.uk @louisepoetical.bsky.social @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social @thebrokenspine.co.uk

And more

Read about a few mentoring opportunities I’m offering in @paulwritespoems.bsky.social’s fantastic The Book Bag this week, featuring @poetbex.bsky.social: paulwritespoems.com/2026/01/25/t...
Mentoring here: www.chriscampbellpoetry.co.uk/about-3

The Book Bag: Circulaire by Bex Hainsworth Welcome back to The Book Bag. I hope you’ve had a poetic week. What a week. Bristol for a conference and back again. A lot of train travel (where I got to talk to some great people and listen to th…

So chuffed about this wonderfully thoughtful review of my latest chapbook, Circulaire, by @paulwritespoems.bsky.social! 💛

I still have signed copies available. If poetry about home, love, and womanhood is your jam, drop me a DM! (£10 via PayPal, I cover p&p) ☕️

paulwritespoems.com/2026/01/25/t...

Portrait of My Sensory Overload as Two Minor Cobra-Headed Egyptian Goddesses Bex Hainsworth I: Meretseger Her name means ‘she who loves silence,’ which makes sense when you have only the dead for company. She protects the Theban necropolis, haunts the blissfully empty uncoiling of the desert. Patron of artisans, I wish I had her patience. Listen for the click of copper and faience, the hiss of crumbling sand. When the world swells, I shrink it to the grains rubbing the feet of her small rock temple, picture myself lying down in the heat there and curling my limbs into a sun disk.

II: Renenutet Surrogate mother, goddess of fertility and fields. Like you, I am childless with many children. You wrapped pharaohs in your glittering skin, held them from death to birth. I lay out the exam papers like flattened sheaves, imagine Yorkshire wheat, childhood games of hide and seek. I close the curtains, my desk becomes an altar, your shrine inside the cool stone of a granary. I am ready to sift and grind.

Delighted to have a poem in Issue 34 of Sky Island Journal! 🐍

You can read 'Portrait of My Sensory Overload as Two
Minor Cobra-Headed Egyptian Goddesses' below and the rest of the wonderful issue here:
skyislandjournal.com/issues#/issu...

The Book Bag: Circulaire by Bex Hainsworth Welcome back to The Book Bag. I hope you’ve had a poetic week. What a week. Bristol for a conference and back again. A lot of train travel (where I got to talk to some great people and listen to their stories). It did mean I got to meet up with the man, the myth, Matthew MC Smith for a catchup. Did I get lost walking to the restaurant I had picked? Yes! Was it a good choice though? Yes! Aside from my whistle stop 23 hours in Bristol, I spent a little time editing some of my own work and emailing all the wonderful poets who submitted to the Unwhispered Legacy Anthology.

This week in The Book Bag, Circulaire by Bex Hainsworth published by Written Off Publishing.

Take 5 and settle in.

'... in my opinion is a masterclass on poetry about life'

Plus news, opps, shoutouts and of course an eclectic playlist.

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"Fans of poetry on womanhood will love this collection. This book is an excellent addition to anyone who likes contemporary writing and in my opinion is a masterclass on poetry about life."

Absolutely blown away by this review of Circulaire by the wonderful @paulwritespoems.bsky.social 💛☕️

I’m sure you’ll love it!! 😊