Rebekah 💙🏳️‍🌈

#Lifttothesky @koelh.bsky.social
an amazing poet who poets her whole heart out there and is very loving and supportive in the community.

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It's #LiftToTheSky day!!! I'd like to lift @infiniteishq.bsky.social - I think she's neat, and I think she could use a smile ✨️

Today for #LiftToTheSky we should give a boost to our lovely wee indie presses who are often run by solo enthusiasts wanting to give a voice to lesser known poets. They put in a lot of hard graft to curate anthologies, run social media accounts and workshops and support poets in untold ways. 1/2

All the love to @ogre.red @dreich.bsky.social @iambapoet.com @feversof.bsky.social @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social @acidbathpublishing.bsky.social and other independent publishers who have patiently helped me work out that it is ok, I can write things worth sharing. #LiftToTheSky #Poetry

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#LiftToTheSky : the Misty poets, pre/post Tiananmen Square, outspoken, exiled...
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"Conventional but dispensable grammatical forms & punctn disappear betwn intensely compressed images; subject, tense, number elusive; transitions unclear"
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A #LiftToTheSky to @alanparrywriter.co.uk, who does so much for the writing community. #PoemsAbout is my favorite corner of Bluesky, because (even when I'm not brave enough to post) it challenges me to keep writing, revising, and engaging with others on the same journey.

Cheers to you, Alan.

My #MyLiftToTheSky this week goes out to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk itself.

You've been an inspiration to me as a writer, enabling me to accept the grit within my work. I have explored more facets of myself as a person thru #poemsabout than I could’ve possibly imagined.

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It's Monday - Lift to the Sky Day! A #LiftToTheSky to @themagnetpoet.bsky.social, a very unique account among all the poetry accounts here, and one that always inspires me even if they take a long break. 😊✨️

Brian Patten’s ‘Love Poems’ was one of the first poetry collections I bought. His words carry such a gift of connection, seconding this #lifttothesky

A day late with my #LiftToTheSky - some Mondays are impossible days! Just reading these beauties from poet Regina Avendaño, spare and surreal and so rich. 💫
@thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk

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A #LifttotheSky for this amazing collection of sonnets by the brilliant Paul Brookes @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social who contributes so much to the #poetrycommunity. Published in 2022, but new to me, it explores myth and legend with grace and wit
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@thebrokenspine.co.uk

A #LifttotheSky for this powerful new collection by the splendid Merril D Smith @merrildsmith.bsky.social
#poetrycommunity
Characteristically beautiful and evocative writing, honest and deeply moving, it also includes many of her wonderful photographs @alanparrywriter.co.uk
@thebrokenspine.co.uk

My #LifttotheSky today goes to Anna Orridge @anna-orridge.bsky.social who writes powerful poetry, makes a great contribution to the #poetrycommunity
and, through her posts, ensures our attention is drawn to things that cry out for action
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@thebrokenspine.co.uk

#LiftToTheSky I’d like you to know that this wonderful community of poemsabout and The Broken Spine have been an incredible source of motivation for me in my writing journey and am ever so thankful to you. Your energy and dedication in making this space vibrant is truly appreciated. I… 1/2

A(nother) #Lifttothesky today for the wonderful Carolyn Thomas @carolynthomas.bsky.social for her beautiful poetry and her incredible support for me and all those in the poetry community. With love and thanks 💙

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Today's #LiftToTheSky goes to @holliemcnish.bsky.social and her book Slug, one of my current reads. To borrow the words of Kate Kellaway in The Guardian: 'it frisks, rages and rejoices.' All excellent things! 😀✨
@thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk

Happy Monday! I would like to #lifttothesky @tregallery.com as she is a bright star in the milky way. She's so kind and uplifting to everyone. She's incredibly inspiring as a poet, artist, and a person. Please go give her love.

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My feels!

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‘the endless fray of being me’ — that closing line is so strong. You capture loneliness without ornament, a plea stitched to survival.
#KeepWriting #PoemsAbout #ImperfectMe

Thank you ❤️

The sorrow in this is so tangible. And your formatting allows me to feel it deeply. Thanks for sharing 🙏 #poemsabout #imperfectme
@alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

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I love this. Thank you for sharing it with the world 💜

Submissions We are open for submissions for Poems for Protest and The Rough Diamond Poetry Prize We are open for poetry submissions for our next poetry anthology “Poems for Protest” Send us 1-5 poe…

And...OPEN for our newest print anthology "Poems for Protest" 💎💎

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Poem: Still Standing The scar on my right breast a faint tracing, the charcoal under the artist’s paint, tattooed dots, ellipsis signaling the story continues— always a before and an after-- so far, always an after-- the sagging of flesh, the greying of hair, points for endurance, if not for style, as vain as anyone, I suppose, but embracing the imperfect, me.

Good morning! I wasn't going to do this prompt for #PoemsAbout #imperfectMe but started writing it yesterday @paulwritespoems.bsky.social writing group. It's still rough. Thanks as always to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk

Sending billions to Argentina while laying off Americans at home.

Letting Qatar build a base on US soil coz they bribed Trump with a plane and are investing billions in his personal business ventures.

Doesn’t seem like “America First”, does it?