David Birch

For this week's #PoemsAbout #Hollow, I'm thinking about how much strength it takes just to stand still. @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #prompt #poetry #blueskypoetry #writesky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #poets #creativewriting

Here we go #PoemsAbout #Hollow @thebrokenspine.co.uk I think of this as a posthumous collaboration with my good friend Ward who passed a few years ago. Also attached is a screenshot of a typical late night conversation. I still don’t know if he was messing or serious.

#PoemsAbout Friday is here and today is #Hollow. Thank you @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk for the prompt. The snail shell on the drive got me writing, but the trail took me somewhere else.

Thank you all for your sterling contributions to the #PromptCombo #NamingSorrow #poetry #prompt this week! @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social will take over the reins on Monday with an exciting and inventive new theme. Be there!

@thebrokenspine.co.uk Hey @alanparrywriter.co.uk Thanks for keeping this going. Hope you’re doing OK. For #PoemsAbout #Hollow this came to mind so apologies to Elliot fans (and Elliot I suppose) Away from home and tied up so will dip in when I can to read. #poetrycommunity #poetry #poems #WIP

This is my entry for #PoemsAbout #Hollow I haven't posted in a while so please bear with me. @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk Hello, Sir Malice. Are you satisfied? #vss365 #BlueSkyPoets #Inkmine #writingprompt #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity

Been a busy few weeks so pleased to have found the time to write something new for #poemsabout #hollow. 'Mo chraobhan' (the trees) is Gàidhlig but I was thinking of the old Welsh saying 'to return to my trees' (dod yn ol at fy nghoed)... @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poetry #poetrycommunity

I'll try to get back later. Here' one for #PoemsAbout #Hollow @thebrokenspine.co.uk

@thebrokenspine.co.uk #PoemsAbout #Hollow Before they fluttered her into enemy territory they hollowed out one tooth, filled it with the sharpest metal of all. Use this if you know that the truth - they said - will destroy Us They said. Her silence. Her hollowness. Survives.

Today's offering for @thebrokenspine.co.uk, my favourite prompt to do every week 😊 #poemsabout #hollow @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poetrycommunity #poetsofbluesky #poetry #poem

Escaping depression is harder once you go numb. (Note: Seroquel is the US brand name for quetiapine) #PoemsAbout #hollow @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk #PromptCombo #NamingSorrow @janpsolivagant.bsky.social #poetry #writing #mentalillness

For #PoemsAbout #Hollow

I realise I failed to add #PoemsAbout to this response to the #Hollow prompt 😏

I'm travelling for the next few days so I've dug out an old one in response to @thebrokenspine.co.uk's great prompt #Hollow. Many thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk! Will try and catch up with other offerings later

#PoemsAbout #Possessed @thebrokenspine.co.uk I screwed up the hashtag

🙏 @thebrokenspine.co.uk #PoemsAbout #Possessed #poetry / #photography: ©Jan Peters, 2026/2024 #Depression #LossOfSelf #Revenants #Ghosts #ImageAndVerse #BW

#PoemsAbout #Possessed So many great pieces already this week, and its not even 8am yet!

#PoemsAbout #possessed #poem #writing #writingcommunity @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk An older one for this week..

For this week's #PoemsAbout #Possessed @thebrokenspine.co.uk

Thanks @jenthorne.bsky.social for your excellent #PromptCombo - have a great week! #Doors as pivot points in poems & visions #adaptation: ©Jan Peters, 2025 #Poetry #Trakl #Expressionism #Death #Mourning #Vision

Windows to the soul Doors of imagination Walls to protect psyche A house built of flesh Seasoned Weathered Slightly ramshackle Just wipe your feet Before entry! #doors #promptcombo

@jenthorne.bsky.social #PromptCombo #Juvenilia #Thread I shut the #Door upon the rain In the morning the snow fell People are talking to my face It's still so hard to tell You How it is with me If it cannot be It is I who am the wiser

Thank you @jenthorne.bsky.social for hosting today's #PromptCombo #Doors. I'm a bit pressed for time because I'm heading off for 2 weeks tomorrow so here's something older which I hope fits the bill.

Happy #PoemsAbout day people. I hope you all have a good one. Here is a fun one for #Bites #Poetry #Writing

Thank you for your inspired #PromptCombo #Winged Have a great week @emteepoetry.bsky.social #poem: ©Jan Peters 2026 #poetry #poetrycommunity #BlueksyPoetry #Birdsky #Puffin #Seabirds #Mandala #transience #eternity

"Pterodactyl". #poem #poetry #skypoets #blueskypoets #poetsofbluesky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #concretepoetry #concretepoem #promptcombo #winged @emteepoetry.bsky.social

Hi, @emteepoetry.bsky.social Here is an offering for #PromptCombo #Winged The piece was originally written for a prompt by @malformed-poetry.bsky.social , but I am quite fond of it, and I hope it fits the bill. Thanks for the prompt! #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writercommunity #prompt

Thank you @emteepoetry.bsky.social for this week's #PromptCombo #Winged. I've been pulled away for some weeks but delighted to be back reading. #poetrycommunity #poetry #poem #poems #skypoets #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry #poetsofbluesky #skypoet #writingcommunity

“Bones of child labor thrown away – unbeautiful uneasy” From “Decadence Built This” by Karen Pierce Gonzalez Look at the glitter. Then look at who paid for it. Edited by Alan Parry He/Him & Karen Pierce Gonzalez shorturl.at/126Ks

@emteepoetry.bsky.social here is my offering for #Winged. This is an old one, but I love this #PromptCombo, so there may well be more to come. #Poetry

#PromptCombo #Winged @emteepoetry.bsky.social

TW:may contain uncomfortable content @emteepoetry.bsky.social #PromptCombo #Winged

@emteepoetry.bsky.social #PromptCombo #Winged I miss the Swifts now it's October The Jays on the swoop for Acorns Almost make up for it And if the Owls leave me another feather I'll accept that Birdkind is on my side.

Many thanks @emteepoetry.bsky.social for today's #PromptCombo #Winged. I'm pressed for time this week so I thought I'd let this old one fly again. Will catch up with other offerings from the #PoetryCommunity later.

A not-so-long-ago quarrel and the fact that @thebrokenspine.co.uk is looking for #PoemsAbout #Rot made me write an experimental #haibun. Happy Friday! Cheers!

A small study in distance, denial and cut flowers. #poemsabout #rot #poetrysky #poetsky

#PoemsAbout #Rot @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poetry / #photography: ©Jan Peters, 2026/2024 #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #MushroomSky #Fungi #Mycelium #Abjection #FolkHorror

#PoemsAbout #Rot @thebrokenspine.co.uk I will put a reading in the comments.

My thanks again to our hosts @thebrokenspine.co.uk for this week hosting #PoemsAbout #Rot here's one from its inspired by an extraordinary Shropshire landscape love to see what other poets do with the theme

Good morning lovely #poets, sharing something new for #PoemsAbout #Rot this week. 'Glas' can mean grey (Gaelic), green (Irish, sometimes Gaelic), blue (Welsh, Breton) or even paler/silvery shades! Colour as a social construct!

A #fridaypoem for @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poemsabout #rot #poetrycommunity #poets #poetry #poetsofbluesky

A spontaneous one, written just now in anger for #poemsabout #rot for @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poetsofbluesky

A Friday offering for #PoemsAbout #Rot. Thank you @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk for the prompt. I'm travelling a little further North for a weekend with friends and beach walks so will come back later to read everyone's contributions. This one was inspired by Steve Harley and life!