Bex Hainsworth

A tiny poem about a mighty tree, published in the lovely @apricotpress.bsky.social 🌳

#throwback to my poem 'jetsam', published in The Oxford Review of Books 🌊

ICYMI! My poem ‘Nesting’ from the latest issue of the incomparable @magmapoetry.bsky.social 🪺

My poem ‘Pacific Geoduck Responds to a Meme’ has received a Best of the Net nomination from @anotherchicagomag.bsky.social! ✨ You can read it here: anotherchicagomagazine.net/2025/07/15/a...

So pleased to share my poem ‘Rhea’, selected by Malika Booker for the Artemisia Arts Competition anthology 💙 CW: Child loss, domestic violence

Such a honour to have my poem shortlisted in the Artemesia Arts poetry competition this year, selected by Malika Booker. Keeping great company alongside @victoriaspires.bsky.social @poetbex.bsky.social @scottelder.bsky.social er al.

I was delighted to receive my copy of the Artemesia Arts competition anthology and to have had two poems shortlisted this year, alongside @ella-b-winters.bsky.social , @poetbex.bsky.social and others ☺️ Here's one if the two, In the Hide

Beyond honoured to have a poem in Issue 95 of the incomparable @magmapoetry.bsky.social! 🪺

The Way the Water Held Me by @catherineredford.bsky.social one of the most beautiful and moving collections I have read this year. Examining “the homesickness of grief”, each poem is a poignant love letter which I felt a reverence in reading ❤️

Absolutely loved How to Shape Our Mouths by Claire Walker! Some fabulous ekphrastic poetry and I’m always a sucker for an egg motif 🥚 Available now from @blackcatpress.bsky.social!

If you’re still looking for books for this year’s #sealeychallenge, I have author copies of Walrussey (@blackcatpress.bsky.social) and Circulaire ( @writtenoffbooks.bsky.social) available - just drop me a DM! Walrussey is for the ecopoets 🌊 🦭 Circulaire is for the romantics 💛 ☕️

Just packing my holiday reading! 📚 Can’t wait to get stuck in @catherineredford.bsky.social @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social @moette.bsky.social

Happy Yorkshire Day, everyone!! 🐑 Huge congratulations to @pdevonald.bsky.social and @meanerharker.bsky.social, I picked your names out of a hat in York this morning 🥳 If you missed out, you can still grab a signed copy of Circulaire from me for £7 - I’ll cover p&p, just drop me a DM 💛

GIVEAWAY ALERT!! 🚨 I’m giving away TWO free copies of my pamphlet, Circulaire, to celebrate Yorkshire Day on August 1st! 🐑 If Yorkshire puddings, family, folklore, and northern womanhood are your jam, just drop a comment below to be added to the draw 💛

This (rather relentless) weather reminded me of a poem from my second pamphlet, Circulaire ☀️

For @tomsnarsky.bsky.social’s #smallpoemsunday, ‘Bucca’ from Walrussey, my debut pamphlet of oceanic ecopoetry, available here: blackcatpress.co.uk/product-page/walrussey

Happy Shark Awareness Day! 🦈 Here’s my poem ‘Greenland Shark’ from Walrussey, my collection of marine ecopoetry - available from @blackcatpress.bsky.social here: www.blackcatpress.co.uk/product-page...

Starting my summer reading with Dream Logic by Satya Bosman (the wonderful editor over at @blackcatpress.bsky.social) ☀️ Some absolutely cracking concrete poetry alongside beautifully surreal pieces! 🥚🥄

Delighted to have a new poem in the Oxford Review of Books! (Shame about the typo, but I’ve been called worse 😂)

Congratulations @poetbex.bsky.social Hope you are reading your poem at Saturday's event 🧄

Honoured to have been shortlisted in The Ver Prize! Huge thank you to Vanessa Lampert for selecting my poem ‘Garlic’ for this year’s anthology 🧄

So excited to have a poem in the 10th anniversary issue of @yorkliteraryreview.bsky.social! 🌼

Stunning!

Beyond thrilled to share my poem ‘Epilogue’, shortlisted by Victoria Kennefick in @vervepoetryfest.bsky.social’s Poet of the Festival competition ❤️

Delighted to have a poem on the shortlist of this year’s Artemesia Arts Poetry Competition alongside @victoriaspires.bsky.social and @ella-b-winters.bsky.social ❤️ Huge thanks to Malika Booker for judging and Kate from Artemesia Arts for keeping us all in the loop!

ICYMI ‘Mussel Bed’, my ekphrastic poem based on this section of The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch, is in the latest issue of @poetryireland.bsky.social 🐚

Delighted to receive my copy of @poetryireland.bsky.social and honoured that Sinéad Morrissey selected my poem 'Mussel Bed' to be a part of this special home-themed issue! 🐚

My garden has been in full bloom this week, which is a great excuse for a poetic photoshoot 🌼 If you love poems about growth and everyday beauty, then Circulaire is the pamphlet for you! 💛 Please do drop me a DM if you would like a signed copy ☕️

This week's weather has brought me back to this poem, published in my second pamphlet, Circulaire 🍋 💛 (Link to the @writtenoffbooks.bsky.social shop is in my bio or drop me a DM for a signed copy!)

"It’s been thirteen years since I hung up on you, standing in a forest, in the middle of the city I was calling home." #TodaysPoem #poetry Hiraeth by Bex Hainsworth (@poetbex.bsky.social) (2024 @frazzledlit.bsky.social) www.frazzledlit.com/p/two-poems-...

If you love poems about growth and blossoming, then Circulaire might be the pamphlet for you! 🌼 I have signed author copies available (Drop me a DM, £10 via PayPal) or you can grab a copy from Written Off Publishing here: writtenoffpublishing.com/shop/p/circula… 💛

Happy 100th Birthday, Sir David Attenborough! 🥳 Several poems in Walrussey were inspired by Blue Planet and I will always treasure this lovely letter from Sir David 💙

Delighted to have a poem in the new issue of @abridgedmagazine.bsky.social! My poem ‘Artemisia’ is about the botanist/naval strategist queen behind the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus 🏛️

Happy Earth Day!! 🌎 Approximately 71% of our planet’s surface is water and if you fancy reading some oceanic poetry, then look no further than Walrussey 🦭 My debut pamphlet was published by Black Cat Poetry Press in 2023 and I still have a signed author copies available 💙

Lovely review of my poem 'An Octopus Picks Litter at the End of the World' from my debut pamphlet, Walrussey 🐙 🌊

Thank you, @poetbex.bsky.social! 💞

I've been cheating on poetry with fiction, but I'm diving into this haul today and very excited!! 📚 @chenchenwrites.bsky.social @rholanderpoet.bsky.social @corinnaboard.bsky.social @galiamelon.bsky.social @wendycaitlin.bsky.social @victoriaspires.bsky.social

I loved being a part of this anthology!! Thank you so much for the shout-out, Ben 🐉

Thrilled to have a new poem in the fabulous @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social! 🩸

Happy World Book Day! 📚 I’m proud to have two little pamphlets out in the world and I still have signed author copies available! 🌊 ☕️ Walrussey is for fans of ecopoetry and Circulaire is for those who love love! Just drop me a comment, £10 via PayPal, and I’ll cover p&p! 💛

‘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 🍃

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! 💛☕️

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...

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

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! 💕