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David Hanlon

@vespertine4.bsky.social

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Cardiff poet. Best of the Net nominee. Author of two poetry collections - 'Spectrum of Flight' published in 2020 & 'Dawn's Incision' in 2024. Co-Poetry Editor @brokenspinearts.bsky.social

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@shadesofgreen.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 11:13 AMReposted by @vespertine4.bsky.social

For today's Sunday Poetry Series poem, I am delighted to share this powerful piece from a writer new to A Thousand Shades of Green, #MariMaxwell You can learn more about Mari on our Featured Writers Page athousandshadesofgreen.com/featured-wri...

@thebrokenspine.co.ukOct 11, 2026, 6:00 AMReposted by @vespertine4.bsky.social

Next up: #Possessed. By love. By rage. By money. By memory. By the thing in the dark that absolutely promised it wasn't there. New theme begins Friday. Don’t post early. Use Alt Text. Tag #PoemsAbout. Read. Repost. Reply.

A cyan-blue image of a blurred figure reaching one hand towards the camera. The outstretched hand is in sharper focus while the person’s face and body appear distorted by movement behind it. The Broken Spine logo appears at the top left and @thebrokenspine.co.uk at the top right. White text at the bottom reads: “Read Repost Reply #POEMSABOUT #POSSESSED”.
@vespertine4.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 1:42 PM

I cheated and chose 18! 🙈💃

@anteroompoetry.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 4:34 PMReposted by @vespertine4.bsky.social

A stunning poem to start your weekend from @lauratheis.bsky.social in #Biophilia!

#Poetry #PoetryCommunity #EcoPoetry

@finncassidy.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 6:19 AMReposted by @vespertine4.bsky.social

Hi all #FragmentsFriday poets.

Hi & SPECIAL THANKS 🙏 to @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social,
@blackboughpoetry.bsky.social.

Today's #micropoem is from Paris.
Apollo & his muses, upset,
Tour Montparnasse's rooftop viewing-point, shut for renovations.

THANKS for sharing your #Poetry,
& #PoetryCommunity🙏💚

A photo - a morning skyline of Paris, with the Eiffel Tower on the left, and Tour Montparnasse on the right.
@thewombwellrainbow.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 6:10 AMReposted by @vespertine4.bsky.social

From my out of print collection "Port of Souls"
for #PoemsAbout #Bites and @thebrokenspine.co.uk

Hand Biters
 
Always snap at the hand that feeds,
cossets, cuddles and hugs,
 
fists, hits and kicks. Oppose,
depose, make of it yourself.
 
Pull on the leash, snap the manacle,
challenge this ships captain,
 
sit on your plastic chair. Tell
your voices you'll decide yourself.
 
If she does not wake you know your job.
Before she closed her eyes she rehearsed
 
tasks that you must be complete. How
to empty her home, sell it, pass 
 
your childhood on to others. Be firm
In what must be done. Make yourself.
@matthewmcsmith.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 6:04 AMReposted by @vespertine4.bsky.social

#fragmentsfriday #poetry #litmags #kafka #poetic #poet #gatekeepers

@thebrokenspine.co.ukOct 9, 2026, 5:00 AMReposted by @vespertine4.bsky.social

#PoemsAbout #Bites is live.

Bare your teeth.

Post from today through Thursday. Tag #PoemsAbout. Use Alt Text. #TakeRisks #EndOnAnImage #AvoidCliché

Read 3+. Repost. Reply.

Dark close-up portrait of a woman with long brown hair and heavy black eye make-up. Red, blood-like marks run across her forehead, cheek and mouth. She looks directly towards the camera. The Broken Spine logo appears at the top left and @thebrokenspine.co.uk at the top right. White text at the bottom reads: “Read Repost Reply #POEMSABOUT #BITES”.
@vespertine4.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 4:46 PMReposted by @vespertine4.bsky.social

Absolutely enchanted to have a poem published today by Poetry.onl! Such an honour! Huge thanks to Tarik Dobbs and the editors for choosing to feature my Fantasia poem! 🪄✨️

@thewombwellrainbow.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 5:52 AMReposted by @vespertine4.bsky.social

Doubly chuffed to have my poem and audio featured on Open Arts Forum Front Page:
openartsforum.com/low-kick/

@poetbex.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 4:29 PMReposted by @vespertine4.bsky.social

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

@thebrokenspine.co.ukOct 8, 2026, 7:00 AMReposted by @vespertine4.bsky.social

We wanted BEAUTIFUL LITTLE FOOLS to look gorgeous.

Of course we did. It's a book about glamour.

But glamour gets interesting when you ask what it's hiding.

A beautiful hardback with teeth.

Edited by Alan Parry He/Him & Karen Pierce Gonzalez

shorturl.at/126Ks

Book cover for Beautiful Little Fools: Poetry of Glamour, Obsession, and the Gilded Age. A stylised Art Deco illustration shows a sharply dressed man in a black tuxedo and a glamorous woman in a black cloche hat, with geometric black, white and burgundy shapes behind them. The title appears in large white lettering on a deep burgundy panel, with The Broken Spine logo at the bottom.
@thebrokenspine.co.ukOct 8, 2026, 5:00 AMReposted by @vespertine4.bsky.social

Tomorrow: #PoemsAbout #Bites.

What sank its teeth into you?

Better question: what did you bite back?

Don’t post before Friday. Tag #PoemsAbout. Use Alt Text.

Dark close-up portrait of a woman with long brown hair and heavy black eye make-up. Red, blood-like marks run across her forehead, cheek and mouth. She looks directly towards the camera. The Broken Spine logo appears at the top left and @thebrokenspine.co.uk at the top right. White text at the bottom reads: “Read Repost Reply #POEMSABOUT #BITES”.
@vespertine4.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 7:09 PM

"In winter, her fabrics swaddle like angels."

Glorious poetry (as always) by @vikkicwrites.bsky.social in Poetry.onl 💙

@anteroompoetry.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 4:11 PMReposted by @vespertine4.bsky.social

This is beautiful from @vikkicwrites.bsky.social 🙌🏼

@vespertine4.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 4:50 PM

poetry.onl/read/david-h

@vespertine4.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 4:46 PM

Absolutely enchanted to have a poem published today by Poetry.onl! Such an honour! Huge thanks to Tarik Dobbs and the editors for choosing to feature my Fantasia poem! 🪄✨️

@dreambeastpoems.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 8:19 PMReposted by @vespertine4.bsky.social

It's Top Tweet Tuesday! The theme is #humour. Not sure where this came from but come it did ...
#toptweettuesday #imagist
@matthewmcsmith.bsky.social
@blackboughpoetry.bsky.social

#poetrycommunity
#writingcommunity
#writerscommunity
#poetry

@anteroompoetry.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 5:45 PMReposted by @vespertine4.bsky.social

Enjoying exploring #Biophilia with us? What better way to start your week than a fresh poem by E.M.Davis.
Read it here: www.anteroompoetry.com/biophilia/e....

#Poetry #PoetryCommunity #EcoPoetry

@thebrokenspine.co.ukOct 6, 2026, 7:00 AMReposted by @vespertine4.bsky.social

“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

Book cover for Beautiful Little Fools: Poetry of Glamour, Obsession, and the Gilded Age. A stylised Art Deco illustration shows a sharply dressed man in a black tuxedo and a glamorous woman in a black cloche hat, with geometric black, white and burgundy shapes behind them. The title appears in large white lettering on a deep burgundy panel, with The Broken Spine logo at the bottom.
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