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@lozzawriting.bsky.social

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Writer, Edinburgh.
Editor: @frazzledlitmag
BOTN nominated 2024. On all socials same name.
Writing for children: @lozzakidwriting

Website: https://lauracooneywriting.wixsite.com/website
Editing: www.kofi.com/lozzawriting

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@thebrokenspine.co.ukOct 8, 2026, 5:00 AMReposted by @lozzawriting.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”.
@ianbrownlie.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 6:15 PMReposted by @lozzawriting.bsky.social

So pleased to have this story in the fantastic Epistemic Lit!

@thebrokenspine.co.ukOct 8, 2026, 7:00 AMReposted by @lozzawriting.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.
@lozzawriting.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 11:01 PM

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@jamesgwriter.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 10:04 AMReposted by @lozzawriting.bsky.social

GIVEAWAY! 🥳 This glorious prize bundle includes a signed copy of The Lightning, £25 National Book Token, Moleskin Notebook & Pen, Seagull Keyring, Lighthouse Pin and some lovely chocolate! To be in with a chance of winning: ⚡️ follow me ⚡️ like this post ⚡️ repost or reshare ⚡️ tag a friend 1/2

@lozzawriting.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 11:45 AM

Wonderful to have you Tracie

@tracierenee.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 11:19 AMReposted by @lozzawriting.bsky.social

Proud to have a short story in this fine anthology. Thank you @frazzledlit.bsky.social !

@wordweave.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 10:27 AMReposted by @lozzawriting.bsky.social

Life as Mask from @frazzledlit.bsky.social available here, now, today 🥳 🥳🥳 >

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@thebrokenspine.co.ukOct 6, 2026, 5:00 AMReposted by @lozzawriting.bsky.social

#PoemsAbout #Bites starts Friday.

Love bites. Winter bites. Words bite. Animals bite. Hunger makes its own rules.

Show us the teeth — or just the mark they left.

Draft now. Share from 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”.
@thebrokenspine.co.ukOct 6, 2026, 7:00 AMReposted by @lozzawriting.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.
@lenaozge.bsky.socialSep 27, 2026, 1:27 PMReposted by @lozzawriting.bsky.social

Thank you so much, Laura, it means a lot! 💫

@tracierenee.bsky.socialSep 28, 2026, 10:58 AMReposted by @lozzawriting.bsky.social

Thank you so much for this incredible honor, @frazzledlit.bsky.social @jmcm.bsky.social @lozzawriting.bsky.social !

@frazzledlit.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 9:19 AMReposted by @lozzawriting.bsky.social

We are in Print!

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@jenthorne.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 9:38 AMReposted by @lozzawriting.bsky.social

I hope everyone is having a good Friday. I am having a busy one, so am going to post this and run! I will leave reading everyone else's until tonight when I can hopefully relax 😌

#PoemsAbout
#Rot
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
#Poetry

Slow Death

My mother's garden once held itself together
the way a thought survives a sleepless night,
each bed and border aligned
to some private geometry of care.

Now rot works through it
like a forgotten language returning
to the mouth.

Apples soften where they land.
Pears remain aloft, unchosen,
moons refusing their eclipse.

The shed folds inward by degrees,
its boards separating from one another
old friends who have exhausted
every story.
Rain collects in the bench.
The wood drinks and drinks,
remembering old thirsts.
The fence gives up its straight lines.
One panel lies down in the nettles,
gravity has won the argument.

Nothing is cleared.
Leaves gather,
brown receipts from a season
that no longer keeps records.

I walk there and feel
time changing shape.
Not passing, but thickening.

Everything she touched
continues the cycle without her.

The trees stand crowded with
their unfinished offerings,
and death hangs on the branches:
a bruised apple
holding one square of light.
@thebrokenspine.co.ukOct 2, 2026, 8:00 AMReposted by @lozzawriting.bsky.social

Remember books?

Weight in your hands. Paper beneath your fingers. A cover you keep looking at. Poems you return to.

BEAUTIFUL LITTLE FOOLS is a proper hardback made to last.

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.ukSep 29, 2026, 6:00 AMReposted by @lozzawriting.bsky.social

#PoemsAbout #Rot starts Friday.

Write decomposition. Corruption. Spoilage. Something beautiful kept long past the point it should have been thrown away.

Draft now. Share from Friday. Tag #PoemsAbout. Use Alt Text.

A dark, close-up photograph of wilted and decaying flowers, their curled brown petals lit by warm orange light against a near-black background. 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 #ROT”.
@thebrokenspine.co.ukSep 27, 2026, 6:00 AMReposted by @lozzawriting.bsky.social

Next up: #Rot. Flowers rot. Houses rot. Governments rot. Love can rot beautifully if you leave it somewhere warm enough. New theme begins Friday. Don’t post early. Use Alt Text. Tag #PoemsAbout. Read. Repost. Reply.

A dark, close-up photograph of wilted and decaying flowers, their curled brown petals lit by warm orange light against a near-black background. 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 #ROT”.
@junegemmell.bsky.socialSep 27, 2026, 10:02 AMReposted by @lozzawriting.bsky.social

Omg what a lovely surprise! 🥰 Thank you so much @gonelawn.bsky.social

@lenaozge.bsky.socialSep 23, 2026, 7:23 PMReposted by @lozzawriting.bsky.social

From the Fall issue of @wildroofjournal.bsky.social

#poetry #poetrysky #poetrycommunity

@lozzawriting.bsky.socialSep 27, 2026, 9:04 AM

Absolutely love these two poems Özge. No hardship at all tho have selected them as the nomination pieces. Congratulations!

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