aswirl
@aswirl.bsky.social
a quarterly poetry zine celebrating brevity
edited & handmade by Robin Boothroyd
aswirlzine.com
edited & handmade by Robin Boothroyd
aswirlzine.com
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(for E)
we will walk a little way
behind the others
giving words to what
violence did to us
wondering if the un-
ending has an ending
we will trust that love
can be trusted again.
5.II.26
(where E could be everyone, or anyone, and is always someone)
we will walk a little way
behind the others
giving words to what
violence did to us
wondering if the un-
ending has an ending
we will trust that love
can be trusted again.
5.II.26
(where E could be everyone, or anyone, and is always someone)
February 5, 2026 at 6:51 AM
(for E)
we will walk a little way
behind the others
giving words to what
violence did to us
wondering if the un-
ending has an ending
we will trust that love
can be trusted again.
5.II.26
(where E could be everyone, or anyone, and is always someone)
we will walk a little way
behind the others
giving words to what
violence did to us
wondering if the un-
ending has an ending
we will trust that love
can be trusted again.
5.II.26
(where E could be everyone, or anyone, and is always someone)
The submission window closes at midnight tonight! Get those last-minute poems in quick 🌱🌀
January 30, 2026 at 9:29 AM
The submission window closes at midnight tonight! Get those last-minute poems in quick 🌱🌀
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Week 4 of documenting everything I lose and find in 2026.
January 30, 2026 at 7:29 AM
Week 4 of documenting everything I lose and find in 2026.
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Lorine Niedecker
January 26, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Lorine Niedecker
Submissions for the spring issue close in 1 week! 🌱🌀
January 23, 2026 at 9:13 AM
Submissions for the spring issue close in 1 week! 🌱🌀
Submissions remain OPEN for the spring issue. We’ve received some excellent work so far – keep it coming! 🌱🌀
January 16, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Submissions remain OPEN for the spring issue. We’ve received some excellent work so far – keep it coming! 🌱🌀
It’s always nice to look back on a year of publishing and forward to another. aswirl is back for its fourth year and 2026 subscriptions are now on sale ✉️🌀
January 9, 2026 at 10:39 AM
It’s always nice to look back on a year of publishing and forward to another. aswirl is back for its fourth year and 2026 subscriptions are now on sale ✉️🌀
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something magic still exists
December 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
something magic still exists
A new year in Brighton, a new year for aswirl: submissions are now OPEN for the spring issue 🌀🌱Send in your short, minimal and concrete poems by 30th January.
January 2, 2026 at 9:28 AM
A new year in Brighton, a new year for aswirl: submissions are now OPEN for the spring issue 🌀🌱Send in your short, minimal and concrete poems by 30th January.
The editor's favourite poetry books read this year. 📚🌀 (clockwise from top left) :–
December 30, 2025 at 6:59 AM
The editor's favourite poetry books read this year. 📚🌀 (clockwise from top left) :–
One of the editor’s favourite books of 2025: Thomas A Clark’s ‘thrums’ on @carcanet.bsky.social #beattentive
December 17, 2025 at 9:22 AM
One of the editor’s favourite books of 2025: Thomas A Clark’s ‘thrums’ on @carcanet.bsky.social #beattentive
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Two new Oo Press postcards, Chaos by Felix Delandre and Straitjacket by Charlotte Jung. £5 for both including postage. Buy at Oo-press.com/postcard-poems
December 17, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Two new Oo Press postcards, Chaos by Felix Delandre and Straitjacket by Charlotte Jung. £5 for both including postage. Buy at Oo-press.com/postcard-poems
A beautiful 1673 edition of ‘100 Poets, 1 Poem each’, a Classical Japanese poetry anthology and one of the editor’s favourites 💯🌀
December 15, 2025 at 12:27 PM
A beautiful 1673 edition of ‘100 Poets, 1 Poem each’, a Classical Japanese poetry anthology and one of the editor’s favourites 💯🌀
Winter is here! ❄️🌀 With poems by Alec Finlay, Mark Rutter, Mark Valentine, Leia Butler, Ryan Hooper and more. This is a fantastic issue – on sale now!
December 5, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Winter is here! ❄️🌀 With poems by Alec Finlay, Mark Rutter, Mark Valentine, Leia Butler, Ryan Hooper and more. This is a fantastic issue – on sale now!
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Quoin 49: expenſes, (1953 S)
November 1, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Quoin 49: expenſes, (1953 S)
The submission deadline closes at midnight tonight! 😱🎃🌀
October 31, 2025 at 10:06 AM
The submission deadline closes at midnight tonight! 😱🎃🌀
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October 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Submissions for the winter issue close at midnight this Friday! We’ve received some wonderful work so far but there’s still space for more. Send those short, minimal and concrete poems our way ❄️🌀
October 27, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Submissions for the winter issue close at midnight this Friday! We’ve received some wonderful work so far but there’s still space for more. Send those short, minimal and concrete poems our way ❄️🌀
Just two weeks to go until the submission window closes. Keep those wintry poems coming! ❄️🌀
October 17, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Just two weeks to go until the submission window closes. Keep those wintry poems coming! ❄️🌀
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Rachel Simkover. Emmett Williams' An Anthology of Concrete Poetry, 1967 (in Braille)
October 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Rachel Simkover. Emmett Williams' An Anthology of Concrete Poetry, 1967 (in Braille)
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Autumn's here, issue 11 of @awirlzine beautifully championing the small, minimal & concrete in poetry! My [landfill blackberries], written specifically to submit to this issue, combines loopy waste poetics (Wastelands @guillemotpress.bsky.social ) with 'aswirlish' minimalism!
October 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Autumn's here, issue 11 of @awirlzine beautifully championing the small, minimal & concrete in poetry! My [landfill blackberries], written specifically to submit to this issue, combines loopy waste poetics (Wastelands @guillemotpress.bsky.social ) with 'aswirlish' minimalism!