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Eleanor Holmes | Eliot North
@eleanorholmes.bsky.social
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Previously @eliot_north on Twitter/X. ND mum-doctor-writer of poetry & prose. Living in Valencian Country, working as NHS GP Weston-super-mare.

Commended NPC & Hippocrates, Pushcart Nom, Bridport Shortlisted

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Eleanor Holmes | Eliot North @eleanorholmes.bsky.social · 24d
Super excited that this year, after many years of entering without success to @bridportprize.bsky.social , I had 2 of my submitted poems longlisted and 1 of them shortlisted! 🤩 Whoop!!

Can't wait to read the winning & highly commended poems, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL 🚀
bridportprize.org.uk/results/
Results Archive - Bridport Prize
bridportprize.org.uk
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blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
Our #openmic - rich, cerebral, inventive work tonight. Two poets new to online open mics who smashed it. Featured poet was Newcastle’s @paulwritespoems.bsky.social

#spokenword #poetry
@iantattum.bsky.social @eleanorholmes.bsky.social @sarahraybould.bsky.social @wrenwoodwrites.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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hannahflynn-poetry.bsky.social
When I saw the theme for this week I thought all my poems are about locked doors!

The #poemsabout #lockeddoors gives me the perfect opportunity to reshare my poem "Host", which was published by @viridinelit.bsky.social in its summer issue on Identity

@thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk
Host by Hannah Flynn You took me to your house once- a stone's throw from mine. I wasn't allowed any further than the living room; you stayed on the other side. Surrounded by grown-ups, I was the silly little girl, who had locked herself out. They were nice enough-for people who knew you wouldn't stay long. One made me a cup of tea. I saw us in negative: you white and snowy, me lurking in the corner shadows. Always the hostess and never the invited. Geisha of the tea. Cleaner of the sheets. Hider of the stains.
November 7, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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erinbondo.com
You can read the longlisted piece here (and give it a ❤️ if you fancy!)

I even dug up one of my all-time fav digital collages for the occasion (from my currently on hiatus project @NotNormalDesign over on Insta)...!

write.walklistencreate.org/wr_writing/t...
The Cramond Selkie-Women
write.walklistencreate.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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erinbondo.com
Well this is pretty darn cool, Eloise takes 3rd place for the Bath Flash Fiction Award! 😍 I wrote the first draft the day after staying up until 5am-ish UK time watching the US election results roll in, so big shout out to existential dread for inspiring this one 🙌😅 Congrats to the other winners!!
March 1, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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blacknorereview.bsky.social
A dazzling love poem from Paul Brookes today. @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social
Paul Brookes – “The Drey Skin”
The Drey Skin In the drey of my skin I curl in the elbow pit of your barked limbs. I rummage for edibles in the curated grass of your longing hunger I can bury in the memory of the soil. My hard of hearing sky no longer sees the song of birds, except as distant cirrus or mares tails that brightness…
blacknorereview.wordpress.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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thepaulconnolly.bsky.social
I am delighted that my #poem Devon Gothic is longlisted for the @walklistencreate.org WRITE ABOUT WALKING IN THE DARK competition. My huge thanks go to WLC & competition judges @marcellenewbold.bsky.social & Damaris West. You can read the poem in the link below 👇

#poetsonbluesky #poetrycommunity
Devon Gothic
write.walklistencreate.org
November 6, 2025 at 6:20 AM
eleanorholmes.bsky.social
So excited to be longlisted for @walklistencreate.org #Walking #InTheDark competition & in great company with:

@sarahraybould.bsky.social @alicestainer.bsky.social @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social @jenratcliffe.bsky.social @elizafevwrites.bsky.social @pdevonald.bsky.social @lauratheis.bsky.social
walklistencreate.org walk · listen · create @walklistencreate.org · 8d
Long list of our #Walking #InTheDark competition announced - terrific poems and stories beautifully penned - read them here wlc.zone/ark
November 6, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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lauratheis.bsky.social
Dear #poetsonbluesky today I have something really exciting to share with you: The beautiful cover for my @theemmapress.bsky.social children's debut 'Poems from a Witch’s Pocket' designed by the incredibly talented Kate Foster...Pre-orders are open now!
theemmapress.com/shop/childre...
June 6, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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alanparrywriter.co.uk
Good work sells good work. #CraftOverClout
Forget the prize circuits — publish boldly & let real readers do the talking. @katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social's #Trilogy #WifeWidowWitch is proof that integrity & impact will succeed.
thebrokenspine.co.uk The Broken Spine @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 10d
Extraordinary news — @katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social #Trilogy #WifeWidowWitch is sitting at #1 in British Poetry on Amazon.

A haunting, lyrical exploration of womanhood, silence, & power — it’s a book that truly earns its place.

shorturl.at/IbEp2
Screenshot of the Amazon UK Best Sellers in British Poetry chart. At number one is Trilogy: wife·widow·witch by Katie Jenkins, published by The Broken Spine. The book cover is minimalist and black, featuring a stylised figure in white. Other titles shown include Bird School by Adam Nicolson at number two and The Book of Sea Shanties by Nathan Evans at number three.
November 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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thebrokenspine.co.uk
You know the door.
It doesn’t creak—it clenches.
It holds what shouldn’t be let out. Or in. This week: write the barricades. The silences. The don’t-go-there moments.
Prompt opens Friday.
Tag #PoemsAbout #LockedDoors. Use Alt Text.
Inbox prompts? Sign up: shorturl.at/0Xm7A
A black-and-white photo of a sealed, arched iron door set into a brick wall. The shot is taken from ground level, rough cobblestones leading the eye toward the door. Top left: The Broken Spine logo (a black fountain pen nib). Top right: “@thebrokenspine.co.uk” in white. Bottom right: bold white text—“Read Repost Reply #POEMSABOUT #LOCKEDDOORS”.
November 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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rburrows.bsky.social
Dear #PoemsAbout #PromptCombo and poetry friends - you normally see my adult poetry on Bluesky. If you would like to find out more about my children’s stuff, please check this out! 😊 #kidlituk #kidlit #writingforchildren Thanks @littlethoughtspress.com #interview
November 1, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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thebrokenspine.co.uk
Reminder: #PoemsAbout #Blood drops Friday. Write into inheritance, rituals, betrayal, transfusion, kinship. Don't post early. Use Alt Text. Tag us or miss out. For deep-dive prompts in your inbox every Saturday: shorturl.at/0Xm7A
red-to-black distressed background. The image has a gritty, visceral feel. The Broken Spine’s fountain pen logo sits top left; "@thebrokenspine.co.uk" is top right. Lower right text: "Read Repost Reply #POEMSABOUT #BLOOD".
October 28, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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emteepoetry.bsky.social
As I'm in prose mode right now (stealing a march on my 50k words drafted in November) here's one of mine from #TheEkphrasticReview
for @victoriaspires.bsky.social and #PromptCombo #DreamLogic
October 27, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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victoriaspires.bsky.social
Hey #promptcombo crew 👋🏼

Thanks to @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social for hosting last week. This week's prompt is #DreamLogic.

Tag me & use the #. Replies will be a little sporadic initially, but I know the community will be out in force, supporting each other as ever ☺️
October 27, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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mwplovesmusic.bsky.social
#lifttothesky @artbyseranya.bsky.social

For her relentless community support and positivity! Follow her for cool poetry and for her prompt #retroartprompt
October 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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paulwritespoems.bsky.social
A compact #PoemsAbout #BurnfortheCamera today. Will catch up this evening and over the weekend looking forward to seeing interpretations.

Here is ‘Lens Work’

A great prompt @alanparrywriter.co.uk
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
Lens Work Shadowed, until flame scolds out negativity. Illuminated, I manufacture myself. Return me to dark— I can dwell there without processed smile. Paul Short, 2025
October 24, 2025 at 11:16 AM
eleanorholmes.bsky.social
RESOURCES / Play as Disruption, Fighting as Intimacy
open.substack.com/pub/shotscar...

Thank you @shotscarecrow.bsky.social Jon Stone for exploring my poem 'The Crab Man' n your fantastic Substack 'Stray Bulletin' 🦀
RESOURCES / Play as Disruption, Fighting as Intimacy
A National Poetry Day resource pack and a mini anthology to browse
open.substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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thebrokenspine.co.uk
#PoemsAbout #BurnForTheCamera starts Friday. Write into overexposure. Lights too hot. Love as theatre. Fame’s funeral. Draft now. Share from Friday. Tag your post. Use Alt Text. Sign up for prompts: shorturl.at/0Xm7A
A professional film camera against a dusky pink background. Details like lens focus markings, cables, and a mounted monitor are visible. Top left: The Broken Spine logo. Top right: "@thebrokenspine.co.uk". Bottom text: "Read Repost Reply #POEMSABOUT #BURNFORTHECAMERA".
October 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
eleanorholmes.bsky.social
Textile Street Art Exhibition
open.substack.com/pub/eliotnor...
Textile Street Art Exhibition
Fira de Gata de Gorgos, La Marina Alta
open.substack.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
eleanorholmes.bsky.social
Super excited that this year, after many years of entering without success to @bridportprize.bsky.social , I had 2 of my submitted poems longlisted and 1 of them shortlisted! 🤩 Whoop!!

Can't wait to read the winning & highly commended poems, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL 🚀
bridportprize.org.uk/results/
Results Archive - Bridport Prize
bridportprize.org.uk
October 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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thepaulconnolly.bsky.social
Bridport Prize starter pack @bridportprize.bsky.social with winners & shortlisted writers including
@kitdewaal.com @dreenawriting.co.uk @marcellenewbold.bsky.social @esloudon.bsky.social Please follow & repost the pack & tell me if you want to be included #booksky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
August 3, 2025 at 8:06 AM
eleanorholmes.bsky.social
Seconding this #lifttotheaky for @marcellenewbold.bsky.social who is just fantastically supportive across multiple platforms & writing amazing poems that really resonate with me, promoting other writers, editing multiple pubs, judging comps & spreading creativity & fab writerliness!! (new word)🤩
October 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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thepaulconnolly.bsky.social
@afterpoetry.com’s focus on ekphrastic poetry deserves a #lifttothesky from the #poetrycommunity Submissions open!
October 20, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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johnadlam.bsky.social
I wholly forgot #LiftToTheSky last week! I meant to and now do raise up the learned and irrepressible @zoomburst.substack.com, capo of the long-running Sixty Odd Poets, who did a fab gig at the Colony Room, downstairs at Ziggy Green, Saturday before last. A joy to behold! 🙏❤️
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
October 20, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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drnaturegirl.debbiemross.co.uk
Today for #LiftToTheSky we should give a boost to our lovely wee indie presses who are often run by solo enthusiasts wanting to give a voice to lesser known poets. They put in a lot of hard graft to curate anthologies, run social media accounts and workshops and support poets in untold ways. 1/2
October 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM