Geoffrey Aitken
@8cakey.bsky.social
An awarded, widely published, South Australian poet and retired educator who writes on unceded Kaurna land. His debut industrial signature styled Chapbook ‘i want that in writing’, (Ginninderra Press 2020) was generated from his ‘open mic’ spoken poetry.
@bloodhoneylit.bsky.social has posted three [3] poems, making me extremely happy. You'll enjoy them as well, without tuggin'. Take a look. Consider submitting, poets. Thanks to the editorial team.
www.bloodhoneylit.com/poetry/aitke...
www.bloodhoneylit.com/poetry/aitke...
three poems — Blood+Honey
by Geoffrey Aitken “it was said his hat rested / on the hook by the door. / convenience, / might have been why.”
www.bloodhoneylit.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:34 AM
@bloodhoneylit.bsky.social has posted three [3] poems, making me extremely happy. You'll enjoy them as well, without tuggin'. Take a look. Consider submitting, poets. Thanks to the editorial team.
www.bloodhoneylit.com/poetry/aitke...
www.bloodhoneylit.com/poetry/aitke...
Shout out to 'The Closed Eye Open', announcing the release of ISSUE XIV. "The selection process was very careful, and honestly, there was some really great work that just didn't fit into our plans." [my own poem 'unpurposed' page 59]
Enjoy the issue page on our website at
theclosedeyeopen.com
Enjoy the issue page on our website at
theclosedeyeopen.com
The Closed Eye Open – An exploration
theclosedeyeopen.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Shout out to 'The Closed Eye Open', announcing the release of ISSUE XIV. "The selection process was very careful, and honestly, there was some really great work that just didn't fit into our plans." [my own poem 'unpurposed' page 59]
Enjoy the issue page on our website at
theclosedeyeopen.com
Enjoy the issue page on our website at
theclosedeyeopen.com
Extremely happy and encouraged by this Aussie [Vol 13 Issue 2] Meniscus for page 2 or thereabouts to read 'no answer', written for my late mother and those women I saw while hospitalised. The whole Issue is extremely well curated. the editorial team 💓💓
www.meniscus.org.au/current-issue.
www.meniscus.org.au/current-issue.
Current Issue
Current Issue
www.meniscus.org.au
November 11, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Extremely happy and encouraged by this Aussie [Vol 13 Issue 2] Meniscus for page 2 or thereabouts to read 'no answer', written for my late mother and those women I saw while hospitalised. The whole Issue is extremely well curated. the editorial team 💓💓
www.meniscus.org.au/current-issue.
www.meniscus.org.au/current-issue.
Many publications rely on 'us' to promote opportunities. "Submissions are open for the first issue of Meniscus for 2026, at meniscusliteraryjournal.submittable.com/submit; and keep an eye out for the 2026 prizes, if you’re interested in submitting work." Do share amongst writer/poets.
AAWP: Meniscus literary journal Submission Manager
The Australasian Association of Writing Programs (AAWP) publishes the literary journal Meniscus and the writing journal TEXT, and hosts a number of creative writing competitions. Meniscus is an online...
meniscusliteraryjournal.submittable.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Many publications rely on 'us' to promote opportunities. "Submissions are open for the first issue of Meniscus for 2026, at meniscusliteraryjournal.submittable.com/submit; and keep an eye out for the 2026 prizes, if you’re interested in submitting work." Do share amongst writer/poets.
@pamthepoet.bsky.social @bts-adams.bsky.social @kathrynreese.bsky.social and again. @stacebot.bsky.social
Locked Thing is inspired by #poem + #prompt 044 hosted by @neonpajamas.bsky.social @bartonsmock.bsky.social and also this week's #PoemsAbout #LockedDoors.
#writingcommunity #poetry #poetrycommunity
#writing #writercommunity #blueskypoet #poetsofbluesky #writingprompts
#writingcommunity #poetry #poetrycommunity
#writing #writercommunity #blueskypoet #poetsofbluesky #writingprompts
November 9, 2025 at 12:23 AM
#PoemsAbout #LockedDoors @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk [thanks for the timely 'prompt']
behind me now
the exit door
& years
of contesting
a lived experience
disabling
my clean bill of health
no going back.
caution
going forwards
behind me now
the exit door
& years
of contesting
a lived experience
disabling
my clean bill of health
no going back.
caution
going forwards
This week isn’t about escape. It’s about what stays shut.
Secrets with a latch. Regret with a bolt.
Write the room you can’t re-enter. The letter never sent.
Tag your post. Use Alt Text. Share from Friday.
Sign up: shorturl.at/0Xm7A
Secrets with a latch. Regret with a bolt.
Write the room you can’t re-enter. The letter never sent.
Tag your post. Use Alt Text. Share from Friday.
Sign up: shorturl.at/0Xm7A
November 7, 2025 at 2:13 AM
#PoemsAbout #LockedDoors @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk [thanks for the timely 'prompt']
behind me now
the exit door
& years
of contesting
a lived experience
disabling
my clean bill of health
no going back.
caution
going forwards
behind me now
the exit door
& years
of contesting
a lived experience
disabling
my clean bill of health
no going back.
caution
going forwards
November 5, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Imagine the poetry. 😇
“Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy”
― Isaac Newton
― Isaac Newton
November 4, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Imagine the poetry. 😇
#PoemsAbout #Blood @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk Trying my 'lived experience' on.
my Psyche Ward Robe
how it drips
the sarcasm
the dress
the status
like blood
during surgery
onto sterility.
how it trickles
'til
you can’t get enough
Thanks Alan; everyone.
my Psyche Ward Robe
how it drips
the sarcasm
the dress
the status
like blood
during surgery
onto sterility.
how it trickles
'til
you can’t get enough
Thanks Alan; everyone.
October 31, 2025 at 10:59 AM
#PoemsAbout #Blood @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk Trying my 'lived experience' on.
my Psyche Ward Robe
how it drips
the sarcasm
the dress
the status
like blood
during surgery
onto sterility.
how it trickles
'til
you can’t get enough
Thanks Alan; everyone.
my Psyche Ward Robe
how it drips
the sarcasm
the dress
the status
like blood
during surgery
onto sterility.
how it trickles
'til
you can’t get enough
Thanks Alan; everyone.
October 31, 2025 at 10:57 AM
#PoemsAbout #Blood @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk Trying my 'lived experience' on.
my Psyche Ward Robe
how it drips
the sarcasm
the dress
the status
like blood
during surgery
onto sterility.
how it trickles
'til
you can’t get enough
Thanks Alan; everyone.
my Psyche Ward Robe
how it drips
the sarcasm
the dress
the status
like blood
during surgery
onto sterility.
how it trickles
'til
you can’t get enough
Thanks Alan; everyone.
@tracieadams.bsky.social The Shallot [Vol IV No 2] is officially published! It's not free but a digital version is only $8.00 AUD and having read my contributor copy I do thoroughly recommend it. Look for my poem 'i only dream i'm asleep' on about page 34. Thank you team. ✔️
October 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
@tracieadams.bsky.social The Shallot [Vol IV No 2] is officially published! It's not free but a digital version is only $8.00 AUD and having read my contributor copy I do thoroughly recommend it. Look for my poem 'i only dream i'm asleep' on about page 34. Thank you team. ✔️
This is a good idea; trust me.
My litmag Frazzled Lit is open for submissions till 31st Ocober. Loving what is coming in so far! But we'd especially love to see more #poetry from the #poetrycommunity!
@louloumach.bsky.social @paulwritespoems.bsky.social
Reshares appreciated!
@frazzledlit.bsky.social
www.frazzledlit.com
@louloumach.bsky.social @paulwritespoems.bsky.social
Reshares appreciated!
@frazzledlit.bsky.social
www.frazzledlit.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:05 AM
This is a good idea; trust me.
I think my MS is 'go thunderbirds'! Later tonight local time a submission package; cover letter in the body of an email / attached documentation / press enter. 🤞
It’s Wednesday. Got a WIP?
Doesn’t matter if it’s raw or rolling. If it’s yours, it belongs.
Drop a line. Share a note. Let us know where you’re at.
#WednesdayWIPs #PoetsOfBluesky #BlueskyWriters #PoemsAbout
Doesn’t matter if it’s raw or rolling. If it’s yours, it belongs.
Drop a line. Share a note. Let us know where you’re at.
#WednesdayWIPs #PoetsOfBluesky #BlueskyWriters #PoemsAbout
October 1, 2025 at 7:35 AM
I think my MS is 'go thunderbirds'! Later tonight local time a submission package; cover letter in the body of an email / attached documentation / press enter. 🤞
@alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk
#PoemsAbout #NeverAgain
thank you to those whose poems said so much to my reading needs for #NeverAgain and also for sharing to and fro my own contribution. My footy team lost but I feel such a winner after Friday. G
#PoemsAbout #NeverAgain
thank you to those whose poems said so much to my reading needs for #NeverAgain and also for sharing to and fro my own contribution. My footy team lost but I feel such a winner after Friday. G
September 27, 2025 at 10:37 PM
@alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk
#PoemsAbout #NeverAgain
thank you to those whose poems said so much to my reading needs for #NeverAgain and also for sharing to and fro my own contribution. My footy team lost but I feel such a winner after Friday. G
#PoemsAbout #NeverAgain
thank you to those whose poems said so much to my reading needs for #NeverAgain and also for sharing to and fro my own contribution. My footy team lost but I feel such a winner after Friday. G
@alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk
#PoemsAbout #NeverAgain
climax park
i have no desire
to be
a sole survivor
alone at the end
on cold
concrete steps
at the suburban ground
in slanting rain
the game lost.
no desire to know
anyone who does
#PoemsAbout #NeverAgain
climax park
i have no desire
to be
a sole survivor
alone at the end
on cold
concrete steps
at the suburban ground
in slanting rain
the game lost.
no desire to know
anyone who does
September 25, 2025 at 11:36 PM
@alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk
#PoemsAbout #NeverAgain
climax park
i have no desire
to be
a sole survivor
alone at the end
on cold
concrete steps
at the suburban ground
in slanting rain
the game lost.
no desire to know
anyone who does
#PoemsAbout #NeverAgain
climax park
i have no desire
to be
a sole survivor
alone at the end
on cold
concrete steps
at the suburban ground
in slanting rain
the game lost.
no desire to know
anyone who does
@bts-adams.bsky.social @pamthepoet.bsky.social
Happening for 24 hours. Get onto this. Good show. Fwd to Katherine [can't load her]
Happening for 24 hours. Get onto this. Good show. Fwd to Katherine [can't load her]
Tomorrow is #PoemsAbout #NeverAgain
Dig deep. Write with precision.
This one demands more than feeling—it needs truth.
Tag your post + tag:
@alanparry83.bsky.social
@brokenspinearts.bsky.social
Then Read. Repost. Reply.
Prompts arrive Saturday: shorturl.at/oEXAM
Dig deep. Write with precision.
This one demands more than feeling—it needs truth.
Tag your post + tag:
@alanparry83.bsky.social
@brokenspinearts.bsky.social
Then Read. Repost. Reply.
Prompts arrive Saturday: shorturl.at/oEXAM
September 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
@bts-adams.bsky.social @pamthepoet.bsky.social
Happening for 24 hours. Get onto this. Good show. Fwd to Katherine [can't load her]
Happening for 24 hours. Get onto this. Good show. Fwd to Katherine [can't load her]
Did I even address that correctly. Muddle headed today. #WednesdayWIPs @thebrokenspine.co.uk
Further along the track since Wednesday last. Writing my 'synopsis' - not a memoir; nor catharsis; chasing the detritus from my brain to nail something before the call to submit. A blend of published [minor outlets] and fresh work that has me keen. Also need a killer title. Time is on my side.
September 24, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Did I even address that correctly. Muddle headed today. #WednesdayWIPs @thebrokenspine.co.uk
Poetry / football on the telly with a mate and pizza and beer? It is a Prelim and my Cats are playing for a spot in the GF. I'll be back to look some more at #PoemsAbout#SilentPlanets later. Thanks for the replies to my post. G
September 19, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Poetry / football on the telly with a mate and pizza and beer? It is a Prelim and my Cats are playing for a spot in the GF. I'll be back to look some more at #PoemsAbout#SilentPlanets later. Thanks for the replies to my post. G
@alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #PoemsAbout#SilentPlanets
it was close
enough.
she
was the one
an ambience
unidentifiable
to anyone else
no conversation
no interruption
no distractions
excepting
the eventual need to share food.
beyond us,
deep space; for giant steps
it was close
enough.
she
was the one
an ambience
unidentifiable
to anyone else
no conversation
no interruption
no distractions
excepting
the eventual need to share food.
beyond us,
deep space; for giant steps
September 19, 2025 at 2:17 AM
@alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #PoemsAbout#SilentPlanets
it was close
enough.
she
was the one
an ambience
unidentifiable
to anyone else
no conversation
no interruption
no distractions
excepting
the eventual need to share food.
beyond us,
deep space; for giant steps
it was close
enough.
she
was the one
an ambience
unidentifiable
to anyone else
no conversation
no interruption
no distractions
excepting
the eventual need to share food.
beyond us,
deep space; for giant steps
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
#WednesdayWIPs #PoetsOfBluesky #BlueskyWriters #PoemsAbout
Have a MS. 77 pps. All but. Two Aussie calls from October 1st. Not necessarily local contexts. Social conscience punching wry humour and the irony of daily life. Minimalist images and language. Eight years grinding. 🤔
#WednesdayWIPs #PoetsOfBluesky #BlueskyWriters #PoemsAbout
Have a MS. 77 pps. All but. Two Aussie calls from October 1st. Not necessarily local contexts. Social conscience punching wry humour and the irony of daily life. Minimalist images and language. Eight years grinding. 🤔
September 17, 2025 at 11:24 AM
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
#WednesdayWIPs #PoetsOfBluesky #BlueskyWriters #PoemsAbout
Have a MS. 77 pps. All but. Two Aussie calls from October 1st. Not necessarily local contexts. Social conscience punching wry humour and the irony of daily life. Minimalist images and language. Eight years grinding. 🤔
#WednesdayWIPs #PoetsOfBluesky #BlueskyWriters #PoemsAbout
Have a MS. 77 pps. All but. Two Aussie calls from October 1st. Not necessarily local contexts. Social conscience punching wry humour and the irony of daily life. Minimalist images and language. Eight years grinding. 🤔
@suburbanwitchlit.bsky.social huge thank you to Mirjana who, under extraordinarily trying conditions has won hearts by still launching Issue10 as promised - only better. Check out page 126, Sarah Jimenez [just sayin']. 👏
suburbanwitchcraft.com/issue10
suburbanwitchcraft.com/issue10
Issue 10 | Suburban Witchcraft Magazine
Issue 10 of the Suburban Witchcraft Magazine
suburbanwitchcraft.com
September 16, 2025 at 12:01 PM
@suburbanwitchlit.bsky.social huge thank you to Mirjana who, under extraordinarily trying conditions has won hearts by still launching Issue10 as promised - only better. Check out page 126, Sarah Jimenez [just sayin']. 👏
suburbanwitchcraft.com/issue10
suburbanwitchcraft.com/issue10
Part 3: I am here; mandeliterary.com/by-order/ I did not write this for $$$s but Kate and Scott rewarded my poem in USD. I am extremely grateful for the acknowledgement. I forgot my manners and didn't even check the site until today.
by order
By Geoffrey Aitken
mandeliterary.com
September 1, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Part 3: I am here; mandeliterary.com/by-order/ I did not write this for $$$s but Kate and Scott rewarded my poem in USD. I am extremely grateful for the acknowledgement. I forgot my manners and didn't even check the site until today.
Part 2: Scott now serves as Mande’s informal consulting editor. We aim to publish the art and writing of bipolar creatives and those who know them. The name “Mande” combines the first syllables of manic depression.
September 1, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Part 2: Scott now serves as Mande’s informal consulting editor. We aim to publish the art and writing of bipolar creatives and those who know them. The name “Mande” combines the first syllables of manic depression.
Get this my friends who seek company and belonging while reading likeminded poetry from people like yourself.
Mande began as a conversation between two bipolar friends, Kate Ardis Oden, a writer and copyeditor, and Scott Neuffer, the founder of the successful literary journal trampset.
Mande began as a conversation between two bipolar friends, Kate Ardis Oden, a writer and copyeditor, and Scott Neuffer, the founder of the successful literary journal trampset.
by order
By Geoffrey Aitken
mandeliterary.com
September 1, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Get this my friends who seek company and belonging while reading likeminded poetry from people like yourself.
Mande began as a conversation between two bipolar friends, Kate Ardis Oden, a writer and copyeditor, and Scott Neuffer, the founder of the successful literary journal trampset.
Mande began as a conversation between two bipolar friends, Kate Ardis Oden, a writer and copyeditor, and Scott Neuffer, the founder of the successful literary journal trampset.
Thank you Darren Carlaw Editor at Stepaway Magazine, for publishing my poem 'city light'. I encourage contemporarily curated poetry mag readers to take the entire collection to bed with you. Each poem is a winner.💖 stepawaymagazine.com
https://stepawaymagazine.com
stepawaymagazine.com
August 30, 2025 at 11:33 AM