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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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!
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What a treat to feature in @aswirl.bsky.social for the first time with a meandering poem that features at the back page! 💙 Aswirl is a tiny quarterly magazine based in Brighton and edited by Robin Boothroyd. It celebrates minimalist and concrete poetry.
October 3, 2025 at 5:33 PM
What a treat to feature in @aswirl.bsky.social for the first time with a meandering poem that features at the back page! 💙 Aswirl is a tiny quarterly magazine based in Brighton and edited by Robin Boothroyd. It celebrates minimalist and concrete poetry.
Summer’s over and autumn’s here… so its time to think about winter. The submission window for the final issue of 2025 is now open! Send in your short, minimal and concrete poems by 31st October ❄️🌀
October 3, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Summer’s over and autumn’s here… so its time to think about winter. The submission window for the final issue of 2025 is now open! Send in your short, minimal and concrete poems by 31st October ❄️🌀
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Lovely to receive my contributor copy of @aswirl.bsky.social
Thanks to the editor for the inclusion.
Thanks to the editor for the inclusion.
September 26, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Lovely to receive my contributor copy of @aswirl.bsky.social
Thanks to the editor for the inclusion.
Thanks to the editor for the inclusion.
Summer’s over but autumn is here! Issue eleven now on sale 🍁🌀
September 26, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Summer’s over but autumn is here! Issue eleven now on sale 🍁🌀
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thank you Robin Boothroyd for running two one-letter poems of mine in @aswirl.bsky.social a minimal quarterly outta Brighton, UK #poetry #micropoetry #minimalism #minimalismpoetry #avantgarde #tacolovers #japanesestereos
September 24, 2025 at 1:30 AM
thank you Robin Boothroyd for running two one-letter poems of mine in @aswirl.bsky.social a minimal quarterly outta Brighton, UK #poetry #micropoetry #minimalism #minimalismpoetry #avantgarde #tacolovers #japanesestereos
Beautiful autumn day 😎🍁🌀
September 22, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Beautiful autumn day 😎🍁🌀
Autumn is here! 🍁🌀Issue eleven on sale now.
September 12, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Autumn is here! 🍁🌀Issue eleven on sale now.
The season is coming to an end but issue ten is still on sale! Visit the online shop for that last hit of summer ☀️🌀
August 29, 2025 at 9:48 AM
The season is coming to an end but issue ten is still on sale! Visit the online shop for that last hit of summer ☀️🌀
🌀aswirl is everywhere🌀
Summer issue on sale now!!
Summer issue on sale now!!
August 10, 2025 at 7:11 AM
🌀aswirl is everywhere🌀
Summer issue on sale now!!
Summer issue on sale now!!
The submission window for issue 11 is now closed! Thanks for all the exciting poems. Looking forward to putting the autumn issue together. 🌀🍂
August 1, 2025 at 8:48 AM
The submission window for issue 11 is now closed! Thanks for all the exciting poems. Looking forward to putting the autumn issue together. 🌀🍂
The submission window for the autumn issue closes on Friday! Last chance to send in your short, minimal & concrete poems for publication in aswirl 🌀🍂
July 28, 2025 at 7:07 AM
The submission window for the autumn issue closes on Friday! Last chance to send in your short, minimal & concrete poems for publication in aswirl 🌀🍂
🌀aswirl is everywhere🌀 –even in this plum! The submission window for the autumn issue is open. Keep sending in those poems!
July 21, 2025 at 6:16 AM
🌀aswirl is everywhere🌀 –even in this plum! The submission window for the autumn issue is open. Keep sending in those poems!
It’s been a record year for purple emperors in the UK. How serendipitous to have published @gregchthomas.bsky.social’a minimal butterfly poem in the summer issue therefore! 🦋🌀 Issue 10 on sale now.
July 18, 2025 at 11:08 AM
It’s been a record year for purple emperors in the UK. How serendipitous to have published @gregchthomas.bsky.social’a minimal butterfly poem in the summer issue therefore! 🦋🌀 Issue 10 on sale now.
Two wonderful new books containing poems that originally featured in aswirl! ‘Flight’ by Stephen Emmerson on @guillemotpress.bsky.social (issue three) and ‘Speculative Frequencies’ by @brihughespoet.bsky.social on Permeable Barrier (issue eight).📚🌀
July 11, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Two wonderful new books containing poems that originally featured in aswirl! ‘Flight’ by Stephen Emmerson on @guillemotpress.bsky.social (issue three) and ‘Speculative Frequencies’ by @brihughespoet.bsky.social on Permeable Barrier (issue eight).📚🌀
It’s the height of summer and the apples are growing bigger… the submission window for the autumn issue is now open! Send in your short, minimal and concrete poems by 32st July. 🍂🌀
July 4, 2025 at 10:15 AM
It’s the height of summer and the apples are growing bigger… the submission window for the autumn issue is now open! Send in your short, minimal and concrete poems by 32st July. 🍂🌀
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I’ve two new visual poems in issue ten of the wonderful @aswirl.bsky.social. The issue makes for a beautiful reading experience. www.aswirlzine.com/product-page...
June 28, 2025 at 10:56 AM
I’ve two new visual poems in issue ten of the wonderful @aswirl.bsky.social. The issue makes for a beautiful reading experience. www.aswirlzine.com/product-page...
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In the post today @aswirl.bsky.social
Thanks Robin.
Thanks Robin.
June 20, 2025 at 11:25 AM
In the post today @aswirl.bsky.social
Thanks Robin.
Thanks Robin.