aswirl
@aswirl.bsky.social
a quarterly poetry zine celebrating brevity
edited & handmade by Robin Boothroyd
aswirlzine.com
edited & handmade by Robin Boothroyd
aswirlzine.com
The submission deadline closes at midnight tonight! 😱🎃🌀
October 31, 2025 at 10:06 AM
The submission deadline closes at midnight tonight! 😱🎃🌀
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! ❄️🌀
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 🍁🌀
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!!
🌀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. 🍂🌀
Subscriber copies posting out today 🌀📮
June 11, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Subscriber copies posting out today 🌀📮
Summer is here! 🌞🌀 With poems by Emma Brown, Dan Power, James Knight, Joe Devlin, Caroline Harris, SJ Fowler and more. On sale now!
Really excited about this issue. It’s a humdinger. Subscriber and contributor copies will be sent out over the next fortnight.
Really excited about this issue. It’s a humdinger. Subscriber and contributor copies will be sent out over the next fortnight.
June 9, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Summer is here! 🌞🌀 With poems by Emma Brown, Dan Power, James Knight, Joe Devlin, Caroline Harris, SJ Fowler and more. On sale now!
Really excited about this issue. It’s a humdinger. Subscriber and contributor copies will be sent out over the next fortnight.
Really excited about this issue. It’s a humdinger. Subscriber and contributor copies will be sent out over the next fortnight.
The editor will be reading at the launch of @brihughespoet.bsky.social’s supersonic new book on June 19th in London. 🦇🌀
May 23, 2025 at 12:18 PM
The editor will be reading at the launch of @brihughespoet.bsky.social’s supersonic new book on June 19th in London. 🦇🌀
The editor will be reading at the European Poetry Festival on June 21st. Come along to hear his cross-border collaboration with Dominykas Norkūnas.
May 22, 2025 at 9:47 AM
The editor will be reading at the European Poetry Festival on June 21st. Come along to hear his cross-border collaboration with Dominykas Norkūnas.
Finished reading this excellent book 🌺
May 20, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Finished reading this excellent book 🌺
The editor recommends this fantastic book on @trickhouse.bsky.social, which uses what3words, collage & erasure to unpick language & weave new worlds.
May 11, 2025 at 11:17 AM
The editor recommends this fantastic book on @trickhouse.bsky.social, which uses what3words, collage & erasure to unpick language & weave new worlds.
