David Hanlon
@vespertine4.bsky.social
Cardiff poet. Best of the Net nominee. Author of two poetry collections - 'Spectrum of Flight' published in 2020 & 'Dawn's Incision' in 2024. Co-Poetry Editor @brokenspinearts.bsky.social
I’ve been working hard on my upcoming collection 'Headroom', forthcoming with @thebrokenspine.co.uk. I’m both excited and terrified—this is the most vulnerable work I’ve ever created, exploring mental health and my lived experiences with depression, anxiety, and healing.
November 29, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I’ve been working hard on my upcoming collection 'Headroom', forthcoming with @thebrokenspine.co.uk. I’m both excited and terrified—this is the most vulnerable work I’ve ever created, exploring mental health and my lived experiences with depression, anxiety, and healing.
I’ve been working hard on my upcoming collection 'Headroom', forthcoming with @thebrokenspine.co.uk. I’m both excited and terrified—this is the most vulnerable work I’ve ever created, exploring mental health and my lived experiences with depression, anxiety, and healing.
November 29, 2025 at 11:17 AM
I’ve been working hard on my upcoming collection 'Headroom', forthcoming with @thebrokenspine.co.uk. I’m both excited and terrified—this is the most vulnerable work I’ve ever created, exploring mental health and my lived experiences with depression, anxiety, and healing.
Thrilled to share that I have a poem in the new issue of @mosspuppymag.bsky.social 🌱🐶
Check out Issue 9: Echoed Howls:
mosspuppymag.com/issue-9-echo...
Check out Issue 9: Echoed Howls:
mosspuppymag.com/issue-9-echo...
November 28, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Thrilled to share that I have a poem in the new issue of @mosspuppymag.bsky.social 🌱🐶
Check out Issue 9: Echoed Howls:
mosspuppymag.com/issue-9-echo...
Check out Issue 9: Echoed Howls:
mosspuppymag.com/issue-9-echo...
This morning, I finished reading @susanlleary.bsky.social's Dressing the Bear on the train to work. When I looked up, sunlight was flooding the fields rushing by, and I felt completely moved. This collection is beautiful—so tender, so staggering. I highly recommend it.
November 28, 2025 at 9:08 AM
This morning, I finished reading @susanlleary.bsky.social's Dressing the Bear on the train to work. When I looked up, sunlight was flooding the fields rushing by, and I felt completely moved. This collection is beautiful—so tender, so staggering. I highly recommend it.
Grateful to @inksweatandtears.co.uk for publishing a new poem of mine. You can read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/40945-2/
November 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Grateful to @inksweatandtears.co.uk for publishing a new poem of mine. You can read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/40945-2/
I’ve started reading @susanlleary.bsky.social's Dressing the Bear, and it’s nothing short of miraculous.
“Have we not all been crushed
by what shelters us?
By a sun hauled from the sky
& collapsed into rubies, my brother
carrying the wreck of it
in his hands.”
“Have we not all been crushed
by what shelters us?
By a sun hauled from the sky
& collapsed into rubies, my brother
carrying the wreck of it
in his hands.”
November 9, 2025 at 8:38 AM
I’ve started reading @susanlleary.bsky.social's Dressing the Bear, and it’s nothing short of miraculous.
“Have we not all been crushed
by what shelters us?
By a sun hauled from the sky
& collapsed into rubies, my brother
carrying the wreck of it
in his hands.”
“Have we not all been crushed
by what shelters us?
By a sun hauled from the sky
& collapsed into rubies, my brother
carrying the wreck of it
in his hands.”
Excited to share that my poem In His Garden was recently published by @neologismpoetry.bsky.social!
Read the full poem here: www.neologismpoetry.com/July-2025/#dhn
Read the full poem here: www.neologismpoetry.com/July-2025/#dhn
August 7, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Excited to share that my poem In His Garden was recently published by @neologismpoetry.bsky.social!
Read the full poem here: www.neologismpoetry.com/July-2025/#dhn
Read the full poem here: www.neologismpoetry.com/July-2025/#dhn
Hi folks 👋
I’ve started a new passion project on Instagram—reviving old, published poems and giving them new roots! 🌱
If you’re on Insta, I’d love it if you’d follow and help spread the word!
I’ve started a new passion project on Instagram—reviving old, published poems and giving them new roots! 🌱
If you’re on Insta, I’d love it if you’d follow and help spread the word!
August 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Hi folks 👋
I’ve started a new passion project on Instagram—reviving old, published poems and giving them new roots! 🌱
If you’re on Insta, I’d love it if you’d follow and help spread the word!
I’ve started a new passion project on Instagram—reviving old, published poems and giving them new roots! 🌱
If you’re on Insta, I’d love it if you’d follow and help spread the word!
Wowee! I can't believe Dawn's Incision, my second poetry book, has already turned one! 🥳 Huge thanks to @icefloepress.bsky.social for publishing it, and to everyone who’s bought a copy or supported my poetry along the way—it truly means the world to me! 🤩
July 25, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Wowee! I can't believe Dawn's Incision, my second poetry book, has already turned one! 🥳 Huge thanks to @icefloepress.bsky.social for publishing it, and to everyone who’s bought a copy or supported my poetry along the way—it truly means the world to me! 🤩
Please do get in touch if interested💗
May 27, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Please do get in touch if interested💗
Do come along! This will be great! Very excited for this @brokenspinearts.bsky.social showcase in Cardiff!
April 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Do come along! This will be great! Very excited for this @brokenspinearts.bsky.social showcase in Cardiff!
Great to read the fantastic poems this week for #ShiftingSkies #PoemsAbout for @brokenspinearts.bsky.social. Here's my offering☀️
March 28, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Great to read the fantastic poems this week for #ShiftingSkies #PoemsAbout for @brokenspinearts.bsky.social. Here's my offering☀️
Happy to have my poem "Outside my Inside" in @sageciggs.bsky.social new issue!☀️
March 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Happy to have my poem "Outside my Inside" in @sageciggs.bsky.social new issue!☀️
It was an absolute pleasure to share poems from my recent collection, Dawn's Incision, last night in Treforest at Parc Arts! A very welcoming and uplifting space!🧡🤍 Thanks for the pics, videos and all your support Kris Davies😘
February 28, 2025 at 7:37 PM
It was an absolute pleasure to share poems from my recent collection, Dawn's Incision, last night in Treforest at Parc Arts! A very welcoming and uplifting space!🧡🤍 Thanks for the pics, videos and all your support Kris Davies😘
Reading more of @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social's brilliant "The Keeper of Aeons" in the sun today☀️
February 28, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Reading more of @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social's brilliant "The Keeper of Aeons" in the sun today☀️
Thrilled to receive this short review of my poetry collection by @samanthaterrell.bsky.social! Thank you, Samantha!💜💚🧡
You can purchase a copy of Dawn's Incision here👇
icefloepress.net/david-hanlon...
You can purchase a copy of Dawn's Incision here👇
icefloepress.net/david-hanlon...
February 27, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Thrilled to receive this short review of my poetry collection by @samanthaterrell.bsky.social! Thank you, Samantha!💜💚🧡
You can purchase a copy of Dawn's Incision here👇
icefloepress.net/david-hanlon...
You can purchase a copy of Dawn's Incision here👇
icefloepress.net/david-hanlon...
My poem 'I, Jupiter' for @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social #TopTweetTuesday on Twitter🌕
February 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
My poem 'I, Jupiter' for @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social #TopTweetTuesday on Twitter🌕
I'm late to the party, but here's my poem for #WordsUnsaid
@alanparry83.bsky.social @brokenspinearts.bsky.social
@alanparry83.bsky.social @brokenspinearts.bsky.social
February 24, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I'm late to the party, but here's my poem for #WordsUnsaid
@alanparry83.bsky.social @brokenspinearts.bsky.social
@alanparry83.bsky.social @brokenspinearts.bsky.social
Good morning👋 here's my poem "Octobers", published by @rustandmoth.bsky.social
February 17, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Good morning👋 here's my poem "Octobers", published by @rustandmoth.bsky.social
So excited to delve into the brilliant @paulrobertmullen82.bsky.social's retrospective collection! I've just read the preface and I cannot wait to spend quality time with this mega work of poetry!
February 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM
So excited to delve into the brilliant @paulrobertmullen82.bsky.social's retrospective collection! I've just read the preface and I cannot wait to spend quality time with this mega work of poetry!
Happy Saturday folks! Here's my poem "Hardship" - published by @trampset.bsky.social
February 8, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Happy Saturday folks! Here's my poem "Hardship" - published by @trampset.bsky.social
Hi writer folk!👋 This is my first post on here. Hoping to connect with all you amazing writers! Here's two of my recent poems published with @oneart.bsky.social
February 6, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Hi writer folk!👋 This is my first post on here. Hoping to connect with all you amazing writers! Here's two of my recent poems published with @oneart.bsky.social