The Broken Spine invites submissions for Rites & Trials: Coming-of-Age Poetry, the latest addition to our acclaimed slimline anthology series. Following After Hours: Beat Culture
Si Griffiths’ debut pamphlet, Debone & Fold, doesn’t just describe labour, it makes you feel it. The poems are visceral, steeped in the heat, blood,
At The Broken Spine, collaboration and community have always been at the heart of what we do. We believe in uplifting fellow independent presses, writers,
Want to see your poetry in print? Then toughen up. The poetry world is brutal—editors are ruthless, rejections are constant, and nobody owes you a
I find Imagism problematic. Not because I don’t appreciate sharp, precise poetry, but because its legacy—beginning with Ezra Pound, a fascist propagandist—is difficult to ignore.
Ash were an absolute force—louder, heavier, and more guttural than on record. There’s something thrilling about revisiting a band after years away, and while their
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The Broken Spine is a poetry and arts collective proudly published on the coastal edge of North-West England. Founded in 2019 by Alan Parry and Paul Robert Mullen – two school friends reunited after twenty years through a mutual love of poetry.
