Alan Parry on Substack Poetry Close Reading #7: Split Vision by Briony Collins From The Whiskey Tree: Untamed Love (Wave 2) Briony Collins’s Split Vision is a poem carved in two minds, teetering between the psychic wrecka...

Here's @alanparrywriter.co.uk's latest #CloseReading from #TheWhiskeyTree #UntamedLove #Wave2

This time he's considering @brionycollins.bsky.social's poem #SplitVision

Read here: substack.com/profile/1650...

We’re thrilled to welcome the spooky souls of #Wave2!

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Rematch, Warcraft, another Call of Duty, FBC: Firebreak, and more hit Xbox Game Pass The second half of June is slated to be a big one for Game Pass subscribers, with Microsoft bringing three Warcraft hits, a hit Call of Duty, Sifu developer's soccer entry Rematch, and much more.

The second half of June is slated to be a big one for Game Pass subscribers, with Microsoft bringing three Warcraft hits, a hit Call of Duty, Sifu developer's soccer entry Rematch, and much more. #GamePass #Wave2

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Poetry weekend looked like this:
MS work on Martin Kennedy Yates' #ThisWilderness&OtherConcerns, sorted the weekly newsletter, drafted and sent #BeautifulLittleFools, reviewed a poem from #TheWhiskeyTree #UntamedLove #Wave2, finalised Slimline subs, wrote a new poem.

@brokenspinearts.bsky.social

$SSP Low volume on Wave 2, momentum rising Firstly, on the line chart is possible to watch the possible targets - blue lines - which one of it is almost as the same level as 2,618. Fibonacci measured from the breakout to monthly resistance. res M = monthly resistance During the Wave 2, the two candles from last two days showed low volume as usual to happen during formation of W2, and it is possible to see that price at the breakout and after it was above average which can be read as high interest from buyers. Confirming the volume, the EFI even though is decreasing still show strength,OBV follow the price trend but looks like buyers are entering again. When it comes to momentum is possible to see that RSI did not crossed the equilibrium even after two bearish days, as ROC being a leading indicator which already changed direction . ADX is showing some strength for the trend direction confirmed by as DMI+ is still above DMI- DTC = 1,36 http://dlvr.it/TLL89D

$SSP Low volume on Wave 2, momentum rising #SSP #Wave2 #Fibonacci #TechnicalAnalysis #StockMarket

Microsoft 365 Copilot Wave 2 Spring updates MSFTMechanics #Microsoft365 #Copilot #Wave2

Thanks for this boost! #TheWhiskeyTree #UntamedLove #Wave2

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Today is the launch day of #TheWhiskeyTree #UntamedLove #Wave2

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“Creativity is not about what you make, but the process of making it.”
Perry Gasteiger writes with lyrical focus and emotional depth—each poem a quiet act of connection.
Read their spotlight:

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🔗 @sunshinedaisybaby.bsky.social

#TheWhiskeyTree #TheWhiskeyShot #Wave2

Here’s your fucking scene...

Briony Collins isn’t here to perform grief. Her poems bite, bare, and break rules.
Read this spotlight then try to forget the name.

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🔗 @brionycollins.bsky.social

#TheWhiskeyTree #TheWhiskeyShot #Wave2

Barney Ashton-Bullock doesn’t write poems—he sculpts them.
Queer memory, political noise, and lyrical bite. Read the feature:
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🔗 @barney-ashton.bsky.social

#TheWhiskeyTree #TheWhiskeyShot #Wave2

Solitude, scone dough, and the divine mess of language.
James McConachie writes with wit, clarity, and a ruthless ear for the real.
Read the full feature:
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🔗 @jamesmcconachie1.bsky.social

#TheWhiskeyTree #TheWhiskeyShot #Wave2

History, illness, and wild resilience.
Lucy Heuschen writes poems that burn through centuries—personal, political, and fiercely alive.
Read the full spotlight:
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🔗 @petitecreature1.bsky.social

#TheWhiskeyTree #TheWhiskeyShot #Wave2

Poetry on trains. Grief in motion.
Robert Edge writes with raw timing and quiet impact—when life collides with memory, the poems show up.
Read the feature:
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🔗 @robertedge.bsky.social

#TheWhiskeyTree #TheWhiskeyShot #Wave2

Robert Frede Kenter writes like a dream breaking through illness, image, and electric sound.
A visionary voice shaped by pain, punk, and patience.

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🔗 @rfredekenter.bsky.social

#TheWhiskeyTree #TheWhiskeyShot #Wave2

Romina Ramos writes with purpose, power, and a pen that doesn’t flinch.
Poetry packed with memory, movement, and the fight to be heard.

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#TheWhiskeyTree #TheWhiskeyShot #Wave2

Lesley Curwen writes with salt on the tongue and grief in the bones.
Poems that haunt, howl, and honour what’s gone.
Read her spotlight:
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🔗 @elcurwen.bsky.social

#TheWhiskeyTree #TheWhiskeyShot #Wave2

Cover of "out.skirts: an anthology of LGBTQIA+ writing" from The Broken Spine. The background is a vibrant gradient mosaic of small square tiles, shifting from yellow at the top through orange to deep pink at the bottom. The title "out.skirts" is in bold white lowercase text, with a black banner below reading "an anthology of LGBTQIA+ writing" in white. The Broken Spine logo appears at the bottom left.

Cover of "Untamed Love: The Whiskey Tree – Wave 2" from The Broken Spine. A ecopunk heart made of gears, pipes, and clock parts is intertwined with green leaves and white flowers. Geometric transparent overlays intersect the heart image. The text "WAVE 2" appears in the top left, and the title is at the bottom in bold grey and black text. The Broken Spine logo is placed in the lower left corner.

Bank Holiday Monday consisted of some marking of GCSE student's work, some Functional Skills speaking/listening admin & finalising cover design and manuscripts for #OutSkirts #AnAnthologyOfLGBTQIAWriting & #TheWhiskeyTree #Wave2 #UntamedLove

Cover designs below!

New Spotlight: Mark Antony Owen 🔥
Poetry built from hedgerows, memory, and myth. Structure by design, not tradition.
This one’s all edge.

🔗 @markantonyowen.com

#TheWhiskeyTree #TheWhiskeyShot #Wave2


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Today’s been a massive poetry day: 11 #TheWhiskeyTree #TheWhiskeyShot #PoetSpotlights scheduled for #Wave2, a new #BookReview of Beth Brooke’s Transformations published, and now onto final revisions of #UntamedLove and #OutSkirts

#TheWhiskeyShot: Poet Spotlight (Wave 2) - Bex Hainsworth - The Broken Spine Bex Hainsworth writes like someone who’s clawed her way toward clarity, not with polish, but with persistence. Her early poems were wild things, bulky

Spotlight on Bex Hainsworth 🔥
Poems of body, nature, and unflinching truth.

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🔗 @poetbex.bsky.social

#TheWhiskeyTree #TheWhiskeyShot #Wave2

Delighted to have @markantonyowen.com in #Wave2 of #TheWhiskeyTree

His work truly is fabulous! Despite his self-doubt.

It’s awards season, from Globes to Brits to Sags and Oscars but it’s also Award season over at @brokenspinearts.bsky.social

The Readers’ Choice awards. You can read all nominated poems at the link below, including my own poem from #Wave2 of The Whiskey Tree, the latest Spine Anthology 😉

Being a part of The Whiskey Tree meant being willing to plunge deeper than ever before into writing a poem which is why I am so honoured to see my poem from #Wave2 nominated for the @brokenspinearts.bsky.social Readers Choice Award 2025

And you get to vote March 😉

The Wombwell Rainbow Presents The Whiskey Tree Wave 2 Interviews: Robert Edge TWT Wave 2 can be purchased here: Robert Edge Discovering dyslexia in adulthood, Robert began an English degree as a “Fuck You” to childhood education. An MRes followed to create: The Fairly Good S…

The final installment of #TheWhiskeyTree #UntamedNature #Wave2 interview series is between @robertedge.bsky.social and @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social

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To celebrate all 14 #poets of #UntamedNature #Wave2 #TheWhiskeyTree, here is the final of 4 weekly posts highlighting excerpts that captured my imagination. @rfredekenter.bsky.social @robertedge.bsky.social #PerryGasteiger #RominaRamos #LiftToTheSky @brokenspinearts.bsky.social buff.ly/3X59X2x

Book Cover (Untamed Nature, Wave 2, The Whiskey Tree, Broken Spine Arts) Text: Here’s excerpts from four more Wave 2 poets: James McConachie behind them, words and worker bees, a blaze Briony Collins Gulls shake air into waking George Sandifer-Smith Low tide brings a deeper chorus, ripping round the tower to drag your ankles Barney Ashton Bullock I grasped as the lighthouse of your inbound cyclone

Four more #poets to celebrate. @jamesmcconachie1.bsky.social @brionycollins.bsky.social #GeorgeSandifer-Smith #BarneyAshtonBullock dive right into the depths of what #UntamedNature means. @brokenspinearts.bsky.social #Wave2 #WhiskeyTreePoet #LiftToTheSky #PoetsofBlueSky buff.ly/3PQVseH

The Wombwell Rainbow Presents The Whiskey Tree Wave 2 Interviews: Romina Ramos Romina Ramos is a Portuguese poet, whose work mostly examines complicated familial relationships, and interrogates themes of identity, belonging and dislocation. They’ve been shortlisted for the #M…

The latest @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social interview for #TheWhiskeyTree #UntamedNature #Wave2 is with Romina Ramos

Read here:

thewombwellrainbow.com/2025/02/07/t...

The Wombwell Rainbow Presents The Whiskey Tree Wave 2 Interviews: Perry Gasteiger Perry Gasteiger (they/them) is a non-binary Canadian poet who focuses on the mundanity of existence through a lens of empathetic consideration. Bringing attention to the extraordinary nature of lif…

Yesterday totally got away from me, here is the interview between @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social and Perry Gasteiger about #TheWhiskeyTree #UntamedNature #Wave2

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