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Writer, poet, creative thinker & architect for democracy / Sgrìobhadair, bàrd, neach-smaoineachaidh cruthachail agus ailtire airson deamocrasaidh | Aotearoa & Isle of Skye | urbanbadgercollective.com http://andywilliamson.com
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Announcing this Friday’s #PoemsAbout theme is #ItsASin Blame, blood, bodies. 📅 Share your poem Friday for feedback from @alanparry83.bsky.social. 🖼 Use alt-text if posting images. #TakeRisks #LeaveScars #EndOnAnImage

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Thought I'd share this very short poem from my upcoming collection for #PromptCombo #LetItGo #MyLovedOnes. Thanks @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social for the prompts!

submitted 2 days ago • 5 comments

I thought I'd rework (dramatically, it turns out!) an old poem for #poemsabout #Transitions - Thanks @alanparry83.bsky.social @brokenspinearts.bsky.social for the prompt #poetrycommunity #BlueSkyPoets

submitted 5 days ago • 4 comments

Excellent and very doable recommendations from John Major here...

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Thanks @victoriaspires.bsky.social for this weeks great #promptcombo #hidden. Here's a little offering I managed to write this morning #poetry #blueskypoets #BlueskyPoetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #ScottishPoetry

submitted 9 days ago • 6 comments

In honour of Joy Division's iconic album Unknown Pleasures being released on this day in 1979, I'm again sharing one of my favourite ever video clips (Peanuts vs Joy Division dance party)...

submitted 10 days ago • 29 comments

At The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press our regular Ekphrastic Challenge opens for submissions tomorrow, 16th June. They're read and judged blind by me: one winner and selected poems in the Newsletter. If you fancy a go, it's free, the details are here www.theweesparrowpoetrypress.com/ekphrastic-c...

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments

Announcing this Friday’s #PoemsAbout theme is #Transitions Bodies shift. Names change. The self stays sacred. 📅 Share your poem Friday for feedback from @alanparry83.bsky.social. 🖼 Use alt-text if posting images. #TakeRisks #LeaveScars #EndOnAnImage

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

#PoemsAbout #FierceBattle has not come naturally to me this week, so here's a tentative wee offering. Let's see :-) Thanks as always to @alanparry83.bsky.social & @brokenspinearts.bsky.social #blueskypoets #BlueskyPoetry #poetrycommunity #poetry #writingcommunity #ScottishPoetry

submitted 12 days ago • 12 comments

Thanks @victoriaspires.bsky.social for the fabulous #promptcombo #decay prompt this week! Here's a wee poem I wrote for it... #poems #poetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoets

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

Let’s not sugar-coat it: If you're not at #PoemsAbout #OpenMic on Thursday 3 July, what are you doing? This is the night. This is the mic. One show. One shot. 🎟️ shorturl.at/ftrJJ 🕗 20:00 BST

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