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taylor-strickland.bsky.social
Poet. Translator. Winner of 2023 Saltire Award for Scottish Poetry Book of the Year. Get a copy of DASTRAM/DELIRIUM now -> https://linktr.ee/taylorstricklandarts
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submitted 147 days ago • 2 comments

My poem ‘Climbing to Seefin Passage Tomb on Summer Solstice’, which is an homage to my late mentor John Burnside, has just been published in the Times Literary Supplement. Please have a read. www.the-tls.co.uk/literature/o...

submitted 15 hours ago • 3 comments

A-màireach/tomorrow! 🕺🙌 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/translatin...

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

One of the things we can do is follow this account:

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

“A comment from a boston friend : “Fuck him. Bring hell. You will meet a wall of Irish cops and politicians who you will find to be fueled by a large Dunkin extra extra and half a pack of Marlboro reds. They aren't going to move.” 🫣🔥

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

If you use AI to make art.... 1) You are not making art. You are not, in fact, making anything. 2) You are a hack. 3) I am not your audience. Move along.

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

What the artist says in 2018 happens in 2025. www.thenational.scot/news/2495228...

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

When Christian I of Norway failed to pay a dowry for his daughter Margaret, queen to James III, Orkney & Shetland were annexed by the Scottish crown #OTD, 20 Feb, 1472 NORTHERN-NESS looks at literature from the northern isles, from the sagas to the far future www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2019/07/nort...

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

While meeting with Saudi Arabia, which is governed by dictators, Trump calls Zelenskyy a dictator... 😵‍💫 What is it called when the leader of a country says and does what they want? A dictator. We should start calling Trump a dictator. Say it with me: #trumpisadictator

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

YT Review: Exiled on Earth - 'Govanhill Mythology' by Shane Johnstone www.yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Exil...

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

‘5g + Chemtrails = Covid 19!!!’ #glasgow #peoplemakeglasgow

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Gaelic Songs in Fife & The Herring Gutters 1 March, Anstruther – free, ticketed Meg Hyland discusses the Scottish women who worked as herring gutters & the linguistic & musical exchanges between speakers of Gaelic, Scots & English in the fishing industry www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talk-gaeli...

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

The loss of any words is not a good thing: www.noemamag.com/the-language... #climate #linguistics

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Translating Gaelic Poetry 24 Feb @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social – free Niall O’Gallagher, Garry Mackenzie, & @taylor-strickland.bsky.social will discuss their methods & approaches to translating Gaelic poetry, & how it interacts with other languages www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/translatin...

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

Leavin Meta slowly for the Sky, as we all will in time. Meanwhile, to prove it is me here’s a new poem I recently published in @rialtopoetry.bsky.social Dedicated to friend David Kinloch and to the toun of Dunkeld.

submitted 15 days ago • 4 comments