Stephen Watt Poet

Greatly enjoyable night discussing Glasgow’s spoken word scene, backstage with John Cooper-Clarke, & the absence of crime poetry in general on the Glasgow Sessions podcast. This isn’t available to listen to until early 2026 but you can listen to previous episodes below.

glasgowsessions.podbean.com

🇯🇲 Poets Read for Hurricane Melissa Relief Fundraiser:
November 19th. Organised by @outspokenpress.bsky.social hosted by Leone Ross with an introduction from Akala, such an amazing line up, please show solidarity, donate and share and repost! Thank you!

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poets-read...

AYE WRITE FESTIVAL

Another Aye Write event this weekend that might appeal to poets: an Open Mic night at the Mitchell Library on Friday 7th Nov orgainsed by the Federation of Writers (Scotland).

FREE although tickets should be booked through Aye Write website (£1.50)

Katy Lironi will be appearing at Aye Write/ Glasgow Book Festival on Thurs 13th Nov as part of the ACTION TIME VISION event. Grant McPhee & Douglas MacIntyre will also be appearing, alongwith Nicola Meighan to discuss DIY ethos from punk to present.
Tix: www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/acti...

Witches of Dumbarton - tortured, executed and falsely accused More than two dozen people in the town were accused and tortured in the belief that they were doing Satan's bidding.

I entirely support this movement.

As the piece below articulates, these were people subjected to hokum & gossip which led to their lives being taken from them.

I’ll be attending a workshop on this subject matter, & support any memorial being created in their memory.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

ACTION TIME VISION.
Grant McPhee, Katy Lironi, Douglas MacIntyre, and Nicola Meighan will be appearing at Aye Write (Glasgow Book Festival) on Thurs 13th Nov at the Mitchell Library discussing the DIY music aesthetic 1976-present.
TICKETS:
www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/acti...

Words from Whaleback City: Andy Jackson & Bill Herbert - Glasgow Life Aye Write 2025 presents Words from Whaleback City: Andy Jackson & Bill Herbert

Still time to get your tickets for this event at Glasgow's
@AyeWrite festival on Friday 7th November - Bill Herbert and myself with some fantastic poetry! Just £6.72 for an evening's entertainment...

www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/word...

Hampden Park Bowling Club Pavilion with, in the foreground, the History panel I wrote about the Game That Broke English Hearts 1882 5-1.

1 of 5 #scotsfoundedfootball Many of you will have noticed the media reports about the possible death of Hampden Bowling Club. Disclosure: I am one of the members who was present at the historic meeting. You need a little context. Bowling was invented by the Scots and was once extremely popular.

Outstanding night at Curlers in Glasgow last evening. Full room, wide range of subject matter, a wedding proposal, a reading of Poe’s ‘The Raven’, and an invitation to appear on a podcast as I walked out the door.

Dreadful news on such an important site. Fingers and everything crossed its future - and legacy - can be preserved.

Doing a set at Curlers (Glasgow West End) on Monday night (20 October). Curlers Cosy Corner has been running for three years and I’m ashamed to say this is my first appearance at the night, but looking very forward to seeing & hearing some very fine poets. 7.30pm start. Free entry.

Thanks to @dumbartonfc.bsky.social for some space in The Sons View match programme, covering last weekends exciting @nilbymouthscotland.bsky.social Poets & Penalties competition in Stow.

Believable. For all the jibberish spouted by kids tv characters, few make the skin crawl more than that voice.

My kid’s middle name is Skye, so obviously I was keen for said-pup to be her favourite character….

….until I heard that voice. *shivers*

‘Poets and Penalties’ competition king crowned after tense shootout in Borders A Dumbarton poet has been crowned the ‘penalty kick king’ after holding his nerve to win a national charity’s competition in the Borders.

Thanks to the Border Telegraph for their coverage of the Poets & Penalties competition
www.bordertelegraph.com/news/2554135...

www.nilbymouth.org/post/poet-cr...

Unfortunately the Mail insist you subscribe to read the article, Stephen. Glad to see you and Hamish receive the recognition……..but computer says no.

Thrilled to win the Poets & Penalties competition on behalf of Dumbarton FC in Stow yesterday, organised by Nil By Mouth. Terrific bunch of lads representing clubs across the UK. ⚽️ ✍🏻

The Creeping Bent Organisation is delighted to announce two additions to the final Glasgow event by Creeping Bent to celebrate the endgame after 30 years of avant-pop agitation.
Radhika & Future Pilot AKA and QUAD90 will be performing at Mono on 12.12.25. Tickets-Pop Mutations.

Elisabeth Elektra Euphoric Art-Pop from Glasgow, Scotland elisabethelektra.com ‘Mercurial’ LP out now: “Giddy electronic pop” ☆☆☆☆ MOJO “A haunting, odd gem” ☆☆☆☆ RECORD COLLECTOR "Stark, dramatic, crystalline" - ME...

Since deleting Twitter I’ve noticed a big drop in my Bandcamp sales. If you’re a music fan, please repost this so people can find me here! I make weirdo alt pop, I hate nazis and love Etsy witches 🖤✨

elisabethelektra.bandcamp.com

Happy #NationalPoetryDay 📕 I have chosen the shortest poem in my book ‘Barbed Halo’ to share with you as it fits nicely with this most sinister of months. Viva October!

One Drop Five Tighten Up!

#OneDrop is a celebration of reggae through poetry accompanied by image and sound. #5 in the sequence is a celebration of Trojan Records, led by Mark Fiddes and his brilliant poem 'This Extraordinary General Meeting is brought to you by Trojan Records'.
onedroppoetry.substack.com/p/one-drop-f...

From the Caribbean to Caledonia: Two National Bards in Conversation Scotland's current Makar, Peter Mackay, and the former Poet Laureate of Jamaica, Lorna Goodison, exchanged poems, stories, thoughts and much laughter at Ellisland Farm, once home to Robert Burns and h...

FROM THE CARIBBEAN TO CALEDONIA

Lorna Goodison, the former Poet Laureate of Jamaica, in conversation with Scotland's Makar, Peter Mackay.

Recorded outdoors beside the River Nith at the Robert Burns Ellisland Farm & Museum.

www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/podcast/from...

At the Edinburgh launch of Barbed Halo.

By myself.

With my one book for sale. *

😂🤣

*disclaimer - other people were there & other books were available for sale.

1 poem published in the Morecambe Poetry Festival Anthology alongside the likes of Luke Wright, Henry Normal & John Hegley.

‘Akihabara Electric Town’ (Tokyo, Japan) was written after a discussion with a workmate who visited this wholly fascinating place. Thank you, Jamie! Publication- AND a badge!

There is an argument to be made for & against several of points highlighted about Scottish Poetry (+ all who live within it) by Hugh Mcmillan in the Spring issue of the The Poets Republic but I thought this was a fascinating article which raised matters of funding, ageism, ego-stroking, and purpose.

One of the many subject matters I write about in Barbed Halo, in case you were interested…..

Graphic for the event 'Career Pathways in Spoken Word Poetry' taking place Saturday 8th November. It is described as 'an afternoon of conversation, connection and career insight.' It is delighted by Summerhall Arts and I Am Loud.

We're delighted to be teaming up with Summerhall Arts this November for this special event! We're bringing together artists, producers & funders to explore the many routes into building & sustaining a career in spoken word poetry in Scotland.

FREE, ticketed: www.summerhallarts.co.uk/event/career...

The crowd do their best seagull impressions during my turn at ‘Words With Seagulls’ in Falkirk this afternoon 😂

Falkirk launch of BARBED HALO takes place on Sunday (21 Sept) at Words With Seagulls in the Tolbooth Tavern.

This runs from 2-4pm and is free entry with open mic (£3 donation for snacks/wraps). Some outstanding poets on the bill, and all welcome.