@johnglenday.bsky.social
Writer. Poetry. https://www.johnglenday.com https://www.northseapoets.com
A one-day North Sea Poets workshop with myself, if you fancy it? Details at www.northseapoets.com/studios1dayw...
30.10.2025 13:31 β π 12 π 9 π¬ 0 π 0
The carefully trodden language of grief - Goose to Donkey from Les Murray βTranslations from the Natural Worldβ.
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Kim Moore is judging this year's Poetry Business International Book & Pamphlet Competition. Submit 20 pages of poetry by 2nd November -- two winning entries will be selected for publication by Smith|Doorstop Books.
poetrybusiness.co.uk/competitions...
North Sea Line Caught, #2: βKissing on the Radioβ
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Lovely! Hereβs Benbecula from the air last weekβ¦
21.10.2025 06:12 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Such a great writer. My favourite is still Riddley Walker. The Mouse and his Child is another outstanding read.
20.10.2025 06:24 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0It was 18th of October for darker Dundee, but weβll see the light on March 9th at 18.02.
20.10.2025 05:20 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
βMy Leddy, gaird o ivry unco airt!
Yeβve gaithered the airts, yeβve held them in yir haun,
Yeβve braided the airts, smooricht thaim tae yir breist.β
From Robert Crawfordβs Scots version of βEnheduannaβs Songβ, a Sumerian hymn: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
A frog poem from Reflector - my limited edition art book collaboration with #Dundee artist Stephen French: stephenfrench.art
15.10.2025 08:19 β π 16 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0He didnβt give two hoots.
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Submissions opened on Thursday 2 October (National Poetry Day) for the 2025 #williambonarpoetryprize! Red Squirrel Press in partnership with St Mungoβs Mirrorball. The deadline is 31 December 2025. Please see below for full detailsΒ andΒ rules.
06.10.2025 16:11 β π 4 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
Any blue sky in Bluesky tonight?
Aurora likely.
Looking forward to celebrating the launch of Sue Burgeβs latest collection:
04.09.2025 10:14 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
This, from welovestornaway.com is my favourite news item about the Forward Prizes so far... @niallpoetry.bsky.social
21.07.2025 08:13 β π 10 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Fanny Howe - 1940 - 2025
from Selected Poems , University of California Press 2000
When the Grass Dances -
A perfect blend of words and photographs from Valerie Gillies & Rebecca Marr. Available now from Luath Press:
@luathpress.bsky.social
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